Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-06-29

rate OF dniy 10 consequence OF being invOlced
with wool Of lower value and provided fur
Their, that duty upon wool Of 6rst class, which
shall be imported washed, shall be twice the
amount Of duty TO which it would be subject
ed % imported unwashed. and that duty upon
wool OF oil classes which shall be imported
secured fhall be three times the amount Of
duty 10 which 10 would be subjected il i'm
ported uuwashed. On sheep skins and An
CORA goat skins, raw or manufactured, inn
ported with wool on, washed or unwashed
duty shall be hrty per cenium ad vM0fem,
and on wooden rage, shoddy, mungo waste
and hocks the duty shall be twelve cents per
pound.
Besides the above provision to prevent cheating
in the quality of foreign wool, the bill also con
tains stringent provisions to prevent frauds in val.
uation, in addition to existing laws, consisting Of
penal duties from 20 to 80 per cent in some cases,
and in others forfeiture OF the goods
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REMNIsoENoEs ORA U. 5. SENATOR
Some thirty ytars ago | was in trade with
Judge H--in pleasant village Of Vermont
in the town Of S.. There are two viii
lagos in that town that are denomiuated q" Up.
per Hollow and " Lower Hollow"
short distance above the Lower Hollow
lived man by the name of Orlando Bundy.
blacksmith by trade. He was in the habit
Of using liquer pretty freely; especially ABOUT
election time. About that lime there was an
exciting election for Representatives to the
Legislature, that had just come of, and all
were anxious to hear the result. Mr. Bundy
happened to be in the store as Judge H -
was reading the returns from the different
towns. Among the rest was that ola town
on the west side of the Green Mountains
that had elected S. f for the Representa-.
tive.
els it possible that they have elected him
a representative p said Mr.. Bundy. al
knew him like book He was pcor boy
and used to live at my fathers His father
died when he was young. and his mother be.
ing poor, be was put out to live with differ.
ont farmers to earn a living. when he lived
with my father he was so poor that he was
not able to buy pair Of shoes My father
being a well to do farmer, was able to keer
me in shoes. Itirritated the boy to think be
had no shoes. One dey my father sent US to
cut Canadian thistles in the field. | had
shoes to protect my feet, but poor S. was
barefoot, and the thistles pricked his feet.
and bothered him and laughed at him Tor
not having shoes. He got excited at my iser
and the sting Of the thistles, and strtight.
oned himself up, shook his little fist at me,
and said: Orlando bundy, shall see the
day that ehall be able to wear shoes.
And 30 it proved. He did wesr shoes
He acquired an education--a profession
and his shoes trod the legislative halls Of
Vermont His shoes pressed the floor Of
Congress ana the Senate Chamber, and many
a time have been in the place designated for
the Vice President. They were the shoes
OF Hon. Solomon Foot, United States Sena-
tor from Vermont.
1t cost the country $500, 900 to bury Lin
coin; at least Congress has appropriated that
sum 90 cover the expenses And to this
should oe added the 500 900 paid for the
theatre where he was killed, purchased by
Government in consequences Of that fact
making he whole {" expenses incident to the
death and burial Of Abraham Lincoln" $500
600
ne above from the n. II. Patriot, has an.
peared in various JUDAS lscafiot papers in the
4" Ii might have been sold for IA
hundred pence and given to the poor" is the
parallel idea.
Had our country spent 400 millions on the
funeral of jeff. Davis ten years ago, it would
have been az economical expenditure for The
Union. - Portsmouth, Journal
A CANDID RKBEL.-A Nashville pau.r re-
ports conversation between Mississippi
planter aud a rebel soldier regarding the pas
sage, by the Legislature Of Tennessee, Of
bill DISTINGUISHING those who had been active
in the rebellion. The planter Was very full
Of wrath because Of this legislation, bur the
soldier said;
g can't blame the Legislature for acting
as it did. 1t did nothing but what we in
tended TO do had we won the fight. in place
Of the Yankees. If we had held Tennessee
we would not have allowed Union men to
vote or hold office, and there is no sense in
my abusing others for doing to me what |
bad fully determined TO do to them had cir.
,umstanees been different. | don't deny that
i Is pretty rough to be denied a vote, but
lull it is the fate of war, and know that we
Joniederates were determined to disfranohise
Nj who were against us. We have no bust
less at all to complain"
AN AFFECTING LKrTER.-A conductor
N the New York Central Railroad. who
ANN'ANN AZ AAA AhF1 W AhNANiaul1 thlOIGb the
lew law in that State prohibiting the use Of
rec passes upon railroads, recently put off
he cars at Utica Fort Wayne (Indisna)
ditor who had pass, but no money to pey
us fare, ard who thus tells his sorrow in an
fecting letter to his wife
Utica, N. Y. May g., 1866.
Dear wife: Sell my tother clothes for
What they will bring, and remit at once
Had my linen duster for supper, and my
pare shirt will have 10 go for lodging. May
'e able to make light breakfast on Ger
nan silver comb and pair Of shears that |
banced TO have with me. Don't know when
shall get home. 1t will depend good
leal on tho walking, Don't marry Tor a few
uonthsi there Is a bare possibility of my
letting back. SIMON.
YALE CoIIRGE IN THE WAa From
Rev. }. NJ. Morris article on the Yale Rradu-
ties in the war 10 the last Hours at Home"
We learn that Of 24O0 graduates liable to
military service, TAG went into the army.
classified as follows: major generals, s
'revet major generals, ? ! brgadier generals.
3; oreyet brigadier generals, 8 ooiohels,
II lieut.. colonies, 81 majors, 20 captains,
az; lien'enants, III surgeons, 40 chop
aims, so; ron-commissiOned officers and
lrigates, 1873; rank unknown 20: As an
'hset, perhaps, IL must 30 remem bered that
tut of the Rbuyp 20OO Ornduafes a ysrv lax.a