Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-06-05

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y. i. Hastings, IN his opening address. drew
the following comparison between the con.
dition OF the order eight years ago when
they met in Boston before and the condi.
ton now; "Ihen We had Grand Lodges
only in the United States, Canada and
Prince Edward Island ,iotc we have chem
IN the United States, Canada, New Bruins.
wick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island.
Newfoundland, England, Scotland. Ireland.
Wales, the Bermuda Islands, Isle Of Malta
and in Australia; and charters have been
granted for grand lodges in New Zealand
Tasmania, South Africa and Bengal lAsial:
aud we have subordinate lodges in the West
India Islands, Honduras, Germany, France
Holland, Belgium, Portugal, China, Japan,
and in the Sandwich Islands. Then we con-
graduated ourselves on the unparalleled in.
crease OF our Order during the previous
year, it having grown in membership from
1892 in 1860 to 1854 in 1866 no,c
we can point to a single grand lodge-the
Grand Lodge Of England-that has a MEM
bership nearly $4,000 in excess of that of
the whole Order when we last assembled IN
annual session in this city," The order has
grown to become the largest and most ex-
tended affiliated temperance organization in
the world, and with the single exception Of
the Roman Catholic Church, the largest or.
gauzation in the world that acknowledges
allegiance to a single central head, that has
extended It jurisdiction throughout the en-
tire globe. A committee was appointed to
prepare petition to congress to be crculat.
ed in every lodge in the Union, asking that
law be passed prohibiting the manufac-
ture, importation, or sale Of liquor Samu-
ell Copper, of England said they had sent
petitions seven miles in length which had
been placed under the table, and they felt
that they should now demand what they
want by going up to the ballot box and vOt-
ing for it. The following officers we're in
stalled for the present year: Il. w. q.
Templar, Col. John j. Hickman, of Louis
vile, Kentucky; X. w. G.. Counselor,
Joseph Mains of Birmingham, England I;
Il. w. G.. V. Templar, Mrs. Matte Me-
Clelau Brown Of Alliance, Ohio; Il. W.
G. Secretary, W. S. Williams Of Napanee,
Ontario, Canada r. w. g. Treasurer, j.
X. Van Doom, Of Quincy, Illinois r. w.
&. Chaplain, Rev. G.. X. Morris, Of Cam.
uSh, ASW oSiscJ H. W. VI. uatfuai, NV
g. w. Buck, of Auburn, Alabama II. w.
G.. d. NJ, Mrs. William Il. Taylor, Of
Madison, Wisconsin; X. w. G. l. G., Mrs.
Lucy G. Mitchell, Of Boston, Massachu-
sets; II. w. &. o. g., William Crowhurst,
Of Vallejo, California. The next session
will be held at Bloomington, ILL.,, on fourth
Tuesday in May, 1875.
MAINE.
Mate Camp, Of the schooner Annie b.,
has died from the effects of tho wounds Civ
en- him by Robbins, and Robbins has been
committed for murder.
james p. Davis, Of Stetson, who chopped
his fathers head of, two OF three weeks ago,
has been taken to the hospital for the Insane
at Augusta. lie denies all recollection Of
the affair, and says that he was put in Jail
for killing goose, two years ago.
Portland, which is more interested in the
trade with Canada than any other city of its
size in the country, has expressed itself very
emphatically on the question Of reciprocity
The board of trade voted unanimously in
favor Of the proposed treaty, yesterday,
speeches being made by some Of the heaviest
men in the city.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Frank La Sage, Of Nashua, was moving
a barrel of beer, Tuesday, when it burst,
throwing him more than ten feet into the
air and giving him wounds that are likely to
prove fatal.
We would call the attention of managers
of butter factories and large dairies to the
advertisement in another column of the new
Factory Churn, made by Porter Blanchards
Sons, Concord, N. Ii. The well known rep.
utation Of their celebrated churns, and the
fact that they have expended much time and
thought in making these new sizes, are suffi-
cient guarantees that they are just what is
needed in every first class factory or large
dairy. Read their advertisement.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Gov. Talbot has vetoed the bill abolishing
the state constSbulary.
Samuel n. Wood, Of Lowell, who brought
the FIRST anthracite coal to that city, and the
first bale of cotton for manufacturing, die1,
Sunday, aged 6S.
A boy named Saurman was killed near
Newton Highlands, last week. while trying
to "stump" another boy to cross the track
before locomotive.
Some scamp set a barn at Waltham
belonging TO Nathan Sanderson on fire, Sun.
day, and it was burned, with ii COWS, one
horse, ETC.; loss $4,000, insured for $1,000.
Alexander Hyde publishes his valedicto,
ry as editor of the Berkshire County Eagle
in the last number, after four years service
lie will at once assume the management Of
the Lee Cleaner.
A contribution in aid of the Mill river
sufferers was taken in church, a few eve.
nings since. Among the articles contribut'
ed was a new clothes.line from q lady, Ia
belled, 40 be used in hanging the contrac-
tors Of the reservoir"
A very successful experiment has just
been tried to bring the herring back to Town
brook, Plymouth, every year, as they came
in former years. A lew Of the fish were
placed in the waters during the spawning
season, and the tendency OF herring to 90 ia
big schools is so strong that the water fairly
swarms with them.
One bag of mail from Boston for New
port and New York, containing nearly two
bushels Of mail matter, was taken from thC
train, few nights ago, at Cole station
near Fall River, and the letters, (which were
not very valuablel were all opened and LEFT
about milo from the station. John Dor
say has been arrested as one Of the robbers
A Bridgewater man went into we'll for
by feet deep last week Tuesday morning, the
f walls of which were of cobble stones anC
surmounted by hogshead as a curb. WhilC
he was there the shaky walls gave way and
the whole mass was precipitated upon him
The accident was not discovered at once anC
, it was not until four O'Clock in the Afternoon
that active operations for his release began
Relays Of men were then set TO work, an'
kept at il until four o'clock next morning