Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-02-06
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small fish thousands of bushels. gather in the
lake about the water inlet, and SO clog up the
screens that it becomes impossible to pump any
water without raising the latter when in they
pour by millions, some dead and some living,
and find their way into every pipe and out OF
every faucet. You cannot draw pitcher OF
water without taking with it from five 10 fifty
Of these Inpasure whales, and the dead fish so
i'm pTegnate the later that it is unbearable and
undrinkeble.''
Joseph Parker, of Stoneham, Maine, is pinety
years old and has one hundred aud five grand
children and Observation-Disclosures Nine OF
them went to the war and eight Of them re-
turned, all but one without scratch.
A gentleman in New sdford, his wife and
one of his children, were poisoned l.ss week
from eating partridge. It Is supposed the bird
had fed upon laurel berries, which made por-
tions of lis flesh poisonous; ior while those
who ate OF Its legs suffered, those eating It's
breast experienced no unpleasant consequences.
The new census If Illinois shows total mop
uiation OF ?, l26.0O0i al Increase of Ala .O0O IN
five years.
There are thirty thousand blind persons in
Great itain. nearly tenth part OF tue mum
Der being IN London. The great maJ1rity of
these thirty thousand persons are in a state of
desItutOn.
Ike 1DIIdU6ibUId fftSS c11o tHdb tIS Cd ptt-l
invested in manu- tactures In tn city is over
seventy three millions OF dollars which is about
twelve millions more than is invested in New
YORK. The number OF persons employed IN
Pniladel phia exceeds that OF New York by sew
eral thousands, but IN the value of products The
TWO cities are nearly equal.
Tee Public Opiaioa OF London, after alluding
10 the results ot the rebellion, remarks :. We
frankly give up the attempt To reconcile them
l. -.
resp citing America, and confess that there are
Important clements dominant in the character
of It's people wh.ca We have not understood.
Either the American hi-t0-y OF the past
months IS 2 deiusion, or the special cCTrespOn-
dence OF the previous four years q
y hole most gTe7IouS abuse of the public con
htance.'
L9TJ kuperi Cecil, II. p, has recently deliv-
ered lecture IL Chelmsford, England, upon
A,ne,ica. Lls.en to one OF our peouli4Fities
STATED uy member of the British Parliament
. Punctuaity was nos only the soul OF business.
bat .le soul OF eating also, IL tie States.
Laug hter lie had seen walters told off to
various dishes al the word one, each dish
cover was removed with military precls 4
(.augh r)-whIle such was the voFacity and
the veocity with which ne good things on the
table Were dispatched, that, Ii you showed any
shyness CT reserve, you stood no chance OF get
ting anything at all. (Lauehter)
An important decision has been rendered in
Eng and which determines that diameter Of
=evoH feet Is not unreasonabiy large for a lady's
nO0p SKIRT. \ lady, walking along tne street
n london, caught he1 dress on nail Of pack
Ing D y, which 4 merchant had ieit on the sids-
walk, and sued for damages The merchant
showed that the box occupied only three fees on
the inner side oi the sidewalk, and that ven
feet were lef, flr the lady, and claimed that the
accident : her nagtl1anca- RuG
court decided IN favor of the lady, holding that
seven feet was nos unreasonable space for her
TO cover.
OF the 3 600 pos, ffices in the disloyal
States, about 900 have been re opened.
Nearly 500 Of these have received post
tresses, because no mau could be found who
could take the oath that he had not borne
arms against his country. The ladies, though
as rebellious in spirit, are abe to take the
OATH.
RAILROAD EXTENsIoN.-Efort is being made
to txleni the Concord and CIaremont railroad
from Bradford, \. H. ; present terminus, to
Connecticut River. If this be done, it would
probably oe met by road from Cavendish 10
ehe Connecticut, thus coaaectlng The Rltiaud
and Darlington road with the Concord and Clar-
emont, and making it the shortest through line
fl Om Boston 10 the West
Gen. Terry has issued general order prohibit
ing civil officers or other persons from attempt
ing to apply the provisions of the vagrant act,
recently passed by the Legislature, 10 any col
ored person in the Department of Virginia. He
says the ultimate result of the statute is to re-
iuce freedmen to the condition of servituie
worse than that from which they had been
CoLARADo.-Mr Sumner last week gave notice
If the following amendment TO be proposed 10
the bill Tor the admission of Colorado, as d pro
7iso
PROVIDED, That this act shall not take effect
.xcept upon the fundamental CONDITION taas
here shall no denial Ot elective franchise OF
iny other rights account of color raca;
,ut all persons shall be equal before the Law,
nd the legislature OF the State, by solemn
public acl, shall declare the of the State
0 this fundamental condition, anu shall trans
MS 10 the President OF the United States an
authentic copy OF such whenever the
anne shall be adopted, upon the receiptof which
lie shall by proclamation announce the fact /;
y shereupon. without any further proceedings on
he part OF Congress, this joint resolution shall
axe effect.
AMERICAN SoULProRs IN FLoRENcE.-A
correspondent writing from Florence, Itaiy to
be n. Y. Herald, gives some interesting
PARTICULARS in regard 10 our scuIptors IN that
ity. Powers, who has lived III florence
early thirty years, has now in hand, among
numerous other works, life szo statue CT
edward Everett. 1t represents the great
rator in the act Of speaking, the right arm
racefulIy emphasizing what he is apparently
aging, tn left II repose behind him, and the
7ei. 1t OF the body thrown upon the lett leg,
Ehie the right is moved little forward. 1t
an easy and graceful attitude not unfamiliar
0 those who have known Mr.. Everett. Tne
keness is admirable, and le entire figure
very way tue to LGtur~. Mr.. Powers
roposes TO present this statue to some public
1stitution of America.
MONTREAL Il VERMONT JUNCTION RAILWAY
4 a directors meeting the following officers of
Montreal and Vermont Junction Railway"
ere chosen for the year insulng
President Hon. P. Ii. Moore, ST. Armeud.
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