Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-03-14
Earl Of EOnSdaic

A cable telegram announces the death
of the Earl of Lonsdale, at the age of
eighty-four years.
Right Honorable Sir William LoWther
f. r. S., eldest son of the late Earl of
Lonsdalc, whom he succeeded March 10,
1914, was born July q, 1887 He was
educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.
where he graduated NJ. A. III 1903. In
the same year he was elected one of the
members of parliament for Cocker
mouth, in the Tory interest and repre-
scented that and another close borough
until December 1882, when he was elect
ed both for West Cumberland and West
mOreland. Having selected the last
mentioned county, he represented that
constituency until he was called to the
House of Peers, in his fathers barOny Of
Lowther, Sept. 6, ISL. He held several
inferior posts in the administration
under Lord Liverpool, was First Com
missioner of Woods and Forests in the
Wellington administration of lS2S-3O,
Nice-Prcsident of the Board of Trade in
Sir Robert Pecls first administration in
1834-5. POstmastcr-Gcnerall III his second
administration in 1919, and Lord Resi-
dent of the Council of Lord Derby'S first
administration 1852.
TIE SWORD OF DAMoCLE5.-Thcre is
in the Auburn State prison a convict
who for nearly ten years has been shly
cring under the galloWs. The prisoner
was convicted Of murder in 1862 and
sentenced to be hanged. Under the pro-
visions of the old law the Governor
could order his execution at any time,
and meanwhile the culprit was to be
confined in the State prison. He is still
there for no Governor has ever ordered
his execution, but is liable at any time
to be taken out and stranglcd to death.
He is said to be in the habit of thanking
God every night for saving him from the
gallows for that day. The poor wretch
must have suffered a thousand deaths
already, and if he is not to be hung it
would be an act of the barest justice to
commute his sentence and relieve him of
his horrible dread.
Grass Seed and Spring wheat.
Editor Rutland Her0H i may have
said word to you upon the subject of
sowing clover seed on the snow late in
the present mouth. Vermont may not
have suffered equally with her sister
New England States, by the two past
season of drought, and killed much Of
the grass Of the moving fields As you
are aware, Maine and portion of New
Hampshire, were swept ont pretty
thoroughly with drought and grasshop-
pcrs last season.
"A good catch has often been report
ed by sowing clover on the snow. Doubt
less many Of your fields died ont. and
may be renewed by little new seed on
the dead stubbc Roll--which helps the
old grass as well as the new
In the matter Of spring wheat, mot
forgetting winter wheat last of August
next, beg of your indifferent farmers
upon this subject to come in one and all
all along the line in solid mass, come
in to the work, and in two years from
this writing not dollar Of their money
will 90 west for flour Two acres of
spring and two acres Of fall wheat with
fifteen bushels per acre average. is equal
to twelve barrels of -four to each far
mpr
The cry would be, what shall we do
with the surplus ?" We answer. ship
your wheat to Europe from Boston or
Portland, or any other part of your ex-
tended sea board now made convenient
by railroads.
You have great advantages over the
west, your farms and labor are as cheap,
your straw has an average value for
manufacturing paper and other CONNER
cial purposes, with good hay. 1t has no
value in the west, Your transportation
is little ; theirs enormous to the sea
board Your climate is safer for the
crop and its diseases than the western
prairies. Your yield per acre is reported
at II, theirs 12 bushels. You would
realize u bushels on any fair village
land without manure With manure
you can press it to 40, and in one in