Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-22
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

A Western Justice of the peace has had 1870
of his 1876 decisions ovcrruled by the higher
court, and the reason that the o, her five were
missed was because the parties died before
they could appeal.
A bill has been introduced in the Now
York Assembly to incorporate the Cremation
Society. Ii incorporates II number of citizens
IN New York city, with u capital stock of
$50, 900, empowered to reduce to ashes the
bodies of the dead.
Minnesota is going to offer II reward of
$3.50 TO amy one who shall invent u ma
chine capable of converting the crude bog
peat of that state into good understandable
fuel, in compact or adhesive dry blocks, or
in some form available for transportation
and handling, at II cost of say 81 so per ton.
Some facts in regard to the density of pop-
ula;ion IN various cities will be OF interest
The following figures show the average num-
her of persons I'M dwellings New York,
l4.72; Philadelphia, 6OI; Brooklyn, s.64;
Chicago, $40; Albany, 7.94; Buffalo, GA;
Rochester, $685. Toledo, $50; Fall River,
9.s6; Dayton, 6.43.
Detroit is sure OF II; least one case of genu-
Inc love. A packet of 1872 letters was picked
up in one of the city streets, the other day.
being II correspondence covering II period of
six weeks, and there was not letter in the
lot that didn't have at least six "darlings" in
it. and such expressions rs "my angel love-
seemed TO have been applied with pepper
box.
The cha mpion Office holder Of Florida IS
thus referred to 10y the GAINESVILLE Era
"When the Hon. L. G. Dennis left us for his
Northern trip, to be absent several months,
we lost in him our senator county commits
siOner, board of instruction, deputy marshal.
deputy sheriff. deputy county clerk, treasurer
of school fund, custodian of county troasur-
er's books, senior councilman and acting
mayor. Nearly all public business was sus-
pended until his return"
Mr. BnXter's steam canal boats seem,to be
solving in u practical manner the question of
rapid transit, so far rs il can be developed by
that mode of progression. The City of New
York, one of the latest of the Baxter build,
few days since, made the trip from Schenec-
Syracuse in IA hours, carrying II load of 100
tons. The consumption of coal was one ton
each "a hours. Thu three-lnilc level beyond
Albany was run from lock to lock in exactly
80 minutes
As manu- featuring locality the South has
immense advantages over the North. Her
labor is cheaper, and the markets Tor raw
materials and manufactured goods are ut the
doors of her factories The production of
cotton goods has proved remarkably proiita-
BILE during the past two years to Southern
factories, hut hardly more so than has the
manufacture of machinery, furniture, the
mining of ores, the saving Of timber, the re-
filming of sugars, and II large number of other
industries Nome of these have been carried
ON very extensively, but where thoy have
been managed with reasonable ability the
profits have been large.
Outside of cities farm ers are almost the
sole patrons OF primary schools, and they
should teach the rudiments of sciences that
underlie the farmers great occupation. The
objection is raised TO this, that these sciences
are so many and so various that they cannot
be taught in these primary schools; bit the
same objection has heretofore been raised 10
many studies now regularly taught in them.
Geology. chemistry, botany, animal aud veg
etable physiology and entomology are sus-
eeptible of ensy illustration, and may he
taught underslandin gly to children of ten to
sixteen years.