davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06
+ Ii Z VI 4 r X Z I :.
eeportot and .eiegrapaed scPreSSiF f. tic Grcfa
Mountain Freeman.
BOSTON CATTLE MARKET
ArCA4 BRIDGE AND BRIGnToN
For the ,oeek ending Tuesdo9 llay ;. Is74


For the ,ceek ending TueSdGa llay5,Is14
cattle Sheep. Sbofes. HcoS Coi5.s
5s s:' r ~ ss. s: S i is5 l5s So 81 &
PR1CEs.-Beef Cattfe-Extra fat and heavy ire
MUM Oxen, ss.75d 1926; Grst quality, SO
$3.50; second quality, e6-21d so; third quality.
sj.50G So 90 per 100 lbs, on total weight o. hide
tallow aud dressed beef \ few choice single paTs
S9.7jGlO00. Bulls, &c. s5.2J.
Working OreR.-S lJ0d2j0. per pair or accord
ing to their value as beef. >tCels SS1dl1e.
Mich C0fcs.-S55 a $50; extra good Si5dSs
with or without calves, as may be agreed :!arro~
and ordinary, s25d $50; yearlngs Sl0U0Gl> 60;
year ods, S30.00d2S.00; Swear Odds $50 0Od 300.
sheep-Lve weight, 6a7c; extra, edac:
live weight, or S4-oo0o15 per head.
stotes.-Whole~ale, 3a7!e-; retail, 1G9c- 2 II
Fat Hogs, ca G65 p n.
Zeal Cdires.-S4.00d9e0 per head.
Hides.-Brighton- 1lzdSe-; country lots 4cd
7}.c; cafskns, y l4c talaw. &c = II country 4:c
Pelts with wool on, Sl-50G>2 30 each.
REMAKKs.-There has been i hesitlncy a. 10
paying higher rates. Butchers had 10 come II
dealers figures, cattle cost higher. and Were run
IN not very heavy numbers The feeling Inner
ratcs-something IKE &c : 10 on 1--we Much oi
the supply from The North were mllch COWS l'cei
cattle from this section not to Oe found
market this week TO scarcely make an account Of
\ pair were sold by A. g Held, mat weighed
800 lbS at 6lsc + tb, live weight. " an. CoIweli
sold 50 Western cattle at market Al Ga T II.
live light. At Brighton. Hathaway \ swift sold
- steers, average | 595 It's. al &c = Il. 10 r. ~
kImha; - steers. average l4I9 ibs, ~ 20 + d. 10
J I Tavior, and 10 Steers average 30. Is at 7l..-
- ~ 1.-Two Nx,Aight Ia = r Wnoibri4l.e --.fl9u- \
Co. sold q steers, average 1870 lbs Ga = lh.
Geo. " lid and l. steers average l,l6glh-. -
= IL. The bulk OF mich sold 1t I5O - per
head, including calf. There was not much inquiry
for working oxen There were heavy Iecciuis OF
veal calves. and ordinary grades sold n almost
-iye-away pfices-4G6c : It,. dressed weight
several loads of sheep, contracted for The laie-
part of last week, arrived To day. bUt dIi Not
coed last weeks receipts There aic mose ~ al
calves than sheep received from tGc North. Tacu-
improvement line call for mutton, anl
prices were unchanged. @. X. Taylor sold load
"f wool sheep average 90 lbs, III - t. lD DEVON
n Brown sOld Il load, average 81 lbs Al &c = 10.
K. p. Pollard sold Il5 yearlings. average - lbs.
at SIC T 10. NJ. L. ehacket sold 1903 sheaIcG
sheep, average - lbs, at &c per 10.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06
President Grant Is reported a> having

President Grant i reported ~ having
said relative to his veto message:
i do not cNaggera;e when | say that
the desire to conscientiously discharge my
duty has caused me more sleepless nights
that anything that ever required my APP
prevail. The number of schemes for the
financial relief of the country which have
been sent me, both by friends and those
who wish well for the party. would make
a library OF themselves. Some of the sug-
gestions We're unique, but the great mass
were as uninterestin@ rs Il debate in Con-
gress. l have been compelled to patiently
listen TO the views of senators and repre-
sentatives, and have listened us well to
delegations and arguments of pressing
friends, and must say that if personal in
fluence could have weight with me | should
have signed the bill
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

4 CONVICT MURDERS Joe Waltz, who
WAS hung at Catskill, y. Y. Friday, on the
day before his death killed his Keeper
Charles Ernst. The murder was done by
striking Ernst ON the head with piece of
iron. smashing in the skull. During the
past week officer Ernst had guarded Waltz
in his cell, in order that he should commit
no injury to himself.
The murder had been committed some
time before discovered George 0lnev.
with Il reporter. went to the cell of Waltz
and called for Ernst but no answer being
returned they looked through the cell door
and saw him lying on the cell floor uncon-
scious. The officers revolver WIS found
in the possession of Waltz.
Walt, during his imprisonment, confess
ed TO the murder of another man. When he
was about to be hung Friday he acted like
Il maniac and people generally thought
him crazed.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

Joaquin Miller, now in Rome, has given
up writing letters, for if he attempts it the
person fills his thoughts the whole day,
and that is too great Il sacrifice of time :;
and as for reading any, he lets them &C
cumulate awhile and then presents the
bundle to friend. The story goes that
some gushing ladies wanted him to give a
war dance but subsidized when he remarked
that the last time he gave it the ladies OBJ
iected when he began to take off his coat
preparatory to going at it - in costume. y
Tennyson became very much Disguised at
an American the other day because the sad
occidental didn't know Miller or his works,
Tennyson declaring it was a shame not to
know the greatest poet of ones country.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06
Decoration DAY.

General Thomas issues the following
order, and all should see to it that Memo
rial Dav come to be one universally OBJ
served
l. In accordance with the Rnles and Regulations OF
the Grand Army OF the Rupublic, and III compliance
with orders from General Head Quarters the th day
MAY next will be observed Memorial or Decora-
ton Day in this Department, and the customary hon
ors will be paid to the memory OF our departed com
rades by public services and by visiting ard decorating
$50 far the sevaral Posts in the Department are able
to do the graves where they lie
II In perfecting arrangements for the proper Oh
servauce of the day, Post Officers and Comrades
nrred to extend an invitation TO all Gonna les.
members of the Order to lend their aid and to ask the
co operation of all citizens to the end that
general observance of the day may be lnaugGrated
throughout this Department and every soldiers
be decked with floral tribute.
Ill Transmitted herewith is the form Of Memorial
Ceremonies heretofore adopted
By command of
STEPHEN THOMAS.
Department Commando
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

Details of the abandonment of the steam
ship L'Amerique, received by late European
mails, do not improve the aspect of the
case. From the reports Of the salvage
crews it appears that the ship was aban-
doned in Il panic, and that very little sys-
tematc effort could have been made to
save her by the crew. The pumping APP
paratlls was in bad condition, though not
so badly damaged, one would suppose, Us
to make the case desperate. The vessel
and cargo, it seems, are valued at 81, 250,-
600 The claim of the salvors-S500, 600
is therefore less than the maximum amount
ever allowed by British law.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

dead friend, when the last words were to
be spoken. The call was to one who had
honestly followed the same course that had
seemed right to the departed.
The Grafton has been truly said to have
been worthy of the place and of the sub
ject. It's words are those of II friend not
at first and again at last, but through all.
They are those of Il friend who was not
blind however, and whose estimate of
Charles Sumner is most near of all to what
will be the recorded Judgment of impartial
history
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06
MONTPELIER MARKET.
RETAIL PRICES.
For the meek ending Man 6 ie1l.

Apples, dried new IL dl5 , IL; Butter 5eda't,
Beef id20; beef. 'irie't, green weight 3l;; f"ih
fresh sGl2h; PORK salt I21s; Ham l5c; Lard l..
Veal 6dI3; Beans y bushel. SjG551; Corn %
Corn meal, y 100 lbs, SI.9): Oats r busie rc;
Flour per Dbl. SS-5od II so; Crackers - - Coal
ton Sl0dSl0 so; Cheese + h. zoe; Fish. frc.h
Cod, dressed l0c Halibut Is, Shad 30, Mackciel ~
Salt Fish. Cod Sc: salmon l21s disc = n; Trie
l24. Kerosene Oil p gal. Soc Potatoes dc per bu-
salt 7oc. y BUSH. Dairy lisd2c per n; sugar re
lined ii l2c; Brown, 1od00; Molasses per sI ~
a 800; Maple Sugar peru sd.l2hc; ryiup fpn -,
Tea 750Sl %; Coffee, Old Java, roasted. .I9c; IA"
roasted, 4jc- Herds Grass seed - 90; Micns.n,
Glover lie per 10; Northern New York do ia
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

COOP WALkING.-John Whipple of
New York, lawyer, thought he was a
good walker. James Gordon Bennett did
not dispute the proposition but did not
think him the best. In fact Benefits care
for his Herald would not permit that he
should be outwalked by any other man,
He bet $4,000 dollars that he could beat
Whipple on a ten mile walk. Whpple
did not think it necessary to train for the
occasion and his confidence was misplac-
ed for, yesterday, he lost the $1,000
Bennett walked the ten miles in one hour
and forty-seven minutes. Whipple being
five minutes behind. Much money was
lost by the friends of Whipple and Bennett
has added one tothe great literary triumphs
of the Herald.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06
\ SINGULAR SrIctpE.-ObaliahBo vi

4 SINGULAR Oba,liahBowne.
aged 60. living at Richmond Village. Sta
ten Island. went to a newspaper office the
evening of the 18th and said he wanted the
best reporter on the paper to take home
with him that night and prepare senSa-
ton fer next days reading. The reporter
accompanied him home. After Bound
had spent two hours detailing the history
of his life. he then. holding up u bottle.
coollv exclaimed. Mr.. Reporter. shall
be a corpse in few minutes He then
swallowed a very lar-e dose of laudanum,
and, to the horror of the reporter, was
soon dead Bovine inherited $500. 600 a few
years ago and had run it all out in diSsi-
patton. He was formerly Il member of
Congress.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

Rev. DR.. Bellows has been down to
Florida and is better, land has gone and be-
slowed his affections upon Miss Anna Pea
body of Cambridge, Mass, who was also
in Florida. The Doctor may not be well
up in the sonnet to his mistress eve
bow " line, but how easy the signing
like furnace must come to him.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

\ Vermont preacher. who sarcasticlIly
asked his congregation to pray for the
editor of the local paper, recently had a
bill sent to him for thirteen years sub
scription to that paper and $500 worth of
religious notices.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

TIE DEBT STATEMENT.-It is very GRAFT
flying to find that. in spite Of all that has
been said about the disastrous effects of
the panic and the bad prospect ahead of
the national finances, by the last public
debt statement it appears that the reduc-
ton during April amounts to S2,965,000
1t has well been asked in view of these
figures, where is the necessity of increas-
ing taxation in order to put our finances
upon II good footing and prepare the way
for Il resumption of specie payments? A
still further cutting down of expenditures
and other measures by Congress together
with economical efforts of the admins
tration, would seem to be all that is needed
by the exigency. 1t should not be forgot
ten that although the revenues of the gov
eminent have been considerably less during
the first quarter Of this year than they were
in the corresponding months of last year,
yet the public debt has been reduced nearly
one million more in the frs four months
of 1874 than it WAS in the same months OF
1873. The figures are as follows:
RFDuCrIDN OF pTrRTIc I,FRT
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

OH,-Weston, The pedestrian, has turned
up AGAIN, and is undertaking TO walk sou
miles in six days. Let him walk over a.
much ground rs he pleases. but don't give
him another run through the newspaper
columns
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

There is said to be Il movement on foot
among Congressman from the South and
West and also Pennsylvania members for
Il convention, to be held Mt St Louis next
fall, to take into consideration material
questions affecting those sections, such rs
the currency. cheap transportation and the
Improvement of the Mississippi leveeS
Not only New England but New York is
to be left out in the cold this time.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

The board of excise at Whitehall have
refused all applications for licenses to sell
intoxicating drinks \ remonstrance was
signed by twentyone hundred persons.
Much excitement exists in the Village.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

i case OF interest to Worhlheh lol 81
no,ations was tried at Lewiston last Wee6'
Calvin Estes sued the Continental Mills
for S63 wages alleged to be due to nm
The defendants refused to pay, on the
ground that all the operatives when they
Commence work contract to give fort
nights notice in case they leave The
plaintiff claimed that he specially agreed
with an overseer that he should not be re-
onired to work his notice. but should be
allowed to leave whenever ne got bet
to,. ;nh The court instructed the jury
that if plaintiff went TO worSunder con-
trnct with The oyerseer it would bind the
co,no,,tion. but if after working awhile
he Stoned 4 paper containing the printed
reonIations of the company as the contract
in7waen them he would be bound by that
paper. If the plaintiff continued 10 "oi n
ppnJor an agreement to abide by these reg
ulations, then the plaintiff cannot recover
nnless according to the terms OF the
writing. Verdict for defendant
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06
o. LTvINGSTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.

The Chicago Tribune adds to its record
of the Western press, making the latest
footing as follows: l54 sustain the Presi-
dents veto; ST oppose, and 10 are uncom-
mitted.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

Miss Nellie Grant will be married AT the
White House on Thursday, May u, and
sail for England two days later, on the
steamer with Mrs. and Miss Richardson
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

Only $780, 900 young salmon are TO be put
in the head waters of the Champlain this
spring. Two million shad are going into
the Connecticut at Bellows Falls.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

Keene. New Hampshire, began life ~ q
city yesterday, and had a Jolly time inau-
@urating her mayor and other municipal
officers
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

FIRES IN New ENGLAND.-Accordin to
the Boston Journal record Of fires during
the month of April, 1874, the loss by fire
in New England amounts to S56S,4OO. It's
estimates are mainly based upon the re-
ports given by newspapers, and of course
do not include many of the small country
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

Twenty-four hundred miles of telegraph
cable is being put on board the steamer
Faraday at Woolwich, destined to con-
meet the bit of sea-coast which New Hamp-
shire BOASTS with the shores of Great
Britain When dozen or SO of telegraph
lines are stretched across the bottom of the
Atlantic Ocean, competition will bring the
price of messages down to what it ought
to be.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

Gen. John e. Breckenridge was taken
seriously i'll with hemorrhage of the lungs
at Lexington. Ky, and for "a time was in
very critical condition. At last accounts
he was reported better, though by 70
means out of danger
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

The voice of the press, in nine Western
and Southwestern States, is largely against
Gates of imitation are as much mistaken
now as they were when they advocated
reputation in one of its most offensive
forms.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

The little province Of Prince Edward
Island is As thoroughly under the rule OF
. llndlordism as Ireland i. a very large
proportion Of the best land being owned
bv non-residents. who allow their tenants
very little opportunity Of improving their
condition. The matter has long been the
subject of political agitation. and ut
length the local legislature has passed a
compulsory Land Purchase Act, which
will. if the Governor General of Canada
asscnts to the measure, compel the pro-
prietors of large tracts of land to sell.
This measure. ii carried ont. will stimu-
late the industry of the Island farmers,
giving them the opportunity, not now pos
sesseti, of making their homes their own
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

The indianapolis Sentinel remarks:
Among all the notes and comments of
admiration for the - Dreaming Iolanthe -
in butter, no one seems to remember that
Canova's first work of art WAS Il lion i'm
butter. 1t was executed for the table of !,
nobleman, in whose neighborhood the great
sculptor, then but lad, lived.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

Eight European steamers left New Y ork
Saturday, and nearly every vessel had all
her saloon berths filled. The aggregate
number of tirst-class passengers taken out
was close on 500; while the total of steer
age passengers was Il little over that num-
Der. Among the passengers of the Repub-
lie for Liverpool were Il party of % tour
lists, residents of Australia, who arrived
from Melbourne via san Francisco,
instead of proceeding to Europe by the
old route through the Suezcanal, the new
line of steamers running between Mel
bourne and San Francisco. rendering the
new route much shorter
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

lie CONTRACT SYSrEM.-The summary
of the forthcoming report on the Sanborn
invest cation, shows that that dOcum ent
will not throw light on the mystery of the
Treasury Department. Mr.. Boutwell, and
Mr.. Richardson are to be acquitted of all
criminal intent; and this verdict will cover
those sub0rlinates whose names have been
conspicuous in the investigation.
The report will be accompanied by a
bill which will, first, repeal. without con-
dition. the section of the act Of Nav 8,
1872, relating to contracts; second, declare
null and void all contracts now existing
made under the provisions of that law and
third, provide that the contractors shall be
excluded from bringing suits before the
Court of Claims. Anettort will be made to
have an early day set for the consideration
ofthe bill. Speeches will be made by Mr..
Foster and Mr.. Beck, and if the debate
becomes warm it is probable that I'LL the
members of the Committee will make
speeches. us none of them approve the law
nor the manner in which it has been exc
cuted.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

The New York Times concludes a care
fnl review of Senator Boutwells testimony
in the Sanborn matter rs follows:
when we seek to know how the Gov
eminent was 50 grossly abused, we are
driven about in IN eNasperatng circle
The Secretary relied on the Assistant Sec
retarv and the Solicitor. the Solicitor on
the Assistant Secretary and the Secretary.
but nowhere can we lay our hands on the
man who took responsible part in the
affair. And we are compelled to conclude
that. through a bad system and negligent
and helpless heads of department. and
probably by the connivance OF one OF more
bad men among the subordinates. great
deal of the money of the people has gone,
not into the Treasury. but into the pocket
of Gen. Buffers friend The conclusion
i one painful and humillatmg to reach
but we cannot avoid it. The people share
it, and our leaders may as well take
notice that it is. along with other things,
doing great deal of mischief
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

There are 992 Vermonters in New York
city, 1920 in Chicago and 2495 in Boston.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

y Montana writer says that the fighting
men of the more powerful tribes of
Indians inhabiting Eastern Montana and
portions Of Wyoming and Dakota. The
Sioux, Cheyennc>, Alrapahoe>, Grows and
Blaekfeet. Mi Of whom are in fact Sioux,
number about 1000 able-bolicd warriors.
These warriors are usually armed with one
rifle each two revolvers, a bow and we'll
stocked culver, It knife and tomahawk
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

The Cambria Iron Company of Penn
svlyania have had a cooperative plan OF
wages. to which the men enthusiastically
subscribed, as not only the servants OF the
firm. but participating in its profits For
wears the price Of iron steadily appreciated,
and by their Sliding scale the workmen
were in receipt Of large incomes. During
the recent panic the price WAS deprecated,
vet the company generously continued the
manufacture without profit to themselves
as there were no contracts on their books
and the railways We're not purchasing
And Vet these Cambria iron-workers are
now among the strikers.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

The DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INYESTIGA-
TION.-The committee which has been
working for some weeks in this matter
found IL few days ago that Col. w e.. Moore
II partner of Gov. Shepherd. had some
thing to do with the money that went into
4. B. kirtland's hands to buy contracts
This Kirkland had S97 900 that there has
been great mystery about the disposal of.
1t now appears from the testimony Of
Kirkland, who was finally ''bagged'' in
New Y Ork, that he offered Moore So, 900
in notes; that Moore would not tlke the
notes but said that if Kirkland would get
them cashed he might take Some of the
money. Kirkland says Moore had none
finally. When Gov. Shepherd found out
the facts last week he Immediately diSsolv-
ed his business relations with Moore, and
protests that he never knew anything of
Moore's operations and is very much
grieved thereat. The general beliefs that
Shepherd tells the truth about his ign0r-
ance Of this matter, whatever else there
may be against him.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

Something evidently has happened in
this country when an ex-slave can take the
Speakers chair and preside over the de-
alterations of Congress. On Wednesday,
Mr.. Rainey, of South Carolina, occupied
the Chair of the House, and presided with
dignity and ability, while debate upon
bill to civilize and elevate the Indian WAS
in progress. What would have been said
of this in the days when keitt and Preston
Brooks, and Barksdale were members?
Time does indeed bring its revenges, and
when Lamar eulogizes Sumner, Rainey
may sit unquestioned in the seat which
Hunter and Cobb have filled
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-06

TIE FLooD.--Thc Mississippi still
spreads over the country for miles beyond
its channel. 1t has fallen but slowly and
the destitution made by the inundation is
great. Throughout the inundated region
The stock is huddled together on the tops
Of the lcvees or on narrow strips of land,
and cattle not starving. are being killed by
the buffalo gnats. Pilots report the water
falling along the coast below Natchcz, but
it should be borne in mind that the suffer
ings of the people will not end with the
decline of the water, rs very many of
them have lost everything and are without
food.
An important result Of the floods is the
effect they will have on the cotton crop of
the current season. According to the best
estimates, not less than POO 900 acres of
excellent cotton land in Louisiana, Arkan-
sas and Mississippi have been submerged,
and the growing crop totally destroyed.
The amount of staple thus lost will prob
ably not be less than 100000 bales, an
amount sufficient to produce Il very per
ceptible effect on the general market, be-
sides impoverishing Il large number of
planters.