Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-25

must be admitted that the farmers are
having good times. Just look at prices,
as for instance: butter from 80 to 3Sc
cheese II to l5c; potatoes 40 to Coo;
fresh pork s to lOc; oats 5S to Coo;
beef to &c; hops 80 to 40c, and so
on, nearly everything at prices greatly
above the average, Hay is plenty owing
to the abundant crop, and the low prices
which prevail in the cities. forbidding
shipments from remote sections of the |
country but as this article is profitable
to feed out upon the farm, the produc-
ers cannot feel the effects of low prices
to any great extent.
Upon the other hand, the dry goods,
groceries and necessaries of life can now
be purchased by the farmers at very ad-
vantageous rates. Our merchants are
selling most articles very low; many of
them as low as those which prevailed
previous to the war, in the times of
peace and plenty. Hence it is that
farmers now sell dear and buy cheap.
enabling them to reap good harvest in
the way of yearly earnings. They,
therefore. are the last people In the
country who ought to complain. They
should be willing to sustain and cncour-
age, to a reasonable extent, the manu-
facturer, the merchant. the mechanic,
the newspaper publisher; and they
should do this with that willing alacrity
which should be an acknowledgment of
their gratitude for bountiful harvests
and good prices.-Burttngton democrat.
The New York Tribune is the most
revolutionary paper which comes to our
table 1t is far more sensational in re-
gard to Louisiana affairs than the Her
aid and depends much less upon argu-
ment than that erratic paper. 1t goes
so far as to publish letter from cor
respondent in favor of assassinating
Grant The language used by the
correspondent is as follows "lf he
Grant insists on fighting it out on this
line. some one will play Brutus to his
Caesar without fail, which, by the way.
would be great blessing to the coun-
try" The paper founded by Horace
Greeley" evidently needs reconstruction
more than does Louisiana Cedar Rap
IDS (Io,ca) Republican.
The catalogues of seeds and plants for
1875, of Peter Henderson & Co., 35
Courtlandt street, New York, are Just
received. They number about 80pages,
are finely illustrated, and in addition.
contain five beautiful colored plates Of
the following: "a group of roses a
group of verbenas a group of pinks
a group of lobelias, and new vegeta.
bles. The catalogues, with all the
plates, are mailed to all applicants by
Peter Henderson & Co., on receipt of sc
cents. A catalogue without the plates
will, however, be sent to any address
without charge.
We shall be surprised if the Presi-
l dents message does not work quite g
change in public opinion. No person
who has not prejudiced the whole CUES
ton, can give it candid consideration
and not feel that Gen. Sheridan's actor
may perhaps have had some excuse, and
that the administration has not beer
guilty of high handed usurpation will
! which it has been charged from some
quarter8-Rutla,ad Herald
| The reaction in favor of the Presiden
e on the Louisiana question is very mark
3 ed, and so much so that there was 6
e great scattering from some of the I'm
ulSHdtIoh .lhCSNlhSo' CopCOihAiJ III Duo
G ton where they We're to speak for New
t England 1t is doubtful if there has
: ever been in this country so great a boz
r for so small a calf ellocs Fall
S Times.
A son of Mr.. Clifford, of Wolcott, sud
: denly left home about week ago, tell
ing his family he was going to Syracuse
: n. Y, since which time he has not beef
g heard from.
A New Orleans special says that Gen
: Sheridan is receiving letters and tele
y grams from all parts of the country ap
proving Of his course in New Orleans.
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