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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-01-06

20 Beside enjoying the out-spoken sympathy Of
the entire press the country in respect to his late
summary nocturnal entertainment in Ludlow street
Jail Mr. Bowles, Of tho Springfield Republican, is
now invited to public dinner in Boston by Gov.
Bullock and fortyseyen others of the solid mon of
Massachusetts MIR. James Fisk, Jr, is in fair
way to make hero, where he plotted for mar
tyr.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-01-06
'rhn NnXi Leclmrn

OF the Citizens Course will be delivered Wed.
nesday evening next, (Jan. 1877 at Village Hall
by JonN LoRD, LID, Of Stamford, Conn, one
Of the most distinguished popular Lecturers in
TIE country. Suhcct-DANfE1 " EusrKg.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-01-06

% Gen Breckenridge is expected to arrive in
New York on New Years day, and banquet is
being arranged for him Gen Early and Jacob
Thompson are expected to accompany him.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-01-06

II" WESTWARD the star of (woman'sl emnire
takes Its way The Dacotah House of Repre-
sentatves, by a large majority, last week passed
bill comforting upcs woman the right Of suf.
fnge and eligibility to Office.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-01-06

NEWSPAPER lNPRoyMENr,-Wit the OPENING
oil the new year, the Burlington FREE PREss Ann
lines, and the Rutland HERALD, come out mate
rally enlarged and improved, eyincing full de-
termination to meet the increasing demands OF
the reading public Our venerable neighbor, the
CHRISTIAN RrPosuoRY, has also put on an entire
new suit, and is now one Of the most attractive
and best filled journals of its class in tho country.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-01-06

MAsoNio.-At the Annual Communication OF
Green Mountain Lodge of +. A. \. NJ, Dec. 90
the following officers were elected for the year
W NJ, Lewis 0. Leonard.
5. W. Nathaniel Conner.
D. w, G. NJ. Webster.
Secretary, j. NJ Fisher.
Treasurer, I, II. Lance.
S. D., H. A. Dwnel
j. D., II. S. Dow.
Stewards, Chas, Cade, j. NJ. Davis
Chaplain, Edwin Fisher.
Tyler, W IL. Fletcher.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-01-06

GEN. GRAN1 AND Tnk Social GLAsS--The re-
fusa Of the President elect 10 indulge in social
glass at the late officers banquet, ut Chicago, has
brought cut the gratifying statement from his in
innate friends that for some time he has been a
total abstainer from this common habit This
assurance is exceedingly gratifying for several
reasons Gen Grant has not always been total
alstaincr, aud it is pleasant indication of his
6rmness and decision, that he can thus forego a
custom more honored in the breach than in the
observance, when he finds it needful to " spike
the artillery of his enemies and to yndicate the
confidence Of his friends
No one believes that General Grant would he
less patriot if he should take =" friendly
drink !" but every one believes that he will be a
safer custodian of the national honor il he shall,
in the White House Us at the Chicago banquet,
" adhere IN cold water" For while cold water
never yet muddeda man brain, -" social glass -
too frequently repeated has very often dmmed
the intellectual lustrc Of the most eminent states
men.
We rejoice, therefore, Tor his own sake, and for
the sake of the country, that General Grant has
the moral strength and courage to resist the pres
sure of friends to tipple If not needful for his
own safety, his example will have u most salutary
influence upon Others
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-01-06

A GoosE SToRY.-Mr. Zalmon Pierce OF Calais
winterod two geese and gander, from which
the past season he raised 81 goslngs, When fat
tened for market they weighed 97si his, bring
ing, $3.50
l1pounds Feathers, 9l,95
Net proceeds, 5000
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-01-06
30 Bromfeld St, Bostol

CABor AT the Annual Meeting Of the Village
OF Cabot, held Dec. %, the following officer.
were elected for the year ensuing Moderator. j
r. LAmson; Clerk, Edwin Fisher Trustees } p
lAmson, j. NJ, Fisher, George Rogers, 7. II.
I-'"'v, hiivu ferryi rire W ardens, j. c. Harvey
Horace Morse, IL. F. Britt, Henry McCrills, Ira
Fisher, }. o. MORSE Treasurer, G. 0. Hopkins;
Collector, Ira Fisher Agent, G. II. Paige.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-01-06
Good Advice for the Season.

The Providence Jouraol urges people to pay
thsir small bills. II says The prompt pay
ment Of small bills is something more than q
convenience, considering its results, and the real
distress, which the neglect Of il often OCCASIONS
raises it to the dignity Of virtue. There are
many tradesmeu, engaged in extensive business,
who have IN meet large payments, and who de-
pend FOR them upon the aggregate Of small sums.
II makes no sort Of difference to the payer wheth-
er these small sums are paid to-day or tomorrow,
or next week. It makes weighty difference to
the tadcsman, who is obliged to keep two or
three clerks running after little bills, and to pay
one per cent month for the money that is due
to him, in q thousand little sums, that he should
have for the asking and that he Is kept out Of by
the thoughtlessncss Of customers whom he does
not wish 10 offend by importantly That is all
true as the gospel but we would teach even a
purcr virtue, higher morality, and say don't
make amy small bills, but pay as you go. The
habit Of getting every thing charged, from a tooth
pick to q barrel Of -four, is a most pcrnicious one
yet most people would be- surprised if they could
see the bills made out By our traders, tn perceive
how many small charges they have how, even, in
many hundreds of instances, the whole bill of an
individual for the quarter or the half year, as the
case may be- IS less than one dollrS Probably
the individual had the money in his pocket when
he made the purchase, and sheer lazines, or the
force Of habit prevented his paying for it down,
and thus ending the matter Instead Of that it
was charged upon the books, drawn of on bin,
and perhaps took the time Of a clerk half an hour
10 collect Much ms it costs merchant, and me-
chanics to collect these small sums, they cannot
afford to lose them, for the aggregate often amouts
to- considerable sum but their customers ought
not 10 ask them to submit 10 such a tax, for it
really amount, to that Among the new rcsou-
tions OF the New Year, let us recommend to our
readers that they make one not to run up any
little bills, unless absolutely necessary here
after. If everybody would make this rule and
live up to it, New Years would be much more
happy than it usually IS now In fact. we
don't know whether this period Of bin, Is most
dreaded by debtor or creditor at present
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-01-06

- Lafayette Lodge of Good lcmplai~, 40. 3
of Marshfeld, initiated TEN members last Friday
night What lodge ia the State hus commenced
the work Of reform thi, year unler more enrour.
aging circumstance?
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APPRENTICE WANTED.
10 our SubScribprS.

Wanted at this Office, an American boy, about
10 years ofagc, as an Apprentice
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-01-06

| GES. GANALIEL WAsnBuRN died at Montpelier
December 30, wasting gradually for many weeks
from cessation Of the digestive powers. lie wa.
in his Goth year. lie has resided in Montpelier
for the last thirty years, having removed from
Plainheld, and for most Of the time since the
opening Of the Central road he has been a clerk
in the freight Office here. lie was good citizen
and an excellent officer, discharging all his duties
with great fidelity
lie was most widely known, however, as zeal
Gus and active member Of the Masonic Fraternity,
Of high degree, being at his death past Deputy
Grand Master Of the Grand Lodge of Vermont
IL The funeral services of Deputy Grand Mus
ter Gamaliel Washburn, was held on Saturday
at bethany Church and was attended hy theGrund
Lodge of the State, well as by delegations from
various Lodges in the State
The officers of the Grand Lodge present are as
follows -
Grand Master, b. II. Dewey, of Burlington.
Deputy Grand Master, George w Tilden, of
Barre.
G. S. w, S. @. Shurtleff, of Plainfeld
q. j. W., h. A. Newcomb, of Waterbury.
q, Treasurer, Guy b. Davis, of Burlington.
G. Secretary, George II. Bigelow, Of Burling-
ton.
&. $ d., NJ +. Smile, of Waterbury
&. j. d., II. ID. Bean, of Barre.
G. Marsha. n. X Brown, of Montpelier.
g. PuisSant, IL. o. Hatch, Of Barre.
g. Tyler, Ulal Pierson, of Burlington.
Stewards, William Brinsmaid and u. c. Bar
Der Of Burlington.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-01-06
Rcpudiation i'm Congress.

The disagreement between Congress and til,
President upon the question Of reconstruction +
no more marked, to say the least than upon thai
Of the national faith in respect 10 the publ,
debt for, while the President has substantially de-
cared in his message that no interest at all should
be paid, Congress, with great unanmity, has Ia
ken the high ground, that, under no circumstan.
stances, will they consent To offer the public cred
itor, as full compensation, a less amount Of money
than that which the government contracted to pay
In this, Congress has undoubtedly expressed the
enlightened conviction Of the country and We
presume that there are some Republicans even
who were rather amazed by the very decided OK
preston of the popular will at the polls. It i.
not many months since there was supposed b
be 50 widespread disposition to repudiate in
some form that no party could afford to disregard
it. II was privately whispered that the feeling
was rapidly becoming irresistible, and that the
tendency must be recognized. Conspicuous Re
publcans were infected with the idea that repudi-
alton in some shape was the coming idea. But
when the Chicago Convention met, the Republic
can people in the country spoke and they de-
cared in the most emphatic manner, that the spirit
Of the obligation was quite as sacred as the letter.
The result shows how much wiser and safer are
the mass Of men than their leaders Congress,
controlled by the came Republican party, at the
last session actually entertained a proposition 70
tax the bonds-another form Of the dishonesty
now recommended by the President But it has
now heard from the people, and seems strength
oned by fresh assurance that it is " safe to do
right"
The idea of avoiding the payment OF our debts
by swindling our creditors-a very ancient form
Of knayery--being thus abandoned we may hope
for a thorough and sensible discussion of the
most important question, in what way honestly
to pay them with the least burden to the country
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-01-06
New England.


Tor Our Country
At the New England dinner
on the evening Of the 22d insta I
rop Motley responded to III,
England Scholarship and in ..
his remarks spoke Of New England Yanso,.
as lollowa
Ever since the staff Of the first pn,.;..
smotc the Pilgrim Rock, there has no5raI
from it q perpetual current of culture anJ ~
intellectual and practical energy which ho.
swept across the continent iertizina A, +,
flowed, until New England has reached D,,
Pacific am lost in wonder when ,uryoe
the overwhelming spectacle which this orc.,
metropolis presents Never, | believe +,
human history has there been such an astoppJ.
sg current Of commercial and human eper,,
ana prosperity as here yet you can tell. ~
better than |, how much that current wopl5
lose IN dsyth and breadth. in swihness and in
tullness' If 'bc New England should suddenly
cbb away forever; and if you 20 farther ~
the west to Ohio, and Indiana, and Mime.
sofa, and Iowa, everywhere wherever yoB
turn, If you wish TO search for New ENGLAND
you have but to look around Won. Tho Won.
cradle aud illustrious ana most lolovsd ,,,,
Of our country, whose fame New YORK ,ri,s'
as her own, but whom we Of New Enelano
claim by birth-William Cullen BRYANT
that noble and lofty but melancholy poem N
his youth -Ihanaiopsis-wh pioturing 4,
himself his grandest conceivable idea of Il.
lence ana soll'uue' Dius nus reAosf 10 lose him.
sell In inc continuous WOODS where rolls
the oregon ana hear7 no SOUNDS save Ms
own uashing'' Dut nc mas llyeu 10 see those
vast deserts peopled ny new Eng'aAlers end
o'ner Americans ana 'hose coh'Wuous wood,
vocal 10 new England industry To- SEQ that
WtHWa WNte OF ciVlllzauon become power.
lul and prosperous state ia this Union ANA
sending New Englandcrs. honorod and Dis.
iinguishcd New EnrIauders to the national
councils Of the country and | believe, sir. if
the telegraphic arrangements were completed
to the last extension Of the area Of freedom
in the arctic regions, perhaps we might get
telegram tonight from the New Englander.
who might be celebrating the Forcmthers On,
there, and astonishing an the walrusses In
Alaska with the praise, Of the Pilgrim Fa.
theirs. When you can take the Rocky and
Allegheny ranges out Of our mountain sys.
tom, when you can take the Hudson, aud the
Ohio, and the Missouri ont Of our river sys.
tenn, when you eau take q living mans heart
out Of his anatomical system and bid him 20
on his way rejoicing without it, then and not
tin then can YOU take New England out Of
the political aud social system Of this coun.
try. too, sir, if | may be permitted the
slight egotism, have the honor of descending
a.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1869-02-27
The Hog Crop.

The Cincinnati Price Current says
"In our last we stated that enough
had been known to justify US in say
ing that the number Of hogs packed
in the West, the present season, will
fall short Of the packing last season
about 3Oo, 900 hogs, and In no case
can Il be far enough from this point
TO change the result essentially"
We have here an explanation Of
the rise in the price Of mea. the pres
ent season. The supply has fallen
short, and spectators have entered
the market and are controlling Il
The only way to compete with then
and compel reduction Of rs,es, will
be for consumers TO combine and re
fuse to supply themselves at thes'
prices. But Il is not 10 be expectet
that cooperation eau be eheciet
among a elass 80 numerous, and henc'
there i but little prospect Of a de
cline. A recurrence Of the imposi
ton another season may be preveuie'
n our people viii devote more Q
their attention than they have hish
crto done, 10 the raising Of hogs.
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Should Orchards be Flowed.

On this subject, the Hearth and
Home has the following:
The most plausible argument thst
can be advanced against the practice
Of plowing the ground around fruit
trees Of any kind is the fact that
every tree will send out system of
coronal roots just beneath the sur
face Of the soil, which will again
throw out branch rootlcts in a hori-
zontal direction, all Of which will
continue to, multiply until the entire
surface Of the ground is completely
occupied with open mouths Of hun
cry rootlets, ready 10 drink in the
first supply of nourishment that is
dissolved by the falling showers. 1t
is as much legitimate habit Of a
fruit tree to provide close network
Of roots, near the surface Of the
ground, as it is to send other roots
downward into the earth. Every
fruit tree, most decidious ornamental
and timber trees, as well as ever
greens Of all kinds, when growing
on dry upland, will send down a
long tap-root for the purpose Of
reaching moisture, to supply the
growing branches during a dry pc
riod in the growing season. Let the
tap-root be removed, and the tree
will make but slow growth, because
its habit has been interferred with.
The same is true touching the upper
system Of coronal, orsecondary roots,
near the surface Of the ground. These
are, what are properly called, the
feeders Of the parent stem. They
should not be mutilated nor removed,
as they usually are cut of and torn
away by the plow. All vegetation
should be kept down, around fruit
trees as far from the body as the ex-
tremity of the longest branches, by
hoeing the surface over frequently, or
by the application Of few inches in
depth Of q mulch. Fruit trees may
bear we'll when every coronal root
has been removed with the plow but
II those roots had not been removed,
the cray Of fruit would have been
more abundant.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1869-02-27

Heretofore. We have considered
oen. sionemaa 4 gentleman of some
common sense. and, wilhal, a aisereet
executive officer In hls line, lIat h.
has turned out 10 be q regular bfiI,ed
scou0dfel, like McIDowell Those
sort u political and military alFapa,
IN joint communion, pefpsimte the
deeds which make the wofd Ijsox
stink 10 the Bosifih II honest men of
both parties. Here y what "Mack"
says Of The stonoman dynasty
General stoneinan has jusi Issued
an order directing all corporations,
associations, etc., which under The
laws Of Virginia are required 10 make
report every year 10 the Legislature,
10 be submitted 10 his headquarters
at once. This looks like peace and
reconstruction, and the restoration Of
civil government, and all that sort of
thing, doesn't itY Just think. Of II,
as one Of the fruits Of Radical rule,
that four years after the surrender Of
the rebel armies, the people OF 'Vir-
ginia are living under government
which recognizes in Brigadicr Gen
eral their supreme ruler and governor
in all earthly affairs. Railroad cor
porations, charitable institutions, col
lcgcs, schools, and all associations Of
that kind must send their annual re-
ports to the Brigadier, or TO one Of
his subalterns--onc Of those gentle
men, who, under modern law-making,
have sprung from West Point, or,
perhaps from behind some dry-good'
counter--fnll-armed In the panoply
Of war, like Pallas from the brain oi
Jove. What greater condemnation
+ of Radical legislation does any mar
want than the simple issue Of such al
T order as Stoneman's carries In its face
, The people Of Virginia are as peace
! ably disposed toward one another ant
{ toward the general government th'
people of Ohio are. There is NJ
! more necessity for a military ruler ia
one State than in the other. And
, furthermore, what people are pleascd
, to call "thc Union" can not by an,
distortion Of language be said to ex'
ist while the people Of the NORTH
stand by without remonstrance OF
complaint and see the people of the
South oppressed and overridden by
such "orders" as Stoneman's.
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A Beautiful Picture.

The man who stands upon his own
soil, who feels that by the law Of the
land in which he liyes-by tho laws
Of civilized nations-be is the right
fhl and exclusive owner Of the land
he tills, is, by the constitution Of ma
ture, under q Wholesome influence not
easily imbibed from any other source.
He feels, other things being equal,
more strongly than another the char
acter Of q man as the lord Of an AMI
mated world. OF this great and
wonderful sphere which, fashioned by
the hand of God, and upheld by His
power, is rolling through the heav-
ems, a part is his-his from the cen
ter Of the sky. Ii Is the space on
which the generation before moved
It's round Of duties, and he feels him
self connected by a link with those
who follow, and to whom he Is TO
transmit home.
Perhaps his farm has come down
TO him from bis fathers. They have
gone to their last home; but be can
trace their footsteps over the scenes
Of his daily labor. The roof which
shelters him was reared by those to
whom he owes bis being. Some In
.eresting domestic tradition Is con-
nected with every enclosure. The
favorite fruit was planted by his faith
ers hand. He sported 10 boyhcod
beside the brook which winds through
the meadow.
There lies the path to the villag'
Of earlier days. He still hears frou
the window the voice Of the Sabbasl
bell which called his father to th
house Of God; and near at hand 3
the spo, where hi,-parents laid dow
to rest, and where, when his time ha
come, he shall be laid down by hi
children.
These are the feelings Of the osl
er Of the coil. Words cannot pair
them; they aow to the deepest four
tain Of the heart; they are the III
spring Of a frush, healthy and gene
Gus national character.
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SILENT MES.-washington never
made speech. In the zenith Of his
fame once attempted II, failed, and
gave Il up confused and abashed. In
framing the Constitution Of the Uni
ted States the labor wholly performed
in committee Of the whole, Of which
George Washington was day after
day the chairman, he made but two
speeches during the convention, oi
q very few words each. The conven-
ton, however, acknowledged the
master spirit, and historians affirm
that had il not been for bis personal
popularity and The thirty words ol
his first speech, pronouncing Il th'
best that could be united upon, th'
Constitution would have been re
jscied by The people. Thomas Jef
Serson never made . speech. HI
couldn't do il.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1869-02-27

a Springfield, Illinois, piper ~
eummends llial n Ieasl me n me
saeant bfIaadlef Fenefalshlps In ne
4. > army he ailed by ihe appoint.
incni ~ M et.Coniedefaie Gtneral.
II argues that talent u The disldefn.
tam, snd mote n that Il Ia be found
among The late Confederate Leaders
than IN The inferior grades Of the Il.
=, army, Or among civilians
A. for The fidelity Of Conie,leraics
10 kpvernment NJ their choice, ~ a
government based on the Consiiin.
ilon would be-, our Illinois cotempo-
mry docs not entertain adoubt. IIm
his chief argument In favor of The
proposed measurais In virtue of Ia
effect toward real cancellation.
We doubt whether any Confcder-
ate leader, with the exception per-
haps Of I,ongsireet would consent
under existing circumstances TO ex.
change his honorable poverty for a
position under the United States gov
ernmcni, but had there been a true
statesman at the head Of affairs The
effort would have been made long agc
to incorporate at least a part Of th,
late Confederate army with that ol
the United States.
One Of the first acts Of Napoleon
after making himself First Consul o
France, was to issue an order incor,
porating with the army Of the Re
public Vendean regiment, with II
organization intact and he never ha,
cause to regret L.
But Of such acts only great ma
like Napoleon Is capable. They ar
beyond the possible conception Of III
pismy politicians who at present rul
and ruin.-Mobilc Tribune.