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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-04-14

LONDON has cremation society, which Is con-
structlng furnaces and chapel for funeral eere-
monies
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-30
DeIeat Of the Sewing Machine
Ring.

From the Cleveland Leader. q
We take pleasure in announcing 10 the
farmers, the needle women, and all In
this section who are Interested In the
chcapnuss Of sewing machines, that the
Senate Committee on Patents, has after
full consideration decided to report
agaiust the renewal Of A, h. Wilson's
patent on the four move feed motion for
sewing machines, and that In consequence
Ofthis decision M important pillar under
the sewing machine monopoly will be
kuOckclnway. ThepatentOi MIR. Wilson
was first issued In 1852, andat lis expira-
ton will have been in force twenty-five
years. A brief statement OF the points
covered by twill show how essential It
has been to the vast mOnopOl y which has
kept the price Of sewing machines up to
$1,000 when they should have been sold for
$4,000. It's specifications are First-fhe
feed bar, or pod, is given forward mo
ton TO carry the cloth to the needle.
ScCOnd--A downward motion to release
tho cloth from the grip Of tho feed. Third
"A backward motion 10 the extent Of the
length Of the stitch. Fonrth--An up
ward motion to take fresh hold on the
cloth. "a sF tbHf8yTt
II will be seen in moment that here
WIS patent which all sewing machines
now mademlist use md pay royalty br,
-Four great manufacturing companies are
associated together in the ownership Of
this important patent. They are the
Wheeler and Wilson Company, the Howe,
the Singer and the Wilcox and Gibbs.
TO the combination all other sewing
machine manufacturers have been forced
to pay tribute until the invention lids re-
allied TO its inventor several million dol
lars and tnablc,lth fur Cont tanies above
named to defy all honest competition. II
Is stated the cost Of MI ordinary sewing
machine Is about twelve dollars, but that
the smaller manufacturers have been
obliged TO pay to the feed monopli4ts ms
high rs forty dOitWSper machine for the use
Of the feed motion, The petition Of the
feed mOnOpOlists Is for renewal al
the patent for seven years. This, II Is
estimated. would he worth to the
combination twenty million dol
lars, and would result in an additional
expense Of four times that amount to tlle
people Of THO country. II is not the in
icntlon Of hr'patChl laws 10 sustain and
perpetuntr my such lnohstfOns abuse us
this, and lilo refusal Of the Senate to ex-
tend the patent Is II subject for congratu.
lalion throughout the country. Good
sewing machines will be now for sale In
the American market for from twcnty.to
twenty-five dollars. This is us Il should
be. tits the curious rtsdHs Of the
giant monopoly that Wheeler and viii
son sewing machines, which any ono can
manufacture In Europe, can he purchased
there and imported here, duty paid, for
about half what they cost IN this. country.
II Is high time that the sewing machine,
us essential. IL part of ever. household
equipment ~ a. cooking stove or BROOM,
'AiGld'lh SOid'fOF merely d 'fair living
profit above the cost Of its manufacture.
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4 VnlunDlc Daughter.

Oh b certain day, oil Transatlantic
railroad, u belle Of Il thriving pennsylva.
mia town, the daughter Of II wealthy lum.
bcr merchant was travelling III the same
cur with shrGwd old citizen Of her ma
tive town and an agreeable gentleman
from tho wesl, who tells the following
story The latter lid been talking t6 The
belle, butas the night drew On and the
yOtns lady grew drOwsy, he gave up his
sent to her and placed Himself beside the
somewhat cynical lhennsylvonian. Tho
latter began conversation by pointing to
n high mountain, past which they we're
wllirlng, and Rhil: "YOu see that
mountafh2 Six orcight years ago itwas
covered with Us fine forest asGvcr grew,
and worth $4,000 ahd upwards. Nov,
without a trcp, covered with stumps, the
land Is scarcely worth a continental. The
net produce Of that mountain lies over
there IL that seal, and no pointed to the
tccumlent belle; "thatismy calculation.
II has Just absorbed all that lumber which
her father owned to raise and educate the
girl, pay for her CLOTHES and jcwelty,
bring her out III society aud maintain her
there. Some Of you young men, II YOU
WORT given Soiit choice between The
mountain yOnder, as Il now stands, and
the net produce MI that seat, would take
the net pro,lncc, but as for me, give me
the stumps"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-30
A Nn1rrnilleilL rclrrrnnl,.

lFrom the n. y. journal Of Commerce
Banle.l In their cnlcavor to establish
postal telegraph system outright, tho
advocates Of that measure are trying ia
do the same thing by indirection and slow
approaches. Several bills for this object
have been introduced in Congress. OI
these the most ihvitliouS, perhaps, il that
Of General Butler. He does liOt say Il
word about building Government line
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-30

Associated Press on. the LIST Of January,
1873, Another section decidedly con.
flicts With one already msRdoned, where
L proyidss that G9Yernmeni disldtches
shall have precedence over I'll l0lheis,
This Is the very 1pleferenCe9 which -
prohibited seVhete and Il iS'thisghieh
would Obstruct the telegraph to an In
suferable extent on election nights ami
other important occasions. The Gov.
ernment would then, to all intents and
purposes, have monopoly Of the wires
and could make all other interests wait
upon It's bidding, We know how, in the
PostOitice Department, the delivery OF
private letters is Obstructed and delayed
about election time IN order that cam.
paign documents may be hurried through
the nails and from this fact We may
gather n tOretaste Of what would happen
II the Government had practical mo-
nopOly Of the telegraph also. With re-
gard to legislation IN behalf Of newspa-
pers and news assOciations-f
an advance Of rates beyond those in force
January !, lS75-this may seem very be-
nevolcnt to people who know nothing
about it. But Il is not asked for, and
those who are most interested in it only
desire that the Government will let them
alone, They prefer to make their own
terms for doing their own business, They
are mindful OF the fact that II the Gov
eminent has right to fix prices now, 1t
has right to change them hereafter, II
Congress can pass law regulating the
Telegraph business at all, it can amend
that law at It's pleasure. Once admit the
principle that Government may interfere
with the telegraph, and there Is no prac-
tical limit to such meldling; and hence
We oppose itat the outset In themiltiest
shape. II may bc said that Democratic
majority in the next Congress would not
pass amendments which would give the
Administration u greater control oyer
the tClegraphs than that provided fOrbS
Buffers bill; and therefore that one COM
monty expressed cause OF fear has no
foundation. 1t Is true that Democratic
maiDrjly would not strengthen the ADJ
ministratiOn hold on the telegraph; but II
might not be able to repeal the Butler
bill, should II become law, Such
law would, rs we have said, be Of great
value to a partisan Administration, with.
out q single change in any Of provisions,
II would give President Grant and his
Cabinet, aud all his office holders through
out the land, u precedence over all others
in seUliug dispatches and thlswouhlbe,
nj critical limos mn inralrulnbln nOliiir0l
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-30

81 one q The Cincinnati newspaper
offices there Is m editor to whom is as.
signed The dutypi writing editorials on
questions pnder consideration By the Ohio
LGsislattfe. Yheyoang man bfanchsdin
rapkly Al The BEGINNING of the session,
worked % two d three headed articles,
then dwiidled to daily paragraph, and
finally stopped altogether. Hischief met
him an evening or two since in a billiard
room playing pin pool. He had been
there from noon until midnight every day
for month. Being asked what he meant
by negIecting his work, tho ybungmAP d.
fered to bet his chief suit Of clothes that
the Legislature had not done thing dur
ing Inc month Of January that was Of
sufficient Importance to deserve even q
paragraph. But the wary senior had read
the Columbus reports and refused to take
the bet, Did an Ohio Legislature ever
give so little return for its wages as the
present one2 II $50, when n CeHlaad Leu
der
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-30

'l'nE women Of 81. Louis are up in their
ma rsty, and resolved to send delegation
Of their sex to demand seats IN the Con-
slitutional Convention, which Is to meet
at the State capital in May. The dele.
gates chosen are Miss phUba Cousins, the
lawyer, Mrs. Frances Minor and Mrs. l.
A. Filley. Mrs. Minor in addressing tIit
inasa meeting which elected the delegates
mentioned, claimed that the question oI
framing the organic law of the State hav.
ing been referred by the Constitution
itselt back to the people, and not 70 voters
merely, The entire people, women as well
MS men, should have right to take part
In tho proceedings, The progress Of The
age having abolished all legal distinction
between hian and man, the same course
must be pursued with respect to woman
There promises to he n lively time at JEFF
ferson City when the Convention assem-
hlna rh|..
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-30

MENDEL--On Wednesday, January %, ls75, at
II O'clock r. NJ, GEoRGE AINDEL, aged % years,
Funeral will take place on Saturday afternoon al
O'clock, from bis late residence, No 0I Twelfth st.
IntermGnt at Greenwood Cemetery, Friends OIL
family arc invited 10 attend
BURKE-0n Friday evening, january 20, 1875
at 3G O'Clock, MARY, wife Of Thomas Burke, In tho
list year Of her age.
Tho funeral will take place from tho residence Of
her husband, No. 2050 Main street, Centre Wheel
Ing on Monday morning, February Isl, at hAli'past
nine O'Clock, and after services at the Cathedral
will WUoCCd IN tho Catholic Cemetery on tho Ma
tiOnal Road, The funeral regulations adopted by
the lalO bishop Whclan will 10 strictly observed,
Friends Of the family aro lnVltOl to attend.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-30
EpiLepsY.or Ills.

A SURE CURE for this distressing complaint IL
now inatlG known IN Treatise (Of iS OCtayO IagC5)
on Foreign and Native Herbal Preparations, pub.
was discovered by hlln In such prOVilGntial an-
nCF tllat llB cannot cOnsCentOIsly refuse TO mako
II known, us II has cured everybody who has used
Il for Fits never having fAlNl In single case The
ingredients may h. obtained from any druggist. A
copy sent free 70 oil applicants by mall, Address
City, n. j. larb0.cOl
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-30

TEXAS probably suffered less in di.
rect way from the civil war than any
other Of the Southern States, and it has
been either the most fortunate or lest
governed State in that section since the
war. The total debt Of the State, accord.
Ing to Governor COke's message, is only
SlO12,2D5, and the estimated receipts
Sl,gSOO0O, The estimated cost OF the
public schools Is $4,000, and the esti.
mated receipts Of The school fund $7l5,-
100. The taxable property Of the State
Is $975,OO0,OOO, an increase Of sGS,OOOOOO
since 1872. There mu.t he some potent
reason for the prosperity Of Texas us
compared with Louisiana, and for The
peace which rcighs there, and a good
lesson might be gathered from compari.
son Of the conditions which in the one
State have produced anarchy and mis-
rule, and in the other peace, light ilrr-
dens and growing prosperity ~
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-30
SPECIAL NOTICES,
LauOhIln's Infant Cordial.

The chIld'sCuro when teethIng-tO relieve lnlaul.
nation Oi the Gums, u allRy uncasineas, 10 quiet
Collie Palms, to promote Sleep, tOCtTe Summer COnl-
plant. This We consider 0llG VI tho mort valuable
remedies tO.hd Kept ID The family when tho chill
trun ara cutting their teeth. We arc selling thou
Sanda Of bottles and haVu 10 hear tho llrsl pcrOu
say II IL not all w0ncOmRlGnl Il to ~,
MUTIIRIls, have you sicily, ictihiRg babe that
TURNS the HOURS Ot NIGHT (WhGn you - long iOF
rusil Into ono IOND, WRARY DAYTIME VI WOMB.
NRNT aud CAlES Cry-Cp-Cry day and all
night lOngf II YOU have, lileR 10 TeIlOl, O TON
WINGED, hesitate no t0nper-R PRw drops u lNPANI
CORDIAL aud your ehii WILL be PAClBIED, and
SWEET, REFRESHING sLRgP will take tho place OI
w4KRPUL SUFFERING. lrOCurd Ut once bottle.
Sold by oil Druggists anil
LAUIlltIN BROS 4 CO., lTOprlolOn,
Wheeling, ", Va,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-30

a LARGE bed Of eels has been found on
the flats south Of Chappaquiddick Point,
Martins Vineyard, and many tons have
been taken out by fishermen. On Monday
a man took out one hundred and twenty:
six from one hole which he had cut in the
To-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-30
NIARRIED.

DWIGHT-NEILL-On Thursday, January 3,
1875 at the residence Of the brides nlnthGT, by lhe
Rev. j. d, Monet, Mr.. CHARLES L. DWIGHT aud
Mis- Lizzie NELL.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-30
SATURDAY, JAN. 30, 1873.
Tho Abuse Of Public Men.

II we remember correctly, Governor
Hartranft, of Pennsylvania, in his an
nual message, called attention to the in
discriminate abuse Of public men, which
has become SO common, He mentioned it
because not only OF the wrong Of it, but
also of its bad practical effects on the in
Of the people.
This Is an evil which is confined to no
political party. Neither does it exist
merely in the columns Of certain Of the
newspapers of the day, To large ex'
tent it has found its way among the
masses Of the people, II man becomes
candidate for any high Office, he is apt
to be assaulted as ii he was a kind Of
blackleg And ii he ischOsen, many per
sons seem to assume that he must be un'
trustworthy, II an enemy asserts in the
mOstundGrhanded manner any suspicion
against his character, il is Mt once nc
cepted by thousands as unqucstionablc
and perhaps is magnifed until its author
no longer recognizes it,
ltmight not be difficult to lay bare Ger
tain causes which have tended to produce
such results, They might be so presented
assomewhat to mitigate the popular guilt
in this matter. Still the thing is an evil
which Is both wrong in itsoIi, and which
produces bitter fruits,
The suggestion OF an unwarranted sus'
picion about person in private lie i
acknowledged to DO most daStardly
crime. The man who stabs your cbarac
ter Is no better than he who attempts Il
main your body or take your life, What
right has any one to adopt different
principle in regard to public persons
SANDER is as bad in one case rs il is il
other.
And the effect upon men, who are real
" desirable IN places Of authority, is Il
deter them from candidacy. The peCu
mary consideration Of Governors, Mem.
bers Of Legislatures, Congressman, Cabi
net officers, and the like, is not such, fOr
the most part, rs to be an object 10 many
persons who may he qualified for such
positions, III they accept such Offices Il
Is often al u sacrifice Of business. The
only considerations which could induce
them to consent are an honorable AM
bilion, and desire to serve the Interest,"
Of the people. But II instead Of honor
abuse Is sure to follow, they will rather
shrink from office than seek or accept II,
Thus the services Of the most desirable
persons are lost, and u less qualified elias.
l. forced to the front.
And the influence upon those who are
really corrupt and untitled for public po
sitiOns Is to render them still more I'm
sGrupulons. The abuse Is ndiscriminate
II Is no worse for them II they yield tC
lheireviI propcnsitlcs than II they resisl
them, They conclude that there is NJ
Use in attempting to maintain even NJ
appearance Of integrity. And when the
abuse is indiscriminatc, the stigma Of
corruptionis lcys'lark than II It was fixed
only upon the guilty. 1t inevitably
ceases to have the influence for gOoL
which II would exert II it was consider
atelY employed. We need better class
Of men in places OF authority. This /,
true in all parties, We can. scarcely
hope to obtain them unless We as M
ton cease to hold every man to be trick
stcr or worse who Is in Office.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-30

sTHElargest telegraph pole in the Cqpn.
ICY Is said to be the one just crested In
New York TO support the wires Centering
in the new Western Union Telegraph
CompNnSH building, II Ia % feet high,
rising much above the surrounding build.
ings, and is from a tree Of California
growth.
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I'onto,ni,nc Company!

Direct iaOnI NlblO's Theatre New York
ElblO's Theatre, New York
Harry jec, King Of Clowns
The ureAt Partisan Sensation, Milo DCanlOn's
lady VGlOCipChC 1rOupel
Tho WOFll-iamUl ice Family, the Bright and
Particular Stars Of their Profession, Introducing
their great SICralics Of the Musical Rocks mud
lhll1 III the kItChRni
(OOiy tlOnit) tiuS Phillips, tho Dutch COmellnnl
Eugene RlltE, the 1nlmltahle Punch and Judy
Prof N. UlteahlOn'B Wonderful 1tlinblCrUfOhl-
cam
Gins. Christie, The Monarch ran,alnUn!
Harry Sheldon, VIM. Eunicc, Mile Herbert.
Making COnsinllA Of talent unpIualGl IN The
Amusement World.
BOALR or PRlCEs-O Orchestra and Drrss Circle fjc.
Family Circle GOr. Reserved Seats 81 o.
INK ONCE open Baturlay, Jan. 30, al iOAM.
lln2S
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Bits from Brooklyn.

tNoTE: Our readers had better make the
most Of these Bits They are the last they j
get Our s. b. editor and the Trial are both
becoming played ont about the same time, aud
the Scandal shall not trouble us more
Lingard is presenting Beecher and Titon
among his character sketches in California.
The Salem Post thinks that if George Wash.
ington had only been croSs-examned by Judge
Fullerton before he died it would have turned
out that he reilly liel about the cl cry tree
after all.
There was not prompt resumption one af-
terncou, ard Judge Nelson remarked to Mr.
Evarts: This would be a good time to rest
your case
" There is no rest for the wicked, was Mr..
FulIertons joke.
Coles New York circus conceived the idea
Of preserving Beecher, Tilton, Moulton, No
thor in-law Morse, etc in wax works, and re-
alizing a bonanza on them by exhibiting the
Brooklyn Sinners, throughout the country
Plymouth, however, thought differently, aud
iniuncted the circus from carrying out its plan
Manager Cole is fighting it in the court, pow
declaring his entire right to make casts Of
whomsoever he peases, even-the ID
with a sly look at II. w. b.
Manager Cole was merry old soul
A merry old soul was he,
II. Ward 3. and Theodore t.
The upright maiden, Susan B.
And other twigs from the Brooklyn Tree
Were all to be cast in wax. but he
And that is 20 say, II. W. B. couldn't see il.
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" The Bloody Chasm. "


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OF the graves at the N"toua' cemetery Ar
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90 l7eoialiohs' 'ee nealeosfls 70 the graves
% '-s men "1' '0'sh'' O'ed ana a'ea Tor TIE
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Qre...ea, Garrett. lail lrief visit to Mar
aestcrg, 90 SATURDAY last, % confer with the
GEMS Of TIA, place uron some matters a.
fs.,ac DE mutual interests n that city and
re Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Whilst
t.-rc. an incident occurred which is not with
,s. Interest 70 The people Of this county, and
vl.,l ws derive from ono who was present
4 Ter s,a.e conversation between Mr.. Garrett
ard Ns. Fsulkuer 10 relation % the suit now
r.atiag go iae District Court Of toe United
,c. q, Wheeling brought by the United
States ao3 @. + Adams asaius, the Baltimore
md Ohio Railroad Company. be, addressing
Sir Faulkner. said: d" 7 understand that yUu
a.. To- favor q Fc-establislirs tie National
Asm1ry % Harrsss Ferry is that's Mr.
Fau,kusr replied, that he vas very DESTROYS
esr- toring The state Of things that existed
&. gs when for eight years he was its represent
alive il Congress. lie preferred to see the 60
rclameat retain is property at HarPer's Fer
iy, and reconstruct its public works at that
place; tu. iftba. could not be accomplished
Dis next wish was 70 see it in the hands Of
bona f}e capitalists, who would develop and
improve the great resources Of that place.
After a moments pause, Mr. Garrett con-
ua-ed Mr. Faulkner, ,hink YOU are right
ia wishing TO see tho National Armory re-es-
nbls1cj there think it may be done, and
>. ought 20 be done It would be a graceful
net on the part Of the government to the south
90 DO as you propose in chat matter. I will
cooperate with you most cordially in the ac-
corpI;shmeut Of that result Our fraternal
ea2r-cIs are DOW al az enJ. No such monu-
mcut OF that civil strife should remain as now
exists 10 the condition Of Harper's Ferry. II
should be restored exactly TO what it was be-
fore tbs war, and You may rely upon my ear
vest cooperation with you in whatever yoc
may undertake in Congress to accomplish that
restoration
When Mr Faulkner took leave Of Him, bis
mini seemed 70 be still dwelling upon the idea
aad be said Now, remember, that iu what.
ever YOU undertake for the restoration of "a,
ia,crests Of Harpers Ferry you shall have my
active and cordial cooperation"
That. 20 US, does not appear much Es,
&" blocking The way"
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Book Notices.

HARPER's MAGAZINE for Jnne is rich in rare
and spicy reading-its table of contents is va
RED and full of idtereSt We commend it to
the seeker after instruction and recreation.
GoDEYs for June contains a splendid steel
engraving, richly colored full page fashion
plate, with the usual supply of pleasant and
useful reading. It's merits are so well-kuown
as to need DO enlargement Of them on our
part.
PETERsoN's MAGAZINE gives more 10 its sub
Scribers for the money than any other maya
zine in the country or perhaps in the world
it is a good magazine.
PETERsoys Journal sustains itself well
and bids fair TO attain large popularity
The June number contains large number of
attractive stories with the opening chapters Of
a new Serial by Mrs May Agnes Flemmiug.
A beautiful steel eugravi0g forms tie s.c=::s-