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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-03-10

- The Riehford Sentinel has changed hands, Mr..
j. b. Bowditch having sold the establishment to
Messrs C. c. Brown and William f. Scott the
latter for some time foreman Of the Messenger Of
fee in St. Adams and a practical printer.
Berkshire imposes tax this year Of oslp
FIVE cents on dollar Last year the collector
gathered in every dollar and asked for no abate-
ments. Where is there another collector who
could do as we'll OF another town in which it could
be done y,a
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-03-10
Washington County Court.

Hon. T. ?. REDriErD, Presiding Judge,
Hon. JAMES II. HOLDER ,..,.,.,,, r,.g,,.
Hon WILLARD :. MARrIS, 's''''' "''b'''
WILLIAM i. DILLINOnAM, States dn0rHfV.
HORACE w. LyFoRD, sheriff
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-03-30
Watterson on Bessie Turner

Youth is always attractive. So is in
nocenco. But youth and innocence unit.
ed and joined to sunny locks and clad in
a neat, tight-ftting jacket with "a trim
white collar" and surmounted by u CO.
quettish cooked hat with blue feather"
why, where's the use trying to resist
thing like that? la war times, particu.
larly around about the Front house ia
Atlanta, and the Brown hotel in Macon.
the widow of confederate colonel from
Virginia was wont to set the whole post
department wild But, lord Bessie
Turner puts the very thought to shame /;
for she is the rose and expectancy Of Ply.
mouth done up in gilded edges for the
benefit OF Beecher; star witness-a
blushful debutante with the stage talents
of a veteran-who "tells her story in a
shy, iucisive way, fitting her voice TO the
people and passions indicated in her mar.
ration, using her fan unconsciously, and
carrying all before her dreadful artless-
ness" How she was not servant but q
childs companion in the Tilton household;
how she rejected the overtures of the
gushing Theodore how she came to form
an i'll opinion Of the literary character ;
how she entertained her own notions as to
the doctrine Of affinity, in word how she
escaped a series of sentimental snares aud
initials lavta-nnslp laid tn anirar n Wv
tue that never budged or wavcreJ, pre-
sent us an photographic example which
must move US to wonder and delight.
She shows US that she is not low born
nursery weuch, but young lady Of spirit
and culture The picture she gives US of
Tilton rowing around in his night.gown,
unhanging and rehangiug his pictures and
trying the various beds, his wife following
after with candle and pillow, is really
dramatic, though the sketch Of old Mrs.
Morse, brief as it is, seems most graphic
and liie.like Of all. The whole, however.
is so good that we could i'll afford o lose
any part Of it, and here's luck to Bessie
Turner, and wishing her a good husband
into the bargain.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-03-30
The East Boston Tragedy.

The community was shocked Tuesday
on learning Of the terrible tragedy which
took place at East Boston Monday after
noon, 10 which an cstimabe Christian
lady was brutally murdered in her own
house. The house which was the
scene Of the dreadful deed is located on
one Of the most thickly settled streets Of
the Island, and stands back from the
street about thirty feet. In it the de.
ceased was born and has resided all her
life with the exception OF few months
when she resided with her late husband
at his fathers rcsidencc-the Rev. DIR.
Bingham. 1t seems almost impossible
that in such public place. with people
passing the house every moment and with
members Of the family in the house, such
an atrocious crime could have been COM
mitted and the perpetrator of it escape
without being detected. The latest theory
in regard to it is that Mrs. Bingham
answered tho door-bel and let some one
60 into the cellar under the plea of ex-
aiming the gas or water pipes; that she
accompanied him, and that the deed was
committed 1t would seem as if some
one in the immediate vicinity must have
seen the villain either entering or depart
ing from the house, and that clue must
be had to him in this way.
Mrs. Bingham was lady having a
large circle of friends, by whom she was
greatly esteemed and tenderly loved.
She was person of more than ordinary
intelligence and refinement, and possessed
an afiectionate, loving disposition which
won from those who came into her society
their confidence and love- She was
generous in her nature and was ever ready
to lend her aid to every good work. She
had been for many years member OF
the Maverick Church. Her immediate
relatives will have the deepest sympathy
of the very large circle Of friends in this
sad and terrible bereavement Journal
On Thursday George Pemberton alias
George Johnson, of Boston, was arrested
as the murderer. lie was fully identified
as the man let into the house, and as the
man seen by others in the house about the
time of the murder and in various rela.
tons to the case in other places SO that
very strong circumstantial case is al
ready made out against him. His al
missions were also very damaging. He
waived examination aud was committed
for trial.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-03-30
The Modern Journalist.

We feel almost tempted to say that
when journal becomes a corporation it
loses its soul that when journalist be.
comes feed advocate he loses his con-
science. Fairness compels us to admit,
however, chat ths S.oat .itJ papci has
necessarily outgrown its personality. The
immense capital and the variety and
amount of editorial work it requires
makes the starting Of great daily i'm.
possible without an amount Of capital be-
yond the reach Of the professional jour
nalist, We cannot but regret, however,
that he is now compeled'to serve the cor.
poration which serves the public, instead
of serving the public direct as of old
With the new style has grown up the law
yer-like habit Of advocating any cause
without much regard to its merits lie
accepts the retainer of the journal whose
case he agrees TO maintain, knowing it to
be unjust, with just as clear conscience
as the lawyer upholds the client he kpows
to be deserving Of punishment. One
tries private causes to the jury the 9TH
er, public causes to the people. So the
great journalist is no longer the prophet
or the retormcr Of his agc-a man the
better half of whose power lies in the
earncstness of his convictions and in his
fearless expression Of them-but he has
dwindled into the mere man of skill in a
proiession.-Eom the Litchfeld (Ct)
enquirer.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-03-30
The " Atlantic"

In the April number. DR.. Oliver
Wendell Holmes contributes character
istic article on "Crimo and Automatism. II"
7. b. Aldrich gives IN prose "a Mid.
night Fantasy" which marries two famous
people, and in poetry "Across the Street"
j ohm e. Whittier has a poem entitled
THE Two Angels" and other poems arc
"lmmortelles" BY Edgar Fawcett, Call
iug the Dead" by Mrs. S. NJ. b. Piatt
DIANA" by James Maurice Thomson
"Urvasi," by Helen Barron Bostwick,
and "Our Comrades" by NJ. b. G. Mark
Twain nearly completes, he tells us, the
education Of "Cub"Piot, in "Old Times
on the Mississippi. George L. Waring,
Jr, has capital army sketch called,
Campaigning with Max" Rose Terry
Cooke gives piece Of domestic antigua
rian history in "The Thing which Hath
been Shall be-" Henry James, Jr., con.
tinues his novel, "Rodcrick Hudson, with
Chapter w.. Experience. Allan Is.
Magruder relates "a Piece Of Secret lis
tory, President Lincoln and the Virginia
Convention Of 1861 Frank Il. Sanborn
gives 1.-The True Nature Of his Plans, in
The Virginia Campaign of John Brown
T. S. Perry has u critical article on VIII.
liam Blake, aud there are twenty pages
and more Of careful Book Reviews, and
"Notes on Art and Education" Terms
80 cents number 81 year, postage
free. II, o. Houghtou & Co, Boston.
Hurd < Iloughton, New York.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-03-30
Bessie Turner's Testimony.

Bessie Turner bids fair TO prove one Of
the most formidable witnesses The Titon
lawyers have had to deal with Her tcs.
timony was Of such damaging character
to the plaintiff, and withal was delivered
with so much force and effect. that it was
seen from the first that she must be bro
ken down or Tilton and his case would be
ruined. A recess Of two days was i'm.
proved in elaborate preparations for de.
molshing his witness, and Mr.. Fullerton,
of whose skill is an examiner great deal
has been written, went about the job with
an evident determination to exert his
whole power The full report of the en-.
counter shows that Miss Turner is not
only an intelligent and self.possessed wit.
ness, but that she is either truthful or
more than match for the most adrot
lawyer at the New York bar. The most
subtle attempts to entrap her, failed.
Some changes aud corrections she made,
notably as regard her testimony before
the church committee, but they were all
explained so nationally as to strengthen
rather than weaken the crcdibility of the
the witness. On the main point-her
fearful charges against Theodore Tlton-
no amount Of skillful cross examination
could make her bulge hair. 1t will be
remembered that strong point in the
testimony Of TiltoD and Moulton was that
she was, in December, 1870 and Janu-
airy, 1871, circulating reports regarding
Mr.. Beecher, and that it was to protect
him and Mrs. Tilton that the girl was
sent West to school. When the written
retractions obtained from Bessie related
wholly to the misconduct of Tilton him.
self, with not word about Mr.. Beecher,
it became highly important that the girl
should be induced to admit on the stand
that she had repeated what Mr.. Tilton
had told about his wife, and to this end
Mr. Fullerton devoted all his skill and
was finally obliged to abandon the subject
utterly discounted. Miss Turaer was
asked several times if this or that person
had accused her Of falsehood, and it was
evident frem the train of questions that q
desperate attempt is to be made to impeach
her testimony. 1t remains to be seen wheth
er this can be done to the satisfaction Of
the jury but certain it is that the prac.
ticed lawyer who was to "tear her to
pieces" has left her testimony as clear
and torcible as he found it, and its iuher-
ent probability and agreement with known
facts will stand, no matter how many
Tilionian partisans may be brought to
swear they do not believe it.-Hartford
Evening Post,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-03-30
Dreadful Massacre.

Details have been received Of the
dreadful slaughter Of the Protestant con-
eregation in Acapulco, Mexico, by the
Roman Catholics Of that town. The
scene as reported recalls some Of the most
appalling scenes which are recorded Of
the massacre of St. Bartholomew, While
tho people were assembled in their place
Of worship, the assassins, who had gone
into the church and distributed them
selves around the congregation, fell upon
the helpless victims, and the carnage
which ensued was terrible All the cir
cumstances indicate that the horrible
deed was done at the instigatiou Of the
Roman Catholic priest, aud the authori.
ties took care to give as little protection
to the ProtestaDts as they could. Among
the slain is at least one citizen of this
country ; and we earnestly trust that our
Government will proceed at once to de-
mand such satisfaction as will be warn.
ing TO Roman Catholics in Mexico for
years to come. There ought to be no di.
ploma.ic trifing with this affair. The
honor of the country is infinitely more
deeply concerned in this event than a
hundred such cases as that Of the killing
Of the Nirgipius people in Cuba.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-03-30
The Virginius Trouble Set
tied.

The diplomatic negotiations between the
United States and the Spanish govern
ment in reference TO the summary execu-
ton of American citizens connected with
the Virginius expedition have at length
come TO final settlement The British
government settled upon the basis of a
money indemnity of $500 for each white
citizen of Great Britain and $500 for
each colored citizen, murdered. With
our theories of equality we could not ac.
cept the same terms. Secretary Fish
instructed Minister Gushing that no less
sum would be received than $1,000 for
each of the crew, without regard to color.
All the crew not claimed by Great Bril-
tain should be treated as American sea.
men, For the captain, mate, engineers,
pursers and doctor an extra sum was
claimed, while the passengers who had
been American citizens were to be class.
ed the same as members Of the crew.
Minister Gushing was further instructed
to ask indemnity for detention, imprison-
ment and losses sustained by those Of the
crew and passengers who had escaped ex.
ecution.
The Spanish government were unwill-
ing to accede to these demands, more es-
pecially because they involved an ac.
acknowledgement Of wrong on the part OF
the Spanish authorities. They yielded
SO far, al. length as to be ready to pay
the indemnity, but dissented from our
position that the executions were "bar.
barous and cruel acts, happily without a
parallel Both governments maintained
their position as then taken and in the
final settlement they signi6ed it by count
er protests, or joint memoranda.
On the 10th of February the final
agreement was made, the Spanish govern
ment accepting the proposition of Mr.
Gushing, that $4,000 in coin be paid by
Spain to cover all claims of the United
States for pecuniary indemnity in the
affair The amount is payable i'll three
instruments, the distribution among the
interested persons being in the discretion
Of our government without any account.
ability to Spain.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-03-30
Reform.

George William Curtis believes in re.
form within the Republican party, and
takes the following view of the next
Presidential campaign: The present
prospect seems to be that both parties
will make strong and personally unexcep.
tional nominations. Both are playing
for great stake. The Republicans are
very resoute to retain the great power
which they have held so long, aud which,
upon the whole, they have exercised so
beneiicently. The Democrats, eager and
giddy with hope, burn to seize once more
the public patronage, and, covered with
the shame and guilt of their political
record, seek to commend themselves to
what is amusingly called conservative
sympathy. TO do this they must offer
the most plausible front. They will rot
nominate man of doubtful war rec.
ord, or declared repudiator, or wEo has
openly opposed the new amendments.
They are not likely to repeat their blum.
ders OF the last fifteen years; and if they
should, the situation does not authorize
the Republicans to trust the folly of their
adversaries instead Of their own wisdom
They too, will name some man whose
"h"-~~..- - s;e tl.tfJ,iu. Tney win do.
clare policy of which he will be the
type. And his election will prove that
the American people will never again re-.
store the party that sustained human
slavery aud plunged the country into
civil war"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-03-30
Methodism in New England.

The annual conference in the Mctho.
dist Episcopal Church in New England,
will be held in the months Of April and
May. They are six in number and lie
wholly within the New England States.
Maine il divided into two conferences
The New Hampshire Conferences EN-.
braces the State of New Hampshire aud
that part Of Massachusetts, lying north Of
the Merr;mac river. The Vermont Con.
ference is in the State Of Vermont.
Rhode Island, Connecticut east of tho
Connecticut river, and Massachusetts,
south of line drawn from the mouth of
the Neponset river to the northeast cor.
ner Of Rhode Island, are included in the
Providence Conference. And Niassa.
chusetts east of the Green Mountains. ex.
cepting what is included in the New
Hampshire and Providence Conferences,
forms the New England Conference. In
the six conferences there are 1893
church members and 102.05S Sunday
school scholars, and 800 churches, max.
ing one Methodist church to every $500
inhabitants in New England, The church
edlfces, however, number less than three.
fourths Of the church organizatious;which
are more than three times the number oil
all the Roman Catholic churches in New
England. The value Of the church prop.
erty is more than seven million dollars
which does not include the educational
institution,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-03-30
An Old Catholic on Papal In
fallibility.

In recent sitting of the Prus.
sian Lower House. DIR. Petri, an Old
Catholic member, in introducing bill for
the division of church property between
Roman Catholics and Old Catholics made
quite cutting speech in regard to the
Pope's claims, aud at the same time con-
tended that the majority of educated
Catholics sympathize with the Reform
movement. His remarks concerning the
Pope were to the effect that the State has
no interest in protecting an establishment
presided over by mortal who possibly
might be infallible, yet at the same time
mad. A Pope whose right to claim in.
fallibility was dependent upon the report
of commission de lunatico inguirendo
could not be regarded as fiji to enjoy the
exclusive patronage of the State. The
Germans had put down the secular sway
Of ancient Rome they would, it was to
be hoped, be a match for the Pope, too,
and might prove so earlier than anticipa-
ted, if allowed their rights. Such speech
must have rasped the feelings of the Ro.
manists present, but it was replied to IN
a very temperate manner by one of thoir
number.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-03-30
Vermont Boys.

How often it is remarked that our
young men leave their parental homes
and 60 to the city or out west as soon as
they are old enough to think about bus
mess for themselves. There is one
neighborhood in town to which this too
truthful remark cannot be rightfully APP
piled. Some years ago in the northerly
part OF the town three men lived neigh
bors to each other. They had five boys
among them all. These three men have
passed away. These five boys all grew
up to manhood and all live in town ex-
cepting one who is in the mercantile bus.
mess in an adjoining town. Or the
four who still remain here, two Of them
live on the old farms owned and occupied
so long by their fathers. A third son
owns the other farm in the neighborhood
occupied by the three men above referred
to. The fourth has another farm in town.
These young men are all married and
have families, and are among the most
energetic and thriving of the younger men
10 town. One is a selectman, another has
represented his town in the legislature,
and all follow in the faith of their faith
ers. They arc just such men as are
needed to make up strong. well balanced
and healthy community. We wish there
were more neighborhoods in New Eng
land of which the same thing could be
said Express and Siandard.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-03-30
Expose Of Spiritualism.

An exchange chronicles what is con.
sidered an exposure Of The deception Of
the spiritualistic performance Of the Eddy
family, at Chittenden, The story runs
thus An earnest believer 10 spiritual
ism named Westcott, lives at Fairhaven,
Seeing the substantial profits which his
faith had brought to the Eddys, he secur-
ed the services of one Chaplin, a pupil Of
theirs, and opened spirit exhibition Of
his own in an unoccupied house on his
farm. The arrangements were precisely
the same as those of the Eddys iu-
GLIDING the dimly lighted room, cabinet,
etc. Some Of the honest-minded Green
Mountain boys concluded that this kind
of trickcry had gone far enough and laid
n rlan tn nvrnsa il Accordingly '@- en-
hibition of last Wednesday evening was
attended by three men who had prepared
to fad out at any cost what stuff the
spirits were made Of, When, therefore,
after the usual sound Of violius and bells,
spirit was dimly seen Issuing from
the cabinet, one Of the investigators made
leap which planted him squarely on its
back Instead of sudden dissolution
came loud grunt, and the opening Of a
lantern disclosed, instead Of spirit.
Chaplin in the hands Of his captor.
Finding that he was caught he made a
clean breast Of his trickcry and said that
he had followed precisely the method OF
the Eddys. Mr.. Westcoit is now con.
WINGED of the fallacy of his belief and
publishes challenge, asking the Eddys
to meet him at Rutland aud allow him an
opportunity to expose them.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-03-30
A Raid of MeXicans.

A news spec;al from Corpus Christi
Gays band Of Mexicans came within
seven miles of the town, robbed several
stores and houses and took large num-
Der of Americans prisoners, among them
Judge Gilpin, formerly a member Of the
Legislature, and two women. They com.
PEELED the captives to walk in front of
them till they were exhausted. then
mounted them on bareback horses and
hurried them off. They robbed and burn.
ed the post Office at Ncuces, and robbed
and took prisoner one mail rider The
Texans have gone in pursuit, and fight
is reported near Banquette, in which one
Mexican and two Americans were killed.
All except four of the prisoners escaped,
but nothing has yet been heard from
them Business is mostly suspended, and
the citizens are under arms iortifying the
town. Information received from Los
Almas, Mercer county, says throughout
the entire region between there and the
Rio Grande lawless bands from Mexico
are continually raidipg through the
country, robbiug, numbering and driving
stock across the river.
They have become so daring of late
that nearly all travel on the highways
has ceased. Even stockmen are deferred
from hunting their cattle and horses
through fear OF falling into the hands Of
these ruffians.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-03-30
MA RI[ E1'S.
MIddIebury Retail Market.


For rnF WEEK ENDING March %, 1915.
Prices Market Bcef-A few choice 1850; oxlra
0 .joalO?j; fret quality s.OOa9 %; second quail
ity G.00a750; third quality .oOaG5O.
Prices Of store Cattle-Workng Oxen per pair
from 100, 100, l75n2iO.
Mieh Cows aud Calves from f3jaG3; extra Goa
81. Farrow Cows $22ai0
Yearlings Sl0a2O; two years old lsasO three
years old 2Sai5.
Sheep and lambs-In lots 50, 1926, 3.5ons IS
each; extra $i.OOa7.50 per head. or from 81 j,
al &C per Id; fancy sheep, SC per ID.
Veal Calves 0Oas,O0.
Hides, Tallow and STANDARDIZATION hides
sas lie pcr lb; country Hides, LIE per
ID. Brighton Talow ) l-2aCc per ID; Country
Pets Slt NO each. Calf Skins lial5c per Id.
REMARKS
Csttle-By Hyde Il Wheeler 90 head of West
cru cattle last Saturday, and car lOuls by Hath
AWAY swift; the balance Of receipts were Nor
thern. The business Tuesday morning was with
the Northern Cattle Not any improvement in
the demand. Prices ROMAN steady. Arrivals
constituted slaughtoring cattle, milch cows, an d
Il number Of working oxen intended especially for
work. Owners could not force an advance, even
on fancy cattle. The best fancy oxen were han
died by A. Fowler G head). fed by George
Crocker of Randolph, VI; home weight $500 lbs /;
the best bunch received for many day. ii W
Montague sold oxen, to dress 1900 lbs each, at
10 lac per ID, d W. A c kibbing sold . oxen
at Zoe per Id, d w, That weighed before started
to market $3.50 lbs.
sheep-Aiter prices were regularly established
the arrivals changed hands early. We find no
impro, ement from last weeks rates, and to notice
the quiet mutton trade in the city cannot OK
poet much, if any, advance for a number Of weeks
Aldrich Il johnson sold SO sheep, average 90 lbs,
at &c. Sargent sold 90 sheep, average "a
lbs, at 6 l2o. Lyman sold % sheep, average
SO lbs, at lie, W Armstrong sold 100 sheep,
average Us lbs, at Use, quite tidy flock, fed
by q W Pease of Hartford, Vt. . E Taylor cold
l29 sheep, average 81 lbs, at &c per 10.
Poulry-Not much doing in live poultry. A
little collected in the vicinity of the market at
chilling Der lb.