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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23
Resolutions Adopted at Musical
Convention, POultney, January
18th. 1878.

WHEREAS, The Association has fire.
quently declared its high appreciation of
the art of music as among the noblest
of Gods gifts to man, and its determine
ton to use every earnest and legitimate
effort to secure the highest possible at
tainment in its culture, and to dissemin-
ate among the masses a cooperative
sympathy. All that remains to be done
is a reaffirmation, and the notice of a
few things pertinent to this occasion,
resolutions:
1st. Resoy0ed, That Mr.. w. w. Davis
has excelled the expectations of his most
sanguine friends, and has established
himself as a successful and popular con-
ductor.
Resoyoed, That Mr. T. P. Ryder has
been successful to an unlimited degree in
deepening the favorable impressions
ed artist, not only with the piano, but
with the baton.
ResoICed, That to the several friends
whohave sustained important parts in the
chorus and as solists, thereby contribut-
ing to the interest and success of the
convention, our thanks are due.
1ttoCtCCAs I1IeiJ We c4C ttllAtCl ICiIt ~ CN
obligations to the Delaware & Hudson
canal company for the generous courte-
sy of half fare.
Re8oyUed, That we have been most
favorably impressed with DR.. Streeter's
method of ''vOlce building, as introduc-
ed here by Mr.. Davis, and while thank
ing Mr. Davis for his special efforts to
acquaint US with the workings of the
system, we most cordially commend it
to the careful and candid consideration
to all who seek an easy and natural vo-
caliZatiOn.
ReSoy0ed, And while we can but regret
that the attendance upon the convention
has been unusually small, yet in so far
as the religious meetings in this place
and others in the vicinity, unavoidable
circumstances, enter into the cause, we
have nothing to deplore; but rather
claim to be in sympathy Herewith: for
when the world shall be redeemed to
God, His high praises will be sung, with
voices SwpetlV blending
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23
Chemistry of the Boston Fire.

The Boston JOVrnaEof CHemist7v, for
January, devotes considerable space to
''the chemistry of the great fire" We
COntine our extracts to the facts sug-
gested. Granite does not withstand the
influence of severe heat as well as brick.
Starting with the theory that in large
towns every building must depend for
safety upon its own apparatus, the Jour
nal makes out the following plan
Place in the basement of every ware
house or store an iron vessel resembling
steam boiler, the capacity to depend on
the size of the building. This is to be
kept two thirds full of water, the cham
Der above the water to hold two glass
vessels, one of which is filled with acid,
the other with bi-carbonate of soda.
The glass vessels broken when a fire
takes place, these substances instantly
develop carbonic acid, which, being alb
sorbed by the water, changes into
aerated or carbonic acid water This
water, led by pipes and impelled by the
pressure of the gas, is ten times as effec-
tive in subduing flames as ordinary water,
it may always be on hand, so as to be APP
piled at the earliest moment, and there
is no question as to its efficacy.
The brick vault in which the papers
OF the journal were placed for securi-
ty, was in the midst of the flames, rem
dered extraordinarily vehement in CON
sequence of the large amount of chemi-
calls, alcoholic preparations and other
inffammatory materials burned in their
warehouse. This vault could only be
reached five days after the fire. When
opened the contents were found to be in
perfect condition. The preventive of
destruction was steam. The safe was a
brick structure, carried up from the
ground through the basement, having
two iron doors, the space between the
outer and inner door being fourteen
inches. Upon the inside were copper
reservoirs holding twelve gallons of
water, and on the evening Of the fire
three wooden pals filled with water
were placed inside the vault. We have
here hints which, if carried out, would
prevent incalculable loss, The necessary
expense is comparatively nothing. The
only requisites are that the preventive
means should be provided, and after
well looked to to see that they are where
ana as they should be, at all times.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23
Paragraphs.

Apple growing is becoming a success
in the cold State of Minnesota, in conse-
quence of careful culture and the selec-
ton of hardy varieties.
BY selecting well shaped tubers TO
plant the English gardeners find that their
crop is much freer from knobs and
prongs, so much improved, sometimes
as to merit new name.
Dead bats from the caves are used as
fertilizers in Kentucky. With the change
of single letter considerable material
for similar purpose might be found
further eastward.
The celebrated stock stallion "Ranko
Morrill," has changed owners. He is
now the property of Mr.. Geo. Ward of
North DanYille, who intends that he
shall remain in that vicinity during the
coming season.
Plainfeld, New Hampshire, according
to the census returns, has twenty-fOur
thousand six hundred and eighty-three
acres of improved land-a larger num-
Der than any town in the State,-while
Acworth leads the other towns in the
maple sugar line, having returned as the
product of 1870, fifty-siX thousand five
hundred pounds.
Wine making is not a success in Cali
fornia from an agricultural point Of
view. The California AgrjcuLtuTist says
that persons in that State longest en-
gagged in wine making are the poorest,
and their sons and daughters contract a
taste for strong drink, which is fast
bringing them to destruction.
At st. Augustine, Florida, hard wood
is six dollars per cord, and pine wood
six dollars per cord, venison, wild ducks
and other game is abundant and prices
low Sweet potatoes seventy-fiVe cents
per bushel fish good and abundant; at
the lowest quotation marks ten cents
would supply a breakfast for dozen
persons, Oranges, sweet and plenty,
varying from two to three dollars per
hundred.
Rufus 5. How Of West HOpkinton, \.
H., has hen worth telling about. Her
/ biography may be stated as follows -
/ She was born of ''pOoT but respectable
parents, if being Matched from a com
mon egg can be so considered. She first
saw daylight in June, 1871. When six
months old, chad laid her master many
eggs" When one year old, commenced
/ the process of incubation. At the age
of eighteen months had spread her
motheTly wings over two brOOds OF
chickens, and to encourage her master
during the cold snap, has presented him
with a wonderful egg which measured
eight by seven inches, tipped the scale
I at four ounces. and made an editor a re-
/ spectacle dinner. She weighs five pounds
and an ounce. and is in the enjoyment
/ of perfect health. Pedigree not re-
! corded.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23

would give would be regulated by the
Civil Service system and no corruption
would arise therefrom.
Mr.. Orton's reply goes to the roots of
the controversy by denying the right of
the government to furnish cheap tele-
graphy or cheap railroad transportation
to the people. He assails the ''pa-
ternal' theory of government and dis.
misses the European precedents OF
Postal Telegraphy, on the ground that
our government is prohibited by its
fundamental principles from such inter
ference with private rights and in prl-
vate business. He denies that the cost
of telegraphy is cheapened in proportion
to the amount of business done, for the
reason that the main expense is that OF
employees, and that if the number of dis
patches is doubled the number of opera
tors must be doubled. He claims that
the Western Union is monopoly to the
extent only that it has a larger capital
and uses it better than its rivals, and
that it has increased the total value OF
its stock by legitimate growth.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23

The following is from the Gentry
County (Mo.) Neocs
John Day, who died a few days since
in the southeast part of Worth county,
was a most incorrigible joker, and the
ruling passion remained strong to death.
He imposed it upon his attendants that
if Elias Cooper, a man with whom he
had much controversy, did not come and
close his eyes for him he would haunt
him after death. and Mr.. Cooper, for
getting past differences, shook hands
over the dark river and closed his eyes.
1t was rumored that the deceased had
hidden somewhere a large sum of gold,
and knowing this, a few days before his
death he went behind his barn and care
fully planted an inverted iron kettle,
settling it in such manner that the bot
tom could be easily detected by a passer
by. When Frustrated by his last illness
he most emphatically forbade any per
on pain of a future visit Of his ghostly
form
After his death a man residing in the
neighbOrhOOd was observed to 90 behind
that barn and gather in the pot, under
which he found deposited a sock, and in
that sock a quantity of bits Of paper
stones, scraps of iron, etc, etc, but no
money. 1t is supposed that Day pur-
posely made that ''deposit" in order to
have a Joke at some ones expense after
death.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23
Especial to the Herald
Alleged Poisoning i'm Cambridge.

CAMBRIDGE, n. Y, Jan. 20.
This town and vicinity has been in
state of the most intense excitement,
since Tuesday last, and eliminated, to-
day by an arrest and examination. The
examination has not yet been concluded,
but the facts are understood so be about
as follows. Charles Shaw lives some
two miles below this village with his
wife and five children Last Tuesday
they, the wife and children, were taken
very violently and suddenly i'll, the
symptoms being similar to those exhibit
ed by poison from corrosive sublimate.
One of the children died Friday evening,
and her stomach has been sent to Albany
for a chemical examination The wife
and remaining children are still in a
critical condition. Charles Shaw has
been arrested on suspicion of being the
murderer.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23
KATE Leehan,- Murderer.
WHO HE Is THOUGHT To Ri. And HOW u
ESCAPED DETECTION.

WHO HE Is THOUGHT TO Ri. AND HOW HE
ESCAPED DETECTION.
The Courie,. tells strange, Yet crrdi-
Bile, story concerning the murder of
Kate Leehan, Of which the following is
the substance: On the morning after
the murder among the men detailed to
discover the ptTpetrator of the crime,
was a certain patrolman whose name
was withheld. Upon reaching the scene
of the outrage, he at once began to look
about, and soon discovered an old fash
toned wooden hat, with a peculiar rim,
covered with blood and hair. This he
took to a chemist, and upon analysis.
the blood was found to be human and
exactly like that of the murdered girl.
The hat, being apparently new, his next
work was to discover the store in which
it had been purchased, and, after sever
al DAYS. he ascertained that it had been
bought the Saturday night previous to
the murder at the store of Workman &
CO., on the corner of Court and Sudbu-
ry streets. He learned that the same
night the man had bought a suit of
clothes at Oak Hall, and at both these
places description of his appearance
was obtained He was about twenty
seven years old, and apparently a me
chanic. The officer next searched through
BroOkline for a man answering to the
description which he had obtained, and
soon after while in conversation with
the landlady of boarding house, he as
certained that the purchaser of the hat
and clothes was carpenter, and that
he had on the night of the murder, re
turned home very late. The following
morning he got up at five o'clock and
stated his intention of going on visit
to his sister in Pawtucket. The landla-
dy noticed that her boarder had the bo-
som of his white shirt covered with blood
and part Of his clothing torn. The
man left the house soon after six o'clock
to take the train for Pawtucket
After some delay, the Boston officer
ascertained through personal friend,
policeman in Pawtucket, to whom he
had telegraphed, that in High street
there was a woman of the same name
as that given the suspected man by the
landlady above mentioned 1t was fur
Their ascertained that man answering
to the description given was residing
there, though under different name.
The Boston officer who had made these
discoveries then went to the chief of DO
lice and told him the whole story. That
official complimented him upon his work
and detailed two detectives to carry out
the work with him to the end This the
officer considered rather unfair, but he
however, continued faithful to his duty.
The number working on this clew was
soon, however, augmented, and, by
clumsiness on the part of some of them,
the man was alarmed and fled from
Pawtucket, on the eighth day of his
residence at his sisters house. He was
followed to Providence, but before he
could be captured he had again taken
flight, this time to New York CITY |
where all search for him was in vain.
The article in the Courier ends by say
ing This we believe to be true and |
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23

NATIONAL CURRENCY AcT.-The House
co0mitbee on banking and currency have
decided to report Mr. Merriman's bill re-
pealing the usury section of the national
currency act. Besides repeating the sec
ton mentioned, the bill allows national
banks to loan or borrow money at any
rate of interest, with a provision that
where no rate is mentioned the legal
rate of the State or Territory in which
the bank is situated shall be allowed,
and where there is no rate prescribed by
State laws, seven per cent. The COM
mittee has several important bills be-
fore 1t, hut it is not likely te report any
this session on account of a wide differ
ence OF opinion among its members as to
particular mea sures and the strong pre-
JUDGES of sew ral in favor of doing moth
ing.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23

NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD. The
Northern Pacific railroad company is
endeaYoring to arrange with the Wis
consin authorities compromise of the
difficulties arising from the dixie, canal
and other improvements of the harbor of
Duluth, which Superior City claims are
made chiefly at her expense. A suit to
compel the removal of the dixie across
the inner harbor is now pending in the
Supreme Court, but the railroad COM
paay offers instead, to close up the canal
through Minnesota Point and restricting
the entrance to the inner harbor to the
Superior City channel, or the construc-
ton of branch of their road on the
south side of the st. Louis river from
the junction to Superior City, giving the
latter equal railroad facilities with Du-
luth. Governor Washburn of Wiscon-
sin, has gone to New York to complete
the negotiations with the railroad COM
pany.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23

ARirHMETIcs.- The adoption, by the
Board OF Education, of French's Arith-
metlc, to go into use next November. if
used at all does not compel any body to
use it. 1t is stated that it was adonted
in face of protest of most of the teecb
ers and superintendent of the Stata
They proposed Greenleaf's Practicsl
now in use, unless better one could he
found. 1t is an excellent text book, and
no law of the State requires it to be ex-
cluded from the schools. The law is,
when changes are made, the books re-
commended by the Board must be taken.
1t is therefore optional with all to retain
books now in use, and in doing 50 no law
OF the State will be dishonored. Green
leafs Arithmetics will remain as good
CdLsdOnian.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23
If II Were IA Sunbeam.

If I were q sunbeam,
/ know what I'd do:s
l would seek white lilies
Rainy woodlands through.
/ would steal among them
Softest light I'd shed;
Until every lilly
Raised its dropping head.
If were a sunbeam,
/ know were I'd go;
Into lOwliest novels,
Dark with want and woe,
Till sad hearts looked upward.
would shine and shine!
Then they'd think of heaven.
Their sweet home and mine"
Art thou not a sunbeam,
Child, whose life is glad,
With an inner radiance
Sunshine never had
Oh, as God hath blessed thee,
Scatter rays divine!
For there is no sunbeam
But must die or shine!
Lucy Ldrc0n
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23

THE PUEEsT and Sweetest Cod-Liver OIL
Is Hazard x Casweu's, made on the sea
shore, from fresh, selected Iivers, by Cas-
well, Hazard s Co, New York. 1t is abso-
lutely pure and sweet. Patients who have
once taken it prefer il to all others. Ply
sicians have decided it superiorEto any OF
the other oils in market
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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23

CHAPrED HANDS, face, rough skin, pIm
pies, ringworm, salt-rheum, and other en-
taneous affections cured, and the skin
made soft and smooth by using the Juni-
per Tar soap, made by Caswell, Hazard Il
Co, New York. BE sure to get the Juniper
Tar Soap, as there are many worthless im-
itations made with common tar.
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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23

faithful account of the way in which
Justice was defeated and a probable muir
derer permitted to escape the gallows.
We leave the matter now to the Judg-
ment of the public.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23

PERUVIAN SYRUP.-This valuable medi-
cine has been silently making Its way into
public favor by the numerous remarkable
cures it has performed. Its singular effica-
cy Is owing to the protoxide Of iron which
in this preparation remains unchanged,
and is the only form in which this vital
element of healthy blood can be supplied.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23

OF all awful night sounds, that OF
frighttul cough reverberating through the
darkness, is the most saddening. Would
you be spared this iHriiction and save the
life endangered Oy the complaint, admin
lister HdIe's Honey OF Horeh0ltad and Tar
Crittenaen's 9Th Avenue. Sold by all
Druggists
Fixes Toothache Drops cure in minnie.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23

CHICAGO PLUoK.-A gentleman writ
ing from Chicago, says: Last night
the very finest church In Chicago was
burned down in less than an hour there
was to be a concert an hour later, when
if it had happened it would have been
serious Now the point which is pecu-
liarly Chicagoan is this, that while the fire
was in full blast the congregation was
hastily summoned in house in the next
block, and passed 4 vote, unanimously
to rebuild at once.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23

CHILDREN CRY for Pitchers Castoria. Il
regulates the stomach, cures wind collie
and causes natural sleep. 1t is a substitute
for castor oil.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23
HARMLESS As SUMMER DEW.

HANMLL@S ~ 81 MMEh DEW-
Yet in the highest degree disinfectant
and prescrvatiye, Sozodont keeps the teeth
always healthy and spotless, and the gums
Tuddy and free from canker.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23

CONGRESS-, TUEsDAY.-In the United
States Senate, Monday, several bills
were reported from the finance commit
tee. The annual legislative appropria-
ton and post road bills were reported.
The sloops-of-war bill was amended, but
final action was not reached. The prin-
cipal feature of the proceedings of the
House of Representatives was a debate
on the bill for the revival of American
commerce
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23
Business Hotites.
WHAT THE SEASON SUGGEST

WHAT TIE SEASON SUGGESTS.
To assume warm clothing at the com
Inencement Of the cold season is only au
act of common prudence. But sOmethiug
more than this Is required 10 put the body
in a state of defence against the searching
atmosphere of winter. Damp mas q de-
pressing effect onithe vital organs and the
animal spirits. The amount of life power
taken out eff the strongest OF as by the
chilling vapOrs which frequently load tla
air at tins period Of the year Is very CON
siderable, and to the weak and languia
they are extremely deleteriOuS To pro
tect the system against their effects. fl
must be inwardly toned, regulated and re-
infOrced. as well as shielded OutwarGiy bE
appropriate garments. This essential ser
vice is more safely and satisfactorily &C
complished by the daily use OF Hostelter's
Stomach Bitters than by any other means
within the province of medical science.
The fact here stated Is as incontr0yertible
as a demonstration in mathematics. No
body disputes it. It is a matter OF com
mon belief and of general record. Here
the case might be rested but the public.
natuHIy enough. wants to know why this
famous vegetable specific is $50 far ahead
of all other medicines OF its class. This
reasonable curiosity can be readily graft
fed. The Bitters comprise five important
elements, viz: a stimulant, q tonic. au
aperient and a blood depurent. Each Of
these cOmponents. as well as each of the
other ingredients, is the purest and best sf
its kind. They are prOpOrti9ned IN ac-
cOrdance with a formula that has been lu
use for twenty years, and operate harmo-
uiOusly and simultaneously. Hence the
uniform success of the medicine.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23

MY KINGDOM FOR \ HOUSEWIVES
the purse of King Richard could not then
procure, all can now purchase for a song.
The Centaur Liniment viii not raise the
dead horse of king, but it viii cure
lame one, and-mOre than that-it is the
most remarkable thing for swellings, stiff
joints, caked breasts, stings and bruises,
the world has ever seen. \ man ought To
suffer with the rheumatism who has not
tried this liniment.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23

THE LAST NEW YORK MuRDER.-On
Tuesday evening, just about sunset,
man of about 80 years, fair complexion
and dressed in a black sack coat and
muller, was riding horse up Chatham
square, New York city, while he led an
other horse, when Michael Nixon, bill
poster, doing business at No. II East
Broadway and residing at No. A Baxter
street, drove his wagon in an opposite
direction. There were some words be-
tween the two men, when Nixon pulled
a revolver and shot the unknown man
in the head, the ball entering the angle
of the left eye and causing death within
an hour. Nixon, who was soon after
arrested in a closet in his residence, says
that the man struck him first with a
whiffletree and that he used the pistol in
self-defence.
POSTAGE ON SEEDs.-Under a recent
act of Congress, packages of seeds, roots,
cuttings, bulbs, and scions not exceeding
four pounds in weight, may be mailed
at a prepaid postage of one cent foreach
two ounces or fraction of an ounce.
The packages must be put up so that the
contents can be readily examined with
out destroying the wrappers. Sealed
bags made of material sufficiently trans
parent to show the contents clearly may
be used for such matter. 1t is import
ant for the public to note, however, that
mail matter of this class, as well as
printed matter generally, passing through
the mails, must be fully prepaid by
stamps Otherwise it will not be for
warded
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-23

Sir Robert Peel, many years ago tried
to introduce iron plows into England,
but the farmers refused to accept them.
saying they made the weeds grow, and
we have not the least doubt but that
they were right. If good tillage makes
the crop grow, why should it not also
promote the growth of the weeds?
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-09-11
RAILROADS.
BOSTON & MAINE
----R. Be-
PORTLAND TO BOSTON
FAST EXPRESS.

Old Orchard, saco, BidIeford, Kenne.
bunk. Dover. Great Falls, Exeter,
MaverhiiI and Lawrence.