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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11
Reported for the VERMONT FARMER
COUNTY COURT.

Giles Bradshaw VS.. Warren Sanbsrn
This was an action to recover damage Of de-
PENDANT for fraudulent representations in re-
gard to an old horse trade. Defendant de-
MED having made the alleged representa-.
tons. Verdict for plaintiff, s75. Bartlett
and CahOon for plaintiff; D. s. Burke and
H. G. Belden for defendant.
VIM. Stowe vs.. A. b. Norris. In this &C.
ton plaintiff sought to recover for labor he
performed for defendant upon certain con-
tract for saving shingles at Defendants mill
in Barnet. Defendant claimed plaintiff left
the job, and that he was damaged to 4 much
greater extent than plaintiffs wages came to.
Verdict for plaintiff, sS5. D. S. 4 G. Q.
Burke for plaintiff; Beldeu, May, and Ide
for defendant
Charles Chamberin VS.. jesse Bishop.
This was an action Of trespaSs to recover Of
the defendant for entering plaintiffs premises
aud tearing down several rods Of fence.
Verdict for plaintiff, one cent. Dickey &
Smith for plaintiff; Belden 4 May for de-
iendant. Exceptions by defendant.
Mary 4. Taylor w. John Wiley. This
was an action prosecuted by the town Of
Lyndon for bastardy. Verdict, guilty court
to assess damages. Powers and CahoOn for
plaintiff; Bartlett aud Bvden for defendant.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11
I" MISTAKES"

Our neighbor Stone, Of the Caledonian,
failed, we think, to show his customary can
dor and good sense under the above head in
his last weeks paper. He says he don't
know much about the Patrons of Husband
ry; yet he spreads the charge OF an un-
named paper from that headquarters of hon
esty and truth, the Federal City, that they
are rapidly going into the hands Of the
Democratic leaders, giving not a solitary
fact in support of the statement He then
lectures the Oranges because they have done
what he does himself land every other sens.
ible MANI whenever he can,-bought Of the
producer or wholesaler direct, rather than
through a middeman or retailer. If it is so
very wrong for the Hyde Park farmers to join
and make their purchases in quantity, at
discount, Mr.. Stone should never buy any
thing directly from q farmer, even though he
gets it better and cheaper than it can be had
" at the store" Sauce for the goose is sauce
Ter the gander, Bro. Stone.
II will take some time tor the Caiedonian
to convince Vermontars that they have no
right TO buy and sell whore they can do tlc
best; OF that il is wicked or q mistake, to
club their money and bay Of the wholesale
merchant instead of the retailers, when they
can make 30 large a saving by 1t ~ the
oranges have done 1t is all very well to
ring the changes about the laws of supply
aud demand but these laws require freedom
before they will work. aud it is only through
the entire freedom Of every man to buy in
the cheapest market be can 6nd, and sell in
the dearest, that we can find out what those
laws are.
Mr. Stone concludes with saying that "As
regards the tendency of the grange to be
run by politicians, why there is no quicker
way to kill out the whole thing" When he
produces any facts to show that such tend
ency exists, it will be time enough to talk
about it. So far, it seems to US, the tenden-
cy is not to let politicians run the granges,
but for the oranges to run-yea, to hunt
the politicians out of their nests. And We sus-
pect that's what's the matter with the politi-
cal papers that are whacking the "grang-
ers."
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11

Because Congress has the right under the
constitution to fix the salaries of its mem :
bers, il does not follow that there are no
bounds to their discretion. They have no
right to divide among themselves all the
revenues Of the nation, even If they should
deem so much but fair equivalent" for
their services. They may not be sccOunts.
Bile to the courts, but they are accountable
to the people, and the people will take care
that the same men do not twice rob them.
Congressman had fair notice when this meas
urc was proposed that it was an outrage,
aud they voted themselves the undeserved
money in defiance of the popular will. The
sel6shness Of the whole greedy scheme is
apparent in the condition that the act was
made retroactive only as to the congressman
OF whom it is repOrted.-BOstOn Advertiser.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11
WATERING STOCKS--HOW THE
FARMERS ARE ROBBED.

when papers OF recognized aollity sho"
so little appreciation OF the signs OF the
times as was shown by the huntington free
Press when 1t expressed the opinion that the
" Farmers Movement was noSmuch oil a
shOWer'--' only LOT uay III Is wen 10 see
what the railroad Journals themselves have
In say about the matter And ,,re we
""u'h remark mar 'hr Only way M Whlch
W., cXp,c' the cnoirs, TO nr abbreviated i.
hr'"gn the d''cfei'"" OF the fai'LoIl n'tn
themselves. iu rlaynr the mart II CaUtain
a''N famous t''"r '"O' o'sl'i 10 come
down and surrender without Che a ccs,ity of
q s""'' ~ '' Hu'N e"'"u'"s'"e anu "oi'"y
of note, when iourrsls representing the rail.
e
roau interest MAKE sucn "o''es' oouiosS'ons IN
the following, which appears as the leading
r. - "a IN
eu'toria'' III us ISSUE Vi juno ~ Vi A"e
Stochholder, Monitor of Finance aud Indus.
a,.l D,u -,
"y' "'ni"g """ MANY i'''olo' P'o"''-
nent business weekly Of New York If any
49,. :l,..ll.
ment Of facts hesitates as TO the duty Of CIV.
go, r,uo,. :, H., ,..,,,;sos :, :. ,,.;, L..
cry ia'ni'i j" '"e P'e'n''''' 7" 7" al" ''a'
he has little appreciation Of the duties and
vos,,ors;b;I;t;os ~ ,,;t;,ooshir i, = do,,o,ro,
Responsiveness u ''''"'"''P :" u'''o''"'-
ic republic.
u no,,,v ,,,,,,c,, nun
n 1919 -, ID '',.sV..1,U,.!
MN
The death Of the Hon. Horace +. Clark the
past week was an event of profound interest
in Wall-st. circles. lie was ut the time of
his death president OF the Union Pacific and
Lake Shore a. Michigan Southern railroad,
and director IN the Now York Central d
Hudson River, Harlem, New York d New
Haven, Toledo Il Wabash and other railway
companies lie was also u director Of, and
largely Interested in the western Union Tel
egraph Company, occupying prominent pO-
sition in its management. In the councils OF
the Union Trust Company, and IN several
city banks, savings banks, insurance compa.
mics, and other financial institutions, he held
n leading position.
But the most significant place held'by Mr.
Clark IN tho history oil ms lime Is made
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11

when few besides himself had any confidence
In its value. We have seen TO what vast d.
mensions this property has grown IN combi-
nation with the connecting Lake Shore roads,
tho combined company having been under
the presidency Of the late Mr.. Clark TILL his
Increase Of the nominal amount of the can
ital stock of this combination aud that of the
New York Central q Hudson River, the two
forming continuous line of about. 1 900
miles In length, between Chicago and New
York city, has been made to such extent that
$4,000 600 of annual dividends, in excess. Of
those fairly earned on the first cost of the
properties, have been distributed among tho
owners, the chief of whom have been Messrs.
Vanderbilt Clark and others Immediately
connected with them. IL Is not pretended
that increased value has GENE to these prop
critics from any other source than the earn
ings of the railways. The owners have con-
tributed nothing TO the increased value. On
the other hand, they have busted themselves
only with converting the revenues Of the
railways to their own Golfers.
These roads conduct perhaps, one-fifth
part OF the transportation between Chicago
and tho seaboard.
1t will be understood, inasmuch as the
prices Of transportation on this leading line
fix the rates for the other railways, that a
like proportion OF overpay Is received upon
the remaining four-fifths ofthe traffic between
the two cities. If so, 1t may be said that
S4O,OOO, 900 overpay on this traffic Is received
by the owners Of transportation lines on the
route indicated. If we may assume that 49,
100000 of the $1,000 900 Of the people Of the
United States are directly affected by this in
equitable 0verchargs, 1t follows that these
railway owners are unjustly taxing their con-
stituency at the rate of q dollars annually
for each man, woman and child. But this
figure by no means illustrates the force of this
exaction. 1t falls directly en- the productive
members Of the community, those who earn
tho money to pay equitable rates Of transpor-
tation AS also the negotiable excess.
In the AZ States and Territories Of the Unit
cd States there were in 1870 engaged in all
classes Of occupations II, sos, 023 persons over
10 years of age, Of which l0,669,635 were
males. In the States named in the table be-
low, being those more Immediately affected
| by the charges of transportation on the route
from Chicago to New York, we have COM
piled MS below the numbers Of male persons
engaged in agriculture and in manufactures
and mechanical and mining industries. We
leave out of the aggregate the numbers of
those performing professional services, or
those engaged in trade and transportation
ccnfining the list to those concerned in pur-
suits absolutely productive 1t is the latter
who really bear all burdens of taxation, sup
porting rs they do both themselves and the
| non-productive classes also:
MALE PERSONS ENGAGED IN PRODUCTIVE
PURSUITS IN EIGHTEEN STATES.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11
A Washington Dodge.

A homelike little abuse in these days is
the building and equipping Of private resi-.
dences under the cover Of new public build.
ings. About two thirds Of the Smithsonian
institute is the elegant habitation Of Prof.
Henry's family. Without leave Of anybody
the agricultural commissioner and family re-
side in the new department of that name
Finally, the chief ofths coast survey has made
himself residence in the new coast-survey
building. And l should not wonder il the
new state department we're built with resi-.
dences for the secretaries Of war, state, and
navy. This is perhaps not Objectionable, if
it we're not done in subtle, hidden way, and
without neutrality-suspicious. Chicago
Tribune.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11
PATRONS AND POLITICIANS.

1t seems that at the West it is not the
Oranges, but the independent farmers clubs,
instituted by those who feared the secrecy Of
the Order of Patrons that are being seized
upon by the politicians. II is natural that
it should be 80, since these clubs are not un-
der the control Of any central body, but
each one is law to itself. The benefit OF
the thorough organization Of the Patrons
was shown recently in the squelching Of
Grange in Iowa that undertook, on its own
account to make political nominations. The
State Grange put its foot on tho movem ent
at once, The following upon the subject is
from the Chicago Western Rural, which
originally favored the club organization
rather than the Patrons, though it now gives
equal recognition to both.
OF the farmers clubs regularly organized,
we cannot compute the number, for the rea-
son that many OF them are independent OF
any general organization, and are not there
fore governed by general head, rs are the
Oranges For the reason that the clubs are
not bOund, and on account of their isolation,
it was found that the club organization could
not easily raise funds TO carry out the proper
work of the system. But the principal diff
Guilty is that these open organizations give
greater facility for the manipulation of de-
signing politicians. For this reason we have
thought and still think that the farmers must
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11

Absence and hurry have prevented us
from calling attention before to a new mau-
ufacture 10 Mortified which has some inn
portaut uses for farmers. We refer to the
artificial stone, or slate, made by the U. s.
Artificial Stone Co. Of that town. This
stone makes the neatest and most perfect
water cooler We have ever seen, but aside
from that, it is capable of being used for a
multitude Of purposes, such as water tanks,
milk-room tanks for those who adopt the
Douglas system of setting milk, water pipes,
&c, &c. Articles made of this stone are
without seams, solid, strong, uncomfortable,
and unabsorbent, and eau be kept sweet and
clean easier than any other material. With
reasonable care they will last forever.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11
PassumpsiC Farmers Club Report.

My bad writing. or something else, made
me say, last week in reporting the doings Of
our Climb, just what | was trying not to say.
4" The very fer articles Of food other than
the products of the farm which was what
intended to say, reads the very fine arti-
cles of food &C. This gives prominence to
foreign articles when the encouragement Of
farm products was what | was wishing 10 re.
port rs applicable to the supper in question
aud for other occasions Of the kind.
SECRETARY.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11
Farmers Sentiments.

The following are specimens of the in
scriptiOns which appeared upon the banners
in procession Of five thousand farmers 10
Lawrence, Kansas, the other day:
Down with Banks, and Up with Corn
No Quarter to Monopoly!
Equal Taxation
God Speed the Plow
United We Stand, Divided We Fall!
Live, aud Let Live
Money Rings, Beware!
The Ides Of November, '73!
Farmers Will be Free
Harmony rU
No More Parasites!
Less Offices, Less Laws, Less Taxes, and
More Justice
Industry Will be Rewarded
Farmers to the Front-Politiolan TO the
Rear
Peacefully if We can-FOrcibly if We
Must
Reform or Revolution
Vox Populi
Passes Up Salt River Free
Fraternity, Equality, and Fair Exchange
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11
General H'esCs.

Another fearful tornado has just occurred
in Ncosho county, Kan. 1t struck Gales.
burg, 4 station on the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas railroad, IL miles from Parsons,
about $3.50 O'Clock Tuesday night. The
storm was fearful one. The heavens were
one sheet of fame. accompa MED by \ terri.
bic burst of wind aud rain. The tornado
came from the southwest, and first struck
the house of Mr. Giddings, half mile south
Of Galesburg blowing it down and burying
Mrs. Giddings and three children in the ru-
ms. The children were aged respectively IA,
II, and 10 years, and were instantly killed.
Mrs. Giddings was seriously injured. The
gale next struck Mr.. Rodgers house, which
was blown down; he was seriously and his
wife fatally injured. Two other houses were
blown from their foundations The tornado
moved in narrow belt, and swept every
thing in its track-houses, fences, aud crops
clean as a mowers scythe. At Parsons
three houses were struck by lightning, but
no serious damage was.done. The rain came
down all might in torrents, and much damage
was done TO the wheat crop. Smaller torna-
does are also reported from Missouri aud
Ohio.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11


Rev. John Lewis Russell, Professor Of
Botany to the Massachusetts, horticultural
Society and prominent contributor to
our horticultural literature, died recently
in Salem, Mass, at the age of sc years.
Hon. Joseph Brock, for some years editor
aud publisher Of the old NeO England
Farmer and of the Monthly Horticultural
Journal, one Of the founders and for many
years President Of the Massachusetts, Hort.
cultural Society, prominent dealer in agri-
cultural implements and better known 8 the
author OF "Breck's Book Of Flowers died
at Brighton, on the same day as Mr.. Rus
sell, at the age Of 70. MAY the good ex.
ample of these good men long continue upon
the earth, and may Joung men come forth,
influenced by their example, to carry forward
the good work to which their lives we're sew.
orally devoted says the Maine Farmer,
and we Gao do no less than join in the aspira.
ton.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11
The California Wheat Crop.

California has thoroughly gotten over its
scare about its this years wheat crop, and
from lamonting that II would not amount 10
over half OF last years. is now Dragging
that II will be even bigger. The latest csti-
mates figure up 100000 centals, which is
calculated to leave a surplus of 10000. 900
for export, or full as much as was exported
last year. In Oregon the season has been
much more even, aud there is certainty Of
nm increased crop.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11

We are Indebted to Messrs. Orange Judd
Il Co., Of New York, publishers of those two
excellent journals, Hearth and Home and
the American Agriealturist, for specimen
copies ofthe chrome pictures which they pre-.
sent to their subscribers, -" The Strawberry
Girl" which goes with Hearth and Home,
aud " Mischief Brewing with the Agricul.
turist. They are nice pictures, handsome
enough to justify good frames, and promi.
nent position on the walls Of any farmers Tor
villagers) "best room" Very few publishers
deal SO literally with their customers as
Orange Judd Il Co. do, and always have
done. They do it as policy, but only gen.
srOus hearts can SEQ the policy Of being
generous.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11
MALE PERS JNs ENGAGED IN PRODUCTIVE
PURSUITS IN EIGHTEEN STATES
Persons engaged In

This aggregate of persons so employed in
the above named States, it will be remem-
bered. includes all over 10 years old. Prob
ably 30 per cent. of the whole arc below the
age of 81 years. Nearly I of million, or
exactly 739, LAG. persons are below the age of
Is years. Deducting this percentage, there
remain, say 3,i65,6l male persons in pro.
ductve pursuits above the age of 81, on whom
falls the annual burden of inequitable charg-
es for transportation between Chicago and
Atlantic Underwater. If the aggregate of ex-
action be, rs stated above, $4,000. 900 per
annum, it follows that the voters engaged in
industrial vocations in these 10 states pay
over STA apiece every year to meet inordi-
nate and excessive transportation charges on
the routes between the Mississippi aud the
Atlantic,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11
Oranges in the United States.

The following was the number of Oranges
of the Patrons Of Husbandry in the sever
al states, June IL. 1878;
Alabama, 8; Arkansas, %; California,
II; Georgia, 81; Illinois, 4S6; Indiana,
III; Iowa, 1922 Kansas, 203; Kentucky,
l; Louisiana, 5 Michigan, 20 4; Minnesota,
1852; Mississippi, 1871 Missouri, 1888; Ne
braska, 222; New Jersey, 2; New York,
l; North Carolina, /; Ohio, 60; Oregon,
7; Pennsylvania, 2; South Carolina, ll8;
Tennessee, "a; Texas, (; Vermont, 22
Virginia, /; Wisconsin, l4l; Colorado, /
Dakota, 7; Canada, 8. Total, 1921.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11

A dispatch from Oottsvills, Penn, states
that tho magazine of the Cambria Coal Co.,
situated short distance from that village,
in which we're seven hundred pounds of gi-
ant powder and seventy pounds of nitro-gly-
cerins, exploded with terrible shock. Ev.
cry window within the radius of two miles
was broken, and the place of explosion for a
distance of 500 yards was torn in chaSms, 60
or 70 feet deep. Trees were torn up and hurl-
ed half a mile, while others were buried un-
der masses of earth. 1t is not known wheth-
or any lives were lost
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11

The Inman steamer City of Washington,
while on her way from Queenstown to New
York, went ashore on Gull Rock Bar, of
the coast of Nova Scotia, 20 miles west Of
Sambro Light, July I. The vessel had a
large load OF passengers and valuable car
co. All the crew aud passengers were saw.
ed but the cargo aud vessel are a total loss.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11

Another attempt was made to burn the
engine aud car on the Stanstead "Spur "
on Tuesday night but with less sue
cess than before. Fuel was piled around
the engine, (which stood out of doors, the
engine house having been burned a short
time ago. and set on fire, but it was diSCOv-
cred in time to save the engine in disable
condition.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11

John Elliott, aged 20, and Margaret Roll
liston, aged IL, both of Cincinnati, went out
on Niagara river, near Chippewa, Ont, in a
boat, Friday, with the young brother Of the
latter, and the whole party were carried over
the falls. No sign of them has yet been
found but fragments of the boat. The young
man and woman were to have been married.
on Saturday.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11

Gross charges of immortality have for
some time. been circulated in regard to Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher, by some Of his per.
sonal enemies, and they have remained no
long udeuied that many people began to
think they possibly had some foundation.
Mr.. Beecher has at length written letter to
the Brooklyn Eagle in which he stamps these
stories Z" in general and in particular rs ut
terly false"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11
Back PAY and Salary Grab.

Sterling Grange, Benton county, Iowa, has
few words to say in relation to back pay
and salary grabs
Whereas, Our ex-congressman Walden
has distributed his extra pay to the several
counties Of his Congressional district, We
are satisfied that said money was unjustly
obtained by said Walden. Therefore,
RESOLVED, That it is the wish OF Sterling
Grange, No. 1874, that the county superyis-
ors be aud are hereby requested to return
said money to the aforesaid ex.congressman
Walden, as we do not wish our children cd
ucated with money uDjustly obtained,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11

Is this possible2 We await further in.
formation and suspend Judgment in regard
to that case but with regard to the plea
that it was necessary for any members of the
last Congress to vote into their pockets
$4,000 extra on account of poverty, it only
wears a shabbier look the oftener it is held
up.-Boston Journal