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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-11-10

A juryman in the Dodge case desires II.
to print the following card which appeared
in the Watchman last week:
IAessrs Editors In an editorial. in re-
cent number of your paper. You say the
verdict in the Dodge case lis TO be de-
plored on public grounds Will Won allow
one who labored to secure the rendering Of
this verdict. few words in reply?
The jury in, this case. did not hold Mrs
Dodge hlameless. by any means. But she
was more sinncd against than snning'
The ground on which the acquittil Of Mrs
Dodge is to he justified. is that Joel Dodge
had. from the beginning Of the difficulty
which terminated so sadly. been intention
ally, pcr>istentlv and outrageously aggra-
waiting in his whole conduct towards his
siSter-in-law. Briefly, let us glance 1T
some of the most glaring poin;s in his
treatment of her. In the first place he had
taken property from her. on the strength
of his solemn promise to deed her certain
premises. This promise he had persistent
ly neglected to fulfill. Then. in his efforts
to get her out of the house,-thr vrrv
house, be it remembered, that he had
agreed to give her 4 deed of-he went in
the inclement season of 4 Vermont winter,
and di>mantled the house of its windows
and doors. in the absence of Mrs Dodge
Again, there Is no reason to doubt that
he, or an emissary of his. sent, in the dead
of night, a fifteen foot board through one
of the windows. with which che had re-
placed one he had stolen Not to recount.
in detail. all his evil doings. we will come
TO the day on which the shooting occurred
What do we find Joel Dodge doing now
Picking some apples and digging some po-
tatoes, which, from immaturity, were
wholly unfit to be harvested. WHY doing
this? For this, and this only-to plague
and aggravate Mrs. Dodge. She knew
the house and garden in which Mr. Dodge
and his hirelings were doing such lawless
work. was hers by good rightS-legallv-
but for his broken faith. She would have
been less than human not to have resented
such usage. True, she was in the wrong
in going into the garden with loaded
pistol, but the shooting-the actual collision
would not have taken place. but for his
rushing upon her with his hoe, declaring
he would " fix her" Just what outraces
personally, this fixing was to consist in,
the jury and others were left to conjecture
1t was in evidence that he carried ropes
with him to bind her, and declared on his
way there, that he was going to have a
"h-ll of time" Did he have mucl,
less?
The jury, by their verdict, did not mean
to sanction such means as Mrs. Dodge re-
sorted to; but the lesson of the verdict
was this: That when persons sin with a
high hand-violate every principle of JUS
tice and honor, they will do we'll to bear
in mind the avenger may be nigh
ONE OF THE JURY.
Mortified, October 80, 1875.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-11-10

STEAMSHIP DIsAsTFE.-The steamer
Pacific, plying between Sun Francisco and
towns along the coast. which sailed from
Victoria. last Tuesday morning. was foun-
dered on the evening of the same day when
about 10 miles south Of Cape Flatterv. and
all on board with one exception, some so
or 90 in number are believed 10 have been
lost The single exception is Henry l..
Jelly, who was picked up. Saturday morn
inc. by the American ship Messenger. af-
ter having flOated from Thursday NIGHT
on piece of the pilot house. and brought
t" Port Townsend Jelly has not Vet re-
covered sufficiently from the exhaustion 70
give any particulars of the disaster further
than that several boats were launched. but
all foundcred; he WAS in one of them, and.
with another man succeeded in reachinr n
piece of the pilot house that his comp,n-
ion subsequently died from exposure and
was cut loose by jelly.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-11-10
MONTPELIER MARKET.
RETAIL PRICES.


Apples. triel new l. : a l. = Il tiuttei >
Beef 4d21; beef, dried green weight. 80 90
fresh sal 4; PORK. salt III, Ham 10 Ia.
Veal Gdl2; Beans T. bu>hcl, 500; tom
Corn meal, t. 100 Ms, Sl..D; Oats + 1u>tti
Flour per Dbl. $500 G?.06; Crackers - " -
ton SI0a $40 DO: Cheese = III, 30 l. -5c IN
Cod, dressed, loc. IlaibuI IL, >had b Ma h'i,'
Salt Fish, Cod &c: salmon. l0G = go y
q, bush. SaIt5lc - bus1 ;Dalry en.- = ~
refined II dl5c; Brown,lO; Mola-ses per "a.
aI.00; Maple Sugar per Il "a l0t; SyIuP .,
Tea 6Jd lOJ; Codee Oil Java, roast - "a,
Roasted 81. Herbs Grass seed, - % VI,
Clover Is, par 10, Northern, New York DO ~
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-11-10
Vermont State Agricultural Society.

The meeting of the Vermont State Ag-
ricultural Society''and Wool Growers As
citation was held at the Brooks House.
Brattleboro, on Wednesday. November 3,
at 10 O. clock, A. NJ, Hon. William Il. San
ford presiding. Henry Clark, secretary.
The committee on nominations present.
ed the following list, and the several
gentlemen named were elected by bal
lot:
Presidcnt-Gcorge A. Merrill.
Vice-presilent.-Henry Chase, Lyndon; ;
G. Horace Hubbard, Springfield; Henry
b. Kent, Dorset; Silas G. Uolyckc, st. Al
bans.
Treasurer-N. B. Stafford, White River
Junction.
Secretary Henry Clark, Rutland.
Directors-U. Henry Baxter. Rutland
Henry G. Root. Bennington; William X.
Sanford, Orwell; George Campbell, West
Westminster; Edwin S Stowell. Corn
wall; james A. Shedd. Lcmuel S. Drew,
Burlington; Crosby Miller, Pomfret
Richard Bradley, Brattleboro; Phineas S.
Benjamin. Wolco.t; A. c. Harris. Shore
Iltih ~. Wv CIlti ,
George Davis, East Montpelier.
On taking the chair As president, Col.
Merrill briefly acknowle lgel the honor be
slowed upon him. and offered the following
adopted:
RESOLVED, That in the termination of the con
necton of the Hon. Elijah Cleaveland with the $50
ciety as q director, We his associates, and in be
half Of the Vermont State Agricultural Society and
Wool Growers Association, desire 10 express ouI
appreciation OF his long and faithful service anC
regret that the inGrmites OF age make II d esir
able, on his part, to be relieved from further ser
wee. We congratulate the society that he has Il
give us, In the election of his son, one whom, w
believe, viii he of value To the society, and will a!
81 pcrpetuate among us the memory of an honorei
father.
RESOLVED, That a copy Of this resolution b,
forwarded TO Mr.. ClcaveanI
Henry Clark presented the following
resolution, which was unanimously adopt
ed:
RESOLVED, That in the retirement Of Hon. John
Gregory from the board OF directors, after an act
and continuous service of twenty-five yrars.
recognize the valued contributions he has made
! to the promotion and upholdiny of the Vernon
state Agricultural Society and Wool Growers As
socia,on, and to the progress of agriculture in the
state. His record is one OF honored deeds, asso
GATED with such men as Edwin Hammond, +. +
Chase, Henry Reyes, Joseph W. Colburn an
Elijah Cleavcland-whose labors have re iounde,
to the prosperity of the state and the great inter
ests Of agriculture. He bears with him IN his re
tlrement the kind wishes of his associates, an,
they desire thus formally and publicly to expires
their appreciation Of his long aud faithful service
/ Henry Clark, flom 4 special committee
reported resolutions of respect to Tic mem
ory of two of the deceased members o
the Society, viz: Hon. David Goodell,
member of the board of directors, an'
Henry S. Morse of shelburn, a late mem
Der of the board of directors. and 70
many years the efficient superintendent 0
its annual exhibitions.
On motion of Hon II. G.. Root, of Ben
nington, the Society adjourned. to meet a
Burlington, Dec. 2lst, at which time tn
next Fair will be located.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-11-10

The New York Times calls for the u, Ion
ton in that State of 4 law restricting mu
nlclpal Indebtedness, like that passed by
the Legislature of Massachusetts, last m
ter 1t says the bonded Indebtedness of
New York and Brooklyn, not to mention
other cities throughout the State. Las
reached point beyond which no advance
should be permitted. The debt Of the
former city is more than ten per cent OF
the assessed valuation of red and personal
estate throughout the city, and one-tbrd
OF the entire proceeds of the taxation Of
next year will be devoted to the payment
OF interest and the redemption of INSTALL
ments of the debt which fall due in 1876
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-11-10
The granite monument ordered bv 20,

The granite monument ordered by Con.
grcss' at Il cost of 10000, to be erected to
the memory of eleven thousand seven hun
dred unknown dead, at Salisbury, n. c..
has been completed and will be set up in a
short time. 1t is an obelisk, about forty
feet high. including the base A wreath
surmounts the top. and on the face, in
closed in circle denoting Immortality,
are he words g Pro Patria." Beneath. in
raised characters upon draped pail, are
the figures HOO" denoting the num-
Der of unknown soldiers buried there.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-11-10

DEAD LETTER OFFIcE.-The forthcom-
ing report Of the dead letter office will
show the receipt of 3.649,747 letters dur
ing the year, of which just two-thirds are
classed as ordinary, and 2lO,377 are from
foreign countries. OF the remainder. Gl.-
252 were INSTRUCTED, 1868 had no address
3l8'6o4 were held for postage, and 1920
were returned from hotels. About o.O00-
600 were letters that could not be returned
circulars etc 1913 contained checks.
drafts and bills, with s3,469, s26, Of which
s3'l25,127 has.been returned to the own
crs.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-11-10

The Farmers Mutual has offered re-
ward Of two hundred dollars for the dis
covery Of the man who set the Braintree
fires,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-11-10

TIE GREAT POTATo YEAR According
to the New York papers, potatoes are
pouring into that city from all directions.
They come down the Hudson from points
along the river. Canal boats are freighted
with them, and even from Us far West as
Michigan letters are received inquiring as
to the chances for selling. Four hundred
car loads sometimes arrive in Il single day.
and large lows come down the river, every
boat loaded with from six thousand to eight
thousand bushels. New York is the lead
ing State in the potato business, the num-
Der of acres planted in 1878 being 241. $50,
the average yield lob bushels per acre,
and the average price fifty-four cents per
bushel. In that year the entire potato
crop of the United States was 1O5, O37 900
bushels. of which nearly one-quarter. or
"a, 925, 900 bushels, were produced in New
York. Although the abundant yield this
year may be disappointing to the farmers
on account of the consequent low prices. it
will be great blessing to the poor during
the coming winter.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-11-10

Owing to the sickness of Chiee Justice
White, there has been no session of the
third district court at Salt Lake City, Utah,
for several days, and Judge Foreman has
been requested by Judge White to remain
there temporarily. and assist in disposins
of the business of the court. The motion
to vacate the alimony order of Judge Nc
kean against Brigham Young will natur-
ally come up on Thursday next, and
possibly before Judge Boreman. The
health of the chief justice is improving,
and he may be able to sit on the bench.
this week. Meanwhile, Brigham remains
4 prisoner at his house. with improving
health
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-11-10

lie crh4oht fhfon1rle, in referring to
the recent occurrence Of the 10Th anniver-
sary of the day when Garrison was
mohbed in Boston, recalls the fact that
:" riots Of Il like character occurred on the
same or succeeding day in Concord. NH,
Montpelier. Vt. and Utica, y. Y. At
Montpelier. Rev. Samuel j. Nav WAS
prevented by Il mob from making an adj
ireSS III the Old brick church, but he had
better success in the State House. the next
evening, though Il missile wis hurled mt
lIm through Il window-pane. The half
dozen or 50 OF gentlemen of property and
standing, who signed n placard warning
Mr. May to leave town. we believe, have
AL passed away"
FIRE AT W HITEHALL--At about half
past one clock Monday morning. a fire
broke out IN 1ule's Hotel, Whitehall. and
was soon communicated to Delano's bill
lard saloon, Hall Il Kittridge's hardware
store. the village gas house, and other
buildings. which were burned The loss *
estimated at 100000. The fire was IN
doubtcdly the work of an incendiary, judy
ING from the fact that one of the steamers
was disabled, and for a short time rendered
useless.
Advlces from Cape Palmas, on the west
coast OF Africa, have been received I'M To
the llth of October. A Liberian force of
nine hundred troops had attacked some
native villages. but We're repulsed and
were obildged to retire, losing twenty four
Killed and wounded; they also abandoned
three cannon. 1t is said the disturbance
resulted from the Liberian law prohibiting
direct trade between the natives and for
eioncrs
st. ALFANs.-The first lecture under
ihe auspices of the Methodist Society will
be gwen at Academy Hall, on Tuesday
evening, November 10th, by H.k. Adams,
the local humorist. His subject is to be
" he lever that moves The world, criti
cally. satirically and officially considered
Boston papers contain the obituary of
Jason f. Upham, y native of Weathers-
field, this State. He was a member of the
I'd Massachusetts regiment during the
war, and has been an efficient police off.
Ger in Boston since 1869.
Evidence Of fraudulent voting in Mary
land accumulates. y great many colored
men were kidnapped by Democrats and
locked up until after the polls were
closed
When body is whipped he almost al
ways has to explain. We had a little
experience after the elections of 1874
Now the next may stand up and recite.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-02
THE METHODIST MINISTER'S.

with the new year the Methodist Preachers A.
sociaton adopted one new feature which ID likely
to become permanency among them and to DO Of
great Avantage to ttem. On the FIRST Monday in
every month"; heretofore devoted TO prayer and
the narration OF experience, one or their number
breaches q sermon, and Tor she TINS being becomes
q leader ana Instructor 10 his brethren. Those
occasions which In previous years had been very
sparsely attended. nave become the most inter-
esting meetings OF the month. DR.. b. M. Adams led
the way last month, and yesterday the Rev. Will
liam Lloyd, OF Poughkeepsie, followed IN q sermon
full OF power and point from the words, "What
think ye OF Christi" He referred to the dual a.
ture in Christ. and TO the manifestation OF that
OF the Tribe OF judah. TO HIS trends be appeared
as the Iormer, but TO His enemies IN the latter,
Father wilbur. one Of tho pioneer Methodist
missionaries IN oregon. and tor the last
HsSc az e." %0ns as
mont agent there, was invited % o. say "
something about ms proteoes The tribe mum.
bers 81 the Church. This u.s. as DR.. Foss remarked,
a greater proportion OF members 10 population
SaS S pc % ss ,Ssse en
enoe I'd another agency IN Round Valley, CAL,
where, In population Of less tnan $500 within
NINE HUNDRED INDIANS HAVE BEEN CONVERTED
AND united with the Church. In his own agency
nnier cultivation, aud during the past ave years
they nave raised over 100000 bushels OF grain.
They have two churches, schools, saw mills, OacK-
smiths, snd ether shops. = erist mll. ssTmll aud
serves. They have houses as neat and comfort
able - the white men 1nhabtt, and their churches
need to brush his clothes Thereafter Father VIII
bur declares that II the military were Withdrawn
altogether from the Indian reservations the mis-
sionaries and the Christian agenLs OF the govern
ment could with the plough ana the Gospel keep
the Indians AZ peace evermore since ne has mad
charge Of the agency The tribe has increased 500,
that the plea that civilization kills the Indians
Is noe sustained by his observation nor by facts.
DR.. jeffrey, Hev. J. Hyatt Smith (Baptsts), OF
Brooklyn, and others, were present. Mr.. Smith
was introduced, ana briefly addressed his
Methodist. brethren IN piquant, humorous re-
VIII read an essay on the peculiar relations OF
MethOdlst ministers to each other. A great many
ladies' were present at the service yesterday.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-02

Tho Committee on Finance OF the Board Of AL
ermen at its session yesterday decided TO report
favorsblY upon the bill OF expenses incurred IN
the entertainment OF the Lord Mayor OF Dublin.
The Committee on Public WORKS viii report to
the Board Of Aldermen on Thursday in favor OF
allowing the Department OF Docks TO oil up
Coent,es slip BY cnbbins at days works and or
dering the street Cleaning Department. TO dump
ashes and dirt from the street taEo the slip when
the work Is begun. 1t Is said that the filing IN
OF this slip Will give the City twenty lots, worth
S4o0, 900.
The balance In the Chamberlain hands January
% was 81, 100, 766 81; receipts during the week,
4205l 1919 09 payments S,405. 1s7 So; balance week
ending the 3oth ult Saturday, 81, 736.9l7 90.
The Corporation Counsel and Commissioner Van
Mort. VINO, with the MAyor, compose the Board or
City Record, met yesterday In The Mayors Umce,
wnen Mr. Brown. the publisher OF the Record,
complained that the Comptroller would not up
prove MS sureties. which 1acr prevented him from
bringing suit Tor the moneys due him ~ publisher,
The matter was referred TO the Corporation Coun-
Register Jones' has made the following appoint
ments:-oeputy Register David Lenox, Assistant
Deputy Robert Mckay, IA place Of Mr.. Forb; ChaL-
tel Mortgage Clerk John White, In place OF Colonel
Dengler;- Collector Thomas Mulllgan. Prtvats See.
rotary Captain Piummer. Private Messenger
William Gilman Several recording clerks were
Lawrepcs W. Jerome, Charles B. Rroome and
Gerard Belts were among the visitors &C the
MAYORS once yesterday. t.-Enft 4t
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-02

Taylor va Jsokson.-Judgment afnrmsd. opin-
ion by Judge Robinson.
Taylor vs.. The Mayor: &c-Judament afnrmed.
opinion by Judge J. +. DAILY.
Iierney VS.. Fessert-Judgment amrmed. Opin.
lon by Judge Larremore.
Rice vs.. Cavanagh.-Judgment annrmed. Opin.
ion by Judge Larremore.
Nlckoy w. Haslest-Judgment reversed; new
trial ordered. Opinion by Judge Robinson.
koudolph vs.. The Mayor, &c-Judgment re-
yersed: new trial ordered. costs to ablde event.
Opinion BY judge J. r. DAILY.
IaIlman VS.. whiiney.--Order appealed rom AZ
Armed. Oplnion ny Judge Larremore.
Snearman vs. Hudson River Railroad Company
Judgment affirmed Opinion by Judge Robinson.
Free man VS.. Crow.-Judgment reversed. Optn.
Ion oy Judge Larremore.
German vs.. kamak.-Order appealed from modi-
ned ana an1rmed. Opinion BY Judge J. y. Daily.
German Va Kamak-Reargumen ordered on
payment OF $40 costs. Opinion BY Judge J. r.,
DAILY.
Baxter VS.. Mcdonald. judgments reversed, with
costs. Opinions oy Judges Robinson anu Larre'
AcGrew Va Morgan.-Judgment an1rmsd. Optn-
lon by Judge Robinson.
Rice vs.. acknowledgement anrmed. Opin-
Ion by Judge Robinson.
Bruce vs.. Burr.-Judgmeut reversed, new trial
ordered to abide event opinion oy Judge Larre-
more
Brown vs.. The Mayor, &c.-Judgment affirmed.
Opinion by Judge Robinson.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-02
FIFTY-SEVENTH STREET COURT.
n Before Judge Flammer.
ROBBED BY 4 HACKMAN.

ROBBED By HACKMAN.
Patrick Duffy. hack driver, was charged with
the larceny OF two watches and gold chain.
worth $3.50, the property Of Mr.. Michael McGrath,
. liquor dealer Of the Nineteenth ward. McGrath
and friend named Patrick Kearney engaged the
prisoners hack on Saturday nlnht to convey them
there Kedrney got out to wake The people up,
while McGrath, who was somewhat under the IN
On being awakened he claimed to have been
robbed by Duffy. who thereupon delivered up one
oil the watches whicH, he said he had found In the
coach. The remainder OF the property has not
been recovered. SO DUFFY was held Tor trial.
VIOLATION OF THE EXCISE Law.
John Conner, liquor dealer on the corner Of
Flftteth street ana Broadway, was held for trial
for violation Of The Excise law. By selling liquor
and allowing the playing OF cards In his place on
the Sabbath. Several young men who had bee
arrested as gamblers In connection with tho case
were dtscnarged.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-02
SUPREME COURT-SPECLL TERM.
Before Judge Van Brunt-
A COMPLAINT prsMrssYp

II the suit brought by simon ]. Ahern against
william II. Goodspeed, the particulars OF which
have been heretofore published. decision was
gwen yesterday. The plaintiff owed Bound & Co.
sls,ooo giving as collateral security 200 shares In
the Mutual Gas Light Company. subsequently
notes were given Tor the amount OF the indebted
ness a. Twelve per cent interest ana the same
bought by the defendant as business paper. The
suit vas brought 20 declare tue notes void. Judge
Van Brunt helu that Bound Il co. were the PLAIN
TINS agents, aud that there was not enough shown
60 put tue defendant on inquiry. He therefore dis
missed the complaint.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-02
A NEWARK SCHOOL TEACHER IN
TROUBLE.

In the Newark Police Court yesterday an exam
ination was made into the case OF J. Ward Smith,
principal OF the Spruce street publ, school, VINO
was arrested on saturday on q charge preferred
by Mr.. James Mcguire OF No. 3l6 Br0omc
street, who alleged that Smith had cru
ely and want0nly castgated pupil,
a son OF the complainant The first
accounts OF the affair told OF deal Of brutality
on the part or smith which the evidence vester-
day did not corroD0rate. stu the justice c0n.
sidered there was enough Ia tho case 10 warrant
him IN holding IL Tor tue action OF she higher
courts. Mr.. smith was, therefore, held To ball.
He declares hts ability 20 prove inst be USED no
undue severity.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-02
COURT OF APPEALS.
ALBANY, Feb. ], 1878.

ALBANY, Feb J. 1915.
No. s. Hugh Gardner ct al, pIaintns In error.
vs.. The People, &C., defendants In crror-Argued
by A. Oakley Hail. OF counsel Tor plaintiffs In error,
and by Charles 3. Fsirchlld, Deputy Attorney
General, Tor the people.
ted.
No 20. Maria Smith. respondent vs.. Jacob
Nelie, administrator, &C., northumberland By
%. !. M. Baker, OF counsel tor appellant, aud by H.
y. Nelson Tor respondent.
Court adjourned.
CALENDAR.
:. Day calendar for Tuesday, februsry q 1874 -
Nos A. g. % lol. i02. 103 100. 101.