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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-09

OBITUARY.-Death i'll its rayages,
makes no distinction of age, but cuts
down those in the bloom and flower of
youth, as ruthlessly as in middle life,
and in lettering age. Oftimes the dis
pensatiOns of Providence seem to fall
sadly, especially when one bouyant with
the hopes that fill the heart with eXpcc-
fancy of life and promise is cut off in
the midst of their years. We are lead
to these observations by the death of
Callie, the daughter of David G. and
Emeline Mcclure, which occurred at an
early hour on Monday morning after an
illness of a few months of consumption.
All who knew this quiet and uncom-
planning sufferer, and have been obscr=
want of her struggle with disease al
ways so deccitful, and the sweet spirit
which pervaded her artlcss and childlikc
character. will feel sorrow, at her death
amid bright hopes and promises. She
possessed sweet traits of disposition and
loneliness of character which commend
ed her to a wide circle Of companions
and made her the idol of the family now
stricken with grief. She vas a constant
attendant and faithful scholar in our
public schools until her frail being bent
under the weight of rapidly increasing
disease, which compelled her to
bid adicu to the companions Of her
school day life She had the respect of
her teachers and the kind regard of her
associates. Thus in her carly life she
has been called to obey the summons Of
death. and those who mourn under this
stroke. though sudden, was not an uncX-
nectpd event, should bow with humble
submission to "iIim who dopth all
things well,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-09
Accidents.

A young man named Hubbell was
killed Saturday last at Canandaigua by
the accidental discharge Of a gun which
he was dragging, muzzle foremost, from
a boat
About one O'Clock on the morning
of the oath. some two and a half miles
east Of Island Pond a freight train
struck and ran over a man sitting on the
track asleep. lie lived about an hour
and a half. lie gave his name as Finley
Mcdonald, and said he lived in Bury,
Canada; he was seen in the village the
night before, and he had been drinking.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-09

FIsK's SToCK.-The late James Fisk,
Jr., asserted, just before his death, that
he owned large amount of Erie stock,
and such was supposed to be the case,
but all efforts to find any record of the
same, since he died, have been in vain,
and suspicious are entertained of foul
play on the part of those in whose
hands the stock was held.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-09

A QUEER BLUNDER.-The total absti-
nence people of the Ohio Assembly
have made a queer blunder. They passed
lot of liquor laws and omitted the
words General Assembly" from the
enacting clause. Hence, as not the
State, but the Assembly makes the laws,
the liquor dealers are comfortable.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-09
Greeley Ratification Meeting.

There will be Greeley Ratification
meeting at the Town Hall in Clarendon,
on Saturday evening, May 18th, 1872,
at s o'clock, for the purpose of forming
Greeley Club. The Hon. s. M. Dorr
will address the meeting. All are invit-
ed to attend
c. c. PIERCE, NJ S. CLARK,
A. D. SMITH, PORTER BENSON,
HORACE KINGSLEY, L. D. SQUIREs,
ENoCH SMITH, w. S. EDDY,
WIN. S. WEEKS, WILLIS BENSON,
T. K HORTON, HARLAN WEEKS,
n. NJ. Powers, FRIEND WEEKS.
R. F. POWERS,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-09

THE BALANCE OF PowER.-A year
ago Mr.. jefferson Davis advised his
Southern admirers to keep quiet and take
no part in politics until they held the
balance of power, and predicated that
they would soon do so. Does Mr. Gree
ley imagine that his nomination is to
give his friend Davis the opportunity he
is waiting for?
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-09

New SURvEY.-The city government
of Portland has appointed committee
to consider the petitions in favor of a
competent, unbiased engineers survey
of the proposed line of the Portland &
Ogdensbnrgh railroad. The Portland
ers are getting sick of the White Noun
tain notch arrangement, and will now
awake to the importance of the Port
land and Rutland railroad to that city.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-09

New ENGLAND AT CINCINNATI -
During the ballotings at the Cincinnati
Convention, Massachusetts, voted stcadi-
ly tNenty-twoAdamsa and four for Trun-
bull. Maine gave her fourteen votes
fur Mr.. Adams. Connecticut twelve,
and Rhode Island six. New Tlamp-
shire and Vermont were for Greeley
When the result came, Mr.. Atkinson,
Chairman, Withdrew from the Massachu-
setts delegation, and his example was
followed by Mr.. Edward Harris, who
was with the delegation from Rhode
Island They are both Free Traders.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-09

CoNyEorICUT.- Governor Jewell, Of
Connecticut, was inaugurated on We'd
nesday of last week. He recommended
stricter banking laws, the exemption Of
savings banks deposits loaned on real cS-
tate from tax, and raising of interest ON
the school fund He deprecated taxing
of premium notes of mutual life insur-
ance companies, and advises care in the
creation of town debts, in appropria-
tons, and also advises close examination
and prudence and no gratuities.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-09

EvERGGEENs.-The singular statement
is made that such has been the severity
Of the past winter, there has occurred a
great mortality among the eyergrecns
from Virginia to Canada, and from the
Atlantic to the Eastern base of the
Rocky Mountains. Theloss, pccuniarly
considered, amounts to millions, and en-
braces Norway spruce, pines, arbor
vitae, jumpers, etc, not to mention nu-
m rous dcciduous shrubs In this sacri-
fee to the icy king, Vermont has been q
great sufferer. Victims are strewn
wherever there are private or ornamrn-
tai gardens. lI'around us are seen the
decaycd and decaying eyergrccns. Much
may be saved of an apparently dying
stock with care and patience, but thou
sands of dollars worth have indeed 'gone
where the woodbine twineth.'
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-09

An old and wealthy resident OF san
Francisco, f. L. A. Phoebe, committed
suicide on Friday morning by shooting.
Illness eliminating in insanity.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-09
THE RUTLAND HERALD.
TUESDAY, MAY Z, 1872.
Temperance Movements.

At the same time that movements are
going on in our own country among the
people outside of the law, as is now be-
ing witnessed in Maine and other States,
it is highly gratifying to find that Russia
which, until recently, was one of the
most Incorporate countries in Europe,
is now becoming one of the most strict
ly sober. The Car himself has set his
subjects an example, and the movement
is advancing throughout the whole OF
his vast dominions with extraordinary
rapiditv. Recent travellers assert that
there has been nothing equal to it since
the DAYS of Father Mathews triumph
ant career in Ireland and England. In
ST. Petersburgh and the North, notwith-
standing the rigors Of the climate, the
lower classes have, during the late win
ter, evinced a remarkable abstinence
from alcoholic liquors, and in the silver
works of Moscow, and other rich man
ufactories of the South, the reform goes
on with unprecedented enthusiasm. A
marked improvement is already exhib-
tied in the physical condition and eXter-
nal appearance of the inhabitants; and
there can be no doubt that Alexander
H., in initiating this movement, has
adopted the surest means for increasing
the strength and stability Of his empire.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-09

FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS In reply to
a dispatch sent to General Schenck con-
veying the position the United States
have assumed on consequential damages,
he has informed the State Department
that England has agreed to accept our
intimatiOn that the proposition from her
would be accepted based on the PROPOSE
ton that we did not desire to collect
money, but only have the principle in
volved settled against us. Following
this came the text Of the English prOpO-
sitiOn, but it turns out to be such a char
acter that in its present shape it cannot
be accepted by our government, and
shows moreover that England does not
understand the position we assumed as
it was intended here. The resNlt is an
unexpected obstacle in the way of the
speedy arrangement of the pending diff
cIlties. 1t has been decided, in view Of
the present situation Of the matter, to
submit the entire correspondence to the
members of the House committee on
foreign affairs and the Senate committee
on foreign relations, and on Friday af-
ternoon Secretary Fish sent a note to
the republican members of these com
nttees, asking them to ".cet him at the
State Department on Saturday morning.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-09

The amount of marble quarrled in Tia
w. though considerable, is but small
compared with what it might be if it
were in a country where there was en-
terprize or go-aheaditiyeness. Hun
drcds of rich quarries that have been
opened remain unworked simply for the
want of enterprise. There is one place
in Italy. the valley of the Ami, where
are the richest quarries in the kingdom.
and which have not been worked at all.
If at the foot of the Alpe Apuani lived
one hundred Americans, not 100, 900
tons of marble only. but /, 100000 would
be excavated annually. Numerous rail
roads would wind about in these beauti-
full and fertile vallies, and industry
would plant her throne on the borders
of the charming mountains. An intelli-
gent Italian who knows much of Ameri-
ca. says: "Oh, that this beautiful and
productive region were in the hands of
those energetic and enterpising people,
our brother Americans.
In Rutland County, VT, there are,
think, about twenty saving mills with
200 gangs of saws of twenty-five saws
each. The annual marble production of
the County is about $1,000, 900. The
marble interest in America is young.
The first marble discovered was in 1888,
/ think, in the Cherokee mountains, and
after that it was discovered in Maryland,
Vermont, Massachusetts and other
places. That of Vermont has the repu-
tation abroad of being the best in the
country. 1t is whittier than Italian mar
BILE but not quite as hard or quite as
transparent.
In Belgium twenty-five quarries yield
about /, 500, 900 tons annually.
France receives large income from
her marble interests. In Hament, Ma
muir, Luxembourg, Leigh and Brabante,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-09

NOhhhh AND W AGEo.
There are {, 1000 men employed in the
Carrara quarries, and 1900 more in saw
ing mills, studios and other departments
of the marble interest, making $500 in
all. There are 100 women engaged in
the quarries to carry water the work
men. They carry pail full of water on
their heads to the top of the highest
pinnacle with as much ease and safety
as Blondin can walk rope. At the
SereYezia quarries there are z, 900 men
employed in all the departments, and at
Massa about 900.
WOrkmen are paid from 80 to so cents
per day, the overseers, or the most skill
full workmen in some special depart
ment, receiving the latter price. Out of
this pittance they must board themselves
and support their families. Think of
that laborers and mechanics of Ameri-
ca, who are receiving as many dollars as
European laborers and mechanics are
francs go cents) and still striking for
higher wages.
The marble interest at Carrara circu-
lates about 100000 francs (S200, 000)
weekly.
QUANTITY AND PRICES OF MARBLE.
Last year (1871) the Carrara quarries
yielded, as near as can ascertain, about
90, 900 tons of marble, 134 cubic feet
per tom, which is gradual increase
from SO, 900 tons in 1868. Serevezia
yielded over %, 900 tons and Massa about
$1,000. The prices vary according to
quality and beauty, and for statuary in
proportion to its transparency and the
| height of the block. Statuary marble
sells for from $500 to $500 per cubic
Middletown transcript., 1872-10-05
Three Per Cent. a month,

\ merchant once came 20 Mr.. James q.
King, Of New York, in great distress, to
borrow one hundred thousand dollars for a
year. saying that be must have it, and
tha, his business would justify him in pay
lug any rate of interest. Nr. King told
him no business would stand three per
cent month. but finding him hard to
convince, took the following method:
Why discount for so shor, time 2 asked
Mr. King Why not make it up for two
or three years will discount your note
for n hundred thousand dollars if you will
make it three years
Thank you, Mr. King; will draw it
at once 1t is very kind in you but don't
yoG want collateral?
No sir. Mr.. Miller (turning to the ac-
countanp take of the discount at three
per cent month on 800, 900 for three
years and draw check for the balance
from Mr. D. Wal, moment. Mr.. d.,
give me your note for Sl00, 900.
The conversation became general, both
were seated wncn the accountant handed
the following note to Mr., D., for 500.
900: Payable three years after date.
Discount at three per cent, n month is 81
per cent year, aud for three years los
per ecnt.-SlOs. 900. Balance due tc
Prime, Ward and King, $4,000
Mr.. D., have YOU check with you,
pleasantly asked Mr.. King.
A check. What forY'
Whv, Miller has handed me n state.
mcnt, and find that IL we discount oil
shave your note for three years Of 800
900 ut three per cent. n month, you vii
have to pay 5000
Why. this is absurd. will give yo,
my note for sioO. 900. aud get no cash il
return. but have to give you $4,000 il
cash. Bah 7
BE cool Mr.. ID. and listen. have don
this purposcly to give you lecture; Il
show you where the mercantile career vii
end il you submit to such extortion. Nov
il you will pledge me your word Of homo
that you will cur,ail your business. an
never pay any more than seven per cent.
carry on your trade. will tell you what
will do. You want S100. 900. Draw you
note for tha, sum at ninety days. and lcav
me S10O, 900 Of your best notes receivable
and l will give you tho money, less Ii
ordinary discount Of seven pr cent.
Middletown transcript., 1872-10-05

rosa 10 70 celebrated 10 our early history
tho visitor looks about In disappointment.
Nothing is to be seen but the steamboat
landing, the remains Of the old Fort. which
ono hss to strain bis eyes to sec q ill. and
hotel up the bank, surrounded BY
bssutiful grove. Al this point the hke
narrows very much. and while the pas
scngcrs for Lake Eric are getting on one
looks about for something TO connect with
the Revolutionary war, but oil | could
see was
A sand creek, with hogs nj bsth--some cattle
A heap Of manure and so on
A brawny mana shock headed boy
And a tail for the creek 10 How on.
We arrived at Whitehall, at the bot
tom or end Of the lake after Q. p. NJ,
where We took the railroad to Albany,
passing through aud stopping at Saratogs,
Balston Spa, arriving at Albany after
s p. NJ. Next n,eEaing We rose with the
lark. and had good stroll over the city.
visiting tks capitol aud seating ourselves
in the PrrHdcnts. and Speakers chairs.
imagined ourselvesfor the nonce great
political leader Of New York. At0 A.
NJ we took the steamer Daniel Drew for
New York. -pbe passage down this beau
tiful river was-among our keenest enjoy
ment The lovely scenery Of low lands
and high lands, the exquisite lawns and
highly cultivated country, tho splendid
palaces and country seats Of the rich New
York merchants, which line its banks,
make it. it is said by foreign travellers,
the lovelicst river in the world. At all
the various stopping places, the towns and
country lock like fairy land. Below
Tarrytown, tho beautiful seat Of Wash
ington Irving. called Sunnysidc peeps out
from the lovely park. II is interesting
from being the residence of that most
genial of authors, Washington Irving
just around here too lies the scene Of tn.
story of Sleepy Hollow, and in this very
muse, then called Wolfert's Roost, lived
the beautiful Latrina Van Tassal, whom
Ichabod Crane courtcd in vain, aud wher,
he fed from the hcadless llunstman il
hot pursuit of him Just above on th,
other side lay the Ca,skil Mountains
where old Hendrck Hudson aud his mo,
Icy crew played Nine Pins, and whcr,
Rip Van Wiusle slept his sleep for twenty
years.
Throughout this long distance Of II
miles from Albany to New York, it is on
panorama of surprising beauty II wa
almost with regre, We arrived at New
York. a, which point we speedily as pos
sible took the train TO our home in Phila
delphia. So ends our trip, aud with
few parting worla. ends our long TRADE
In concluding, let me tell any one VIII
may read this communication, that anrici
patcs such a tour to 60 prepared will
lunch baskets amply stored. All tn
ciih and experienced travellers do i,
it will save you many penny. II you
+ only carry valise take care Of it your
self, it won't pay to give a quarter I
every porter you will meet, and lastly al
Ways take your wife and daughters along
as you will find to your sorrow. that no
body cares for the solitary man, aud ell
ioymcnt Of this kind will be enhanced tc
fold By having some one near to you t
enjoy it with you.
JonS DooLky.
Middletown transcript., 1872-10-05
r0ait and 8an'sr.
Pat and the Pig.

A eountrymsn having killed. fig ssa
not wishing TO divide with his neighboee.
as was tbs custom 10 that country. sai3
to his man { who, by the way, was sca
Of the Emerald Isle y
"Pat. II I give the neighbors Who hsss
given to mo piece Of my pork I'll have
none left for myself Can you tell nae
what an to do ~
. BE dad. SIR" said Pat. " Its myself
that can do that same thing"
Good" snys the countrymsn. rubhiaG
his hands aud looking at Pat. " Nov
tell me What can do"
Faith, SIR" said Pat, "sure and wbeq
tho craythur is cleaned, just be after hang;
ing il against the door where livery mith:
er's sou Of thin will sec il and early II
the morning, before any one Is about. get
up. takc in your pig. and hide il sway.
Thin, when your neighbors come. just b
after telling them the pig was thole."
Capital idea. Pat" exclaimed The
coun,rymau I'm do it.by St. Gcorgew
SO, when the pig was clcan, II was
hung up outside the door. so that the
neighbors might see il. The countrymsS
nnxiously awaited the approaching night,
and at last retired to bed. but not to sleep.
Pat under cover Of the darkness Of tho
night, crcpt round the house and stole
the pig.
What was the astonishment Of the
coun,rymau. when at early dawn he srQss
to hide away his pig. but found no pig
there. can bc better imagined than de-
scribcd. In the midst Of his bewildcr-
ment, Pat came in with his usual " Top
o',hc morning to ye. SIR" and giving him
a knowing wink, said;
+" Master, how about the pig?'
We'll. Pat, the pig was stolen IN
reality"
" Faith, and sounds rs natural as u
you lost your pig"
:" But. you blockhcad, ! tell YOU the
pig was stolen"
- Faith, and be CORY. master. tho
devil bit ONE thought that you could
DO so well just stick to tina, it's as ma
,ural as life"
" By St. George. rsarcd the now iratc
countryman. | tell you tina, the pig was
stolen"
Och be jabers." says Pat. stick
to it anil your ncighbors will behave YOU,
AMI devil Bit or il they'll get. Faith,
| didn't think you could do SO well"
Middletown transcript., 1872-10-05
Registers Order.

REGISTERS OFFICE,
New CAsrtR CorxrrY, August 18th, 1872.
Upon the application of Colcn Ferguson, Ad-
ministrator OF Theodore Lord, late Of Apo
quiuimink Hundred In said County, deceased II
is ordered aud directed by the Register that the
Administrator aforesaid, give notice OF the gran
ting of Letters OF Administration upon the Es-
tate Of the deceased, with the date Of granting
thereof, by causing advertisements to be posted
within forty days from tho date Of such Letters,
10 six Of the most public places Of the County Of
New Castle, requiring all persons having de-
mands against the Estate, 10 present the same,
or abide by an Act Of Assembly in such case
made and provided. And also cause the same
10 be inserted within the same period In the Mid
dletown Transcript, II newspaper published In
Middietown, and TO be continued therein two
months.
-, Given under the hand and Seal Of
L.. .. lOslicc Of the Register aforesaid, at New
(N~J Castle, In New Castle County aforesaid,
the day and year above written.
U. GIBBS, Register.
NOTICs.--Ail persons having claims against
The Estate Of the deceased must present the Sane
daily attssted 10 the Administrator on OF before
!; August 18th, 1873, OF abide the Act Of Assembly
In such case made and provided.
OOLEk FERGUSON, Admr.
Addfcab- -Blackbird, Del.
Aug. is-3m.
Middletown transcript., 1872-10-05
Somethin's Got to be Done.

By sqnall in the Delaware Bay last
week, while sailing in yacht, two young
men wore ovcr'aken. At the Nazareth
Methodist Church. on Twelfth street. Phil
adclphia. at public worship they had oc..:
cnsionally been present. From the way
things looked the capsizing af their shall
lop was very near inevitable.
"Bill,n said one to the other. "'his is .
serious business; can you prnyy
mo, | can't; I've heard Joe Quinn do
it, and Eve listened to Bill Post. but I
can't do it myself"
'Wel, you can sing hymn, cap's
you; For Gods sake do something"
"No, can't sing here. How can l
sing when this boat at any moment may
drown Us both.
well, we must do something religious.
II you can't pray and can't sing, let's
take up a collection
ITO this Bill consented in his COM
panion's bat he deposited three pennies. .
corkscrew and broken blade knife As
he did this the wind lulled and the shal.
lop made successful landing"
Middletown transcript., 1872-10-05
Select peetrp.
THE OLD MANS DREAM.

I'LL U1D MAN . O66Ams
oh for Que hour Of youthful joy,
Give back my twentieth spring;
ID rather laugh bright haired boy
Thdn reign bearded king.
oss ropls'f my lifs.blooa stream
sFr0ssAy yhood's fount Of flannel
GiV mSo giddy, rccling dream
~ life al love aud fame.
~ listening angel heard the prayer,
And calmly smiliAg said:
"lf butNvch thy silvcred hair,
Thy has,y wish hath Sped
''d1nt Is there nothing In thy track,
To bid thee fondly stay,
While the swift seasons hurry back
To find the wished-for day?'
All, trucst soul Of womankind
Without thee what were life?
One bliss cannot leave behind;
I'll y-precious-wifs !
The angel tot a sapphire pen
And wrote In rainbow hue
!" The man would be a boy again,
Aud be husband too
And Is there nothing yet unsaid
Before the change appears?
Remember all thy gits have fled
With these dissolv.ng years"
Why, yes for memory would recall
Ny fond pa,crnal joys;
| could not bear 10 leave them all
III takc-my-girls=-and-. boys
The smiling angel dropped his pen;
Why, this will never do;
The man would be u boy again,
And be n father too ~
And so laughed my laughter woke
The household With its noise
! wrote my dream when morning broke,
To please the gray-harrd boys.
Middletown transcript., 1872-10-05

A lost COW was lately advertised BY tho
folloying notice, which vas posted on
trees aud fences near the owners buildius;
Strayed or ssolen-A large Red Kos,
with Ysller spssks on Der lsh side. asd :
pair Of white spccks % hsf right az.
She Is about seven or eight ysass old. ~
belongs to poor widow viii shoss ~.
Ten dollars will be given to asybody vht
will return hsr 70 Newark. -
Gune II, 180O72.
Middletown transcript., 1872-10-05
TOURN
A Tournament will be held at SAINT GROR.
GES, New Castle county, Del, on tho
TENTH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1872.

The following Prizes are offered :-lst. a
NO-TOP BUGGY, valued at $4,000; I'd, a set
Of light SINGLE HARNESS, valued at $50. 90
Sd, a fair leather D0lDLI AND SADDLE, val
ued ut $3S. 90.
ssss- Proposals for Bread, Cake, Ice Cream
and Con nfeciio..ary Stand received until the ist
Of October. Application to be made TO
Y. W. JESTER.
Admission TO the grounds SO cents, reserved
seats IS cents extra. B. W. JESTER,
Sept. 5l-aw Secretary.