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al on being told there was no hope Oh
es;s hat after a moments reflection, ne
sold the only .expedient that occurred 70
S;,, n ,,nder the circumstances was the ex-
are;se' If. little of that harmless STRAIT
e. which was always allowable IN war
~ that If could only fad some old
.I,n,,aan ycbo would consent to personate
! ~, erra,,dmofller. the boy was in such
49, ~ If Ietharey that he would not
s.atb detect the deception, and would
die with the consoling belief that ne 1lS;a
received the parting beneatctioh VI ms
aged relative. fol,le
device replied the doctor but where
viii YOU find the elderly female to enact
the part of the grandmother
s.T,et me see, seIiloquized Mr.. Lln-
coin holding up. his left hand while ne
enumerated with the index finger OF the
RIGHT hand. s'There is old Mrs. b,
old Mrs, SIX, and old Mrs. Ms;
thew are all most benevolent ladies, bat
Pm apprehensive they could not be pre-
vailed upon toundertake anything when
involved the faintest shadow OF decep-
ton. No. no. continued he, 'there Is
NO hone from that direction bat IL l
could only induce my venerable friend
Gideon Welles to personate the old lady,
in suitable costume, the object would be
attained. aud nobody harmed.
.eBut," remarked the doctor, "Ar.
Welles' long white beard would at once
expose the artitice.
s'That can all be obYiated by Ais wear
ing a night-cap, tied downs as to cover
upfhe beard" said the President.
Accordingly he sat down at once ana
addressed a note to the Secretary OF the
Navy, begging him, as special fayor,
to comply with the request at as early :
| moment as practicable,as the boy 8 hours
were numbered.
Now it so happened when the Secre.
tary received this communication ne was
busily engaged in official transactions,
which, in his opinion, were OF so much
consequence that they could not be post
poned for anything else, and he repllec
that he entertained high appreciation
| of the honor conferred upon him by The
Presidents selecting him TO perform the
chief role in the sad little drama ind
Gated, but unfortunately he was at thai
very moment deeply absorbed IN the so
luton of the difficult problem as tc
whether Noah's ark or the new mode
gun-boat was best adapted TO the pur
poses of modern warfare. - Ba5tor'
DrGaoer, IN Harper'S Magazine FOL
| April.
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Discount to Large Dealers.

A youthful couple in Boston called on
a clergyman to be married, arriving Just
in time to see a newly welded old couple
pay half-dollar and depart After the
ceremony the youthful husband thrust
his hand into his pocket and pulled out
the very same amount, an equally bright
half-doAar, and presented it to the divine,
whereupon the good man looked with
profound establishment at the insignifi-
cant amount and remarked
t'My customary fee on such occasions
is So
You married the last ugly old coupe
for fifty cents, said the indignant bride
groom.
The good divine, placing bis glasses
several inches above his nose, looked the
young man full IN the face and said
81 have never married you but this
once, while have married the former
man five times and ON such occasions
duty demands liberal discount 10 the
trade"
suffice it to say the remaining 81 30
were forthcoming.
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! SID A. L. Perry's book. elements
eof 9Yitical Economy" is being trans
Islass into Italian 1t is TO form the sec
,,.ohaza4ame of the third series of the
ssBibineca del Economists" collee-
ton d contemporary pelitico-econo-
nical Writings which is being issued In
Italy. Prof. Perry has long been con-
neefed nth Williams College and is one
49, thorities on his chosen subject
bishop John McC loskey.. of New
I ork, the first American Cardinal, was
bora in Brooklyn, n. Y, in 1910, was
ordsined in New York in 1884, was con
sDssted Bishop of Axferen in 1874 by
1 Iop Hughes, and when the diocese Of
: ny was established, was transferred
! 10 fAat see, holding it seventeen years,
whtn, upon the death of Archbishop
Hughes, he was elevated to the vacant
sea- His conservation as Archbishop
occurred at St. Patrick's Cathedral,
SrfTe he was originally ordained as a
priest, and where he celebrated his first
! - Oh Sunday, August 81, 1864. In
EHlntereats of his church, Archbishop
MCloskey has been an interchangeable
Der, and his new dignity is one
Which his coFeEgionists regard az being
welt-deseryed. s-... HI .-.---. e
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The Portland and ogdensbuFg
-, Railroad.

A correspondent of the Boston Jour
nalwrites as follows of the White Noun
tain division of this road
Now that the HoOsac is bored, the
Portland and Ogdensburg railroad Is
undoubtedly the greatest work in pro
Oress in the New England States. 1t is,
however. well nigh being an accom-
r,lished fact. so far as the White Noun
tain division is concerned. The track IS
already laid to Frankenstein Cliff, about
three miles above DIR. Bemis's, at the
sold Crawford House. From this
noint to the Notch, six miles, and from
the Notch 10 Fabyan's, four miles, Is ali
that remains to connect the rails, so tn2i
the Tour of the Mountains will be made
with ease the coming season. Three
months of open weather viii be ample
time to complete this work, and 1t is
confidently expected to close up the gsp
before the fourth of July. A few yei.rs
AGO il was considered an impractlcaoi5
scheme. IA railroad through the Notch
of the White Hillsl" But so soon az II
was decided to take the natural gradient
of the route, the matter Of location re-
solved itself into a problem to be worked
out upon the side of the mountain with
transit, level and chain. This being
done. fhe amount Of work required in
construction was comparatively small,
and compared favOrably with other rall-
road work in the State. The largest
rock cut and the only one OF note, Just
at the Notch, was less than 0O,OOO cubic
yards. With the exception OF TINS the
work has all been done since last Juiyy
400 to GOO men having been employee.
The railroad crosses the stage roaa moi
far from Benis, at grade. aEd theree.
taking the mountain slope upon bis
south side Of the valley, climbing utl the
sides of Mounts Wiley and willard y
a grade of two and twO-tenths 1eet II
one hundred, il comes out through tnE
ssGateway" upon q plain, the head Of TIC
Saco valley. The alignment Is remark
able. considering the obstacles 10 be
overcome. and there is but little curVa-
ture of less than fifteen hundred feet
radius. The summit reached is nineteen
hundred feet above mean tide, and there
/ are but seven miles of the one hundred
/ and sixteen feet gradient, the ruling rate
/ through the mountains being eighty-tiye
| feet per mile. Passenger trains viii
make this trip without much impedi-
ment. while freight trains will only have
/ to be governed by the circumstances.
a train of nine cars, with a load Of two
hundred tons, has been run over pOr-
ton of this heavy grade with much sat
| isfaction, and as the heavier freights will
naturally pass from west to east, this
route is likely to become a most impOT-
tant highway of transportation. The
mountains now are within the reach Of
all, as four hours from Portland viii
take the traveller into their very pres
ence, and many will be satisfied with
the Yosemite at home. The road az il
lies upon the side Of Mount Wiley Is
| from three hundred 10 four hundred feet
above the stage road, and while Mount
Wiley continues to rise at least one
thousand feet upon the one hand, Mount
| Webster presents a full brOadside view
upon the other, probably two thousand
| feet i'm elevation.
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No utterance upon the subject of the
confirmation of DR.. De KoYen that we
have seen is more significant than this
of the Southern ChurctmGn. 1t says it
would regard DIR. DeKoven's confrma-
ton as "one of the most serious blows
to the prosperity of the church that it
has ever received. His declaration in
the General Convention on the eucharist
is declared to be undiluted Romanism /;
and for not saying it and not believing
it, Ridley and Latimer were burned at
the stake. And can it be that the stand
ing committees and bishops of a church
that has martyrs for its ancestors can
agree, by confirming Dr. De Koven, to
cast slur upon their martyred bishops,
or to say they died for mistake? The
evil that his confirmation would do is
untold"
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his integrity and patriotism in spite OF
the. yilifcation with which he has been
pursued by certain self-styled 'inde-
pendent newspapers. 1t was hardly
necessary to devote SO much space to q
fact so patent. The, Republicans of
Connecticut are satisfied that the Presi-
dent has tried to do the best he could
for the country and that he deserves the
good will and support of all :Union-lcva
ing citizens. They are not, apologizing
for him nor according him q hating or,
half-hearted support: If desertion q
the President we elected is necessary to.
success in the coming election, we have
no intention of paying the price. That,
is not the order of the day. ''We pre-
pose to move Immediately upon you1
works." and let the hardest fend off
Hartford Egeniaq Post. .-s.tss
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"uncIe Tom

A remarkable man came TO Boston
four weeks ago from his home in Dawn,
Canada West. He is eighty-five years
old, and his purpose was TO obtain a
small sum of money to clear off mort
gage on his little homestead before he
should be unable to assist his wife and
grandchildren, who are dependent on
him. This is Josiah who came
to Boston forty years a Tens aaSd excited
the interest and sympathy of some good
80 1nsu ~ f--se,si e,y r., and
40 ! 5sTu 90 m TO found his g..
Ugle.s,.lig CHIEFLY of those who had been
slaves, ard were free by the act of their
masters, or by their own enterprise. His
story was like a romance well told, and
his whole life has been the same. AL
ways devoted to those who were strug-
Cling through distress, he has always re-
manned poor himself.
The late Amos Lawrence was his fast
friend, and he, with Mr.. Bowditch, Mr..
r. G. Shaw, the Lymans, and others,
advanced him money to build a saw
mill and TO bring cargo of black wal
nut from his settlement TO Boston. Mr..
Samuel A. Elliot, who was then treas
urer of Harvard College, wrote and pub
lished memoir of his life. 1t was this
which gave Mrs Stove her ideal Uncle
Tom, as she afterwards gracefully &C
knowledged in her ''Key to Uncle Toms
Cabin" Anybody who conyerses with
Mr.. Henson Will recognize the Uncle
Tom who has now passed into history.
His conversation is both grave and gay
he is an eloquent preacher and gifted in
prayer. He appears to read the Bible
with fervor, which in fact lie cannot
read at all, but his memory serves him.
His talent for narration and for imita-
ton are great. He can draw tears of
sympathy or of laughter.
Rev. DR.. s. K. Lothrop, who has
been his friend from the first time he
came to Boston, took pains to advise
him about obtaining some money.
Father Henson seemed as vigorous and
hopeful as ever to carry out his plan,
and made good beginning of it, when
he was struck with paralysis while get
ting out of bed fortnight ago, at his
boarding house, No. Strong place.
So that Uncle Toms days of activity
are over. He has proved himself
brave and good man, and he has great
soul. He has faced many dangers and
borne many hardships. He has been a
good beggar for others but a poor one
for himself. And now before he begins
his journey homeward, never to come
here again, it would be a handsome
thing for those who have the money, to
pay off that little debt of 5000, that he
may die in peace.
In order that any one who feels this
way may not lack for a trustee to re-
ceive his gift, we will name Mr. Amos
A. Lawrence as a suitable person, and
have no doubt that he will accept the
trust. -C0mqaer cial Bulletin.
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specifications were introduced by both
parties together with a good array OF
witnesses. The finding has not as YET
been promulgated, and the opinion OF q
large majority of disinterested specta-
tors is that the vindication of the pastor
is not success - Manchester j oaiTrlGt..
The Journal says that Montpelier has
no reason for encouragement, but quite
the contrary Putting the contribution
to the hotel, the:three hundred and sev-
enty FIVE per cent. tax, and the actual
loss by the fire, all together, and thesura
is not 50 great as that paid for one OF the
churches erected there within few
years last past. At the time of the fire
the individual deposits and surplus OF
the banks amounted to. $424 ,220. The
deposits of Montpelier people in the saw
ings banks, if added, would probably
bring the sum total up to fully half
million dollars. Nearly all the owners
of real estate who suffered by the fire
are not only able but willing to erect far
better and more profitable buildings, and
the result of the fire will really he adj
yantageOus to the town. RI. s.e...
Tie Jersey CITY J0at172dE gives JuIlan
SCOTS picture of Cedar Creek a hand
some notice, closing as follows and now
it occurs to us to inquire why the State
of New Jersey should not have a picture
similar to this one, which commentaries
the valor of the Vermont soldiery, or
better one if it can be procured. New
Jersey has certainly as many Union bat
tie fields of which she has cause to be
proud as Vermont or any other State.
MIR. Scott, who painted the battle picture
for Vermont, which is described in an
other column, is resident of New Jer-
sey, his home being now at Plainfield.
Perhaps he would be able and willing to
paint for New Jersey as good a picture
as he gave the Vermonters, or better
one. Who will start this good thing in
the Legislature?
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Notes and Comments.

"A grand umbrella opening" is an
nouneed in New York Clouds must be
coming into fashion again. -...... ~.
A bin has been introduced into the
New York legislature to compel street
railroad companies to furnish seat for
each passenger who enters their cars. IL
case no seat is provided no pay can be
exacted.
The Port Jervis people ought to thank.
their stars that steam locomotive was
at hand to warn them of the approach
of the great flood. Who knows what
might have happened if they had been
compelled to wait for the signal from
Collins Graves milk cart?
The New York Herald guesses that
Beecher will take his place on the wit
ness stand on Monday, because Evarts
has engaged rooms at hotel in Brook
lyn. 1t thinks he wants to be where he
can have long and frequent consultations
with his client.
The Indian must give way. While
the treaty exists, the right of the Indian
to the Black Hills is to be defended by
the government, every effort will be
made to extinguish their title, and no
doubt this will be accomplished. Now
that it is believed that there is millions
in the Black Hills the white man must
have them, and the red man must step
further back. Alas, poor LO
The pardon by the Governor of Hi
nois of convict who had confdentialss
ly embezzled the paltry sum of twenty
five thousand dollars from his employer
is commented on unfavorably by the
Chicago press, and the general opinion
seems TO be that the executive was de-
ceived in the matter. The public are
certainly deceived when, after being
heavily taxed to support the expensive
system of legal justice, the action of
courts is nullified by insufficient cause.
The protection of society requires that
kindly feeling for the individual should
give way to the interests of the mass
es-a truth which is too often over
looked or disregarded by those in au-
thOrity.
The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Telegraph writes; The
Ctr0niQ1te des Arts informs us that the
thieves of Spain are gaily pursuing their
mad career amongst pictures and stat
ues. The cartoons of Goya at Madrid
have gone after the Seville Murillo-
which has, indeed, been recovered. The
Virgins crown in Saint Ferdinand's
chapel at Seville, has vanished. So has
the Mater dOIor0sd of AlonZo Gano at
Granada. The latest exploit of these
enterprising fellows has been trium-
phantly carried out in Madrid. Their
booty is small statue of the virgin, mi
raculous, of course, most excellent of
workmanship, and. dating fromEthe -
lofthe sixteenth q11tRy. Its
got it safely into where I C
rowed around SUI ait from Mn Ia
and Mercuard, bankers. The ley
legation has claimed the statue. N~vGe
least curious amongst things of Spain,
is this spirited association of burglars.
Nowhere else, probably, would your
picker-up of unconsidered trifles think
of unlocking virgin twice the size of
life, and walking off with it under his
arm. Spain cannot be played out
whilst such enterprise exists among her
children"
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seemed rapidly dying out, but by lap
ping ON the home stretch, and making
game run to the end, he has again come
to decided prominence. He has not the
the blandness which disgusts worldly
people, nor the affecrations of virtue
which get no credit with the skeptical,
nor the gravity which repels any way
faring man. He is a good parliamenta
rian, a better arguer than reasoner,
fine organizer, and has national mind,
radical in its opportunities, and conser
vatiye in its preferences. He has an I'M
usually clear vision and breadth of view.
If he were president he would visit the
South and pick his office holders there
in advance from a general understand
ing of the condition of affairs. He is
not man of eminent loyalty to his per-
sonal friends, unless they keep well
abreast of him in deserving and receiv-
ing success. We should have no per.
sonal government if he were president
His aspirations for riches are not extern
sive. None Of the common passions of
men can ever master him to the disrup-
ton of his general character. He
drinks wine only at and after dinner.
He does not drink whisky or brandy at
ALL In his expenditures he pays most
of ali for his house and the clothing of
his family. He does not run to horses
nor to fashion He likes the acquain-
lance of useful people, and spends no
time in indolent intercourse and compli-
rsent He admires fine women, but not
ir they involve his captivity or COM
promise. He is not deeply read man,
but very we'll read journalist and poll
tician. He knows the value of men of
learning in the ethics and influence of
the nation, and is not afraid to have the
ablest men in his councils, believing
that the ablest can be governed by affa-
bility and diplomacy. 1t is coming very
close to the question as to whether Jas.
G. Blaine will not be the candidate of
the Republican party in 1876. You will
note his actions between now and next
December, and keep the run OF his pri-
vate correspondence to see if this prob
ability be true. Cath in Pttts6'trg Ga
zette.
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was Just putting his head in the window
IN call him to dinner. Billy will proba-
bly be able to sort over the rest OF those
anples next week, but his fathers eye
win never resume its wonted brightness.
-. Fulton Times.
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Billy Henderson was engaged in clean
ing out the cellar the other day and sort
ing over the apples. 1t was during the
thaw, and the cellar window was omen
and as Billy seized rotten annie n sh;e
at Jimmie Browns dog, which was
passing, he didn't notice that his father
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Gov. TuDRN, of New York, has sent
a message to the Legislature on the
canal frauds, which is considered by
politicians at Albany as a master
stroke on the part of the Governor. Ex-
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The Presidential QuaIif1ca-
tons of James c.. Blaine.

AS Mr. Blaine is one of the candidates
for the presidency in 1876, it is worth
while rte attempt to understand him
fully. A few months ago his chances
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DR.. JOHN HALL, Presbyterian
preacher of New York, has been lectur-
ing to the Yale theological students
upon clerical manners aud giving them
very good advice. He advises the stu
dents to make the acquaintance of all
the persons to whom they shall minis
ter. He does not regard it essential to
the success of pastoral calls that the
minister should 'talk religion" unless
this can be done naturally and with tact.
In his own pastoral work he says that
he wants to see people in their ''liviDg
rooms, and not be asked TO admire
drawing room pictures and furniture
which were not where the life of the
family lay. Women whom he does not
know he is in the habit of turning over
to his wife AS to visiting sick parish
toner's, he thinks that the clergyman
should be subject to the physician, but
the physician, at the same time, should
not underestimate the value of spiritual
comfort. He does not believe in the eff
forts sometimes made TO make prayer
meetings Interesting" He does not
regard the ministers office as privileging
his manners in any direction whatever,
and says that the most important thing
is s'not the conventional form, but the
gentlemanly spirit.
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THE RUTLAND HERALD
THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1875.
JOHN mitchell.

A troublesome question has been set
tied very suddenly and conclusively for
our English cousins. A short time ago
the borough of Tipperary, in Ireland,
elected John Mitchel-a returned ticket
of.leave man-their member of Parlia-
ment. AS convict it was doubtful if
he could legally hold his seat, and, more
over, he was exceedingly distasteful to
the English people. The election was
declared void and another ordered, to
which the Tipperary men responded by
returning Mitchell again without a dis
senting voice. On the day of the cleo
ton he was taken sick, and now death
steps in to close his career so that Par
lament is saved the necessity of passing
upon his pretensions. He was born in
1916 was educated at Trinity College,
Dublin, and, being admitted to the bar,
practised law few years, when he be-
came co-editor of -Gavan Duffy's Nation
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State News.

Insurance on property destroyed
ste fire in Montpelier amounts to
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e. fire in Montpelier amounts to
X1,950'
3udge Royce rendered his decision in
the Pest House case Thursday. The in
iSction hands, and Burlington must
Loo for an hospital elsewhere.
Sov. Peck paid Hon. John NJ. Dyer
$4,000 for the arsenal property and G.
LSlevens 81, 700 for the Sherman farm.
slse Manchester Mirror says that Mrs.
Kent Mason, the temperance lecturer,
who lectured in this town last fall, has
lately come into the inheritance of $780,
OFT.
The people of Orleans County have Vot
~ down the proposition to move the
county buildings from Irasburg-13S6 to
.sylvanus c. Putnam, a school boy of
Montpelier, has just died from the
effects of picking the palm of his hand
With pen, fortnight ago.
The "Ransom Guards" of st. Adams
have been invited to attend the centen-
NAL of the battle of Concord, which oc-
ours April 18th.
Among the patents recently granted
are the following to Vermonters. For
-sein Holder-C. Osgood, East Hard
wick; for Reed Organ-LeVi K. Fuller,
Sfattleboro.
Seventeen ladies of Stowe visited the
drug stores and two hotels last Friday
evening in the interests of temperance.
Three men signed the pledge. The cru
saders sang and talked with their audi
TORS. They also appointed a meeting at
Isham's hotel.
Rev Stephen IL. Stackpole of the
Highlands, who has been supplying the
BAPTIST Church at Saxton's River for
s-the past six weeks, has accepted call
from that church to become their pas
tor.
In the United States appropriation
bill provision has been made for surveys
at Port Henry and Rouses Point break
waters, and at Washington to ascertain
the practicability and cost of construct
ing a canal and locks around the rapids
in the ST. Lawrence at that point.
Hon. John Colby died at Fairlee, in
stantly, of heart disease, Friday morn