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The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-03-19
THE LARGEST
First Class Hotel in the Territory.

Having secured a lease for long term of
years of this large and commodious house,
l have renovated, refurnished and embel-
lished it's roomy parlors and elegant suits
Of rooms, and no expense or pains will be
spared to continue to improve and keep it
on first class principles. The tables are
supplied with the very best the markets
afford and the deIicacies of the season. At
tendance unexceptionable. Terms, reason
BILE. 261
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A "CoMMoN ScoLD. D."-One of those
curious legal antiquities known as COM
mon scold - case was recently tried at
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. The defendant
was found guilty, but the jury having
recommended lenity in punishment, merely
small fine was imposed. For the benefit
OF any one who may be tempted to prose-
cute his noisy neighbors, we will say that
the indictment in this case charged that
sthe defendant, on the 2Sth of December,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-four, and at divers
other days and times as we'll before as
since, in the county aforesaid and within
the jurisdiction Of the Court, with force
and arms, was and yet is a common scold
and disturber of the peace of the neighbor-
hood and all good citizens Of this common
wealth, to the common nuisance Of all good
citizens aforesaid, and to the evil example
Of others In ike case offending
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-03-19
4 Statesman's Fairy Story.

M. Theirs told an interviewer this le-
gend -
When France came into the world as
nation, it WIS in the time Of the fairies.
AS France was to be a great princess, they
invited to her cradle all the good fairies
the fairy of wit, of riches, of conquest, of
beauty, of grace, the Cairies of harvest and
vintage. 1t was an unparalleled festival
throughout the young kingdom everywhere
they danced and drank. But in the very
midst of this public rejoicing an unlimited
fairy came to sit at the banquet. There
were already dozen at the table, and the
strange visitor made the thirteenth. She
was not gay, like the others ON the con-
trary, her face was full of meditation,
gravity and sadness. Every one began to
say, "What is she doing here with that
unearthly countenance?" She had sat
down, but she rose with majesty and thus
spoke @ You invited all the good fairies to
the cradle of France, and you forgot me.
Woe be unto you! France shall have days
of victory and conquest. She shall beguile
the world with her grace. She shall be
rich in corn and wine. But whenever she
is about to enjoy her good fortune, an
unforeseen catastrophe shall hurl her into
the abyss of war or of revolution. And
thus / shall be avenged" sWho art thou,
then?" they cried out from every side to
the avenging fairy. She was already at
the door; she turned on the threshold and
said, in tone at once solemn and satirical,
81 am WisdoMl France may have at her
cradle all the other good fairies, but as she
had not me, all the rest will be useless"
Thus said Wisdom, and Wisdom is always
right.
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ing of the dastardly wretch who was the
author Of all the agony and sorrow brought
into the home OF Mabel Young.
Vermonters at Dartmouth.

The seniors have just passed the con-
GLIDING examinations of their course, and
have received from the faculty their OPP
pointments for commencement day exer-
cises, which take place on June "a, the
following vermonters being among the
number:
Political Disputaton, "Is an Independ-
ent Press Possible ?" David n. Putney,
Bow, N. II. Darius Steward, Clarendon,
VT
English Grafton, "Pdpa Infallibility
and Civil Allegiance" Henry W. Smith,
Rupert.
Forensic Disputation. "Is Crime Dimin-
ished by Intellectual Culture?' Stillman
II. Hutchinson, Milford, n. II. Leonard
b. Tenney, Barre, Vt.
Philosophical Grafton, Limits of
Science" Charles p Bowman, St. johns
bury.
English Grafton, with the Valedictory
Address, "Success IN Life as an End"
Charles A. Prouty, Newport.
The seniors vacation has begun and will
extend until commencement. 1t has been
omitted of late years, but occurs this year
as formerly. 1t is expected that the alum
nj gathering will be of especial interest
this year. The whole of Wednesday after
noon preceding commencement will be de-
voted to the meeting, and an unusually
large attendance is expected.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-26
ELASTIC CHARTERS.

We called attention, yesterday morning,
TO the enormity of the charter of the Cen
trail Vermont railroad company, in that it
left its capital stock an indefinite quantity,
and made possible, if it did not invite, the
very acts which are now complained of.
We lay the fault of the present complica
tons at the door Of the legislature of Yer.
mont, not at that of individual railroad
managers or would be railroad managers.
The history of the legislation which result
cd in this charter, could it be written,
would be full of admonition and sugges-
ton. The legislature, when it passed this
act of incorporation, had its eyes open to
its enormity. Legislators did not stumble
into an error blndfolded. This matter of
an elastic capital, a capital stock which
might and probably would vary with each
passing hour, was called to the attention
of individual senators and representatives,
its cnormity pointed out, the opportunity
for fraud considered and admitted, and yet
not one word was heard in reference to IL
on the floor of either house. Does not
this fact show the, perhaps, unconscious
but malign influence of railroads on legis-
lationY The senate even considered this
very clause of the charter for, as reported,
the par value of the shares was, also, lett
an indefinite quantity, but that body
amended the bill by making the shares one
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Political Conventions.

With the coming of warm weather be-
gins the series of political conventions of
more or less Importance, to continue until
the close-of what promises to be a heated
campaign in November next. The list, so
far as the calls have fallen under our eye,
is given below:
May 22-Pennsylvauia republican state
convention, in Lancaster.
May 23-Pennsylvania initiation conven-
ton, in Harrisburg, to continue two days.
June National temperance conven-
ton, in Chicago.
June 2-Ohio republican state conven-
ton, in Columbus.
June 0-Indiana temperance mass con-
vention, in indianapolis, three days.
June 10-California republican state con-
vention, in Sacramento.
June 14-Maine republican state conven-
ton, in Portland.
June 17-Ohio democratic state conven-
ton, in Columbus.
June 22-New York prohibition conven-
ton, in Syracuse.
June 22-Mainc democratic state con-
vention.
June 22-California peoples independ-
ent party" convention, in Sacramento
June 29-Caifornia democratic state
convention, in San Francisco.
June 30-Iowa republican state conven-
ton, in Des Moines.
July WISCONSIN republican slate con-
vention, in Madison.
Aug. 3-Mississppl democratic state
convention, in Jackson.
Aug. 10-Virgina colored mems convcn-
ton, in Richmond.
Sept. s-Pennsylvania democratic state
convention, in Erie
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Personal.

Hon. Dudley G. Denison delivers the
Decoration Day Grafton at South Royal
ton.
Hon. David Goodell of Brattleboro, a
prominent and well known citizen, died on
Saturday last.
Rev. Mr.. Lyon resigns the pastorate of
the South Congregational church at South
Royalton.
Rev. Origen Smith of Guiltord has re-
ceived call TO the Baptist church at
Whittngham Centre.
General W. w. Henry of Burlington de-
livers the Decoration day address before
Cummings post at IIinesburgh.
The Rustic base ball club of Essex de-
feated scrub nine from Jericho at Essex
Junction on Friday. Score 30 to 2s.
Rev. r. II. Munro of Stamford, Ben
nington county, has accepted call from
the Baptist church in South Colebrook,
n. II.
DIR. uermon G. Howe, of Jericho, a
graduate of the Medical Department of the
University of Vermont in 1878, has recent
ly become Junior assistant physician of
the Retreat for the insane at Hartford, CT.
The New York press association have
reelected Joseph Warren of Buffalo, a
Vermonter and q graduate of the Univer-
sity of Vermont, president for the sixth
time, and presented him with magnif-
cent solitaire diamond stud as mark of
appreciation and respect.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-26

The civil or religious law, or whatever
other kind of law 1t may be called, of the
Island of Martinique is somewhat peculiar.
1t has been the custom, in the harbor of
st. Pierre, for ships, on Good Friday, to
set their yards in the form Of cross, but
this year several captains disregarded it.
The governor therefore ''interfered," and
sent detachment of his army to compel
the ships to suitably observe the day, but
one of the captains was so shockingly pro-
fame as t, ''uncross the yards" and the
whole crowd of sea captains were hauled
mp before Judge, the next morning, to
answer fot their exccrable witkedness.
The profaue captain was fined one hundred
francs, ~ d the less wicked ones fifty
francs each, but they lave all appealed to
The French courts. II. therefore, remains
for France 10 determ L whether or not her
ports are, to all intents and purposes,
Catholic churches, or whether officers and
passengers Of vessels, temporarily there,
can or cannot be compelled to conform to
the religious whims { f any one denomina-
ton Catholic or Protestant, as particular
sect or denomination may happen t, he in
the ascendancy.
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Those editors ard politicians who say
that man that urges Cancellation and for
gveness toward the south is unfit for pub
lie station, and who profess TO believe that
all utterances looking toward a reunited
country, in heart as well as in name, would
defeat candidate for office, had best re-
member the case of General Sherman. He
tells US, in his recently published memoirs,
that, at the outbreak of the war, he thought
and repeatedly and publicly said that "the
Irrational crlsls had been brought about by
1.-The politicians, and, as it was upon us,
they might fight it out ," and that in
Washington, he "broke out on" senators,
''damning the politicians generally, saying,
'"9ou haye got things in a hell of fix,
'and you may get them out as best you
''can.'" Had he sinned past forgiveness !?
To read what these editors and politicians
say, we might well think so; but the coun-
try believed otherwise, and acted accord
ingly. 1t was northern man who thus
thought and talked, yet who dares contem-
plate "what might have been," but for
him ? If he could Sin, be forgiven and do
so great service to the country, may we not
forgive others and expect patriotic dcvo-
tion to the whole country from them too :?
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Notes and Comments.

Is there any record of how the preco-
All are now familiar with what became of
the political sowing, ploughing, pruning,
budding and poisoning of that date.
BY the way, speaking of who is guilty,
and as to whether the jury will acquit or
convict, or disagree in the scandal case,
isn't this a civil suit for damages !? And
isn't it all the jury has to do, to assess the
amount of damages or decide that the
plaintiff hasn't made out any case There
is technically no question OF guilt or inno-
cence. Most of us have been losing sight
of that.
Ingenuity in the west is seeking for
some means of extirpating grasshoppers.
One man describes machine consisting of
hollow crate on runners, two or three
inches from the ground, in which hot
fire is kept burning, while pair of horses
drags it over the ground where the insects
are gorging themselves. We should think
1t would roast the grasshoppers, but how
about the crops
Senator Booth of California, delivered
lecture on Charles James Fox at Terre
Haute, Ind, the other day, in which he as
signed as one great cause of the decline of
parliamentary and congressional oratory
the fact that, while formerly public opin-
ion was formed by the debates of parlia-
ment and congress, now legislative action
is guided by public opinion, and the jour
nalist has acquired the influence and con-
sequence which the orator has lost.
The long talked of improvement of the
mouth of the Mississippi has at last been
got partially under way. Captain Eads
has contracted for fascines and stone work,
lumber and piles enough to insure depth
of twenty-six feet of water at the South
Pass, at cost of about $2,5O0,0OO Eads
contract with the government calls for
thirty feet of water there.
Ballooning, if carried beyond certain
hight, is both disagreeable and dangerous.
So the experience of the Paris aeronauts,
who reached an altitude of 10000 feet,
proved.
If you ever feel uncertain about any of
the details of your private affairs, consult
your inqulsitive friends. They always
stand ready to give you "points" about
your own business that you never dream
ed of.
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hundred dollars each and this amendment
Immediately precedes the clause leaving to
the determination of the directors the
amount of the capital stock, provided only
it is sufficient to purchase and retire" that
other indefinite quantity in value, the first
and second mortgage bonds Of the Yer
mont Central railroad company.
The charter passed the senate by vote
of twenty-five yeas to two nays, the other
senators being absent or not voting; but,
on the previous day, the bill was ordered
engrossed and read the third time by vote
of twenty seven to one--every senator from
Rutland, Bennington, Addison and Chitten-
den counties voting in the affirmative,
while the two negative votes were so given,
not on account of this clause, but by
reason, as it is believed, of general hostill-
ty TO the Vermont Central railroad or its
managers. In the house, the bill was
passed by vote of one hundred and
eighty-siX ayes to thirty nays-four of
which were from Rutland county, but not
so given, as we are informed, on account
of this india rubber provision. Why the
Legislature granted such charter it is i'm
possible to conjecture. Would it have
granted like privilege TO a manufacture
ing company, a bank, or other corpora
ton? Undoubtedly not, and yet railroads
are not enitled to special privileges any
more than any other corporation.
Surprising, to illustrate this enormity,
that a bank was chartered with capital
unlimited in amount, save as the directors
should, from time to time, fix it, where
would it leave bona tide stockholders, OF
the public? Take bank with real cap
ital of half a million dollars, doing purely
legitimate business, and making and divi.
ding annual dividends Of ten per cent.
The stock would be worth more than par,
and would readily sell at premium. The
directors, in their wisdom or folly, see fi
to double the capital. They do it legally,
but without the knowledge of anyone but
themselves. and, as their original capital
may be all that they can profitably employ,
they commit fraud on the public, do they
not They can sell this new stock at q
premium, because the public, knowing
nothing of the new issue, believe it TO be Q
good investment. The new stock, in the
case supposed, is only worth fifty cents OIL
the dollar, and it also depreciates the OLD
stock in the same ratio. 1t goes further
than this When depreciation of thi.
amount is caused, it is but the first step tC
general bankruptcy. The elastic capital
with corresponding action, robs the limo
cent stakeholder and destroys financia
confidence. 1t was elastic charters, il
that the bonds were convertible into stock
that permitted Jay Gould and jim Fisk t.
mai ipulate and ruin the Erie. Financia
history is full of similar instances, yet thu
legislature of Vermont invites their repet
ton. We cannot, perhaps, change thai
which has been done-there is such {
thing as vested rights"-but we can, il
we will, prevent similar action in the flu
ture. In the present case, courts may bt
powerless, but the people can guar(
against the possibility of their recurrence
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Accident at Castleton.

AS the nine o'clock express from Troy
was passing over a crossing just this side
drawing carriage in which was lady
and gentleman, was seen running furiousy
toward the train. The lady was thrown
out, and then the hor,e struck full force
against the moving train. The engineer
stopped as soon as possible and ran back to
the scene of the accident. The man was
up and said he was not much injured the
carriage was wrecked and the horse serious
ly injured if not killed. The man was left
in the care of neighbors who had reached
the ground.
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Is kept for sale at the Iollowlng places
BELLOWS FAiIs--O. F. Woods, dealer In drugs
and medicines periodicals, provisions, &c.
EAST WALLINGFoRD--R. H. Allen, dealer In dry
goods, &c.
LuDLow-Sherman Bros, drugs, books, sta
tionery, periodicals, &c.
BRATrLEBORo-E. j. Carpenter, books, station
cry. periodicals, fancy goods.
BRAND0N-Kelley q Dyer and G. c. Slason,
books, stationery, periodicals. &C.
MIDDLEBURY-W. Seymour Alden, books, sta
tonery, periodicals, &c.
PITIsFoRD--Dennison Bros, dry goods.
VgRGEsNEs-S.M. Southland, periodicals, books
and stationery.
BRIsToI~-IIiram shattuck, paper and station
cry, blank books, dril SIS, sc.
WHTTEHALIl--Will Farrell
FAIRHAvEN-F. Carpenter.
CAsTLEToN-Rice & Co.
WEST RUTLAND--C. j. Gilmore, general mer-
chandise.
PouLTNEY-W. w. nibbard books, stationery
periodicals, fancy goods, &C.
NORTH BENN1NGTOS-IIenry Morse, newsboy.
WALLINGF0RD-H. p. Morgan, station agent.
MANCHEsTER-IIerbert Smith, newsbOy.
ARLINGToN-H S. Hard.
BENNINGToN-T. j. Tiffany, periodicals, paper
and stationery.
Misunderstanding & Co.. newspapers, pc
riodlcals, books, stationery, &C; A. X. Howard
depot restaurant; John O'Donald, newsbOy,
Bates House GLOBE countlng-rooms.
R.ILRoADS-On all morning trains leavin
Rutland
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-26
Vicinity Items.

Bishop Bissell visited St. Lukes parish,
Thursday, and preached in the evening, and
administered the rite of confirmation TO
seven persons. The church is in pros
porous condition, and the pews have rented
very readily for the year ensuing, the rent
al being over 5000.
School district No. 6, which was formed
last March meeting day, by consolidating
Nos. 20, 90, and 6, are making slow prog
ress in establishing graded school. There
is no authority by which the trustees of
Chester academy can deed the building to
district No. 6. The enabling act passed
at the last session OF the legislature has not
been complied with, and therefore no au-
thority is conferred upon the trustees by
which they can deed. There is q lack of
scholars in the district for full graded
school, and not sufficient in number to
warrant the employment of yearly salaried
teachers.
Pneumonia still RACES in our community,
and has proved very fatal.
Merchants and mechanics are feeling
more encouraged as the spring advances.
Mrs. Angelina Stevens offers her house
for sale. 1t is situated on Main street and
is very desirable place.
Jerry farker the horse trainer is here
and expects to spend the summer here and
use the track of the Chester driving park,
he pronounces it one of the very best he
has ever driven upon.
There are additions to the Baptist and
Congregational churches, the result of the
protracted meetings lately held here by
Rev. Mr.. Whittier.
r. N. 1ngraham is putting in new furni-
ture and making many needed repairs to
the Chester house, into which will move in
above six weeks.
Adams & Park are filling branch
store of general goods at Londonderry,
which move does not exactly suit the in
ward feelings of Dave Arnold the old mer-
chant. He says goods will be sold so
near the first cost that branches will die
for want of sap"
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Sometime in the winter or early spring
of the present year, colporteur-we be-
lieve that is what they call 'em-n address
ing a convention at Brandon, in order to
illustrate the efficacy of prayer, told them
grasshopper story. 1t was in Nebraska or
Kansas, and the grasshoppers were ap-
preaching given locality as "terrlble as
an army with banners" The people were
thoroughly alarmed, and assembled, en-
masse, in some public place to confess and
deplore the manifold transgressions, and
seek special interposition in their own
behalf AS they prayed, so this colporteur
said, the grasshoppers were approaching,
but, as they neared the borders of the town,
they divided, as the Red Sea did of yore,
and left the town unframed, passing by on
either side and devastating as they went,
leaving this town the one green spot in
radius of many miles. Strange, wasn't it?
And it must have been special interposi-
ton, too, for this colporteur said so! The
governor of Missouri has doubtless heard
this vcracious story, and has acted upon it,
issuing his proclamation for fast, to be
held June 3. He says that nothing but
" the interposltion Of Providence can save
I" from the pest" and therefore recon-
mends that "the supplications of the peo-
:" pie be raised for divine relief and pro-
lection" We know not how it is,
whether the governor was not soon enough
with his fast, or whether, since Cockrell's
election, Missouri is past hope-we leave to
Others to determine this-but certain 1t is,
rs appears from our kilograms, the grass
hoppers are, even now, making sad havoc
10 the state. The governor will have to
import that other people into Missouri and
pit them against the grasshoppers.
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Death of the Victim of the Boston
Murder.

On the outside of this mornings GLOBE
will be found an account of the recent hor
rible murder in Boston. The victim there
of, little Mabel Young, died Monday even
ing. Upon awakening from the short sleep
in the morning, she went Immediately into
spasms, which entirely exhausted what lit
tie strength she had. She seemed to sink
away, dying without struggle. In all the
hours which have elapsed since little Mabel
went to the Sabbath school on that bright
Sunday afternoon, not an ineligible word
has she uttered. Thus another chapter in
this terribly mysterious tragedy is closed.
There IL but one more chapter and the end
is attained the trial, conviction and hang
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The secretary of war has, very properl.

The secretary of war has, very properly,
as we believe, granted permission to the
southern memorial association to decorate
the graves of the confederate dead in the
Arlington national cemetery, and use the
grand stand" that an Grafton may be de-
ivered therefrom. viii the editor of the
Brandon Union regard this, too, as some
thing which, If 1t had been done two years
ago, would have prevented General Grant
from now being president The act, of
course, is that of the president. for we all
know that the secretary of war would not
have dared 10 do this thing without his
consent. We concede that this act, look
lug toward Cancellation and forgetfulness,
Is terrible blow to small coterie of small
politicians, but we congratulate our fellow
countrymen on the vast advance in public
sentiment which makes such a permission
from the president possible.
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Thirty DAYS {

The NIiddlebury Register says: We
have it upon good authority that some one
was told by friend that he heard That
Governor Page said he was going to fix
this little railroad difficulty right up within
thirty days. He didn't say when he
should begin to count the thirty days, but
the assurance is gratifying to those who
have been afraid they wouldn't see the end
of it if it got into the courts"