Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-12-26
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,onv NJ thu "yermont Journal and
Universal Adyertiser" printed at Wind
sor, Tuesday, Dec. 18th, 1870, "by Alden
spooper,n Vol. VIII, No. Ss5. 1t Is
printed on = sheet Il by Is inches The
srst page and about half OF the
second is occupied with sketches OF the
life ~ Joseph Mountain, al negro who
was e. acuted at New Haven, on the 10th
day of october, $780," taken nom the
"Americ IN Mercury" From New York
we have via Philadelphia anc DunLirz,
accounts TO Oct. LIST, speaking ofpesce be-
tween Spain and England" "Vla Boston
and Liverpool to same date, sill is war"
"The subject of war and peace, and v'es
versa between Don and the great Lion has
been alternately sounded in our ears, to
the no small amusement Of us lockers
on. Accounts to Oct. LIST proclaim peace
again perhaps it may be so. Be 1t so,
or be it not so, what care we? We dwell
in peaceful habitations and pleasant
places. We invite foreigners to come
and dwell among US; they come and are
not oppressed. The Lion complains
thou treadest on my tail, insulting Don
revenge! thy possessions, thy rights
or thy Nexicsns shall pay for this-or,
by George, thy blood shall answer 1t =
How the mighty Lion vaunts yet alas,
king OF animals, thou art again trodden
under foot OF the quiet inohensive Don.
Thy beloved ship, the Trelawney Planter,
has been stopped in its way from Jamaica
by Spanish "a and raneacked. 80
direful disgrace-O hydra indignity-is
it not equal to the Nootka insult? I'll
was my tail again, and declare ven
geance from this new source" Ha ha :!
ha how pitiful doth that man appear
TO the observing world, who swells with
indignant pride until his entrails strew
the streets. Oct. 5, preparations for
War were still making throughout Great
Britain and Ireland. The Dutch fleet
had not yet Joined the English. In Lon
don two women quarrel, one sticks out
her tongue at the other, who chucks her
under the chin cutting off an inch of her
tongue, "the separated part was observed
to culver for several minutes after the
accident occurred" Then comes various
accidents, fires, &c, occurring mostly in
New Englsnd-an article on the Cruelty
and perfidy of the Founder OF the Ma,
hometan Religion" Repeal of certain
Vermont laws and the name Of Minden
is changed to Craftsbury. The delinquent
proprietors of various towns are mott
fed to pay up their taxes or take the
consequences. The printer has the Con-
stitution of the U s. for sale and adds
"Vermont being called upon to accept OF
reject this constitution, renders it highly
necessary that all her citizens be fully
acquainted upon what they are about tc
act. Therefore, buy and read, says the
Printer" Saml. Porter of Chester ha:
received "by the last ships from Europe
wonderful assortment of goods "Calli
Goes, scarlet, blue, bottlegreen, drab
brown, chocolate, and other coloreC
Broadcloths, "Shalloons" "Aateloons'
"Durants" "Tammies" and many othe
articles whose names would puzzle {
store keeper of the present day. In re
turn for these goods one of the princi
pie articles wanted is "Salts of Lye," q
90 shillings per cwt. Another MGR
chant will exchange for "Vt. STATE
money, Windsor & Orange co orders
and "last of all CAsR."
The first newspaper ever published Il
VT. was "The Vt. Gazette or Greer
Mountain Post Boy" The LIST No. wa
printed in Feb. 1871 at Westminster b
J.P. Spooner & Timothy Green and Dor
the following motto:
''Pliant as reeds where streams of freedom
glide,
Firm as the hills to stern oppression's tide"
This paper ceased in 1888. The 2
newspaper called "The Vt. Gazette c
Freemans Depository" was issued 8
Burlington, June 5th, 1888, by Anthem
Haswell & David Russell. This continue
in existence some so years. Third O
the list came the Vt. Journal g. Univers,
Advertiser, from number OF which
have given some extracts. This paper ws
continued till 1884. Thus vt. had tw
newspapers before her admission int
the Union. Since that time the numbt
has increased very rapidly. In 1874
some eighty papers either were or hs
been in existence.
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