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The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-18
EHair-ISrcadtii Escape.

Strange are the chances OF life and death.
One of the most extraordinary among all
the hair-breadth escapes IN tales of sea or
land is that of the sailing vessel Il. G. w.
Kinds, in one of the recent severe storms
along the coast. The vessel had deck
load of kerosene oil and two hundred and
fifty kegs of powder, with general mer-
chandise in the hold. In the stress of
weather it became advisable to pitch the
deck load overheard. But unable to han
die the barrels in the heavy sea. the men
knocked in the heads in order to let it run
into the sea, instead of which, however,
it ran into the hold, and soon after very
naturally took fire. Here was now kero-
sene-saturated ship on tre, with enough
gunpowder on board to blow up a navy.
Yet, notwithstanding water was of no
avail to put out such fire, 1t was subdued
In some way, and the Kinds came safely
into Savannah but considerably the worse
for wear. The four persons burned to
death in a boarding house in Gloucester on
Sunday would have been safer, it appears,
on top of the burning kerosene and gunpow-
der, IN the midst of a storm off Cape Hat
teras
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-18
NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Order is, at last, evolved out of the chaos
of New Hampshire election returns, and
there is reasonable certainty as to the re-
suit. Returns have been received from
all the voting precincts in the state, except
three small towns up in Coos county, the
vote being the largest polled for several
years, aggregating 70, 00S as against II, 745
in 1874, O., S07 in 1878, 1854 in 1872, and
50, 729 in 1871. Person G. Cheney, repub-
lican, has plurality of 653 votes over Hi
ram X. Roberts, democrat, but fails of a
popular election by one hundred and
Twenty-Five votes. The republicans had
majority of !, Jas in 1872, and of 230 in
1878, while the democrats had plurality
of S0S in 1871, and Of 400 last year. In
lS72,and 1878 the republicans had the gov
ernOr, as they will this year, while the
democratic candidate was elected by the
legislature in 1871 and 1874. The legisla.
ture this year thus stands senate-repub-
licans, 8 ; democrats, 5 no choice, 2
house-republicans, l0l democrats, 1888
'SPup'Nhh uihyOIily, o. 40 thC houoc HIS
the vacancies IN the senate, that body will
ultimately stand republicans, T democrats
.. With republican legislature, a repub-
lcan governor and railroad commissioner
will be chosen. The council will consist
of five democrats and three republicans,
and their concurrence being necessary for
removals from office, the minor offices OF
the state will remain substantially UNI
changed, unless the republicans should
conclude to follow the precedent establish
ed by the democrats last year, and legislate
the obnoxious democrats out of Office. The
precedent, to be sure, is not very good
one, but then there are several office holders
in that state that would bear even beng
legslateG out of office. The political COM
pleyion of the members of congress is
changed around from last year, the delega-
ton now standing two democrats to one
republican, while in the last congress there
were two republicans 10 one democrat The
result, all in all, is substantial and reas-
surfing republican victory, and promise of
better things to come. We have republic
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-18

Nice-Presidcnt Wilson has written let
ter to explain his vote for the bounty bill,
for which vote he has no regrets to ex-
press or apologies to make. He considers
it an act of justice TO soldiers, and demand
ed by al, of the national political plat forms
of 1872. 1t would have equalihed the
bounties on the basis of eight dollars and
fifty cents a month, would not have taken
more than ten or twelve millions of dollars
from the treasury during the next two
years, or more than siXty-three millions of
dollars in ALL none of which, except the
fee established by law, would have been
paid to claim agents, but must have been
paid through the pay department directly
to the owner--''the soldier could not have
sold his claims claim agents could not
have bought them" He says in explana-
ton and justification of his action 81
gave my casting vote for the bill, and with
my record, and after my expressed views,
how could | have done otherwise ! | came
out of the war with these four convictions
burned into my brain and heart, that this
nation should do justice to the men who
entered the war in its early years without
bounty or with only bounty of 500;
that it should keep faith, at any cost, with
those who had furnished the means to carry
on the war, and those who held the obllga-
tons of the government that it should
give citizenship and equality of right to the
freedmen, and that by generous and bene-
fcent legislation it should strive to build
up again the erring, but smitten, portion of
the country. Such still believe to be the
nations duty and its highest interest
have therefore no regrets to express OF
apologies to make for my casting vote fol-
the bounty bill
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-18
How They so 10 NJeetin, in New
Hanipslire

The Congregational church in Ringe, n.
H., voted two years ago to repair their
church building, very large proportion Of
the old pew owners agreeing to surrender
their pews and to meet the expenses of the
society by rentals of the pews. Mr.. Will
lard G. Jones, one of the old pew owners,
declined to surrender his pew, and insisted
on occupying his former place in the new
church. The church committee rented his
pew short time since 10 an abe-boded
member of the society who, planting him
self at the head of the pew, refused admit
lance to the former owner. Then began q
race as to who should be earliest at the
church Sunday mornings to hold the pew,
one of the parties taking possession as early
as o'clock. The old owner and his fam-
ly were, a few Sundays since, removed by
an officer, and Mr.. Jones now brings suit
against the church committee.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-18

The members of the New York legisla-
ture must ENJOY the reading of the daily re-
ports of the Tilton-Beecher trial They
first passed law making the trial eternal,
and now they are creating witnesses for
Beecher. A bill is now under consideration,
providing that in suits for criminal CONVEX
sation, wife may be witness against her
husband in behalf of another party-that is
to say, that Mrs. Tilton may be witness
for Beecher, but not for Tilton. So long
as the existing law is construed as permit
ting husband to testify, and as excluding
the wife, il is, perhaps, well enough to
place both on an equality, but this law
does not propose any such thing. More
over the idea of passing general laws FIR
the especial benefit of one particular party,
or controversy, is somewhat obnoxious to
criticism
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-18

His days were but a span long. Only
Friday Of last week, in referring to the po-
sition of certain Vermont newspapers on
the ''third term" we quoted the following
from a, Burlington paper ITO so into the
" national campaign with nominee
" weighted down with the unpopulariiy of
" Il third term would be to court utter and
" irletrievable defeat" We implored these
gentlemen to be careful, reminding them
that If the admin tration was not tie re-
publican party yet, for TIE present. it was
the dispenser of government pap. But it
was of no use. 1t was too late, and now
the blow has fallcn. The President, Tues
day, sent to the senate the nomination of
Buel ]. Derby as postmaster at Burlington.
II is an excellent nomination, one'cminent-
ly fit to be made, and while we extend our
congratulations to our old friend, we can
not iorbear to tender our coincidence to the
Burlington editor, even if we must at the
same time, congratulate him, also, for be-
ing clear of all entangllng alliances.
Next
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-18
Law vs.. Moral SunsIOn

The experience Of Great Britain in legis-
latlon for the prevention of drunkenness is
rather discouraging to those people who
rely on laws for turthering moral reforms.
The last reports Of the British constabu-
larry show that the compulsory early clos
ing of liquor shops increases instead of
diminishing the amount of evils of drunk
enness, by transferring the scene of orgies
from the saloon where they can be guarded
against to the domestic circle where the
drunkard has il all his own way. Instead
OF drinking his fill at the saloon, the
drunkard now drinks at the bar till it is
closed and then takes bottle home with
him, and so on the whole the constables
think it less harm to leave the saloons open
as long as they please
The Springfield Union sensibly COM
ments on this Legislative shoit cuts to
the Millennium are very enticing but they
generally end ina ditch. The only way is
the old slow way of individual moral and
mental elevation, working from within
outwards."
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-18
The New York Ton,ino Association.

In 1892 number of knickerbocker mer
chants who met daily in coffee house in
Bond street, founded what is known as the
Tontine Association, upon plan which
was kind of speculation in longevity.
They erected a coffee house on the corner
of Wall and Water streets, completing it
in 1894, the place, famous in the history
of New York as the Tontine coffee house,
becoming the resort of many distinguished
people. The property was divided into
203 shares, which were sold for 5000 each,
the holder of share choosing a nominee
upon whose life his own interest in the
property depended. Upon the death of
any nominee the share represented became
forfeit to the association, and so the lives
of nominees were precious to those holding
the chances upon them. The name of this
association was taken from Lorenzo Tonti,
a Neapolitan who flourished about 1868,
and introduced among capitalist a novel
system of betting on human life. The lot
upon which the coffee house stood was one
hundred feet square, and is still owned by
the association. The coffee house cost
$40, 900, ahd during the first twenty
nine years the interest on each share
ageraged 81 per cent. The property is
worth at the present time : 100000. The
the same as the number of shares, but in
1889 they had dwindled to 93. Mr.. Fred
erick De Peyster, who inherited several
shares from his father, made an estimate
at that time that it would take until 1874 to
thin the number to seven, his estimate
proving correct. Mr.. William Bayard, one
of the seven survivors, has just died, leav-
ing only six nominees, all Of whom are now
very old men and women. Some of them
have had eventful lives. The oldest is
Gouverneur Kemble, who is living at Cold
Spring. He is in his Tooth year, and the
others are all over so. Each remaining
share is now worth about 100000, and the
SIX are held as follows John A. Kings
heirs, one share f. De Peyster, one share;
w. r. Horne, one share DR.. Narick, one
share George Bright, one share and f.
l.. Lyncy and wife, one share.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-18
Vermont Mons.

Some of the streets in St. Adams are
covered with three feet Of water.
One of the most valuable orange or
orchards in Florida. is that of en- ex-
Vermonter, Col. Hart, ut Palatka, which,
few years since, could have been bought
for b0gatelle, but which now is valued at
cool 100000. There are only five or
six acres OF the trees, but they yield the
fortunate colonel from ten to fifteen thou
sand dollars annually, and promise to go on
bearing abundantly half century more.
Daniel Collins, man employed in the
machine shops, connected with the wooden
mill at Winooski, met with severe acct
dent, Monday. While standing on an ele-
vator repairing the chain attached to it, the
chain suddenly gave away, and he was
precipitated to the fourth fl DOR below, n
distance of about GO feet. He was found
mangled and bleeding and it was thought
that he could not recover but lator it was
asccrtaned that his injuries were slight
compared with the greatness of his fall.
Both of his knees and one arm were some
what injured, one wrist was broken and
his head was cut and bruised. AS II is, his
escape from death is almost miraculous.
Joe's Pond, at West Danville, was
named after an old Indian called Joe. 1t
is related of Joe that he once went into a
tavern at Peacham, already pretty drunk,
and drank from pitcher large draught
of cider. He soon threw it up and into Tie
pitcher. lie repeated the experiment again
and again, but finally gave UP in despair
and put the pitcher under his chair and be-
gan to doze. Three or four young men en-
tered the hotel aud supposing Joe drunk
they thought they would have some fun
with him. One of them reached under the
chair, carefully poured out the cider, and
drank it up. But Joe saw them After
they had drank it, he turned around and
said "You keep him down; me tried
him four times and he no stay" BY that
time they began to have the same expert
ence
The Jersey City journal gives Julian
SCOTS picture of Cedar Creek handsome
notice, closing as follows;
And now it occurs to us to inquire why
the state of New Jersey should not have
picture similar to this one, which COM
memorates the valor and patriotism of the
Vermont soldiery, or better one if it can
be procured. New Jersey has certainly as
many Union battle fields of which she has
cause to be proud, as Vermont or any other
state. Mr.. Scott, who painted the battle
picture for Vermont, which is described in
another column, is resident of New
Jersey, his home being now at Plainfeld.
Perhaps he would be able and willing to
pant for New Jersey as good picture as
he gave the Nermonters, or better one.
Who will start this good thing in the legis-
lature?
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-18

can governor, railroad commissioner senate
and house and one or two extra demo-
Gratis more or less in the next congress is
not of much consequence-the more there
are of them, the moro likely they will be
TO commit political suicide.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-18
FOTtY-sIx Lives Lost.

Particulars have been received OF the
burning Of a match factory at Tidaholm, in
Sweden, and the loss of forty-six lives.
AN eyewitness of the disaster writes that
about FIVE o'clock in the morning sixty
women and children were employed max
ing matches, when in an instant some of
the material caught fire and six rooms were
in flames. In few seconds some of the
poor creatures managed to escape, but
forty-three, many of them children, were
literally roasted to death. OF eighteen
young girls who came to work at Tidaholm
the previous week, no fewer than twelve
persisted, and their charred remains lay un-
claimed by any one. Baron Essen, who Is
proprietor of all the lands and villages
around Tidaholm, collected the inhabi-
tants together after the fire, and conducted
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-18
From Cleveland Plaindealer.
A DemOTaliZed IOstmaster.

A book firm in Columbus sends out postal
cards. asking postmasters to send names of
Sunday school scholars and preachers of
the gospel who will act as agents for its
publications. The following verbatim re-
ply by an Indiana postmaster TO one of
these is handed us for publication
/ cannot give you the name OF any Sunday
scollars for don't know them since preachers
OF the gospil have acted 80 like hell Dam ma.
tion all over the country sunday Schools and
other religious teaching g. modes OF worship
have gotten blow par In this section.
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service 10 the church, which was crowded.
The scene was very painful. The corpses
lay In heap near by, and the weeping and
wailing of the relatives was distressing.
Forty-six bodies were taken out OF the ruins
while the writer remained.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-18
The United States senate have, by vote
IF thirty. three 10 twenty eight nostnoned

Of thirty-three to twenty.eight, postponed
Plnchback to the second Monday in Decem-
Der next. 1t partakes of the cruel to leave
Pinchback on the ragged edge" of hope
or despair for the next..nine months, but 1t
may be compensated by the fact that he
and others are placed on their good beha-
vor for the same period of time 1t does
seem as If the senate knew as much about
the merits or dement's of this controversy
now as they will ever learn, and that poll
cy, If nothing else, would have dictated
that the sorrows of poor Pinchback and the
troubles of poor Louisiana should have
been withdrawn from the topics to be dis
crssed on the stump, this fall.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-18
SARk SDORO.

The Rev. Mr.. Stewart, a colored preach
er from the south, has been delivering a
course of lectures here on The South rs
it once was, and as it now is" He occu-
pied the pulpit of the Free Baptist church,
Sunday forenoon and evening.
The dwelling house of Charles Russell,
in South Starksboro, was destroyed by fire,
one night last week. Nothing of impor-
lance was saved. Insured in the Vermont
Mutual Fire insurance company for about
$500
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-18

L. L. Jameson, deputy, organized Mid
dletown grange of the Patrons of lIusbandry
on Tuesday evening, March 10th, with the
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-07-15
During the early part of the late

During the early part Of the late
war, in the year 1861, shortly after
our army moved from Washington
out beyond Arlington, Gen. Levi s.
Chatfeld of New York went over to
visit some Ohio regiments. when the
following incident Of the movement
was related to him: AS they went
along on their way over someeof the
soldiers stepped out of the ranks and
"confscated" couple of geese, and at
the suggestion of an ingenious fellow
and a natural ''bummer," one of the
drummers unheaded his instrumentand
put the captured birds in. Shortly
afterward the Colonel came along,
and noticing that the boy shirked his
usual drum whacks, rode to him and
said, "Why don't you beat that
drum?" "Colonel," said the startled
musician, II want to speak to you"
The Colonel drew still closer to him
and, bending down his head, said,
"Well, what have you to say?" The
drummer whispered, Colonel, I've
got a couple Of geese in. here" The
Colonel Strengthened up and gravely
said, ".Well, if you're sick and can't
play, you needn't" and then rode on.
It is. needless to add that the Colonel
had roast goose that night,
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-07-15
When acidity of the stomach f

When acidity of the stomach fol-
lows eating, it is because there has
been an error in the quantity or quail
ity Of food eaten; the stomach could
not manage it, could not perform the
work imposedupon it. The true rem.
edy is to eat less at each meal, until
noacidity is perceptible, or to change
the quality Of the food: and in a
short time the stomach not being over
tasked, gets time to rest, to recuperate,
to get strong, then itdigests more food
and digests it better, with the inevita'
BILE result ola more vigorous consti'
tuition more power of endurance, more
strength of body and greater elastici'
ty Of mind, more happiness and ener'
gy to grapple with life's duties, which
max es existence a pleasure"
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-07-15

Many persons are in the habit ot
freshening mackerel or other salf fish,
and never dream that there is right
and wrong way to do it. Any per.
son who has seen the process of evap.
Grafton going on at the salt works,
knows that the salt falls to the bot.
tom. Just so it is in the pan where
your mackerel or whitefsh lies soak.
ing; and, as it lies with the skin
down, the salt will fall to the skin
and there remain, when if placed
with the flesh side down, the salt falls
to the bottom of the pan, and the fish
comes out freshened as it should be-
In the other case it is nearly as salt
as when put in.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-07-15

IMMENSELY OF NATIONAL DEBTS
The immensity of the national debts
is exhibited by Black,ooods Magazine,
which shows that since 1860, when
America entered the money market
as borrower, at prodigious rate, the
indebtedness of the world has increas-
ed at the average rate oftwo hu ndred
millions year. 1t then goes on to
say, "If this average is kept up, in
twenty-five years more the total debt
of the world will reach ten thousand
millions. The interest of which, tax.
en- at the average rateof five per cent,
will amount to the present aggregate
public revenues of all the States OF
Europe and North America"
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-07-15
SHE HAD VIEWS.
From The Hudson Co. (O.) Chronicle.

From The Hudson Co. (O) Chronicle.
Two women in one Of the passenger
cars on the train on Monday morning
had views on the Tilton. Beecher bus.
mess.
Il tell you," began one Of them,
looking wise and, fierce, II have my
notions of this hull business. and have
had for some time" This remark
seemed to ease her a little, and lubricate
the hinges of her tongue, which had
become lettle rusty over Sunday.
Eyes, SO have l." meekly respond
ed the other.
told 'em last fall," continued the
energetic female, "tbat if you'd put
the hull kit Of 'em in a bag and shake
'em up you couldn't tell which would
come out first, and I don't care who
knows it." She shook her head and
clawed the air to represent the shak-
ing of the bag as it appeared to her.
eyes, SO am T." murmered her com
panion with a meek and contrite ex-
preston.
Gas I told the widder Smith last
fall, Beecher an Tilting an Moulting
and the hull kit of 'em are all of the
same piece, an I don't care what the
jury say, they can't make me believe
any different, an I don't care who
knows it," She paused here for
breath and to adjust her bonnet, which
had been pitched over on one ear.
Eyes, so do l." again replied the
other gently, but with as much spirit
as she could muster. eyes, I haYe
all along"
'D'you spose they can make me be-
lieve he's innocent after all them let
ters an'-an'-an'-pshaw! As I
tole mother last fall, you may put the
hull kit of 'em into bag an shake
'em up, and 'twould be hard to tell
which would come out first. tell
you I have my views Of this thing an
l don't care who knows it" By this
time she was terribly wrought up, and
was man ipulating hervoice very near
the ninth symphony. The tumult Of
scorn that swept over her face was
fearful to contemplate.
They were going to Toledo, but at
the rate she started in it is doubtful
whether she held out the entire Jour
neV.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-07-15

"A. T. Stewart & Co., of New
York, advertised to the extent o1
$850,000 last year, nearly one pc,
cent. of the total amount of their sales
Mr.. Stewart, the head Of the firm, il
regarded as one Of the shrewdest me1
in the United States, and his method
of doing business is universally con
ceded to be par excellence, the standard
for merchants to follow.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-07-15
DO divorces run in families i?

DO divorces run in families? Is
the passion for putting assunder what
God hath joined a matter of blood
an epidemic which is catching? 1t
would seem so from recent occur
renee in the New York Marine
Court. A divorce suit was brought
in that court, and every witness ex-
amined had been divorced. There
were five altogether and all related
to each other. The record does not
show what caused these divorces, but
it certainly indicates that the dis.
ease had a very successful run.