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NEWS & CITIZEN.
lie Lamoille Palllsiinff Company,
Editors and Proprietors.
MORRISVILLE AND HYDE PARK,
OCTOBER 28th, 1886.
THE LEGISLATURE.
The past week has been a lively and
busy one. On Tuesday of last week
Senator Edmunds was named as his
own successor by a vote in the House
of 198 to 36. Twenty-eight votes
were cast for the Democratic candi
date, W. H. II. Bingham, and eight
for W. G. Veazey. In the Senate,
Senator Edmunds received 28 votes
and Gov. Bingham 1. Although the
result had long been a far gone con
clusion, all available space in the gal
eries and on the floors of both Houses
was occupied by ladies and prominent
men from all sections of the State.
On Wednesday following the joint
assembly convened at noon to com
plete the election of United States
Senator, which was accomplished
without incident. Senator Edmunds
was waited upon by a committee and
escorted to the hall, where he ad
dressed the joint assembly. We give
his remarks in full in another column.
Hi3 address was listened to with
marked attention and much interest.
The Senator Bhowed much feeling and
made a favorable impression upon the
assembly. Although the exterior, at
times, may suggest coldness within.
Senator Edmunds' heart is as warm
and appreciative, and his fondness for
the State he represents as full and
sincere as any man's.
Wednesday afternoon the present
Judges of the Supreme Court were
re-elected in regular order, and by
viva voce, with the exception of Judge
Rowell, who received 251 votes, as
against 6 for D. C. Dennison.
On the 4th of November the joint
assembly will elect a State Superin
tendent of Education, Sergeant-at-Anns,
Adjutant General, Judge Ad
vocate General, Quartermaster and
Quartermaster General. For the lat
ter office a warm canvass is being made
bv Gen. Ide and Col. Gilinore. The
present efficient Sergeant-at-arms, T
C. Phinney, who has discharged the
duties of this office acceptably to
all for so many years, will undoubt
edly be his own successor. We do
not learn of any opposition to his re
election. Adjutant General Peck has
no opposition. General Marsh re
cently declined a re-election, but
who will be likely to succeed him can
not now be stated, though Cbilds, of
St. Albans, has been suggested, and
he certainly would receive hearty sup
port of many at this writing.
The committees are now hard at
work and very soon important bills
will be before the two Houses for dis
cussion. There is some opposition
manifested toward Judge Poland's
pauper bill. Not but that a change
in the present law may be desirable,
but many feel that one year's resi
dence to establish a settlement is not
protection enough. It is likely that
an amendment may be offered, mak
ing a pauper's settlement for the pur
poses of this act, the town in which
he has resided for the greatest length
of time. This would remove the
'relic of barbarism," and yet afford
reasonable protection to those towns
who best provide for the health and
comfort of their poor. Judge Poland
is prominent and influential in all leg
islative matters and much respected
by his associates, as by reason of his
experience and ability he should be
We deem it the duty, however, of
every representative who comprehends
the Bubject before him, to act mainly
in his own judgment. Wise legislation
can be accomplished in no other way,
Among the young men from La
moille County who are doing effective
service may be mentioned Stearns, of
Johnson, and Burnell, of Wolcott
They are both on hard working and
important committees, and keep them
selves well posted on all legislative
matters. Currier, of Troy, is at the
front in all efforts to reduce unneces
sary expense to the State, and he is
working up a strong and wholesome
feeling in this direction. Following
are some of the important measures
introduced during the week :
By Mr. Ward, of Duxbury. relating to
the abatement of probate fees. In the
settlement of estates, when said estates
do not exceed the sum of $3a0, the fees
payable to the Probate Judge shall be
abated ; when said estates do not exceed
$1,500, said fees to be abated one-half.
By Mr. Flagg, of Bralntree, to provide
State aid for poor, disabled soldiers. Pro
vides for the appointment in each county
of a "commissioner of soldiers' State
aid," whose duty it shall be to examine
applicants for aid under this act. If the
applicant is deemed worthy, the commis
sioner shall so report to the Governor
and recommend the amount said appli
cant should receive, in no case exceed
ing $8 monthly. JHo United States gov
ernment pensioner receiving more than
$8 monthly to be eligible for the provis
ions oi tms act. A list or persons qual
ified to receive such aid to be made by
the Governor and sent to the State audit
or, who shall draw orders for the amount
in each case; amount to be exempt from
taxation. Commissioners to receive $3
per day for actual service.
By Mr. Currier, of Troy, relating to
claims against towns by reason ot defec
tive bridges. Makes it incumbent upon
persons receiving injury to notify select
men in ten days, instead of twenty, as
now provided.
By Mr. Fisk, of Morristown. Propos
es to place around deposits in savings
bank3 and trust companies, safeguards to
prevent loss from bad investments of
such funds by officers of such institu
tions. Pressure of business has prevent
ed a resume of the bill, which proposes
to permit investment by such companies
in the municipal bonds of towns and cit
ies of 6,000 or more inhabitants in Ohio
and New York whose indebtedness does
not exceed five per cent, of their assessed
valuation. It prohibits investments in
mortgages on real estate outside of the
State of Vermont in excess of forty per
cent, of the entire assetts of such bank
or trust company. Also prohibits divi
dends in excess of two per cent., semi.
annually until a net surplus or reserve,
of six per cent, of the entire assetts,
accumulated.
By Mr. Poland, of Waterville. A good
bill and ought to have been passed long
ago. To punish executora and adminis
trators, or guardians, guilty of embez
zling the funds or effects ot estates; or
wards under their charges.
Mr; Butler, of Essex. To amend sec
tion 605, K. L., relating to the town sys
tem of schools. Provides that towns
having abolished the district system of
choola, may at any second annual town
meeting abolish its town system. The
act now specifies the fifth annual town
meeting. Ten legal voters may make ap
plication instead of twenty, as in Sec. 605.
By Mr. Brittell, of Weybiidge, relat
ing to fences. Provides that in keeping
up portion of division fence, the person
so negligent shall be liable for all dam
ages done to the stock of the opposite
party.
Mr. Fisk, of Morristown, relating to
insurance compauies. Provides that any
insurance company refusing to pay to
the insured the full amount named in the
policy, in case of loss, on the ground
that the property is of less value, shall
refund all excess of premiums paid for
such insurance, or assessments collected
thorotnr 99 shall he found to be equitably
due on account of the over valuation of
such property in the contract of insur
ance. SENATOR ED1ITOTDS.
We publish below the remarks of
our honored Senator, George F. Ed
munds, before the legislature on
Wednesday of last week, after the
formal announcement of his election
as United States Senator had been
made in joint assembly. We have
never htard Senator Edmunds express
himself with so much feeling as upon
this occasion, and we could not help
believing that beneath the calm and
apparently unmoved exterior which he
has continuously maintained during a
somewhat heated canvass, there has
hon that same feelins of sensitive
ness and keen regard for the criticisms
and opinions of the people of Ver
mont that would have characterized
men of much less mental calibre.
With a voice so full of emotion as to
he tremulous, he sooke wards of
thankfulness and gratitude for the
continuance of confidence on the part
of his native State. That his quiet
victory was gratifying to him beyond
the power of expression no one could
doubt. That he loves, respects and
honors beyond measure the State that
has honored herself in honoring him
will not be questioned by those who
heard his remarks, and one could not
look upon the members of that joint
assemhlv as they listened thereto
nnthnnt fpclinor that thev were as
proud of him as he of his native State.
Following are his remarks :
Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Gentlemen of the
Senate and House Of nepreseniaiivea . i out au.,,
ill iriv me credit for sincerity when 1 say
that no words of mine can be adequate to ex
press the gratitude 1 teei towarus au i-
wanls uie cousuiueuis wuum jvu f . . .
the great honor you have just completed doing
I know from experience how impossible it is
for auy man to live up to his own ideal of what
he should be and do, either as a citizen or as a
representative ot citizens m auy
trust. And so I feel more deeply the kindness
of the people of my native State and yours as
their representatives in overlooking the many
faults that in the many years of my -service I
must have committed, aud again choosing me
with an expression of conhdeuce almost unani
mous. But I think it right to say, as a citizen of
this old State of ours, that what the people have
and what you have doue is far more than any
personal honor to me or indication of your conti
Sence in me. It is, I think, and as I understand
it the old true Green Mountain courage and
honesty and purity of the people who, in spite
of combinations and calumnies, uuuciu
own business in their own way and chose to do
it r a r,,.i.np l And so. in this sense, I cannot
take these honors to myself. They are the lion- .
,7. n,.. ),oinlr tn a sHlf-resoectiue. self-under-
standiug and intelligent people; they are the
honors that belong to States without regard to
. orritnrv nr accumulations of wealth, as
equals in the great sisterhood that makes our
nation, and that, constituted as our State is of a
homogeneous people, of an Intelligent people, of
an upright and Cnristian people are to ue, so
long as there is any hope for free government in
the world, a guide and beacon for the future.
1 accept, loo, Willi mure tiiau an uiumaij ocuuo
of solicitude and responsibility for the future.
As you know, 1 must iroiu experience uavc seen
how heavy the work is, how great the responsi
bilities are, how difficult and sometimes sudden
the emergencies are that call upon your repre
sentatives ailU- IClflCSCUWUVCa l ULUC!
States to take action in respect to affairs that
anect the weuare ui an. auu l uavc seen,
how rapioay, even in a uouy wucic me iei in ui
office is for six years, the representatives of
States appear and disappear. In the time during
which our State has honored me and my col
league (whom I am sorry not to see here at this
moment), every senator except ourselves has
been more than once changed, and the faces
that were new at first have disappeared from the
scene of political action as the representatives
of their States, and new men continually come
and continually go, while Mr. Morrill and myself
seem, through your kind favor, to stand there
something like Camel's Hump and Mansiield and
see the world go by.
We must aU agree that there is something of
sadness to a Vermonter who leaves his home
and his hills, and one begins to feel lonesome
far away from home as the years go by, and feel
more ana more aesirous uiat me prace ui uis
birth should be for all the year round the place
where he should live, among his friends and
neighbors.
The responsibilities and labors to come within
the nct hiv wars In common with all our duties.
continue to grow heavy and more difficult; the
more extensive tne popuiauun or our uauuu be
comes, the more diversive its influences, the
more disturbing the causes tnai seem io d jusi
now like an epidemic in our social system
sweeping over our own land and others, come to
the front for legislative action, the more difficult
are the problems your representatives are caiieu
upon to deal witn; and so, more heavy is the
responsibility.
But there is always to us at Washington, both
my colleagues in the House and my colleagues
in the Senate, a great and constant consolation
and inspiration, if I may say it, that we know
that the people of Vermont have fixed political
opinions. We know that they almost without
resnect of Dartv even, unon some sublects. are
almost absolutely unanimous in the judgment
that they have in respect to the methods by
which a government should be carried on; in
respect to the protection and development of
the labor of American citizens, in respect to the
universal dissemination, so far as the general
government can do it of the system of common
schools for the education of young men and
women and children everywhere. And I might
mention manyoinersuojecis in respect io wuicii
the representatives in this State in the congress
of the nation know in advance precisely what
the intelligent, sturdy and persistent public
opinion is, that is to co-ordinate the forces that
we may exert with those oi our associates from
. 1. u,..,,,.. T"liia In 'iir tutliuun nuntlAlkiuli
is a profound source of strength and comfort to
those who represent you.
But this is not the occasion, Mr. President, for
me to go into topics like this. It is only for me
to repeat to you, and to you, gentlemen of this
joint assembly, and to your constituents, the
expression of my sincerest gratitude for what
you have doue to and for me so long, and of my
nope that you and yours will live to see this
State continue as she has been, something of a
guide and beacon in the civilization and the lib
erty of our country, and that our sister States
may grow up more in those tolerant and just
methods of law for all and among all for which
our State is, l tuinx, a conspicuous example.
latorostlnr Correspondence.
The following correspondence ex
plains itself :
State of Vermont, )
House of Representatives,
Montpelier, Vt., Oct. 14, 1SS6. J
To lion. Ueorge F. Edmunds, U. S. S. ;
Dear Sir. I write in behalf of sev
eral members of the general assembly,
1 i' : n I ; .,,1 Dfofna on..
ator. to inquire respectfully it we can
have any; assurance of your support tor
the nominees of the Republican Nation
al Convention for President of the
United States in 1888.
Very respectfully,
E. Fisher,
Representative from Bethel.
Burlington, Vt., Oct. 15, 1886.
To Edwin Fisher, House of Representa
tives :
Dear Sir, I have yours of the 14th,
and, replying witn candor ana an Kind
ness, I would express my great aston
ishment at receiving such a communi
cation. Mv standing and conduct in,
and devotion to, the Republican party
tor the last twenty-nve or thirty years
is, I think, perfectly well known to all
intelligent people in the btate, ana per
haps to a considerable number beyond
its borders. If in any one or more of
these long years my behavior has been
such as to justifv any honorable, and
honest Republican, in suspecting my
fidelity to our party, or to those great
principles and purposes, then that Re
publican ought, I think, to vote against
me whenever I am proposed for any
Dlace. If the contrary is true, as it is.
such a question as yours is one to which
a sen-respecting man can mane no re
ply. Not doubting that you will appre
ciate the force of what I have said, and
with every good wish for you and all
sincere Republicans, and for our great
party, on which I believe depend the
truest liberty and largest welfare of our
country,
I am very respectfully yours,
George F. Edmunds.
A subscriber Buggests that Maloney
of the Richford Gazette has been go
ing for Judge Royce the past three
years, and finally the entire legisla
ture has gone for him. .
There is a feeling, not only of sur
prise Out ot deep regret, tnai our
Senator Slayton shouldhave felt com
pelled to take the position he did on
the senatorial question. By his ac
tion in the Senate on Tuesday, the
20th, he gave to our county the un
satisfactory notoriety of furnishing to
the Senate the only Republican mem
ber of that body opposed to the re
election of Senator Edmunds. Could
he have known the mortification felt
fcy his constituents upon learning the
position taken by him we believe he
would have omitted his remarks. His
position was a complete surprise to
the Republicans of this county, who
fully believed, at the time of his
nomination and election, that he was
in full accord with the almost unani
mous sentiment of his party in favor
of returning Senator Edmunds. Fol
lowing are the remarks accompanying
his vote :
Mr. President: "With instruc
tions of my county which I do not
feel like disobeying, but against what
I mentally protest, I record my vote
for Hon. George F. Edmunds."
Election of Judges. On Thurs
day of last week the Legislature in
joint assembly elected the judges of
the Supreme Court. Judge Poland,
in nominating Judge Eoyce, said :
" I do not reside in either of the counties over
the courts of which the chief-justice presides,
but at the suggestion of some gentlemen who do
reside in those counties, I have been requested
to present his name for nomination before this
joint assembly: and perhaps it is proper that
this duty should devolve upon me, in view of
the fact that for a number of years I occupied
the place on the bench that he now so ably fills,
and the further fact that I am one of the oldest
members of the bar wno is toonsn enougu to
still have any thing to do with the courts. I am
very much opposed to this modern practice of
exhausting all the possible eulogies upon a man
who is put in nomination for any office. But
this much I will say: I have known Chief-Justice
Koyce for more than twenty years, ever since he
came to the bar. My acquaintance with him
while he was at the bar was extended, and since
he became a member of the Supreme Court, and
its chief-justice, my relations with him have
been intimate. I can say truthfully that no man
who has occupied a place upon the Supreme
Court of this State within my knowledge has
deported himself better or more acceptably to
the profession and the people of this State than
Chief-Justice Koyce. He is a man of sound
learning, of excellent judgment, of the finest
judicial deportment, who has ever held tne
scales of iustice steadily and evenly, as much
an as anv man who ever sat ill that tribunal.
present that man, Homer E. Koyce, to you as a
canuiaate ior me posiuuu or tuic juub
Supreme court.
The nomination was seconded by
Senator Baker of Rutland, M. Marsh
nf "Woodstock, and Mr. Bedard of
St. Albans. There beinp: no other
nominees, Judge Royce was re-elected
unanimously by a viva voce vote.
Judges Ross, Powers, Veasey, Taft,
Rowell, and Walker were re-elected
without opposition, save that 6 votes
were cast for D. C. Denison as against
Judge Rowell.
The official estimate of an increase
of 100,000,000 bushels of wheat over
the crop of last year promises well for
cheap food here and a liberal surplus
for exports. This is encouraging to
consumers, producers and shippers
Judge Royce's Re-election. The
reaction caused by this last act of des
perate men lias Deen complete in its
overthrow, and in consigning them to
oblivion in the State. They can have
no further influence with the legislature,
and but little elsewhere. They will
have no admiration among honorable
men anywhere. The duelists who meet
face to face may yet be regarded with
some respect in some portions of the
country, but the assassin who shoots
through the window at night is univer
sally abhorred, xne power oi tne
Judge's assailants to influence healthy
public opinion is gone. Judge Poland's
remarks will have due weight with fair
minded and unprejudiced people, and
the unanimous expression of the bar
outside of Franklin county, and of the
great majority inside of it, and of his
neighbors in St. Albans, will be accepted
as final and conclusive. But it would
seem to an indifferent person that the
judge should remove every appearance
of evil even, and give to his associates
at the bar here no opportunity for f ur-
tner iauic-nnuing to any extent, xney
should not be allowed to claim that the
least favoritism can possibly be shown
to any member of tne bar practicing
before the judge, or especially that any
one has superior office advantages,
though it be the judge's own son.
Every lawyer at the bar should be given
an even chance, and we have no doubt
but every practicing attorney receives
equal consideration now. But the ap
pearance of favoritism and this is all
that we believe that there is of the
complaint should be avoided. St.
Albans Messenger.
Vermont's Declining Schools.
The biennial report upon the schools
of Vermont by Superintgndent Dartt,
presented to the legislature upon its
meeting recently, fully sustains the
recent complaint of our St. Johns
bury correspondent that the educa
tional system of the State is retro
grading rather than improving. In
1880 the number of children enrolled
in school at some time during the
year was 73,952, while in 1886 it has
sunk to 71,667. As the last census
showed 99,463 persons of school age,
it follows that only 72 per cent, of
the children now enter a public school,
against more than 74 per cent, six
years ago. The present proportion
falls below that in four of the South
em States Delaware, West Virginia,
I- londa and Texas, 79 per cent, of
the children being enrolled in the last
named commonwealth, while Missou
ri is within 4 per cent, of Vermont's
record, and even South Carolina falls
but nine per-cent, behind. "But the
work of our schools must be measured
by the average attendance rather than
by the number of names on the reg
isters," says Mr. Dartt, and here the
showing is even worse. "Only from
bo to bo per cent, of those enrolled,
he adds, "are constantly in school,
65 per cent, being the average for the
last year." The superintendent con
fesses that Vermont does not compare
favorably with other States in this re
spect, and he cites in evidence the
larger percentage in other New Eng
land States ; but the showing is much
more impressive when the contrast is
made with Southern States. In Mis
souri the average daily attendance is
75 per cent, against Vermont's 65,
in Florida 73 and in South Carolina
69. Such a showing emphasizes the
opinion expressed by the Evening
Post when the Blair bill was before
Congress last spring, that the Ver
mont Senators might more profitably
devote their attention to their own
State than to interfering with the
schools of Soutkern States, which
only need to be let alone. N. Y.
Evening Post.
How many people ever think of the
weakening effect of the word "very
in talking or writing? There are but
few cases where it strengthens an idea.
For instance, take this sentence :
"Mrs. Blank is a very fine writer."
How much stronger the sentence is
without the "very." To say that a
man is very well known indicates that
he is less known than one of whom we
say, "he is well known." This weak
ening element is a characteristic of the
word "very."' The same might be
said of all superfluous words, though
few, if any, are so persistently of that
character as the word in question.
Hartford Times.
STATE ITEMS.
The Eureka slate quarry at Foult
ney has been sold at Auction to
James R. Langdon, of Montpelier,
for $10,000.
A cold wave froze the ungathered
winter apples on the trees at West
Windsor, and the farmers suffer con
siderable loss.
Rector Hopkins, of St. Andrew's
church, St. Johnsbury, has raised
over $2000 towards the church debt.
Less than $900 remains to be raised.
There is a scheme on foot in Brat
tleboro to raise $10,000 for the pur
pose of purchasing the fair ground
property, erecting buildings and put
ting it in shape for annual exhibitions.
The Vermont Cavalry re-union so
ciety is to have its meeting at Mont
pelier November 3. Prof. J. E. Good
rich, chaplain of the regiment, will de
liver the address.
Horace Blood, of East Corinth,
raised a sun-flower the past season
that measured fifty-six inches in cir
cumference. Mrs. James Marsh, aged 70 years,
and her daughter, Mrs. Edward Dut
ton, aged 50, of Braintree, while
crossing the railroad track with a
team between Randolph and Brain
tree, last Wednesday, were struck by
the down express, instantly killing
the ladies and horse.
The Burlington coasting club, under
whose auspices the carnival was held
last wiuter, have held their annual
meeting and elected the Hon. Henry
Ballard president. It was unani
mously voted to hold another carnival
this winter, but the date is not yet de
cided upon.
The religious movement now in
progress at Burlington bids fair to
equal in extent and interest any pre
vious one within recent memory. The
Methodist, Baptist and Congregation
al churches are united in it, and the
meetings are conducted by Rev. Mr.
Mills, the evangelist.
John Knapp, a 17-years-old son of
widow Orpha Knapp, of St. Johns
bury, who became interested in the
salvation army ten weeks ago, dis
appeared Friday night, presumably
joining some detachment of the army.
Mrs. Knapp says he was her sole
support, but for ten weeks he has de
voted all his earnings to the salvation
army, having in one or two instances
borrowed money to give Ihem, hi3
mother, meanwhile, getting along as
best she could. Caledonian.
As a result of careless shooting a
singular accident happened at Wall-
mgford recently, while a young man
was trying to shoot a duck. He was
on the island in Otter Creek, opposite
the depot, and fired at a duck that
was swimming in the water. The
shot failed to take effect, however,
and went through a window of Adair's
marble shop, about 100 feet distant,
and lodged in a plug of tobacco in
the trousers', pocket of one of the
workmen. Some of the shot also
went through the coat of another
-4 workman.
Ira Sherman, who is serving a five
years' sentence in the house of correc
tion for assault with intent to kill, is
still industriously at work carving out
objects from marble. He is now en
gaged on the model of a horse power
with an endless tread. He has fin
ished a beautiful set of lady's jewelry,
cut out of onyx, in the shape of
horse shoes. The ear-rings are deli
cate pieces of work. The brooch pin
is about an inch long and has a horse's
head in the center.
A Chittenden farmer one day last
week saw five full grown bears eating
apples in his orchard. He made no
attempt to capture them.
F. W. McGettrick, of St. Albans,
has gone to Michigan, where he will
take the stump for the Democratic
party. Another Vermonter, Frank
Plumley of Northfield, is doing simi
lar duty for the Republicans of that
State.
A portrait of the late Gen. Stan-
nard, costing $60, has been present
ed to his widow at Burlington by sub
scription. A similar portrait will be
placed in the State House at Mont
pelier.
Will Lovely, Fred Labelle and
Smirney Patterson who broke into
Arms and Haynes store at Waterbury
recently have been arrested. A large
quantity of the plunder, some $200
or $300 worth, was found at the homes
of the boys, and they will probably
be sent to the Reform School.
A gloom has been cast over the
General Assembly by the sudden
death of Boardman D. Stafford, the
member from Wallingford, Rutland
County, which took place Thursday
night. Mr. Stafford had been ill and
unable to be in his seat for some days,
but it was hoped until the last that a
fatal termination might be avoided.
The cause was heart disease.
Aside from the saving of distance
from Hard wick to Boston, which
would be made by the construction of
a railroad from Marshfield to Hard-
wick, an almost inexhaustible supply
of granite in the eastern part of
Woodbury would find a ready market.
These quarries have not been devel
oped to any extent because of the ex
pense of hauling by teams to Hard
wick station. The survey of the pro
posed road runs within a mile of the
quarry. A bill is to be introduced at
the present session of the legislature
for a charter. Vermonter.
The question now very much agitat
ed by all Orange county is, shall the
county have two shire towns, one at
Bradford on the east, and tha other at
West Randolph on the west side, thus
doing away with the old Chelsea build
ings? It is asserted by one party
that the proposed change should take
place for various reasons: first, that
there is no railroad within thirteen
miles of the present shire town ; sec
ondly, the town is so situated among
the hills that it is impossible to reach
it during the winter term of court
without a great deal of hardship and
exDosure. Every effort possible i3
being made at the present legislature
to accomplish a change
The total investment of the Ver
mont railroads represent over $40,
000,000, of which amount $24,548,-
000 is m capital stock and $15,695,
000 in bonded and floating debt. The
gross earnings of all the roads within
tne state ior tne year io approxi
mates $4,000,000. The amount of
interest on bonds and stock dividends
paid by the railroads of the State last
year was nearly $1,000,000. The
taxes paid into the State treasury by
these roads under the corporation tax
law in 1885 amounted to nearly
890,000. lhe physical condition of
the various roads has been gradually
improved within a few years. Of the
946 miles of road operated within the
State, over 700 miles are laid with
steel rails. Many of the bridge are
now iron, having been rebuilt since
1880. The passenger service is all
that could be desired and the equip
ment comprises 200 coaches. The
revenue tram mileage in 1885 was
13,618,416 miles
The number of pas-
sengers carried was 1,304,031.
NOTES.
Mr. Blaine is on a stumping tour
in Pennsylvania, in company with
Gen. Beaver, the Republican candi
date for Governor, and is received
everywhere by immense audiences
who manifest great enthusiasm.
A novel incident occurred in a law
suit at Cleveland, O., brought by
Scott Carnham against Dr. J. E.
Woodbridge to recover a balance due
on a cow. Justice Reznor, the coun
sel and jury on the call were conveyed
in carriages to where the cow was
kept, and Attorney McVey, for the
purpose of showing the good qualities
of the animal, milked the cow in the
presence of the jury. It was "love's
labor lost," however, as the jury disa
greed.
A South Sheiborn, Mass., firm
which does a large cider manufactur
ing business, has closed a contract
with a party in New Hampshire for
50,000 bushels of apples at 9 cents a
bushel, delivered on the cars ready
lor shipment.
The six hundred French army cats
whose duty it is to catch mice in the
clothing store-houses, are to have
their rations reduced, since they have
become too fat and lazy to capture
the onending rodents.
The statement is made that if the
Chinese nation were to pass before an
observer in single file the procession
would never cease, for a new genera
tion would be coming on the stage as
fast as the procession moved.
Ormond E. Colony, Bourbon Dem
ocrat, has been appointed postmaster
at Keene, N. H., in place of Asa
Smith, "offensive partisan," removed
Mr. Smith is conceded by all Darties
to have been an exceptionally efficient
and satisfactory postmaster, has never
been a political manager or meddler,
ana ms commission naa two more
years to run. This is a reform ad
ministration. x
Fire swept the town of Farmington,
Maiue, Friday night. Residences,
stores, noteis ana churches were
burned and damage done to the ex
tent of $350,000, on which the insur
ance is small.
Two engineers have been killed by
strikers at St. Paul, Minn., but no
collision between the strikers and the
authorities has occurred. The North
em Pacific officials have applied for
an injunction restraining 139 strikers
whose names were given, from inter
fering with the trains of that road .
The strikes of the past year have
had a serious effect upon all benefici
ary and secret organizations of the
laboring classes. Many who had con
nected themselves with societies which
insure life and provide benefits, have
been obliged to drop out because they
cannot afford to meet the assess
ments.
The lesson of the great strike of
the pork packers in Chicago is the
loss of $320,000 in wages to the men
who struck, and the loss of employ
ment to 2000 of the strikers, whose
places have been filled by men who
were before unemployed.
The Philadelphia Times, speaking
of newspapers, says that a newspa
per and its value to business as an
advertising medium, like the quality
of its contents, are practically visible
to the whole intelligent reading pub-
he, and it is judged by other consid
erations than regulation figures of
copies printed or boastful references
to its literature. Whether many or
few read a public journal of any pop
ular pretensions is as well known to
the public as to the publisher, and
whether intelligent aud thrifty people
are its readers, or whether the idle
worshipers must welcome it, is always
justly judged by all whose favor is of
value to legitimate journalism.
It will be convenient to know that
the value of our mutilated coins
those with holes punched in them,
has been fixed bv the United States
treasun' department as follows : Dou
ble eagles, fifteen dollars ; silver dol
lars, seventy-five cents ; half dollars,
thirty-five cents; quarter dollars,
eighteen cents, and dimes, five cents.
From the day it begins to get cold,
people are very apt to let garb age
and other disagreeable matters accu
mulate around their dwellings, think
ing, perhaps, that the cold weather
will render them harmless, and the
snow hide them from view. But this
is unwise, because before they can
find time in the spring to remove the
accumulation, much of the decaying
matter finds its way into the ground,
yet lies so near the surface as to fill
the atmosphere around the house, as
soon as the hot sun touches it, with
disease
fill the
amount
germs, which penetrate and
dwelling. Oh, what a vast
of suffering would be saved
to communities if the inhabitants
would be a little more particular in
such matters 1
Exfert Judging of Butter. The
managers of the Caledonia County, Vt. ,
Agricultural Society have a noveltv in
tne way oi a, umier exuiuit at tneir an
nual lair, jwery memDer ana every
body else is invited to bring in one
pound ot butter tor exhibition and com
parison. A judge is employed whose
duty it is to judge all the samples and
report upon them. No purses are given,
but the remarks made by the expert as
he tests the samples are taKen down by
a clerk. His remarks are liable to read
something after this style : " This sam
ple is too salt ; this is too fresh ; this is
not worked enough ; this is worked too
mud "the gram is injured ; this is good
now" it will not keep; this has too
much buttermilk in it ; this was made
from cows that are " eating too much
cottonseed meal ; this from cows that
are not kept well enough ; this has a
barn taste ; wis is too uigniy coiorea ;
this tastes of turnips ; this of cabbasre :
this is made from cream that was kept
too long before churning ; this is from
cream that was scorched or smoked at
some stasre of the operation : this tastes
of cheese ; this of the cellar ; this is a
little bitter; this l can una no fault
with ; this is really fine ; and this ought
to bring a good price if it is uniform
the vear through."
The testing is done in private, and the
report upon each sample is returned to
the one who exhibits it, or not, as he
chooses, such an arrangement as this
must be equal to a pretty good school,
and must be far more educational than
the usual mere award of 1st, 2d and 3d
premiums, without a single word from
tne committee that win neip tne com
petitor to make a better sample next
time. A single pound is so small a con
tribution that every farmer or farmer's
wife can take one along with them to
the fair. Were the samples to be sold
at the close of the trial by auction sale
for the benefit of the society, or for
other purposes, most persons would be
glad to contribute for the sake of ob
taining the iiidcrment of the exnert. who
snouiu ne a butter uuyer, or one highly
skilled as a judge of dairy products.
N. E. Farmer,
The five dollar trustee law of two
years ago is being vigorously attacked
all along the line. Halt a dozen bills
have been introduced on the subject,
two raising the limit to ten dollars,
one raising the limit to forty dollars,
and still another fixing the limit at
one month s wage3 in the case of a
man, and two month's wages in the
case of women, lhe judiciary com
mittee seems inclined to report a sub
stitute, restoring the law as it was
previous to 1884, whea the limit was
ten dollars.
Uncle Sol. Sunshine's Opinions.
Wa'al, stranger, I've heer'n say
that there was but one purty woman
in town, and ever3 man thought he'd
got her for his wife. Call me an old
fogy if y' mind ter, but its my opin
ion that the whole world could stand
a little more o' that ere doctrine.
When I hear a man kinder sayin'
that all his neighbors are dishonest,
an' sinuating that all meetin' folks are
hypocrites, I pity that man, for I'm
of the opinion that his liver aint right,
and I know his creed is wrong.
I mind me when I was a youngster
how I had a heap o' pride, and was
mighty independent. I don't mean,
stranger, that I was pertiklar proud
o' my duds, for I never was troubled
that way a great deal, but you see I
was a heap too consequental, and hed
lots o' selfishness inter the bargain.
Wa'al, this ere thing grew on me till
I hated myself an' all the world be
sides. But one day suthin' happened as sot
me to thinkin', and I said out loud :
"Sol Sunshine, you're the meanest
man alive !" So byme by I tried a
different tack, an' and quit my fishin'
an' loafin' Sundays, an' I kinder fixed
up an' went to meetin ; an' then I
got ter studyin' an old book my moth
er had gin her to Sunday-school when
she was a gal. Soon after the neigh
bors they kinder begun to notice me
again, an' sumhow my old proud
heart begun to swell, an' busted the
shell of selfishness, an' from that
time I begun to live a different life,
an' then, sumhow, I got kinder inter
ested in my neighbors' crops, an' their
cattle, an' their children, an' now I do
believe we've got the best neighbors
in the country, an' the best schools
and meetiu's in the hull State.
When I see a man who thinks his
neighbors are all dead beats, why, I
am 'minded of myself, an' I'm of the
opinion that his liver an' his creed
want fixiu' up.
In short, its my opinion, stranger,
that the reason why every good man
thinks he's got the best wife is be
cause he kinder likes her purty well,
and if we'd all get to likin our neigh
bors as ourselves, as the old book
says, I'm of the opinion that we'd
soon have the best neighbors in the
country.
About Feeding. A great many peo
ple hesitate about making the usual
E reparations for fall and winter feeding
ecause of the low prices which cattle
and sheep are now commanding in
market. But, even if prices are low,
is it not the best thing that can be
done ? How else is the abundance of
rough feed to be utilized ? What com
bination of rraiu, hay and fodder in
market can be made which will result
as satisfactorily as feeding, with all the
manure left on the farm ? The average
stock-raiser cannot do better than feed.
On his hogs and sheep he is reason
ably certain, unless conditions greatly
change, of realizing some profit; and
there are those who believe that cattle
will at least pay for themselves in mar
ket a few months hence. But, be this
latter as it may, we believe that man
will fare best who keeps on his usual
way, ripening his usual quantity of
stock, and consuming the bulk ot his
feed at home. The chances for a good
outcome, all .kinds of stock considered,
are at least no worse than a year ago,
and the prospect is in some particulars
decidedly better than at that time.
We understand that the farmers of
some feeding sections are thinking of
selling their corn, rather than consume
it in the usual manner. Well, there
would seem to be good ground for such
action, and yet, under similar circum
stances, such a policy has repeatedly
been shown to be a mistaken one.
Stockman.
The Population of Morristown
Is about 2000, and we would say at least
one luilt are troubled with some aucction
of the Throat and Lunsrs, ns those com
plaints are, according to statistics, more
numerous than others. We would advise
all not to neglect the opportunity to call
on us and get a bottle of Kemp's Balsam
for the throat and lungs. Price 50c and
Sl-00. Trial size free. Respectfully
Geo. E. Woodward. '
HALE'S HCfirV ii die best Cough Cure, 23, COc, 51.
GLENN'S SULPHUR SOAP hea'.s and beautifies, 25c
GERMAN C03N PEMOVER kills Corns ft Bunions, 25c.
HILL'S HAIR & WHISKER DYE Black & Brown, COc
PIKE'S TOOTHACHE DSOPS cure in J Minute, 25c
DEAN'S RHEUMATIC PILLS erq a ture cure, COc
We print Letter Heads ii
all styles. Commercial Note,
Packet Note, and Letter, at
Bottom Prices.
The subscriber is now pre
pared to do any and all jobs
in the line of raising buildings,
building culverts, blasting and
general jobbing.
I have jack screws, tackle
blocks, drills, fuse, &c. Terms
reasonable. Call on or ad
dress,
ISAAC C. VAUGHAN,
Hyde Park, Vt
Aug. 25, 1886.
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MOEEISVILLE
Large and Complete Stock, including Car
pets, Oil Cloths, Window Shades and
Paper Hangings, Mirrors, Paints,
Oils, Varnishes and Brushes.
I deal square. Goods taken back if not as
represented. Call and see.
MorrlsTille, Vt., September 20, 1SS6.
The best Side Hill Plow in the world, and one that will do as good work on level
to as any Land Side Plow cal1 on IL N- GRAY", he keeps the VViard, LafkiD
& Barrows all Steel Plows, and guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction.
IIF1 "2-OTX "W-A-ISTT
A Good Barrel of Flour at a reasonable price go to II. N. GRAY'S ; lie offers
1000 barrels bought when market was at lowest and all old wheat, and is offer
ing a Fair Flour at $4.2-5 to 4.75 : No. 1 St. .Louis Roller at 85.00 ; Best at $5.25.
Every one warranted. He means business and will not be undersold.
IF 3TOTT W-A-HiTT
To buy Fancy Fine Sacked Bran at $1.00 per 100 lbs.; Fancy Fine Sacked Mid
dlings at $1.15 per 100 lbs.; Fancy White Skd. Middlings at $1.25 per 100 lbs.;
No. 1 Yellow Meal at $1.20 per 100 lbs.; No. 1 Feed Corn and Oats at $1.25 per
100 lbs., go to II. N. GRAY'S.
IIP -5TOTT -W-jIsTT
Table Meal, Rye Meal, Oat Meal Graham, Buckwheat, Plum Brown Bread
Flour, All Fresh Ground go to Head Quarters.
TB1 1TOTT
To Buy No. 1 Rio Coffee for 16 cts. lb.; No. 1 Java Coffee for 25 cts. lb.; No. 1
Java and Mocha for 30 cts. lb.; Rice, 8 cts. lb.; Raisins, 15 cts. lb.: Salt Pork
J?t?Cl ' 2 ct3- lb-; Codflsa 5 cts. lb.; Salmon, 9 cts. lb.; go to II. N.
IF lOl &M
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Boot at $2 00; No. 1 Whole Stock Calf
. uu,c owun, ail iiu, a. io ano 5J.uu. nana Maae ana warranted Boys,
Youth's and Children's Boots in full assortment ; Everything in the Rubber
Line. No. 1 Cedar Posts 8 cts. Washburn and Moen's Galv. Barb Wire 5 1-4
cts. lb. Lame, Cement and Brick. Don't forget that he keeps every tbing per
taining to the Hardware business, Carriage Maker's and Blacksmith's Supplies.
Sarvm s Wheels, Shafts, Poles, Neckyokes, Whiffletrees and Eveners. Come
and see them and get prices. He wants your Oats, Corn, Maple Sugar and
Eggs at their highest market value in exchange for goods. Give him a call it
will do you good.
Watch his Adv. and you will hear from
him again.
REMEMBER THE PLACE,
H. N. GRAY'S Hardware Store,
Near tlio Depot. CAMBRIDGE, YT.
Better Than Ever !
Cheaper Than Ever !
Lamer Stock Than Ever !
If you want anything in the Stove line you
make a big mistake if you don't call
and examine our stock and prices.
We have filled up with the finest line
of goods ever brought into Lamoille Co.
They were bought for Spot Cash and
We will sell them so Low that you
cannot help being satisfied.
Eemember we are the sole agents for La
moille county for the celebrated
ARK
We have sold it for three years and it
has given universal satisfaction. We set
them up on trial if desired.
I. 0. Andrews & Co.
HYDE PARK.
G. W. DOTY.
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Boot with Tap at $2.50; No. 1 Kip
RANGE !
- - VERMONT.
PROBATE NOTICE.
Until further notice, the I'robate Conrt for tho
District of Lamoille, will be held at the Court
Home iu Hyde Park, on Monday and Thursday
of each week, and on Saturday, from 10.30 A. it.
to 11 M., and I'rora P. M. to 2.30 P. U.
Estate of Nathan Hines.
LICENSE TO BELL REAL ESTATE.
State of Vermont, Lamoille District, ss In Pro
bate Court held at Hyde Park in and for said dis
trict, on the 27th dav of October. A. I. lKb.
John II. Poor, "Executor of the estate of
Nithan Hines, late of Wolcott, in said district
deceased, makes application to said Court for li
cense to sell all of the real estate of e;iid deceased,
representin)? that tho sale thereof Is necessary
for the payment of tho debts of said deceased;
Whereupon it is ordered by said Court that said
application come under consideration and be
heard on the 13th day of November, A. D. l.Hti,
at 1 o'clock p. m., at Probate Ollice in said Hyde
Park; and it is further ordered, that all persons
interested be no ti lied hereof by publication of no
tice of this application and order thereon, three
weeks successively in tiie News Jk Citizen, printed
at Morrisville and Hyde Park, before said
time of hearing, that they may appear at said
time and place, and, if they see cause, object
thereto. Ily the Court. Attest,
57 w3 K. 8. A GK, J udgo.
Estate of Eliza Scofleld.
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT.
State of Vermont, Lamoille Dittriet, tt. In Pro"
bate Court, holclen at Hyde Park, on the 36th day
of October A. 1. 18S.
A. til. liurke, Uuardian of Eliza Scofleld, of
Morristown, in said district, present his guardian
account for examination and allowance. Where
upon, it is ordered by said Court, that said aeet.
and said application be referred to a session there
of, to be held at the Probate Ollice in said Hyde
Park on tho 13ih day of November A. I. ltitsO. at
10 A. M., for hearing and decision thereon. And
it is further ordered, that nonce hereof
be given to all persons interested, by pub
lication of the same three weeks successively in
the News & Citizen, a newspaper publishcu at
Morrisville and Hyde Park, previous to said time
appointed for hearing, that they may appear a I
saiu nine ami place, anu. snow cause, li any tney
may have, why said account should not bo
allowed.
By the Court Attest,
57w3 C. S. PAGE, lteglster.
Estate of A. M. Burke.
LICENSE TO SELL.
State of Vermont, Lamoille District, tt. In Pro
bate Court, holden at Hyde Park, on the 20th day
ot October A. L. IStStt.
A. M. Burke, Administrator of the estate of
C C. Burke, late of Morristown, In said district
deceased, makes application to said court for li
cense to sell all f the real estate oi said deceased,
representing that said sale is necessary for tho
paymentof the debts of said deceased and charges
of administration. Whereupon, it is ordered by
said Court that said application come under con
sideration and be heard on the 12th day of Novera
ber,A.D.lti. at the Probate Ollice in Hvde Park:
and, it is further ordered, that all persons inter-
esuMi oe noiiueii nereot, uy puoucauon or notice
of this application anil order thereon, three weeks
successively in the News & Citizen, printed at
Morrisville and Hyde Park, before said time ot
hearing, that they may appear at said time and
place, and, if they see cause, object thereto.
By the Court Attest,
57w3 C. S. 1'AUE, Register.
Estate of Laura P. Wheeloek.
will presented
State op Vermont, District op Lamoille
ss. In Probate Court, held at Hvde Park, in said
District, on the 21st day of Oct. A. D. lswti.
An Instrument, purporting to be the last wilt
and Testament of Laura P. Wheeloek, late of
Cambridge, in said dist. deceased, being pre-
buiilcu ior rruuaie, it is oruereu oy salt! court
that all persons concerned therein be nod
ded to appear at a session thereof to be
held at the Probate Office in Hydo Park, in
said district, on tho 12th day of November A. 1).
18S0, at ten o'clock forenoon, and show cause, it
any they have, against the probate of said will ;
ior w iuuu purpose u is iurcner oniereu, mat
this order be published three weeks sucessively
in the News & Citizen, a newspaper printed at
Morrisville & Hyde Park, in this btate, previous
to said time of hearing.
Bv the Court Attest,
29w3 JUUSSEL S. PA'jE, Judge.
Estate of Walty Curtis.
COMMISSIONERS' NOTICE.
The undersigned, havingbeen appointed by the
Hon. Probate Court for the District of Lamoille
Commissioners, to receive, examine, and adjust
all claims and demands of all persons against the
estate of Waity Curtis, late of Cambridge, in
said district, deceased, and all claims exmmtcd
in ofTsct thereto, hereby give notice that we will
meet (or the purposes aforesaid, at the dwelling
house of Henry Labounty, on the 13th day of No
vember and 13th day of March next, from 10
o'clock a.m. until 4 o'clock p.m. each of said
days, and that six months from the loth day
of September A. D. 1SS6, is the time limited by
said Court for said creditors to present their
clflims to us for examination and allowance.
D ued at Cambridge this 12th dar of October
1836. I. C. WAI.fcEit,
JOHN BRUSH,
SO CommUtionert.
Estate of Nathan Hines.
commissioners notice.
The undersigned, having been appointed by th !
Hon. Probate Court for the District of Lamoille,
Commissioner), to receive, examine, and adjust
all claims and demands of all persons against the
Estate of Nathan Hines, late ofWolcott, in said
District, deceased, and all claims exhibited in off
set thereto, hereby give notice that we will meet
for the purposes aforesaid, at John Poor's resi
dence in Wojuott, on tlie 6th tiny of Novenilipr
and 5th day of April next, from ten o'clock
a.m. until two o'clock p.m., each of said days, and
that six months from the 5th day of October
A. D. 1886, is the time limited by said Court for
said creditors to c resent their claims to us for
examination and allowance.
Dated at Wolcott, Vt., this 15th day of October
A. U. 1880. E. 8. GAGE,
C. JUBSON LOVEJOT,
56w3 Commissioners.
Estate of Jesse Whitney.
NOTICE op settlement.
Slateof Vermont, Lamoille District, it In Pro
bate Court, holden at Hyde Park, on the 15th day
of October A. D. 1880.
Algier Jones, Administrator, with the Will
annexed, of the estate of Jesse Whitney, late
of Wolcott in said district deceased, pre
sents bis adminstration account for exami
nation and allowance, and makes applies,
tion for a decree of distribution ami partiiiou of
the estate of said deceased. Whereupon, n is or
dered by said Court that said account and sail!
application be referred to a session thereof, to be
held at the Probate office in said Hyde Park, on the
6th day of Nov. A. I). 1880, at 9 a. m. for hearing
and decision thereon : And, it is further order ed
that notice hereof be given to all persons inter
ested by publication of the same three weeks suc
cessively, in the News & Citizen, a newspaper
published at Morrisville and Hyde Park, previ
ous to said time appointed ior hearing, that they
may appear at said time and place, and show
cause, it any they may have, why said account
should not be allowed and such decree made.
By the Court Attest,
5Gw3 K. S. PAGE, Judge.
Guardian Notice.
State of Vermont, District of Lamoille, it. In
Probate Court, held at Hvde Park, within and
for said district, on the 8th day of October, A. D.
D. F. Maurice. Guardian of Volnev Wilier.
makes application to said Court for license to
sell the following described real estate of his said
wards, to wit: All the real estate belonging to his
said ward, representing that the sale thereof, for
the purpose of putting the proceeds of such sale
at interest or investing the same in stocks or real
estate, would be benclicial to said ward. Where
upon it is oruereu by said court that said applica
tion be referred to a session thereof, to be held
at tho Probate Office in said Hyde Park; on the
30th day of October A. li. 1S8H, for hearing and
decision thereon ; and it is further ordcreiF that
all persons interested be noli lied hereof,
by publication of notice of this application
and order thereon three weekssuccessivelv in the
NEWS a Citizen, printed at Morrisville and
Hyde Park, before said time of hearing, that they
may appear at said time and place, and, if they
see cause, object thereto. Bv the Court Attest.
55w3 K. S. PAGE, Judge.
Insolvency Notice
State op Vermont, r ti
District or Lamoille, ss. i Court of Insolvency.
HVDK PARK, Vt.. Oct 15th, 1836.
To Whom it May Concern: Notice is hereby
given that John C. Trow, of Wolcoit, in the dis
trict of Lamoille, on the 15th day of October, A.D.
1880, Died in this Court his petition as an Insol
vent Debtor; and that a meeting of creditors of
said insolvent will be held at a court of insolven
cy, in the probato court rooms at Hydo Park, iu
said district, on the 1st day of November, A.D.
18.-(i. at ten o'clock in the forenoon, to prove
their debts and choose one or more assignees
of his estate; and that the payment of any debts
and the delivery of any property belonging to
said debtor to him, or for his use. and the trans
fer of auy property by him, are forbidden bylaw.
C.S.PAGE,
57v3 Register of Insolvency.
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WIFE NOTICE !
Whereas my wife, Colista Chappell, having left
my tied and board without just cause or provoca
tion, I hereby forbid all persons trusting or har
boring her on my account, as I shall pay no debts
of her contracting after this date.
K. L. CHAPPELL.
Bclvidere, Vt., Oct lltb, 1880.