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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-23

few days in the whole year cold enough
to need fires-it had not been necessary
to have fire in the church during the
whole time he had been there-the nights,
however, were cold, but it was not damp
cold
He also referred to the Greeley colony,
as in instance of what might be done by
concert of action, the soil there being
poor while in Montana it was OF the most
fertile.
After speaking of the peculiar growth
of grass in certain portions OF that coun'
try, the necessity and manner of irriga'
ton, and answering sundry questions e1'
panatory of and relating the subject
matter of the remarks of Gov. Ashley, the
audience dispersed.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-23

| WHAT THE Two FRIENDS SAID To EACH O1H
ER. ssYou need wholesome tonic, Bob."
81 know it, Harry"
"Also mild aperient, my boy"
sTrue, old fellow"
Likewise something to touch the liver"
"Not doubt of it."
"Furthermore. an anodyne.'
''That's so.' -
"Finally, and to conclude, an appetizer"
"Guess do; but confound it, 1 can't dose my
self with five medicines at once. Why, / should
be swallowing doctors stuff all the time !'
"Not bit of it, my boy. You can take al
those specifics together aye, and never make
face ether
"Ehi How"
why, in the shape OF Plantation Bitters
that pure vegetable cordial that combines them
all. and produces all their good effects simulta
neously."
"By the Great Panjaudrum I'll venture it
He did venture it, and the writer u this has il
from Bob that the Bitters cured his billions ness
Indigestion, sleeplessness and nausea.
Sea Moss Farine is decidedly very great i'm
provement upon all similar preparations. It il
the most delicious food that we have ever tasted
and will prove beneficial to dyspeptics and chill
ren.-fArgus.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-23
Business gotifes.
BURNING AND SHAKING.


By ridiculous misapplication of language, in
valids are sometimes said to said to ''enjoy very
poor health" but it is not on record that any
human being was ever spoken of enjoying
chills and fever. And yet there arc thousands,
at this moment, in one or the other OF the two
stages Of the disorder, who might Just as well
have avoided 1t as not If there is anything de-
monstrable in therapeutics, it is that Hostetters
Stomach Bitters is an antdote to intermittent
been taken, either a safeguard against this
class of diseases or as a remedy for them, and
failed to produce the desired effect. The season
when malarious fevers are rife has commenced,
and no inhabitant of any district subject to their
visitations should be without this great preven-
tive and remedy. Indeed, it is most potent
protection against all the ailments which prevail
in the spring months From marsh and p9ol, and
from all moist soils, are now rising the mephitic
elements which give birth to fever, indigestion,
biliousness, COLES, and a whole host of epidemic
and other maladies. Aid the system to resist
them. Energizs and regulate all the animal
functions with this reinforcing agent. This pre-
caution is ss necessary in cities new settle
ments, for malarious fevers are now almost as
common in the great centres of population as on
the borders of the southern bayous and marshes
preventive and remedy is accessible to all. Who
will be unwise enough to brave recklessly the
danger i. would avert
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-23

A study of this table will illustrate the
efficiency of blanket of snow, with its
innumerable chambers of confined air, as
non-conductor of heat or cold. I was
much surprised to find the differences be-
tween the temperature of the air and that
of the surface of the earth, even under SO
thin covering as four inches. so remark
able. The experiment indicates how we'll
grounded is the qualification we are wont
to feel when our grass and grain lands
are covered with snow during intense
cold weather.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-23

SwINDLEs.-"A young man from the
country" was badly sold in Boston, day
or two since He read and believed in an
advertisement in Boston pepper, that a
man was wanted for light work Good
pay all the year round" He went to the
advertiser, deposited $54, as required, and
was handed several maps, worth, perhaps.
in the aggregate, SO, and started off to
sell them, but could find no purchasers.
The advertiser declined giving his money
back. This system of petty swindliHg Of
greenhorns by means of partnerships
on constant employment" is carried on
constantly in Boston, and the advertise.
ments are kept standing. 1t is rarely that
the victim escapes with losing less than
two or three hundred dollrrs.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-23

SNOW AS A PRoTECTIoN.-Some valua-
BILE experiments have recently been made
by Cyrus G. Prindle, who has been inves-
tigating the amount of protection against
cold which a body of snow affords to the
earth. We find the following statement
of them in the n. Y. independent
Some four inches of snow covered the
ground, held in place by a slight crust on
its surface. Some old snowdrifts also lay
along the fence rows. On five successive
mornings I made careful observations
| thrusting the thermometer under the IN
disturbed snow and along the surface of
the ground. The following table shows
tba raS11It
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-23

The remarkable properties OF Browns Bron-
shial Troches have been thoroughly tested since
first introduced. The demand for them has stea-
Oily increased, and purely upon their own merits,
they have found favor with those who, from Pull
monary, Bronchial or Asthmatic complaints, re-
quire them. For coughs and colds, they are eff
cacious.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-23
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TOWN REPORTS.
ENGINE LATHES.

For sale at the Bennington Machine Works
Bennington. Vt, one engine Lathe. IS IT. bed,
swings 81 inches diameter, 12h n. long between
| centres, has longitudinal cross-feed. and gear
ing for cutting screws, and scrolls sce-plate
Has overhead counter-sh aft and large face plate
This lathe is q heavy substantial machine and in
complete running order, and very convenient
tool for repair shop. Price s425.
One engine lathe, l6 IT bed, ewings "a inches
diameter, l3H it. between centres, is without
screw-cutting gears. has overhead counter-shsfs,
center rest, &c. Has been used for turning shsft-
ing, and is in good running order. Price $500.
Attachment for turning shafting. $50 extra.
One engine lathe, single geared, #. bed,
swings 20 inches diameter, 81 IT. between cen
tiers. Has weighted rest, drill chuck, and over.
head counter shaft is in good order, and has been
little used. Price $50.
OLIN SCOTT.
Bennington, VT, JAN %, 1871. d&vtf
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-23
EiCon deroga.

The work on the railroad ferry is pro.
crossing rapidly. No serious damage has
yet been done by anybody from White
hall
The report that a man was nearly
murdered here is somewhat exaggerated
The truth of the affair, as near as we can
learn, is this Two young men, John
McCambridgo and Clark Wallace, after
drinking quite freely, engaged in a scufie
all for fun After little Wallace got
angry and bit McOambridge's thumb,
whereupon the latter knocked him down.
Wallace then went into his house and
soon after, as it is supposed, came out
with a knife. Another scufle ensued
in which McCambridge was severely stab.
bed IN the body and limbs. Wallace was
held to bail to the amount of $500.
Since the publication of Mrs. Slocum's
letter in the HERALD, the people of White.
hall have held a "seance" to ascertain, il
possible, something in relation to their fu.
ture existence. They got plenty of "raps,'
but unfortunately no further manifesto
tons.
There is great diversity of opinion
here as to the authorship of the "Zero',
letters. The following worthless have been
arraigned before the court Of public opin-
ion and discharged for want Of sufficient
evidence to hold them Rev. Mr.. Mooney.
Lawyer Fenton, DIR. Ameden, Postmaster
Weed, Schoolmaster Lawrence and others.
Lake George is very badly cracked
this winter. .. ...... .....
"A correspondent writing from Port
Henry says "The horse-trot fever has
passed, and things have resumed their
usual quietness." We don't wonder. for
Mr.. B. W. Burleigh's horse went up and
laid you ont colder than wedge. Time.
2:32.
AN ESSAY ON WOMEN.
Women are the most peculiar creatures
in the whole animal creation. They have
always been the subject of the greatest
natural interest; hence, naturalists have
ever made them the special objects of
study and investigation, and have CLASH.
fed them in an almost infinite variety Of
ways, according to the particular views of
each individual writer. Some of these
writer's have evidently been cruel and nm.
just, but by far the greater number have
written impartially, candidly and truth
fully.
The most sensible, easy and natural
classification we have ever seen, and the
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-23
Vermont News.
GENERAL ITEMS.

The battle flags of Vermont regiment
which have been hanging in the State
House at Montpelier, are to be put il
glass cases and placed in the vestibule o
| the capitol.
"A Vermont mau has been arrested fol
killing his motherin law, supposing bel
to be a wild turkey. That's too thin. HI
knew she wasn't turkey all the time
Next thing we shall hear of his shooting
his father-in-law, and pretending that he
mistook him for an old gobbler Why not
own the truth the entire country would
sympathize with man under the ciroum
stances.-ABany Journal.
BENNINGTON COUNTY
Mr.. Jay of Stamford has COW OF
whose milk five and third quarts make
one pound of butter
AT the recent term of the Supreme
Court in Bennington county, seven d.
voroes were granted; three for intolerable
ooVoiity, guiSc AoI ueseftlON ana one Tor
adultery
by monster blast in marble QUAR-
ry at Dorset recently block of marble
40 feet long, so feet wide and IS feet
deep, and estimated to weigh more than
1900 tons, was thrown more than 80 feet
and broken into million pieces. Seven
teen kegs of powder did the work.
-Ebenezer Webster, father of Daniel
Webster, was an officer in the Battle of
Bennington.
Denis Bushee of Manchester, while
returning from SYNDICATE in q sulky,
Saturday evening, was grappled by two
unknown persons, but he proved to be
too much for his would-be robbers
In South Dorset is a little child but
nine months old, who neither walks nor
creeps but talks easily and distinctly. He
addresses his father when he comes in of
a morning with, "Come Alvin, was the
baby" or if a stranger has been present.
'sWho was that man p or after holding
his little dog in his lap until he tires of
it he pushes it away with, "Dog, enough
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-23

A brutal husband in San Francisco got
up a matrimonial quarrel just because his
wife pounded him over the head with a
stick Of stove wood.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-23

SThose who desire good article to restore
gray hair to its youthful color, we would recon-.
mend to purchase Halls Vegetable sicilian Hal,
Remover, most excellent and valuable prepare
ton. Sold by all Druggists.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-23
WANTED.

1t ia a NEW machine, and in many respects su-
perior to all other frst-class machines.
Must be a hrst-class, live man In all respects,
with the best Of references. No othsr need apply.
Applicants will be called upon in due time by
our agent, at Rutland, and ample notice given
when he will be there.
We are prepared to offer the most liberal iu-
ducements If any first-class machine in market.
We also want LIVE agents, with good refer
ences, both local and canvassing, In various
places. Address. with references.
THE FINKLE & LYON MFG CO..
3l3 Washington Street.
feb4dlw&w2w Boston Mass
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-23
TO ENJOY GOOD HEALTH

IL ENJO1 0OOD dEAAAh
One should be free frsm every faint. To be free,
use Po'ands Humor Doctor, which cleanses the
blood of ali impurities, and removes what would
otherw Sc cause irruptions on the body and hui
mors of various kinds. The fountain healthy and
pure, and good health naturally follows. The
Humor Doctor is free from all injurious mater
als, and is purely vegetable. 1t is considered an
excellent article for the various forms Of Dyspep-
sia
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-23

S-Acute affections of the Lungs, Chest
Throat and Kidneys are easily cured by using
White Pine Compound. For sale everywhere.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-23

$4,000 bottles Of Aliens Congress Dittess nass
been sold during the last year. The best Judges
pronounce them equal to any in market. As an
appetizer they excel also. ~ remedy for oys'
pepsia, heartburn and kindred diseases. ny
them. Sold at Wholesale by Burr Perry, bos-
ton. Mass Henry & Co., Burlington, Vt, ana
VIM. Allen, Fort Edward N. Y. ianlld&wti
ssTime tries all things" and has proved that DR..
Wistar::s Balsam of Wild Cherry Is the remedy
par excellence for the of coughs. colds Group,
whooping cough, bronchitis. asthma, phthisic,
sore throat and influenza. It cures coughs and
colds instanter, It soothes the irritated parts
it heals the inflammation and even consump-
ton itself yields to its magic influence.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-23
GETTING MARRIED.

Essays for Young Men, on Social Evils, and the
property improperly OF gettlng married wit b
sanitary help for those uho feel unified for m At
rimonisl happiness. Sent tree in reaied envel-
opes. Address, HOWARD ASSOCIATE IN.
BOX p, Philadelphia. Pa. ian2OdSw3m
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-23
DUR & BURTON SEMINARY,
MANCHESTER. VT.

A thorough English and Classical School. A
few boarders received into the family With the
teachers. The Spring Term begins March 22d.
For catalogues apply to the Principal,
febl6d&wlmo REV l.. A. AUSTIN, A. n.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-23

nus was the natural pert for vessels from
China and Japan. ....
But for the Franco-Prussian war thi,
road would have been now completed, ar.
rangements having been perfected in Ger.
many for the sale Of the bonds, and the
furnishing of funds sufficient to build the
road, but the breaking out Of the war q
few days after defeated the arrangement
The charter fixed the price for building
the road at not to exceed $4,000 per mile,
but he thought, for the reasons before
stated as to the grade, etc, that 10000
per mile would be an ample estimate. The
company would receive the bonds in pay
ment for lands at no per cent. premium,
that is TO say $1,000 in bonds would be re.
oeived in payment of lands the same as
$1100 in "greeenbacks."
One thing that be and the people Of
Montana particularly desired, was to
make that country the New England of
the West, to have it settled by New Eng
land people, with New England manners,
customs, enterprise, intelligence, educa-
ton, morals and religion.
In answer TO questions asked by gen.
tlemen present, the Governor said that
Montana was about $50 miles long by
about $50 miles wide, being nearly three
times the area of the State of New York,
and that about one quarter of it was tim
Der land-the population of the whole
territory being only about 10000. Ia an.
swer TO question in reference to the eli.
mate he eaid that be thought it was pc.
culiarly fitted for New England people,
although it was a different climate. It
was perfectly healthy. There were but
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-01-26

as CHEEKY welcome and kindly hands could
make them. Mother Shannon sat at her desk
and wrote something like this:
'Sir: We have no food but we have orphans.
Enclosed is draft for $1,000 and an order we
desire to have filed, with your permission, at
New Orleans"
A faithful colored man was the deputation
who bore this document TO Beast Butler. The
General asked few questions; the contraband
proved intelligent, and the Beast learned the
situation. A day or two later supply train
reached 81. Michaers, and the messenger was
intrusted with note from the Beast, which
read something like this:
"Madam: I am merely sorry you and your
charge should suffer innocently by this cruel
war. Should other misfortunes reach you,
please inform me at once"
The supplies sent were found to be Just
double the quantity of each article ordered ana
although the draft was not returned, SzO0o IN
cash came in its place. and supported the thirty
orphans through later and more bitter Tunes
| Few knew of this action of General Butler and
| he never told it. On many succeeding occa-
| sions, he was called upon in the same straight
forward, womanly way for aid and protection
and in every instance were both given, justly
| and with the courtesy of the gentleman. The
children of rebel soldiers, fallen on the wrong
side of cruel war, had reason to know what a
strange kind of beast "Beast" Butler was al
New Orleans, and the nuns notion Of
"Yankees" were very materially modified. -
Mother Shannon's idea became gradually
"When General Butler finds Southern ladies
who do not forget that they are such, they find
Gen. Butler a gentleman"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-01-26

Hon. GEORGE F. Ia LBoT publishes let
ter in which he says that Mr.. Hubbard of Bid
deford appeaaed before the Paper Credit
Commissioners in no light prejudical to him.
sell, but merely as the agent of his own and
other towns. The abstracts of the report of
the Commissioners that have heretofore an.
peared therefore do Mr.. Hebbard great inius-
tice. Mr.. Talbot also makes the following
explanation:
y. Let me say however, that the inference
1nat the Commissioners hold Provost Marshal
frye mainly responsible for the fraudulent en-
aS sn. was an inference of your correspon-
o os tS a1u oot found in the express language
$500 onS Commissioners. The Commissioners
.nnaramo, ,n cunning up the facts, to use no
persons without exaggeration an tue ac1s "
as fully proved only such uncontra u W @uoPt
tlmony as stood on the faith of WILL YES
BILE witnesses. ""ony credl-
Ihey argue at length that the ord ers o,,..-
ating from the Provost Marshal Genera Tni an
reau. under which the distribution of the W. na
per men was justified were in direct violatipn pa,
OF law, but do not deem the proofs sufficient
IN quality and quantity to justify the imputa.
non OF bribery. They suggest Compression
a. inquiry. Ihey hold however that General
fTyes orders, through legal justification of
wna' ms supaltern officers did under them
ana WIN tpeiripialn meaning, were compara-
lively innocent; and that the assignment Of
some 1900 men to private Spectators known y,
10 be engaged in selling them for gain. was
not crediting to districts and sub-distrlcts of
Maine within the plain meaning of such or.
dery
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-01-26


Ruloff, the murderer, condemned to be hung
at Binghamton, is employing bis time in writ
ing essays to paper in that city on the sub
iect of ancient and modern languages.
The moss bust ness in Florida is assuming
profitable proportions. The article is procured
in the forests, cured, packed and forwarded to
the North.
public school authorities of New Orleans to the
public schools, which were heretofore attended
by white children only.
The Supreme Court of New Hampshire has
decided that, to deprive deserter of his right
to vote, the fact of his desertion must have
been proven before court-martial.
The Duluth Tribune says: "The track on
the Northern Pacific road is laid to Mud Lake.
about one hundred miles from Duluth. An
engine-house has been finished, and machine
shops will be completed at that point in fort-
night. .a@e
Tnere is rather large story that New
York firm invested 10000, 600 in walnut lum-
Der forests in the valley of White River, be-
tween indianapolis and Vincennes, and in saw
mills to cut it and make it ready for shipment
East.
Phebe Riley, the authoress of "Riley's Mar
rative, an account of captivity among the
Arabs, book which stood in high favor with
our forefathers and mothers sixty years or
more ago, died in Urbana, Ohio, last week,
aged "a.
Sheep in New Hampshire are sadly, and, in
sundry cases, fatally, afflicted by rheumatism.
Notwithstanding their fleeces, they are con-
tinually catching cold, and this develops dis
ease which has hitherto been considered as
solely belonging to the human family.
A fellow was arrested at Rochester, on COM
plant of his wife, for not supporting her. His
reply to this charge was that he was willing to
support his wife, but was not willing to sup
port the whole neighborhood and do his own
cooking and washing and ironing
1t took two or three hundred men two days
to open one of the Chicago street car lines after
the great storm. The ice Rugged the pave
ment most persistently, and the ak and pick
were the only implements that conld make any
impression.
The increase in the foreign trade in Mon
treal in the first eleven months OF 1870, over
the corresponding ones of 1869, was nearly
seven millions of dollars. or over thirty per
cent. A direct trade has been established
with the island of Java.
The total amount of -four and grain from the
lake regions eastward, via Lake Ontario, dur
ing 1870 is equal to %, lis, 459 bushels, against
30,852, 440 in 1869.
Mr.. George Bliss denies that he has been
elected president Of the Union Pacific rail-
road
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James Haggerty, notorious. New York
character, was shot an early hour Wednesday
morning by William Marley, better known as
"Reddy the blacksmith" in saloon on the
corner of Broadway and Houston streets. The
men had quarrel over home trouble grow
ing out of previous encounter.
Ten marines deserted from the Pensacola
navy yard on the 18th, and were found drown
ed on the beach near Fort McCrea. 1t is sup
posed the four who started for Mobile were all
drowned.
The Nevada Legislature has before it joint
resolution asking Congress to prohibit Chinese
immigration.
Miss Smart has secured verdict of $10,-
for breach Of promise and seduction. She is a
sister of Broughton's first wife.
The Governor of Jamaica has been dining
Admiral Lee.
County Auditor James Watson, of New
York was run into while sleigh-riding Tuesday
and mortally Injured. One of his horses, val
ued at $4,000 was killed. ~
1t is rumored that the sale of surplus gov
eminent arms and munitions has been stop
ped and that it ill be Impossible to fill exist
ing contracts.
Samuel Madden's residence in Jersey city
was burned Tuesday night Loss $4,000. The
fire was caused by the explosion Of a lamp.
Madden's son was seriously burned.
A fire in New York Tuesday night damaged
the stocks of of Forsman & Co., importers Of
woolens $4,000; Bauendahe & Co., linen
goods $4,000, and the building $4,000.
Altenwand & Bros malthouse, in Williams
burg, N. Y, was damaged $4,000 by fire Tues
day night.
A fire Wednesday morning in New York
damage the cloth house of Hartsman & Co., to
the amount of $4,000.
Secretary Boutwell, is strongly opposed to the
abolition of the income tax.
The Republican Convention in Connecticut
has rsnominated the old State ticket headed by
Ex-Governor Jewell.
A bill has been introduced in the New York
legislature to license houses of prostitution. TT
opponents call it measure for the protec
ton of vice.
Thomas Garrett, a noted Delaware abolition
ist and friend of escaping slaves, died at Will
mington on Wednesday, aged 81.
One million of bonds were purchased by gov
eminent in New York on Wednesday at 1O7-
SO a 10Y so,