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Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-05-03

Il have not found an article advo-
eating the measure which exaggerates
its Importance; nor have l read an
opposing it on account OF
its being valueless that does not equal
ly apply to Norway, Europe, a country
whose geographical position and lea
lures are the same, with similar $50
thermal lines. The population OF Nor or
way numbers ,433, 900, with 29,ooe
seamen, though there are Tut thlrtv
four square miles of arabic lana In
$4,000. Liberty, intelligence, indus
try and happiness are characteristics
of the people"
Our readers may think that We are
devoting more space to our newly ac'
quired possessions than their impor
lance demands, but We don't think so
The people should know over what
sort of soil and people the flag OF this
but lately made free republic no"
waves, and the more they study the
subject the better will they think of
the purchase. We do not believe Mr
Seward is such a novice as to throw
away ten millions ofmoney, in the pre-
sent state of our finances, upon a CON
paratively worthless country, abounc
ing only in ice and Esquimaux-pa'
ticularly when we are to pay RussI
| in iron clads that since the collaps
of the rebellion are now useless pro-
erty.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-05-03

STEVENS IN THE HoUsE.-And non.
the members crowd around a c.ot,.l
desk. The confusion Of toDn ,.,'a'
which amazes spectator in thu ~
lerieS, IS hnshed, for brief snooo 7'
The crowds III the balconies bpnd 90
ger ears. A gaunt, wierd, tall oiJ
man has risen in h 5 scat-,ba ns1
who Is often called the Leader Of +,
House. If to be voted down on b,e
the questions Of the dav. to he IA
mired, wondered at, listened to vit
strained attention, and then rcsjstof
in argument, and beaten on anpaa
be leadership, he has it, bnt not els.
Deep eyes, hidden under d Cliff q.
brow, the strong nose Of a pioneer.
thought, shut, thin lips, a face nah
with the frost Of the grave, long, bonn
emphatic limbs-these cover the IA
easy ghost which men call Thallor.
Stevens. The great days Of his DOW
or are past. PerseaS has slain h.,
dragon, and now he would unchaia II.
fair Andromeda for whom be foeE-
binding her brOW5 with the stars
The new version is sadder thantho01
Tor he will not live to see the g.~
for which he has wrought. Yet =
drop metaphors, which are dangeros
will-ofthe-wisp5; he is wonderful ev
in his decline. Day after dav
comes, compelling his poor body,
the might oil the strong soul that is l.
him, to serve him yet longer H
looks SO weary Of this confusion Whit.
we call life, and yet so resoluu 4
command it still. lie is Alaric.
Sc0urge, whose mission is to cha.-
this terrible, turbulent South till
shall yield. If the means prop5..
are odious to her, they are none liz
worse for that, thinks this reIcn4-
Hun. Let her pride be broken. Hl.
not she broken hearts ofour5, aye.aE
honor, which is more than hca.
There arc long arrears to settle. 81
when the B!aine-Sherman amenlM
comes back, he will none Gift. L.
not fair to say, as some Of jEe plp@
nave done, that the Radicals Wen
false who voted against Stevens ID
this issue. 1t was not at all a te,.
vote, as is shown in the fact that ii.
Copperhcads were with him.
Erratic dcmineering, hard, SUBJ.
| Stevens is vet so heroic, he wca.
such crown ofnobIe years upon Bin
shat ones enthusiasm, and ones rcr
erence cling to him. In the CALLER.
we do not well follow him. All tsa
stiIettoes of pitilcss wit which h--
made his caustic tongne 50 dreaIe-
are unsheathcd from the so!test t0..
If his voice, and arc lost to US. B
The sardonic light of his face, ana d
laugh of the members reached Us.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-05-03

MYSTERIOUS MURDER.-Robert
Young, confectioner in Brooklyn,
N. Y, left home on Monday noon to
go over to New York, saying he sho'd
be back to tea. He did not return,
however. and as he was man of reg
ular habits his Wife became alarmed
and instituted inquiries in all direc-
tions, but without avail. On Tuesday
morning he was found holding by the
railing on the stoop to his house, his
clothes covered with blood and almost
insensible. On removing him into the
house it was found that his skull was
fractured and that several wounds
had been inflicted on his body, appa.
rently by sharp instrument. Ali in.
quiries as to what had befallen hin,
only elected the words dock, dock, y
and on taking off his boots they were
found to be filled with water. His
pocket book was gone and also val.
liable pin, which he wore, which facts
leave little doubt that the unfortunate
man had been the victim of robbery
attended with violence. He died on
Tuesday night,
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-05-03
Mean temperature for January 26.S5

Difference of hottest and coolest
months $3.50
Difference ofsummer and winter 1888
Thus it appears that on the Arctic
Circle and far interior, although the
winters are extremely cold, there are
five months of summer when the Their.
mometer averages above the freezing
point, and the months of June, July
and August are really warm-July
warmer than at PASSPORT, nearly as
warm as in Vermont.
The annual mean temperature OBJ
served at Burlington, by Prof Zadock
Thompson for twelve years, was 1882
about one half of a degree colder
than Sitka.
On page All, Sir John Richardson
says:
"On the island of Sitka, lying in
57o -5S Q north latitude, though
the forest, nourished by q compare
lively high mean temperature and a
very moist atmosphere, is equal to that
of the richest woodlands of the nor.
thern United States, yet corn does not
grow"
A writer in the Boston Post, who
is acquainted with the country, says
that In the southern part of the region
acquired, the climate though humid is
very healthy; that the tribes of Indi
ans are numerous, intelligent and war
like; that the country is thickly woo
ded with pine, spruce, hemlock. bircl
and beech; that the natives have ouan
titles of virgin copper made into or
naments and cooking utensils, and re
port large deposits of it in the intcri
or; that iron and coal are abundant
and that the waters swarm with fisl
and the woods with game and fur bear
ing animals. Mr.. Fox, late of the U
S. Navy Department, says in a pub
lished letter:
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-05-03

The NUMBER OF THE PoPEs.-P.
rs *, the Pope, is the two hundrc.
and fifty-seventh pontifi who has sal
in the Papal chair. He Is now in La
seventy sixth year, and has for INVENT
one years been the Pope,-ErcIgac
Paper.
1t is a strange coincidence t,a
there are also in st. Peters Church al
Rome, two hundred and fifty sevG
" inches in which deceased Popcs ar.
deposited, and OF these 256 are d.
ready filled, leaving only ONE for q.
en-: remaining Pope, Plus *. I'LL
LAST "NICa!' is it also the Las
POPE? G. V. 5.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-05-03
Our New Territory.

As much interest is felt just now to
learn what is the nature and the value
of our Lew possessions, Russian Am
erica, we give below a record OF the
temperature of the chief town or ira
ding post in that tcrritory-Sitka
in latitude 81 deg. g NJ; longitude
1876 deg. 49, W; altitude 20 feet
2 IL years. The record is taker
from Richardson's Arctic Expedition
page 1888:
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-05-03

Difference of hottest and coolest
months 44.lO
Difference ofsummer and winter 1919
Sir John Richardson gives on page
399, the results of observations in the
valley of the Yukon or Kwichpack
river, in the interior of the northern
part of Russian America. Yukon,
latitude 60 deg. n. longitude l47 deg.
W., altitude 500 feet:
Man tn,nnnrntnrn for January Dc 81
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-05-03

Difference of hottest and coolest
months Z4.l9
Difference of summer and winter 2 so
The same author gives on page 3SO
the temperature of Eastport, Maine,
on our North East coast, which it viii
be interesting to compare with that
of Sitka on our North West coast
PASSPORT, Maine, latitude Al deg. "a
n. longitude &C deg. So W.; altitud,
Is feet:
Mean temperature for January 1871 s
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-05-03

found in an outhouse which Winoo,
more's landlord. who had ordered him
to pay his board bill or quit, reco~,
nlzed as belonging to Wfnnemore. al
though the latter denied owning sDc5
an implement. Winnemore is tweptr
Tour years old, and was recently ds
charged from the regular army. h
has ior several months been a friend.r
'i'ilof at the house. The murderql
woman was the mother Of Geners,
Magilton. d
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-05-03

An eminent Divine says. Il hay
been using the Peruvian Syrup.
givcs me new vigor, buoyancy of spi-
its, elasticity of muscle" J. P. Dis
more, 36 Dey street, New York. wi
send free, a pamphlet Of % pages
containing a full account Of this }.
markable medicine, to any one scaG
ing him their address.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-05-03
Boston Live Stock Market.
BRIGHTON, CAMBRIDGE AND MEDFOI
For the Weckcndiag Wednesday, bay !, Is
Amount OF Stock at Market.
PRICES

PRICES.
BEEF-Per 100 lbs. on total weight Of H .
rallow and Meat, Extra. Sl4,O a SI47j; Fl.
quality, Sl4,=0 a 5 l4,75, Second qualify. Sl5
4 $3.50; Third Quality, $3.50 $500; at.
choice single pairs 500 90 $500 some o. -
poorest. Bulls, &c, Sll,50 a $1,000.
Working OXen--S2J0 4 S32j; handy So,
Sl50 $40, Or much according TO thcirya.G-.
beef.
Cows and Young Calves Fair quality, 81
SO; extra, $50 Il Sll3; farrow and dry, -
S55.
Sheep-Pcrlb., live weight, a DC; extra, gl-
10 cts. Shnrn 4 &c. per 10.
Fat HogS-Pcr H., 8 Il 8 / cts., liyeWC-.
Shotes-WhOlesllc,5 I-2 a Sl-2 is, rctal. d.
8 cts.
Rehabilitation, 9l-2al0c. per d.; ccGa;T
lois Ga 8 ID cts.
Talov-7 SIS per III; country Iots7 g
Pelts-Dry So 81. so; green 81 j0I So
Calf SknS--l7a20c
Veal Calves-S7, 90 Il $500.
REMARKs.-The marker, like dreams, r
contraries; and we often wolder reporters
erS and butchers do not learn to act upon pr.
cipale that is SO frequently proved true ID T.
his-ory OF cattle dealing. Instead ofhocdI-
lessons ofthe past in this respect, We find 4.-,'
twice as many cattle at Cambridge this we"
last. At Brighton there are 1862 Wcs,c.a
compare with 9l5 last week. and l65 large '>--
from Maine instead of l09 last market. IL.
and sheep, calves and pigs are in mach s.,.
abundance. At Cambridgc there were only
a dozen head of cattle from Brighton las ID"
day, while his week there were perhaps l@' =
was also reported that stock was bought cae-t
at Albany. With these facts before them
buyers have held off, or insisted on a redaS'.
IN prices nearly equal to the advance O.
week-an advance which some of the df''',.
charge was mere trap set by the butchers
So the drovers have put their foot in il -
Time to their sorrow. NJ. 7. Shacket sold o.
for l4e., which he said would have brought '-
last Tuesday; ]. Lamb sold premium oxen
l5c. equal to these sold last week for los
Tabor sold cows at so each, or l2c. per :"
Western mostly at 10 IL TO lac. per lb.
The very best sheep-of which there wei' ~
same as lust week, 5nt on most of the Morn
lets the market is nearly one cent pound ~
than last week. Those droverS who went ~
last week with the impression that money e,a.
be made this week on a. y thing that wear I'D
and bought at any price are badly dlsaPpoiIA ,,.
II. L. Sbacket sold 4 LOT for 4c that ne ~. ID.
IL in the country. Z. ). Kimbaii sou - se
for LIE, others sold Al various prices ~ Ides
at Cambridge. Veal trade al. right. ="
lower.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-05-03

RAsCALs AT LARGE.-A few nights
ago tour rascals confined in Orange
County Jail at Chelsea, succeeded in
breaking out and are now at large.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-05-03
Vermont News.

A REMrNIsCENCE.-Ale leaf from the
past, handed down among the family
documents of one of our citizens, IS
very suggestive OF how it was done In
the "good old times" 1t is the tav-
ern bill" of Christmas Ball which
occurred on the 25th of December,
1927, at which thirty-five couples
were present. The items which con-
tributed to the pleasures of this "mer-
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-05-03

NEwsPAPERIAL.-The CaledOnian
comes to US this week enlarged and
improved in other respects. Brother
Stone is sensible at last; he has now
got room according TO his strength.
The Caledonian has ever stood among
the best papers in the state, and it
will now be much better than ever
But fe Mr.. Stone-why don't you
swap off your miserable old Guern-
sey press and get " Taylor SO you
can work off your "last thousand" be-
fore you get it? Great is Splurge!
Chas. c, Morse, for the past three
years the editor Of the Lamoille News
dealer, has sold out to Col. E. B. Saw.
yer, who will no doubt make it live
ly, newsy paper, and add a little more
politics to it.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-05-03
Local News.

Local News.
AUCTIoN.-Hiram r. Ide of Glover, [
ellis large lot of property at auc- '
ion Thursday, May 9, at 10 A. NJ, '
mong which may be found cows, +
earrings, sheep, l hog, colts, wagons, f
leighs, harnesses, household furniture, i
larry tools, grain, 10000 feet of lum- {
Der, &c. Horace Pierce, auctioneer.
See advertisement.
AssoCIATIoN.-The Orleans Asso-
citation will meet at Derby on Tues
day the Dist Of May, at II o'clock
VI.
Exercises. Sermon. Rev. 7. e.
Ranney.
2. General Hebrew EXERCISE
First Samuel, Sd chapter.
3. Genealogies of Christ. Rev. P.
II. White.
4. Exegesis of Eph. 4th chap. a.
81 Register.
5, The best method Of presenting
the doctrine of eternal punishment
from the pulpit. Rev. j. II. Wood
ward
6. The Millennium. Rev. J. A. Far
rar.
I. The Connection Of Satan with
the Sins of Men. Rev. A. W. Wild.
s. Joint Heirship with Christ
Rev. a. r. Gray
8. Plan of IL Sermon. Rev. E. p.
Wild.
10. Sermons to be read by Revs.
W. A. Robinson and A. A. Smith.
:. X. B. PERKINS.
Register.
COVENTRY, April 81, 1867.
Mr.. EARLE-Dear Sir-Find enclosed three
dollars for the Standard.
We found the 50 all right; but who
be you that sent it? You didn't sign
your name. Let us know immediate
| ly.
BABE OF BETHLEHEM.-We have re-
ceiyed from the publishers, B. B. Rus
sell g. Co., SIS Cornhill, Boston, fine
steel engraving. THE Babe of Beth.
lehem," beautiful picture represent
ing the nativity of the Savior. The
faces Of Joseph and Mary are almost
lifelike, the shepherds, the sacrifcial
lamb, the kline, &c, all grouped in the
stable represent an event in the histo-
ry of the world never to be forgotten
The price of the picture is $500; il
is sold only by agents. J. W. Sim
onds is the general agent for Yer
mont. Buy it; it should be in every
household.
For sale by J. n. Webster of this
village.
APPoINTMENTs.-A the Vermont
Conference of the NJ. E. Church, hello
at Newbury, the following appoint
ments were made for Orleans county
Albany, j. S. Spinney.
Barton, G. Tabor.
Barton Landing, to be supplied by
S. Virgins.
Bloomington and East Charleston
VI. R. Chase.
Craftsbury, J. W. Bemis.
Derby, to be supplied.
Glover, to be supplied.
Holland and Morgan, C. D. Ipgra
ham.
Irasburgh, to be supplied by H
Fowler.
Newport, NJ. Billiard.
Westfeld, j. W. Spencer.
/ The statistics of the CONFERENCE,
t show l AIS in full membership, ant
1860 members on trial, making a to
tai membership, including IS loca
preachers of 1888, leaving about an
other thousand resident m m b err
within the state, within the bounds oil
the Troy Conference. There are IA
churches, valued at 1888, 100, and 81
parsonages valued at Sl04,175. The,
report 191 Sunday Schools, 1924 off
b GERS and teachers, 1888 Sunda,
School scholars, and 1890 volume
in libraries. For missions during tn
last year they raised 1890 So, an,
reported as paid and subscribed 70
centenary purposes the sum of s55
!, 66216.
: REMovED.-The telegraph Office i
J. THIS place has been removed from tn
; depot to the building occupied by Dr
Perry and WIN. Graves.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-05-03

Come to Barton to buy your dry
goods, groceries, &c.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-05-03

PROMOTED R NJ Kimball of Barton, has re-
emily been promoted in the Custom department,
laving rec .ivcd a commission as Special lnspec-
or at La igeiy increased salary, and c. w. Smith
If Barto' has been appointed by Collector STAN
iard, to the position left by him.-Ne,cport En-
,ress
Left by him." How kind of him
\ es, left by him" in the same way
that Pemberton cleft Vicksburgh.-I
He had TO leaue; he was shelled out
he "left" the post Office for Mr.. Raw
son in the same manner. Nj. Kim
ball found that he was going to be re-
moved and he and his friends fought
it hard, and when they found that he
could not keep the place, he got rec
ommends from N. W. Bingham and
other of his partners in iniquity, for
the position he now holds. But we
are willing he should be let down as
easily as possible, for it must be bit
ter pill to be bombarded out of two
positions 10 one short month, although.
it may have resulted in his having
fallen back" Mcclellan fashion, " to
a safer one" Left by him pooh
So Jonah "left" the whales belly
because he was spewed out. Left by
him = O "Mase," it did clay in
IStannard' breaches to remove" you,
didn't it? Eth!
New STORE. W. Jones Il Co.,
have opened a new store in this vii.
lagc. Notice advertisement, and give
them a call.
A SMART OLD LADY.-Mrs. Lucy
), Davis of Albany, a widow lady Of 81
: winters, has during the past yea
>, wove 251 yards of cloth, spun Is;
), runs of yarn, carded I IL runs, XII
3, five pairs of mittens, IL pairs stock
: ings, besides devoting Is weeks TO tn
l. care of the sick. Mrs. Davis has don
+. this work in nine different familie:
thus accommodating those who, in thi
age Of learning, have not yet learne
to use the loom and spinning vince
! Let our young ladies who now thin
themselves useful, but who do Nc
, wish, and cannot do much more tina
dress and play the piano, blush fr
shame at the thought that in theE
hard times they must rely on the
, mothers and grandmothers for the II
cessaries of life.
l. FIRE.-The citizens of Craftsbul
Common came near having q seve
no fright on Tuesday of last week. II
Mt Hotel took fire from a defective chil
ID ney, and. as it seemed to all. had n
a kind Providence ordered sever
ar little circumstances just as they wei
the entire part of the village in the
ith cinity of the hotel must have be
Id. swept clean. As it was, the fire W
. extinguished with very little trouble
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-05-03

COVENTRY, April 81, 1867.
Mr.. EARLE-Dear Sir-Find enclosed three
dollars for the Standard.
We found the 50 all right; but who
be you that sent it? You didn't sign
your name. Let us know immediate
".
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-05-03

An Iowa woman, becoming jealous
of her husband, came behind him and
bent his head back, kissed him, and
Immediately atterward emptied bot
tie vitriol in his face, intending to put
out his eyes. She failed in this, but
succeeded in burning his forehead and
a portion of the scalp in a shocking
manner.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-05-03

Among the large vegetables on
record grown in California are the
following: A mangel-wurtzel that
weighed lis pounds, a cabbage head
of So pounds, turnip of 26 pounds.
a potato of 8 pounds, a sweet potato
of Is pounds, a carrot of 10 pounds,
an onion of At ounces, and a pumpkin
of 260 pounds.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-05-03

Black river, Wisconsin, is complete
ly jamped with logs for fifteen miles.
1t is estimated that there were not
less than 225,000,000 feet in the river
at the opening of spring, of which
about l20,000,O00 have already gone
down.
If you wish to run for Congress,
run along-you couldn't run down
hill faster.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-05-03

A Mississippi paper states that Col.
Scott, one of the prisoners sent to the
Dry Tortugas, pa: sed Holly Springs
in that State recently and reports the
treatment of the prisoners at that post
to be of very barbarous nature.
They are flogged for the least indis-
erection and otherwise cruelty dealt
with.
Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1867-06-14
THE BRITISH PERIODICALS.

THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW, an old
and well conducted periodical, stands high
In literary point of view; and deseryedly
so, for 1t contains information upon sub
jects deeply interesting to the American
reader, from English sources. The articles
'Italy and the War of 1856" and New
America are very entertaining, The for
mer as showing the part Italy took in the
recent war, where all the laurels seemed
to fall to Prussia, and the latter as giving
some information touching our own country,
and concluding with the following: "Ameri-
ca presses ever onward with indomitable
purpose, bearing in her bosom the mightiest
people of the earth,-a people destined, if
ever people were destined, 10 discover for
themselves and for all men what is the life a
nation must live to be truly happy, without
falling 10 be truly great"
THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW contains a
large mass OF reading matter including arti.
Giles upon 1.-THE Policy of Trades Unions, y
and political Writings OF Richard Golden, "
&c, &c, subjects which are receiving the
attention of the people of this country.
BLAcKwooD's EDINBURGH MAGAZINE
The present is an interesting number "Fe
nianism" and 1.-THE Reform Bill" are treated
of by some one "across the water" and are
well worth reading.
All of the above periodicals are furnished
by "The Leonard Scott Publishing Com
pany, t4O Fulton Street, east of Broadway,
New York.