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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-04-16
BOSTON MARKETS.

WEDNESDAY. April 10. $50
FLOUR The demand .ar Flour has been steady.
Sales IL sit1 u Ia ior Western ,upeTine
$ lll - fur common extras g. - ffr - Tor W.
cousn and " nnesota extra. s. 800 az 70 io- white
wheat Ohio. lniaua uud Nch an. g o, az 2j for
Illinois. ami ~ 4a for s.. Lou 3, iucludin-
choice and flvurlte hr1nfs Corn Meal firm
and has been selling at silH "a - T. bhl.
cat Meal RANGES if'tn 70 = hh.. as 20 the
quality Ia burAwhc1t sl.cs az : OBJ as ~ PiuJlts.
GRAIN Tho market 'or Corn has been good and
pr ce- have advanced. Slles at 50 IA NC b
husei for Ia yed and yellow. oats are rm and have
advanced The sales have been st % "a 56c Y
hushel Jog M xet and white. 10 Rye small sales at
: a ] ~ b hushel. Shorts have been selling At
SIS 40 az 80 0o O. ton and ne Feed and NJ dGl ms
al 5000 N 81 uj ton. In Barley nothing has been
done and prices are quite nominal.
PROVISIONS. There ism Gru feelins for FORK.
and prices have advanced. The sales have been at
l-ig Is 7n for prime. s3 a SOD Tor mess and
50 "a 2 hhi- Tor clear and extra clear, as 70
quality. beet IS firm ami has been Ia demand " in
$40 ~ 81 Tor family. Lad Is arm ana in steady
demand. TIE sales have been 90 o. sI l6ic @ 70 for
steam and kettle rendered. Smoked Hams are
higher, and sales at 10 ~ ne T. 20 Tor Boston aud
Western.
PRODUCE There IS Gsu ceiling for tine
grades OF Butter, but other kinds are dull and re
man W ihout Improvement. The sales Of choice
New York and Vermont GaiT3es have been At 20 10
BIC, and selected lots AZ 10 10 lc T. b. common to
medium range from l- az zi- e. ~, as 10 quality.
Cheese is is hrin with stead, de,nsud SALES At
l30 l7c T. h. White Beans az 81 ~ a. 20 T.
bush for med um extra pea az 3 ~ "a TO- and
] yellow eyes At 50 ~ i2lt q bush. Eg.s at % a
3Sc Tor Northern and Eastern. Potatoes at 70@
- y bush. Tor jackson Whites and tlrly Rose,
aud common kinds at 6o1djc & bush.
WOOL. There has been a fair demand for Wool
the past week, and price remain uuchan -ei. The
sales comprise 10000 bs ONO aud Pennsylvania
| neeccs at 52d6Oc 1901 rs Mich gan New York
ana other neeces at 4iH5}c; ioUtl its combing ana
/ delaine heeccs at t}IU6c ,ll' unwashed cQmbing
ati-ie' f""@ p supsf 81 - r.-.,-d q f4a1' le
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-04-16

An important meeting of the stockhoid-
trs of the Vermont and Canada Railroad
Company will be held at Brattleboro, on
the 18th of April.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-04-16

ALBURGH The ice moved the railroad
bridge at Alburgh Springs, Monday.
| tie 18th, so TO prevent trains
passing over it during the day. Fears
are entertained Of the bridge between this
town and Rouses Point. The main body of
| the ice is uncommonly thick and solid for
this timc of the year. The last team crossed
the 5th. and found over two feet in the
! channel
SwASroN. The ice has all left the Alissis-
ouoi River. The anticipated danger to the
railroad bridge is past.
Rev. Mr.. Lyon preached in the Methodist
church, Sunday. lie was appointed oyer
the same charge forty years ago.
The Academy and graded school opens
The 18th with Mr. Phelps as principal.
A large force are at work on the new
station house at Swanton junction.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-04-16

A fire at the Ludlow Valve Works in
Lansingburs, n. Y. Thursday evening,
damaged number of valuable patterns,
causing loss II 81 900 The loss on the
building wa4 81 800. The works are owned
by g company of which Henry q. Ludlow
Is president. They employed 100 hands.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-04-16

ANPUTATIoN EXTRAORDINARY. Auseu
frazier. Of Horizon, Warren county, \ ",
trazs his feet recently. and as he was IN in
liEent circumstances the town poor master
was called upon for aid lie employed a
certain aged doctor living in Horizon to am
putate two Of the sufferers toes Ii was
done with mallet and chisel The chisel
was placed on one toe and struck with the
iaallet five times and lastly with an axe ere
It >uecumbed. The other toe passed through
ike ordeal, the victim groaning aud
~hrick,ag at every blow of the mallet.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-04-16
DIED.
Hsw Establishments.

I 0ST-A gold ear drop, belonging to a set, en-
March q, 1875, either in the r. & X. X. car,
city Of Burlington, or Shelburn road. The finder
will he suitably rewarded by leaving ii with WIN.
Henderson, Express Agent, Burlington, Nt.-April
9, dGi&w4w
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-04-16

ln the matter 81 Eister onerugs, that one
,4ksn at St. Peters Episcopal church in Al
Aay, Y Y, cannot be equalled The plate
ei.Ioction amounted to the handsome sam Of
SD 600
NoRra FsERlsBURGH P D. Psreiyil has
sid his farm in this place, of $50 acres, to
rankin White. for $ 500 Mr. Peroiyal
aas bought the house, lot. and blacksmith
Shop of M White, paying 50. 100 for the
sane
A special meeting Of school district No.
3. ui this town, was held Friday evening, to
locate a new school house. but finally ad-
burned al midnight. after fourteen ineh.ct-
AL ballots on location without deciding
the matter
Martin hotel at this place, has lately
gone into the hands Of NJ l. Richardson.
Vbo j. keeping A fr~t-rate house.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-04-16
$50 800 $500 $1,000

1870 >PHING CAMPAIGN.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-28
National Tree Culture.

A bit of gossip is going the rounds of
the press telling how certain good
citizen recently cut down an immense
oak tree on his premises, because it's
gigantic size and wonderful beauty drew
so many visitors. The tree had passed
its second century of life and deserved
better fate. Its fall brought forcibly
to mind the saying of an ancient lover
OF the forest, that the man who would
wantonly kill a shade tree would slay
one of his fellow creatures. It would be
sad to believe this, however, for the
waste of forest trees in our land has
been lndiscriminate and universal. So
far has it gone that in some parts of
New England and the Middle States
large manufactures are kept in enforced
ldleness during part of the winter
months by reason OF drought, and the
character of the soil in other sections
has undergone change for the worse.
1t would not be bad idea if the North
should follow the example of the West
in avalling itself of the provision made
by national legislation for the encour-
agement of tree planting. In Mime
sofa, since the act in question was pass
ed, fifteen million trees have been
planted in about seven thousand acres.
In addition the number planted on pri-
yate places, and not embraced in the
assessors returns and on the railroad
lines, will bring the total for the State
mp to twenty millions. This is Just so
much solid wealth added to the Golfers
of the State, and the trouble has been
comparatively trifiing. In the great
decrease of forest trees, the item of a
national system of tree culture ia bio
with the promise of future riches.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-28
Henry Ward Beecher's Oath.

When the defendant in the great suit
OF Hilton rs. Beecher was called as q
witness, the scene which ensued is de-
scribcd as follows:
Mr.. Evarts said: "Mr. Beecher will
be swern." The defendant rose amid q
hustle i'll the room, and, carrying his
soft hat folded together in his hand,
made his way behind the jury-box, came
to the front with gray and rigid face,
and stepped up upon the stand. The
officer offered him Bible, but he put
it aside, and, looking straight ahead of
him at the clerk, held up his right hand.
" You do solemnly affirm and declare /"
began Mr.. Madison.
Wait moment" put in Mr..
Beach, springing up, and Mr.. Evarts
got up too.
"You do solemnly affirm and declare -
renewed the clerk.
"Wait n moment, sir :" shouted Mr..
Beach. Then he said, solemnly, to the
Judge: "I object to this form of oath,
sir, unless Mr.. Bcecher shall declare
that he has conscientious scruples against
swearing upon the Scriptures"
The witness did not move n muscle,
but stood upright and gray, looking
! straight at the clerk, or over his head
and out of the window.
Judge Neilson-Any form that Mr..
Bcecher considers will bind his con-
science.
Mr.. Beach-The statute, sir-the
statute is that witness shall be sworn
upon the Scriptures unless he declares
he has conscientious scruples against
that mode of swearing.
Whereupon, upon these harsh voices
broke Mr.. Beecher's mellow one, and he
said, i'll grave fashion, unmoved by the
ungracious incident:
have conscientious scruples against
swearing on the Bible"
Mr.. Madison began again: "You do
solemnly affirm aid declare - and Mr..
Beecher had put uphis hand again, when
Mr.. Evarts said, "Stop!" The clerk
stopped, and Mr.. Evarts told him:
He swears with uplifted hand by
the everything God, as is the custom in
New England, the distinction between an
oath and an affirmation being the same
there rs here"
The clerk suited all parties Mt last, nd
ministering this oath:
You do solemnly swear, in the pres
ence of the everything God, that the
evidence you shall give in this issue
joined between Theodore Tilton, plain
tiff, and Henry Ward Beecher, defend
ant, shall be the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth
"I do" said Mr.. Beecher, and settled
in his seat at once in lounging, com
Portable attitude.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-28
Story About BOYS.

A doting father has two hopeful sons,
one five and the other two years old. A
few evenings since, after some pleading,
they got papa tuned up and listened in
silent delight-the little one on his knee
and the elder by his side-while he sang
the beautiful song of "Ben Bolt" He
feelingly traced the story of the bold
mariner and with intense pathos portray
ed the death of his sweet Alice, who
sleeps beneath the gray, cold granite in
the old churchyard
g In a corner obscure and alone"
When the song was ended there was
profound silence. They were too full for
ntterance. The younger boy leaned
against his fathers bosom. The elder
gazed dreamily into the fire. After some
moments he turned his eyes, glowing
with the fervor of intense excitement, to
his father and asked:
Papa, what is a skewrand
"a what, my sona''
"a skewrand"
"a skewrand Why, my son, l have
not the slightest idea. Where did you
ever hear such word as that 2"
why, papa, when you were singing
You said; In corner of a skewrand
aloner"
As it was late and the boy was sound
asleep, mother was called and the inspired
youths were put to bed.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-28
Native Cruelty in India.

A Baroda correspondent of the Bonn
bay Gazette furnishes the following re-
markable, and, if true, atrocious par
ticulars of case of cruelty, which, he
says, has created profound sensation,
as well it might. 1t appears, says this
authority, that one of Mulhar Rao's
courtiers, who was in great favor with
his highness, was looked upon with
jealousy by some of his fellow courtiers.
SO, to get him into trouble with the
Maharaiah, they reported to his highness
that the favorite had been casting amor
Gus glances Mt the Queen. The poor man
was then seized under-as L hear it will
be satisfactorily proved-the orders of
the Maharajah, and cast into prison.
Special fetters and manacles were forged
for him. 1 have seen them. A great
iron bar nearly as thick as your wrist
and about eighteen inches long, with
thick heavy rings fitting on it for the
hands to go in to secure his arms. These
things alone weighed twenty-five pounds.
An iron ring of great weight was put
around his neck, and chain was, I be-
leve, attached to it, Huge iron bars
with rings attached, together weighing
thirty five pounds, were fastened to his
legs, so that it must have been impossi-
Die 1or the poor fellow to walk even O
yard. He could neither stand, sit, nor
lie down. I am told the weight of the
iron attached to his hands must have
been almost always on his chest, and the
iron around his neck must have bent
his body down so that his sufferings
must have been terrible. But they dis
covered.a way of adding to them. For
about sixteen days they fed him on
chutney made of chillies, and gave him
salt water to drink. At the end of this
time he died. Every one who has seen
these letters feels sick at the very thought
of what this poor wretch must have
suffered. All this time there was no
charge made against him, and there is no
reason to suppose that any notice would
ever have been taken of the circumstance
if it had not been for the inquiry which
has been ordered to be held.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-28
Flies Are Useful-An Interesting Ex-
pertinent Made.

PNhA"She shouCs
1t has generally been believed that the
common house fly was a nuisance and OF
no earthly use. Prof. Emerson, O
noted English chemist, found that flies
were not so useless as they are supposed
to be, but that rs scavengers of the all
they are indispensable. Did you ever
watch a fly who has just alighted after
soaring about the room for some little
time? He goes througha series of opera
tions which remind you of n cat lick
ing herself after meal, or OF bird
pluming its feathers. First, the hind
feet are rubbed together, then each hind
leg is passed over wing, then the fore
legs undergo like treatment; and last
ly, if you look sharp, you will see the
insect carry his proboscis over his legs
and body as far as he can reach. The
minute trunk is perfectly retractile, and
it terminates in two large lobes, which
you can see spread out when the insect
begins meal ona lump of sugar. Now
the rubbing together Of legs and wings
may be smoothing operation; but for
what purpose is this carefully going over
the body with the trunk, especially when
that organ is not fitted for licking, but
simply for grasping and sucking of food.
Prof. Emerson found on examination
that the action of the flies was to gather
animalcules, which had attached to them
i'll flying about the room. He took q
sheet of white paper into the kitchen
and waved it around, taking care that no
flies touched it, went back to the micro
scope and there found animalcues, the
same as on flies. He had now arrived at
something definite; they were not the
progeny of the fly, but animalcules float
ing in the air; and the quick motions of
the flies gathered them on their bodies,
and the flies then went into some quiet
corner to have their dainty meal.
The investigator goes on to describe
how he continued the experiment in a
variety of localities, and how, in dirty
and bad smelling quarters, he found the
myriads of flies which existed there
literally covered with animalcules, while
other flies, captured in bed rooms or
well ventilated, clean apartments, were
miserably lean and entirely free from
their prey. Wherever filth existed,
evolving germs which might generate
disease, there were the flies, covering
themselves with the minute organisms
and greedily devouring the same.
Mr.. Emerson, while thus proving the
utility of the fly, has added another and
lower link to that curious and necessary
chain of destruction which exists in AMI.
mated nature. These infinitesimal
anir2alcules form food for the flies, the
flies for the spiders. the spiders for the
birds, the birds for the quadrupeds, and
so or up to the last of the series, serving
the same purpose to man. He certainly
deserves credit for an interesting and
novel investigation, and for an inteli
gent discernment which might even at
tack the difficult task of teaching us the
uses-for nature makes nothing without
some beneficial end-of the'animalcules
themselves.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-28
A Noted Lion.

The lion "Jim," which has Just ex-
pired at an eastern managerie, had his
tory of its own. He was captured when
two years old, and, with one or two ex-
ceptions, was the largest lion in captivi-
ty. He was twenty-eight years of age,
and had resisted every efforted to tame
him, being at the time of his death al
most as wild as when first captured. AT
one time breaking loose, he attacked an
elephant, and the elephant threw him
down, breaking two of his ribs. During
his career the lion killed one man and
thirteen animals, besides seriously in
juring number Of his keepers.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-28
VOL. I.--NO. %.
The Two Angels,

God called the nearest angels who dwell with
him above:
The tendercst one was pity, the dearest one
was love.
"Arise, he said, :'my angels vail of woe
and sin
Steals through the gates Of heaven, and sad
dens all Within.
- My harps take up the mournful strain that
from lest world sweils,
The smoke of torment clouds the light and
bliGhts the asphodels.
"Fly downward to that under world, and OH
its souls of pain
Lot love drop smiles like sunshine, and pity
tears like rain -
Two faces bowed before the throne yelled in
thor golden hair;
-Four whito wings lessened swiftly down the
dark abyss of air..
The way was strange, the fight was long at
last the angels came
Where swung the lost and neither world, red
wrapped i'll rayless flame.
There pity, shuddoring, wept; but love, with
faith too strong for fear,
Took heart from Gods almightiness and smiled
e.. a smile Of cheer.
And 10! that tear OF pity quenched the flame
whereon it fell,
And, with the sunshine of that smile, hope en-
tered into hell
Two unveiled faces full OF joy looked upward
:. to the throne,
-Four white wings folded at the feet of Him who
sat thereon -
And deeper than the sound of seae, more soft
than falling flake.
Amidst the hush of wing and song the Voice
Eternal spake
:"Welcolnc, my angels We have brought a
heller joy to heaven
Heacetorih it's sweetest song shall be the SONG
of Sin forgiyen!"
$50. John q. Whtutr.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-28

A lad i'll Eddyville, Iowa, lately found
100000 under his fathers barn, and
there was great rejoicing in the family
until it was discovered that the cash was
all counterfeit, and very bad counter
felt at that.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-06-25
Pauper Asylum Letting.

L L a meeting of the Dubois Board of
~ County Commissioners, held at the
Court House in the town of Jasper. on
FRIDAY, June 18th, 1875, the following
proceedings were had:
liz is now hereby ordered by The
Board that the Poor Asylum and Poor
the Keeping of the Paupers therein for
three years, commencing on the lSt dav
of September. 1875. be let ut the door OF
the Court House OF said county, on
MONDAY. AUGUST 81. 1878.
at public outcry. to the lowest RESPONSE
BILE bidder. That the Board OF County
Commissioners of Dubois County, In
diana, meet in Special Session AT the
Court House i'm said county. on the said
ID day of August, 1875. for the purpose
of letting said Asylum aud Poor Farm
and approving the bond of the person
or persons TO whom il may he LEI. and
to transact all business pertaining there
to. The Board reserves the right To it.
self to reject any and all bids which may
be made. Said letting will be done be-
tween The hours Of 10 O'Clock A. NJ. and
o'clock II. NJ. of said day. That the
Auditor of said county give due and
legal notice of said letting. by three
weeks publication in the Jasper Weekly
I Courier. and in German in the Hunting.
burg Signal. The successful bidder
will be required 10 give bond will
sureties to the acceptance OF the said
Board in the the penal sum Of twenty
I five hundred dollars. payable TO tn,
State of Indiana, CONDITIONED for the
faithful performance of his duties a,
Superintendent of said Poor Asylum
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-06-25
STATE OF INDIANA &C
DrRoIs CofrxTy.

'. August Litschgi. Auditor iH and
for the County Of Dubois. in the State
Of Indiana. do hereby certify that the
foregoing is true aud complete copy
of the proceedings and order OF the Du.
bois Board of Commissioners of Dubois
County, Indiana in regard to the letting
of the County Poor Farm and Poor
Asylum. and Keeping the Paupers there
in. on the 18th day of June. 1878, as ap
pears on record in my office.
In testimony whereof | hereunto sub
scribe my name and hereto afIix the sea
of the said Auditor ut my Office. ut Jas
per, this Gath day of June. 1875.
AUGrsr LITsCHGI, "A. ID. &.
June 25th. 1875. - 81
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-06-25

DY virtue of certified copy Of de-
10 cree TO me directed from the Clerk
of the Dubois Circuit Court. in cause
wherein Paul l.. Cars Is plaintiff. and
George G. Dills, Mary III. Dills, ct. nj.
are defendants. requiring me TO make the
sum OF nineteen hundred aud fifty-three
dollars. with interest on said decree and
costs, will expose at public sale to
the highest bidder. on
SATURDAY, JULY Sd, A. ID. 1875,
between the hours of 10 o'clock, A. NJ.
and o'clock. +. VI. Of said day, az tho
door Of the Court House in Jasper. Du-
bois county, Indiana, the rents and prof
Its for term not exceeding seven years
of the following described real estate
lto-wit:
The Northwest quarter of Section
No. eighteen ns.) Town No. three g.,
South Of Range No. three (3,) West, cs.
ninety acres and 20-100, mere OF
less.
And on failure to realize the full
amount of principal, interest and costs
called for by said decree and Judgment
will nj the same time and place expose
at public sale the fee simple Of said rea
estate.
Said sale will be made without any
relief whatever from valuation or APP
Ipraiscment laws.
JOHN WEIKET, Sheriff ID. G.
CLEMENT DoANE, Atty for Plaintiff.
June 18th, 75-3w. Up. f. $40 90.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-06-25
Auditors Report of Principal ol
school Fund.

STATE or INDiANA,l IS,
DtRns CorSrY,
rTyHE undersigned. Auditor In and for said County
i and state Aforesaid would reSdectfully report 10
Honorable Body true statement Of the Receipts
and Expenditures 81 Principal ~ the Trust Funds held
hy said Couny from the lst day ~ June. 1873 70 the
3ist day u Nay, 1875. both days inclusive:
Rrcrirr~
There was remaining in the Treasury on the
1T day ~ June. l~74 lsI VI
Aud there has since been received IN the
treasury the following amounts on the fol-
wing accounts, to-wit:
For Principal on g.. :. y. 81 ooo o.
For Principal on 7 l. ; RI, W 40 oo
ror PRINCIPAL on Ia sR4w 100 90
For Fines zfi 90
Total sl,e2s IS
And there has been laid ont the following amounts
on the following accounts, to-~it:
nv Principal Common 5. b. $1,000 o.
Receipts ~ SIS ~
Expenditures 1000 ~
Balance Sass 81
Respectfully submitted.
AUGUST LlTSCHGl.
Auditor Dubois Co.
June 2sth. ISIS
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-06-25
Auditors Report County Fund,
STATE OF INDIANA g

DDDOis COUNTY. y
vy,Il + undersigned. Auditor, in aud for
i said County, would respectfully re-
port TO your Honorable Body the fol-
lowing as a true exhibit Of the Receipts
aud Expenditures of said Comfy from
the Isl day of June, 1874. to the 3lst
day of Nav. 1875:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-06-25

- a man was ,ound yine iuus N
one of the sidewalks in Jasper, b..
Marshal Rose on last Tuesday. and Ia
ken before Esq. Herbig. lie gave his
name as Hon. John sherman, but
claimed to be from Otwell instead OF
Ohio. In default OF money to pay his
tine he was taken To Jail, but was hailed
out next day by some of our charitable
citizens aud sent ON his way to Orwell
rejoicing.