Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-16
GENERAL NEWS.

~ P'ahViNi COuust HlEuls
The chen festival" the annual exhibition
Of the Massachusetts Poultry Association.
begins in Music Hall, February A.
The committee appointed by the Iowa
State Grange find that there are 500 desti.
tute families among the northwestern home
steaders.
Gov. Noyes, Of Ohio, gracefully gave a
party to Allen, his successor, the other night.
to which all the members of the Legislature
with their families were invited.
The Hudson river has played open-aud.
shut three times this winter. 1t is now open
as far as Albany, and all the ice.embargoed
caual-boats have finally reached Underwater.
The Maryland editors association has yo.
ted to ask charity Of the United States
government in the shape of the free trans.
portatioD Of exchanges and newspapers in
the counties where they are published
The regular annual meeting Of the Ohio
Dairymen's Association will be held at TEN.
perance Hall, 2S4 Superior street. Cleye.
land, on Wednesday and Thursday, January
% and 30.
Pork-packers tributary to Chicago report
l,O6O,66S head Of hogs slaughtered thus far
this season, against Cos, 305 at the same
time last year, and the prospect is that the
business will be larger this year than ever
before.
The Cook county (lll.) committee on pub.
lie charities find that nearly 1000 persous
are crowded into the poor-house which is
hardly largo enough for one-third Of that
number, and they draw a most disgusting
picture Of the condition of the inmates.
Municipal elections have boon held in the
province Of Ontario, this week, which show
great strength in the reform party of the
Dominion. Ontario has until recently been
stronghold Of the conservatives, but the
reiormers are, this time, victorious in nearly
every municipality.
The naval estimates have been cut down
from S23, 500, 900 to S16,500,0 900, or nearly
to what they were in 1869; but this does
not include the extra Virginius appropria.
ton Of S4,000,000 One of the retrench.
ments insisted upon is the abolition of all
the political offices in the navy-yards.
Gen. Luther McCutchins, the republican
nominee for the office Of governor Of New
Hampshire, is resident of New London is
prominent among the farming fraternity, and
is about 20 years Of age He has been
identified with the state militia, has held
several town offices, has had considerable
legislative experience, and is now member
of the House Of Representatives. In the
Legislature he has ever distinguished him
self by the advocacy of close economy.
He is personally very popular.
The Pennsylvania State Grange of the
Patrons Of Husbandry closed a three days
session at Harrisburg, yesterday, TO meet at
| Williamsport, year hence. Among the
business transacted was the adoption Of a
new constitution, appointment Of number
Of additional deputies to constitute subor-
dinate oranges, and the adoption OF resolu-
tons calculated to organize them in every
farming community in the commonwealth.
1t is probable that Portland will lose the
Allan line Of steamers, of which it is the
winter port, and the export freight of the
Grand Trunk railroad. The Alans and
the Grand Trunk have quarreled, and both
will have to forsako Portland for foreign
export business. The Montreal breadstuifs
interest favors Boston as a winter port and
with the inducements of good rates from
the Vermont Central will give that line a
great freight
Now that the Washington correspondents
have discovered the richness Of this perqui-
sites dead" they are working it industrious
| ly. One of the latest finds il thus reported
in the Boston Post:-The sergeant-at-arms
Of the House is entitled by law to messen.
ger, at an annual salary Of Sl650. For
some years Ordway has had his sons name
carried on the rolls as holding the position,
and has drawn the salary for him with
cheerful and healthy regularity. During
all of the time, however, the boy has been
attending college in New England, and has
rendered no official service. This Ordway
is leading political iugler in New Hamp'
shire
The republican counselor convention Of
the third (Nashua) New Hampshire district
unanimously resolved -
That We condemn in unmeasured term,
the salary bill passed by the forty-seconC
Congress, and that we believe the members
Of Congress are spending the hard earnings
Of the people in riotous living. Therefore
We would respectfully request all of them
as soon as may be after the reception o.
this resolution, to take their Bibles aud read
the story of the prodiga son; and we de
mand the unconditional repeal Of the salary
bill of the forty-third Congress, without fur
ther delay, aud an inAexible economy in th,
expenditure Of the peoples money.
The continually increasing opposition u
the nomination of Attorney General Will
Jams for chief justice has finally won its vic
tory. The president apparently remained
unimpressed with the improperly Of Thu
nomination, but Mr.. Williams, who is a fa
more acute politician, saw that it was tim,
to take himself out Of the way, and accord
ingy sent letter to Gen. Grant on Wednes
day asking him to withdraw the nomination
which was done on Thursday. Subsequently
the president nominated Caleb Gushing 70
chief justice, aud afterwards wsthdre'
the nomination. Mr.. Williams, it
supposed will retain the post of Attorne.
general, but the common people, not aceul
toned to nice Determinations, will insis
that the proper place for the owner of tina
! landaulet is private life.
.S'eIO Fork Market.