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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-18
brighton Cattle Market,
For the week ending Wednesday, June 1
From the Rosfoa Tour1aI

From the Boston Journal.
At market for the current week-Cattle
1915; sheep and lambs 5lS6; swine 1850;
number of Western cattle 1895; northern
cattle and milch cows 100.
Prices of beef cattle per 100 lbs, live weight
extra quality $3.50 to 500; first quality
800 to 1874; second quality Sc. 371 to 6.S71
third quality $50 to 6.25; poorest grades of
coarse oxen, bulls, &c, $3.50 to 5.25.
Brighton hides &c per Id; Brighton tallow
8 to &c per Id; country hides 6 10 64c per
ID; country tallow 5 to SIC per Id.
Calf skins lac per ID. Shcared sheep 35c
each; Lamb skins SOC each.
The trade for beef cattle for the past week
has been quiet and the supply of cattle from
the West larger than that of one week ago,
Prices upon all grades renlain unchanged
from our last quotations, the best lots selling
ut u TO &c per Id live weight. There were
several lots of Texas cattle in, selling at 81
to 6Ic per ID. some of them being good beef
cattle. There were over so car loads of cat
tie brought in the latter part of the week, all
of whick sold quick the day of arrival.
Working Oxen-There has not been much
call for working oxen of late and but few
pairs offered in market for sale. As soon
rs cattle come in more freely from the north
and Maine tho trade for workers will prob
ably revive.
Store Ca;tle-Not much call for them and
but few in market. Most of the small cattle
and cows that are in n fair condition are
bought up by butchers to slaughter.
Mich Cows-Extra S55 to 800; ordinary
$25 to $50 per head. Prices of COWS do not
vary much from week to week. Most of
those offered in market for sale arc of II
common grade.
Sheep and Lambs-From the West there
was II fair supply, costing landed at Brighton
from 81 to tic per Id. Lambs g to loo per
ID. From the North the supply was light and
trade dull.
Swine-Columbia county spring pigs, Is to
l7c per Id; store pigs wholesale 10 to lO4c
per Id; retail 10 to l2c per 10. Fat hogs, ut
market 74OO; prices 81 to SIC per Id.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-18


A great many people read Of leprosy and
think it one Of the things of the past, but
such is not the case. In the village Of Ira.
cadie, near the mouth of the Miramicki
River, in Canada, the disease is SO common
that there is a hospital for lepors. The dis
ease seems to be hereditary but not contag-
ious, most commonly affecting each alternate
generation, and among the poor French Of
Tracadie it is quite common for healthy
people to marry lepers.
The Toronto Globe says:
1.-THE disease first appears in small white
spots on the breast, then the face assumes
a puffy appearance, and there is much pain,
languor and drowsiuess. The fingers become
crooked, the neck swells, the limbs show all
the symptoms of dropsy, the nails fall off,
and at last the throat and lungs are attack
ed, and the sufferer dies, a mere mass oil
loathsome disease. Its duration varies from
five to twenty-five years, according TO the
strength of the constitution"
LcprOsy is said to be on the increase il
many of the British dependencies, and il
very prevalent in the Sandwich Islands and
in some parts Of the West Indies, and il
portions of East India one per cent of the
population are lepers. 1t is chiefly confined
however, to countries where little attention
is paid to personal cleanliness, which may
in part, account for its rarity among Amer
leans
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-18

The sudden death of Mr.. Abel w. Fair
brother, of Oventry last week, should impress
upon every one the Importance of greater care
of the human system. Mr.. Fairbrother, after
working in the hot sun and getting his body
in a heated condition, went into q cool cellar
to put up a load of potatoes. The change
of temperature was 50 sudden and 50 great
that prostration ensued and death followed in
a short time. Such sudden changes Of con-
dition ought always to be avoided especially
during the heat Of summer. Drinking ice
water is a very common but dangerous prac-
tice and should never, in our judgment, be
INDUCED in. The publisher of this paper
has occasion to remember its fatal effect one
hot day in the summer of 1871. Better by
far drink water that has stood in the sun an
hour. The thread of life is brittle indeed
and sometimes a slight violation of the laws
Of health is sufficient to snap it asunder.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-18
Do Not Loaf"

Whatever a mans circumstances may be,
it is not to his credit to be long out of en-
ployment. We are all placed IN this world
with certain powers which are not merely
ours to use as we choose but which it is our
bounden duty to use, all the time, in the
way that shall have the largest influence Tor
good. And there is always work enough for
all, and at fair wages,-work which any can
perform and which will make the world bet.
ter to live in by increasing its productive
capacity or increasing the value or desira-
bleness of something already produced.
Then, young man, if "out Of employment"
temporarily, in your favorite branch, what
ever that may be, "do not LOAF" around wait.
ing for work to come to you but seize hold
of some Of the work that is waiting to BE-
done, and, while helping yourself and adding
your mite to the worlds production, you can
also be keeping eyes and ears open for other
employment which may be more tasteful to
you. Be employed all the time, and there
will be few temptations to wander into those
ways Of sin which proverbially tempt "idle
hands" you will be helping yourself in the
race of life, a little, perhaps, but still better
than not at all and you will be ~discharging the
duty you owe to a Higher Power Of making
good use, all the time, Of the talent He has
given you. No matter what you do, provid-
ed it is honest labor and done to the best Of
your ability, but idleness is no mark Of a gen.
tleman, nor yet of a successful business man.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-18

Eggs by weight and eggs by count are
very different things. In Massachusetts a
legal standard of weight per dozen has been
fixed, and should be In every state, but if
dealers and buyers would insist on buying by
the pound instead Of the dozen much could
be done toward remedying the present un-
just system, without any such law. In son
country places dealers in produce who buy
eggs to sell again for use in their own viii
lage have adopted the weight plan with most
satisfactory results. How many village stores
will Ego and do likewise ?"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-18
FTOm cur SSseIalRsPOr tar.
Richmond Market.

MONDAY, June IA.
At market $50 tubs butteri 800 boxes
cheese; | car of potatoes, with wool and
skins In small lots. Batter from 20 to Csc;
fancy selection 26c; most Of the butter was
sold mt % TO gao; cheese, farm dairy, whole
milk 8 to I0c. Factory sent on commission.
Potatoes 30 to 35c; eggs $50 per doz; skins
75o; wool 25 to 800 per Id for unwashed.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-18
From our Special Reporter.
NSeIr HGUelE Market.

TUESDAY, JUNE 10.
Shipments from this station this week, rs
follows, viz Butter 10000 lbs; cheese $500
lbs; eggs 200 doz; Dbl of beans; l car of
hay; yea calves %. We quote Butter
20 to Csc; selections 27c; cheese consigned
eggs l6c per doz; hay $40 per ton; veal
calves SC per 10.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-18
from oar SPeclaI RtP0FIeF'
Sc. saIbanS Market.

IUEoUAl JUIU 10
The butter market to-day was not quite rs
firm rs last week. and there wa a slight de-
cline from last weeks prices. We quote /:
Medium to good 10 to l9c; common to fair
IL to 22c; selections % to &c. Amount
shipped will not vary much from 1900 pack
ages.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-18

1t is useless to write any thing and send
it to a newspaper without signing your name
to it. We always want the news but we al
so want to know who sends it so sa to know
whether it is trde or not.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-18

This "land Of progress" does not monopo-
lie all the progress of the world. In Ba.
varia steam street engines are in common
use. How long before we shall be as far
advanced as that here in Yankeedom?
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-18

LIFE's LEssoNs,-For me nothing is more
interesting than to see a man 10 the first 10.
tense strain Of a new employment il may be
a new cider-mill it may be a newspaper.
II is a great cricis in that mans life. He
lives thirty days in one. Old trite proverbs
take on new and startling meanings. He
looks upon all men and all things with a
strange, new light. He judges all men and
all things with regard TO the accomplishment
Of his one, supreme design. During a GER
tain time the stars in their courses fight
for him then the very universe changes its
direction, and pushes with all its weight
against his lettering walls another change,
and q thousand accidents are ia his favor.
He does not know till years afterward with
what concentrations he labored in those
days of beginning. He smiles at himself,
and tells pleasant stories of his make.shifts
and absorption and now when he sees an.
other and younger person starting his cider
mill, with the old, outworn enthusiasm, he
looks on with the same half-sympathetlc,
half-cynical interest with which an old mar
ried couple contemplate two young people
who have just fallen in love.-Sc, liners
Monthly.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-18

and bringing into the front rank compare.
lively new candidates for public favor be-
cause they are conducted upon the correct
principle. Those newspapers whose mana
gers were sagacious enough to catch the drift
Of the age have found their advantage in
passing from the state Of organs TO that Of
independent journals, and SO have retained
their place in the ranks. Others have fallen
behind and must give place to those that
press on. This change accounts for many Of
the movements among newspapers, but there
is another still more powerful. This refers
to the ways and means of journalism. The
expenses Of conducting a irst-class, enter.
prising newspaper are three times as large
as they were fifteen years ago. Everything
has tended to increase the outlay, without a
corresponding increase of income. The re-
suit is that, to-day, a good many well.con-
Quoted, substantial newspapers are scarcely
paying expenses, though many have been
very profitable, ten years ago, on the same
amount of business.-BoSton Herald.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-18

John G. Kaulback, Jr., 1913 and 1870
Water street, Boston, advertises a fine stock
of groceries, and all in want of anything in
his line Of trade will please consult an ad-
vertisement in another column. Examine
the stock of goods offered for sale by Mr..
Kaulback, and then judge whether the price
and quality can be excclled.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-18

TRoUnLF

"Hunan Happiness aud Health, are greatly dimin.
ished," says Dr. Hall, "by the anticipation Of troub.
loD-JouruaI Of Health.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-18

The Grand Trunk railroad, which a few
years ago was pointed to as a decided fail
ure, grows more prosperous every year, is
paying we'll, and gives evidence of being un.
der skillful management. Not only have
dead-heading and free passes been abolished
by the road, but a large number of unpro6t-
able way stations are to be closed and un-
necessary help discharged, Immediately.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-18

Any four or more persons can put their
money together and get the FARMER for
81 so each. See terms on first page.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-18

The bold project for a uniform system Of
weights and measures for the whole world is
each year being forwarded and perfected,
and now seems not only possible but proba.
bic among the events Of the coming century.
A convention has already been called by
representatives OfFrance, Germany, Austria,
Belgium, Spain, Russia, Italy, Switzerland,
and the United States, which has for its OBJ
ject the furtherance of the metric system.
100000 francs are to be expended in build
ing an institute, and $4,000 francs the first
year and $4,000 francs per year aiterward
will be devoted to the cause.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-08-26
A Wsshingtonian in luck.

Many Of our citizens, particularly those of the
Masonic Fraternity, will remember Mr.. W. NJ
Tileston the gentleman referred to In the article
we here quote from the Pioneer Pres, st. Paul,
MINI. He was for several years q resident Of
this city. We congratulate him on his good fof=
tuEe:
Mention has heretofore been made Of the dis
covery Of q quarry Of red granite in Stesrns
county, few miles rom ST Cloud, and Of the
this new industry, and place the merits of this
stone before the people Of the United States
The company is entitled The ST. Cloud Granite,
ram Rogers, Esq.,. President, Hon. L. A. Evans
(St. Cloudl, Vice President, D. W. Wellman,
Treasurer, W. d. Rogers, Secretary, and W. NJ.
Tileston, general manager and financial agent.
The works of the company will be located in this
city, under Rogers block, where machinery Will
Re e 6 a for dpT
post Of the kind in the country, and It is said
to be equal Il not superior to the popular red
from Aberdsen, in Scotland, the import.
be Overestimated. Specimens which have
the Scotch red granite in the marble yards Of
Mr.. Tostevin and Mr.. Bowers, and when put
side by side with the costly monuments in OAK
land cemetery, not even an experienced granite
WORK or can tell one from the other. A day or two
ago piece Of this granite weighing ten tons was
shipped 70 Chicago: where It VIII BE- critically
place as O base TO monument IN q cemetery Of
that city. II is confidently predicted that when
this granite is brought to the attention Of the
government architects, 1t will on account Of its
extraordinary beauty, durability aad cheapness
superscde all other kinds Of granite In the con-
struction of buildings now in progress or here
after to be erected in different parts Of the west
This granite quarry is In close proximity to the
St. Paul Pacific railroad, and as 1t crops out
above the surface Of the ground-in one place the
mass Of rock standing up exposed about forty
feet b gh-it can be worked at the lowest possible
minimum Of expense. If the expectations Of
those Immediately interested are not at fault,
there granite works promise to be one Of the
largest Industries Of the state and IL 10 earnestly
to be hoped their most sanguine hopes may be
realized.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-08-26
PAY OF LAB0RERs.
Claim for Extra Compensation Disable,

Claim for Extra Compensation Disallovsd.
Some time ago, 9 number Of the lsberers EN-
ployed by the late Board Of Public Works. filed
claims with the District Commissioners for the
difference between 600 per day allowed by the
old law Of the corporation, and the $50 per day
paid by the Board OF Public Works. The papers
were referred to Mr.. Birney, the Assistant At
torney, who, in his report on the subject says
THE claim il based upon resolution passed by
the late corporation Of the city Of Washington,
March q, 1867, fixing the pay Of the laborers Of
that corporation at half q dollar more than was
agreed to be paid py the Board Of Public Works.
i do not think 1t should be allowed, for the fol-
lowing reaSons:
A Joint resolution is not law, and the one in
question would not have entitled any laborsrs to
claim the amount fixed in that resolution, If they
had entered into positive contract to work for
less.
Neither joint resolution nor an ordinance OF
the late corporation could bind in any m amer
the action Of the Board Of Public Works, which
was q body created by law Of Congress and acted
under the power given 1t by Congressional stat
utes. know Of know law which fixes the pay
of Iaberers employed by the Board Of Public
Works. 1t was matter left entirely to the dis
cretIon Of the parties to the contract for labor
In the decisions Of the Supreme Court Of the
District Of Columbia Il has been uniformly held
that the Board Of Public Works was q separate
and distinct corporation from the District Of
BILE in any way for the debts Of the Board"
The Commissioners add: "The organic law OF
the District, section Is; approved February Il,
fOrbids the allowance OF any extra compensation
to any public servant after service has been rem
dered."
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-08-26
ea,ualtisr BY Lightning.

During the last few weeks the casualties by
lightning have been friRhtful in every part Of the
country. Every day brings It's sad record Of loss
Of life and destruction OF property. The wide
spread storms which have prevailed with such
violence throughout the world have been far more
serious in their results than have occurred for
many years; and Yet, notwithstanding these fire.
Quent disasters. people are 90 Indifferent 20 the
danger as to be almost criminally negligent.
There are but few buildpgs, either public or pri-
yate In this District that are properly protected
BY copper rods. Old iron rods bent and rusty,
imperfectly connected, may be seen on many Of
the buildings, and afford about as much protection
as o hickory broomstick. We have In this District
some twenty or more school buildings, capable Of
holding as many thousand children and yet no
provision Whatever has been made against soci-
dents Of this kind. We had placed on the REPUB-
LIoAE building, many months ago, pure copper
over the building, all perfectly connected and
terminating IN the ground IL 10 the duty Of every
man 10 see that his buildings are properly pro-
tected and those having our public buildings,
school houses and churches In charge are guilty
Of the most eulpable negligence in allowing them
TO remain In their present unprotected condition.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-08-26
BURGLARS AT WORK.

Temporarily Unoccupied House Robbed.
For . short time past the people Of Baltimore
have been annoyed BY . series Of bold and daring
burslsries perpetrated evidently BY professionals
upon the residences Of citizens whose families
were absent from the city. 1t was supposed that
in view Of recent events the professionals would
give this city wide berth, put IL appears that
they have not. Yesterday afternoon, when As
sistant-Secretary Consnt OF the Treasury, who
lives an Pennsylvsnis Avenue, between First
and Second streets east, and whose family are
absent from the city, went to his home, he found
that 1t had been entered during his absence, evi-
IDENTIFY BY robbers. Word was at once sent to
Police Headquarters, and Detective McDevitt
responded. A careful search showed that the
house had been entered through the back door
which had been timmied, and that every room
had been entered and the trunks and bureaus
b. oxen open and ransacked. Mr. Conant does not
think they took away much booty, but the extent
Of bis loss cannot be ascertained until the return
Of the family.
The detective states that Il was evidently the
work Of professional, and n this be the case per-
sons having large houses unoccupied had better
take measures and have them carefully guarded.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-08-26
SOLICITING TRADE.
Small Deal Between Q Grocer and q
blacksmith.

This is how Q man drives business in East
Washington. A grocer doing business on New
Jersey avenue, near the Eastern Branch, entered
the wheelwrisht shop Of . neighbor few days
ago, having in his hand number Of ginger maps.
'fHow 10 business to-dayf" said the grocer.
Pretty fair" replied the wheelwright. "Hsye
some ginger snaps,n said the man Of trade.
No" said the mechanic al have q chew Of
tobacco IN my mouth, and d6not care for them"
A second invitation TO accept Of some ginger
bread was given and declined, but when the
snapg were offered the third time, the
cSn.idsrsd aD.osisbI.; took |. few ,, ma LAD
them home TO the children they VIII
be glad 70 est them" few days after, the
grocer called 70 see the constructor Of wheels
again, and amer taking about the weather, busi.
nets, and several other subjects, the former said
70 the latter, "Do you know that you owe me two
S SeSs, ~ .5Sse ginger snaps Furnished ySu the
be better I'm agined thap described. when be had
recovered himself suticiently 20 articulste, he
, shs, INC, ! thought you gave them % me-"
that ways" whereupon the wheelwriRht paid the
bill, and informed the dealer in snaps that his
abssnoe from the shop was more Desirable than
his company. 70
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-08-26
THE TOUGH STEAK TROUBLE.
What Assistant Attorney Darlington Knows
nj tha Caaa De

WHAT AbB1bL6ut AItorueY harrington kuOWb
Of the Case.
In the Police Court yesterday morning, Mr.
Darlington, the United States prosecuting attor-
Dey, called attention 10 . publication In the
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,, regarding the fning OF
William Scott and John Barnes, for the ARRAY on
Saturday last. hich statement he said would ap-
court, unjustly. He then recited the circumstan-
ces. stating that Saturday morning Omcer breen,
who arrested John W. Barnes, one Of the princs-
Barnes stating that the ARRAY between the latter
and William Scott brother Of the proprietor OF
the eating house, was Of trivial nsture; inst inst
wss . countryman, anxious 70 return to his home,
asked that he might be permitted to DO SO ana
iSr ts Al: Nos n6Hnr va spYthns about
the case, he declined to do so. Soon AFTER,
Barnes and John Scott appeared with the omcer,
IN each ease be forfeited, and the balance Of the
original amount, 90, be returned 20 barneei
Mr.. ohm Scott, brother Of one Of the d-fendants,
rather than have bis brother dragged intO court.
Mr.: Darlington stated that he declined any
such mode Of disposing Of the case, ana
again renewing their opportunities, Mr..
Scott stating that be would pay Barnes sls,
% that he could 60 home, an9 1ns p % nee
(Seott) to reimburse him, and be would pay his
brothers. ine. After great deal Of importuning
istsrsi in the hands Of the marshal, Is for each,
and the oticer 70 notify william Scott that Is col.
lateral had been collected for him. This was
agreed to, all expressing thanks for the kindness
and as John Scott could not wait TO get his $40
from the marshal he asked Otheer Young TO re-
ceive 1t, and call by his place Of business and
give 1t to him, after which, all departed we'll
pleased at the satisfactory discrimination Of the
affair, none more SO than Mr.. Scott. He had been
informed by Ofhcer Young that Scott was
SO drunk when he took the money to him
on Saturday that he would not give it to him
then, but did SO on o second visit. He now asked
that the d collateral retained for William Scott
at the earnest solicitation or his brother, be re-
turned to him, and as the warrant was out TOR
william, let the law take It's course in the usual
way. He supposed he was doing q favor for these
men, the government and the public, at the same
time suffering thereby. Judge Mills granted the
request, remarkipg that It was better, as some
times acts of kindness are misconstrued II not
granted in the regular way. There was nothing
wrong in what had been done. The trouble was
that the party at whose instance the favor had
been granted could not appreciate It.