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The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-02
YGrE GaonE FOx 1874.

Ga the first day OF january, The Rrr-
LAND DAILY AND WEEKLY GLoRE will
have been in existence eight months. Its
success thus far, has been unsurpassed in
the history Of journalism in ihc country
In entering upon the new year, it has no
pledges or promises to make that will not
be performed. The past must be taken as
indicative of the future. What the past
has been TIE GLOBE shows for itself.
That its course is appreciated by the pub
lie Is shown by its rapidly increasing circu-
lation an / advertising patronage.
Our idea, in the first place, is to make a
nenspaper, both in reference to events
Transporting in the nation, state, country,
town and village. To this end, we receive
and promptly publish the latest and fullest
Geographic reports-fullcr. on an average,
than any other newspaper i. Vermont
our compilation of state news is made
promptly and as it occurs, without waiting
until it is old and stale in home matters,
The GLOBE is always up to the times,
while in events transporting around Us we
can truthfully say that we are, rs q general
rule. in advance Of all Vermont newspa-
pers.
As to the editorial department, it must
speak for itself. THE GLOBE is II repubi-
can newspaper, but is no blind dcvotec of
party. We believe the day for old-fasl-
Toned party newspapers to be past. We do
not believe the right or wrong OF meas
urc is to he determined by the particular
party that proposes or advocates it. We in
tend to be impartial in criticism and COM
mcnt condcmning that which we think to
he wrong and approving that we believe to
be right AS in politics, SO we propose to
do in ref, renee to other matters.
The GLOBE, both daily and weekly edit
ions, is the largest newspaper in Vermont
The largest in actual measurement. the larg-
est in the amount of reading matter, and the
largest in the quantity of news given. from
day to day and from week to wcek-wc
strive, also, to make it tie BEST
We are more than battered by the past
success of The GLOBE, and ask the patron
age of the people during the coming year,
confidently believing that those who read it
will think and say, with many of our pa
irons, that il is the largest, best lad most
newsy newspaper in Vermont, and that it
has few equals in New England.
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lature as there would be in a similar case
In States that could be named The mem
bers who acted as the six directed were
doubtless unconscious of any sinister in
fluence having been brought to bear upon
them but they had become SO accustomed
to taking their cue from somebody that
their independence as Legislators was i'm
paired. 1t is this want of character in our
legislators, both State and national
that is a conspicuous evil OF the times.
No where is it more apparent than
In the action of Congress on the qucs-
ton of salary. Only the few in that body
tons Of right. The great majority seem 10
think that congrcssmans chief duty il
first TO find out the Will Of his constituents
and then do it right or wrong. If they wish
him TO steal, why, steal it is, If not, not
1t the "farmc's movement shall succeed
IN bringing to the front men Of more pro-
nounccd convictions and Of more moral
stamina in acting on them, great good will
undoubtedly, lie accomplished, but the in
diCations now are that in the east, at least.
the people are discovering that their pre-.
sent political organizations are sufficient
for this purpose. The dcfaat of Butler for
governor Of Massachusetts, and the adop-
ton of the new constitution in pcnnsylya-
mia, the latter involving The defeat Of thc
Philadelphia ring are evidences Of this.
"AGmCoiA"
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Topics of To-day.

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kentucky is almost unanimously in favor
OF a new constitution.
Connecticut Is willing to wait another
year tor new constitution.
Constitutional Convention is under con-
sidrration in Massachusetts
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LETTERS ON CURRENT TOPICS
The railroad Question.

RUTLAND, Dec. 49, 1878.
To tie Editor Of tie Daily Glo5e Il
observe with regret the intimatlon of THE
GLOBE that the interesting series of articles
on the railroad question in it, connection
with the Farmers movement" with which
your correspondent has favored us
for few weeks past is about to close
join with you in urging him to continue
his contributions. We have just got into
the merits of the question of railroad tax
alton, on which much remains to be said.
On all subjects connected with taxation,
writer just now is sure to find readers. If
he can show how by bringing in property
now exempt, the burden of taxation can be
llgh;ened without increasing other burdens
correspondingly, he will find not only
readers, byt sympathizers, and, if the end
proposed can be reached in no other way.
voters for the new party which he hopes to
see organized. BY all means, as you say.
let the discussion go on. TO quote your
own language "We all need light on the
subject give us the facts so that we can
go to work ntellgenty.' Here goes one
1t is in regard to the methods by which the
railroad interests of the state affect needed
legislation, point on which you solicit in
formation.
Few years ago the writer's aid was
asked to help through the legislature a
measure just in itself, but opposed to the
dominant railroad interests of the State.
He replied to the parties urging him to go
forward, that movement in the contcm-
plated direction was impractcablc ION ac
count of the opposition that il would en-
counter. lie named the men who would
be sure to oppose it, and in the face of
whose opposition it would be useless to
proceed. This uselessness became appa-
rent when in test vote in the legislature
less than forty members sustained the
measure. Months of hard work had been
done and thousands of dollars expended,
but all to no purpose. The men named
were masters of the situation and knew it
they quietly, unobtrusively, but remorse-
lessly and effectively "squelched" the
thing. Nor is there any necessity here of in
ferring corruption on the part or our legis-
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CEsTLDREN,s DEPARTMENT..
For Boys and Girls.
A TALK ABOUT THE MOON.
No. 3,

The pleasant light of the full moon is
now shining OH the fields Of snow and we
can see only few stars, so that it willfbe
difficult tor beginners to trace the constela-
tons. Let us have short talk about the
moon right before her face
How large the moon seems beside the
stars, yet it Is much smaller than any of
the stars, yet it is much smaller than any
of the stars. II seems so large because ii
is much nearer us than the stars. When
we compare the distance Of the moon with
that of the stars, we say that the moon il
very near us And now you ask how far
is the moon from the earth As it goes
swinging round the earth, 1t comes nearer
at one time than at another When the
moon is nearest, it is 22G, coo miles away,
and when most distant is 10000 miles
farther, making $4,000 miles The ave
rage of these distances Is 230.00O miles.
but you may cali it in round numbers 2lo,.
900.
Well, this is a great distance after all.
IT it were possible to run an express tram
through TO the moon at the rate of 30
miles an hour it would take nearly year
to complete the journey. You can
imagine yourselves getting aboard this
through train about New Year and riding
day and night until winter is over, then
during the Spring and Summer and Au-
tumn, just arriving at the moon ON Jan.
/, 1873. What ride, But if there were
any way stations you could have little
time for refreshments. Another way to
measure the distance to the moon is this :
the earth is 5000 miles in diameter. and
5000 is contained in 240, 900 30 times. so
that thirty carths in row would reach to
the moon. Now. now large is the moon :
About 1000 miles in diameter II would
take 80 moons to make globe as large as
the one on which we live. As you look at
the moon You sec some places that are
darker than others, and you have all heard
OF the ''man in the moan, il yon have not
seen him.
When telescopes were made 80 that
astronomers could see the moon much bet
ter, they found out that the dark patches
are low, smooth plains, while the bright
spots are mountain regions. There are
mountains on the moon almost as high as
any on the earth. They look as though
they were once volcanoes.
How do you suppose the earth would
look to person on the moon? The earth
Woald appear in the sky as II great MOON
thirteen or fourteen times as large as the
moon appears TO us, and would present all
the changes of the moon. Did YOU ever
think that there are any living things on
the moon? 1t is rather doubtful as there
does not seem to be any water or air.
There is a long, cold night and a hot day
| have two questions 20 ask you !?
|. The moon is in the sky half of the time
in every twenty-tour hours. Why do we
not see it every time it is there? 3 The
moon rcvolvcs around the earth in ?7t
days, and also turns on its axis like top,
but we never see only one side, and only
that eide is ever towards thc-tarth. How
is this: What boy or girl can'tell
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TilE WORK or THE REPUBLu-
CAN PARTY

1t is not strange that very many devoted
lovers of our country, men who have
looked upon our republican system of gov
crnment, purely administered as the best
the world has ever afforded, and who had
hoped, through its successful example, to
see the whole civilized world brought TO
Its adoption it is not strange that such
patriots, statesmen, and, even, the thought
iul citizen, should anticipate danger to our
institutions in the various measures of out
reaching power, that are being attempted !;
the loose constructions of constitutions
al and statutory law which prevail the
low standard OF morals of public men ;
the corrnptlons OF the judiciary, and the
frauds and corruptions of officials which
have disgraced tic annals of the past year.
We cannot doubt that these practices must
be reformed, or our country be irretreya-
bly, plunged into the vortex OF II ltional
ruin. These abuses must not only be
checked, but we must go back in the adj
ministration of public affairs to the purity
and simplicity OF the early days of the re-
public, to save us.
A strict construction Of the constitution
was the means to which the founders of our
government always referred the necessary
existence of State sovereignty. Our faith
ers saw in our system, the most successful
workings of central government assentcd
to by the states, in fact created by them,
aud to which they owed certain alleg-
ancc, and yet with powers so nicely de-
fined, that while each were independent in
their particular spheres, the sovereignty
so to speak, Of each was never lnfringed
upon by the other The central govern
ment, even in the days of the whisky in
surrecton, the Shays rebellion and multi
fication, found perfectly constitutional
way to assert and maintain its necessary as
tendency, without doing violence to the
letter or spirit of the constitution.
Can we say as much in these days of en-
lightened governmental progress? WHY
are states to-day in dependence on the
favor of high United States officials for the
nod that lets in, or puts out, the represent
atives of warning section, in those states /?
And where Is the patriot or statesman who,
ever chershes the memories of ITO, who
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-02

The Nirgiuius, it seems. is at the bottom
of the ocean. BY some parties, this is
looked upon rs a fortunate termination Of
the controversy, but it seems to us other
wise. The Encouragement whether
rightfully or wrongfully, we will not stop
to enquire has decided that i. was not en-
tilted to bear the American flag The re-
suits which would necessarily follow from
This decision, if sustained by the courts.
could not be avoided by our government
and there would, probably, have been no
attempt to avoid them. Instead Of settling
the matter, it compicates it the more. This
~ not the first time 4 vessel, similarly sit
tated, has been lost, and unpleasant sus-
pcons are excited. Our government
would never connvc at such an act, but
there may he officers weak enough to sink
n vessel under the circumstances, and there
are thousands of persons always ready to
believe all stories to the discrcdt of the
government or of particular officers there
OF. While we believe that everything pos
sible was done to save the Virginus, yet
we regard its loss, at the time and in the
manner, heretofore so fully described, as
most unfortunate for the United States.
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We publish, this morning, another letter
from "Agricola,' on the railroad question.
We commend it to the consideration of our
readers, as illustrative of some of the evil
tendencies connected with the manner in
which legislation is influenced, even by
men who would scorn to offer q bride, and,
is enacted by those to whom no person
would dare offer an unworthy argument
or make an dishonorable proposition. 1t
is too true, as our correspondent says, that
the larger number of the people, and their
representatives in our state legislature, al.
low others to think for them. We once
knew representative in the legislature of
Nermont-a somewhat prominent man in
his party-who always voted, no matter
what might be the question, contrary 10
the member whose name preceded him on
the roll-because, fOrsooth, he was of a
different political party. 1t is this same
principle, in effect, to which our cores
pondent alludes, and which needs correc-
ton. II will be noticed that the letter is
dated December ed it would have been
published at an earlier day, but was mad
vertentiy mislaid.
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The coming wrestling match for 5000
and the championship of the Pacific slope,
between James II. McLaughton of New
York and Thomas Whalen of Sacramento,
is creating lively interest in the sporting
world. The final deposit OF 500 is to be
posted on the 9th lust, the day before the
match.
Albert Ellis, the English champion De-
vonshire wrestler, has issued challenge
offering to wrestle Thomas Bragg of New
Jersey for from $3.50 to $500 side, the
match to take place in two weeks.
Ben Hogan has issued another challenge
wherein he offers to fight any man in
America but Joe Coburn for from $1,000
to $4,000 side and the championship of
America.
The secohd deposit of $50 side in the
walking match between Mullen of Boston
and Harding Of New York will be posted
on Monday III G match takes place Jan.
q.
New York sporting mcu are trying to
arrange prize fight between Jack Gala
CHER and Bill Thomas, colored puglist
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bennington County.

\ post mortcm examination was made
last Sunday afternoon upon the person of
the late Willard Morse, by Drs. T.. y. :.
Morgan and Bennett assisted by other re-
sidcnt physicians which revealed the cause
Of IL ,.,rh In the bladder were found
three stones in the left kidney was one
stone about the size Of butternut. (Which
filled the pclvls of the kidney,) and some
smaller ones, in the right one was found
three stones, about the size OF robins eggs,
and several smaller ones. Funeral services
were held at the house Monday afternoon
and. were largely attended, and the bcrcavcd
family. have the sympathy of the whole
community in this their time of sorrow.
The sociabe given by the ladies of st.
Peters (EpiscopaD church at Stewards
Hall last Tuesday evening was quite
largely attended, not only hy the members
of that parish bat by many from the other
churches in town. The hall was quite
tastcfully trimmed with cvcrglccns, while
Chinese lanterns that were well arranged
throughout the hail, cast light upon many
Of Bcnninglons "iair women and brave
men," Duing the evening the fine choir
of the church sang several songs which
were well received \ table was well
supplied with fancy articles, which were
rapidly disposed Of, and the ice cream and
supper table did not lack forwanl of patron
age. The net receipts of the evening were
1925. The third meeting of the social
club will be held at Library Hall this C'ri-
day evening.
The dance given by Bennington Steamer
Engine Co. No. /, at Library Hall Wcdncs.
day evening was such success as might
be expected OF Il company that keep up
their organization without any help from
the village. The hall was decorated in
fine style, with cyergreens, notices and
different representations of fircmans APP
paratus. Over the music stand in large
letters were the words "wclcomc to all. :"
directly opposite the entrance were the
words bennington Steamer No. T." IN
dcrneath them crossed buglcs and pipes.
and around the balcony were hung wreatis
of cvcrgrecns and stIcamcIs Of rcd. white
and blue. The good sleighing was the
means Of bringing in numbers from the
neighboring towns and quite Il delegation
of firemen were in attendance from North
Adams, Mass, IIoosac, n. y. lI0lcomb's
Band OF Troy, o pieccs,) furnished the
music. About 100 couple were in
attendance, (although the boys had dis
posed Of nearly two hundred tickets and
with the different uniforms and well dressed
ladies and gents presented quite pleas
ing sight, b.
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Congress rc-asscmblcs Monday. 1t is
stated, upon the best of authority, that
Hale, of Maine, proposes "to take the bull
by the horns" at once, by introducing a
iii for the absolute and unconditional re-
peal of the ''incrcasc of salary law" BY a
resort to the usual parliamentary tactics, he
Intends to cat off all debate, amendments,
etc and compel the members to meet the
ISSUE squarely in the face, and place each
man upon tho record by a yea and nay
vote This is what the country demands.
We wish him success in the movement, but
must confess we are not over confident as
to the result. If success should crown his
efforts, it would be truly an suspicious
commencement Of Happy New Year
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-02

The great railroad engineers strike is
diving a natural death. Without any real
grievances TO be rcdrcsscd opposed by the
best men of their number, rcsorting to
violence, and cndcavoring to interfere with
the rights of the travelling public, what
other. result could have been expected ?
The great, noble "Brothcrhood of Loco
motive Engineers have proved to the
country that they are what they claim to
BE, and that they never will countcnancc
strikes or uphold, even. "A member in wrong
doing.
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NEXT GOVERNOR. correspondent il

NEXT GoyERNoR.-A correspondent in
Addison county, in a postscript to bust
ness letter, says the Montpelier Waterman
while am up, and if in order, | would
nominate, for next governor of Vermont,
the Hon. Il. L. Walton, of Montpelier,
gentleman eminently qualified for the
place, and in my humble opinion, no better
selection, or no more acceptable TO the peo
pie, could be made"
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sale of short Horn cattle.

Daniel Kimball, Esq, of Clarendon, a
well known breeder of fine cattle, few
years since started herd of short horn
cattle with determination to stand among
the leading dealers in Vermont. lie has
met with eminent success, both in the
blood Of the cattle and sales made He
has given to his herd distinctive name so
it is as easily traced in the herd books as
that of any dealer in the country The
clarendon Herd" (tho name which he
gives il of pure bred short horns, was CON
siderably reduced last week by the sale of
fourteen head of cattle to Mr.. VI, L..
Devin of Des Moines, Iowa. This sale
Will prevent another public sale for the
present by Mr.. Kimball. Good prices
were realized in the, ealeand far more
satisfactory than the owner could antici-
pate, but the cattle being known among the
leading dealers of the west they came for
the purpose Of purchasing from Mr. Kim
balls herd, and would not he refused
We give below lis, of the cows,
hciicrs and heifer calves sold and their
pedigree:
I. Elya OH, by Master Mac, 5,o4l ;
Dam. Elva 9TH.
.. Clarendon Duchess, by Colfax, T..
III; Dam, Miss Howard.
3. Miss ColfaX, Ivy Coliax, 7,117 Dam;
Mylovc
4. Strawberry 81, Ivy Duke of Claren.
don, 0,S2i; Dam. Strawberry 2d.
.. Elya Sth. by Stcddom. 9,l53; Dam.
Elva 9th
&. wild Queen 2d by Sultan, 9,173
Dam, Wild Queen.
:. Rose of Clarendon. by Sultan, orb
Dam, Pride
g. Elva 18th, by 2d. Duke of Clarendon,
l1,102 Dam, Elva Sth.
.. Elya 9th, by 2d, Duke of Clarendon,
1l,1O2 Dam, Elva 9th.
10. Red Leaf. 3D., by %, Great Repub.
lie, 1921 Dam, Red Leaf 2d
Bull CALVES.
ii. Duke of the Pines. by "a, Duke OF
Clarendon, HOG; Dam, Miss Colfax.
IL. Duke of Rutland, by Sultan. 0,113
Dam, Wild Queen.
Is. Louan Duke of the Pines, by ID
Duke of Clarendon. 11.702 Dam, Clarcn-
don, Duchess.
IA. 3D. Duke of the Pines. young bull
calf, Dam, Duchess Of Clarendon.
Since the sale to Mr.. Devin, Mr.. Kim
ball has applications from James II. Davis
of Danyille, Ky, and r. J. Barbee of Par
is, Ky, for cattle, but he could not fill the
the order.
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After January LIST, Allen & Drew, No.
"a Merchants Row, propose TO publish the
names Of parties who do notpay their bills.
Pay up, gentlemen, or the public will
know whose clothes you wear
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ATTEMPTED SUICIDE man giving his
name as Sweeney, claiming to have rela-
tiyes in Montpelier, attempted suicide at
Milton, on Sunday morning last. lie was
taken to the town farm, and it is thought
he will recover.