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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-05-19

MONTPELIER. Burlington Free Press says
visit To the burnt district in Montpelier,
Wednesday, showed us n scene Of activity, which
speaks well for the pluck Of the Montpelier people
The cellar and chimney stacks which indicate
where the dwelling-houses stood, remain, indeed
as the fire left them but the sites Of the burned
stores on Main and State streets are black with
men and boys, clearing away the debris, repairing
foundations and, in some places, laying the floor
timbers for new blocks. But for these indications
OF renewed life and activity, the considerable
space devastated by the flames would offer mel
ancholy spectacle. The visitor Is shown, rs spots
of chief interest, the wooden building, with one
end entirely charred, whore DIR. Lord headed tho
fight against the destroyer; the little dwelling ON
which Parson" Wright made his barefoot stand
and the house and barn where Col. Randall fought
and conquered without aid Of engine or hose
The parsons, by common consent, wc'e the he
roes of that fearful night and the gailantry and
self-deyotion with which they threw themselves
into the contest with physical fire has probably
notlessened their influence as moral fire brigade
The dead bodies recovered at the Scly Islands
70 IA ha Inn modiatelv emhalmed
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-05-19
Letter from Kansas.

Maesrs. Editors Your readers will be Interested
70 know what the prospects OF starving Kansas are
for crop this Season, and whether she viii be
sslf-supportug another year or not
our dry weather which injured crops in this
part OF the state more than the grasshoppers aud
which continued an winter has at last come % au
end. We have had an abundance Of rain Tor
three or four weeks past The spring has locn
rather cold aud backward yet very favorable Tor
blowing sowing and planting and iho time has
been well improved by farmers generally Most
Of the corn is already planted, and much Of il is
up. Oats are looking hne. and wheat II nothing
Injuries it, will make a fair crop. But our crops
are growing in tie face Of many dangers. Tie
grasshoppcrs ave already very numerous Ia many
localities, from The size Of @ mosquito To the full
grown hopper They are the most numerous
along the creeks, where their eggs were mostly
deposited and are already doing some damage to
gardens and wheat fields, near By whore they
hatch out But, judging by their conduct when
here, seven years ago, DO not expect they will do
any great amount Of damage. The testimony Of
all old settlers is, that they never do much dam
age in the spring
But the grasshoppor is not the only enemy our
crops have Behind every tuit Of grass there sit
thousand ehinch-bugs, waiting and watching their
opportunity to make a raid upon the growing wheat
and corn But Notwithstanding all OF these dis
ooumgements, we toll on, hoping that lie who has
promised sced-time and harvest, viii not disap-
point us this year.
There has not been much suffering in this part
Of the state the past winter, and but little aid re-
eeiyed from others. Eastern and Southeastern
Kansas ought not to have asked aid from any one.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-05-19

john BEsr, OF stonoham, Mass, member OF the
legislature, commander OF the Grand Army of the
Republic collector Of taxes and assessor, has been
arrested for stealing one thousand Ave hundred
dollars from the safe of Aaron Hill, prominent
Boston merchant, having been detected in the act.
lie Is man Of wealth, and heretofore stood very
high.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-05-19


The amount paid for salaries of officers
during the same time, estimated from treas
ury register-Portand, }OG0O0OO; Yer
mont, S225,00O.0O; showing an excess paid
in Portland over Vermont of SSl 900, and
this Notwithstanding the extended frontier
of Vermont, where officers must be stationed
AID paid for preventive services, at points
where but few collections are made.
During the years named the consular seal
ing law of 1861 was rigidly enforced, even
extended beyond its true intent and mean
ing, which reduced the business of Vermont,
that would otherwise have swelled her reve-
nue. collections without additional expense,
and care to Portland, thus adding mate
rally to the small legitimate business of
that port
The foregoing shows conclusively, at least,
one reason why the citizens of Portland and
the customs officers of that district are so
clamorous for the extension, indefinitely, of
consular sealing, notwithstanding the inves-
LEGATIONS of the department have shown it
unsafe open to all kinds Of fraudulent prac-
tees, and perilous TO the revenue; it is i'm
portant TO their existence as a first-cass port
Neither Boston, New York. in fact no other
Atlantic port asks for its extension, as we
are informed.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-05-19

Co-oPERArIoN.-Th Windsor journal says
Twenty Young men and women, who wished
employment, last fall, associated themselves to-
gether, at Springfield, for the purpose Of doing a
business that would furnish them with work,
wages and a home. Each paid In a small sum as
capital and agreed that one-iourth OF their wages
should be saved and allowed 10 accumulate, as
capital TO enlarge the business They rented
workshops and furnished adwelling-house, where
they boarded themselves, and commenced tho
manufacture Of toys table mats and baskets under
the name of Industrial Works In six months
they saved Si,474 from their wages, and $3.50 in
the cost Of their board and washing, making a
total OF 81 S2i saved in the six dull months just
past. This saving, continued Eve yean, the money
being invested In a business that will pay seven
per cent, will amount to ST. 900 in ten years, TO
$50, $50 in twenty years, to Sll0,G3l; in thirty
years, to s3i4, T79-or Sl7 24s for each member Of
the association, and S3i, 476 for each couple With
such an example and opportunity before them,
need working people be oppressed by capital BY
increasing their numbers to hundreds, their capi-
tai will soon amount 10 millions of dollars"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-05-19


Under this heading the St. Adams A2per-
tiser gives the following statement Of the diff
ficulties between the customs officers at Is
land Pond and Portland; The Island Pond
Portland controversy seems to be settled,
Gen. Wells as was to be expected from the
merits Of the case, coming out ahead. Yet,
notwithstanding the decision Of the treasury
department on the subject of the controversy,
Portland is still dissatisfied, and every few
days body of her citizens assemble and
pass resolutions condemnatory of the decision
which takes away, as they claim, a small
portion of the revenue receipts of that port
also, instructing the Maine congressional
delegation to move in the matter and see
what can be done about it. In view Of all
the, wish Ia Prvsegt few facts and
figures, which speak for themselves
The records Of the treasury department
show that the following collections were
made in the districts of Vermont and Port
land and Falmouth during the years 1872,
1873 and 1871, and deposited in the treasury
of the United States viz:
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1875-03-06
BOrcs.

There is probably ne one who could
not tell you volu mes of experiences and
sufferings from the persistency of bores,
although every ones idea of them
varies. The man who replied, when
askei what bore was, ga fellow who
talks about himself when You want to
talk about YOURSELF" made the mos;
comprehensive classification of the kind
yet imagined, aud they all, with slight
variations, come under this heading,
for il they do not talk about themselves
it is about some hobby of their own
that they hold forth. There is the
scientific bore, On man and his func.
tions he talks W III SMILE" / never
meet one of these that / do not remem.
Der the snub administered to person
of this description by one Of the most
prominent and wittiest of New YORK
diners out. The bore having button
holed him, was pouring forth his thee
ries, and ended with the assertion tia
the oyster was the equal of man. II
hold, said MIR. =, that il is the supe
rior, for an oyster sometimes shuts up
with which extnguisher he gently dis
engaged himself from the c,uiehe, of
his adversary,
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1875-03-06
A Brilliant Assemblage.

According TO Lucy Hooper, the recent
grand official ball at the Elysee, in
Paris, wss as noted for its magnificent
display Of diamonds and dress as for the
absence from it of beautiful women.
Diamonds we're as plentiful as pebbles
on the seashore, but not one really
beautiful woman was present. There
were magnificent dresses, all lace and
velvet and rich embroidery there were
poetic dresses, all shimmering green,
with water lilies, or silvery gauze with
moonlight effects of cloudy drapery, or
snowy white adorned with soft fringes
of lilies of the valley; there were
costume like dresses that limited OF Joan
OF Arc, of Marie de Medicis, or Nine.
de Pompadour ; there were some fiae
eyes, fine shoulders and graceful figures,
but as for striking loneliness of the
ladies there was none of it. the woman
who did not have on diamond necklace
did not look exactly in full dress. One
lady, Russian princess, wore magni6.
cent emeralds, the center stone Of a
bro och she wore being one huge round
emerald, cut without facets, and about
the size OF an English walnut. At
tached to this brooch, in the guise of q
pendant, hung pear. shaped emerald
corresponding in dimensions. A coronet
OF emeralds and diamonds, intersperse
with pendant pear shaped emeralds,
made up the ornaments OF this much
ieweled lady. President MacMahons
wife appeared in dress of silver-frosted
azure tulle, caught upin front en- tabIier,
with a wreath of water lilies, over a
skirt of light blue silk, bordered with
deep plated founce. The corsage
was ornamented with silver lace and
water lilies. III her hair she wore a
spray of water lilies and a bandeau Of
silver-frosted tulle, confined by tiara
of diamonds, aud around her neck was
clasped diamond necklace. As to the
gentlemen, they we're almost as well
worth looking at as the ladies, in their
uniforms blazing with stars, cross es and
COLL lace.
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1875-03-06
Poisoned TO Death.

A healthy liver secretes each day about two
and a half pounds Of bile. which contains o
great amou of wsste material taken from
the blood When the liver becomes torpid OF
congested. it fails to eliminate this vast
amount OF nH1ious substance, which, there
fore, remains TO poison the blood aud be con-
veyed to every part OF the system. What
must be the condition of the blood when it is
receiving and retaining each day two and a
bali pounds Of poison Nature tries TO work
of this ison through other channels and Or
gans-the kidneys, lungs skin. etc; but these
organs become overtaxed in performing III 8
labor. in addition TO their natural tunctit ms,
and cannot long Withstand the pressure, but
becomes vaiiouely diseased.
Toe brain, wLicl is the great electr cal CEN
ire Of all vitality, is unduly stimulated by the
unite .lthy hood VII Oh passes to II from the
heart, and il ails TO perform its Office health
fully. Hence the symptoms Of bile osoripg,
which ae dulluoss, headache, inca acity to
keep the mind on any subject, impairment Of
memory. dizzy. sleepy, or nervous feelings,
gloomy forebodings and irritabiity OF temper
The blood Itself being diseased IA II fmms
tho sweat upon the urface Of the skin. II 80
irri ating aud poisonou that II pro iuoes de
colored brown spots, pimpes, blotches and
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1875-03-06
The Ball Bouquet.

A st. Louis fashion-wrlter paragraphs
the ball bouquet of the period. 1t is Of
long stemmed flowers loosely yet most
artistically put together and is made
up of but two or three kinds of flowers,
that must not only match the floral
garniture of the dress with which they
are worn, but must also be of odors
that do not conflict. For instance with
dress of white gauze fringed with
lilies. ofthe valley, the hand bouquet
is OF real Extraordinarily, pink rose
buds and glossy green smilax; with a
pinkish yellow, salmon silk dress the
round bouquet is half of tea.roses and
others of pink buds. Sometimes the
entire bouquet is of double violets, with
smilax wreath; deep red Aggripiua
roses are alternated with pale yellow
hues, ard so on. Violets and geraniums
neutralize their odors. Heliotrope and
pink rtse.buds blend well, both in
color and perfume.
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1875-03-06
A Very Bad Story About Cuba.

The London Times publishes the fol-
lowing extract from u letter received
from one Of the secretaries of the
British and Foreign Anti. Slavery So
ciety: "In Cuba We are very bad.
We are told that four cargoes of native
Africans have recently been brought
into the leland. The most determined
supporters of slavery now occupy the
most prominent positions in the gov
eminent OF the island. Senior Zulueta
is governor of Havana. The notorious
champion of slavery, NJ. Calvo, is in a
position OF great infu snce, and the gov
eminent has forgotten that the Cortes
and the people Of Spain have ever de,
cided that slavery she uld be abolished /;
slavery, therefore, is as triumphant as
ever. The shareholders of Cuba, are,
however, disturbed that they can no
longer import Chinese coolies without
limit, in consequence Of the course taken
by the emperor Of Cuba. They now
want to supplement this by another
evil, and that is the importation of
coolies from Cochin China. I fear that
the future of Cuba will be that of San
Domingo. The Spanish troops and the
volunteers cannot put down the insur-
gents, and they cannot drive the Cuban
party out of the island. The ranks of
the insurrectionists are full of negroes
and Chinese. They ere near Cienfuegos,
where are so n any slaves and slave
estates. Our financial situation is
dreadful. Some English papers appear
to think that this WEI is on a political
domination, but this is mistake. The
cause lies far deeper than this -civiliza-
ton in its widest sense is involved.
Other nations cannot rest indifferent to
it. The British milton, having treaty
rights, which are violated, are especial
ly bound to interfere for the emancipa.
ton of slaves. You the British people,
have been the standard bearers of free
dom, and it is your duty and honor to
interfere. 1t is now in your power to
do much good"
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1875-03-06
Labor and Crops In Egypt.

An Egyptian laborer is considered to
have done good days work when he
picks from fifteen to eighteen pounds
of cotton. The American negro slaves
usually picked fifty pounds in the same
time. The constant use of the stick
and bastinado is necessary to keep at
work the fellahdeen in the khedives es-
tates. This fact may, however, be due
TO other reasons than mere physical in
trinity. The immediate labor of about
fifteen persons out of every one hun.
dred in the United States, produces
more than enough food for all; whereas
in Egypt the same result calls for The
immediate labor of at least three times
as many persons, while the result itself
is greatly inferior in quantity, quality
and variety. Rice and maize used to
be largely cultivated in Egypt, but the
government ordered wheat to be planted
in their stead, and the latter became
the principal exporting crop. 1t was
grown one year after another until ma
ture gave out, and the grain grew go
poor that it could scarcely find mar
kct. That which found it's way to Fog
land could only be used in distiileries.
The American war, occurring at this
iuncture, the government prohibited
the cultivation of wheat, and nominated
cotton in its place. The culture OF this
staple was pursued until the fall of
prices occurred after the war, when it
was superseded by sugar, which is the
present favorite. The exports from
Alexandria, the shipping port of the
country, furnish close guide to the
fluctuations in the product of these arti-
cles, occasioned by this capricious,
ruinous and sometimes fatal policy.
These facts are sufficient to prove that
there need he no fear of successful
rivalry in wheat raising on the part of
Egypt. Her wheat crop will take the
wings of the wind just rs did her
boosted crop of cotton. Free and in
telligent labor will always come out
ahead.
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1875-03-06
What an Alaska Squaw is Worth

The Hoona tribe of Indians, a few
weeks ago, sent deputation of we'll
armed warriors to Sitka to treat with
them for the full value OF a certain de-
missed squaw of the hoona tribe, whose
existence Sitka buck few months
b, fore had, by the accidental discharge
of his gup, cut short. The council was
held on the beach at Indian town, few
yards from the commanding officers
house. After arguing for and against,
the cash value of the defunct lady of
Hoona descent was found to be 1000
yards of calico, four camphor- wood
boxes, fourteen muskets and sixty blank
els. Terms cash. The succeeding
night was then devoted to a universal
spree in the Indian town in honor of
their guests.
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1875-03-06
A Fierce Telcgraphic War.

The warfare now about commencing
between the powerful combination
known as the Western Union and the
Atlantic and Pacific telegraph company,
is of real importance. All that the
public cares to know is whether the
final result will cheaper telegraphy,
and which ever method does will prob
ably win the suffrage. In the mean
time, the young opposition have sue
ceeded in getting possession of the Erie,
Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio
roads and their connections, and as
these roads own The poles along their
routes, they can exclude the wires OF
the Western Union, and it is understood
they will.
They have also secured the control of
the new inventions, by the use of which
telegraphy is to b. enormously reduced
in cost. Among these are the American
automatic instruments, Wheatstone's
English automatic machine, and, owing
to misunderstanding which has arisen
with the Western Union, the most i'm,
portant of all-the celebrated quadru
pick invention which sends at one time
two messages eacn way upon one wire,
and which received high praise from
Mr.. William Orte n, the president of the
Western Union, ia his last report.
1t is especially interesting to press
people to know that the associated
press monopoly is at last Threatened in
manner that looks like business.
There is shortly 20 be meeting called
in Cleveland or Cincinnati by Mr.. Me.
dill, of the Chicago Tribune, for the
purpose of forming national press
association, which will place the great
papers of other cities on an independent
footing with regard to news, and save
the annoyance ard humiliation of hav-
ing it peddled cut to them from New
York.
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1875-03-06
French Manners.

A writer says "The French are said
to be the politest people in the world,
and in some respects they are SO. Their
politeness may be only skin deep; it
may be only a stilted etiquette, without
heartfelt emotion. But, on the whole,
it is better than studied indifference and
rough incivility. If not absolutely sin
cere, it has the exteinal appearance OF
being so, and saves the feelings from a
sense of outrage. A Freedman always
takes off his hat on entering shop or
an omnibus or any other conveyance
He is expected always to bow first to q
lady of his acquaintance it would be
thought quite out of place for lady to
take the initiative. On entering draw
ing-room French people bow to every
one who may be in the room, whether
they are acquainted with them or not
The omission of these trifing civilities
by the English causes them to. be con
sidered rude and boorish. The line OF
demarcation between different eli sses of
society is less strongly defined in France
than in England. Servants consider
themselves pretty nearly upon an equal
ity with their masters and mistresses,
and their manners are marked by free
and easy GOODNESS, which would be con
sidered the height of impertinence in
England. They wish you good .morn-
ing and goodnight, as friend might
do, and expect TO be thanked whenever
they open the door for you; a French
man of every class touches his hat to the
servant who opens the door for him.
The lower classes in France live much
more frugally and inexpensively than
people of the same rank in Engla1 d.
Soup and bouilH form the usual dinner
and supper of the upper class Of farm
els, workmen, and servants in French
families. The richer farmers have the
pot az .feu every day, others only once
or twice a week, and live on bread and
SOupe attg chOur on the other days, with
relish of cheese, salt fish, and some
times butter"
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1875-03-06
A Relic of Washington.

An interesting relic of the early days
of George Washington has been for
warded to the New York University for
the state library. The relic dates back
to the time when Gen'. Washington
was but laud surveyor, aud consists
of map of 1856, acres of land, situated
in Augusta county Virginia, and GER
tifcSte setting forth that the same had
been surveyed. Both the map and Ger.
tihcate are from the pen OF Washing
ton, and are models of neatuess. The
certificate is signed go. Washington, a"
and is dated November 7, 1749-the
surveyor being then 10 his seventeenth
year. After Wasbington's name appear
the initials IS. G. c." which stands
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1875-03-06
Endurance Of Eastern Horses.


Australian horses, unpepared, un-
shod, and uncared for, are in the con-
slant habit of performing forty, fifty,
or even sixty miles a day, when on a
journey over rough roads or through
the wild native bush, without even a
track. There food consists OF what
they can pick up for themselves, in
many cases when tethered TO preveL
their straying, and their grooming in
having the rough mud rubbed off with
bunch of grass; but they have at
least one advantage over poor Caradoc
in being allowed to rest and ease their
limbs in whatever manner they choose
during the night. 1t is stated on the
authority of Add. el.Kader, that Arab
horses will travel for three or four
months at the rate of fifty miles day
without showing fatigue, and are capa-
BILE of doing $50 miles in a single day
during the journey, il treated with care,
aud quietly ridden the next. Some
years ago an Arab, only four hands one
inch high, was ridden in India 400 miles
in five days for bet AMI its owner Of
fersd to repeat the feat after one days
rest. This offer, however was not ac-
cepted, as the game little horse Won the
match the first time with the greatest
ease