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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-18
NEWPORT, SATURDAY, NOV. Is, 1871.

ber thoroughly air seasoned, or that the at
mosphere has no influence upon it.
That joint once tight will always remain
so.
That if trimmings be put up before plaster
ing, or trimmed on green walls, that putty
will not be in great demand when they dry.
That hot air from furnace will not start
and open every piece of wood work with
which it comes in contact, nine times out of
ten.
That if partitions be not properly braced,
bridged and secured at angles, that plaster
ing will not crack.
That ceilings are less likely to crack if
cross-furred.
That psilful of lime to u cartload of sand
will make mortar of any practical use, either
for plastering or brick work.
That it Injuries mortar by mixing it some
time before using it, or that if mixed one
day and applied the next, it won't blister and
crack.
That cement roof so soft that it fills the
leaders in summer, or so hard it cracks in
winter. will not occasion the want of new
ceilings in a little time.
That a bOtch can build rs good build
ing rs q thorough mechanic.
That in all cases money is saved by con-
tracting with the lowest bidder.
That nll knowledge in relation to building
is embodied in every one who signs " archi.
tect " after his name.
That architects and builders never "lay in
together" and owners never get "shorn v
through that little arrangement.
That architects, rs a rule, get no other
commissions on buildings except the tradi
tiOnal five per cent on the cost"
That builders always carry out plans anC
specifications to the letter.
That there are no high minded, conscen
tious, competent architects, and no honest
reliable builders; and that either class doe
not bear reputation to that of any othe
business men.
That builder does not require an extended
theoretical, nor an architect as extended 1
practical knowledge, to be successful.
That no builder can be successful archi
tect, or that a practical architect cannot be
successful builder.
That you. reader, without practical knowl
edge, know a great deal more about the de
tails of house than OF locomotive.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-18

The people are sick and tired of partisan
of their determination to set up in business
on their own account. The toiling millions
who dig in the dirt and produce the food
which feeds the nation will be heard, and
when their fiat goes forth the congress of
politicians will be thunderstruck Past diff
ferences created by selfish and designing as
pirants must be healed.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-18
JONES.v

A story for People who want more Land
knew and he lived in Jones
Which Jones Is a county Of red hills and stones
And he lived pretty much by getting Of loans,
And his mules were nothing but skin and bones,
And his hogs were fat as his corn-bread pones,
And he had bout thousand acres Of land.
This man-and his also Jones
He that he'd leave them old red hills and stones
For he couldn't make nothin' hut yellowish cotton,
And little Of that for his fences rotten,
And what little cotton he had, that was boughten,
And he couldn't get a living from the land.
And the longer he the madder he got,
And he and he walked to the stable lot,
And he holoed to Tom to there and hitch,
For to emigrate somewhere where the land was rich
And to quit raising cock burs, thistles and sch,
And wasting their time on barren land
80 him and Tom they hitched up their mules,
Protesting that folks mighty big fools
That 'ud stay in Georgia their lifetime out,
Jest scratching living, when all Of them mought
Get places In Texas where cotton would sprout
BY the time you could plant 1t in the land.
And he drove by u house where man named Brown
Was living, not far from the edge Of the town,
And he bantered Brown for to buy his place.
And said that seeing money was skAce,
And seeing sherins hard to face
Two dollars an acre would get the land.
They closed a. dollar and nfty cents
And Jones he bought him wagon and tents
And loaded his corn, and his women, and truck
And moved to Texas, which It tuck
His entire pile, with the best Of luck,
To get there and get him little land
But Brown moved out the old jones' farm,
And hav hi.h t,.-a a.
And he picked all the rocks from of'n the ground
And he rooted 1t up and ploughed it down,
. And sowed his corn and wheat In the land.
Five years Gid by, and Brown, one day,
(Who got so fat that he wouldn't weigh)
Was a sitting down, sorter lazily,
To the bulliest dinner you see,
When Of the children jumped on his knee
And says, "yan's JONES' which you bought his land"
And there Jones, standing out at the fence,
And he hadn't wagon, mules tents.
For he had left Texas a-foot and came
To Georgia to see II he couldn't get
Employment, and he was looking hum
Bile as II he had never owned any land.
But Brown he asked him In, and he sot
Him down to his vctuals smoking hot,
And when he had filed himsel land the nocr
Brown looked at him sharp and and
That " whether mems land rich poor,
There more In the than there in the lar
Macon, Ca. Tetegroph
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-18

DEPTH OF Conn ROors.-Alvah Beeman,
of Crawford county, Pa, who raised last
year l79 bushels of ears of corn to the acre,
states that himself and neighbors have meas
ured the depth to which the premium crop
of corn roots ran, and found the main body
of them to 10 inches from the surface.
without hilling up, land many roots from l6
to % inches deep, according to the size of the
stalK--the larger the deeper"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-18
ROYAL CUMMINGS, Proprietor. I
It. II. HOSKINS, NJ. D., Editor.

TERMs;-0ne dollar per annum, payable In advance
papers discontinued when the time paid for expires.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-04-21
GUSTAyE FLOURENS.
How n Red Republican Died.

Many of the insurgents changed their
clothes when they found that their re-
treat had been cut off. Among the
rest the aids.de-camp Of Gustave
Flourens, one Of their chiefs, did so
In the afternoon, about four o'clock,
the gendarmes were searching the vii
lage of Cbatou, when a shot came from
the window OF an duJerge kept bya man
named Ducoq. The gendarmes entered
the housc, and.when they reached the
first floor one OF them received
bullet in the shoulder at the moment
when he was entering one Of the rooms.
His captain, NJ. Desmaret, rashed into
the room, found the man who had fred
the shot with a revolver in his hand,
and instantly cut him down with his
sabre. This was no other than Flou-
rens. His aid de-camp was wounded by
the sabre cut and made prisoner. He
had assumed civil attire. Flourens
himself was in military uniform. His
dead body now lies at .he amphitheatre
hospital in this town. IcrSoi!leS Cor
London TimcS
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-04-21
THE YERGEK CASE.
No Information 10 be Obtained.

The information as TO the covenant
entered into by the Attorney General
and the counsel OF Ierger, by which
the case OF that inlividual was prevent
cd from coming up in review before the
Supreme Court, is not, it seems, to be
given to the people. No doubt what.
ever exists that the Attorney General
entered into this arrangement to avoid
the contingency Of a direct decision by
the Supreme Court upon the cOnstitu'
tiOnality of the reconstruction laws
Mr. Thurman some time since offered
in the Senate resolution Of inquiry on
this subject, but, by one device or an.
other, lie was precluded from obtain
ing action on it. Recently, Mr.. Blair
offered "A resolution directing the At
tOrncp General to communicate TO the
Senate copy Of the stipulations enter.
ed into in the case Of Iergcr. 1t is an
almost unhcard OF thing in the history
Of the Senate TO object to any mere
resolution Of inquiry, yet Mr.. Blair has
been unable 10 even get his resolution
before the Senate for consideration.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-04-21
Revenue Changes I'm Ohio.

The Washington Patri0t says the
Revenue Bureau is still exercised over
the impending changes in the supervi.
sorships m the West Mr. X. B. Cor
win has been named for the consolidated
Ohio districts. This gentleman is a
native of Dayton. In case Of his ac-
ceptance Of the place, there will be
nothing left for Supervisor Dwyer except
Indiana, and rumor saws Senator Nor.
ton is TO have the giving out Of that
place. In this event Mr.. Dwyer will
be out altogether. and will have to be
provided for by his fast friend, Mr..
Delano. Dwyer may get a pension
agency in case the Indiana supervisor
ship slips through his fingers. In II.
linois the vacancy created by the resig.
nation OF Mr. Bloomfield still exists,
and it is stated that pension agent 3. j.
Sweet Of Chicago, is to get the appoint.
ment, and that the editor Of the Chicago
Post is to succeed him as pension agent.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-04-21
Fires.

BosroN, April 2O.-Whitaker & Co.'S
kindling-wood factory. Jones e. Fitch 8
lumber yard and a block of tenant
houses owned by Henry Fowle, in South
Boston, were destroyed by fire at an
early hour this morning. Loss $50, 900.
p Rock ISLAND, April 20.-A fire this
morning destroyed the saloon and resi-.
dence Of Valentine Shlinalter together
with the three adjoining buildings.
Loss $1,000: insurance $500.
MORRIS, IND, April 20.-A large lot
Of wood, belonging to the l. C. & L.
railroad, was burned near here last
night. The loss was covered BY insu.
rance, in Cincinnati companies.
DUBUQUE, Iowa, April 20.-A fire at
about midnight destroyed Fonklen's ex-
tensive brewery situated in West Du-
buque. Loss $30,OOG insurance SIS, 900
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-04-21
ENTICING AWAY YOUNG GIRLS
A Terrible Conditions Of AHhirs-Dis-
appearance If Girls from she Ages
OF Nine to Sixteen.

The Indianapolis journal says
There is strong suspicion growing up
that an organized gang exists in that
city, the object Of which is to entice
away and abduct young girls, for vile
purposes. Within the psst month at
least three girls, about fourteen or fifteen
years of age, have left their homes, and
although two of them have returned,
the third is still absent, and supposed
to be in Cincinnati In the instances
spoken Of the parents are in very hum
bic circumstances, and this, coupled
with the natural desire on their part to
cover up the missteps of their children,
has prevented the details from becom-
ing generally known.
On Friday afternoon last, the daugh-
ter Of a gentleman residing on Indiana
avenue, about sixteen years old, sudden
ly disappeared the last trace Of her be-
ing lost at the depot, on the evening of
that day. From the company in which
she was seen at the time, it is surmised
that she has gone to St. Louis.
Yesterday the fifteen year old daugh-
ter Of man doing business on South
Illinois street, returned voluntarily
from Chicago, whittier she went three
weeks ago in company with noted
cyprian Of this city.
There are q well authenticated re-
ports Of at least two more instances Of
a somewhat similar character, but FOR
obvious reasons the names Of the par.
ties in these dreadful affairs cannot be
made public.
Chief Paul was down to Shelbyville
yesterday to learn something about the
woman who induced Louisa Weighorst
to leave home on last Tuesday. The
station agent informed him that he first
noticed them in the depot about seven
o'clock at night. He sent them to the
Morrison House, but they were refused
admittance and returned to the depot.
When the agent returned Wednesday
morning the woman had gone, and
Louisa, fearing to stay alone, walked
all the way home. Paul says he is
positive the woman is Rosa Rote, who
was lately in Jail for stealing.
The missing school girl whose books
were discovered in lumber yard, an
account Of which was published in the
Journal, was found Yesterday afternoon
and taken to the Orphans Home by
Mrs. Hadley.
The police are investigating all these
cases, and some startling developments
may be looked for.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-04-21

follow a parallel line of policy in exclu.
ding all subsistence from the besieged,
trusting to the work of starvation to
accomplish the capitulation OF the
Commune.
Supplies Cut on.
The Germans at St. Denis have cut
of the supplies from the north. Tbs
Government lines from Becon to Col.
ombes and Berons intercept the COM
munication with the north and Rouen,
while upon the east the position of the
Germans at Aubervilles render the
Soissons route impossible. The lines
southwest are of course unavailable.
The only route of relief for the besieged
is the route eastward from Vincennes.
Financial Condition OF England.
LONDON, April 2O.-Right Honorable
Screbt Lowe, Chancellor of the Ex.
chequer, delivered a speech today, in
which he announced the financial con-
dition OF the Government to be in a
flourishing condition. The surplus for
the past year is f396,OOO. The public
debt is reduced to fl0,000,W0, and the
estimated increase Of expenditure for
the coming year will not exceed f2,434,-
900. The new taxation provides for a
tax Of two per cent. upon all success
sions to Inheritance, whether testate or
intestate one half penny per box on
one hundred matches, and one penny
per box upon wax tapers and fuse. The
income tax is increased one aud one
fourth per cent.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-04-21
CHICAGO.
Grand stock Company Of DistiIIer,

Grand stock Company Of DistiIIers.
CHICAGO, April 20.-The project to
form the distillers Of the country into a
grand stock company to be managed by
a board OF directors, is gaining strength
with fresh arrivals. The distilleries
now represented number nearly one
hundred and City.
The articles of association are being
perfected and may be summed up as
follows Article first provides that each
concern manufacturing spirits distilled
from grain shall be entitled to become
a stockholder in the company. Ten
per cent. Of the stock shall be paid in
cash on subscribing and fifteen per cent.
shall be deducted from the monthly
dividend of such subscribers until paid.
The stock Of the company is guaranteed
a dividend of fifteen per cent. for the
amount paid in, payable semi-annually.
Article ninth provides that the Board
shall have the exclusive power to regu.
late the sale as also the production OF
spirits, and shall have the power to or
der the starting and closing of distiller-
les, and to determine the number OF
bushels each house shall run, &c.
Article tenth directs that the Board
of Directors shall determine the cost OF
manufacturing and the prices for spirits
at Cincinnati, Peoria, Chicago, St. Louis.
New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore:
All other local interest to be guarded
as such other places as thedRpard may
hereafter determine. -"
Article eleventh provides that all
parties who sell spirits under the direc-
ton OF the Board shall make state
ments Of the number OF gallons so used
to the president of the company.
Article twelfth provides for having a
valuation placed upon the house OF
each party placing his distillery by
lease or contract in the association, the
profits to be divided pro rata upon such
valuation. Subsequently the valua'
ton was fixed at 81 per bushel.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-04-21
SCRANTON, PA.
The Mining Difficulty.

SCRANTON, Pa, April 20.-Everything
has been quiet since Yesterday afternoon
though there was a rumor on the streets
last evening that the miners would
dump the cars in the Delaware, Lacka-
wana L. Western railroad yards were
any attempt madc to move them out.
The military were posted at conven-
lent places but no demonstration was
made in that direction. This morning
a large crowd gathered near the mouth
of number four slope with the inten-
ton, it was said, to deter those 80 dis.
posed from working.
The President of the Company, |. Fl.
Scranton, was upon the ground and
told the men that those who wanted to
90 to work could do 80 and have their
choice of chambers. He would wait
until ~ o'clock for them to make up
their minds and if they did not 60 in
by that time the tools Of those who re-
mained out would be brought to the
mouth of the slope. He wished them
all to understand that although the
company had nothing against any indi-
yidual they were nevertheless deter.
mined to control their own mines and
they would be protected in so doing.
At noon,to-day thirty-eight Of the old
w5rkmen had resumed operations and
since that time it is stated that ten more
have gone in, at what price the men
are working has not yet been made
public, thoug gh rumor puts it at one dollar
and Is cents. No trouble has occurred
thus far and none is at present antici.
pated. 1t is also stated that work will
be resumed tomorrow or next day q,
the Connells mines. Morriss Il Meeks
mine has been working since Tuesday
and sull force is now employed.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-04-21
Ohio LEGISLATURE.

COLUMBUS, O., April 20.-Wood.
worth's Senate Joint resolution author
izing the Governor to appoint COM
mittee to inspect the coal was adopted.
Mr.. Bells bill to amend the general
insurance law 30 as to increase the
amount of any risk Of ten per cent oI
the paid up capital Of the company
was passed The certificate oil the
Border City Building and Loan Associ.
alton, with a capital Of 100000, was
filed to-day.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-04-21
Cruelty to Seamen.

BROOKLYN, April 2O.-Serious charges
have been made by seamen OF the Prus.
sian bark Rudolph, against Louis Haska
and Rudolph Sherwood, captain and
mate of the vessel. The vessel is from
Havana, and arrived al the dock on
Wednesday. On the voyage to this
port the seamen Say they were treated
in the most cruel and inhuman manner
by the captain and mate, and that be.
sides beating they were compelled to ca,
lamp oil or starve. When the vessel
arrived they asked for their paw, when
the captain and mate made an assault
on them.
The complsinants in the case are
Patrick Rynan, Lewis, Maniville and
H. Edmonds.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-04-21
when Church Subscriptions sre
Binaing.

A case has recently been decided by
the Supreme Court Of Ohio involving
the validity OF subscriptions for church
purposes. The general principle estab-
iished il, that after a church has incur
red any liabilities on the strength Of sub
scriptions, these subscriptions are legally
binding In the case decided the SUBJ
scription was for the payment Of q
church debt, and the court held that
the subscriber was bound TO pay. A
subscription may be withdrawn before
there is an indebtedness, but not after.
ward.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-04-21
DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT.
The Stairway; or the Birmi ngham
Public school Set on fire-An In
cendiary at WOrk-This ts the
Third Attempt-ActiOn OF the
school Directors.

At three o'clock Wednesday alter
noon, Miss Davis, one OF the teacher in
the Birmingham public school on Bing-
ham street, between Ninth and Tenth
streets, happening down stairs preceived
smoke issuing from the cellar of the
building. On making examination into
the cause, she discovered that guam
tity Of rags set Immediately under the
main stairway was burning, and that
the fire had already communicated to
the adjacent woodwork Considerably
alarmed at what she saw, Miss Davis
gave immediate notice to Miss Newell
who, in the absence OF the Principal,
Mr.. J. H. Jones, had temporary charge
Of the school. Assistance was then
procured, and without in any great de-
gree alarming the scholars, of whom
there were from five to seven hun
dred in the building, the fire was ex-
tinguished.
News Of the fire rapidly spread
among the scholars, who, beisg dis
missed about halt an hour later, car
ried it to their homes in their borough,
and during the afternoon and evening
the matter was the chief topic of con-
versation among the people. Squire
Krehan on learning OF ,se occurrence
Immediately visited the building and
made an investigation which entirely
satisfied him that the fire bad been
purposely started by An incendsry.
The manner in which the rags had
been gathered together, with the fact
that about a year, and again on a pre-
vious occasion two years ago, like at
tempts had been made, left little room
to doubt that some one had arranged
the affair. 1t may possibly have been
one Of the scholars, or some misan-
thropic person OF maturer years desir-
GUS OF witnessing the effect of a sudden
conflsgration.
A meeting OF the school directors
was called to adopt measures for the
detection Of the incendiary. A reward
will be offered for his arrest. and it 10
to be hoped he may receive his deserts.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-04-21
DEFENSE OF A MURDERER.
The Ku.Klux I'm Virginia.
The Pn1uoEs Vnllsy saws:

80 &sS~fsS-N
We wish to present q case which
should be brought at once to the notice
Of Congress and the President BY the
Representative from this district.
1T seems that the members OF the
bar Of Halifax county are very sensi.
tive, and especially go in relation to
the trial Of colored persons in that
county, lest an impression should get
abroad that a colored man cannot get
justice in theirIcourts, as is reported OF
some counties. Some time ago negro
man killed q white gentleman in that
county named Moore; that is, there is
very little doubt that he killed him, al
though no one saw him strike the fatal
blow. He had quarrelled with the
gentleman Gan aged grav-haired many,
and struck him once; then the old man
ordered him of his place, and followed
him to see that he went, Mr.. Moores
son followed his father, having lost
sight of him a minute or two, and just
as he got sight Of him he sunk down
slowly to the ground when the son
hurried up found he was stone dead.
On a post mortem examination his
neck was found to be broken. and near
where he fell, a kind Of bludgeon, on
which were some gray hairs correspond
ing with the hair Of the murdered man.
When the, case came up for trial,
Mr.. Nutting "a RADICAL was prosecu.
tor, being Commemorative Attorney;
and the negro had no counsel, but his
friendessness made the members Of the
bar determined that he should have all
the advantage that they could give him.
and seven 0t the most talented members
OF the Halifax bar conducted his de-
fence, on which they all made speeches.
The trial lasted from Tuesday morning
until Saturday night, and the negro
was sentenced TO the penitentiary, but
there is little doubt that if the prosecu-
ton had shown more talent, or the de-
fence been less able, he would have
been hung.
Here We're seven Conservative law
yers defending one poor little dirty
negro murderer from the prosecution OF
a Radical Such an outrage, we re-
peat, should be- At once reported TO
Congress.
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BOlY Found.

GALESA, IT., April 20.-0n Tuesday
the body Of a men was found in Memo
minee Slough which, which after ex-
animation, a missing finger, clothing,
and articles found in his pocket, was
identified as the body Of Dover Parist,
of this city, who was lost overheard
from the steamer Belle of Bellview, at
DUBUQUE, last fall. The body was
brought to this city yesterday and will
be buried to-day. He was the only
son of a widowed mother.
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Damages Recovered.

CHICAGO, April 2O.-W. w. Alport,
the we'll known duelist, sued the Liv-
erpool, New York and Philadelphia
Steamship Company for damages sus-
tained on their steamers while returning
from Europe. DR.. Airport fell through
the hatchway, which he alleges was
carelessly left open. The Steamship
Company made no defense. To-day
the Jury returned q verdict against
them for $4,000, the full amount
claimed.