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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23

them comes corruption, bribery, repeat
ing and kindred outrages. Do away
with all nominating conventions, and
where are we 4? Some other method
must be devised to unite public sentiment,
or politics will be in chaos, every voter
voting for whom he pleases. There
must be party concentration or a scat
tering of votes. In such contingency,
one or more States might unite and a
President be elected by six, eight, ten or
more electoral votes, as the case might
be. If there is danger of fraud, corrup-
ton and consequent revolution now, it
seems to us that Senator Morton's prop
osltion opens still wider the door of these
inevitable results.
The Senator's proposition to consti-
tute the Supreme Court of the United
States, or the Circuit and District courts.
the arbiter of contested elections in the
case of President, ETC., is perhaps well
enough. Certainly it is better than the
revolutionary one adopted by a joint
Iule Oh congress, winch PROVIDES that
when an electoral vote is objected to,
each House of Congress shall deliberate
on the same separately, and if their de-
cisiOns differ, then the vote or votes are
not to be counted The objections to
this Joint rule readily suggest themselves,
and do not require elucidation. In case
Senator Mortons propositions should be
adopted as a whole, in case of a multi
plicity of candidates, or even without,
the question naturally occurs aodo is to
contest the election Is there no room
for tampering with votes, bribery of re-
turning officers, etc, etc. With these
suggestions we leave the matter for the
present.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23

PRETTY SMPPERY.-A gentleman while
passing down Creek Hill in this city, re-
Gently. noticed a well-dressed young
man. evidently from the Empire State,
from under whose badly-handled feet
the ground threatened momentarily to
glide He remarked to the unsteady
One: sIt's pretty slippery walking,
eh ?" Eyes" replied the one having un-
fortunate feet, ''a'most as slippery as tbs
n Po'-tH- henry" But then, he wasn't
from Port Henry, you know pergen-
mes Verna0nter.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23

THnowN FROM TIE IRoN-By the
breaking Of a journal, twelve freight
cars attached to the mixed train over the
Rutland railroad, due here at 8:45
O'Clock Saturday evening, We're thrown
from the rails near Gave4dish. The cars
were somewhat demolished and the road
bed barricaded, SO as to place, for the
time being, an embargo on the passage OF
tr.,ins The mixed tram didn't come to
RntIan,9 Two wreck trains were dis
patched 10 tsbe scene of the disaster, one
from Rutland ard the other from Bel
lows Falls, and, by tie diligence OF the
wreckers," the track was cleared In
time for the passage, three hours late, OF
the night express train due here at eight
minutes before two o'clock Sunday morn
inc
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23

AN EPISODE. We learl from the
Poughkeepsie Neos that when the
Montreal express reached Livingston
station, Tuesday night, en- route for
New York, there was an episode in real
life, which happily, does not often oc-
cur. 4 Mrs Watson of Troy, was sud
denly taken i'll, and Immediately after
being removed to a drawing room car
gave birth to healthy female child.
The lady was made as comfortable as
possible by the ladies in the car, and at
her request, drawing room car conduc-
tor Shaffer named the infant Cora B.,
after his own daughter
A similar ''episode" took place on the
same route, the Montreal express, a
short time since, between Sutherland
Falls and Rutland. The happy parents,
however, did not, at once, name their
offering. Neither did they continue
their journey but concluded to stop over
at the Bates House for few days
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Chean Farms. Chean Homes.

On the line of thGL Mon Iacllc bellfoao;
10 OOo 600 acres of the best Farming and
Mineral Lands in America.
? 600 600 Acres in Nebraska, ii the Platte
Valley. now for sale. , - .-,,,
MILD .CLIM ATE. FERTILE SOIL.
for Grain growing and stock Raising IN
surprised by any in the United states.
-Uan1 and more convenient to market
~ ~ n can be found elsewhere.
u r.. 2 H0meSteddS for Actual SettterS.
Tie best location Tor Colo 9I5 so
ehutiec r the new Descriptive Pamphlet.
-; s s5i. 70 maps, published in Engllsh, Ger
VIZ, mLCn new , ish and Danish malIed Tree ire,
man, o~eo Address o. i. DAVIS, Land
ever SNeIagW ~ r. Co, Omaha, NeD. Jan9~4
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23

ELECTION OF OFFICERS. AT the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the old
National Bank of Whitehall, held at
their banking office, Tuesday, January
IA, 1878, the following gentlemen We're
elected directors for the ensuing year :
H. T. Gaylord, H. r. Snyder, A. Mar
tin. w. w. Cook, Joseph Potter, /. v.
Baker, Richard English, B. w. Bur-
leigh, II. G. Burleigh.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23
TO BOOK CANVAsSERs.

anew way of l-7nning q book. Can sell
thousands Der week. Address MURRAA
HILL PUBLISHING co, l20 East 2oth-st.-
New 1Ork city. Jails"4
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23

GsDsYCHOMANCY, or soul Charming =
How either sex may fascinate ara
gain the lo.-e and affections OF ady person
ae0uirenent a. can possess, free, Dy mail
for &c. together With marriage gulue'
Fgypfian oracle. dreams, hlnts 10 ltoles-
-yT NE tfSin1-nigbt shirt. Sc 4 queer book.
address T. Il WILLIAMS q 70, Pubs Ph}l-
ol1aiaI1ia ian9w4
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23

THE REoENT SEVERE WEATHER IN
MINNESOTA. We are told by the farmers
that abundant snow is admirable protec-
ton for the winter wheat and promotes
plentiful harycsts In that view Mime
sofa may anticipate prosperity in the
coming summer; but that can hardly
compensate for the hardships of the
present season, as detailed, from time to
time. in our Geographic dispatches So
severe has been the cold to many settlers
exposed to the blasts which sweep over
the wide plains from the far distant
mountains to the northwest that the
polar air wave has benumbed their limbs
and stopped their heart-how even when
screened by thick buffalo robes. Rail
roal work has been checked and team
sters We're frozen to death on their jour
ney3. Never before since settlement in
that region began has such a terrible
storm been known SIS that of last week.
With the advance Of cultivation there
will be more opportunities for shelter,
and it is safe to believe, as we surely
hope. that we may never again hear of
such fatal effects of cold in tAe thriving
State at the hcadwaters of the Missis-
sippi
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23
POTITNEY.

The convention of the Union Musical
Association closed up at Joslin Hall on
Friday evening, January Il. with grand
concert. The convention was not as
fully attended as some former conven-
tions, owing partly to an increased re-
ligi0us interest in Poultney and vicinity.
Meetings are being holden every evening
in some Of the churches, which kept
away many who would otherwise have
attended. But the convention was one
of interest and profit. 1t showed pro-
gress in the culture of this noble art, and
will leave its impress for good in this
and the surrounding towns. A very in
teresting feature in the convention was
the singing of several pieces by Welsh
club from Granville, who had been under
the tuition of our tOWnsman X. J. Hum
phrey. The same number of Yankees
could hardly be found who would be
able to excel If equal them in the eX-
cellence of their performances certainly
that number did not attend the COnven-
ton who could and the convention con-
tanned much of the best talent in the
vicinity. 1t is gratifying that this class
of foreigners who are coming among us,
and already comprise large portion of
our population, cultivate so we'll the
arts of civilization, especially when it is
known that they were all working men.
Mr.. Davis, of Boston, assisted by
Mr.. Ryder, a skilful organist, conducted
the exercises of the convention. Both
of those gentlemen showed themselves
masters in their profession. The con-
vention adopted resolutions compliment
tary of their services, which will in due
time appear in the papers.
We have had our January thaw.
Poultney river was on bender for a
day or two-seldom higher The snow
has settled good deal, but enough is
left in Poultney for good sleighing. We
are never without sleighing here in the
winter.
Franklin Goodrich, well known
and lifelong Industrious citizen of East
Poultney, is very low with the dropsy )
but little hopes are entertained of his re-
cOverv OBSERVER.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23

THE - STRANGE BRIDAL COUPLE. In
reference to the singular bridal couple
from Vermont, recently marriedin Troy,
and referred to ty us some days ago, a
correspondent of the Troy Press writes
to that paper. from Richville that they
were not from Windsor rs reported, but
IRON Whiting, Vt. Her name should
haze been given Mrs Her husband
was buried New Years day, 1872 Her
age is nearly 50, and the school boy
whom She has married is perhaps "a, not
well educated, etc. which would cause
him to appear singularly at any such an
occasion. I think they have not returned
to the land Of Green Mountains, but
gone to Illinois, where Mrs. Meedham
expects to meet with her son, who is
several years older than Walker, and
who will be Disguised with his mother
on Their arrival. At home she is re-
carried as a veIy nice woman
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23
znn AGENTS. WANTED

For the Best selling Pictures, Maps ana
Charts. Also for our sewing silk and LIN
~ GOOD active rpents. Apply at once to
Is T. GUERNSEY, Concord, \. ii. ian9w4
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23
PORT HENRY.

Hon. f. w Tobey, Assemblyman
from this district, was reelected at the
last election by very fattering vote.
His friends and constituents in this sec
ton take much pride in their representa-
tive. He is but % years of age, still he
is chairman of the committee on insur-
ance, chairman of the committee Oh
rules, and on the committee on the judi
ciary of the New York Assembly now
In session. Mr. Tobey has the indica-
tons of bright future before him.
A. II.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23
THE HUMAN EYE.
BY
S. WESLEY SMYTH, NJ. D.

There is no portion of the human sys
tenn, at present, more thoroughly under.
/ stood, or more satisfactorily treated than
| diseases affecting the eye and its appen.
| dages. At one time it was considered OF
| so little Importance that only a trifing
space in medical text books was occupied
! in its discussion. Now it has assumed SO
| much Importance, and so varied are the
| diseases confined to this organ, that one
finds in this department alone, sufficient
material for life of study. Nothing can
compensate for the loss of any special
| sense, and we appear to regard the sense
| of sight as priceless above value, and OF
the greatest Importance to the possessor.
| The anatomy and physiology of the eye
present abundant ground for investiga-
ton and study, and its complex arrange
| student. The lids have an external cuta-
neous surface, middle cartilIaginous ma
| terial, which give to them form and con-
sistence, and an internalmucus membrane
rejecting itself upon the eye-bau, secret
ing watery substance which allows a
free movement of the opposing surface
without friction. Amy one or all of their
structure may be the seat of disease, and
without an appreciation or knowledge of
their Importance or the consequences re
sultiAg from neglect in their treatment,
the disease may invade other and deeper
portions of the eye, terminating in inn
pailment or total loss of vision.
The ey e-bau has four coats or coverings.
First, external mucus membrane, which is
a continuation of that lining the lids, and
the one most sensitive to the touch. Sec
ond, sclrotic or dense hard coat, which
gives to the eye its white or CLASSY appear
auce and is the one most essential i'll Civ
ing tirmness and form to the eye-ball. This
Goa Is changed in its character by the in
tcrposit of a transparent substance-the
cornea-which gives tho appearance of
watch glass being set into the front of the
eve. Tnird. choroil. a thin. ,tructureIes.
..oa, ,,,,,..t n, .,,,r tho object Of which j..
to ab.orD fin. RAYS ofIiQht; fourth. retina,
tne true -eniient norton of the organ OF
vision. and i a thin. almost perfectly
,,,,s,,,r,nt coat. the REGIMENT surface OF
all i,,nra.sions of objects that we see.
l,,,.. immersion. are conducted to the
l,,.,i,, nv ,l,,. o,,tt, nerve which snread y
,,...-,yorA, If ti,.. color,.ss tiIres ON the in
..,,... ,v;.,,3,,. thai.
,...,...,..,.,- =. ,...,i,,..l civ. ,.ttrio,s and
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23
JAMAICA.

Au,tion. soo,ood - Wa H.. r,o.
with ',s Iost 1,oa 1iio ~ T,,os ii tio
Widow, IF tLo 1oto Mr. Zoo ~ ~ II3u.o ,,.I
sold all her effects CONSISTING Of honsa'
hoIa fnrmitnra chest ni too7s fo ,,TI;,,
Tools horse harness ,S hnr,r,, ha, ana
furniture. The same day Lewis pheIns
commenced the sale Of his store goods
and closes this week with the sale of
the store itself. On Wednesday and
Thursday evenings, certain parties from
abroad. sold hats. caps. and furs. it is
said at ruinous rates: leaving behind
them many head dresses, and taking
with them considerable money.
On Thursday . cheerful comnanv
of onr cifizans oi1 and vo,,nr crawl and
oay, tiIIinr some thirtv SIeir6s, enioved
= SIoigh ride from his to South To9don.
derry and back They seem 10 have had
. GOOD lime. and conclude that there
are many more foolish wovs of snend-
inc time and money than in slcigb rid
inc.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23
out OF Town Notes,
CHESTER.

AT the annual meeting of the first
uniyersalist Parish, held at the residence
OF 4. w. Marsh, the following persons
were elected officers of said society for
the ensuing year: Moderator, F. w.
Marsh; Clerk, FL. L. Aldrich; Pruden-
tlal Committee, P H. Robbins, J. D.
Powers, w. Bailey; Collector, Dem
man Hulett; Treasurer, Willard Bailey.
-Loring Bemis has leased rooms in
the old Union House, on North street,
and is now putting in fixtures and ma
chinery, and getting the same in readi
ness for the manufacture of women's
shoes.
MIR. r. F. Gowing, in company with
his brother Edwin, of Charleston, n
H., has leased the new grist mill, at
Springfield, and will remove to that
place on the first of February.
Pending the necessary silence of
your regular correspondent, who is still
anxiously watching by the bedside of his
invalid father, | thought a Chester note,
outside the regular channel, might not
jar the dignity of the very popular Yer
mont Daily, THE HERALD The great
all-absorbing topic of the past week has
been the change of post office location
and of postmaster. The petitioners de-
sire the office removed to the boot shop
or point in its immediate vicinity and
S. FL. Leonard, ESQ.,, for postmaster.
The remonstrants, desiring no change,
have already dispatched to the Hon
Postmaster-General a formidable list of
names embracing large number of our
leading professional and business firms.
Both parties are sanguine of success.
A. A. D.
"A petition is in circulation praying
for the removal of the post office to a
point near the Chester boot shOp-I am
not certain but it is to be located in that
building. The paper also seeks to install
S. II. Leonard post master. Personally
we have no objection to Mr.. Leonard.
Personally, again, we have not only
most friendly regard for the present in
cumbent, but in common with the great
er part if not the entire community,
we are perfectly satisfied with the man
agement of the office. Geographically
speaking the change of location as indi-
Gated in the petition, would probably
place the office nearer the center, but it
must be remembered that a geographical
center is not always business center in
Vermont grazing towns. If the office
where it is, is a more convenient point
from which to distribute the bulk of
mail matter which comes into it, there
is where it should stand. Correspondent
Of Manchester Journal.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25
An OminOus Sign.

1t Is an ominous sign of the times to
find Americans SO accustomed to the ex-
erclsc OF arbitrary power that they are
actually surprised by judicial decisions af-
frmlng the simplest fundamental princi-
pies OF civil law. Yet several newspa-
pers seem to be utterly amazed at the
late official announcement of the self-eyi-
dent proposition that pOstmasters have no
right to violate the mails and now equal
establishment is aroused by the opinion of
a Washington court that restaurateur
may decline to fulfill the behests of Gus
toners who are personally Objectionable
to him. There are certain basic rules of
law which every one but a member of
Congress might be supposed 20 know, and
which no Congressional enactments can
overthrow, and prominent among these is
the rule that every man should be free to
affix his own conditions to the rendering
OF his services the only important excep-
ton to this rule being where the cOmmIl-
nifty grants some exclusive privilege to in
d1vIduals-as in the case of railways or
other chartered franchses-under speci-
ned restrictions. A few years ago no
adult American would have waited for an
opinion from the bench to learn that ey-
cry tradesman is absolute master of the
disposal OF his wares, the man who deals
In cooked meats and confectionery having
the same indefeasible right to refuse to
vend these delicacies to any applicant,
black or white, rs a taller has to decline
measuring an undesirable patron, or a
merchant to reject proffered custom, and
that an attempt to abridye this right is an
outrage which no amount of negrophilis-
tic sentimentalism can excuse. nor any
Congression3l majority render valid.-N.
y Erch1n0s
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25

was left, aud the boys, like good boys.
went directly home and swOre they had
discovered hoop-skirt factory. One man,
a learned t..rite, said it must have been
left there by the Sormans. Another man.
who was we'll acquainted with the Nor
mans, said the Normans never wore hoop
skirts. A Western man said he'd often
heard of whOops on the skirts of the
woods in this country, and his remarks
elected applause. Then the party visited
the woods, and decided that the relics
were bones. not hoop-skirts. 1t was the
greatest case of up tree | ever heard Of
Some North CarOlinians are awful thin
Two of 'em would make fair-siZed pen
handle. They grow lengthwise all right
but they don't grow sideways or thicken
worth cent. They never uibutton theil
clothes; they crawl In and out OF 'em
through the buttOn-holes, and in some
sections one good-siZed sack coat would
button around whole family. The child
rem under six years looked like crochet
needles. only darker in hue. They ust
windmills here to grind hash.-Erchanse
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25
A Great Telescope.

Only eighty miles to the moon, or,
rather. the human eye, to all intents and
purposes. is brought within the above dis
lance to our attendant satellite. through
the humiliation of I60, 900 miles of space
by the immense refracting telescope late
" constructed. Its magnitying power,
in other words, is 5000 times, and rs the
eve naturally receives beam of light one
fifth of an inch in diameter, this instru-
ment, gathering from the surface of its
twenty-five inch object glass, will have an
Illuminating power 15,625 times greater.
That is, it will convey that number of
times more light into the eye.
The object glass, now the largest in the
world. was recently made in England 1t
is by far the most difficult part of the ap-
paratus to construct, for it must be with
out blemish. strlE or wavy lines, of alb
sOluteIy uniform density, and perfectly
pellucid. To produce so large a lens, The
labor is immense, for, with the increase of
power, every defect is prOpOrtiOnately
magnified. Even after the glass is east,
its grinding to exact curves and the appli-
cation of the polish is scarcely less
formidable work.
The tube of this telescope is of steel, of
strength sufficient to prevent the possible
ity of flexure under the great weight
which it has to carry. A zinc tube with
i'm Sc YES to cut off any currents OF warm
air which would disturb the cone OF light.
This instrument is mounted on pillar,
tweniy-nine feet high, on which il is al
justcd with the incest precision. Suitable
clockwork serves to carry IT around in
following any heavenly body which is
under observation. The entire instru-
mcnt weighs nine tons.-Scieatitc Aaaer'-
icnH,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25

The pirates claim to status she was
very sure was just, when she noticed how
familiar the JOnsOns he discussed. Her
aristOcratic scruples then were quickly
laid aside, and when the pirate smile d at
her reciprocally she sighed.
No sooner was the newer love within
her bosom born, than Jones was looked
upon by her with hatred and with scorn.
She said, twas true his ancestor was IA
nous Duke de Jones, but she shuddcred
to remember that his father dealt in bones.
So then they got at Captain Jones and
hacked him with a sword, and chopped
him into little bits ana tossed him over
board. The Chaplain read the service.
and the Captain of the bark, before the
Widows weeping eyes was gobbled by a
shark.
The Chaplain turned the prayer-book
DER, the bride took off her glove, they
swOre to honor, to obey. to cherish and
to love. And freiyhted full of happiness,
across the eccan's 70 IN the schooner
0lided rapidly toward the pirates home.
And when OF ccstacy and joy their
hearts could hold no more, that pira e
dropped his anchor down and rowed his
love ashore. And as they sauntered up
the street he gave his BRIDE poke, and
said = In them there mansions lie the
friends OF whom | spoke.''
She glanced her eye upon the plates of
brass upon each door. and then her anger
rose as it had never Il u" before That
Johnson has a h that Thompson has IA p.
That smith that spells without II y is not
the Smith for me-
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25
shaken Constitutions.

General debility, and the dependency by which
1t is Invariably accompanied, often regarded
as the symptoms of incurable physical decay. OF
persons thus Afflicted it is often said that their
situations are undermined; that they have nothing
left to fall back upon; that they hopeless
This, in at least eight instances of is false
conclusion. A constitution may be shaken with
out being undermined; and even if undermined
may be propped and strengthened: and in many
so-called hopeless cases there reserves of vi
talty and latent vigor in the system that only
quire stimulating and developing to render them
equal to the work of repair. The best and surest
stfmnlant and fnvisorant that can be given
remedy for decay of the vital powers, whether
ural casual, is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. If
the faltering physique can be reused into healthy
activity by any human means, this regeneratiug
vegetable cordial will accomplish that object. Its
effect upon the appetite, the digestion, the nervous
system, the secretives organs and the bowels is
most salutary. 1t not only acts directly upon the
solids and fluids of the body, but indirectly upon
the constitution itself. Persons left by fever in
such deplorably helpless condition that it would
pletely built up-it might almost be said, rebuilt
by this mighty, this welnieh infallible, vegetable
restorative At this OF Indictment winds
and chilling. damps the Bltters should be taken
protective medicine.