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AoO1ioA w ICOpSn Ill0 ouDJSCt. hC
thought the report was correct and that
the only effect of an investigation would
be to iniure the securities of the road.
d. n. Skillings again objected to the
acceptance of the report and proposed
to offer a resolution for the appointment
of committee of five for investigation.
He thought that the examination of the
| advisory committee was superficial. If
this resolution was not adopted he
should try bill in equity. He had
large interests and intended to protect
them. He thought connecting roads
owed this company large sum. When
we adopted report last year, we wanted
to raise money, but we are in different
condition now, and are not compelled to
adopt a report without examination.
James Il. Williams, of Bellows Falls,
stated that as auditor he made careful
examination of the books and vouchers,
and they were correct.
Mr., Skillings said that the report as to
the past year was correct, but that the
bonds mentioned were augmented by
other roads.
Gov. Page explained at length the
management of the finances of the road
during the past year. He had no doubt
the motion (of Mr. Skillings) was made
to depress the stock Such was the
avowed purpose with which the report
of last year was made. The gentleman
was not then, has not been since, and is
not now, a stockholdcr.
Mr.. Skillings replied that he was
stockholder and that he had no object at
any time to dcpress the stock.
B. 3. Slnalley thought that, even with
Mr.. Skiilings' ideas, the report for this
year being admitted to be correct, it
ought to be accepted, and then, if thought
best, Mr.. Skillings can Introduce his reso-
luton.
The discussion was further continued
by Messrs. Skillings, B. B. SmalIcy, J.
w Hickok and others, and the report
was unanimously accepted.
D. n. Skillings moved that a commit
tee of five be appointed to investigate the
condition aud affairs Of the company
from the commencement Of the trust,
with power to employ clerk at the eX-
pense of the company, and also to en-
ploy an attorney at an expense not to
exceed $4,000.
r. p. Smalley demanded a stock vote,
Gov. Page said. before taking the vote.
that as far as he was concerned. he had
no objection to al investigation. but
rather courtrd one, rs it might finally set
the matter at rest. As a stockholdcr he
should not vote either way.
Messrs b. b. Smalley, Hutchns of
Beverley, Mass, and James H. Williams
of Bellows Falls, were appointed tellcrs. |
The vote being taken, resulted as fol-
lows
Whole number of votes, 2S, 993
For the motion, 1852
Against the motion, 81, 14t
The committee further reported that
sixteen stockholders voted no and six
voted yes, and so the motion was not
adopted.
On motion Of Mr. Goulding, the direc-
tors were requested to give notice, in the
call for the next annual meeting, for an
amendment to the bylaws relating to
time of annual meeting
On motion, the meeting was dissolved.
Immediately after the adjournment,
the directors met and organized by the
unanimous election of John b. Page as
president.
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SAD Aoo1DENT-La Saturday after
noon Mr.. Lyman Martin, of Plainfield,
of the firm of Lynde 81 Martin, while
running planer in their steam mill in
Harris Gore, had the misfortune to have
his left hand caught in the planer and
so mangled that amputation above the
wrist Joint was necessary. He had pre-
viously lost two fingers and portion OF
the thumb on the. same hand, besides
breaking his wrist. Only year and a
half since the firms steam mill In Plain
field was burned down, making, with the
lumber consumed, total of $4,000.
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PARDoNED.- Henry M. Wells, who
was sentenced by Judge Smalley, nearly
year ago, to years Imprisonment in the
county jail, for conniying at smuggling,
he being Custom House officer, receiv-
ed pardon from President Grant, on
Tuesday, and is once more free man.
The petition for his pardon set forth the
fact that this was his first offence, his
previous good character, and THAT he had
nearly served out his term in Jail, and
was endorsed by the United States Dis
trict Attorney. Mr.. Wells expresses his
determination by future good conduct,
to ''live down" his disgrace, and will
have the good wishes of all his friends
in that purpose.
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The Springfield Republican says the
managers of the Vermont Central viii
surrender their lease of the New London
Northern railroad on February 1st, and
1t will thereafter be run under the old
direction.
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SPoRT.-The ''Ti races, which closed
on Saturday last, brought out some pref
ty good time. The three minute purse
was won by Highland Gray, Vermont
horse, in 2.36, 2. 33. The best time for
four year olds was made by Dotty Dot,
a LII" horse, in 235.
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-Ansel Tucker, of the Boston &
Maine, is said to be the Oldest railroad
conductor in this country. He has been
ON tn q trains 80 years, and during all
that time never was one passenger IN bis
char ge killed or injured
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Two New Washington County
Horrors.

Christopher Shaw of Cambridge, is a
nephew of Charles Shaw. Tradition
has it that in other days Christopher was
pretty hard young man. A few years
since he took wife unto himself. and
turned over a new leaf. Since his mar
riage he has always been willing to work
when he could get job. Brought up
in ignorance of any trade, he has been
compelled to earn his living by doing
chance chores. This sort of work is not
particularly remunerative in a village,
and Chris. has never been able to lay by
a store for a rainy day. He has been
out of work for more than a month past.
1t is to the creditof a person Of his ante
cedents that when his uncle offered him
$50 to poison Mrs. Shaw's food be
spurned the prodosition For fortnight
past Chris. and his wife have been suf-
fering from actual want of necessary
food This fact was not known until
Monday, when DR.. Niver visited their
house and found the woman wasted
away to a skeleton. She WAS lying on
bed from which the clothing had disap-
peared and was unable TO lift her head.
The room was bitterly cold. and had
evidently been without a fire for several
days. Christopher was too proud to tell
of her condition, and the most he did
was to bring DIR. Niver TO hishouse. The
town will take steps TO care for the suf-
fering couple, but it is at least doubtful
if this aid will avail to save the life of
the woman.
A MYsTERY-BIETH AND DEATH AT a
DANCE.
4 hall known in the local vernacular
as "Barker's Bengal" at Easton, was
the locality of an unusual scene one
night last week A dance was in pro-
gress, when suddenly an unmarried
woman, whose reputation is not at all
questionable, tainted. She was removed
to an ante-rOOm, where, after recovering
from her swoon. she gave birth to
child Two of the men present at the
dance We're unusually agitated by this
circumstance, and snmmoning a carriage
placed the woman therein and drove off.
The dance was resumed after the with
drawal of the trio. Next morning Bar
kerr or some one of the assistants, found
the corpse of the child upon the road
near the hotel. The body was frozen
stiff, and had evidently been thrown out
of the carriage by the mother and the
men who accompanied her. Nothing
has since been heard from these three
persons.-Troy Times.
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Annual Meeting of the Addison
Railroad Company.

The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Addison railroad company was
held at the office of the Rutland railroad
company, in Rutland, yesterday after
noon,-the president, John B. Page, in
the chair
In the absence Of the clerk, Newton
Kellogg of Rutland was elected clerk
pro tenn.
The company then proceeded to the
election of directors for the year ensu-
ing, and the following named gentlemen
were elected:
f. A. Birchard, Brandon.
Gasca Rich, Shoreham.
w. T. Foot, Port Henry.
Lawrence Barnes, Burlington.
John B. Page, Rutland.
On motion, it was voted that on a sur
render or reassignment of the lease of
the Whitehall 81 Plattsburgh railroad
(both divisions) by the managers of
the Vermont Central and Vermont &
Canada railroads, the president of this
company be authorized to execute a
lease of the same, except that part be-
tween the junction and the terminus of
the Addison railroad, to the New York
& Canada railroad or to the Delaware &
Hudson Canal company, and to execute
all contracts in reference to the same.
The meeting then adjourned.
At a subsequent meeting of the direc-
tors, John B. Page of Rutland was
unanimously elected president.
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Annual Meeting OF the RusIand
Railroad Company.

The stockholders of the Rutland rail
road company met at the Office of the
company, in Rutland, Wednesday, Jan
uary 30th, 1873, and were called to order
at 4;30 o'clock by the President, John B.
Page.
The President of the company pre-
sented, In behalf of the directors, and
the clerk, B. B. Smalley, read the
ANNUAL REPORT.
To tile Stockholders In compliance
with the bylaws, the following state
ments of the condition of the corpora
tion is submitted for your information.
BALANCE SHEET, JANUARY 81, 1878.
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IMPoRTANT TO INvALms. we
would remind all who may be suffering
with that most distressing disease, ca
tarrh, or with deafness, impaired sight
and their accompanying maladies that
they have an opportunity of gaining re
lief by consulting Dr. S. w. Smyth, at
his office at the Bardwell House. DR..
Smyth's practice here is SO extensive
that he has decided to remain here for
an indefinite time. This extension seems
to have been necessitated by the demand
which is being made upon the doctors
professional skill. Those who are un-
der the doctors care do not hesitate to
rercmmend him in the highest terms.
All who call upon him will find him a
skillful practitioner and a reliable gentle
man.
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Especial to the Herald.l
Grand Army tion .
81. AIRANs. Jan. 3

ST. ALBANs, Jan. 30.
The annual encampment of the De
partment of Vermont, G. A. r., was
held here to-day at the headquarters of
Post Badly Smith, nearly all the Posts
in the State being represented by about
fifty delegates
Able reports were submitted by Col.
w. G. Yeazey, of Rutland, the Depart
ment Commander, and by J. FL. Could
ing, of Rutland, Assistant Adjutant Gen
eral, and L. G. Kingsley, of Rutland,
Assistant Quartermaster General, which
show that the Order is in fiourishing
condition.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year:
Commander-Wh G. Veazey of
Rutland.
S. V. C.-Theodore S. Peck of Bur
lington.
J.y. C.-M B. Carpenter of St. AL
bans
Medical Director DIR. H. H. Langdon
of Burlington.
Chaplain-Rev. Harvey Webster of
West Berkshire.
Council of Administration-R. E.
Hartshorn of Ludlow; e. ]. McWain Of
West Randolph; w. II. Gilmore of
Bradford H. S. Hard of Arlington /;
Albert Clarke of st. Albans.
Representatives to National Encamp-
ment-W. w Henry of Burlington; II.
E. Taylor of Brattleboro. Alternates
j. H. Goulding of Rutland H n. Cur
rier of Brattleboro.
1t was voted to hold the next encamp.
ment at Brattleboro.
This afternoon the soldiers banquetteC
at the Welden House, and this evening
they held ''camp fire" at Academy
Hall, which was open to the public
Papers of interest were read by Col
Veazey and comrade Goulding, and
brief speeches made by other comrades.
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RUTLAND, VI. THURSDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY

ported in favor of establishment of such
a periodical. Report not accepted.
The committee on nominations report
ed as follows:
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The session was held at the Town
Hall, which was well warmed and light
ed.
''Shall Vermont sustain an Educational
Journal ?" was an old question revived
and discussed by Messrs. Williams OF
Castleton, Spaulding of Barre, Leaven-
worth of New Haven, and Shaw of Man
chester. The result of the debate was
the appointment of Messrs. Williams,
Shaw and Pollens as committee to re-
port on the feasibility of establishing
such an educational publication. For
three or four years, some time ago,
such an issue was made but at pecu-
mary loss to those who conducted the
enterprise.
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~JsOA s@op OC
J. NJ. HAVEN, Treasurer.
j. II. WILLIAMS, a;,
N. KELLOGG, "a ue'l'oio'

The receipts and disbursements for
the current year show balances, viz.
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Auehg.
TIE BELLS OF smANDON,

.'THE BELLS OF sHANDON,
BY FATHER PRoUT.
Sabato Pango;
Funra Plango;
Solemnia Clango.
Inscription on an old bell.
With deep affection,
And recollection,
often think of
Those Shandon Bells,
Whose sound SO wild would
In the days of childhood,
Fling round my cradle
Their magic spells.
And thus grow fender,
Sweet Cork, of thee,
With thy bells of Shandon
That sounds so grand on
The pleasant waters
Of the river Lee.
I've heard bells Ginning
Full many cline in,
ToIling sublime in
Cathedral shrine, ,.s
,s While at glib rate @
ge Brass tongues would vibrate:
But all their music esq .
Spoke not like thine
For memory, dwelling
On each proud swelling :
Of thy belfry knelling
Its bold notes free,
Makes the bells of Shandon
Sound far more grand on
The pleasant waters
OF the river Lee.
I've heard bells tolling s7aois
Old Adrian's Mole in,
Their thunder rolling s-'Eie
From the Vatican.
And cymbals glorious
Swinging uprorious
In the gorgeous turrets
OF Notrs Dame.
= 48ss
But thy sounds were swestsr
Than the dome of st, Peter
Filings Ger the Tibsr,
Pealing solemnly.
o, the bells of Shandon
Sound far mere grand on
The pleasant waters
OF the river Lee.
There's bell in Moscow
While on Tower and Kiosko
In Saint Sophia
The Turkman gets;
And loud in air
Calls men to prayer,
From the tapering summit
,.s.... OF, tall nainarsts. 1. ~. q
Such empty phantom
freely grant them;
But there's an anthem
More dear to me;
'Tis the bells Of Shandsn
That sound SO grand on
The pleasant waters
OF the river Lee.
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day, that be was unable TO dislodge
them, and fearing that the action should
last until after nightfall, he sought his
last alternative In sending detachment
of his troops who stole under the cover
of the banks Of the Great Kanawha to
Crooked Run, . meandering, serpentine
stream, as the ilame implies, that winds
through the valley. With the windings
of this stresm they crept along screened
by the high weeds that fringed its banks
until they had gained the rear Of the In
dians. Cornstalk perceiving this, think
ing it to be a reinforcement of Dun
more s troeps, and his ranks tbipned by
the loss q many of his braves, immedi
ately plaHjed . retreat and abandoned
the .conb retiring in order with an
adroit lsassea by Che best tactis
them taeIr Wo5bded with the dead and
dying, they crossed the Onio above the
Point just as the sun was sinking behind
the Western hills on that eventful day,
October Is, 1774, in which that great
chieftain immortalizcd his name, that will
live in history and be eulogized by gene
rations yet unborn. The loss of the
whites was great; anything like the ap-
proximatc loss of the Indians is a secret
that remains wrapped in profound mys-
terry to this day. Here in the summer of
1777 Cornstalk was wrongfully and
atrociously murdered, when he had come
over on friendly visit to the garrison.
As his nlurderers were approaching, his
son, Elinipsico, overcome with fear,
blanched and trembled. His father ad
monished him not to be afraid, that the
Great Spirit had sent him there to die
with him. As his assassins advanced the
great Cornstalk rose up to meet them
they fred, and the great Chieftain, fell, a
victim to fiendish plot. He and his
son were buried near the scene of their
execution. Not beneath q massive pile
of unhewn stone, as is their burial Gus
tom, rudely heaped beside some lonely
cliff or rocky ledge. They were buried
few hundred PAGES above the Point, O
little back from the Ohio shore, without
a prayer or requiem, upon what is now
the site of Point Pleasant Court House
There is raised no labored mound OF
monument commemorative Of theil
greatness or their rank; there is not ar
emblem or sign that points to where
they lie, excepta rude stone that scarce
Ily rises above the surface. A scanty
tribute to so lightly mark the resting
place OF the great Shawnee Chief.
| The court bell tells in the belfry jus
abovestheir graves; the populace tread
Icarelessiy above their heads; the uneon
scious but once powerful Chieftain heed'
them not.
! Cornstalk sleeps on, nor can the!
awake OF disturb the tranquil slumber o
his long repose. SLOAN.
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Relative Size Of Countries and
ea Seas.

The Conntry Gentleman lately gave
thescomparatiye letitudes Of some prom
inent places on the globe. 1t may be
wellto furnish some comparative sizes, in
round numbers:
The Red Sea would reach from Wash
ington to Colorado, and it is three times
as wide as Lake Ontario.
Madagascar is as large as New Hamp-
shire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connect
icut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jer'
sey, Maryland, Virginia and North Car
olina all put together.
Palestine is one-fourth the size OF
New York.
Hindostan is more than one hundred
times as large as Palestine.
Great Britain is two thirds the size o.
Japan, one-twelfth the size of Hindos
tan, one twentieth of China, and one
twenty fifth of the United States.
Greece is about the size of Vermont
The English Channel is nearly as larg'
as Lake Superior, and Lake Huron as
large as the sea of Azof q
The Great Desert of Africa has nearly
the present dimensions of the United
States. -,
The Caspian Sea would stretch from
New York to st. Augustine, and is az
wide as from New York to Rochester.
The following bodies of water ar
nearly equal in size: German Ocean
Black Sea, Yellow Sea; Hudson's Bay i
rather larger; Baltic, Adriatic, Persial
Gulf and Agean Sea,about half as larg
and somewhat larger than Lake Supe
rior. heoi1 oe
The Mediterranean, if placed aetos
North America, would make sea naviga
ton from San Diego to Baltimore. e
The Gulf of Mexico is about ten time
the size of Lake Superior, and about a
large as the sea of Kamschatl1a, Bay {
Bengal, China Sea, Okhotsk Sea or Js
|pan Sea-, Lake Ontario would 60 int
either of them more than fifty times.
| Great Britain and Ireland are about 9
large as New Mexico, but not as large a
Iowa and Nebraska. They are less tina
New Y ork, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
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Selfrf Sturu.
Kate's Courage.

About a mile from Weilheim, in the
midst of a solitary wood, there is a
house in which, in 1919, dwelt forester
whose name was Merkle. He had three
children; the eldest was a girl of seven
teen, handsome, strong, aud resolute.
ssWon't you be frightened in these un
settled times ?" asked her father, when
he with her mother and the two younger
children were starting on Christmas NOR
ming to 60 to church.
Fa'Frightened?'' said the brave girl,
laughing. "Up stairs hangs your guns,
two double -barreled."
Take care, Kate" said the father,
athey are loaded with ball" M
'sAll the better for that" said the girl /;
"Sultan is with me, too, and he always
knows his man, and I shall shut up and
bar the windows down stairs,
As they left the house she began to
close ahd bar all the windows on the
ground floor. Then she not only locked
and bolted the door, but placed q heap
of blocks of wood against it inside, and
calling the great dog to her in the kitch-
en-, she began to prepare for rcooking the
family dinner,as her mother had directed
her. When this was arranged, she went
up stairs, and carried all the powder
which her father kept in large stone jar
into the upper room and the bullets, too,
of which her father had large supply.
Outside, the snow lay thickly upon the
trees and the ground the cold was cut
ting and severe.
Merkle was well-te do ms, but. con-
sidered much richer than he really was.
Kate's parents and brothers might just
have reached Weilheim, when she saw a
half, frozen old man, leaning on his staff.
approach the house. She remarked how
he trembled at the frost, and how disap'
pointed he looked when he saw all the
shutters closed, as if no one was al
home. @
His snow-white beard nearly covered
his face, and seemed to reach almost uE
to the cap of fox skin which he wore on
his head, with the fox tail hanging down
| behind.
The girl pitied the old man, He could
not get on to Weilheim, for his legs
seemed scarcely able to carry him now
and in this weather he ran q great dan
ger of being frozen to death.
| She went to the window of the second
story, and asked him what he wanted,
"Oh! my good child he cried up, witt
a faint voice, 81 want to warm myself
for l am thoroughly frozen I canno'
get any farther on my way to Weilheim
for / have not tasted food to-dayr p
The kind heart of the maiden was sof
tened and overcome.
She hastened down stairs, IN owed away
her means of defense, and opened the
door; but scarcely was the old man il
the room than she locked the door again
little thinking that she had now to defenC
herself against an enemy within. Sht
showed the old man into the room, anG
made him sit down in her fathers arm
chair, which stood near the large stove.
Something hot will be the best to warn
and relieve you," she said kindly
"There is some coffee, which we only
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The subject was opened by Prof. Mar
tin and the discussion continued by Rev.
Lyons and Mr.. Grimes.
After short recess, the committee
on Resolutions reported The report
having been received and the commit
tee discharged, the resolutions we're
acted upon and adopted separately
(The Resolutions are to be published
in the SpIRIT.) Adjourned until eight
O'Clock P. M.
THE EVENING SESSION
Was occupied by Rev. J. I. Wilson,
who delivered fine lecture on 'tPhys-
ical Geography" After which the In
stitule adjourned subject to the call of
the Executive Committee.
Thus ended very interesting session
IIef the Monroe County Teachers Iask;-
Itute. There were about 1910 Teach sra
in attendance. Every meeting was in.
teresting from the beginning, and the
class of teachers present, and the inter.
est manifested gave evidence OF the
progress in Educational matters in oul
County.
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ES~A match was recently made be-
tween the epitaphist of the Philadelphia
Ledger and an amateur at Detroit. The
stakes were awarded the latter, upon the
following production:
"Death hath taken darling little Jerry,
The son of Hiram and Syrena Howells;
Seven days he wrestled with the dysentery,
And then he perished in his little bowels
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THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY.
Published Every Tuesday.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
One Dollar and Fifty Cents per year.

J0 B P.RIN T N g
Executed with neatness and dispatch at this
office, and at reasonable prices. =
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W-A lady, writing from London
about Joaquin Miller, says size has lodg-
ings in the same house with him, and is
much pleased with his daily labor and
way of life. He is very sympathetic
with other peoples miseries, and no one
who comes to him with tale of sorrow
goes from him unrelieved. He den les
himself everything but the mere necessa-
ries of life, bestuwing the rest in charity.
Heis the frequent guest Of the nobility,
every day bringing invitations to dinners,
parties, ETC., but he says that fashionable
society is like the Serras-the higher the
colder impossible to receive from it a
single idea.