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ought to be sent TO Congress or to our state
legislature will gain all the experience
necessary to make them useful legislators
in a single session. II will not do to keep
men in Congress for ever. As II is, the
majority of Congress will always be men
who are serving their second term at least
and who, if they can ever acquire expert
ence, are experienced. When we talk
about continually re-electing man on &C
count of his experience, we forget that he
will not live forever, but must have sue
cessor some time. We know not how it is,
but once send man to Washington and he
holds TO it with death grip. 1t was not
so formerly it ought not to be so now
And here is where the principle of "rota-
ton in office comes in. We want, once
in a while-say once in four or six years
to infuse n new, fresh blood into Congress
We want representatives who have not be-
come over fond Of Washington. We want
men of the people, fresh from the people
and who know the wants of the people.
The air Of Washington has nothing in it to
show tho wants of the people of Vermont
or OF any other section of the country. A
life in Washington for the greater part of
four or six years cannot have very power
full tendency to make an individual ac-
Quainted with his constituents or their
wants. There will always be experience
enough there, and, moreover, it is easily
gained. Let experience and rotation both
be considered.
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ssrntiicbcro correspondence

Last Sunday being the children's anniver-
sAly at the Universalist and Baptist
churchcf the exercises both morning and
evening were mostly performed by them.
At the former church, in the morning,
Rev Air liarris preached from Paul's letter
to the Ephesians, 18th chapter, 18th verse
lie began by saying that were he u fairy
and had the power, he would change his
audience into chldrcn II years of age for
that especial occasion. His sermon was to
the children was both entertaining and in
structNc. After the sermon nine little
children were consccrated. The church
was beautifully decorated with flowers,
which completely imprcgnated the air with
their ich perfume. The evening was de-
voted to the sabbath school concert, and
was LARGELY attended, as usual
At the Baptist church in the evening the
children celebrated their thirty-four,h ami
yersary, which was to have taken place the
Sunday previous but for some reasons
was postponed. The exercises were pretty
and well rendered
The republican caucus on Saturday even
ing to elect twcnty-onc delegates TO the
county convention, which is to be held to-
day CTucsday) ct Fayetteville, was, as The
saying is cred hot"
At the opening of the caucus committee
Of five were appointed to select delegates
viz: Jacob Estey, G. z. Gale, F. H. lIar
ris. w. K. MERTON, and j. NJ Tyler ant
| present to the caucus for their ratification
After being out some time one of The
number withdrew, refusing to act. rs il,
| said, with q committee who were unwst
and unfair in their selections, and asked
that the report be rejected, which, aftel
some pretty hot sparring, was accordingly
done; after which the delegates wcr,
chosen in open caucus, as follows
J NJ Tyler, X IIaslins, II L Taylor, p +
| Perry. Warren Bennett. Geo L Selleck.
| y Taft, 5 n IIcrrick, T. NJ Buddngton, I
D lloltou. c l. Piper, + Tyler, c b Rice
John 5 Cutting, Lewis Higgins, Ed. eros
| by J J Estey, Nnton, Geo J Brooks, I
J b Cudworth, A ] Gleason.
The two leading candidates for the sena
torship from this county are L. Gorham, o
Wilmington, and George Howe, of Brat
tlcboro
The following are the delegates to the
Uniyersalist association, to be held at Yer
non, Wednesday and Thursday of thi:
week. From the church at Brattleboro-
e. W. Packer, H. w Simonds from the
Sunday school-IIarry Rowe, Mrs. II. F
Brooks. C.
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A caucus to elect delegates to the county
convention is to be held at Brucc's Hall, on
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
A good business is being done at the
cheese factory at the corners this season,
20 cheese being made daily. The average
'sales thus far is 10 cents per pound, which
is ahead of any factory in the county. G
G IIcrick has been appointed treasurer Of
the company in place of w Vaughan, re-
signed.
w II Vail, son Of Ira II Vail, together
with his family, who now reside at Collins
Center n Y. are making a visit to their
friends here.
The roads have been worked in nearly all
tho districts, and are now in passabo con
dition.
One of our wealthy citizens here is en-
gagged in retailing cider, and Sundays seem
to he the day for "grand gathering" of
the " cider drinkers" at his residence and
quorrels arc not unfrequcnt. How long
the authorities will allow this business to
be carried on time will show.
Rev G. " S Porter delivered practical
discourse last Sabbath, selecting as his
/ theme. Remember the Sabbath day and
/ keep it holy. Although the text was old
the Rev gentlemen presented many new
ideas, rs well rs some wise and valuable
suggestions, and those present who arr
sometimes inclined to violate the Sabbath
were. no doubt profited thereby.
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81. .yO;ansbury Academy.

The close Of the academic year of the 81.
Johnsbury academy took place on last
Thursday and Friday. The examinations
were thorough, and reflected great credit
upon teachers and scholars The exercises
of the graduating Glasses in the evening,
consisting of original essays and discus
sions, were unusually interesting. They
evnced scholarship, discipline, and the
power of thinking well - incompetent
People" by Miss Mary T. Galbtath, begin
ming with the incompetent builders Of the
Mill river dam, and branching off in vari-
Gus directions, showed that there are many
in the world belonging to his class The
discussion of the influence of " Works of
Fiction in our public libraries by Misses
Alma |. Galbraith and Emily L Parks. was
excellent. Both sides were right. " Here
is Lethe-shlll drink? p by Miss Susie A
Holbrook was charmngly written and
spoken. Chances backward and for
ward" by Matte f. Lcath Of New Yorl;
city, was brilliant in style, thought and
elocution, What next" by Susie A.
Mason, was thoughtfuly and well writ
ten. "Katharina, the Shrew," by Nellie =
Prouty, was true to nature and life But
if one was better than the others,
it was Light in Darkness, by
Hattie f. Savage, eyincing mature
thought, correct philosophy, and
superiority in style and delivery. "a
Definite Purpose" by \. Herbert Carpen-
ter, and "Eloquencc,' by George ]. Har-
vcy, were good The large hall was filled
by citizens and friends. and the evening
was much enjoyed. The ST. Johnsbury
Cornet Band, Mr.. lIerrick, leader, dis
coursed some of their best music during
the evening. Rev. Henry Fairbanks, one
Of the board Of trustees, presented the
diplomas.
The St. Johnsbury Academy is Il highly
favored institutions favored by muniicent
funds, an excellent corps of teachers, and
most pleasant surroundings The principal
Rev. II. r. Fuller has the enthusiasm
necessary for a truly successful teacher
Much to the regret Of all concerned, and
the entire community, Charles a. Savage
teacher Of Latin, rhetoric and natural
science, is about TO leave to occupy &
foreign field of labor He is scholar and
true gentleman, and his place will he hard
to fill.
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CURRENCY INFLATED

We regret that the President has seen 1T
to so far yield to the opportunities Of some
of his friends as to sign the new currency
bill. Indeed with his views. as contained
in his naugurals, his several annual mes
sages. his veto message. and the celebrated
Jones memorandum it is impossible to
see how he could well allix his signature
thereto. He is credited with saying that
he did not approve of the bill. but should
sign it in hopes that some measure looking
to the resumption Of specie payments
would be passed al the LeXt session of Con
gross. We very much fear that he cX-
pressed this hope rs a salvo to his con-
science, for what had he upon which he
could reasonably build such hope? The
succeeding session of Congress will have
the same men to legislate rs the present
Onc-unless death should remove some. \
majority Of both Houses have showed
themselves opposed to taking any action
looking to an immediate or even remote re
sumption Of specie payments. They have
gone further than this and have boldly
declared that they are in favor Of an
indefinite expansion and initiation
of an irredcemable paper cur
rency. So if we may judge from the past,
there is not the least possible hope for Il
movement toward specie payment for some
two years. But this is positive measure
of initiation as our Vermont Senators plain
ly demonstrated We have had occasion,
recently, to criticise their acts and we there
take this opportunity to say that in oppos-
ing this bill they nobly and faithfully rep
resented their constituents. Indeed, the
whole brunt of the opposition came from
Mcssrs. Edmunds and Morril-and they
have our thanks and that of the people of
Vermont for it. We care not that this bill
now a law-takes some fifty millions of
dollars OF national bank notes from the north
and cast and distributes it to the south and
west, because it will find its way back fast
enough. 1t is the initiation part and the
abolishing Of reserves in part to which we
object. Most of the reserves arc released
which, OF course, initiates the currency by
SO much, while, as Mr.. Edmunds explained
it weakened the banks and made them more
liable to failure or suspension in case Of &
panic. We think the president has mode q
crave mistake.
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EXPERIENCE AND ROTATION

It makes a vast difference with the
position of an individual il reference 10
the one, two or three term principle to have
the particular office considered. We should
heartily support constitutional amend
ment providing for the election OF a
President for six years and making him in
eligible to Il reelection, but should rs
heartily oppose any attempt to place a
constitutional limit on the terms Of Sona-
tors and Representatives in Congress. As
it now is, it is sometimes necessary when
his acts and motives are assniled, to re-elect
a President in order That il may be proved
that the country is in accord with him. In
such case, Of course, tic whole power Of
an administration is put forth to secure a
reelection and seeming Endorsement and
for this reason we believe, as the wings Of
1910 did, in Il single presidential election.
In "A legislative body, however, it is differ
cnt. Here experience is required, and for
this the constitution has provided in the
terms Of Office OF United States Senator
There is no particular argument to he
drawn from experience why Senator
should br reelected, because If there should
not he "A single reelection experience is as
surcd from the fact that one-thrd Of the
body haye served four years and one-third
tWo year7 There are tho principles
which ought always 10 he kept in mind in
the election Of legislators experience and
rotation in Office. However person may
hook at it at first blush, consideration must
convince him that one element is as inn
portaut a. the other. While there must be
experience in every legislative body, there
must also, be constant changes in ndi-
vidual members, an infusion, as it were, Of
fresh blood right from the people.
Experience is necessary mainly that the
forms of legislation may be properly com
Piled with and business transacted Will
dispatch 1t may or may not be true that
with each succeeding term Of service, t
legislator becomes more aud more useful
but it Is Of no consequence, because it
practical application would create an arts
tocracy and life tenure of office As {
general proposition, however, we do moi
believe it to be true. We have known
members of Congress in reference to whom
it was strictly true because all they know
they learned in Congress. So far as thci
minds were concerned, Congress was {
school to them they were continually
learning something new--generally some
thing that the mass of people, school chill
dren included, had known long before
Such men, of course, would become NOR
and more useful with the length of service
but they ought not to be in Congress or il
any other legislative body Such men q
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..G1vu FIRE DEVIL HIS DUE"

We have no particular fondness for Gen
eral Benjamin +. Butler as our readers
well know. Moreover we regard him as
one OF the most dangerous and unscrupul-
Gus of American politicians. Such is his
character mode of obtaining information
and method of attacking those whom he
considers his enemies or thinks stands in his
way, that he is, at times, a bad man to
handle so much so that it has been only
by the hardest Of work, the most deter
mined Of efforts that he has been twice
halhcd in his ambition to be governor of
Massachusetts, and in other schemes for his
own personal preferment However we
may consider him rs u politician and as a
representative OF that most dangerous cle-
ment in American politics, called "Butlcr-
ism, because he is the representative and
embodiment thereof, we do not believe,
and we hardly think that many citizens Of
the United States believe, that he is now or
ever has been utterly bad Prone as men
are to make mistakes, they should credit n
man with his good deeds while dcnouncing
his bad actions. Every man is entitled TO
it. The common sentiment Of mankind
acts upon this proposition, and to such
an extent that the expression " give
the devil his due has become
proyerb. TO say that General
Butler " never had patriotic impulse in
his life is simply nonsense, founded
either on ignorance or more reprchensl-
bic cause. We arc no defender of Gen.
Butler and we fear his political influence
on the country, but he has accomplished
work for the Union of which he need not
be ashamed, and which will be remembered
with honor long after he ana we are
mingled in the dust Was it no "patriotic
impulse that lead him, in 1861 to sepa-
rate from his old political associates, cast
his fortunes with his country. lead her
troops and, With them, open the road to
Washington, and afterwards take posses
sion OF Baltimore and save it from seces-
sion rule? As a general we consider him
a failure, except so far as his government
Of New Orleans was concerned, but rs he
had no military education his failure was
not to be wondered at and he did the best
he could, and we believe from "patrotic
. impulses" As between him and Judge
Durcll, whom our contemporary was de-
Tending when it used the expression quo
| ted give, us Gen. Butler one hundred to
one. What personal end to gain had But
Ter in the impeachment of the notorious
drunken Durell tine midnight order
judge? Perhaps lie had one, but we fail tc
see it and would rather refer his action il
this case TO "patriotic impulse" "GivC
1.-THE Devil his due" more especially if he
can save the country from the disgrace OF
having Durel remain on the bench unim
poachable.
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uEpUuIuCAN NOMINATIONS.
Republican Union Distric, Conven-

4 Republican Union Convention, for the first
congressional District OF Vermont, VIII be held
ut Middlebury, on Wednesday. the 18th day Of
August next, at ~ o'clock m, for the purpose
VI nominating candidate FOR representative
TO Congress, to be supported by the republican
rreemen OF the district at the election on the
first tuesday OF September next. The republican
union voters of said district are invited to be
represented in the convention by their dele
Gates to be chosen in compliance with the
resolution adopted ny the district convention
holden at Mlddlebury, on the 18th day of Au-
rust 1866. by which each town IL "cutitled to
one delegate and an additional delegate for
every one hundred and every traction of one
hundred larger than fifty votes cast by said
town for the republican union candidate for
governor, at the election the year preceding
the time for holding said convention the DIS
trct committee to prescribe the method Of
election OF such delegates"
The delegates OF the several towns In Inc
district will be chosen at primary meetings
called by the republican union committees oi
the respective towns and must be provided
with credentials signed by the secretaries of
said meetings.
II. n. S01LACE,
LovELAND MrNsoS, District
j. Ii. HA2LETON Committee.
JAMES $. PECK,
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Republican Exclusion.

The Burlington Free Press and Times
in speaking Of the exclusion OF Greeley re-
publicana from the caucus in that city on
Saturday evening last, says
We do no think the tclcrs, at the eau
Gus on Saturday evening, represented the
sentiments of the republicans of Buring-
ton, in adopting test which excluded
from the caucus Republicans who voted
for Mr.. Greeley in ~, but who have since
acted with the republican party, and de-
sire to do SO in future. The presence of
Greeley republicans in the republican eau
cusses in many of the other towns in the
stated, as been noticeable feature of this
years canvass; and so far as we are aware
they have everywhere received a
cordial welcome back to the coun-
cIls Of the party In number of
cases they were appointed delegates to
The state convention. The republican party
in Burlington is surely not so strong that it
can afford to adopt tests not elsewhere in
force, nor IS it, as we believe, so foolish as
TO slam the door in the face of any man
who claims that he has never abandoned re-
publican principles, or who now honestly
offers himself rs voter or worker in the
republican ranks, though he may not have
voted for Grant at the last national election.
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The case OF charles a. sacIsus.


We extract from the Philadelphia Mc7-
'cot and Suyyical Reporter, the following
interesting scientific account of the case of
Charles G. Backus, who, 1t will be remem-
bcred, died in April last from the effect of
''getting lumber in his rcctum" 1t will
command attention, when it is knownahat
it is from the penof our townsman, George
II Fox, NJ. D.
"FoREiGN BODY IN THE EEcTuM."
| send you an account of the following
rare and singular case. At 10 o'clock on
the night Of the third of April 1874, Mr..
Charles G. Backus, large, well-formed
man, over six feet in height, weighing
about two hundred and twenty-five pounds
aged thirty-hvc years,a machinist by trade,
and boarder at the Farmers hotel Of this
place, came to my door, called me up, say
ing that he had a curious case for nc and
related the circumstances az follows.
While undressing for the night, on remov-
ing his clothing, his heel caught in one leg
of his pants losing his balance, he fell
back and sat down into chair standing
behind him, the anus coming directly upon
Il whisky tumbler standing bottom UP in
the chair The tumblcr, measuring one
and three-fourths inches in diameter 1T the
bottom, two and a half inches at the top.
and two and thrcc-fourihs inches high, dis
appeared through the sphinctcr am. pass
ing into the recium. The sphinctcr con
tracing again completely. Thinking he
could remove it himself he procured al Il
hardware store some piuccrs, and succeed
ed in getting hold Of it. broke out piece
of glass from the rim fonr-eiahis by sin
cights of an inch in size, LEAVING q Sharp
edge, cutting like Il lufc, bleeding
at the time from, his own mamuu-
latlons, as | afterwards learned, a common
sized chamber vessel iul. On his arrival
at my Office | found that The ,elst di,l'a-
ton of the sphincler ami caused blood to
flow. After attempts with my fingers. for
ceps, and cndcavor5 TO introduce the whole
hand to turn and remove It, the parts he
coming very sensitive and irritable, pro-
cured a bottle Of ether. and walked with
him to DR.. NJ. Goldsmith's Office related
the circumstances to him, and, at his aug-
gcstion, had three tubes of suitable lcngth.
varying in diameter. made of tin. ends
turned and perfectly smooth The small
est to be first introduced through the
| sphincter ami, then over that the next size,
! finally the largest. and Of size
! suitable TO slip over the rim OF
the tUmbler and allow of lis seizure
| with forceps SO that tumhlcr and tube
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Fred Houghton, who lives near Swanton
Junction, VT, buried a daughter on Sun
day, eight years old, which weighed only
sixteen pounds. She had been a constant
sufferer since she was two years old from
the effects Of calomel.
Rev. Charles L. Robinson, pastor of the
Second street Presbyterian church, Troy,
N. Y, native OF Bennington, will &C.
cupy the pulpit of Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher, of Brooklyn, during the month
Of August, in the absence of Mr. Beecher
ON his vacation.
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AT a caucus of democrats held on Mon
day evening, the following delegates were
chosen to represent Bennington in the DEM
ocratic state convention, with power TO
select their own alternates';
Geo II Simmons, Milo 9 Huling, Alfred
Robinson, Elijah ID Fillmore, John II
Gates, VIM Martin, Dwight Riddle, ID G.
Burt.
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Under the above caption the Troy Press
of Monday evening. states, in substance,
that the Rensselaer, & Saratoga depot at the
Rural cemetery was destroyed by fire Sun
day morning; that it was the work of in
cendiarics and that the depot was robbed
previous to having been set on fire The
safe was taken out and carried about a hun
bred rods above the depot and broken open,
bat only some four hundred worthless rail-
road tickets were found in it to pay the
burglars for their trouble These they
strewed along the track. A nagman's
shanty near by was also broken open, but
nothing ohtqined save some oil and waste,
which they used to fire the station. They
did not stop here, but continued their dep
relations in West Troy, where they broke
open the depot and proceeded to search the
drawers. The search was fruitess for but
a few old tickets wee found by them.
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EIFT OF HEALING
BY THE
LAYING ON OF HANDS.

SIMON VAN ETTEN, Magnetic ana Eclectic
Physician, of Corning, ~ y, IS receiving letters
from different parts Of the world where he has
been, and those whom he has treated have
acknowledged a cure, and that he possesses
wonderful powers OF healing.
He would respectfully Announce to the citi-
zenS of Rutland and vicinity that he has taken
Room No !, at the BERWICK HOTEL, NJ. X.
IIotchkiss, Proprietor.
Hope and Joy for the aflictcd Truth stronger
than ilctlon! God be praised: Health Is
wealth. God is love.
l. meeting with unparalleled success in re-
llcVing suffering humanity, wherever he goes
II would be well for those who are afflicted to
give him a call, while he Is here. Those per-
sons who are objects of charity are cordially
invited "wlthOut money and without price,
cleanliness only required. Time once passed
never returns, and the moments that are lost,
are lost forever Only what we wrought into
our characters during our life can we take
away with us. viii remain here until fur
ther notice. Consultation Free
DR.. SIMON VAN ETTEN.
Dated Rutland, VT, June 10. ls7l. ildSw2w
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MATCH FOR 500 90.
PURSE FOR S2j 90

Half mile heats; best three in i've. Entrance
fee ten per cent First horse, $500; second
horse, $500 third horse, $500.
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/ ITERATION This is to certify that
IL have this day given my sons John and
Joseph Elkcy, their time during the remainder
OF their minority, and | shall claim none OF
their wages, nor pay any debts OF their con-
traction after this date JOHN ELKEN.
PittsiOrd, June II, 1874. juncl1diW'
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EIOR SALE. One pair of Canadian
4 Ponies, in good condition, must be sold
Immediately; are sound ana Kind one four, the
other i've years old. Inquire at BARDWElL
Sc STABLE juncl2dlW'