Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-07-24
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reached Vermont, and we hear oil him IN
different parts of the northwest corner of
the state.
The post offise department have designat-
ed the following additional money order Of
fees in Vermont Poultney, West Rut-
land. Arlington, Cabot, Essex Junction,
Fairfax, Lyndonville, and Troy.
We would not hold Judge Poland to any
thing more than a just responsibility for such
n bold attempt to muzzle the press, and stife
its Independent utterance, but believe there
can be no justification for such an infamous
gag law as that with which the name Of the
Judge is now associated. We believe Colo
mel Mead to be 4 man of such sterling COM
mon sense that such bill would find no IA
vor with him whatever.-Argus.
ADDISON COUNTY.
Everything in the farming line is doing
finely, with the exception Of some low lands
which are rather too wet for crops.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Mrs. Dodge, an old lady living with her
son.in-law, DR.. Staples Of Hardwick, met
with serious accident short time SINCE
On rising early one morning to close a win
dow she made msstep and fell from the
top to the bottom Of the chamber stairs,
rendering her inseusible. Her daughter, Mrs.
Staples, attempted to go to her assistance,
but either through fright or faintness failed
to do so. The DIR. being away his little boy
was dispatched for DIR. Sanborn, who found
her in a critical condition, but she is now
gaining slowly.-Citizen.
The Caledoniaa favors US this week with
lengthy article on the subject OF the county
convention. 1t says it attempted the cor
rection of certain wrong impressions. We
think the qualifying expression attempted"
we'll chosen, for it certainly didn't succeed in
making the matter correct. The Caledoni.
an says {" it never tried to get his brother.in-
law nomination, nor any one else" We
are glad to hear it, good many people
were laboring under a mistaken idea that it
had. With regard to the fourth Of the Cal
edonian's numbered paragraphs, that paper
is respectfully informed that the FARMER
does not consider the fact that a man has
held office, TO be proof conclusive that he
may not be friend to the farmers and tenn!
perance men. The victory Of those classes
did not consist in the nomination Of few
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presented in Caledonia County" The Gale
DOMAIN thinks forty or fifty out Of sixty-eight
is pretty strong proportion of farmers to
be on the nominating committee. 1t may
be, viewed from the standpoint Of a defeat
ed, sore.headed party, but in the light Of
plain Justice we think it no more than fair.
"a Farmer" in the same paper, says: cal
though undoubtedly the majority Of that
nominating committee were farmers, it does
not necessarily follow that they were grang-
ers. And l personally know that there was
not the least appearance Of anything Of that
kind in that committee room; but on the
contrary the candidates were selected with
direct reference to their fitness for the posi-
ton, their temperance principles, and an
equal distribution of Offices in the different
sections of the county" That is exactly
what we claimed. The idea that the graug-
ers are running our political affairs is alb
surd. They attend to their business in the
grange, and the farmers to theirs on the
farm, and recently the latter sometimes
show their faces at political meetings, much
to the disgust Of the old-time managers.
/, CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
The house and grocery store Of Patrick
f Mckenzie, in Burlington, caught fire las
Friday evening, but the fire department put
it out without serious damage.
Twenty-one young men were examined
and admitted TO the University OF Vermont
! Burlington, at the commencement examina
, tions, and it is believed that the next clas
q will number forty, which is great increase
nm the average number
Deputy T. @. Naramore organized Soutl
Burlington Grange at South Burlington, july
8, with 20 members The following are thu
4 officers
John Z, Smith, Master, D. ?. Fish, @. Van Sick
r. r. stewart, O.. Chester ii. Steele T.; Frank Oven
8 ow Sa'q /. 4. '' = van '''A'" FL ''' N"''
The Burlington Free Press advises tn,
: teaching of French in tho public schools o
Q that place for the benefit of the French pop
4 ulation, declaring that the number Of chill
o dren of French parents within the city limit
o is greater than those of "American," Scotch
), English and German Parentage counted to
a gether.
Q DIR. Henry s. Pitkin, Surgeon Of Unite
II States Steamship Benicia, and formerly Q
5. Burlington, died at Honolulu, June %, an
J. was buried with the usual honors, the Kin
r Of the Sandwich Islands attending the funer
It al. lie was son Of sold DR.. Pitkin," {
is Burlington, and graduate of Vernon
e University. He entered the navy of tn
D. United States July Is, 1852. During tn
., war he served in both the North and SOut
e Atlantic squadrOns, and received HONORABLE
is mention in the attack on Fort Fisher. Ate
,. the conclusion Of the war, he accompanie
y Assistant Secretary Fox on a mission
D. Russia, and served in both the Mediterrant
an and Asiatic squadrOnS. He accompanie