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Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-09-21
About Cuba.

The attention of the civilized world
Just now fastened upon the s,rasgin in
surgtnts OF Cuba. who wish 10 bccuu,
free and independent" Surely, Of 81
the nations, the U. s. ought 10 feel he
deepest sympathy with them, rs we have
! a.sed through u like experience. i.
The following from correspondent
the Portland Press, is an interss;iusr
count Of The RESOURCES and prOspec, d
the theater Of war:
"The area Of Cuba is 1850 qas
miles, or nearly three-Sourths that Ofhs
land and Wales. 1t exceeds tia! dM''
!anl, Ireland, Denmark, H. md, Bella
or Switzerland ~r Portugal, while her ms
lar position and her r, mo eicS from Vi
,intrigucs and complications Of E4@pn
politics constitute such mesns Of deht'
against foreign foes as no na'iot d Hf'
mental Europe can possess. As r's~
the capacity of her soil, Ca5a ID at Na
equal to any OF the states just msnf'0S'
and decidedly superior to most Of 'ln
Though inhabited by more than ulf'
of people only twentieth of her Sll y
under cultivation so there IS a5d'''"
room for future development. Indeed "
resources remain almost untouched "h'
development she will ultimate'ya' ''a"'
be known onr y approximately, kNg'"'
Scotland and Wales taken together hls
an average of two hundred and fl'y'n''
inhabitants to a square m.l'. lh'f~'
but well cultivated soil Of Bciisan Wy
ports 3Sl inhabitants to Il square mI's'-
The presence of heat AMI moisture u' T,
which the productive powers oil 'n'"'
depend increases as we approach th'ea~
tor. A writer in tie EncycIop@all D''
annica, basing his calculations on '''".'
making allowance for the effect u '"T
ical climate upon mans powers Of eS'la :" !,
and not presuming that the soil sr I,
peopled to its full capacity es'i'''a'' i,
those portions of the New worn w.
the parallel of 30 deg. will sustain 'f /.
ulation of 400 to square in'ls' " 4
lies almost wholly within the PS'" ..
20 anil % deg. Allowing 'hef''V'H 4,
$50 square miles forwa the '''. .,,,,,
1000 square miles of Caoan "a ~ j
will. on this basis, sustain pcpu'''O'y,
1866, ooe, or more thau-tha' Of fN =,
in 1857. Thong, it " Ao' iOp' n \
that this degree of development /,
ultimately attained, it is not a'e'''n' "a
Ca. ;..o A,s future, Az nOdl'S
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-09-21
Lam0ille Co. Agricultural Fair.
PROGRAMME, 1869.
FIRST DAY, SEPTEMBER 23d.
FORENOON.

FORENOON.
Entering Of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, and
all other articles offered for premiums
and examination of same by committees.
Exhibition of Town Teams, and exami-
nation Of same by the committee.
AFTERNOON.
2 o'clock. Exhibition of colts (unbro.
ken) and breeding mares with foals by
their side, on the track, in presence OF
committee.
3 o'clock. Trot for Premium No. 3,
Of $50, open to 4 year olds and under,
owned in tho County, best 2 in 3, in har-
ness.
SECOND DAY, SEPTEMBER oath.
FORENOON.
8. Exhibition of horses on the track.
lst, Stations.
I'd, Driving carriage horses, single.
3D., Fancy matched horses--iu pres
ence of conmittee.
ii Reading of reports Of awarding
committees by the Secretary.
u Town terms must be ready to start
for the Fair ground together, at 9. Nj.
Boyntou's. at 10 o'clock. A. nj. of the
first day.
AFTERNOON.
!. Address by Hon. Horace Greeley,
o. New York.
2. Trot for Premium No. |, $50,
open to Stations owned in Lamoille Coun-
ty--best in ), in harness.
3. Trot for Premium No. 9, of $50,
open 70 Geldings and Mares, 5 years old
and over, owned in Lamoile County, best
8 in 5 in harness.
" The Ladies will colypete for the
equestrian premiums on the track imme-
dately after the first heat, in the contest
for trotting Premium No. ], and must be
ready to start at 2 o'clock p. NJ. of the
second day.
" Arrangements will be made for
keeping stock through the Pair.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-09-21

ed-Who did it! aud, VINO alteWaruS
boasted ofrheir acts, as being cunning and
meritorious? And after having made these
enquiries, if doubt still remains, then en-
onire of those same old townsmen II
both money and rum were used al our
Freemen's meeting in 1858, and also on
like subsequent occasions, and by whom
And after these, and some other questions
that will be likely to follow in the train
are replied to, 1t will be known at whose
door the blame should lie. aud then the
innocent should be discharged and verdict
rendered against the guilty party or per-
sons only. There are now in the town OF
HYDE Park about 425 freemeD, the most
Of whom have the reputation Of being
and believe are, intelligent, honest and
law-abiding citizens, who are wliliag the
party elect its representative which is fair-
ly and honestly the strongest without re-
sorting to any dishonorable means yet
theses same men are often unjustly charg-
ed with individual wrongs VIII oh they
neither .pprovs nor justify, and more than
al .f this. our town is often accused OF
4 controlling and determining the result Oh
its Freemeu's meetings by blacklegs and
Al.
parrots, which. accusation is now evidently
false. Our town has also often been ac-
vusUu VI naylng us eicUtions Influenced by
men from adjoining towns, to which accus.
alton reply, by saying, that some Of the
leaders of both politicnl parties in some
of our adjoining towns often appear, I'd
sympathi1c warmly with their political
brethren in this town at our Freeman 5
meetings, yet [ do net believe that their
labors very materially effect the result Of
election, for the time has passed when old
and long book accounts, or notes Of hand,
or mortgage, or pension papers will change
the political opinions of our Independent
trcemen'; and then, again, men in Hyde
Park are often complimented with the
very aattering and pride inspiring remark,
that they live in town where the opinions
of men, and even tie men themselves, and
have descended and do now descend as by
entailment to certain influential politicians
which statements are also false, for the
freemen Of Hyde Park, with but few co.
ceptlons, fearlessly examine both sides OF
political questions aud openly express
their opinions without fear Of being called
turn-coats, black republicans or copper
heads, and when enquired of in regard to
their political faith, will unblushingly tell
what they believe, and why they so believe
\ naked political name without merit il
losing its charms with the freemen OIL
Hyde Park.
FARMER AND VoTER OF HYDE PARK.
: Hyde Park, Sept. l6, 1869.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-09-21

Mr.. EDIToR: notice by the newspa-
pers Of last evening, that the way and
manner in which the representative Of
this town was elected at our last Freeman's
meeting, was very sharply and severely
criticised in papers that are located beyond
the limits of our county, and so far MS
such criticism is based upon facts, no ex-
ceptions can reasonably be taken; but if
the declarations therein made were
absolutely false and willfully so, or if
such declarations were founded upon i'm
probable and inconsistent reports reckless
y and carelessly made by men when heat.
ed by the excitement Of victory, defeat,
or otherwise, then | believe the publisher
of such mis-statement. exceeded the bound
to which the broad license OF political ped
dlers extends Cruel are politicians how
ever ample the reward) who require news
paper exponests Of their political princl-
pies to sacrifice truth and int ,rity-the
most valuable earthly inheritance-for no
,ideration, except to create subtcriuge
for such politicians. But, now, with all
manner of examinations and ordinations
among US, it is due to the parties accused
that the subject be carefully and impair
tally examined, and for the sake of COM
ing directly y the question: without ac-
cusing any particular men or party with
wrong, | will admit for myself, only, that
some acts in times past, relating to our
Freemen's meetings have been neither
just'fable nor exemplary, and after having
made such admission, can very properly
ask by whom and wbeD such wrong acts
we're committed; and, with like propiieiy, l
can ask whether such acts were besh of
fensive and defensive, or offensive ONLY I;
and hope every freeman III hyde Park.
that has any doubt in regard to the facts.
will apply to honest and reliable men Of both
parties, who have been voters in this town
during the last fifteen years. Ask them if
as early as 1855, at the time Sherwn- and
Noyes were candidates, if money and rum
we're freely used TO influence voters ask
them, also, if the hIlot-box was then
stuffed with some balf.dozen votes and
If the found that such acts were commit
ted. then the question can properly be ask
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-09-21
From the Record and Farmer
THE non. JOHN BELL, or TENNESSEE.

THE HON. JOHN BILL, or TENNESSEE.
A telegraph dispatch announced on
Saturday morning, Sept II the death of
the Hon. John Bell, of Tennessee, a, his
residence at the Cumberland Iron Works,
in Nashville. Mr.. Ben was, tor more
than Az years, one Of the most prominent
public men in this country, but had, since
1860 lived so retired lille as TO be AL
most forgotten. lie was born near Nash.
vile, on the lsth Of February, 1877, and
was graduated as gun,b, Rand College
now Nashville University, in the class of
1914. Choosing thelaw as his profession.
he was admitted TO the bar in 1916, and
commenced practice at Franklin, in his
native State, during the first year. HIS
first public office was that of State Sena.
tor, to which position he was elected in
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-09-21
Av0nlGle.

Rev. NJ d. Page sends us Philadelphia
and other Penn. papers, containing the
most narrowing details of the Avondale
horrer. In "a private note he says that
one-half the awful truth can never be
told, and expresses a hope that some good
may result by awakening public attention
to the way these poor coal miners are
treated by their employers.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-09-21
CoI.respondcnce.
ELMoRE, Sept. Is.

HLhohS, CeP'. lO'
Mn. EpIroR-SIR: | wish to enquire
through the columns of your paper what
constitutes legal voter in Freeman's
meeting.
In this town the most absurd decisions
are made every year. Let me give you
two cases:
The first was that of Erastus Demas, Il
foreigner by birth, and never naturalized
moved out of town the 10th of last June,
bag and baggage. In the decision, Mr..
Woodbury. held that in all probability his
father was naturalized and he being young
it answered for him. Mr.. Bishop held
that he would rot be DISTINGUISHED that
wherever he had lived the last three months
there he must be voter, and as he lacked
eight days of that time in Morristown he
must be voter in Elmore.
Alter the learned gentlemen had gwen
the Board the benefit of their opinions, it
was decided that Mr.. Dcmas was Il
voter.
The second was that of jonathan Smith,
cember; back in August f for G' Few Week.:
Mr.. Bishop held, as in the case of Demas,
that he would not be disfranchised he
must be voter somewhere, and wanted
information on the subject.
Here it became evident that it was of
no use to challenge votes, and at least six
of Mr.. Cooks majority were Illegal voters
in my OF iaion.
The last we heard of Mr.. Bishop, he
was calling for more light ~.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-09-21
The House Clerkship.

We are informed that our friend Camp
of the Newport Express, who SO satlsfac-
torily discharged the duties of Assistant
Clerk Of the House at the last session, is
candidate for the Clerkship this year.
We have ever heard him spoken of as an
excellent Clerk, prompt, gentlemanly, oh.
liging and in every way well qualified for
the position. We hope he may be elected.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-09-21
WATERVlLlE,

n yvIIy,.v,,uSIu IniuIHs US InaJ tnere
are 40 widows in this town, OF whom b
arc ''war widows also, widowers u
old maids, and 2 old bachelors. For u
small town it is well provided with such
commodities. Our correspondent adds
"they are all smart and intelligent"
Two farmers will fush haying this week
if the weather continues favorable
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-09-21
From the Record aud Farmer
SENATOR FEssENbEN.

William Pitt Fessenden was born at
Boscawen, N. H., October 10, 1905,
graduated at Bowdoin college in 1928
and was admitted to the bar in 1927.
Since then he has resided at Portland.
He served in the Maine Legislature in
1882, 1910, lS45, 1916, and again in
1858 and 1854, and was IA representative
in Congress from 1871 to 1912. lie was
first chosen to the Senate in 1854, and
has since been member Of that body al
most continuously, though at the solicita-
ton Of President Lincoln he consented to
serve as secretary of the treasury for q
short time in 1864, after the resignation
of Secretary Chase. Previous to his en-
tering the Senate Mr.. Fessen1en had won
great reputation and practice as law
yer, and he early took high rank as. a
debater in the Senate, and has served W
on its most important committees, being
for 'ong time upon the fnlnce committee
and holding, at the time Of his death, the
important place Of chairman Of the com-
mittce Of appropriations.
In trucr sense than usual in speaking
of senator's, Mr. Fesscndcn may be said
to have had national reputation. ORR
g,naly wing he early Joined the rerub-
bican movement and has always been Il
firm supporter of the principles that it
a.,"alt to establish Not that he has al
ways agreed with the party leaders, f r
he had u mind of his n and was not
slow to express it, His natural conserva-
tism of temperament and his Independence
OF action, as in the vote upon the i'm
peachnt nj trial, often left him in II min
GRITTY IN the party, and ex, o ed him to
abuse and misrepresentation His many
faults Of temper also prevented his ever
being popular" man He could not
bear advice or rehuke not even oul Sen
tor Sumner did he stand in awe of, and
ne sharp passage between the two ar,
familiar to all who read the proceedings
Of Congress. For Il long time there has
been estrabgcment between the two, but
we are glad to hear that it has. within
recent time, been removed, and tina,
these great men, both lovers of their coun
try, became friends again.
But there is no need to multiply words
Mr.. Fcssendeu's public life and history
are known to all. With all his faults
Mr. Fessenden had great virtues and
great talents. lie was an earnest worker
for party and for country in everyt,in.
that he believed to be right; and he ha,
left record such as few attain to. He
was emiuently man in whose judgment
the people had confidence, whose intcgrl.
ty it was safe to believe in; aud though
he sometimes went wrong, few will care
to think Of that now, but Of the many
more times when he was power for the
right.
Who Mr.. Fessenden's permanent sue.
cessor will be it is, of course, too early IL
speak with certainty. The names of Gov
Chamberlain, also Of ex-senator MJrrill
are mentioned. Till the Legislatuse
meets, in January, the vacancy will BE-
filed by gubcrnatorial appointment.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-09-21

1917. He declined reelection -.
voted himself wholly to his protest.. We
til 1925. when he was elected II q
gress over Felix Grunly. lie coo,iD.',
member of the House OfR.presem,,,'
IA years. Although when he 4,,.,''
Consress' he was an admirer Of Mr. G..
houn and Free Trader, he afi.r,,,,
changed his views on the latter ,,A'
and became warm ProtectiOnist, All
50 opposed Mr.. Calhoun's Sout. C,ro;,.
doctrine Of Modification. ia f.vo,.,|
United States Bank, he nevertheless, >,
ed against the bill for its re.cl,rt.,
1882, because he did not believe t5s =.
tives of the bill were ac'uatel BY A,o,,,
bic met yes, aud p, listed aga,nu 4.
removed of the deposits. His ref,s,
vote for "a resolution approving this l,,,.,
measure was one OF the causes uf,ba g..
sequent quarrel between Mr.. Bel Ill
the Democratic party, and his faal c,,,
Grafton with the Wings In 1884 N. |
Bell was elected to the spcakers4ip ofa,
! House of Representatives, in op,si,;,,
to JAS. K. Polk.
When, in 1868, petitions were ,,,, I,
ftiie HJdse of Representatives sskin, ~
the abolition Of slavery in the D;sri,t A
Columbia, Mr.. Bell alone, of the Tenn.
see delegation, favored their recdptio,
: and IN 1888 voted against resolution
lay these petitions on the table. VIII,
President Harrison was forming his c,b
met. in 184l, he invited Mr.. Bell to a
head ofthe War Department, which mi
ton he accepted, but, with the rest oiS
Cabinet, except Mr.. Webster, resin,
in the Autumn Of the same year vi,
President Tyler left the Wing party. A
declined to become candidate for A
United States senatorship the follOvis
Winter, and withdrew from public ii
until lS47, when he consented to rem
sent his county III the State Senate. H
was, during the same year, elected 10
seat in the United States Senate, was
elected III 1858. aud 1859, when bis ter,
Of Office expired, finally retired FROM pqt
lie life.
After the stormy scene Of the Charlie
ton Convention of 1860, the remnant ,
the old Whig party in the South, seen,
the success Of the Republican party va
almost inevitable, and that Ses,ssr
would follow, determined to pace ul
didates iii the field. They nomimni
Mr.. Bell for the Presidency, and Hn
Edward Everett for the -Prcsiirng
They were supported by Southern UniSa
ists, and Received $50, 63l votes, catj
iug the States Of Virginia, Kentucky n
Tennessee. Daring the war Mr. hT'
sympa,hics we're with The Soah, but
''oos no part in the struggle. ..U
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-09-21

Several communications from local
core pondents are necessarily deferred
this week. We hope to find space for
most Of them next week.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-03-24

How STupID.--To walk along the street
with an umbrella or cane under your
arm, the point sticking out for everybody
to run his face into.
How stupid for three ladies to walk
abreast, and move so slowly that persons
in hurry must either go betWee them
or get into the gutter.
How stupid to puff and blow and we'll
nigh faint upon ascending stairway,
with forty pounds Of fashionable cloak on
your back.
How stupid to go late to church and
annoy the minister and congregation by
your fussy entrance.
How stupid to wear dress four feet
too long, and then look daggers if any one
steps on it.
How stupid to walk for exercise when
you need rest.
How stupid not to know what you want
when you get into dry goods store.
How stupid to cat when you are not
hungry.
How stupid to smother the smell of your
unwashed person in musk or other di;a-
greeable perfumes.
How stupid to think that peoples opin-
ion Of you increases in proportion to the
cost Of your clothes.
How stupid to refuse to sing or play
when urged to, or to bore people to dis
traction 10y doing so when not asked.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-03-24

WHEAT IN MINNEsoTA-The city Of St.
Cloud, Minnesota, is situated on the upper
Mississippi, being about sixty miles above
the Falls of St. Anthony. 1t is the re-
ceiving point of all the grain raised in the
Sank valley, which is one of the finest
wheat growing districts in the state.
Speaking for this region and the opposite
surrounding country, the st. Cloud Jour
nal of the 18th says:
'Thcre is an immense quantity of grain
in northern Minnesota yet in the hands of
the farmers. They seemed determined to
hold on for one dollar for wheat, and will
at least await the opening of navigation.
Even in the new counties the wheat on
hand would seem almost incredible. A
gentleman from Monongalia county in
formed us that he recently visited farmer
there who had over seven hundrend bu-
shells of wheat in his granary. When the
supply shall all be marketed, the money
market Of this section will be in very
different cordition from what it is now"
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-03-24

One THING CERTAiN.-Dcath is the
theme Of universal interest. The highest
heart, the least thoughtful mind, has no
disbelief of death. The distance of the
dark cloud in which he comes, sailing
through the bosom of futurity, may be
miscalculated but the world unhesitat-
inSly owns that he is coming, and will at
last be here. In almost every particular
of existence the fortunes OF men differ {;
but to die is common to all. The stream
of life runs in thousand various chan
nels but run where it will-brightly or
darkly, smoothly Or languidly-it is
stopped by Death. The trees drop their
leaves at the approach of winters frosts /;
man falls at the presence of Death. Every
successive generation he claims for his
own, and his claim is never denied. 70
die is the condition on which we hold life;
rebellion sickens with hopelcssness at the
thought of resisting Death the very hope
OF the most desperate is not that Death
nay be escaped, but that he is eternal !;
and all that the young, the careless. and
the dissipated attempt, is to think Of him
as seldom as they can. No man, there
fore, will deny that whatever can be said
of death is applicable to himself. The
bell he hears tolled rnay never toll for
him; there may be no friend or children
left to lament him he may not have to
lie through long and anxious days, looks
ing for the coming of the expected terror
but he knows that he must die; he knows
that in whatever quarter of the world he
abides- whatever be his circumstances
however strong his present hold Of life
however unlike the prey of Death he looks
that it is his doom to die.