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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-08-12
THE RUTLAND THURSDAY AUGUST ~ 1852

thony Observatory duriag the week end
ing July 3ist. OF these "A were from
Troy, the remainder representing all psrts
of the country. Thus far the season has
been unfavorable. The ranges OF the
thermometer has been - iollows: July
18th, at noon, rs degrees 26th, 20; 9Th,
II; 2sth, 20; Goth, 68; 30th. CO. 3lst,
g. sf
SAYINGS OF THE BANNER NAN.
Mr.. Hiram Ray has rolled into our
sanctum an egg weighing tride over
four ounces. rt# eff ..r 4.
France is doing a large business in
bogus mummies. We know of town in
these parts where genuine ones can be
had for the asking!
Bennington has a velocipede stable
but it does not do rushing business.
probably because most people prefer using
their feet in the old-fashioned manner.
1t is stated automatically that the
tongue is capable of being wagged 1871
times a minute. This accounts for the
amount of noise about town sometimes.
There are quite goodly number of
strangers in town, despite our meagre
hotel accommodation. Bennington is a
point which "our city cousins" like to
visit in the summer.
If any one thing is more disgusting
than another, it is to see lot OF ntce
young men, nearly every evening, make
it their special business to block up the
side walks, and then "throw out" re-
marks about ladies who try to pass.
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PATENT Fly META devise for the
destruction of flies is now being exhibit
ed in town, to the great Joy of housekeep-
ers. This devise consists of few yards
of netting sewed into the form of bag,
with an open end of sufficient capacity
to nearly cover doorway this netting
is 1djusted to the doorway and the flies
in the room driven into it. Every house
these insects can be driven from one
room to another, and this devise takes
advantage of this fact, and the flies find
themselves inside of bag, and they read
lily consent to being shook into heap in
the bottom of the huge bag, when thor
ough baptism in hot water converts them
to very quiet flies forever. We saw some
10000 dead flies in q heap at the Stevens
House yesterday, that had passed the Or
deal, and we could not help admiring the
simple devise that had reduced this troub.
lesome army to mass of dead matter.
This devise is patented by William G.
MCGOWAN and ]. Madison Hale, and thei,
general Office for business is in Burling
ton. Mr.. Hale is now in Rutland ex
hibiting his devise, catching flies, and
will appoint one or more agents in thil
vicinity, 80 that this method of obtaining
peace in fly time may come into genera
use.
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Railroad, SO that the people can no longer
have doubts on the subject. In its last
issue it comes out squarely endorsing the
canal project suggested in the pamphlet
as "molliaer" Of all our woes 4 Ays IN
its editorial remarks, 1--WE belisve the
building of canal to connect - with
the rest of mankind will do more 5or the
permanent relief Of the business men OF
Rutland than all the additional railroads.
which can ever be built diverging from
Rutland" We judge both tho authors
of the phamphet and the editors Of
the Independent think as did 'Chanoel.
lor Livingston, as expressed in his letter
to Robert Fulton in 1911, in which he
says, in reference to his letter proposing
railway communication
fear, however, on mature reflection, that they
will be liable to serious objection, and ultimately
more expensive than Canal They must be
double, SO to prevent the danger OF two such
heavy bodies meeting.
The aUdHs ON which they are placed must be a,
east four feet Jeloao the surface and three ADORE
and must be clamped with iron, and even there
would hardly sustain so heavy weight, as you
propose moving at the rate of four miles an houl
ON wheels. As to wood, it would not last week
They must be covered with iron, and that, too
very heavy and strong.
The means of stopping these heavy carriages
without great shock, and Of preventing then
from running on each other-ior there would bt
many running on the road at once-1c0atd be very
difficult.
In cases Of accidental stops, necessary stop
to take wood and water, etc, etc. many accidents
would happen.
The carriage of condensing water would b'
very troublesome. Upon the whole, fear tht
expense would be much greater than that OF Can
ais, without being convenient.
In confirmation that the Rutland hide
pendent has anchored at last, see its arti
Gle from the Ludlow Gazette, on the Rut
land and Woodstock Railroad, which
concludes as follows: "We trust that thu
citizens of Rutland will yet wake up and
aid in building railroad from RUTLAND
to Woodstock, on the most practicable
route vet discovered-via Healdville Oh
Ludlow"
We are as much an advocate of manu-
features and canals as they can be, but
do not believe that manufactures will be
built up until we have an east and west linz
of railroad connecting US with the At
lantic seaboard, nor that canal will b,
built or seriously considered until an east
ern railway feeder is constructed. Wher
Rutland has this, then she will have
abundant manufactures, and the canal
land become "the crowned and jeweleG
city Of the Green Mountains"
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Observation-Disclosures village has
forty streets.
Bennington, as town, has sixteen
lawyers.
The Congregational church in Ben
nington contributed to benevolent objects
in 1868 the sum of $658.36.
Large quantities of shawls are now
being shipped to New York from the Ben
nington Manufacturing Company's mill
and ranks first in market.
The Congregational Sunday School
accompanied by the Bennington Corne'
Band, went on an excursion to New Leb
anon on Tuesday.
Rev Mr.. Austin, Principal OF Bur
& Burton Seminary, presohed two excel
lent sermons at the Baptist church on
Sunday, supplying the desk for Rev. Ar
Dexter.
There were 85 vidtors at II. An
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whenever q concurrence Of boeA Houses
is effected by like two-thirds vote, the
proposed amendments shall be referred 70
the next annual Legislature, with no
power to alter or amend, to add or to take
from, but shall, within the first twenty
days after its organization, vote to sane
ton or reject any or all OF the proposed
amendments. This vote in each House
to be two-thirds vote of all the MEM
bers elected to each House respectively.
SEC. 2. Whenever proposed amend
ments are thus perfected, it shall be the
duty of the Secretary of State to send
printed copies thereof to the clerk OF each
town and city in the State, whose duty it
shall be to procure printed slips number
ed to correspond with the articles Of
amendments, and at the next freemen's
meeting to make known to the legal vot-
ers thereof by reading these proposed
amendments publicly in said meeting, and
notify the electors of their privileges to
write each his name on the back of slip
and against each article, the word yea OF
nay as he may elect, and when voting for
State and County officers, deposit each
his slip thus written on, in box prepared
by the clerk purposely to receive them.
SEC. 3. The selectmen, town, and city
authorities shall count these yea and nay
votes the day they are taken, the consta-
BILE, clerk, or one of the selectmen, pro-
claiming the result; and the clerk shall
certify by his oath that to his best knowl-
edge and belief it is true and correct
statement, aud forward the same by mail
or otherwise to the Secretary of State,
within ten days after said meeting, whose
duty it shall be to canvass these state
ments, and verify by his oath the true
and correct result to the Governor of the
State, as soon as may be; and if it shall
appear that majority Of the voters have
said yea to the proposed amendments, or
to any of them, this action shall be final,
and the Governor shall forthwith issue
his proclamation declaring the fact, and
that the Constitution is thus amended.
SEC. a. The House of Representatives
shall have all the power now possessed by
the Council of Censors to order impeach-
ments, which shall in all cases be by a
two-thirds vote.
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THE SENTENCE OF HORACE r. PLUM
LEY.-At the last term of the Rutland
County Court, Horace r. Plumley, Of
Shrewsbury, was tried for and convicted
Of murder in the killing of John Gilman,
jr, and was sentenced by the Court to be
chung by the neck till he is dead" on
the last Friday in September, AID. 1870.
There are many of our citizens who regard
the act of Plumley as being the result Of
sudden anger under provocation, result
ing from the unhappy neighborhood feud
which had been raging when the homicide
was committed rather than premeditated
crime.
There are many others who have doubts
of the propriety of capital punishment,
besides some who have conscientious
scruples against its infection. The friends
of the condemned man have procured Pc
titions for the Communication of the death
sentence in this case to imprisonment for
life, to be drawn up, and they are
now ready for signatures and all
persons who desire to have the sentence of
Plumley committed will find these petit
tions in the hands of Col @. II. Joyce,
and they are requested to call upon him
and sign the same.
The following is copy of the petit
tions
To ne Honorable general assembly Of The state Of
VeyDtOnL
PETITION TO COMMUTE THE sEsTrNcE OF HORACE
r. PLUMLEY.
Whereas Horace r. Plumley, Of Shrewsbury,
but now confined in the States Prison at Wind
sor, was at the March Term OF the Rutland
County Court, AID. 1869, convicted of the crime
of the murder Of John Gilman, jr., on the first Of
August, 1868, and sentenced to be executed on
the last Friday OF September, AID. 1870. Now,
therefore, we the undersigned, citizens and resi-
dents OF Rutland County, believing that there
facts and circumstances Connected with the
ARRAY between said parties. which call for mercy
hereby respectfully petition and humsly ask that
a law may be passed which shall commute the
sentence of death passed upon said Plumley 10
imprisonment for life.
And your petitioner as in duty bound will ever
pray.
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ARTICLE XIV.

Sec / The 43d section of part I'd of the
Constitution is hereby abrogated, and in
lieu thereof, in order that the freedom OF
the people may be preserved inviolate, at
the annual session of the Legislature, at
the beginning of each decade of years,
commencing A. D. 1880, the Senate are
hereby empowered, by two-thirds vote
Of all the members. to.propose amendments
to our State Constitution, and send them
to the House of Representatives,, with .
request Of concurrence, which shall have
power to concur or non-concur, TO amend
alteror reject, and return the same to the
Senate; this action to be by two-thirdf
vote Of all the members present; and
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MANCHEsrlK 49, fhe Congregational
Church in Manchester III 1868 made bene.
VIOLENT contributions to the amount OF
S376,37.
The boom of Hawley 80 Holley's der
rick at the depot fell suddenly on Tues
day last. a load wa- being lifted from
one of their wagons AT the time and when
it came down it struck between the wheel
horses. If it or the heavy pulley block
that is attached to il had hit them, they
must have "wilted." No serious damage
was done.
On Thursday, AS Jamie Dean, son
of Mr.. Richard Dean, who il employed in
the carding room of Mr.. D g. Water
houses Knitting Mill. was attempting to
clean one of the cards OH the second
breaker" his arm which he was putting
up under the machine was, caught in a
small gear and the inside of it near the
elbow was badly lacerated and torn. He
was extricated by slipping off the belt
that drives the breaker. Had the gear
been larger, he must have lost his arm
Two days later Saturday another lad
working in the same room, had his pants
caught in the machinery and partly torn
off
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APPLICATIONS 10 THE LEaIsLATURE.-
For changing the Shires Of Bennington
county, making only one, and locating the
County buildings at such point.
For q railroad communicating ut Oh
near the east line of the town of D1rset
thence running through the towns OF
Manchester, Dorset, and Rupert, ending
at the west line Of Pawlet.
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METHODIST.

NEW LocoMoTIvEs.-Two adai'
new locomotives have just been acaea |.
the rolling stock Of the Vermont Cen
railroad, one called the ]. W. HooAi-
ter the late Master Of TrsnsPOrtAaO-
the road and the other the b. r 0n' 4,
after one of the present directors o. :
corporation. The former was turns he.
at the Manchester LOCOMOTIVE
and the latter at the shops Of the 80 =,
nanv. in St. Adams. NOtwith.iAD ~
that much new stock has recently a ID
,dded 70 the equipment Of tbs fo' -Ts )
bu.iness is increasing 50 fast thai ~
necessary, and is beinsicOnstrn'
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-08-12

TIE DAUGHTERS OF REBEKIIA. =
Vice President Colfax and number of
prominent citizens of South Rend, visited
Mishawaka, Ind, and instituted there, in
connection with the Monitor Lodge OF
Odd Fellows, the degree of Daughters OF
Rebekha After the installation of Off
Gers, Mr. Colfax made some remarks con-
corning this degree, Of which he is the
author, in which he stated that there are
now between 10000 and 100000 members
of this degree in the United States.
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DIR. EASTMAN CoMNG.-Prof East.
man of the celebrated Business College st
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, win make Rutland
visit Aug. 10th and 18th, accompanied
by the famous band connected with hi
institution, and win deliver . lecture, and
. concert win Be given By the band.
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Thou must content myself to see the
world 20 imperfect as it Is. Thou wilt
never have any quiet If thou vexeth thy
sel4 becsuse thou canst not bring man
Kind 70 that exact notion Of things and
rals a liz which thou hast formed in
thy own mind.-FLter.
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The annual meeting of the stockhold.
ers OF the Rutland and Woodstock Rail.
road for the election of officers, will be
held at the Bsrdwell House, on Tuesday
evening, August IL, 1869, at n o'clock
lockwood BARRETT, Clerk.
Rutland, August 4, 1869. Odd
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Religions In intelligence.
BAPTIST.

BAPTIST
There are 265 volumes in the l;,,
OF the Sabbath School Of the fir, r..
Church in Bennington
The Baptist Church in Lalla,,
organized in 1895.
There are three hnndrc and -eve,.,
eight members connected with -.
Churches in the Barre Association.
The benevolent contribution ~ ..
churches in the D4nyille Associatio, ).
1868 was Ss0323.
The contributions of the Sabbs,,
Schools connected with the Larnoille A.
ISOLATION in 1868 was S5744j.
There are six pastors connected Will
the Addison County Association.
There are PAS scholars conpe..,s
with the Sabbath Schools Of the Chur,ls.
in the Windham County Association.
The entire contributions Of the Bar.
fist Churches in Vermont to the Bible s..
ciety in 1865 was only s24405.
The fourth annual session Of n
Windham County Baptist Assoeia-i.a
was held at Guildford in 1888, Rev. NJ
Bruce, moderator, u. Howard, clerk, Re-
ID. N. Crane, preacher. During tie Tse.
vious year there were III baptisn-. =,
admitted by letter, 3 restored, Al di.-
missed, 8 excluded, 9 died /: total mfr,.
bership ], 165.
The smallest number of churche- n
the SALISBURY Association at any oue
time was 8. In 1854, the last year al
lis independent existence, mcrnber-hip
594
Rev. ". /. Bentley has been orlaia.
ed to the pastorate Of the church g,
Waterbury Center.
Rev. ). +. Foster having gone q.
New London, Conn, the church ll
Montpelier Is at present without pa
tor
Rev Edward Payson Scott, q NATIVE
of Greensboro, VT, aud for many year.
connected with the Baptist Board 4
Missions. died "a: Howgong. Assam, Msy
18th.
-Roeanily the Baptist Society in L.
lows Fills had an Offer Of much needed
organ for five hundred dollar-, but tina
lacked the money. Miss Abby ShefT1
undertook 10 raise the sum by sub-rul.
aud did it.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-08-12

VERMONT EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS
ASsoCIATIoN.-The annual meeting of
the Vermont Editors and Publishers AS
sociation will be held at Brattleboro on
Thursday evening, August 90, 1869.
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GREEN CoRN.--A gentleman OF this
village, living on Washington street, had
green corn, raised in his garden, for din
ner on the 29th Of July.
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PEEsoSAL.-The cable dispatches an
nounce the arrival at Londonderry, Ire
land, on Tuesday, August 3, Of the steam
ship Peruvian. Our townsman, Colonel
George A. Merrill, was passenger in the
pcruviau
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-08-12

1 COUNTERFEIT GREENBAcKs. = New
! developments are making daily concern
/ ing the new spurious so greenbacks,
/ specimens of which come to the United
States Trcasurers' Office every day. When
the first series was received General Spin
ncr, on examination, came to the conclu-
sion that they had been put out az blind
for future operations. Although very
-killfully executed, they presented 70
many defects that experienced persons
could detect them readily. Thus the pub
lie were notified of the imperfect dots OPP
posite the figures 40" on each end Of the
note, the lack Of distinct rows Of figures
in the left wing of the eagle, the want Of
a period after the letter "E' in Spinner
name, and various other omissions Two
specimens received to-day bear witnes.
that they are new issues. for all the de-
fects above referred to have been removed,
aud tho general appearance of the note so
exactly like the genuine that it almost
defes detection by professional experts.
EURoPE.-A portion of the London
Fire Brigade propose a visit to New York
At is again reported that Queen Isa-
bella l. ready to abdicate in favor of the
Prince Of A5turias.
A Madrid dispatch, by way Of the
French Cable, denies the truth of the re-
port that Spain has oPonod negotiations
with this country, looking to the indie
pendence Of Cuba.
"A letter has been sent to the Viceroy
Of Egypt rccounting the grievances Of the
Sublime Porte, and threatening, in case
no satisfactory explanation is given, the
withdrawal of the privileges accorded by
the "frinan" Of 1871.
The "Carli,t movement" in Spain il
not yet ended, as has been intim tted in
recent Dispatched Formidable uprising-
are reported in Torto-a and Terrell, and it
il asserted that the Government will
shortly call out the reserves. The state
ment that two Carlist prisoners have been
shot by order Of the council Of war, il Off
eially contradicted
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-08-12

CHA&GE CAUSE.-THE New York cars,
both over the Saratoga and the Lebanon
SPRING Railroads for the present go no
further north than Rutland, and plssen-
gers change cars at Rutland.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-08-12

ARREsTED.-Western dispatches an
nounce that Hezekiah Broughton, who,
while agent of the United States Express
Company at Pacific City, Iowa, on a con-
Meeting line Of the Pacific Railroad, rob
bed the Office Of $4,000 in greenback..
on the 10th Of last July, and disappeared,
has just been arrested in the town Of
Waukesha, Wis, where he was living in
fine style, under the assumed name Of
Henry Brayton. He confessed when
taken, and gave up about $4,000 Of The
money. The property belonged 10 mer-
chants of Pacific City. The name Of this
gentleman is familiar one in this county,
and will be remembered by the people Of
Weston, in Windsor county.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-08-12

RE-APPoISTMEHTs. y. Swain,
Bellows Falls, and West S. Bassett, OF
Middletown, have been re-appointed Post
masters at those places.
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AccIDENr.-While the freight train
from Rutland north to Burlington was at
tor, II. Clay Congdon, of this place, was
seriously injured by being caught between
the cars and platform. 1t appears that
Mr.. Congdon stepped between the cars to
shackle them, after which he backed out
against the platform, and was caught by
a fat car and crowded into space some
five or six inches wide, and rolled around
in this narrow space during the passage
Of two car-. He was brought home on
the train, and medical assistance obtained
The bruises were % very serious ma
ture, but W. do not learn ~ any bones
were broken.
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BRATTLEBORo.- The citizens Of Brat
tleboro welcome the re.uppearance OF their
postmaster good natured phiz At HE post
again, after his recovery from long and
dangerous illness. The number 81 let
ters mailed at his Office ia July was a..
600 Their we're OOj mailed on Monday
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Another earthquake in Alabama.
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/. o. OF O. F.-The next session Of the
Grand Lodge l. o. Of o. +. Of the United
States will Toe held in San Francisco, Cal,
on the 20th of September next. and the
representative thereto are expected to
assemble at Omaha, Nebraska, on the 10Th
Of September.
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Rutland and Woodstock RAILROAD
ANNUAL MEETING.

On motion of Mr.. Lane, adjourned.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-11-26

The Sentimental Flew Of The Cu1an Question:
The sentimental view OF foreign affairs
has two different manifestations. The INST
looks upon all rebellions, except those against
our own government, as both necessary ana
expcdient The United States is expected to
sympatbize, and even actively assist every
political uprising whatsoever. We are sup
posed to have an inexhaustible Reservoir ol
compassion. which we can dole out to every
patriotic outbreak, in quantities to SUIT the
politicians. We need not say that our SEN
timcnts are too frequently unrcAecting and
unwiee. Very often sympathy with for
cisn rebellion is made party shlbboleth, and
the test Of iusurrectionary encouragement Is
apulied to the candidate with merciless sew
GRITTY. The necessities Of the politicians are
thus made the ground for cur course upon
international questions
We need not point ont the many cases in
which this fact Is made apparent. Nor need
we show its connection with the case Of Cuta.
/ We venture to doubt thar the real ner-
its Of the struggle in that island are correctly
understood by more than one person ont Of
ten in this country. How many Of the yocif
erous. American friends Of the Instruction,
can define the precise relations of Cuba and
Spain before the war? How many can de-
scribe the causes and character Of the rebel
lion. It's progress, its objects, It's claims for
recognition under international law, and its
right to encouragement under the obligations
of morality? Very few. This is not as all
discreditablc to the national intelligence.
What with the supprossions and ialsidcations
Of the Spanish cens,rs in the island. and
the exaggerated reports and exaggerated
promises OF the insurgents, q correct appre-
heusion Of the situation is impossible. We
do not complain Of this ignorance. But We
DO complain of the unwise zeal with which
the American people IA general lend their
countenance To the Cuban rebels. We pro
test against the principle ttat every outbreak
against authority deserves the support VI our
republic We protest against the nc5nsi'-
tency oi encouraging the overtime" OF lsd-
bella. and then aiding counter rebellion
against the very government thereby esta''-
lishcd. In short we protest against any such
sentimental treatment Of international 4ues-
tons Ii is unworthy great and wise
government ii is Vile degradation "'
craftsmanship.
The other form in which thc sentiment Ia
t'c ,.,.o a--aars is the style at reasoning