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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-28
Neglect Of Duty.

As the season for repairing our highways
Is Mt hand, n few words pertaining thereto
will be in order
In n former article the construction OF bars
was discussed, tho manner Of making them
so rs not to interfere with ease and comfort
in travelling was shown. In this the writer
proposes TO touch upon IA simple matter; SO
simple, apparently, MS to be overlooked or
neglected by those having the supervisor OF
our roads. The law requires the removal Of
small. loose stones from the road. bee, and
not this alone, but that they shall be kept
out by care and attention TO tho matter.
That this duty is almost entirely neglected. a
short ride on almost any road, otherwise good,
will clearly show. On many roads, in
sections where the people pride themselves
on having good roads. all ease and comfort
In travelling is baAished by the superabun-
dance Of loose, or cobble stones.
What aggravates this evil. or makes the
discomfort arising therefrom seem worse. is
the fact that this labor, that of removing
these Obstacles to pleasant riding, can be
done by boys, or by invalids. Their removal
does not require strength. or skill, only q
little care on the part of the surveyor.
With the miserably constructed bars, and
the surplus Of loose stones which may be
found on many roads, travelling is rendorec
anything but pleasant or attractive. The
statute on this subject is all right and should
DO enforced. ID. T. A.
Mortified, Nay, 1875.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-28
For the vERN ONT FARMER.
THE HEIGHT Or FOLLY.

BY =. y. ROCKWELL.
or all the poor fools We ever aid see,
Fools ofths highest or lowed degree,
Yes high foois, and low oos great foos and small.
The drunkard and gluttOn are the greatest Of all.
The gambler who stakes and risks HE whole living
Who, from day to day, is constantly giving
A challenge to parties TO stake All they dare,
Though fool, with drunkard he cannot compare.
The Ounce who will wager, and dcker, and bet,
Or seek TO got rich by ,niar0tng each debt,
You would class as a fool Of the highest degree,
But the druukard Is far, hr more foolish than he.
The man who will color the facts and thus try
To make gains by deception, or even lie,
You'd consider as foolish ~ foolish could be
But tho glutton is no less foolish than he.
The mlser who renders himself poor slave
Throughout his career, 'tlll he reaches his grave,
Is foolish indeed but say not he fell
70 . level with him, who by rum sinks 10 hell.
The with combativeness, monstrous and great
Who fosters the spirit and practice Of" hate"
IL counted fool TO be seeking hght,
But he's muck greater fool, who oen gets tight
ofall the rash fools, who from day unto day,
Are to DO " foolinE," in their foolish way,
Both high fools, and low fools, great fools, and small
The drunkard, alas is the greatest Of all.
Middtebhry, June, 1875.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-28
Central Vermont Railroad.

The Central Vermont is more fortunate
than most railroads in having two boards of
directors each claiming to have been legally
elected The circumstances of the case are
these
The Central Vermont was chartered for
the purpose of purchasing and retiring the
first and second mortgage bonds of the Yer
mont Central with power to make its capital
stock large enough to accomplish that pur-
pose. The subscription books were opened
May l, 1878, and twenty thousand shares
Of stock, of one hundred dollars each, were
subscribed for, but only 1860 shares were
taken, and only fifty per cent on the amount
represented by them was paid in. On the
18th of last February the directors voted
to reduce the capital stock to ten thousand
shares and to issue half as many paid up
certifes as had been subscribed for and
fifty per cent paid on, in lieu of those out
standing, but these certificates had never
Deou lssueu
The stockholders were not agreed as to
what course to pursue in the management
of the affairs of the road, Gov. Smith repre-
senting one party and Gov. Page the other.
When they met at st. Adams on Wednesday
of last week for choosing directors Gov
Page and his party held the control of 5000
of the II $50 shares Of stock which would
give their ticket the election.
But just before the meeting the remain
ing 1850 shares Of stock were subscribed
for by L. Mills and j. Il. Langdon, bOtl
friends of the Smith party, and this would
give the Smith party about 1000 vote
against 5000 on the side Of Gov. Page
Each ticket therefore claims the election anC
will appeal to the courts to sustain them
The decision of course will rest on the legal
ity of the last issue of stock, on which at th,
time Of the election nothing had been paid
to the treasurer, not even notes of hand.
The following are the tickets, those OF
both tickets being set in italics
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-28

Board is rather higher here than in 81.
Johnsbury, think, 10 private boarding
houses, and 10 the hotels ranges from SO
to $50 per week. OF the quality can
testify to that at the Bates House, which is
the best that one could desire; good food,
plenty oft, neat, clean rooms and everything
about the house the same, and proprietor
and servants polite and oblging.
Private families can live here as cheaply
as in st. Johusbury. Rent is no higher for
good tenements on respectable streets, liz.
tie out from the business center. Coal is
cheaper. and provisions perhaps a little high
err Business generally is Of course more
lively. the place being SO much larger, and
stores, Offices, &c. on tho principal streets
bring high rents. Probably about the best
paying property in Springfield Is the hotels.
But this letter is already long enough, SO
will wait and tell more about the place an
other time. ZoLLIKoPFER.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-28

On one Of the bodies recovered from the
wreck of the Schiller was found card in.
dicating that the person was Good Tenn
plAr, and when tho bodies were buried this
one received the last sad rites from Good
Tsmplars there, who turned Outin regAliA
because, though they had never seen this
brother in life, he was their brother still. A
beautiful testimony to the power Of that tie
which binds all true members of that order,
and which is severed only in death !" yes,
and not even then.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-28

The anti-prOhibitiOnists have secured the
+" stringent license Law" in Massachusetts,,
and such items as the following, which We
clip from the Springfield Union, are growing
common in that state already:
"The driver of the mail wagon running
between the depot and the post Office fell of
his vehicle into the street, last night, aud
was tOted home. Previously, during the
day, he tambled of his wagon near the de-
pot, and lay 10 the street some time before
he was picked up. Two elegant opPOrtuni'
ties TO rob the mails"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-28

which they suck the sap. by the time the
leaves burst they get their tents built and
are ready to begin on leaves and blossoms
Ifthey are plenty on the tree there will be no
ffnit and next year not much tree. Tho tent
caterpillar and pear scale are the destroying
angels Of Vermont apple orchards. The "a
vorite abiding place of the caterpillar Is the
black and choke cherries, and farmers who
foster such fruit trees on their farms will
find themselves out. pretty soon, in tho apple
line.
NEW STORE. M
L. X. Joslin, one Of tho awful middlcmen,
who makes his business to furnish farmers
anything they want from Durham bull to
q butter firEin, Is building store. lnving
moro business TO do than can well be done
In his barn. lie not only sells anything in
the heavy liHe farmers want, but is ready to
buy and pay for anything they have to sell.
Grange wind don't affect his sails much.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-28

The case Of DR.. Morgan, Of johnson, is
only one Of thousands where people, many Of
whom would be supposed too Intelligent to
be thus duped. are swindled Of their money
or their health through believing the state
msuts Of quacks who advertise worthless
compounds and promise to cure diseases.
Opium cures, catarrh cures, consumption
cures, &C., can be found advertised in the
best papers in the country. and plenty Of
testimonials of cures furnished, but il is safe
to set the whole lot down as humbugs and
keep your health--What you have Of it.
Those who send away sums Of money in re-
Spouse to this class Of advertisements are
generally of class who can i'll afford to
lose it, but lose it they must and will, every
time.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-28

During the past year ii. W. BseCher,
Theodore TltOn, and Mrs. TiltOn have each
won fame that will make their names live
in story. Already ReeCher's lawyers have
found it necessary to get an injunction
against the exhibition Of wax figure Of the
Plymouth pastor by W. II. Cole, 4 show
man. at Burlington, Ill., Cole also had 6g-
ursa representing TiltOn and his wife, but we
have not learned that they object to being
exhibited.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-28
50. JohIlsDNrv Marked.
Prices Paid by Dealers.

THURSDAY, May u.
Prices Paid by Dealers.
Butter, new, tubs or balls, choice 90 to 22c.
Eggs, fresh, per dozen, l5c.
Beans, common white SO 90; hand picked
g.. so.
Oats, 75c.
Maple sugar. stirred, extra, lOci tub &C..
Potatoes, per bushel 400.
Beef, dressed weight, 81 TO 04c.
Veal, live weight, Sc.
Prices Asked by Dealers,
Dried apple, sliced 1905 strung ltc.
Molasses, per gallon, zoe.
Sirup, silver drip, $l.00.
Sugar refined, @ llci extra G lee; granu-
lated l21c.
Berumada onions, per pound, &c..
Corn, per bushel, Sl.05
Meal, por 100 pounds, 90 90.
Feed, per 100 pounds $500.
Bran, per 100 pounds, $l.75.
best $500. u = .
Rye meal, unsiRed, Sc,
Graham, &c.
Wood, dry, hard, per cord, $500.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-28

The presidents late cabinet appointments
seem to be remarkably fortunate. BristOw
and Jewell have become popular with hon
est people, and continue to gain ground, and
Mr.. Pierrepont seems to be rapidly travel
ing the same road, in marked contrast to
the course Of Landaulet Williams, his pred
ecessor.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-28


Another strike has come TO grief. The
striking miners in the Clear6eld, Pa, coal
regions used violence TO intimidate the non.
striking wOrkmen and keep them from work.
ing, aud the authorities arrested the leaders
Of the turbulent strikers, while the operators
as fast as possible filled the places Of the
strikers with non.union men. Many Of the
strikers, seeing how matters were turning
left the union aud returned TO work, aud the
union in those sections is pretty much do.
mOralized, which is as good as they deserve.
When band of laborers, protesting against
injustice, find it necessary to unjustly inter-
fere to prevent others from working where,
when, and however they and their employers
can agree, it is always time for the law to
step in aud repress them, and such course
is needed much oftener than it is taken.
Another case, illustrating not the inutili.
ty but often the injustice Of strikes, aud
kindred performances,) is formed in the evi.
dencc taken by the regal commission on Ia
Dor laws in England. A Mr.. johnson, Of
Manchester, was the only builder in that
city who used mAchins-made brick, and the
brickmakers' union has not allowed him to
have any handmade brick for five years, nor
yet to sell any machine brick. Any one
who bought his brick has had bis premises
burned down. His yard has been burned
an attempt has been made TO blow It up
and the police now guard his premises night
and day.
OF course there are cases where strikes
are Just, and meet our approval and receive
our sympathy, but they are those case'
where the participants respect the law and
the rights of others, and refrain from VIC
lence.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-28

The tramp question has been discussed
somewhat Of late, and the subject being
open, we notice that the Connecticut Legis-
lature is turning its attention to the subject.
1t is proposed by report Of q committee
to summarily commit ali sturdy beggars,
tramps, &C., to tho workhouse for from
three to six months, by a justice. Also to
imprison drunkards, without fiOe) for four
or Eve days for the first offense; for the
second ofense within year they will be
set at work for three or four months, and
for the third for eight to twelve months in
the work-house. And why not, when these
trsmps and drunkards are hauled up here,
have our laws 90 made that we can set them
to earning their living. too, as well as
Connecticut They are getting altogether
too common.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-28
From our Special Reporter.
RtchSSsO Ssd Market.

NFUNUAI1 NIHJ ~
The market here to-day was stronger than
last week for fine butter. About 100 tubs ut
market, butter of finer quality than last
week. Butter, from Is to J5c; most OF tho
butter sold % to 2Ic. Cheese from to Ice;
q few factory cheese sent on commission.
Very little but butter and cheese at market
10 packages of eggs; Is to l6c per dozen.
Farmers very busy planting.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-28
From our SBseigi Reporter.
V'ergeIsReS Market.

lJNI 70 I0UAII WHY -
Market well attended, with liberal sup
ply of butter, with quito an Improvement in
quality and one cent in price from last week
We quote: fair to good 10 to Gle; extra zee
selections a3c. Eggs l4c. Potatoes dun vt
80 to 45c. No change to note IN other arti-
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-28

The Massachusetts, republicans are al.
ready preparing for the next gubernatOrial
campaign, and are watching Ben Butler
very much as the national republicans re-
gard that unknown quantity, the grange
element" They realize the fact that But
ler's AudAcity is unparalleled and that he has
good deal of a certain kind Of strength,
and though they don't want to nominate him
if they can help il, they would rather do 50
than have the daaHssrats nominate him, as
they can't conceive Of more dangerous enc
my than the already once victorious democrats
with Butler at their head. II he would only
move out Of the state, or 30 on trip around
the world, the high ringleaders Of the rePub'
lican party would lose much less needed
sleep, and perhaps be saved the alternative
of swallowing the bitter Butler pill at last.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-28
from our SptciH Reporter
.T'eIU HNUeIE Market.

IIEoDAIi why NOs
Shipments for the week are, butter $3.50
lbs, eggs $50 dozen, n quantity Of maple SUI
gar and 90 veal calves. We quote butter
lS to Gee, selections 23c. Eggs l5c. Maple
sugar 10 to l2c. Veal calves Sc per 10.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-28
From Our SPECIAL Reporter.
50. .aIba1sS Market.
TUESDAY, May 25

luEsDAr, May 10
The butter market to-day was quite firm,
and the prices of last week were fully sus-
tanned. We quote; common to fair Is to
20c; fair TO good 20 to 22c; choice 22 to 2ic;
selections 25 to 26c. Amount shipped about
1900 packages.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-28
TIE TENT oArERPILLAR.

Ask your readers to look on tho ends OF
apple twigs for tho little glazed nests Of eggs
of the apple or tent caterpillar. | find In
this section that tho nights In August were so
moist that tho moths failed to deposit their
eggs to any great extent. On n hundred
trees where last year there were over n
thousand pests, I have found not over half a
dozen sets of eggs for Dests. These moths
do their work entirely in tho night and blde
up in the day time In cracks OF fences, under
Cheats and In old walls. They are smoky
locking moth. dormant in day time but
active in moonlight like any other apple
thieves. Each moth Of the female persua-
sion carries eggs enough 10 stock nest, and
think they work ip pSirs, rs ! Judge the
male puts on the Shingles which, whep tho
weather Is warm enough, the black maps eat
for their first grub, and then they start for
their next meal, for the swelling buds from
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-28

would allow him TO follow his own inclina-
lions, though he does not seem quite willing
TO judge his wife by the same standard he
would have applied to himself He Is also
proved TO have been on pretty intimate
terms Of acquaintance with The Woodruff
and several others Of that class Of females,
and to have called her dear Vicky ," in his
letters.
Though il Is difficult 10 reconcile some Of
the facts brought out in the evidence with
the theory Of Beechers innocence, il would
seem to us harder to reconcile Others with
that Of his guilt, and for us we prefer to be-
lieve the great man innocent Of crime or
criminal intent in the matter. What will
be the verdict Of those twelve men who have
been compelled to listen to the whole dis
gushing story is Of little consequence 10 the
public.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-28

President John d. Page Of Rutland.
LIST Vice President Bradley Barlow Of st. Adams.
ID Vice President, j. W. Hiokok Of Burlington. -
Executive Committee, j. b. Page, b. Barlow, j, W
iIlekok, +. A, Brooks and James 8. Whitney.
Clerk, A. g.. Stafford Of st. Albans.
Treasurer Albert SOwlos Of st. Adams.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-28

At present the Smith party are in power.
The Page board of directors met in Boston
on Saturday and organized by the choice Of
the following officers:
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-12-04
South Carolina Conference.

The Nineteenth Session of the S.
G. Conference OF the NJ. e. Church
(South) will convene at the Method
ist church at this place December Is,
1875, Bishop j. G. Kccncr presiding.
The following list of the delegates
and their residences we are sure will
not be without local interest to many
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-12-04
Sherif's Sale,

T. TccOa Glover. administrators. Us. II. j
Glover. PETITION TO SELL. REAL ES-
TATE, AND REINYEsT PROCEEDS.
EI VIRTUE the Judgment herein. I
~ will sell at Oramguburg Z. il. on the
first Monday in December next. during
the usual hours Of sale:
l. All that lot of land with the build
ingS thereon, in thclown Of Ornngcburg.
on Russell street. containing about four
CD acres more o" less, and bounded on
the east by land of VIM. Wilcock, on the
sontll by Russell street. and on ,Ile west
and no::h by land of -- Cl;;fIin, Gate
the property of Thos. X Lcgarc.)
2. The lot and office No. Law Range.
situate on Church street. now occupied
by Mcssrs. Glover 81 Glover as Il law
Office, and bounded north by lot of S.
Dibblc, South by lot of John d. Strow-
man. east by lot of N. "A. Bull, and west
By Church street. The lot measures
about 47 feet in depth. and about 45 feet
front.
TEHMS-Ono-half cash balance OH n
credit of twelve months. secured by Il
bond drawing interest at 10 per cent. per
annum, and Il mortgage Of the property.
Purchaser having the privilege ofpaying
more titan half of the whole of the pur-
chase money. Purchaser to pay for pa
pers and recording.
Shcriif's Office. f. I. CAIN.
Nov. 13. 1875. Sheriff o. G.
Orangeburg G.. H.. nov. .20-15-2
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-12-04
Orangeburg.

Orangeburg G. H., S. c., Novem-
ber 20-Of all the counties we have
visited in this State, none have im-
pressed us more favorably than
Orangebnrg. lis one Of the best
counties in the State, and, judging by
what we have seen of it, far in ad-
vance, in material prosperity, Of most
of the other counties. 1t is large in
area. and population, and is skirted
and trayersed by rivers and railroads
affording ample means and conuenien-
ces for transportation. The soil is
generally fertile, and the climate RI
walls that of Aiken, which is almost
on geographical line with Orange
burg. It's :ostensibly an agricultu-
raj county, producing, usually. from
;Iiiiif.. thirty to .liistS-Gse thousand hales of
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-12-04
Sherihf's Sale,

Edward A. Nix, Gar, Us. John C. Ed
wards, Cecil $. Edwards, and others :
FORECLOSURE.
Ri VIRTUE Of the Judgment herein. l
~ will sell to the highest bidder. at Or
angcbur@ G. H., on the first Monday in
December next during the usual hours
of sale. the following tracts of land. viz
containing about 43O acres on -Four Hole
Swamp. and bounded by lands now or
formerly of Melton Rush. Henry Dantz-
Ter, Robert Johnson and DR.. Bates. Tile
same to be sold in parcels, plats Of which
will be Sllown-on day Of sale.
TERMS-One-tilird cash; balance in
one and two years. Creditor giving bond
Tor The credit portion ard II mortgage Of
the premises and to pay for papers and
recording.
s"Ss;', Nnv -. H'fs; 1879 h shvril l. GalS' 3. &.
Orangcbury G. H., nov. 2O-l5-2
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-12-04

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Sherif's Sales.

Jacob 4. Dukes. and others. Us. Eugene
Z. lluif, and others : PARTITION OF
REAL ESTATE :.
R)y virtue of the judgments herein,
~ will sell at Orangeburg c. H.. on
the first Monday in December next.
during the usual hours of sale:
All that plantation or tract of land sit
natrd in Oramgcburg county, near the
old Orangcburg road leading to Charles
lon. IN Cow Castle Township. containing,
3S3 acres. more or less. aud bounded or
'hc east by lands Of G. ". Hun, or t.,c
af lrycn Gnnror, south hg
lands Of lG!'isou Ennnnr, and on tic w"5t
ly lands Of David L. Knight ana jacob
krianr
TERMS Ouc.Aalf caslr, balapcc on e
credit of twelve months, purchaser giw
ing bond and mortgage OF Tie premises
to secure the credit portion of the pur-
chase money and to pay for papers and
recording.
Slicriif's Onice. T.. l. CAIN.
NOV. IL, 1875. Sheriff .. G..
Orangcburg nov.20-l5-2t.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-12-04
NOTICE..

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Correspondents.
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must be received by Thursday evening.
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