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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1875-03-25

tween each narrowing flor tWa barrow.
inEs, = week apart. are maaH belttf tar
mixing manure, og af Hu.ur'sue lHc
soil than Il made 900 as .ama 3ae, ytpcs-
tally iftho ground receives shauer ju.
ring the interval
Ifa heavy coat of coarse mauue ls to
De applied, &c shoBd be spread upon sf-
ter the frat narrowing. thu 81 msv bavc
the benefit of all tbe Subsequent guIdya-
ton, bat Gouiy lighg dressing of dnc
manure or ari6eisl fertilizer Is required,
it should be spread evenly ou the surface
and narrowed or bu,hed ln lightly with
the seed, aud lott htre tha roots ol lbe
Young grass plant, can reach it al once.
l believe there is uo place where the
common farmer csu use gooj commercial
fertilizers with less T.sk Of failure than
on aud to be seeded wilb grass. The
failures so often caused hg placing toe
great q quantity of concentrated lguilit-
ers neat the roots of young plants arc
easily avoided by using in this way
while at the same time every plant win
be benefited at the start, it ihe fertilizer
Is worked evenly into the soil
1t requires little more labor TO pre-
pare seed bed upon inverted sod than
on an old cultivated hcld. bat il the right
kind Of tools are selected, aud they are
properly used, quite as good crops Of
grass may be grown in this way as after
hoed crops
Owing to the effects Of extreme
droughts, or to the depredatous of the
lava OF the dor-beetIc, have occasionally
found 1t desirable TO rc.seed larger
breadth OF sward laud than | had sufie-
lent manure for, or time to attend to ear.
ly in the fall. Most farmers would plant
such land with some hocd crop before
seeding, but claim the privilege Of grow.
ing grass, and nothing else, SO long ~
grass is needed above all other crop. TO
meet my special wants,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1875-03-25
MEDICAL DoTE.

Dupuytrou was a famous Paris surgeon,
but brusque aud unpublished r0utrance,
One day as he rc-entered his house he
found installed in the aute-room an old
priest who had long been waiting his re.
turn.
What do you want of me2 growled
Dupuytreu.
wish you to look at this, meekly 70.
piled the priest, taking off an old wooden
crayat, which revealed upon the nape OF
his neck hideous tumor, Dupuytreu
looked at it.
You'll have to die with that, he cooly
remarked.
Thanks, doctor, simply replied tho
priest, replacing bis crsvat: am much
obliged to you tor warning me AS can
prepare myself, as we'll as my poor parish.
ioners, who love me very much.
The surgeon who never was astonished
at great things, looked upon this priest,
who received his death sentence uumoyed,
with amazement, aud added;
Come tomorrow at eight O'Clock to the
Hotel Dieu, and ask for me,
The priest was prompt. The surgeon
procured for him special room Ia the
hospital, and in months time the man
went out cured, When leaving be took
ont OF a sack thirty francs in small change.
Itis all can offer you, doctor, he said
came here on foot from R--~in order
TO save this.
The doctor looked at the money, smiled,
aud, drawing handful of gold from bis
pocket, put il IN the bag along with the
thirty francs, saying, at is for your
poor aud the priest went away. Some
years later the celebrated doctor, feeling
death to be near, bethought himself Of
the good cure, aud wrote to him He
came, aud DuquyTeu received from him
the "iast consultations" and died in his
arms.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1875-03-25
TROPICAL DELIGHTS

Insects are the curse Of tropical cIl-
mates. The hate rouge lays The iounda-
i0u Of d tremendous ulcer. In moment
sou are covered With ticks. Chgoes
bury themselves ia your Gssh, aud hatch
q colony OF young chigoes each sets up a
separate ulcer, and has his own private
portion Of pu. Flies get their entry into
your mouth, iuto your eyes, into your
u8.e sou eat flee, drink flies, aud breathe
flee. Lizards, oockroscbes, aud suakes
get into the bed ants eat up the books;
scorpion. sting you in the foot. Every
icing bites, stiugs. OF bruises; every Sec
and Of your existence you are wounded
by come pIece of animal life that nobody
bad ever seen before, except -wammsr-
daai ard Merriam Al insecl with e.ey
beg. is smmtug ia f0ar teaeuu, % uott-
dc-rup. wlfii H.Hr aIBgr ls sirukgiHk lu
tf4e sHaH beer. ar caterpillar, with
several dDzeu eye. ia hIs befl}. is uasten-
Jag over tie bFerd sud buueI All ua,
ta.e ls alive, aud seems 20 be gathering
s gsf chronological hosts 10 eal you up,
srl gau are standing out II your coat,
eftiesegas and breeciie-. such afe the
rpse.. Al lhl. meonrilss as 70 our
a.a-. ips- sap asr., sad AFilsIf TO orr
s.s. H.,st- ra-ilas ab8ut with Rsfgies
aHd fnaafsss Zoo 4uf uhi Erlish e0nsi-
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1875-03-25
NOLU ME Y Y
Iusr tttS OK

When The Grand Tronk railway Of
Canada was completed, ia ls6o, many of
the farmers bad novsr heard Of, mach les,
seen, railway, bat Il soon got reported
around that passengers could travel by
TO- sud even cattle. A back wobdsman
VINO was indebted to q country merchant
was pushed boy the latter for payment OF
amount due, aud The only means Of liqui.
dating the debt was by taking 81 OK to
the Quebec market For this purpose ho
tied hts OK to hrbaek Of bis cart, and
drove 10 the railway station, distance Of
nine miles. On Surveying the train aud
seeing au iron railing around the hind
ear, lac concluded that that was The place
20 tic bis OK, which he accordingly did,
taking place Ia a second class car him.
self forward. Presently the train began
to move of slowly The speed Increased,
quicker aud quicker IL went Tho poor
man gol very Gigety, The speed stjll iu.
crcaslug, until large drops OF sweat be.
came visible on his brow By this time
the conductor bad reached his car to col.
loct the tickets Nearly out Of breath,
the mau ran to him exolaimipg;
My dear conductor, my OK will never
be able 10 keep up with this pace. it {,
not possible.
Your ok Keep up 10 this pacel--
What do you mean2 | don't understand
you. Have you oxen on board?
Not on board OF course tied him
to the railing Of the hind car.
You tied your OK to the railing OF tho
hind carr Who told youtoi
No enc but that is the way we awsy.
DO IN the country,
or course the conductor could not stop
bis train before reaching the next station,
when, needless to say, on looking for the
OK, they found attached to the rope
pair Of horns, with a small portion OF the
neck
The humane conductor made a colec.
lion among the passengers on the spot,
realizing u larger amount than The OK
would have brought at market, which he
presented to the Cresttalien farmer, who
Immediately returned home, yowing he
would never have oxen taken 10 market
by railway again. lie has kept bis word,
and TO this day he leads his OK to market
behind his own cart.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1875-03-25

We are ready, remarks rereut wi.
ter, 10 say concerning teachers, what al
Cd Scotch elder said concerning minis.
ters: There are three things a mon
needs 10 make him suecessfai minister.
viz. GUIDE health, religion aud GUIDE
sense # be con hae bot one Of these, let
Il be gaas sense, for God ean gie him
health sud God c2n gis him grace. bot
nssbo1y cas- gle him common ssHss
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1875-03-25

senator Jones Is forty four, hi. VII. lie
eigtteen. A gTeater difference than the
DmebnaH and h,s wife; f5r. said Hans,
ia fssp0use 20 40 inquiry abou heir
ages. am dirty aud ny Wis is dirty
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1875-03-25
eRAss GROWING = SPECIALITY
EXTRACTS TEoN AS ADDRESS 81 A. "
CHEEyEB, At MONTPELIER, JAN. 2lsr
1879
YKEplxG MowrSss.


Feeding moving fields would some
times be good practice If one had the
moral courage and seli-eontrol needed TO
snsble him % stop when it had been car
ried far enough, but never yet found
such a man. know | could never stop
At the right time, SO never begin; be-
sides It is terribly demorsliEing to = stock
OF cattle to know that il is possible for
them to get inside Of the moving fields.
Keep no more stock than You can keep
well all the time without feeding the
mowin2s; make grass growing bust
ness; treat the crop Rs one worthy OF
respect, aud your farms will increase in
fertility and productiyeuess from year 20
year, tin you will have little temptation
to forsake your pleasant New England
homes for life on the wild lauds OF the
undeveloped West.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-02

his Cabinet, the Judges of the Supreme Court,
the Diplomatic Corps, distinguished represen.
tatvcs of the army and navy, and many promi-
neht senators, representatives, and other pub
lie men. Conspicuous in the crowded galleries
were the wives of the President Secretaries
BristoW, Fish, and Belknap, together with a
number of ladies of the foreign ambassadors
How strange it all seemed in contrast with his
lltc's beginning, in that far away humble home
amidst the rugged hills of New HAMPSHIRE,
with the nebriate father, the hard worked
mother, the halt fed, half-clothed children =
| strange possibilities and achievements of life.
| The death Of Mr. Wilson has raised a good
many curious inquiries us 10 who would be
| President in the event of the sudden taking of
OF Gen. Grant, questions that have shown how
| remarkably little i, known of the Constitution
| the people talk so much about. Some have
maintained that the called session Of the Sem
ate had nothing TO do with the new Congress,
| and therefore there was no President of tbc
Senate pro tcmpore; others that he would not
| be the legal successor under the Constitution,
| but that both branches of Congress would have
to elect to ill the vacancy; still others have de-
cIarrd the line of descent fell upon the Speaker
Of The House, rs the third officer Of the Gov
eminent. But senator Ferry j. President pro
temper" of the Senate until that body reverse,
its acton; and it was settled during the I'M
peachmeut Trial Of Andrew johnson that Ben
jamin " dde, who WIS then President of the
Senate, would he hi, successor by force of the
| Constitution, should President johnson be 10
| D.
the Office of Nice-Pre,iIen, and T. s. senator
st the same time, though not the titI. or The
| pay of the first named position.
| Comparatively few Congressman have ur-
| rived III the city as vet. Ol the Maine drleg1-
| ton EN-Spcakcr Blaine ouy i, here. Mr. Ilat-
| is expected lo-morroN. and by the first of the
week uc9tFy ali viii ha5o arrived, ald then
such lively time rs thr.r wiz h, canyaSSin,
! for Speaker Mr. Blaine will receive The COM
| plnnenary nomination of the Republicans
| but who VIII carry oil the Democratic honor~
il i han to predict, since things never happru
in th> world a7 You expect they Will. Kerr.
Cox, Woods and Randall are a.l hcr, loohiua
| Sharply after the uG,iu ch.uc2-but il wuuhl
! seem that Mr.. krn h;, ,h~laurcd hi, romprti-
| tors, or got 'ihr inside track" a> Politician
| habiuay say. 1h, question settled. then
comes a long busy Congress- mingled With ~.
much President making, rs to cauS' the prcdi.-
| ton Of I'M unu,uaI season for Washington
| Til" papers hereaboulS have been styin. al,
sorts of nice things Of Il distinguished Demo
crat from thc Pine Tree Stat"-Wln II. Clifford
| Esq, Of Portland llc ar2uod r5-c before th,.
| Supreme Court last week, and seem, 10 have
| 4 i.l
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-02
The Lost Steamer Pacific.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. &c. A despatch
from Victoria says the coroner's jury on
the body OF Thomas J. Farrell. victim of
would not have been damaged by collision
with the Orpheus, had she been sound
substantial steamer; that the collision was
caused by the Orpheus being improperly
steered across the bows of the Pacific; that
on the deck Of the Pacific there was not a
proper Lookout; that the Pacific had about
23S persons on board, and had only FIVE
boats whose carrying capacity did not ex-
coed 100; that the boats were not and
could not be lowered by an undisciplined
and insufficient crew. and that the captain
OF the Orpheus sailed away after the col
lision without trying to ascertain the dam
age to the Pacific.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-02
The Late Vice-President,

| Henry Wilson was born at Pennington
| N. H.. on the 10th day OF October, 1872
His opportunities for early education were
quite limited His birth was so painfully
obscure that be felt compelled to change
his name. Apprenticed to Il farmer when
ten years old, he was for eleven years af-
| terward closely confined to the hard duties
of an agricultural lite In 1883 he went
to Natick, Mass, where he learned the
trade of shoemaking Two years later
with 4 little money he had saved at this
occupation, he returned to New lamp
shire, and studied for a brief period at
| several academies In 1888 lie returned
| to Natick, and resumed work as q shoe
maker. Acquiring something of a reputa-
ton AS speech maker, he engaged in the
! Presidential campai On OF 1910 and made
a number Of speeches in support OF the
Harrison ticket. His ability thus gained
| recognition, and he was successfully elect
ed three times as u Representative and
| Legislature While in this body he first
| became prominent as IN anti-slavery man.
In 1919 he became Chairman of the Mass
achusetts Free Soil State Committee In
| 1892 he was President OF the Nation al
| Free Soil Convention at Pittsburg, Penn.
and was the candidate Of that party for
Congress in the Eighth Massachusetts Dis
trict, where he was defeated by ninety
| three votes. In 1888 he was defeated as
the Free Soil candidate for Governor OF
the State. In lS55 he was elected by the
| Massachusetts Legislature to succeed Ed
ward Everett in the United States Sem
ate, and held his seat continuously in that
i body until elected Vice president in 1872
| Throughout the war he vas Chairman OF
the Senate Committee on Military Affairs
| Mr.. Wilson WAS married in 1910 to Miss
: Harriet NJ Howe OF Natich. Mass. by
| whom he had one son Neither OF these
| survive him His son died in the army.
where he attained the rank Of Lieut. Col
onrl
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-02
Mcdonald and His ChuEas.

The New York Tribune Gives the fol-
lowing account OF Mcdonald, who secured
the confidence of Grant during the war.
and has, until his conviction rs Il whsk Y
robber, maintained intimate relations with
the President at the White House. The
country waits impatiently to see whether
the chief executive will not only clear his
skirts OF intamy, but Will, like TilGcn aud
OConnor, pursue public p!underer4 with
carnestness. The Tribune states
Mcdonald, 4 steamboat runner at 81. Louis
prior to the war. became closely connected with
General Grant while the latter WAS command
ing armies III the cotton region. and has been
al intimate friend ever since. lie made some
money III cotton operations. and after the WIZ
WAS on familiar terms with men who were a,.-
cused OF whisky frauds in the time of President
Johnson. As soon rs Grant had been nauoIl-
rated Mcdonald applied for he position OF ~ll-
perviSor of Internal Revenue. and notuiih-
standing the united and earnest opposition OF
Senators Schurz and Drake, all the rrprc.rnt.t-
tives from Missouri. and many Of the most IN
nuentlal Republicans and business men in s.
LOUIS. he was appointed. lie had taken no
part in politics, is a man of genial manners
and had made neither political or personal enc
Illus, anu inc opposition 10 HIS appointment
arose wholly from feeling that he was not Il
proper man for position peculiarly respon-
slble, in which the temptations are constant
and 50 strong But the President appointed
HIM, and has since sustained him with Singular
tenaclty and. apparently with absolute conf
dtnce. Charges of fraud in that district were
made. sometimes through official channels. aud
otto. j" Published stat, rbr Tan!il;Iiy
frauds in this city We're not more notorious n0l.
more generally believed to exist prior to their
formal exposure. than We're the whisky frauds
in st. Louis for years. Yet the President not
only treated all accusations with contemnJ
gave Mcdonald audience at Washington while
high digntarcs waited, rode with him ON Pen
sylvania avenue, and appeare, With him On thc
most pubilc occasions IN st. Louis, but allowed
HIM to exercise Il Very unusual influence. Is
was shown when the order of i;risow. trans.
ferrng supervisors 10 other districts. was
promptly revoked by the President. upon Me
Dohald'S personal application. Even after the
full exposure Of the frauds last spring the
President evidently believed Mcdonald innp-
cent, for he allowed him to resign. ana rontn-
ued to receive him on the terms OF personal
until after his Indictment
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-02

Considerable speculation has been in
dulged in as to who would succeed to the
Presidency should Grant die before the
expiration Of his term. The law fixes
that matter.
The l4Gth section, Chapter of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States pro
vides that in ease OF the death, removal,
resignation or inability Of both the Pres
ident and Vice President, the President
Of the Senate, or if there is none, then the
Speaker of the House shall act as President
until the disability is removed or Pres
ident is elected.
Section II provides that whenever the
Offices OF President and Vice President
both become vacant the Secrctoly of State
shall forthwith notify the Governors OF all
the States OF the fact. An election is then
provided for by sections Is and / -, pro-
vided the Presidential term shall not ex-
pire on the Sd day Of March nest ensuing
then the notice shall be given bat no elect
ors shall be chosen.
Senator Ferry, of Michigan, was chosen
President OF the Senate on the 9th of Jan
uary last. and would succeed to the Pres
idency in the case of the death or tlisabil-
ity Of President Grant But should Sena-
e. Ferry die in the meantime on thn nt-
flee Of President beuUmo vacant. then the
Speaker OF the next House would succeed
to the Presidency
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-02
Mr.. Blaine on the Schools-

In another column we make room for a
letter by ex-Speaker Blaine on the sub
ject of the public schools Of the country,
and the danger they may be subjected to
from partizan interference. Few if any
will oppose the principle that the public
schools, supported by the contributions Of
the people of all creeds, should be in the
strlctest sense non-sectarian. But we are
not SO clear that the people OF this country
are prepared to enlarge the powers of the
general government, while the subject
matter Of the suggested amendment is so
we'll cared for by the states that have re-
served to themselves its control.
That compulsory contribution to church
support has been exercised since the adop-
ton OF the constitution, and is not even
asserted now, seems to show that the
states are all as erant as need be, and
with experience and years are likely to
remain 50
There are few if any of the state consti-
tutions in which religious liberty is not
broadly asserted, and in which the stat
utes tio not provide as literally for
schools as the means Of the people will,
permit. The good sense of the people of
the states will take care that the schools
are not made the arena for sectarian strife
If the schools everywhere shall be di-
vested of all cause of complaint by the
punishment Of scctaran text books and
exercises. there will he no danger that a
division of the school fund can be accom-
plished, or even seriously attempted
to that point the minds Of thinking peo-
pie are rapidly tending.
This letter of Mr., Blaine, like the west
ern speech of Grant and the campaign
talk in Ohio, looks like an attempt to
draw attention from the great reform is
sue noW being made against the admins
tration. Nobody has been hurt by com
pul,ory church attendance or a divided
school fund for more than half Il century.
and are not likely to be for rs long II time
to come. But the people have been hurt.
and seriously too, by the folly, misgov-
eminent, and corruptions Of the party in
power at Washington. Let us attend to
the immediate danger. and not try to
cross a river so very long before we get
to it,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-02

The case OF John OMahoncv, the Feniai
head-centre, against Belmont Il Co., bank
ers. in New York, was again in the SUI
preme court in Brooklyn last Friday. The
case originally it will be remembered
was instituted by OMahoncy TO recover
the sum or $40 ,572 in gold with interest
to date. The money is a portion Of the
amount which was collected in Brooklyn
New DIRK. and elsewhere for the liberia
ton OF Ireland. The complaint sets forth
that the money was deposited in the hands
Of the defendants, Tor which four bills OF
exchange were drawn and addressed to
Rothschild, London. They were drawn
payable to one John OIcary. The mon
ey never reached OLcary, the bills OF oX-
change having been distracted from the
mails. Mr.. Belmont admits the drawing Of
the money and the delivery OF the bills OF
exchange to q person unknown to him,
but payable to John OLeary. OLealy
was subsequently arrested and convicted
of treason in the Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland. He had upon the order Of
the court given the money into the hand
OF Il receiver.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-02

CHARGES AGAINST TIE "WuIrE House
RING" The Sunday Gazette published Il
long bill of indictments against Mullet,
late supervising architect. The charges
are that NIullet, Babcock, Shepherd and
Grant form White House Ring, and have
made the thing profitable; that Mnllet
gave Shepherd the plumbing, gas-titlng
ard roofing of public buildings at rates
thirty per cent. higher than better work
could have been done for, had competl-
ton been invited; that Mulet held an in
tercst in the Vaux patent roof which Shop
herd put on public buildings; that through
Mullet the stone taken from the Seneca
quarry was used in the construction of the
new Jail, and that it was sold by weight,
whereby the government finds itself with
'a quantity of refuse stone, equal to the
quantity used in the building, on its
hands; the profits of the job were shared
by Mullet, Henry D. Cooke and others.
Finally, that Mullet enriched himself by
all sorts of robbery and corruption. The
Gazette demands an investigation, and as
serts that it has the proof to substantiate
all its charges
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-02


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lux II U'''''' '" Is I"''" /" >"N'" "'L'
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been s,;s...f-,ruI fills y,4lr.
h'E N,IP IVY" IONS "t 'ii'UN sumo 'iN- i'
f-N-'f"N 'rnor toHrn ha> lu>t presented ~'oo
70 III" S'die ott=c library.
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a cargo of i'm. To Hc Skinned to Suutb \,n.ii,.,
II ~ .I,H ','t '.' il ,i"II' HiNt summer.
a Washington dispatch >lNS that important
I'.lItllohN it ttlr H>lulh> force ni all port
VIII pr made by December 10Th.
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frn. sherman has Of course been intcrN i',y-
ei, and he is opposed TO war with Spain, which
he regards u IN no sense necessity
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