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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-08

lfIi>- LIBRARY AND READING Room
.;>iGoN.-Thc annual meeting for
.t-u.. If officers. etc, of the Citizens ;
.rv and Reading Room Association
..... a. h-lI on this, "Wednesday evening at
.- ..h T.. VI. in the rear of I. G.. Phin-
: -.rar.
.sl WIArIIEE Friday morning was
. -.-, # the riciou>lv cold ones of last
.. H. ToEr mornings the thermometer
.r-.t il hcing in its teens below zero.
E!.t,t~toN-G L. L. Pitkin has the
a.,. Of Hans Breitmann for that
.-..-:.r. latter after giving Il party was
. enquire, - We're is dat barty now?"
... General after having had an elegant
ID. Stowe knows where it is 1t went
..,. IRON and the martial owner may in
... ...,. books of the Lane Manufacturing
...a.v and find the remnants credited
.... -,eyr Ind 4 water back-a space
... the tire box where water heats and
..... pipes run to the reservoir, it be-
So. from other pipes. These pipes,
-. Thursday morning, had been frozen
... .-.-,..t,.n. and when the fire was well
.- tina. w:ttc:-back expanded and
.... -:-rurd itself up and as before indi-
... a.,'ir old iron Of that new stove
81. -.;vtn. girl happily stood rather back
.... -.nEr and 80 was uninjured. She
.e,l fright though, and we'll she
- -..- ..r J. would have been the last of
~. .. SIR her l!tl She stood in front of the
.. The room was we'll battered
Is ..\t\,. To PO>TMA> K>.-Iiiram T.
postmaster ut South Barre, has
..."4Fsd from Office for violation of
Gclrn~ of the Department. The
.-..- + r3~tma>ters of low degree de-
.. nd. the am cunt of stamps sold bv
-. .l.Ilc Po-tmaster-gencral finds that
., amen: has suffered to the tune of
... .-.: ...l!ars OF So by country post
.-- -- no have vcnded stamps outside
.r.~,iiciion" The salaries ut large
.. -..t tiNrd 10y law. and so. for in
/. a postmaster from some small
... s.'..J ~"ll stamps to Montpelier
gle h- would raise his salary and di-
.... -. lat, Of no one else, thus defraudinr
-...r.rIrHt.
nifty South Barre nan did quite
.-.n.~- selling to outsiders, and Uncle
~. 'anA~ he ought TO pry back some
-.a I'D dollars of salary, obtained
.'.a. WY, and will try and make him
-. L does MT pay. on the whole. to
tricks with our venerable uncle. if he
almost IN hundred years old.
~. wish briefly to remark that no one
, III be mi>led by similarity of names
au-ct this affair with "our Hiram =
.,d:.i-, ntlv and faithfully serves in the
"...fc,trr Post Office, and whose only
I'D ,re,i was the attempt to use ink
5.vria9".
'i,~.,>t saint Helena Conclavc. No.
-.'~ IF Constantine, knights of the
HIS ~rpHlchrr and knights of St John,
.. .. their Asylum i'll Montpelier, Decem-
.aI r,,c.cI the following board for
suing year:
l.-.,r. Nu,.tf.ll.r. Vi /. o1vereIrn; SIT
.. ~ 4r,HTt'l John {. Cave, Mont
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-08
The FIREMAN.
Vt.
DNESDAY. DECEMBER g. 1879.

j.. F.. make the FREEMAN particularly vaiua-
-.-, -..vz from all parts of Vermont, and our
.,.:-r rI.t parts Of the State. especially i'll
. 49, p-.u--, and I.anoIlle Counties, will confer
.-.-.. -f.I.uu Us amt oar readers by sending us
.t... owe rs facts and We viii arrange
-t...-i.ItT
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-08
XXTISTAR'S BALSAM
VIII d e. II T. IL IL Y.

Coughs, Colds Bronchitis, sore hToat ,Inauen-s.
Conn Whoori1lg Cough Hoarsen.ss. Liver cpn-
piaint Pains Soreness IL the Chest or side. Bleed
ing at Lungs and every Affection Of the THROAT;
1SGs aud CHEST speedily and Ierman ently cured
NV tine use Of DR.. WIsIARs BALsAa OF WILD CHERRY.
which does not dry up cough and leave the he
hind with most remedies but loosens II
cIeanses lungs and alay Irritation, thus
the cause Of the complaint
CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED
bv timely resort to this standard remedy, as =
proved by hundreds OF testimonials IL has received
None genuine unless signed Il BUTTS on the
vrapper 50 cents and 81 a bottle bottles rnurn
the Cheaper. SETH W.FowLE X SONS PROPRIETOR
Boston, Mass.
Sold by dealers generally. IEESl'oN
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-08
q 4 : I o X I A..

Cross, slchy hab.es and children enjoy health
and mothers have r.st If they VIII Ias;eria
Worms. feyeri-ness nj cl sour stomach
and Guxested food INA he children, and produce.
sickness
correct all the Sc thing Furtweuty years Ir Pitcher
experimental h,- private practice - Produce q
fectve Catharo and stomach regulator which would
be A. effective as oil. with ~ UDIle4saI.:
taste OF recoii-
The reputation IF his experiment extended Ihysl-
,ia1ls and rapidly adopted hl> remedy. Winch
he saxe the name IF Gas. ria
Cas:orla : pleasant take II I.ey regulates
the stomach and bowels. and does Erire- 1t i
adapted II all alcohol. and ah-.
lu:ely harmless to the most tender Infant.
Try cast ria and you NIL without Il
PREPARED ~ the Laboratory
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-08

Why WILL IOU sUFFER from rheumatism
Sprains, Stif joints, Swelhnss, Burns, scalls or
Weak Back, when the Ccntaur I.nlment affords
certain rehei Many articles soothe pain to a GER
tain extent, but the Centaur Linment cures. The
White Lniment is for the human family the yellow
Liniment is Tor horses and animals.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-08
VI A p K | 4 @ T. : .

In Berlin Nov Gath I,y Kev y Newton Glazler. Mr.
JULIUS { cAllNt II Berlin. and Miss ELLA A
WRIGHT Of Mlddlebury.
Bellows Falls. al the VI + iarsona Dec, 81, 10y
Rev. hHrch Tabor. Mr.. GEORGE ". FISHER. and
Mrs. HATTIE NJ. CIRCUIT. both Of Walpole, y II
Al the re>ilenre II the bride. Nov eth, by Rev 6
Richmond Mr.. GEORGE SARTWFLI and Mrs. LAl Ia
STILES, both Of West Chazy. y. Y.
In HiEheate; Nov 10Th hy Kev F {, kImhall. NOR
MAN k1tHAHD aud EllZABETH T1TTEMukE
loth Of St. Armand + .. Also Dec. by the
ERASTCS IEFFLON and EMELINE HOAG of High
-.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-08
" HEAL THYSELF."

The People Common sense Medical Adviser, n
book OF about 800 pages, illustrated with over 30
enSravIngS and coOre'i plates and sold at the eX-
cecdngy low price of 81, tells you how to cure
Catarih, " LIVER Complaint " Dyspepsia, or Indi-
gcston, SICK, Bilious and other caaches ,Scrou-
la, Bronchial, Throat and Lung Diseases; all dis
eases peculiar To women, and most other chronic
As well as acute disorders. 1t contains important
information tor the young and Old, male and female,
single and married, nowhere else To be found.
Men and women, married and single tempted
to ask their family physician thousands OF q ues-
tons on delicate topics, but are deferred IRON
dong so by their mOdesty. This work answer,
just such questions SO fully and plainly as 10 leave
no one III doubt. 1t Is sold bv Agents, sent by
mail post paid on receipt OF price. Address the
author, X N.Plclcc NJ. ~, WoIlfo DIspensary,
Buffalo, Ny
From the Lafayette Daily Courier.
VALUABLE WORK.
Or. L. V. Pierce, Of Buffalo, distinguished in
surgery, and the general practice In the PROBES sion
he honors, has made Il valuable contribution to the
medical literature OF the day, Il comprehen G
work entitled = he Peoples Common Sense Mcti
cal ADVISER While scientific tnroug hout, 1t Is
elngularly free from technical and stlIcd terms.
IL comes right down to the common sense of every
day lie. DE-. Pierce Is noble specimen of Amert-
can manhood. lie has sprun. from the people :;
anu, with many sympathles III common with the
service III this The great work of his lie. FM43wl
Lyons kATHAIRON prevents the Hair from fall
gives strength and viSor. 1t is delightfully."- per-
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ri
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-08

TIE NENT SrEAkER.-Mclmci G. Kerr
is Il tail. strongly-buit man. with u fine.
frank, open cOuntcnaEce, impressive and
agreeable manners. He has :, good voice.
clear and distinct uttcrlncr and u il1encv
of language which does not ,etrart
from the purity of his dic;ion. 1t i not rs
heavy and sonOrous rs General Banks :.
nor as stilted rs Fernando Woods. nor ~
tickled and penetrating as Jolly sam CoN>.
nor rs nasal or handsome Il sun Randall :
He is grave in his action and firm in his
determination, and will bring dignity rs
we'll as experience to the Office.
Mr. Kerr is I native of i'itnSvillr. Penn.
where he was born not quite half cen
turv ago March l.. ls27. At twenty
four years of age he graduated ut the,
Louisville University. and i'll Isl. be-
gan the practice of law in - l.oui>. Tw"
wears later he WAS elected City Attorney,
and in 1850 lie WAS chosen Prosecuting
Attorney of the coustv. In lS.,';. the Year
of Fremont's Presidential c:,nrt IN, Mr..
Kerr was elected to the Indiana L"yi,il-
ture, and, five years after MS legislative
service he was chosen on the Democratic
State ticket, in 1852, as reporter to the
Supreme Court Of the State, in which
office he edited five volumes of the reports.
In 1861 he WAS first elected to Congress.
beginning his service in that body in De,
cember, so. In 1866, 1868 arI 1870 he WIZ
reelected TO Congress. lie has tins served
eight years in the national legislature, and
in December began his fifth term, or ten
years of service. He is u student and i
gentleman Of honor. anl Il III IN Of kno VI
edge and ability. lie is temperate III his
habits and as regular and circumspect rs Il
sanctified chronometor. He does not be-
licvc in sumptuary liquor laws, bat is 4
practical teetotller.'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-08

:.a'.. term Of The Vermont Meth
.Hlry At acknowledgements to-day,
... viii not be full, though perhaps
.4-.aHld be expected in consider
. c... hard times and the number
90 ava. teaching.
.ll~;.tud that Frank Lczer is TO
I'll" Iupms vacated by Mr.. Stone,
...,r Of Main and State trcets, rs
~a"p.
.,. ~..i.. and \. \. Mead arc moving
t'T quarter, in Union Block, On
~..'t- They occupy rooms on the
M Stone ut the left and Mr..
.. IT, r;gh; of the main entrance.
l. |no'lrv WAS thrown ont of u
..'ag and broke her hip.
u ...Ie.i!,r lnd Wells Rive Station
Est Montpelier. named \. NJ.
HIS. I'~ lift with S1ji of money and
.-...>"'- rs whereabouts is not
.-.-Al>ll and Frank Smith. of
'Au. hlvr been driving quite Il
~ .a "rnonr." having caught four
annals some days ago. They
'*ron one day, and the other two
,rrr-. The coonS were about
..~ -r"wn. and were cap ttlred in IN
..' ,r." near the house
IT,. u /. Eoydcn will lecture ut
.-t Village Monday eve & II T.
F. ~ihiect. " Advantages of the
',,om,lt 70 the Farmer.
F-.t'..i,-,d Graded School. with the
.:.l ;hc primary department.. be-
-.l;'.r 'orm Monday, November
...'~ Of teachers rs follows: A.W.
t.1.ipti; Miss Anna Bah ,ock,
Nil Sarah Thompson. As
}.-- I.nnie Thompson. room No,
--- '--t pGton, room No. ,. Prin-
a.l.. under the superintendence
a.' Nmllh,brgan December 9th
AF",lii. Assistant. This de-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-08
WIN |OR COUNTY .

3,.Nc..I barrels OF liquor were se'Zcl, few days
az, at the Chester depot AMI turned over to the
toH a1ent.
Ia. >ltvcl and lead mines II IL ullind are said
to coat,m rich specimens OF silver AMI lell with
i snail amount OF ID
t.e,ry,. Bunk of liar land, who attempted sue de
October -th by firing two balls FROM revolver
into his head, is doing well. Both balls entered
tl. ku oo the Idle just baca of the eye. and lodg
..I tween the frontal bone aud the bl ain.
D.. Elon Pettisrew, Of Ludlow, ono Of the di.ec
t,ls OF tle State prisoa, informs W. that the new
buil,!lng has been enclose | and covefel The
charges against S. T. LULU of the officers Of tht
| prison, have been dropped.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-08

That is the way we postpone hanging 4
man in Vermont We recommend the
Jou11oI correspondent to apply himself to
the study of Vermont law Il little while
crS 1t is rather sicklv for Il town to have
such letters rs he writes dated from it.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-08

The navy yard in Philadelphia was sold
December ,, for : 5000 The purchas-
er was j. Lowber Welsh, who bought it
for John &. Bullet, attorney. The latter
gentleman in turn made the purchase for
Mcssrs. DrcXell II Co.. well known bank
crS, and Mcssrs :. X w. Welsh, Il large
shipping firm in this city. and not for the
Pennsylvania railroad rs before stated.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-08

Lowell highway, arc blp Ike up with snn" Tor
the most pant.
Patrick Isu,n OF e,,iieli pan! the Justice 81. 10
torp,lntin- gun At iIebcrt Clark
The dwelling house belonSin. to Chas. Perry AT
Ir,>bur-h was burncI sunday. BY the all OF Two
fnrcc pumr,s the shell attached was saved.
Erran o. Ihccnv, who clopcl with II North Troy
gnl recently, and was subsequently alresteu anu
cast into pi.ou at IIyt,epark, has settled the mat
for hv having the riil $50 and costs, estimated at
$50 more.
T. the Intention of nr. NJ. L. Edmunds, tn
ii n CON missioner 10 stock Lake McmphremaSoS
With black has
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-09-09

SHERMAN and other towns having failed
to raise the amount required to assure the
location of the Austin College desired,
an opportunity is now proffered this city to
add a vast sum to the value of Austin prop
erty by securing the establishment here of a
well endowed collegiate institution. One
gentleman tells US he will invest thousand
acres of land, worth $4,000, in the scheme
and banker says his house will put up
$4,000. And vet no effort has been made
to attract public. attention to the matter
Why not have meeting of those primarily
interested in promoting the city's fortunes
and of those endowed with sufficient intel
ligence to appreciate the Importance of
controlling the location of the Presbyterian
institution. One hundred of the best fam
lies of Houston, Galveston, and other
towns and cities of Texas would be drawn
hither at once, and the establishment here
of one such Institution would compel the
coming Of others like it. Such are the
physical attractions, and beauty, and
healthfulness and elevation of Austin, that
colleges here would be preferred to those
located elsewhere, and these institutions
would be aggregated here of necessity, and
by means of their cooperation a great uni
versity would be established and a poly
technic school, and learned men from Eng
land and Germany and Of all countries
would be employed even here in the educa-
ton of teachers and professors. Begin the
great work by inducing the Presbyterians
TO found their college in Austin.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-09-09

THE unutterable degradation to which
Southern States are proposed to be subjec-
ted is illustrated not only in the Winneba-
goism of Illinois, in the Northern horror
which kuklu,;ism in the South excited and
its blessedness when prevalent in Pcnnsyl-
vania and Illinois, even when there had
been no precedent loyal leagues compacted
OF another race, as in Southern communi-
ties, to justify counter organization.
Counties and towns are subjected in tho
South, because Of universal suffrage, to the
tender mercies Of sayages, and communi-
ties are absolutely destroyed. The remedy
proposed is the obliteration of the color
line. All issues fade into absolute insig-
nifcance in the presence Of this with which
many districts of Texas and the whole pop
ulatiof of at least three Southern States
are forced to aTapple.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-09-09

bills, pass~I by the Twelfth Legislature,
bonds of the State were scattered over the
world in any manner to raise a dollar, AM,
large obligations were contracted and left
unpaid. Prior to January, 1874, the State
debt was 81, 66s, 1915. At this date
claims for frontier defense, for pensions,
revenue deficiencies, interest on the bonded
debt, outstanding warrants, interest on spe-
cial funds and public school Indebtedness
were existing in sufficient amounts to swell
the real debt of the State, which had accu-
mulated in the four years of Mr.. Davis's ad-
ministration, to over three millions of dol
lars. All these claims were recognized
by the Fourteenth Legislature as OBJ
legations which the State was bound
to pay, and plans were adopted
to provide for them. 1t was use
less to talk of paying them by means of a
special taxation for such purposes, and
hence the plan of selling bonds was re
sorted to. In the meantime, the renI
enue departments had been found in IL
greatest state of confusion; no money W.
left in the treasury, and the Comptroller
found it next to impossible to replenish it..
Defaulting sheriffs, straw bonds, and all
the wiles of ''carpet-bagism" had been red
sorted to TO defraud the State of its rev
nues, and the present Comptroller was
least year in office before the chaotic coz
dition was materially corrected. The rel
suit was that the State ran for many month /
in its expenditures fearfully behind its rel
ceipts. Confidence in Texas securities had
been suspended, and it was nearly veal
before the State realized sufficiently from
bonds sold to relieve financial EN-
barrassments. The demand made up
on the State for interest upon bond
and for general expenses in this tim,
ran greatly in excess of its receipts
and hence it becomes difficult question II
settle accurately the precise amount of debI
which should be charged to the present adj
ministration.
But it is not our purpose so much to dis|
cuss these causes as to show the actual inl
debtedness of the State. A considerably
debt exists, and an understanding of it will
prepare the public mind for such Legislation
as may be required in the future to meet it'll
Below we give a carefully compiled tabl
which shows the debt and the interes|
thereon up to the thirty first day of August
1875.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-09-09

ANOTHER citizen of Austin proposes to
invest $500 in the Austin Presbyterian
College If located here, and If the prettiest,
loftiest site, overgrown with the finest live-
oaks in the vicinity be selected for it, he
will donate $i4, 600, as his property is as
sessed by real estate brokers. Why may
not the PrCsbytenans who are primarily in
terested in thin matter have Getting and
see what can be done to establish here this
institution of learning2 II 1t come there
will soon be half dozen like it, and Aus
tin will not only have the choicest popula-
tion of the South, but become the greet
central seat OF Southern intelligence and
learning. Then that university Of which
the fathers OF Texas dreamed, and which
they endowed, will be established and bless
our posterity and State forever.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-09-09

MANY portions of the South. because
money is scarce and food not acces-
sible, as in former years, for the asking,
are in bad way. There are no hogs
or cattle in densely negro populated dis
tricts; the women and children no more go
to the fields and the means of the men are
hardly capable, just now, of providing
for themselves. Contraction of the cur
rency has operated harshly upon Cuffee's
fortunes; but he will never be suffered to
know that he owes all unaccountable evils
of his condition to the President and his
adherents, the gold and silver and bond
holders. The result OF the present condi-
tion of affairs is the creation of swarms
of robbers and burglars and high
waymen in the North and of hen roost
and hog thieves in the South, and then
come those conspiracies of which we read
the disgusting details in Georgia and Mis-
sissippi newspapers. There will be more
of them. .a.r.-
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-09-09
TEXAS-ITS FINANCIAL CONDITION,
DEBT, ETC.

The population of Texas, at this date,
lions. Its empire is boundless, and within
its fertile soils and beneath its generous
skies is an undeveloped wealth, capable of
maintaining the population of the United
States. Providence has smiled upon our
beloved Texas, and to-day she is becoming
point of attraction for, the people of the
civilized world. With endowments pecu--
liar to herself, and a people possessed of
an unbounded energy, she has rapidly re-
covered, in the face of all obstacles, from
the difficulties and losses of the past, and
at this date looms up the young giant of the
American Continent. Nine years ago half
the wealth of the State was swept away
by the stroke of pen, and the remain
ing values were subjected, in consequence
of political enormities, to succession of
shrinkages; but everything now smiles
upon Texas, and all this, and even more,
has been recovered. The assessed value of
property in the State in 1878 was $223,
410, 920; in 1874 it was $241, S41, $50, and
the approximation for 1875 reaches to about
$27O, 900, 900. In 1860 the assessed value
of real estate and slaves amounted to 1894,
00O, 900, showing that the State, by its as
sessed values even, has nearly recovered
from its losses by the war. There Is no
doubt, however, that the real values in the
State to-day are even greater than in the
year 1860, since there is a tendency to
make greater difference between as-
sessed values and real values since than
before the war. The growing wealth
of Texas gives assurance of ability
to pay larger debt, but it must not be for
gotten that prudence requires an effectual
check placed upon the power of legislatures
to create debt. At the rate our urpublic debt has
grown it will take but few months more
for it to reach SO, 600, 600, and to permit such
an increasing calamity, even in face of the
greatest prosperity and growth, is suicidal.
Texas is able to pay a large debt, but the
way to prevent it from stiliincreasing is to
make the revenues, as, has often been said
in a boastful way. pay the debts as they are
created. To speak plainly, taxes, in spite
of vain assertions to the contrary, must be
increased, or else a host of expenditures
eliminated from our system. It remains
with the Constitutional Convention to
shape the way for one or the other of these
alternatives. 2
The war closed with Texas comparatively
free from debt, but sscarpat-bau govern
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-09-09

PEOPLE need have no apprehension of
possible revulsion. The progressive for
tunes of Texas are assured. Everybody
that enters the State, intending to become a
worthy and therefore productive citizen,
becomes landowner. Land is part and
parcel of the fixed Texans existence. He
speculates in horses and cattle or dry goods,
but owns and holds and values above all
things the broad acres that bind him with
letters stronger than those of gold to the
country he loves. There is no trustworthy
patriotism where the great body of the peo-
pie are not attached to the soil by owner
ship. Therefore statesmen have ever sought
to invest the homes of the people with per
feet sanctity, and to secure to women,
otherwise deprived of most rights of citi-
zenship and often helplessly victlmized by
their masters inalienable homes.