Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-02-11

The various awarding committees were appointed
The question of celebration July 4th was con-
| sdered and a committee appointed t, make
arrangements for the same
The one hundredth and fourth birthday
of Mrs. Anah Goss of Amherst, N. H.,
occurred last Sunday. She is strict OBJ
server of the Sabbath, and some days ago
she called her daughter and said to her,
Now, Elizabeth. you know that my
birthday this year comes on the Lords day
, and rs his days are so much better than
any of my days. want you to write to our
! friends not to visit us on the Sabbath. but
to come Saturday"
Mrs. Fawcett, the wife of Prof. Henry
Fawcett, M. p, and professor Of political
economy at Cambridge, was thrown from
her horse, Wednesday, and dangerously
injured. She is one of the leading intel
lectual women of England. is a writer on
political economy, and a sister of Elizabeth
Anderson, the most noted female physician
in Great Britain. Mrs. Fawcett has gained
celebrity rs lecturer Her husband, the
Professor is blind, and Mrs. Fawcett not
only trausacts his business, but by reading
to him keeps him we'll informed on all
current and scientific subjects.
/ Those of Mr.. Lincoln's historic Cabinet
yet left to us WELD sharp pens. The Hon.
Gideon Welles has lately given Mr.. Chas.
Francis Adams occasion to think as much,
and Mr.. Montgomery Blair, in Il slashin q
letter recently published, strikes all
around the military accusers and triers OF
Fitz John Porter with equal freedom. He
declares that Mr.. Stanton exceeded the
law in organizing the court, that the
charges on which the court convicted were
not proved by the testimony, and that they
can now be proved, by new testimony, es-
/ peciallv from rebel sources, to be abso-
lutely without foundation in fact.
The Supreme Court of Maine has taken
legally competent to be justices of the
whether they have any comprehension OF
the principles of Justice or the conditions
of peace and it is well to have the wise
men of the East settle the matter-B0st0,4
GloJe.
The death is announced by cable of Mr.
John Anderson, we'll known in this and
other countries rs THE Wizard of the
North" He was skillful conjuror, and
has performed before Queen Victoria anC
other crowned heads.
The New Haven Palladium, Republican
asks why Congressman Starkweathel
wanted money to hell elect him in dis
trict thai. has nearly two thousand Republic
can majority.
Harper'S Weekly. whose editor is tho
late chairman of the Civil Service Com
mission. describes Mr.. Smart's proposition
to apportion the nominations of the civil
officers of the government among mem
bers of Congress as "a bill to legalizt
corruption
SIMPLE MODE OF COMPUTING INTEREST
Multiply any given number of dollars
by the number of days of interest required
separate the right hand figure, and divide
by six the result is the true interest, fol
such number of days at six per cent. Thi:
rule is so simple and so true, according tc
all business usages, that every banker
broker, merchant and clerk, should post
it up for reference and use. There being
, no such thing rs a fraction in it, there i,
scarcely any liability to error or mistake
! BY no arithmetical process can so desired
information be obtained with so few flo
urcs.
We find that the above is correct for thu
fractional part of Il month, it being com
puted at thirty days per month.
4 BLOODY CURE.-C. II. Sticknev, o
, Boston, has been restored to health b,
t drinking blood at the Butchers Abattoi
in Brighton. Mr.. Stickney is a native o
IIighgate, and 4 private letter from him t.
the St Adams Messenger, assures tina
f Journal that the statement is true.
/ Hollis satisfactory and five canal-boat
; were burned mt Whitehall, \. Y, Thurs
day; loss $50, 1000.