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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-24

no prison-like air about the Vermont Reform
School. 1t is proposed to reform rather
than to punish the boys.
The edifice was planned by the efficient
Superintendent of the Institution-W. G.
Fairbank And it is about as near model
of its kind as it can be. It is to be hoped
that the State will provide generously for
furnishing and duly ornamenting within and
without what has been so well begun and is
so nearly completed.
As school it is one Of the best in the
State. 1t is remarkable for good order and
thoroughness. Many of the boys enter the
school unable to read even with tolerable
accuracy. Very few have previously studied
even primary geography or arithmetic. A
half hours visit in the school room will sat
isfy most any one that the " first four rules
of arithmetic are better studied and more
thoroughly mastered there than in the aver
age of the best half Of the public schools Of
Vermont.
The following Is the weekly bill of fare for
the boys:
SABnArH-Br eatlist-Hhite bread and coffee.
DinHer-White bread and molasses S'Ppe'-N hlte
Mo>pAY@B reTfEIst-white bread and eqtree
DigHer->alt beef and vegetables. >"pPei-Inaian
TrFspaY IBreGlrrst-white bread and coffee.
DiRner-Beef soup and vegetables >apper-ito"h
WFDNEsDAY-B rs4tflst-white bread and coffee
Dinner-Baked beans and bees. S0pper-lndian
Tni'RspAY-I rsatdlst-White bread and coffee.
DiEHer-Salt meat and vegetables. >Hppfr-lhoi'"
FEiPSaI% Brfat6,st- bread anil coffee
DinHer-Fresh or salt fish and beets supper
sl,1T RrIiIfst-white bread and coffee
DiHHer-Baked beans and beets. Supper-Inditn
cake and milk.
The cooking for officers and boys Is done
by the same hands and in the same room.
Bread for officers and boys tables comes out
Of the same oven.
Under the present management II Il pro
posed to allow boys whose records are good
and whose homes Will warrant it, to . home
on lurloughs And when the work ON the
school farm Will allow it, boys will be far
lougIvd to suitable placss-the school re
tanning control of their persons and
earning. Az account of each turioashed
boy earnings and expenses Tor cI1tlins Will
be kept and on his discharge at majority. or
by pardon, lie viii - out with the balance
OF his earnings in hand We're the school a
prison this would be strange plan. but az
it is a means 10 reform boys and make good
men Of them It viii prove eminently wise
thus to encourage good behavior. diligence
and ideas OF economy.
The boys gather in a Sunday morning san
+ a. 3D.. - p
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-24
MONTPELIER MARKET
For the aceeE ending AprH -, -
RETAIL PRICES.

Apples, per Dbl, $500 TO $50: apples, q, - ra-
Id. u = ais cts; Butter 80 10 30 Cts. % -
ots; Beans, per bushel, $500 TO s}-5. Is 3.
cts; Crackers, per Dbl $500; Coal per - pcs
Cheese Isaac = n; Dried beef - - :
p TO - C.. Goldfish, per To. tol0 cts ea sie 81
salmon, Is cts; Flour, per Dbl, So So lEeT5sers
Oh 1,ar calI 50 cts Lard. = IL cts; Oyste
at, 20 Cts; Potatoes SO cts; salt 70 ets' - g..
refined, Il to II cts Sugar bro"sfiU -
Tea SIP 70 Sl.oO.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-24

The Portland - Press - says: - Maine
leads Massachusetts, IN the woman suffrage
corn. Not much more than a third of the
members of The Massachusetts, House voted
for the woman suffrage amendment to the
Constitution on Thursday. On the other
hand, our Senate passed like measure by
a vote of about two to one, while a change
of only seven votes in the House would have
ensured its complete success. By the way,
the bill just passed by the Illinois legislature,
and which will doubtless be genera lily re-
garded as concession to woman, ought
to be called bill to permit women to earn
a living by working for it.. p"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-24

Frank p Blair Z. s. Senator sent dis
patch from Washington to the Democratic
Convention in session at New Orleans on
the 10Th inst, saying that . our friends here
think it would be good policy to defer the
nominations until after the Convention 10
Cincinnati"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-24

temper of the House it having been effect
ually disposed of by re-committing, by a vote
of 81 to 70 thirty seven Republicans voted
to defeat the me lsure.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-24
The Benninston Bann.r saw. tn..

Ine bennington baHafT says us
It seems TO us that If President Grunt has
been good for anything as a President his
friends should acknowledge it But they
don't. They still rely on bis popularity as
General. The tolowidg can FIR public
meeting ia New York, is specimen vi this
style Of substituting the military for the
civil title.
The undersigned desiring o. express their
earnest confidence publicly, In the sIE1eity.
fidelity, persistent energy, and unialtcrng
patriotism, SO s-nally displayed ny Gen. I.
;. Grant, in securing the restoration 10 peace
at home, unfolding National right abroad
and IN manliesting throughout the world the
honor Of the American name, d5 hereby ln-
y!te their fellow citizens % assemble DO Is
mass meeting at the Cooper Institute, 90
Wednesday evening, tie 18th st April at
seven and half o'clock
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-24
The Vermont Reform School.

boys are from eight to nineteen years old
about one half of them of foreign parent
age.
The school was opened nearly six years
ago, having received its first boys 1.-TWO or
three) in July 1866. About 800 boys have
been committed in the. six years. OF the
221 committed previous to the issue of the
last published report IS had lost fathers, %
had lost mothers, q had lost both father
and mother, SIS had intememperate fathers,
81 had used tobacco, 45 had used intoxicat
ting drinks, and nearly all were mostly idle
previous to commitment" In the 221, every
county save Essex had one or more repre-
sentatives. Grand Isle had I, Bennington
and Orange each 3, Franklin b and Chitten-
den %
One had come only six years Of age, an
other only seven, 10 more under ten years,
46 more under twelve years, , were sixteen
and one was seventeen years old at commit
ment. None are received now over sixteen
years Of age.
The principal causes of commitment We're,
larceny l49, v;erancy -, breach of peace
a, burglary u. Yet as we sat in the school
looking into the faces of the boys we could
nor think them the greatest sinners among
all the boys in Vermont, or that these boys
are worse than the boys of our younger days.
The general division Of time is, four hours
of study, six hours Of work, five hours for
meals and recreation, and nine hours sleep.
The boys rise at five in the summer, and six
in the winter
The boys are found all over the institution
answering the bell, sweeping, mopping, wash
ing and ironing, cooking. sewing, doing all
sorts 81 work on the farm. and for shop work
bottomin- cane seat chairs. In each depart
ment is ii experimenting office, working
with and directing the boys
The boys make and mend all of their own
clothes. save shoes and stockings. Shoe
making las been done in the institution and
viii soon heintroiuced again. The principal
business which brings an income Is bottoming
chairs Alta recent visit We found IS boys
90 the shops. This work IS not hard,
requiring some skin and very uimble fingers.
The average earnings of the shop boys are
little more than - cents per day of six hours
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one cannot I7,.l ..sr III. brief history Of
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-24

U. r-,,- q r.,.... r- ~ p.-
lnZtJn IN lo03, and educated under Capt.
Alden Partridge al the Military Institution
,, %,r,,,.b VI died M lr.ftr.-.,y, Com
Hee,.cu'' IN = .'''I '- '''o l''- '.-.
When Capt Partridge rem1vel Als school
70 Mlddletown, Mr. johnson went with it
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- III
"heh 1ai1- F@I'i'A-1 Ie'"' 4l- 1' -''4"IeI
lie subs.q Gcut.y became eminent a- a CIVIL
Engineer. the ruiinents ii winch DE lelruci i
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Eastern . '-''.'''' '.
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* VIZ I resl's'ts e.. ''iI I'LL II ~ "' NY
torsi,n from Schenectady +, RofI, n.
was appointed by GOV. Marcy 10 make tie
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-24
Senator Edmunds wrote

share fully in the opinion OF, believe,
three fourths Of the whole people Of my
State, that undiminish9d gratitude for pre-
eminent services in the days of our country =
peril, as we'll a Just and increasing conf
dence in the general wisdom and great sue
cess Of his administration OF affairs. notwith-
standing the cries and cabals of selfish and
disappointed ambition, which would destroy
all undue pretencc OF reform, demand the re
election Of President Grant. hail your
meeting, therefore, timely contribution
to the sure triumph of November.
The demonstration was as emphatic in its
expression Of approval Of President Grant,
and his re nomination, as the utterances and
high political character pleading men in the
nation could make it.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-24

The GRANT DEuoNsrRATI3N.-Iucr was
large Grant meeting at the Cooper Institute,
in New York, an Wednesday evening Of last
week, at which Hon w. f. Dodge an emf
nent merchant Of that city presided IN tho
list of Vice Presidents Of which there were
800, were the names Of Peter Cooper, Rev.
Il. W. Beecher, Gov. E d. Morgan, Geo
Opdyke. Robert Hoe, John A. Griswold
Gen. Franz Sigel, LeGrand B. Cannon. 5. ,.
Chittenden, Theo. W Dwight, Edwards
Perrepoint. and others, leading mon ia eve
ry profession and calling.
Senator Wilson Of Mass, made the lead
ing speech. Speeches were also made by Con.
Sickles, Senator Morton and Mr. Baincy,
the colored member Of Congress from South
Carolina Letters were read from Vice
President Colfax, Senator Coukling, Freder-
lex Douglas, Senator Edmund- ,Gerrit Smith g.,
and Geo. ". Curtis. Dispatches were also
received from delegations in Congress That
from the Vermont members was MS follows
The Vermont delegation in the House viii
all support she nominations made at Plila-
delphia. and they have no doubt the entire
Republican Party in Vermont Will d. the
same heartily L. p Poland, G. ". VIII
lard.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-10-02
RA1CIIEJOR,S HATRDY
DR.. CARPENTER,
13O MULBERRY STREET,

NEWARK, Nj,
In now treating successfully
COnsam ltiOn, Bronchitis,
and Pll diseases o, the Throls and Lrugs, with his
COtIpOUND MED GATED INHALA-
TONS, CONCENTRATED FOOD,
AND COUGH SYROP.
During the past len years Di. Carpenter he's treat
ed and en-; ed ,housauds OF eases o. the above man,
cd diseases, and has now in his possess on cel iii
Gates of cues ii on oveiv par. o, t1e conntrv. The
Inha IatiOn IS hle.thcd unec.ly 1910 The lungs
soothing and heaiing over all iInamed surfaces,
terlng into the blood il impai,s vtI,g es 1t per-
meates To every pal. OF .he svsiem. The sensation
is not unpleasant, and tne frst inhaiation often
gives very decided RELIEF. particularly when there
is much difficulty o, b. cathng Upde" the ip piuence
of my remedies, The COZ h soon grows easier, the
nght sweats cease, lbe nectc flush van Snes, and
with improving digestion The patient lapdly gains
strength, and hea'.h is a3an within Dis gasp.
The Concentrated Food lapidlv bnilds up
the most debllitated oatent presenting to The stom-
ach food all ready 20 be assimiiated and made into
good, rich, healthy D'ood.
The Cough syrup is to be taken at nigh. to
alleviate the cough and enable the patier, 10 obtain
sleep. Fun directions dccompany each 6oe c ma,
remedies uhich consist o.
One Inhaler; One L ottle of Alternative In
Inhalant One Eost,e Of Anti Hmmor-
rhagic -hhalant; One Bottle Con.
centrated Food: One Bottle Of
Cough 1yrVp.
$40; two months, sis; three months, $25.
Sent to any address q. o. ID. Pamphlets contain
ing large lss OF patients cured SEM nee. letter.
of inquiry must contain one dollar to insure answer
Address,
A. II. CARPENTER, NJ. D., Newark, " J.
DIR. CARPENTERS CATARRH REMEDY viii
cure in from to three months. Price Of remedy
to last one month, $5 TWO months, s.; thres
months, $40.
CANCER in all its forms successfully treated
| Send for list of patients cured. to
A. Ii. CARPENTER, NJ. d., Newark, N. j,
auglo.t&wly
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-10-02
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.NO..s235.,
~ tFi ~ 8H & KaLlI III sr{qse q u,
BEECHER'S WAY 70 KEEP SUNDAY.

The Lords day is good day in which
to love your neighbor as Yourself. 1 do
not think it great sin if your neighbor
has his side door open on the Sabbath day
LOT you to walk across the lawn and sit on
his porch, and talk with him OF things
seemly. Ithink the Lord likes that 7
do not think that if your household is more
radiant, and your children wake ND and
say las ! never diD Thank God. it is
Sunday" don't think that if You make
It the best day of the week, and your chill
dren are good'natured and joyful, that
they are any the worse. *,o*,is -, :,
believe in letting out the harness lit
tie. believe in making the holes for the
buckle a little lower down. Let our
Lords day be church day In the morn
ing. and family day the rest Of the time.
think that we preach too much. think
that we over-teach and over-tax in the
Sabbath school. think we are making
the Lords day laborious. / do not think
thai We use Sunday enough to make the
lamily finer, sweeter, more compact,
more homogeneous, more social, and 50
more religious. see many, many men
who come to church stern and stiff They
would not for all the world ride in a car
on Sunday--no; nor go over the ferry
on Sunday-no; nor do anything at home
that made them agreeable-no! do not
hold up their way Of keeping the Sabbath
as model. Sunday is day of house
hold love. 1t is a day of family reunion.
1t is day in which the children ought to
feel that their father and mother never
were so handsome before, and nerer
were so good. 1t is day in WHICH every
part of the household should, at the going
down of the sun, be able to say, .'ThanE
God for this open door of Heaven, which
has poured out so many happy hours on
MS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-10-02
HallowelI Savings Institution
Education ana Employment.

Educhtlon and EmpIOyment.
COMER'S COMMERCIAL COLLEGE, conduct
ed with signal ability and success for thirty two
t32) years past under the management and at.
tended by seventeen thousand Q7,oV0) students,
mercantile connections, to possess great advan.
tages, the confidence OF the community, and has
thereby peculiar facilities for providing suitable
employment for Its graduates (rnale and female),
manv OF whom are now at the head of extensive
establish shments, while thousands hold responsible
positions in this and other cities.
THE THIRTY SECOND ANNUAL CATALOGUE AND
CIRCULAR containing full information, with styles
of HANDWRITING taught, and list of Mr.. Comer's
works on
Penmanship, Bookkeeping, Navigation. &c,
sent by mail, or may be had FREE at the College.
Morning sessions, to 2, every business dav
throughout the year. Evenings to 8, from lst Oe.
tober to lst April.
GEORGE n. CONFER, A. NJ, President, 323
Washington Street, corner OF West Street, Boston.
septniNX4W
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-06

FISH CCLTCRIsTs.-ln pursuance Of G
call by Professor Spencer +. Baird. u. 5.
Commissioner Of Fish and Fisheries, q
meeting Of State Fish Commissioners and
Of gentlemen interested in fish culture, was
recently heldin New York city. PROBES.
sOr Baird gave succinct and interesting
account Of his own operation in the prOIJi.
CATION 81 useful iced fishes in the waters
OF the United States. IIe stated that the
appropriation by Congress Of $4,000. was
not available until July lst, 1872, when Il
was almost too late TO secure young shsd
Tor distribution. A beginning Of the work,
however, was made and iOur hGudTcd
thousand young shad had been planted ia
Allegheny river, at Salamanca, as many
more In the White river, at lndiannapolis,
and several thousand in the Platte river,
near Denver, Colorado. 4 large number
had also been planted IN the Mississippi
river, above st. Paul. For several wears
past shad have been taken in the Ouschita
river, near Hot Springs, Arkansas, and
in the Alabama river, and more recently
in the Escambia and ChOCtawhntchee riy.
ers. From these facts, II is supposed III II
the Mississippi and its tributaries, and
the rivers emptying into the Gull Of Mex.
leo, are capable Of being stocked with
shsd. The arrangements ior stocking the
waters Of American rivera with salmon
eggs, from Maino, and from Cali!ornil,
were explained, and it was stated that The
German Government had offered 70 me-
sent TO the United States two hundred
and fifty thousand salmon eggs, from The
Rhine. An equal quantity from the same
locality had also been purchased. -
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-06

The iorty.four millions OF greenbacks
cancelled BY Secretary McCuIloch, in
quired after by a correspondent, were
Withdrawn monthly at the rate OF four
millions per month lFom current receipts
into the Treasury, which were at that
time large from internal revenue pay
tnefts. The: forty.four millions should
have been destroyed as they were with
drawer, aud possibly were, rs the amount
Of Illegal tenders in every monthly report
since shows the aggregate to be 1856 Goo.
900, IN place Of the original aggregate OF
,$40000Up00, AS to the currency sud-
efing any dllnihatl6n by this withdrawal
Of legal tenders the Journal Of Commerce
says ''thsif plaGe in currenCywa supplied
BY the national bank aissues!.s SECRETARY
Nee ulloch, In his annual report, rage 8,
states that 'vThe reduction OI these Green.
back notes, and ot the note! Of The State
banks; hasbeen nearly balance by. he
increase Of the circulation OF the national
banks" and afterwards Il was more than
balanced in that wayg TRe same CORES
pondent asks how tie notes ebulri ne re.
Issued 70 such a .eourse was determined
on. The answer qs that 10 this Il To- be
done without increasing The public debt
they must be isged for tho purchase 81
bonds.-PHiL LEDGER.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-06

TuE Baltimore Sun says IS the late
hAli-tOZen suspended mercantile firms
OF that City comes 10 BIZ more fully unIer-
stO5d ii is found that the sggregate
amount o. liabilities exceeds greatly the
first estimates. Il Is know 70 beoTer ye
millions 0t dollars. Three o: the leading
hOUSes have gone into voluntary bank
rupicY and trustees have been appointed.
For tao Of the firms the Eame frfs.eS
were appointed. Fo. the third one Of the
trustees wss selected (. Mr. BroOtsy. the
Sun leans, lOr the reason that he had eI-
penence in such trusts, and had been Ttzy
successful few years ago, realizing for
The creditors very considerable addition
70 the assets by claining and recovering
from banking institutions and OthezS,
chiefly national banks, q large amount
that had been exActed in excessive inter
ess On loans. Such claim Is set mp and
made by the recent falling firms. Under
the National Currency act the national
banks are privileged 10 charge only such
rate Of interest as Is allowed by the laws
Ofthe State or Territory where located,
and per cent, where no local rate has
been established by law; and as 6 per cent
Is the rate for interest on money fixed
by the constitution and law OF Maryland,
every charge in excess Of that Is Of course
illegal Il is alleged as fact that large
number Of the national banks seldom o,
never discount at the legal rate if the cir
cumstanceS are such as enable them 10
exalt higher one. 1t Is not surprising.
therefore, to learn that in connection win
the winding poi the Affairs Of the large
merchantile firms suspended in that city,
some OF the leading creditors arc looking
To what may be recovered from national
banks who have charged excessive RATES
OF interest 10 add 10 the assets ofthe house
tor final distribution.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-06
WEsTFIELD, CHAuTACQUA County,
Sunday, March G, 1887.

published:
~ WEsTFIELD, CHAuTACQUA COUNTY,
Sunday, March G, 1897.
Nj DIAR NEED II have yours Of the
18Th. Ii was written in answer 10 mine
of the date Of a fortnight since. Freder.
ick was very III, and was much reduced
but, thanks 10 the mercy OF God; is spared
10 Us. You can have no conception how
much my heart Is bound up in the life Of
that blessed boy.
! have to-day, not without tear and
trembling, but | trust in sincerity and
frmneSs Of purpose, Unchanged a duty
unknown before. For years past l have
struggled against prejudices OF early edu.
ton, which rendIed religion a mystery,
and yet carried about me conviction
that it vas in reality a simple and beaud.
tul system, the profession and practice Of
which were obvious duties. After what.
l trust, hag been q proper seItexam;na.
ton, presented myself this morning for
baptism, and was received into the visible
Church, and Tor the first time enjoyed the
Communion Supper. mention this iac
which viii be inhaImoniOus EithIyont
daily thoughts and occupations, because
i! is IN important event in my life, aud
ono which therefore, it is best YOU
should knox directly from me, instead Of
hearing 1t iIyIsporL II, in one OF those
seasons (which seldom occurj when you
arc alone and freefrOn the pressure OF
Immediate care, you remember this cir.
icums,ance, your intimate knowledge OF
my recent experience Of human events
viii, doubt not, enable you 10 trace the
cause and manner Of my becoming more
se4Sas than heretofore in regard 10 re-
lIEiOH. lflhst or otheT. course OF thought
sh0uid lead you 10 the conviction thst
what FhsEe cone is an obvious and prop.
ef daty dcTolved upon yourself, as well Us
me and offers, it would be source Of
great hEppi1ess To me, You vii! no. be
likely 10 fall into the error into which
Others will in respect TO mysell. But |
may as well be explicit with you. mo
Tess not to have experienced any mirac.
ulous change Of heart, or to have in any
way gone through that ordeal Of despair
80 commonly supposed 10 be the entrance
and the only entrance, upon Christian
lie have always been sensible that |
was an offender. and a gTieVous one,
against the duty l owed 10 God aud nv
fellow men. have endeavored now 10
repent, and with Gods grace, 70 live more
in the fear Of and under the influence Of
love and gratitude to God, and to that end
TO study His revelation. lido not antici.
pate that ii will make any considerable
change In the habits OF life, hat hum.
bly, trust that it will gradually elevate
and refine my motives Of action. .
Commend my love to Mrs. Weed and
Harriet Ever yours, Ef II
WILLIAM II. SEWARD.