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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-22
. HO!FoR CHRISTMAS BARGAINS.
LOOK AT THIS.

LOOK AT THIS. III. a
WILLIAM THALHIMER, col Broad street, has
Just received large stock of GOODS for Christ
mas and the holidays; which he Is selling at aston
Ishingly low prices: Read this: s" +.
BEST TYCOON REPS IL 20c. yard y.
DRESS GOODS lower than ever, to close them out !;
BLACK ALPACAS, The grpstest bargains Of the
season, at 25c. worth &c., and better goods
very cheap: a stt<tra
A large nae of BLACK GOODS at low prices y
SHAWLS, good assortment Ut $3.50 worth %,
and better quslities from $3.50 to So; ~. ~
BOULEVARD SKIRTS for ladies and misses at
e0c. to So;
LADIES and MISSES SQUARE sHAWLs at SOC.
to 81;
CASSIMERES for mems and boys wear very
cheap; +.
$500 LADIES' sCARFS at zoe to sl.25-a large
assortment;
largs line Of SILK HANDKER0HIEFs from
Zoe. to 81 so;
SASH RIBBONS at so, go, 75c., and 81, worth
double the money;
EUBIAS, COMFORTS, and KNIT sHAWLS at
90 and 75c.-yery cheap. o
Also, full assortment OF NOTIONS, such as KID
GLOVES, INITIAL HANpKeRcHIEFs, WOOL
LEN HOSE, FOX Ladies'; cloth GLOVES. HEMhED
HANDKERcHIEFs, CeeGoy HOSE. for misses ;
and BUCK GLOVES. HORDERRD HANDxER-
CHIEFS, STRIPED HOSE, for gen,lemen's wear.
CORSETs, BU1 TO Nc, and JEWELRf. for ladies'
and gentle mems use, very low;
PROFESSIONALISM, LADIES' VESTS, GEN
TLEMEE'S UNDERvESfS, and GENTLE
MEMS WHITE SaIRTs-ali very low-and
lots Of other goods very cheap;
100 sets CHILDREN'S FUkS at 81 set worth %
set;
rs sets CHILDREN'S FURs at sl.76 ses worth
IS set.
Call early and secure some Of the greatest bar
gains ever offered In the city at
WILLIAM THALHIMERfS,
del7 601 Broad street.
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We are surprised that Hon. c. Y. THoNAs
should have presided over caucus that
passed resolutions full Of libels upon his
State ..r,E.
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We return thanks to Rev. w. B. WELLONs
for copy of the " ANNUAL Of the Christian
Church for 1S74."~ . - -a''
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OFFICE CITY WATER WORKS I
December IL, 1874.

OFFICE CITY WATER WORKS
December IL, 1874. !
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. will please
II observe the following rules and regulations
imposed by the ordinance On water:
mo hydranG. cock, water-oosel, or Olner bxture.
will be allowed to be- left running when not In actual
use; and II found raklbg the water win be stopped
uAiess The necessary rep airs are Nnnediakly made.
.sThe use of small hose for the street, yard, ar
garden. Is strictly except before O'Clock
In the morning ana afler O'Clock N the eyenh &
ana In no case will the washing OF carrtRRe or
other vehicle be allowed With hose.
No hydrali. cock, q other fixture. VIII be al
lowed on sidewalk or ofher exposed situation
from which The water may be taken without detec-
non.
t.Ali water-fxtures are required 70 be kent In
good repair ana protected from frost at the sk and
cost of the owner or tenant.
mo watsr-faker will be allowtO 10 supply any
family or person other than bis ow ana II found
ooipg 70 the water Will be stopped Every family
or other person occupying premises roaii pay
separate water-0ill to The city.
Penalty 10 each Of the above violations ten DOL
In view or the scarcity Of water on the high parts
Of the city from the excessive waste and OSner
causes, The committee on Water has instructed .te
Chief of Police. through the Mayor, to have IL Y.
water-hxtureS examined, and to report zach and
every case Of violation Of the ordinance on wafer
1t Is hored thnI the citizens will that all leaks
waste OF wafer are Immediately
stopped.
dc IL -2w j. DAVIS. suDerintendent.
30 ys
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m CHRISTMAS BOXES, &C., FOR

I CHRISTMAS BOXES, &C., FOR
PRESENTS.
T. R. PRICE & co.
have on their Christmas table
Gentlemen's HANDKERt HIEFs, in boxes;
Ladies' HANDkERCHIEFS, in boxes;
Misses HANDK ERCHIEF5, in boxes;
COLORED BoRDFRED HANDKERCHIEFs;
HEMSTITCHaD HANDKERCHIEFs;
CITIES and SCARFS; ia
RUFFLES, LINEN COLLARS, CUFFS, RIB
BONS, GLOVES, SOAPS, BRUSHES,
COMES, EMBROIDERIES, &C, &C. de lie
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PROPOSALS.

OFFICE GRAND LODGE OF MAsoNs,l
---- Richmond, Va.
II WILL RECEIVE PROPOSALS FOR
Il PRINTING the PROCEEDINGS of the last
meeting OF the Grand Lodge Of Masous Of Virginia
until ~ O'Clock III. on MONDAY next, 2Sih In
slant. according 10 sample exhibited At my ONCE,
and to be delivered 10 me In mail-dress.
de 22-td JOHN DOVE, Grand Secretary.
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PERSONAL.

A PPLES. HAY, OYSTERS. POTATOES,
a &C.-Ree.ipng to-day, 175 barrels choice
NORTH ERN APPLES per steamer Id I,omi, ion,
SO bales NORTH RlVER HAY per Old Dominion,
MoESsck Bay OYsTERs per York River railroad
TURKEYS and EG6S per express TO be sold on
wharf and pavement, low for Cash.
j. h. HOCKADAY,
de 22-I - No 1928 Main street.
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NTEATHER STRIPS exclude wind, rain,
wv snow. and d,lst, from around doors and win
dows; also prevent the rafting OF windows. Orders
left ut Il. p. HicaARpsos& Co.'S, No. 300 nam
street. dealers Ia carpets. &C.. or y. T. suBLETT3
,BRoTHRR,s,g % 400 Broad street, will meet Win
prompt attention. ~ w. ID. FAh6Ah I5
sale agent, 500 TWensgcllTth street,
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A CAssD.-TO MY FRIENDSfza
II AND THE PUBLIC.-I have fitted
up one OF abe finest UNDEkTa KING ESTAB-
LiSHMENaS In richmond. With the assistance
of good, praslica workmen I am prepared to at
teno 70 ordeas with pro nprness and satisfaction;
and do seek patronage in that line, orders
my warerooms 1907 Franklin street and after
hours " my residence, corner Twentieth
ut reasonable charges. Very respectfully,
: de 22-2t ARTHUR RUONEY..
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CLEAN ANTHRACITE COAL, all sizes

rLEAN ANTHRACITE COAL, all sizes
" cheap by weight:
SPLINI COAL, unsurpassed In quality;
GLOVER HILL COAL, very supe1ior;
The best COOKING CUkE;
ENGINE GOALS, all kinds;
The economical and popular machine ktndling,
cooking and long WOCU. Al Ninth and Cary
streets. lde 15J j. B. W. TkINS.
A NTHRACITE COAL FOR CRATES,
N Ranges. Lslrobes, Base Burners, Self.Feed-
ers, Morning Glortes, ana other stoves.
CLOVER HILL LUMP and HAIL, carefauy Sc
lected.
WEST VIRGINIA (Vo. S block GENUINE
SPLINT-hizhIy approved
ETSA COAL, from New Slope. for steam and
blacksmiIhs' use--iked wherever usrd-a great
saving 10 manufacturers aud others running EN-
nInace ---T|-'- . -'.--7IH ALBERT ELAIR,
Fourteenth street near Mayo's bridge.
do II L
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WOOD AND COAL,

GOAL AND WOOD.-Anthracite Coal,
" $3.50 and ~ per ton, g. 90 pounds; superior
Lump Soft Coke. a. 50 for rs bushels; Splint
Lump. best in market. So 25 to IS SO for rs bush
Hill. 1880 10 s5; Quinnimonr, for engines, &C.,
IS TO $3.50 ger tou OF 2,6 90 pounds Oak and
al Nineteenth and Cary streets
de 90 C.H.PAGE.
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AIOTICE.-On and alter January !, 1876,
In the police will visit the premises of WATER.
TAKERS twice each month 70 ,e.force the ordi-
nance on water JOHN POE. JR.,
des22-3t .arzi..fEsss. Chief OF Poitce,
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OTiCE.-Persops having hats at the
i store nj Z. j. RoUJAssoN, No. e16 Bsoad
street VIII c iake their bats. and pay chargesfas
the estabi,ahm apt will be closed IN few days.
de 22sSt GEORGE, y. WISE.
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a 4 COSTS AT COST! 90,
- AND NO DECEPTION Nv

.TUST RECEIVED, another lot on,
for ladies, consisting OF BUX.T0ED BUT.k~
T0E-BOOTS, 81 rAIHHT GOAT BUT r0S-
BOOTS, FRENCHandC Gu RACoA KID RiiTT0S.
BOOTS, SERGE and KID FOXED BUTTON
BOUTS and BaLAuRAt.S. An elegant go0ds.
JOHN c; PAGE, JR., 800 Main, between Ninth
S. i r Z. ID q
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Ample arrangements have been made to make the
affair enjoyable and pleasant
Music oy Professor kEsSNICH's Orchestral Band.
Tickets admitting gentleman and TWO ladies, IL.
RECEPTION COMMITTEE: Messrs. Robert r..
English, o. A. Duffy, John Murphy, P. Keenan,,
Richard Mckinney. III. Kelley.
FLOOR COMMITTEE: Messrs. Henry D. Boucher,
John Kahn, Joseph Pizzini. Francis G. Murphy,
John A. Casey. T. Wendlinger. de 22-Tu, F&m
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-09

ical affair. 1t sprang up in consequence Of
the exactions and expressions practiced upon
the farmers by that first born monster Of
federal patronage, swindling and land-grab.
bing the Illinois Central Railroad and its
congeners. 1t was, at first, but public sen.
timent without any organization. It has
since taken form in local, county and state
farmers associations, but they are very
loosely constituted bodies, and their assem-
blages scarcely more than mass meetings
But they are very effective, and as a voting
strength they now not only control politics
in Illinois, but have extended their power
throughout the Northwest. Those who are
prominent in it, with but few exceptions are
not prominent in the order of Patrons, and
although the Patrons, almost to man and
woman, sympathize with the sentiment Of
the movement, there is yet some jealousy
between tho leaders, and not unfrequently a
little pickering and sharp-shoOting between
members Of the oranges and the associations.
This, however, is but skin deep, and at the
polls the members of the open and the secret
societies may be relied upon to act together.
The Farmers Movement not only contem-
plates resistance to railroad monopoly, but it
is directed against dishonesty and e1trava-
gance in the administration of public affairs,
local, state and national, and looks to re-
turn to the original principles of our govern
ment, and their faithful application. In this
it has the sympathios of the people outside
of agriculture, and together they form what
may be styled the " Peoples Party" in con-
tradistinctOn to the " Politicians Specula.
tors and Thieves Party"
But it is only the Patrons that have yet
done anything directly to promote the fnan-
cial interests Of the farmers by cooperative
sales and purchases, the exposure of frauds,
the exchange Of seeds, the establishment Of
elevators, mills, and manufactures of imple-
ments. Their close organization and 6nan-
cial strength enable them to do these things,
which no open society Of farmers have ever
been able to effect. The details of their
work, as well as of the progress of the Farm
ers' Movement, are presented to our readers
every week in the columns of the VERMONT
FARMER, which, while it is not and never
will be an organ is yet heartily interested
in the success Of any efforts to benefit farm
ers everywhere. Being uncommitted as an
organ, it will try to give an impartial state
ment of all facts bearing upon PatrOniSm
and the Farmers Movement, whether for or
against, and edtorially it will use its best
judgment in commenting upon those facts as
it thinks the circumstances demand. In this
stand it is confident it will always have the
support of the independent yeOmaury of the
Green Mountain State.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-09
GENERAL NEWS.

The President dominates on Monday ex-
Governor Clifford, Of Massachusetts,, for the
important position of Commissioner on the
part of the United States Government TO ad-
just the fisheries dispute.
The Spanish troubles have eliminated in
the overthrow Of CASTELAR, and the appoint
ment Of a new ministry, with Serrano as
chief of the executive power.
Henry Clews a. Co. resumed business in
New York on Monday.
The French admiralty court has pronounc.
cd judgment declaring the maneuver Of the
steamer Ville-du.H avre to have been blame
less, and holding bad management of the
Loeb Earn as the cause of disaster. The
court eulogized Capt Surmount
A large fire occurred in Springfield, Mass,
Monday night A large square of buildings
fronting on Main Street, and between Wash
iugton and Taylor Streets, filled with stores
and manufacturing was burned, and compar-
ativsly few goods were saved. Total loss
estimated at s2O0,000 insurance about
$4,000.
The Peterborough Railroad, running from
Wilton to Greenfield, N. H., was formally
opened to public traffic last week.
Kempcr, governor.elect of Virginia, has
heroically declined present of carriage
and horses and will be inaugurated without
any ceremony,
1t is now announced that Mr.. Hale, Of
Maine, has reconsideTed the matter, and will
not make any further disturbance about the
grab. The audience will please remain in
their seats, however The performance isn't
over yet.
Some Of the department officials, in re-
venge for the inquisitiveness of the Senate
judiciary committee, have begun tit.for-tat
exhibition of the contingent accounts of the
legislative branch of the government, and the
result shows that it is only necessary to
open up any government contingent account
to find an equal amount of extraordinary
and unexplainable expenditures.
The Hon. Pinchbacll, who is about to take
his seat as member of the United States
Senate from Louisiana, was at the time Of
Gen. Buffers reign in that state found gull
ty of larceny in one of Gen. Buffers courts,
and sent to the penitentiary for two years.
Great stories of frauds on the government
come from New Orleans. Twenty millions
it is estimated, have been taken from the
government in the New Orleans custon-house
and the internal revenue department Of the
state since the war A special agent was
sent from Washington to look after the re.
ported whiskey frauds. He was met by a
hospitable gentleman with thousand dol.
lars, and he reported the distilleries all run
ming on the square.
A suit has been brought against Peter b.
Daley, formerly clerk of the criminal court
Of st. Louis, to secure Sl2, 1888 that he hasn'I
accounted for.
The news is received at London of the los.
at sea of the steamship Elbe, bound from
London for Hamburg, and the drowning Of
32 Of the people on board.
The latest stealing case is in New Hamp.
shire; w. W. Storrs, treasurer of the Ma
tional Savings Bank at Concord, having help.
ed himself and his friends to upwards Of
$4,000 from the money entrusted to bis
charge.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-09
EDITORS TABLE.
st. Nicholas.

So. Nicholas for January has long list of eontribu
tors for It's ~ pages-an unwoned and extra number
1t contains much reading matter than Our Young
Folks did, and greater variety also moro pictures
and much better ones. Indeed, no magazine in this
country now has finer 0ngravings than So. Nicholas
There are nearly forty in this number large and SMALL
and many Of them are exquisite The type and paper
good too, and the articles and stories are generally
worth reading. Mr.. Trovbridge begins his story in
this number, and Mr.. Stockton continues his. Mrs
Morton-Daz promises stories for future numbers
Among the other writer's for this number arc Donald
g. Mitchell, Mrs. Lucy Gibbons Morse Lucy Larcom,
c. D. Warner, ION "Beng Boy'D W. c. Bryant "a
short translation from the Spanish, John Hay, Jap
anese writer rejoicing in the of Ichy 70 Hator
Mary Mapes-DOdgc, etc. The back cover preserves
tho old illustrated cover Of Our Young FoRs, thus
showing, among other things, how much larger the
new monthly is than tho old one was. ST. Nicholas is
a great success.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-09
WINDSOR COUNTY.

b. G. Latham, Of South Royalton, has
made since March 20, 100 pounds OF but
ter, and sold it for S723.4O, making SSO.75
for each COW. Tw of them were small two.
year.old heifers, one three years old, and
one four. They also flu rnished family of
five persons with all the butter, cream, and
milk they wished to use. Mr.. l.. offers his
farm for sale in another column.
Mr.. j. L. Fisher, of Chester, Dec. 23d
butchered a Durham beef 20 months and 90
days old which dressed as follows beef $40
lbs, hide lis lbs, tallow 4S lbs, total 100G
lbs. This calf was raised on skinned milk,
never having been with the COW after it was
two days old. Who can beat it.
Mr.. Warner Earl has a profitable turkey.
She has raised the past season twenty-five
turkeys, twenty four of which have been sold
for the snug little sum of S31,53.
A bear was surrounded and taken in
Pomfret the 2lst ult., weighing AZ pounds
This is said to be the largest bear ever taken
in Vermont. Bruin ad been rather mis-.
chievous among the neighboring sheep, and
had killed fifteen or twenty Of them,
The barns and carriage house of Dea r.
G. Streeter, of Whit ngham, were burned
recently with about thirty tons of hay, one
COW, pig and calf and most of the farming
tools and carriages. The fire was caused by
a boy dropping a lighted match on to the
hay The loss was about $500 in excess of
Insurance
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-09
A Modern Fable.

Once upon time (aiter the passage Of
the legal-tender act), as was walking in a
friends garden, l came upon a summer.house
where two little children were playing at
keeping shop. Their merchandise was of lit
tie intrinsic value, but their currency was
still more worthless. Having some conf.
dence in my own knowledge of finance, l
said, with smile, "Children, you cannot
play that game long, for one Of you have
only to tear up few more old newspapers
and he can buy the other out in no time. "
"Oh!" said the children, both together, ave
amt so silly as you think; before we began
to play We agreed just how much newspaper
we should have. Now those little children
played that game out honestly, and they
didn't water their currency bit.-Neic
York Nation.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-09
LEAVING THE OLD HOMESTEAD.

An Addison county farmer, renewing his
subscription, writes
"Please encourage in your valuable paper
the introduction Of Swedes, or some other
immigrants to abide with u.s. am in dis
tress for indoor and outdoor help, and shall
be compelled to sell out, instead Of beautify.
ing, unless l can procure some one to labor
and work the soil. My boys have all taken
the Western and California fever, and have
left the old homestead. Two generations of
boys and girls have been reared in it. l
am the fourteenth child OF the old stock
My father was a soldier under Washington
He raised seven sons and nine daughters.
| have four boys and three girls. Why is
it that young people think so little of their
native hills ?"
This cry Of the veteran Vermont farmer
is not a solitary one, and it is saddening to
hear of SO many sold homesteads" passing
away into strange hands because the sons of
the house abandon it. Is there a remedy 2
While California, the great cities, aud the
West offered such temptations as during the
past twenty years, there was probably no
way of arrestiug the rush of emigration.
But now it is beginning to be different, aud
with proper encouragement at home we do
not think they ought to tempt any large
proportion of the sons of Vermont from
their native state. The chances of improv-
ing ones condition by leaving Vermont are
now very small while the state seems really
arousing to sense Of its great natural ad-
vantages of soil and situation, and showing
a desire to improve and develop them.
We believe that our older farmers should
do all in their power to encourage the de-
velopment Of the state, not only in the di-
rection Of improved agriculture, but by
having their sons who show mechanical
tastes trained to business of that class, and
then establishing them as manufacturers up
on our Astounding water power. To young
men Of business talents, our young cities and
thriving villages furnish many opportunities,
and our quarries and mines give a grand
opening for energy in their development.
But if the older citizens want to keep the
younger generation at home, they must fur
nish them something to do. We cannot in.
crease the number of farms much, though
we may easily double their production But
our other. natural resources, great as they
are, are almost untouched as yet, and there
is plenty of capital in the state to develop
them, if only it could be so directed But
we are waiting for capital from the cities to
do the work that we ought at least to begin
ourselves. Let but small part of the
money our old farmers have invested in
bonds and mortgages be put to the promo
ton of productive Industry and there would
be "work and bread for ALL" and farming
would receive an impetus from the new mar
kets that would be opened that would soon
replace all such investments from the in
creased profits of the land.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-09

the bottom boards 10 inches from the ground,
next inches, and so on, using boards 8
inches wide. Better to be made without
cleats, the boards rotting soonest under
them. Two god nails do not weigh as
much as God spike. Half wall with two 6
inch boards make good fence. Posts that
have been used and rotted off will, do lust as
well as new and will last as long set in the
wall as the boards.
r.. p. Hovey; We take too much fence
and cultivate too much. When l bought
my present farm there were 80 acres tillage
and moving. BY putting one-half of it in
to pasture l saved more than half of the
fence. l get nearly double from the 20
acres that did then from the 40. We
should lessen the amount Of fence in this
way. Pasture must be fenced. Stock must
be kept separate. Do not agree with Mr..
Foster about IL feet boards with 2 nails in
the end of each board. If the frost heaves
the posts the nails are sure to break. The
time is coming when stone will be the only
fencing material in use in Vermont. The
small stones on any farm in this section can
be used for filling bitches on moist land.
John Morrison have built some whole
stone wall. 1t is u good and durable fence
and the cheapest in the long run. Half wall
is the dearest fence wo make. 1t is a good
fence, stopping all kinds of stock better than
whole wall. Posts set 10 feet apart using
Ii feet boards, makes good fence. A good
cedar hedge would turn all orderly cattle.
j. G. Lawrence We enclose and culti-
vate too much land. Turn large part Of
our present tillage land into pasture, take
one-half the expense thus saved in fencing
and expend it in making manure. Double
the present crop Of hay can be grown on the
best land now cultivated. Turn in less land
and cultivate it better.
Il. A. Parks On sandy and gravelly land
| use l6 feet boards, boards to length,
the bottom one 7 and the others 6 inches
wide. Let the ends of the boards meet in
stead Of tapping, nail without cleats putting
two nails in each board on each post. On
clay land boards 10 or IL feet long we'll lap
ped with no middle posts are the best.
Secretary Should the time come land il
should) when farmers should cut their Sec
ond crop instead of feeding it then fences be-
tween neighboring tillage fields might be dis
pensed with, in fact they are now kept up
only few weeks in the fall when the cattle
are allowed to run upon them. Let very
small part of this fence expense be laid out
in cutting the second crop and feeding it to
the stock in the barn. and would be benefit
ed by the arrangement
As one Of the State Board meetings oc
ours on the evening of the next regular
meetings Of the club it voted that the next
meeting be held the first Friday of Februa-
ry at 81 o'clock p. NJ Subject for discus
sion Should young men be encouraged to
purchase large or small farms
j. LAWRENCE. SIC.