Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-07-15

facts and valuable suggestions, hearing most
practically upon life, and the pending issues
between capital and labor
In one of the Dutch churches in II rural
village on the Hudson Il good old man was
acting in the capacity of master of ceremo-
MES ut the funeral of II highly respected citi-
zen. As is customary on such occasions he
invited the assembled mourncrs to view the
corpse of their departed friend, and in the
following language: "All can now have the
pleasure of looking ut the last remains Of the
oldest man now living in the town of s..
Pass up the broad aisle and down the right
hand alley
The Masonic grand orient of France dis
claims. not only for itself. but for the Paris
lodges, all responsibility for what occurred
in the last days of the commune. The plant
| ing of Masonic banners on the walls, it says,
was the act of an individual Mason, crazed
with excitement, and deaf to the remonstran-
ccs and commands of their lodge officers.
If. when the truth is certainly known, the
facts tally with this explanation, the inter-
rupted relations between American and
French Masonry will of course be resumed.
Paul Thorne, young man of respectable
New England parentage, formerly coniidcn-
tial clerk for \. T. Stewart ut New York.
but of late clerk for lIamlin, Hale x Co., ut
Chicago, has been arrested for stealing from
his employers, and it is now discovered that
though he has been married twice. he was
engaged to and corresponding with several
of the most beautiful youngsladies of the city.
In his room were found mt least 500 letters
:. from about 30 different young ladies, all ar
ranged and labelled in the most methodical
order. Filtration seems to have been his
passion. OF the more common vices, like
smoking and drinking, he is said to be en-
tircly innocent.
We have II fresh and striking illustration
of the immoral tendency of railing mt church
flirs. The ritualistic church of st. Adams
ut New York, being short of funds, got up II
church fair, and went in heavy for rtfilcs, i'm
enthusiastic lady belonging to the church,
Mrs. Eliza l.. Constant. advancing $500 to
buy things to be ratified for. This was in
1865. and the lady has never been able to get
her money Dack, ana n;ts Deen oDllSeu to sue
for it, The church warolcns set up in defense
that the lady voluntarily contributed the
whole amount but she is able to make i'm
excellent showing to the contrary, and the
: church wardens, so demoraized by raflles us
: to be unable to tell the difference between
money lent and money given, are likely to
have to put their hands into their pockets to
make good Mrs. Constants claim.
Col Given of the Internal Revenue bureau
estimates that the average amount of beer
annually consumed in New York and New
Jersey is 2iS glasses for every man, woman
and child; in California it is 1865 glasses; in
Pennsylvania, New Hampshire aud Nevada,
, 90 glasses; in Maryland and Massachusetts,
! SO glasses; in Missouri II glasses; in Mich
! igan and Nebraska. SIS glasses; in Iowa and
District of Columbia, so glasses; Washing
ton Territory and Idaho, As glasses; Connec-
tcut, Colorado and Wyoming Territory, Al
glasses Indiana and Utah, 3S glasses; Ore
gOn, IS; Louisiana, 80; Rhode Island 30;
: Kansas, 81; Kentucky, 26; West Virginia,
Is; Delaware, Is; Arizona, IA; Dakota, 7;