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Isaac A. Branscon, VS.. VIM. Bashor, T
W. Mckee, BJ Bashor. Samuel Bottom
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-15

education bill, and new deal for seats.
What can be of more Importance to the
country than the education Of its chill
dren between six and sixteen years old,
and oh, We mountains. what to men,
Der of Congress is of half the i'm
portance that his seat is :? And there is
reason in the Importance, for the seat is
the most that some constituencies can
boast Of having here. 1t is therefore
essential that when they go to the
trouble to keep a man in it to keep it
warm, that it should have favorable
location The educational bill provides
for setting apart the income from the
sale of public lands to provide a free
education to every child i'll the land be-
tween six and sixteen, Each State and
Territory must, by the provisions Of the
act, engage to provide by law the means
of such education before it can receive
it's Quota of this fund For the first ten
years this distribution shall be made ac-
cording to the ratio of illiterary of the
respective populations of States and Ter
ritories.
REACTION,
as matter of course, follows the first
throb Of excitement caused by the bel
lowing and paving of that English Bull,
usually called John. Our people have
nothing to say, except that the case is
in the hands of the arbitrator, and both
nations are bound by agreement to abide
the result. A bargain is a bargain with
us, of course it is, and what is better we
appear to have the better end Of it. The
burden of action is upon England, and
if she repudiates, she does 50 at her hon
ors peril. This we can stand, if she
can, and such action is not regarded as
involving more disastrous result thar
to leave things as they were before. The
government here has wisely refrained
from taking formal notice of the Eng
fish sensation until some official evidence
of bad faith on the part of Her Ma
jesty's government has been received
England's strength in the diplomatic
circles of the world is by far greater
than ours, and therefore her advantage
before the Geneva Board. The question
of consequential damages rather invites
criticism. In the first place they must
be computed by any known process
and next, if we stood in England'S
place, what then Our desire is rather
to yindicate our national honor rather
than to fill our Golfers with British gold
X"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-15

sword swallowing, which they had just
seen performed at a theatre by Chinese
iuggler, One of them thought it
very simple, and to illustrate, put
fork down his throat. The instTu-
ment slipped from his hands, and In
spite of the frantic attempts of his friends
to pull it out, down it went to his stom-
ach, where it remained at last accounts,
He was taken to the hospital of st.
Maria, and he became at once the most
interesting patient within its walls.
In a civil suit in the Albany circuit
court, few days ago, on the plaintiff
taking the stand, it was stated that he
was the person employed at Troy to re-
move smallpox cases to the pest-house.
One of the jurors, who had been look
ing very sharply at him, opened wide
his mouth at this statement, and, with 8
suppressed ejaculation Of surprise and
horror, forgot the proprieties OF the &C.
casion, jumped from his seat and hun
riedly left the court room, amid the
laughter of the court. There being no
Jury present the case was put over the
term,
in Philadelphia, on Saturday, a de-
cision was rendered refusing to rule Tor
trial and overriding a motion for arrest
of Judgment in the case of Joseph r.
Mercer, the defaulting city treasurer,
and Charles T. Yerkes, Jr., broker.
Mercer was sentenced to pay a fine OF
100000 with Imprisonment in the pen
itentiary by separate or solitary contne-
ment at labor for four years and nine
months. Yerkes to pay $500, with. a
like imprisonment of two years and nine
months
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-15

REoLUs.-An effort is being made
hong scientific men in England to OBJ
FIN, if possible, a Communication or re-
tssion Of the sentence passed upon NJ.
lisee Reclus, the great French physical
eographer NJ. Elisee Reclus has been
lntenced to transportation to a penal
olony for the crime of being found in
rms under the Commune and against
be Government. 1t does not appear to
Ee doubtful that in this matter he could
Iardly have helped himself if he would;
bat he was, in fact, acting under com
Bulsion; nor that he had not struck a
blow nor fired rifle on behalf of the
Commune. His real crime was that,
With the raw political Judgment which
purely scientific men often show, he I'M
(oubtedly sympathized with the Com
hume, and, worse still, was found to be
in enrolled member of that dreaded So
&iety, the InternatiOnale. NJ. ReClus is
ow so i'll with his Imprisonment and
|oor diet that he cannot stand without
assistance. All the scientific societies
pf France have with one voice asked for
his pardon, and now English science is
likely to unite in the same entreaty.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-15
Quar- Washington Letter.
WAsHINGToE, Feb. 10.
SENATE CHAMBER

SENATE CHAMBER.
We are so gratified over little choice
information to present our readers with
from this honorable body, something of
which no writer could boast in ''ye olden
time" of Clay and Webster rcnown.
Said information is nothing more or less
than that the Senate has spent the past
week npOn the amnesty and civil rights
bill. 1t is true that something like this
has escaped us before at eundry times,
but it is no less a fact now than if it had
never happened before. The Senate has
taken to this gristly subject "a a steady
diet, and that the Legislative stomach of
the country is not entirely deranged is
doubtless owing to the fact that this
body takes this diet with variations,
when at all, and then usually adjourns
over from Thursday until Monday.
Nothing like rest to promote digestion,
especially where there is much before
you to he done and you don't intend TO
do it. The first course for these legisla-
tive maws consists like mock turtle soup
of little of everything, such as bills
and resolutions introduced. bills read
and referred, committee reports. person
al explanations fashionablr Of late
and correcting erroneous entries in the
record of the previous days proceeding.
This item of duration between twelve
and one o'clock is known in parliament
airy parlance as ''the morning hour, and
is chiefly essential in maintaining the
equilibrium of the body, and alfording
time for tn" latent energies OF this civil
system IL develop from committee
Rooms and rlsewh"~ej into u grand har-
mony or inharm0ny of action Then
the solid Substantials under the delicious
name of regular order ~ b. not
general order The general order OF
this regu!a" order since away back in an
uncertain period in our reccollection has
been the s;iSayoiy pot-pit OF Negroes
and Rebels called amnesty and civil
rights. This was once fresh, but what
/ dish could hold its freshness forever :
! it isn't in the nature OF things.
Like the schoolnaster's gander it would
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-15

a good-sized regiment of servants. This
property was formerly occupied by the
Archbishop of Pisa, and was the prop
erty of the church.
In 1859 it was confscated and given
to the present King, Had the govern
ment divided the estate into small por-
tons, sold them to the people and re-
plenished its shallow treasury, it would
have done praiseworthy act. Another
object of practical interest here is the
aqueduct, built by the old Romans,
which brings water from the mountains
to supply the city. It is still in perfect
repair and appears as though it might
remain so for centuries to come.
The buildings, bridges and public
works are made of solid stone and brick
masonry, and are mad9, not for years,
but for ages. A few miles from here,
on the road to Leghorn, stands curiOns
old church, San Pejtr0 in Gdrd0, which
was erected before the year 1000, 1t is
said that St. Peter once built a church
on the same spot.
About ten miles from here, on the
banks of the river Lechio and nearly
surrounded by mountains, is the old
city of Lucca, famous watering place
the Saratoga" of this part of Italy
of "a, 900 inhabitants.
Good living may be obtained here,
during the fashionable season, for 81. so
per day; which is somewhat less than
prices at Saratoga-frOm $500 to $500
per day. Lucca is noted for being the
first place where silk was manufactured
in Italy, and the business is still carried
on extensively. Napoleon |. placed the
government Of the Duchy of Lucca in
the hands of his eldest sister, but tho
events of 1913 obliged her to give up the
DOsitiOn. ". O. p.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-15

DETECTIVES OF RoMANcE.-The New
lrk Citizen says: "The supernatural
Iacute detective is wholly the inven-
bn of romance writers. He has abso-
|tely no resemblance to the stupid po-
Eemen who, under the name of a detec-
3e, acts as a go-between Of thieves and
o police authorities. The average de-
ttive of real life is utterly incapable of
Inning a train of reasoning, and is a
eature of routine, who never detects
(minal except by accident, and who is
cher more dangerous to society than is
efiminal himself" The New York
FH adds "Any man of trained intel
ANY lawyer, journalist, medical
or even theologian, who knows
to reason, and has some acquain-
ke with human nstincts-would do
e really efficient detective work
n nine-tenths of the professional de-
[Iives. He would be capable of form
/ some theory other than the two or
! ee conventional theories which are
stock-in-trade of the detective police.
series of failures which have
,rked the efforts of detectives in half
lozen recent criminal cases ought to
avince the police authorities that some
| II of reform is needed
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-15
Education for the People.

The educational bill, passed by the
puse of Representatives, consecrating
- forever setting apart the proceeds
! the public lands of the United States
d the education of the people, will,
pen concurred in by the Senate and
ped into law, be lasting monu-
to the wisdom of the present Con-
kss. The author of this measure is
lonel Legrand ", Perez, representa-
Re from the fifth district Of the State
Mississippi. Colonel Perez is a ma
of Buffalo, n. Y. sHe settled at
chez at the close of the rebellion.
here are several proyisos of the bill,
ered necessary by the faith of the
tion heretofore pledged in relation to
b public lands.
Each State and Territory, before re-
living its proportion of said fund, must
Igage that it will provide by law for
|e free education of all its children be-
eeen the ages of six and sixteen years.
bis will operate as a stimulus to all
States to provide the machinery and
kans for public schools. 1t is also
Divided that, for the first ten years,
distribution of the fund shall be
dc according to the illiteracy of the
<pective populations of the States and
rritories. This provision will favor
e Southern States.
There has probably been no measure
fore Congress which has illustrated
IRE than this the power which the
bular wish and will exert upon that
". The people of the United States
pmanded it, and it was done. Right
bly, have their representatives in the
else responded so their wishes on this
portant question. We cannot doubt
d the Senate will concur with the
Puse, and thus pass this benefcient
Easure into law.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-15
All Sorts.
.otta is at Memphis

Lo]'a Is al memphis
There are 2I,426 Baptiats ia London,
ana they nave III CluIcH's.
4 successful religious revival Is IN pro
gress at LeayenWOrth, Kan.
A large manufactOrv of TOYS IS to be
established at Rock Island, Illinois.
Il : ronor,ad that ProtestaDtisr, Is
meetinn win GREAT success at Sicily.
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ra,od to oct ''l an fha .a,,.o inv in Penn
cy,ivonia
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wv -" ',.''' .,,
hG Ne" Testament rev I9EL7 VIII 80
put ABOUT SIN years IoISeI al I-ltIt ",oIn'
oClil7 TI,5"7'' '''' '''' ''' '''-l" ma
vi VI i''''>
Nreece nag J 6o. nag d census @ll,t
counts up 10 o5f sous an increase %
Io2'oIo "I'hiH ltu year N'l'''I'7 HAS
PoPolalloh "l -Ff'olo.
1t takes only twelve hundred dollars
worth OF lace TO trim velvet cloak
properly, and yet men grumhieat female
extravaganza III dress.
4 Kentucky lady, Miss Mary Brannin.
has bought one of the finest plantations
in Louisiana, on the New Orleans and
Opclousas Railroad, near NeTmillionvillc.
The editor Of the Utica Be. being i'm
iaiI for libel improves the shining hours
iv getting I'D a column of s.ian person
ais" This IS making himself to hum. "
An unsuccessful ottaror+ va= made
lately r. rob the Miami CONT tTcaenrz
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-15
from the Ogdensburg Journal, 27th.I
,ghe ST. Lawrence County Mystery.
THE POISONING OF ALMoN FARNswoRTf

THE POISONING OF ALMoN FARNswoRTH.
The Coroner returned from Hermon,
Thursday evening, where he had spent
the most of two days in conducting the
inquest relative to the decease otIAlmon
Farnsworth, hotel keeper, Of that place.
It appears from the evidence taken that
there was an unusual attendance at
Farnsworth's Hotel, Monday evening
A phrenologist was present making eX-
aminations. These examinations were
conducted in the sitting room. About
8.15 Stephen Schofeld, one of Mr.. Farms
worth's sons and others, went into the
bar-room to drink. Mr.. Schofield drank
beer, taking about ali there was in the
pitcher. ThereupOn Farnsworth, an
other son of deceased, drew about two
glasses of beer into the pitcher, and
placed it on a shelf under the counter OF
the bar,
About nine o'clock Mr.. Farnsworth
went in and drank a glass OF beer from
this pitcher, and in a short time felt a
tingling sensation in his limbs. This
was succeeded by spasms which termin-
ated in death about thirty minutes from
the time. Some of the time after the
beer was drawn and before Mr.. +. drank,
the bar-rOOm was without an occupant.
Some of the time Amos FarnswOrth and
Halsted Smith were there, and While
they were there Oscar Brown came IN
and went out again. Coroner j. X
Furncss received notification OF the de
cease Tuesday morning, at ten o'clock,
and Immediately repaired to Hermon.
He summoned a jury and commenced
the inquest, which was continued till
midnight. then adjourned till Wednes-
day morning The proceedings lasted
till Thursday noon, when verdict was
reached, Dr. Seymour, who attended
the deceased at the time of his death,
gave it as his opinion that death was
caused by strychnine.
At the close of the investigation, the
jury found the following verdict: That
the said Almon FarnswOrth came to his
death on the evening Of the 22d Of Jan
uary, 1872, by strychnine, taken in beer,
from pitcher used in the bar of the
FarnswOrth House, in HermOn, \. 7. ;
that said strychnine was placed in said
pitcher by some person or persons to the
/ jury unknown.
When Halsted Smith was upon the
/ witness stand he was questioned in re-
lation to the pistol shot fired last sum
mer, and which at the time caused Sc
much talk and discussion. He testified
that he fired the shot into the air, anC
produced the pistol from which it wa
fired that the whole thing was a joke
We understand from the Coroner tina
the general belief prevailing in Hermoi
is in accordance with the verdict of tn
jury, but that suspicion is AT fault as Il
the perpetrator Of the crime, some sus
pecting one person and some others.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-15
Civil Service.

The Washington correspondent of the
Montpelier Journal thus illustrates the
operation of the Civil Service, by local
example as follows:
IAN apt and forcible Illustration of
the operation Of the new regime is pre-
sented in the fact, which | cannot for
bear to mention, that last week the pe0-
pie of the largest town in the southern
part of the State Of Vermont made an
Intellectual effort to procure change in
the Postmastership of that place. The
present incumbent has held the office for
nearly ten years Recently petition
for his removal and the appointment of
another prominent citizen of the place
was presented to the Department, signed
5y mere than niue-teuthS Of all the b1lSi-
ness men of the place. Ordinarily this
universal demand on the part Of the
people would have been promptly ans
wered. A meeting Of the entire dclega-
held, and compliance with the petition
would have been at once recommended.
The incumbent, however, had written
to one of the members and had received
assurances that before action was had
upon the petition he should have ample
time and opportunity to defend his posi-
ton. This promise could not be com
piled with before the first Of January.
when the whole question would come
under the operation of the new rcguIa-
tons Under these. if the old obnoxious
postmaster is removed, the people will
have nothing to say As to who will be
his successor. An indiscriminate cN-
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-15

PREJCDIcE or RACE. A story almost
too horrible to be true, CONES to us from
a correspondent at Susquehana D.
pot, Penn, Of the deliberate burning
nigh to death Of harmless negro boy
by gang Of brutal lrishmen If inves-
tigation should sustain tn. present re-
ports, which attribute the ATTRACTIONS
Iced to prejudice Of race. there can b..
20 punishment TOO severe for the often
lers. We're il not fof almost parallel
distances Of cruelty on the part of the
lass to whom the accused belong, we
iould refuse credence to the story, and
ould be grateful. if in the interest of
marty, We could do SO.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-15
Late Dairy 3EnckcE>.
4 IIEE1E


There does not appear "a hr muth
change IN the CONDITION On inc mafA'' al
| '"'. ,n""Sh we a..'""'' o'" 4uo'"-
lions man d. cent NE '"'','''''''' 'I'''
'he H'"'h III 'n' country n N''"'I' d.
compare" WIN '"N' yea" p ~ ','''''!''''-
iSh''" WINE 'i''I' "T' some '''''''a'''''S
lhal 'herc must soon o' an increase"
English demand I'm estimate OF last
years wheat crop has gust been publish
ed, which puts the probable require
m'nIN OF the current year from o.nfF
countries al eleven [" thirteen miI'oh
quarters, 'h"~ideS enormous quantities
of other grain, meat butter cheese
arr. etc Fmther ii is stated that
meat - '>''''''''S'H '','''' III ',,'- ''''''
i"o"' - IL E1r'! ',''il'''',.' anu (,l'
are i'"''" ms '"''y' ,''' - "a ''''"''
|" 'i'' ''I'9'''lP'l"" vi '"''.N'' We now
from present "P3'"'"''''~' l""H i"I
favorable market al the opening "' me
approaching uafH season.
ne i''''PI7 I"r '"'f7'' III Ne" l"'N'
I"f ''' "''N ''"N'''@ on SUNDAY I''
were f'oI' "5A'N' 'I'' 'AP"i'9 were
2,37o BOXES. ne 'aoi' was o'>. N'o|o
closed at lIo5' anu the highest quota
uonS Tor cheese was Io5'. Inc receipt
'"' '',' 90, responding "''N '"~' \'"I
were ere f'o~' ""H NJ, "l, '"' 'N!,"''N were
!, Low '"N'S' ne '"o'' was 'SN. ''"'''
cloSeu at us ana inc h'2h'~l V""la-
tio1 TOT 'h'eN' was Toe.
btTTEh.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-15
Aetfer From Italy.
Pisa. Italy.
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"''''4""''" Gown % . wv ''','''''l'aii'S'
Sll0a'tu %" tI'' river Aii'' "Nt 'llleS
from the Mediterranean sea. An oIo
history OF the tsWn says II was huIt IN
the time or Moses. ID lOth century
was the CapHal Oh u" tuscan HFpubir.
In the l2th century 1t became koman
colony anu III the I"}h century number
ed IoO,0O0
The climate is mild ana healthy. Inc
people know nothing OF the luxury OF
Vermont slcigh-ride or a "January
thaw.' The fields are covered with
green grass and growing wheat the
whole winter long. although a few miles
away snow can be seen on the tops of
the Appeninc mountains. There are
few things here to interest the traveller
pXcept old palaces and churches that
We're occunird by the Romans
Just across the river. in SIGHT of where
| sit. Calico WAS born. ans the houee in
which he lived while professor in the
university hrrc-onr of the oldest in the
world, !. only few doors from here
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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-15

For SALE CHEAP. = Several second
hand Home Comfort, Stewart and Amer
can Stoves, SO as to make room on nv
floor for the beautiful and improved New
Empire Stoves, at No. 81 Center street.
F. S. RYAN.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-15

SOMEWHAT PARTICULAR.-As the l. 30
train from New York reached Stamford
Saturday, an antique-looking dame
thrust her head out of the window op-
pOsite the refreshment room door and
briefly shouted Sonny! !" A bright
looking boy came to the window. Lit
tie boy, said she, ''have you a mother"
Yes ma'am. " ''Do you love her ?''
Yes, ma'am." ''Do you 90 to school ?"
Eyes, ma'am." "And are you faithful
to your studies 2, Yes, ma'am." Do
you say your prayers every night 2"
Yes, ma'am. p" Can trust you to do
an errand for me ?" Eyes, ma'am. !"
Il think | can, too, " said the lady, look
ing steadily down ON the manly face.
Here is five cents to get me an apple.
Remember, God sees you. Hartford
Post
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-15

Bo5ToN LEAD COMPANY. - Attention
is called to the advertisement of the
Boston Lead Company in another col
umn.