Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-03-20


ington for monument to Charles Sumner.
The internal revenue on liquors in Ohio
has fallen of 100000 per month since the
womens movement began.
The exports and imports at New York
city the past year have increased more than
thirty million dollars each
The "horrible mystery" Of female head
found in the Saco River at Bddeford, Me-,
turns out to have been case Of anatomy.
The Tax Receiver of Louisville, KY,
who died recently under suspicious circum-
stances, had robbed the city Of large sum
Of money.
TheBoston Journal plaintivey asks, anent
the New Hampshire result, "Wil il be
needed at Washington for certainly noth-
ing else seems to be-"
The lower branch of the Iowa Legislature
has conourred IN the Senate amendments to
the railroad tariff bill, and the bill has re.
ceived the signature of the governor.
The papers are publishing silly "sell"
about n Louisiana bride being turned to
stone in consequence of drinking the water
obtained from "geode," or hollow crystal
line stone.
The religious press of the country, that
has so great an influence upon public ques
tons, is denouncing the corruption that pre-.
walls with zeal and ability which must
have marked effect.
Rhode Island reports progress on the
woman suffrage question. The House OF
Representatives has passed the resolution
submitting to the people an amendment to
the constitution giving the ballot to. women ;
and the vote was handsome one, TODD
to II.
Robert Q. Whiting was killed in the
Mulliken saw.mill in West Littleton, oppo-
site Waterford, last Friday, the upper part
Of his head being taken of by a wheel
against which he was thrown while trying to
change the feed belt. His age was A and
he leaves wife, but no children.
A villainous priest at Jalisco, Mexico. on
recent sabbath melted the murderous pas.
sions of the brutal portion of his congrega.
ton, who proceeled to the house of Rev
John Stevens, mutilatsd his body and sacked
his house. Arrests of all the priests in that
ueigh6orhood are ordered.
The steamship Laconia, while on voyage
from Alexandria, Egypt, for Algiers, having
as passengers 27S pilgrims returning from
Mecca, encountered a terrific gale. One
huge wave which struck the vessel washed
overheard from her deck III Of the pill.
grims and all we're drowned.
The Chicago city council voted 10 favor Of
selling liquor on Sunday, to their shame A
number Of the most respectable ladies of the
city appealed to their sense of decency, but
their petitions were UNDECIDED, and at the
close of the meeting the ladies' narrowly es-
capped violence at the hands of vicious
beastly mob. Such scenes would disgrace a
community Of barbarians.
The work Of the eight or nine hundred
supernumeraries at the Portsmouth IN. H.
navy.yard was finished last Tuesday, and
they were discharged This is wise econo.
my, of course, for the American people
don't want to keep lot of men there doing
nothing a whole year, just to have them vote
the republican ticket at the next state elec
ton the thing can be done cheaper by fill.
ing up the yard again next winter.
The death Of Charles Sumner has filled
the nation with grief Americas purest
statesman has fallen in his place as a polit-
ical leader, in his Oath year of continuous
senatorial service. He died on Wednesday
Of last week, from the effects of the blow
struck by Brooks, so many years ago. Mr.
Sumner was born in Boston, Jan. 6, 1911
aud had therefore completed his SD year
The N. Y. Times truly says No common
loss has fallen upon the country in the death
Of Charles Sumner, a man Of vast acquire
ments, high ability, distinguished services tC
humanity, large experience in public affairs
fame more than national. As scholar
statesman and phiauthropist he was known
in all civilized lands The purity Of Mr.
Summers character would alone cause hin
to be remembered gratefully by his country
No breath Of suspicion ever touched him
la an age when corruption too often enter
into public life, Mr.. Sumner preserved his
character free from reproach. He was new
err found involved in any discreditabl,
scheme, he had nothing to fear from "dis
closures" or investigations" He was alb
solutely proof against the evil influences o
Washington. lie could i'll be spared frou
the councils of the nation at time wher
the standard Of public life is not being very
perceptlbly elevated and when "Butlerism
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