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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-01-20

A sxoRlanss Kiss.

A ballet dancer, who turned the heads
of the amorous gentlemen of the Russian
capital last winter, is native of Cracow,
and reputed to be the illigitimate daugh-
ter of a Polish count. She received pres
ents by the score from her admirers,
among whom was a wealthy nobleman.
He made her acquaintance and was
charmed with her. He offered her dia-
mond he wore upon his finger for kiss
She accepted and he gladly gave her the
jewel, believing perhaps, with Ovid:
Who gains kiss and gains no more,
Deserves to lose the bliss he got before"
His suit did not prosper, however, as
he had hoped. AT the end of month he
presented her with second, and received
a second salute, but beyond that he did
not go.
At the end of year he had parted with
nearly all of his diamonds, and was as fal
from success as ever. Irritated by he1
stubbornness he sought an interview, s'and
| upbraided her for her resistance.
81 have no more diamonds to give you,'
he said.
"Then,' she replied, 81 have no more
kisses"
"What am I to do? Your heart il
made Of ice. Give me some word of hope
81 can't do that, but TIL give Won 8
word Of counsel" s.
"What is it ?"
"Never buy your first kiss of woman
II You do, though You were the Gar him
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-01-20

DAMAGE BY THE SToRM.-aThe gres
storm of the I'd, prevailed throughout The
eastern States, andoalso at the West and
South in the shape of snow. At Buffalo
there was several inches of snow, and the
New York Central Railroad was much
damaged. The high tide Monday even
ing was disastrous to the Hudson RiveT
railroad, and thousands of feet of the
track were washed away. Several yes
sells went adrift on the Hudson River
with no one on board. Three canal boats
were sunk at Poughkeepsie. The Bait,
more Railroad was submerged and washed
away in many places. The Hoboken, y.
j., meadows overlooked, and 100 houses
were surrounded by water. Several build,
ings were blown down in Jersey City sno
Brooklyn; and the spire of church ~
Trenton, N. j., fell during the hour o.
service. but no one was injured. Al PEI
fast, Me-, much damage was done 70
shipping, and schooner was sunk
Stafford Springs, CT, several dams w. J.
carried away, and the loss is sstima,eu .S.
$4,000. Several Of the Maine ralIrOar
were seriously injured. In New na
shire and Rhode Island the storm
very severe, and considerable damage
sued to both public and private pr0Psf'
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JourpaIistie Reefs.

/
Newspaper establishments are very apt
to be cursed with hgagers-on-ssticks,
who, because ofe some previoU,s religion
with the paper, cannot be shaken off /;
brszen beats, who consume the stati6nsry
of the concern; are constsptly asking for
envelopes and peas, and endesvoring e
do the attaches out Of small loans. But
far worse than this class OF 'aells'Sare me
creatures who, having acquired some il
| sight intot the interior affairs of nGTs-
| paperdom, seek to obtain favors and Per
| quisites from the Public by Rsuming the
role of reporters fsrsa social correspond
| erEts. Not q week passes that one or more
oof our papers here do not hesr of these
frauds operating in their name The st
Louis Republican had its sttention called
to them and IS thus alludes TO them
| "These fellows are ito be found every
where. They manage e get ftee tIeSets
Pom railroads and steamboats,, free bOSro
and lodging at hotels, free entrance to
theatres, to run up stpre bills. to borrow
Money and play ~the confidence gang
/ generally upon green and unsuspectlng
people, on the pretence of being con-
nected with the press. We often notice
the names of people whom we never saw
or heard of before as representatives OF
fhe Missouri Republican. A chap named
Clark actually occupied reporters seat
in the Capitol at Washington nearly a
whole session of Congress, pretending to
be regular correspondent of this paper.
Some of the best places at conventions
and other public assembk@, are monopol-
lied by parties falsely claiming to be
newspaper men, while at banquets and OF
excursions, and wherever there is any
eating and drinking, the dead beats fra
ternity of self-eleoted journalists are
generally on hand to fill anye. vacancies
that may exist in the list Of real re-
porters.'
The public are too liable to draw their
inference of the newspaper fraternity from
contact with these characters. People,
however, may set it down as rule that
any one they fall in with who attempts
to trade on newspaper relations has no
such relations with the press, but Is q
fraud, which deserves to be treated az
SUCH
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HOME FOR DESTITUTE CHILDREN AT
BURLINGToN.-We have received copy
of the annual reports of the Secretary
and Treasurer of this institution, which
has been in successful operation for the
last four years. Since it was opened, 80
children have shared its privileges, and
homes have been found for fifty of them.
Over $50 applications have been refused
for want of room and lack of means. The
institution is Protestant, but not sectarian.
Up to the present time funds have been
furnished mostly by the people of Bur-
lington. 1t is now proposed to give every
town in the State an opportunity to con-
tribute, to what shall be known as the
dollar Subscription" to the Permanent
Fund" and thus enable towns to obtain
joint-stock interest in the institution.
In order to enlarge the capacity of the
"Home" to needful extent, fund of
$4,000 viii be required and the contri-
buttons of the. benevolent everywhere are
solicited for this worthy object.
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We tried quite hard to find the sin and
false doctrine in the red and blue and
gold, but certainly failed to discover it.
The giidea lettering, the rich symbols II
the Christian ftith, The lovely and most
elaborate arrangement of many colored
saanaorteNes constituting the altar decora-
tions for Christmas, and all the admirable
arrangements and ornamentation. only
made us very thankful that there were
pious laymen who loved to conaeerate
their wealth and taste to the honor and
glory of His sacred temple, Who has in
keeping for those that love Him, the
golden streets and the pearly gates the
many mansions above.
Thank God for the new life that He is
stirring up in His church all over our
land. Among other signs, beautiful
churches, rich affairs, choral services, ready
and willing laymen, frequent and well
attended services, betoken no day of sloth.
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ErhnIkIin County Agricultural and
Mechanical Society.

The annual meeting for the election Of
officers of the Franklin County Agri-
cultural and Mechanical Society" was
head at Sheldon, January 9Th, 1870. John
L. Draper. Vice President, in the chair
Voted that the chair appoint com
mittee to present names for officers of the
Society. &E
The committee on nominations PIE
sented the following names and they were
elected without dissenting vote:
President, Hon. J. Gregory Smith. ST
Adams. Vice Presidents, J. T. Draper
Sheldon; B. Whitney, Franklin. Treas
urer, J. T. Draper, Sheldon. Secretary, ]
Ell. StGfHebeam, Sheldon.
On motion, each town was called t.
nominate a suitable person for Director
whereupon the following directors were
elected, viz:
Bakersfield, John Sennot; Berkshire
A. A. Moore Enosburgh, Wilson ORA
per Fairfax, Geo. N. Wells; Fairfield
Daniel Leach; Fletcher, Eben Bailey
Franklin, ID. J. Gates; Georgia, Ell. o
barLletG, ulgngaIe, DdYlu Ounuerianu
Montgomery, Heman Hopkins, jr.; Rich
ford, VIM. B. Willard st. Adams, A. I
Kellogg Sheldon, N. g. Martin; Swan
ton, John p. Robinson.
The committee on ''ield crops" mad
the following report:
CoRN.-1st Premium, S. Teachout, on
acre, Sc bushels shelled corn-small kin.
SO.
OATs-1st Premium, B. G. Gallup, 10
bushels on Ii acres of ground-weighinl
SO pounds per bushel-$3; I'd Premium
N. g. Martin, 1873 bushels on 5 acres Q
gronnd-weigning 80 pounds per bushe
80.
PEAs-1st Premium, S. Teachout, 5
bushels on acre and 140 rods of groun
So.
GRASS SEED.-2d Premium, s. Teach
out, So.
| PoTAToEs.-J. II. Stuflebeam raise
81 bushels Of Garnet Chill potatoes fror
% rods Of ground.
WHEAT.-A. T. Kellogg, raised Sc
pounds of Arnoutka Wheat, 8 bushels b
measure, from % pounds sowing.
The meeting was largely attended. RI
marks were made by O. s. Bliss, Esq
Secretary vt. Dairymen's Association
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PoLITICAL.--A Washington special says
that the House is determined that there
shall be reduction in taxation of not
less than fifty millions. Many of the
Western members say success partly de.
ponds on reduction.
Hon. j. B. Grinnell denies that he
is candidate for United States Senator
from Iowa, and says no person has had
authority to announce him as such.
1t is reported from Washington that
the style of the st. Domingo negotiation
is criticized in some quarters severely,
but the general proposition to annex the
Island is popular in both Houses.
The President of the Tennessee Con-
stitutional Convention, General Brown,
though an officer in the rebel army, is
said to be in favor of universal manhood
suffrage, and was one of the generals who
pledged themselves to lend their aid to
put down the Ku Klux K.an and other
conspirators against the peace.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-01-20

TENNESSEE. - Collector Mallins of
Tennessee, who was once very homely
member of the House of Representatives,
writes to Commissioner Delano an account
of his having seized number of barrels
of illicit whisky, together with the horses
and wagon in which the said whisky was
being carried. He placed the whisky,
horses and wagon in stable for safe-keep-
ing,.and during the night so armed men, in
Ku Klux disguise, surrounded the stable,
took possession of Ithe whisky and then
set the stable on fire. Troops will be
necessary to curb the insurrectionary
spirit of the law-breakers in that section.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-01-20

HALF A MILLION DEATHS FROM FAM
INE.-The Bombay India) Gazette, a
well-informed journal, estimates the
deaths from want Of food in all Raipoo-
tana at not fewer than half a million and
besides, nestilence has, as usual, followed
famine. For the last two months the peo-
pie have been cut down by most per-
sistent fever and murrain, or swelling of
the limbs and face, caused by living on
grass seed. The people have lost heart,
and the mortality is saddening. In some
villages, from ten to twelve per cent. of
the inhabitants aied during the month of
October alone. ,...-
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try have frequently been represented
Among the last from Vermont was Geo.
P. Marsh, upon the subjet Of Language
There is probably no other place on the
globe where the common people have such
privilege as is found in these free lee
lures. Yet there is, in all this city, only
sufficient number who will attend to
fill the hall of fifteen hundred seats, I'M
less it happens that some man of great
reputation lectures upon some subject
generally familiar, where great many
who apply late cannot get tickets The
reason is that it requires patient attention
and considerable effort to preserve
the continuity of these lectures.
There is more amusement and
specifically in one lecture on a subject,
by a circulating lyceum lecturer, and the
people, by the miscellaneous reading that
comes before them in these days, are not
very well prepared to value or compre-
bend science, even when reduced for COM
mon requirements.
There is course of lectures being given
by Rev. John Lord, npon History and
historical characters, which in rank lead
all others that have been delivered here
for years. The present course, upon mod
ern European historical subjects and char
aoters, being given in the middle of the
day, at the price Of fifteen dollars for
twenty lectures, and to good numbers,
will indicate something unusual as a
lecturer Mr.. Lord is man over fifty
years of age, small in stature and rather
spare; is gray, wearing only moustache,
has sharp features, showing evidences of
severe study. Being nervous or active
and impassioned while lecturing, speaking
rapidly and with distinct utterance, he
is well calculated to keep the attention of
his audience; and as his subjects are
fresh, upon which he makes long lectures,
the feelings and sympathies of the hear
ers are ruled into the spirit of the occasion
quite effeotually. These are not his first
lectures here, however. He delivered two
or three series last winter, which were
well patronized and appreciated.
This gentleman is a native 'of Maine,
but has resided abroad great deal, which
has resulted in unusual preparation for
his profession. B.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-01-20

SENTENCE OF HENRY WELCOME
Monday morning Henry Welcome, the
murderer of Mr.. Perry Russell of Hines
burgh, was brought into the Chittenden
County Courtroom to receive sentence for
his crime. He did not evince any unu-
sual emotion; and when asked whether
he had anything to say why the sentence
of the law should not be passed upon him,
his reply was, 81 have not" Judge Bar
rett addressed tie prisoner at some length,
in words of solemn import, and then pro-
ceeGed to pronounce sentence to the effect
that the respondent be hanged on the
third Friday in January, 1871, at the State
Prison at Windsor, and that in the mean
time he be imprisoned in solitary confne-
ment. The Free Press, in describing the
scene in the court room, says: THE gen.
eral conduct of Welcome during the
whole scene evinced either the utmost
hardihood or an unusual amount of brut-
ish Notwithstanding terribly pain
full to witness in either case"
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have full discussion. ftiss free COUNT.
and If the refo-naers can persuade The
women of Vermont that they are nov
held IN miserable bondage, and ous n,
to desire to be set free--to vote and hols
office; or can convince the men that +.
il expedient 70 add the burden Of polifiasl
duties and labors TO thoss which nov &C
cupy the minds and heads - the worazn
'shey have perfect right u 10 II n.
think they have begun none too Gerry y.
the extent Of the task before them.--Pss.
Press.
The oppone1,ts Of Woman Suffrage me-
be sure that It's friends are in earnest IL
this movement. They have begun mons
too early, and the Free Press may b.
somewhat surprised at the f1al result
OF the settlement Of this question IN Yer.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-01-20
THE RUTLAND HERALD
FRIDAY, JANUARY Z, 1870.
Our Foreign Credit.

At last and with rush, as such things
always come, Europe dis waking to q
thorough comprehension of our financial
condition, resources, and intention. The
Saturday Review, the brilliant and bitter
organ of the Tories, and during the wa,
our deadly foe, in its last issueO admits
that American reputation is false alarm
that the payment of the debt is now
easy, and being SO, profitable and a Ger.
tainty. Sir Curtis Lampson, in the Lon.
don Times, ridicules the anti-repudiation
professions of Governor Hoffman, when
read in the light of tie record of his
party But the other day the Spectator
in an able leader, characterized us az
"the nation which pays its debts" and
declared that no kingdom in Europe
could afford to carry on war with peo-
pie who had this reputation.
And now, to crown all, comes the news
that the representatives of two foreign
banking houses, one from London, and
one from Frankfort, are already here, at
tracted by the late message of Secretary
Boutwell,. They come with the offer to
negotiate four and half per cent. loan
in Europe, and estimate that they can at
once effect the sale of $sO,0OO,0OO of such
loan. They ask too, it is said, a less
commission than was paid to float the
fve-twenties.
The lesson of all this is patent and i'm
pressive. This same loan could have been
negotiated six years ago just as easily as
now, but for one obstacle-the Democratic
party. Our intentions were just as good !;
onr resources just as strong; our credit
just as sound then as now, but all was sys-
Dramatically, willfully and maliciously
nisrepresented across the water by great
political party. From first to last, through
the war, it was the cry of the Democracy
that we were weak, were losing, were on
the verge of extinction and anarchy. The
war over the cry was changed, that we
coul9nuot pay our debt and would not if
we could
Now, at last, the Democratic party is
known in Europe, and with that fact the
national credit rises, and we are able to
borrow money at nearly one-third less
than we are paying at present.
Another reflection urges itself before we
close this article. Every bond sold in
Europe is an agent, and before it is due
will bring over citizen to this country
@-nine times ont of ten-the holder or his
son. 1t is calculated chat every immi-
grant who comes to us from Europe is
worth just $1,000 His labor, on the
averasga, adds just that much to the wealth
of the country. Thus the bond, which
brings over the holder or his substitute,
pays itself. ... ....
o. For all this we have not to thank the
Democratic party, and we may add, for
the consideration and edifcation of the
leaders of that party, that these new citi-
ze3s, whose polar star to freedom has been
"a government bead, will not be repudia-
tionists nor followers of any party that
offers or ever did Offer reputation plat
form.
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. OBITUARY.--From private advices we
learn of the death of Orange Ferriss at
Geneva, n. Y, in the nInetg-second year
'of his age. Mr.. Ferriss, the son of Qua
ker parents, was a native of oDuthess Co,
NY, where he was born April 9th, 1878.
Before he removed to st. Adams he was
merchant for about two years in Peru, n.
Y. He came to st. Adams in February,
1909, and was a successful MERCHANT for
twenty-five years. He married Sophia
Rathbone in 1910, who died buly 30th,
1895, leaging enc son and two daughters.
one of whom, Charlotte T., Mrs. Doug
lass, only survives He was again mar
ried in 1929 to Mrs. Sarah Reyes Plat, a
sister of the late Samuel w. and Stephen
S. Reyes of Highgate, who, much beloved
and greatly lamented, died at st. Adams
twenty-five years ago. I'm his domestic
relations, Mr.. Ferriss was most fortunate.
His house in st. Adams was for many
years the happy seat of a refined and gen.
erous hospitality. His family were active
and devoted Episcopalians in the early
history of the parish, and a large and
beautiful memorial window erected to
their memory in the west of the edifice
will ever be one of the most attractive
ornaments of st. Luke's church. Upon
the death of all of his family, except the
daughter who survives him, he removed
to Geneva, N. Y, where he lived until hi:
| death, with his son-in-law, William B
Douglass, Esq. He died on the 9th nit.
in the well grounded hope of joyful res
urrection.-6. Adams Messenger, 3D..
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Western correspondence.

Editor Rutland Herald When a cor
respondent moves from Vermont to Wis
consin, it is not expected that long ac-
count of the journey would interest many
readers, but few words will answer.
The first thing which called for large
amount of patience, and great care to
avoid breaking the third commandment,
was the railroad connection between
Rutland and Troy via Rutland and Ben
nigton Railroad. Almost as much time
is consumed in going from Rutland to
Troy on that line as in going from Troy
to Buffalo. If Commodore Vanderbilt
would purchase and manage the Rutland
and Bennington Railroad as he does the
New York Central, the result would be
more blessings on the old man from the
people of Southwestern Vermont than I
fear he is in the habit of receiving
Just out of Buffalo on the Lake Shore
road, the scene of the Angola disaster, is
well calculated to cause shudder, even
if the history of the place was not known.
The shore of Lake Erie seems to be a
paradise of fruit-growers, and it would
not be far from the truth to say that much
of the way from Buffalo to Cleveland
one-half of the land that could be seen
from the cars was covered with orchards
or vineyards, the former of which had a
faint resemblance to many Rutland
county orchards, faint indeed, and evil
IDENTIFY owed their prosperity jointly to
good care and favorable climate. They
were we'll trimmed and well kept gener-
ally.
The first really Western scenery was
west of the Mississippi on the road from
Prairie Du CHEN to St. Paul, through
Minnesota. There was to be seen what is
not seen East,-a horizon not married by
a mountnin, tree, or building, and limited
only by the union of the blue sky and
prairie. On account of the atmospheric
refraction, the observer SCENE to be always
in valley, the land appearing to rise
gently ON every side of Dim. The ata-
tions were often ten miles apart, and the
villages had very strong western look
the houses were very small, ii building
fifteen feet square containing store,
printing Office, lawyers Office, aud know
not what else. All this shows how sad "a
lack of timber there is in that region.
The only tree is the dwarf oak, and even
fruit trees are as yet a rarity. The lack
of running water was also painfully ap-
parent Barns seen at the east are
rarely found, but straw-coYered sheds or
novels take their places. Cattle are win
tered on wheat straw. This year the price
of wheat, which il the great crap of the
country, ~ill not pay the expense OF ais
ing, but every hushel is loss 10 the farmer
This causes, as one Expressed it, "a finan-
cial stringency" which is everywhere evil
dent. But of men and things at the West,
more in due time. II. 5 Il.
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WOMAN SUFFRAGE.-H anybody sup
posed that the advocates of Woman Suf-
frage were going to allow the question to
go by default in Vermont, they will soon
discover their mistake. The season of
quiet since the adjournment of the Coun-
Gil of Censors, has been only the lull be-
fore the storm. The organization of the
Woman's Suffrage Association of Yer
mont, yesterday, at Montpelier, reported
elsewhere, and the calling of State Con-
vention on the subject, we understand to
be preparatory to canvass of the State,
between now and next June, in the course
of which Woman Suffrage Conventions
will be held in every County in the State.
We hear that Mrs. Livermore, Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe, Col. Higginson, and other
well-known orators of both sexes are ex-
pected to address the coming Convention
at Montpelier, and will thereafter, we
suppose, stump the State.
All this is all right. Let the subject
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the use Of kerosene that so many people
must perish in the flames, simply because
they cannot take precautions which are
necessary to guard against such fate.
BY very simple process Of distillation,
kerosene may be freed from its dangerous
substances, and rendered entirely safe for
Illuminating purposes. The law directs
that this safety be obtained before the
product is placed in the market. An oil
which at the temperature Of less than one
hundred degrees Fahrenheit will take fire
and burn continuously is unsafe to use
This can be tested with safety, if the
lighted match be applied to teaspoonful
Of the fluid, but it is extremely danger
GUS if tested in the manner it generally is,
by pouring it on half kindled fire. In
the latter case we seldom hear of success,
but as general thing another victim is
added to the list of '.fatal accidents"