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turned up an eff lie would rather
hear it said, if we owe these bonds let US
pay every dollar Of them.
In reviewing the history of those bonds
he started with the land grant of Con-
gress, truly muni6cent grant but wholly
unavailable for building. Money was re-
quired to build the railroads before the
lands had any market value. The roads
were then projected far in advance of
population; had they been built they
would have rotted away before needed.
It would have been better if the State
had loaned it's credit only for building
twenty or thirty miles of some one most
useful line. But each community
was anxious to have the most
of it's road built and the pro-
jectors of each road we're anxious
to have the most miles graded to get
most of the bonds.
The State gave her bonds, looking to
the companies for her own 'security-her
own bonds that she would pay.
Mr.. Wilkinson. Did it not put into
the same bonds the condition of their is
sues that the companies should pay both
interest and principal?
Mr.. Drake. Yes, to give better credit
to the bonds, by saying that the property
of the companies and their lands were
also held. If the companies only were
to pay, what did the State give bonds for?
Why were they her oyn bonds! Practi>
cally the condition said, We are new and
poor State, but beyond our own re.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-27
THE RUTLAND GLOBE MORNING. APRIL 2 1875

The capture of Fort Ticonderoga by
Ethan Allen has as much historic interest
and importance as the battle of Lexington.
We all know how Concord and Lexington
have observed their centennial. The press
have given the incidents of the day with
glowing accounts of the grand exercises,
and even now everybody Is talking of the
events, and all eyes are turned to Concord
and Lexington.
Ticonderoga could not be expected to
carry out such brilliant programme as
was witnessed last Monday in the old Bay
states but we could have observed the day
in becoming manner and have drawn to-
gether large concourse of people. We
see no reason why our fire need have inter-
fered, as necessarily no very large amount
OF money would be required. The fire
proved drawback, of course, but we fail
to see why everything should be dropped.
For that very reason the committee should
have put the thing through, with perhaps
a modification of the original programme.
The celebration would prove the very best
advertisement Ticonderoga could ask for.
No matter how insignificant programme
might be arranged, If the day be only
observed, it would place Ticonderoga be-
fore the public throughout the country
We are sorry to say it, but it ls very ev-
| lent the whole thing is bungle, and had
we escaped fire 1t would have been just the
same, nothing would have been accom-
plished. In letting May 10th pass without
in some way observing the day, Ticonder-
oga has missed an opportunity TO make
herself better known, and possibly to call
attention of some capitalist to her unparal-
eled water power. 1t is a wonder the
shadow of old Ethan don't whisl in among
our committee and whisper, "ln the name
of the Great Jehovah and the continental
congress- 1t is Just like Inn
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-27

What model men those Louisiana legls-
lators are With all their economy, they
are renowned for their charity-that kind
which begins at home. They displayed
their economy by refusing to complete the
legislation necessary for the financial relief
of the state and to preserve ITS credit, as
well as by allowing Clinton to manipulate
the funds for two more years-that spasm
of impeachment virtue wasn't very lasting.
They could doubtless sympathize with
public plunderer, for do they not know how
it is themselves ? They, also, afforded a
most beautiful illustration of that never
dying charity which looks out for number
one, by appropriating over one hundred
thousand dollars to reimburse them for the
loss of their very valuable time devoted to
saving the state by that compromise. Per-
haps continuing Clinton in office was an
other compromise-if he wasn't disturbed,
he would pay their little bills suspend
him, and they might whistle for their
money.
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[From the Ticonderoga Sentlnell
The Ethan Allen Centennial.

There seems to be general expression
of regret that the much talked of centen-
NAL observance Of the capture of the
old fort by Ethan Allen has been indefinite
ly postponed. The expression is not con-
fined to local limits; but particularly is
heard abroad 1t has gone all over the
country that May 10th, rs, would be a big
day for Ticonderoga; that interesting fes-
tivities would take place under shadows of
the crumbling walls of the time honored
and renowned old fort, that memories of
Eye olden time" on that day would be
frightened up and all honor paid to the
memories of the heroes of the revolutionary
days. Many never having visited the his
toric ramparts, have been intending to do
80 centennial day. AS near as we are
able TO judge there was every reason to be-
lieye great number ofpeoplehad arranged
10 be present.
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The Lecture Platform.

Mr.. Charles Francis Adams will address
the literary societies of Amherst college
during commencement week.
Horatio Seymour, David A. Wells and
ex-Vicc-President Colfax are expected to
deliver lectures before the Kent club OF the
Yale law school during the present term.
Professor Richard A. Proctor, the as
tronomer, will commence his lectures
about the middle of October. lie has al
ready many engagements in New England
His appointments are made by Williams's
Lecture bureau of Boston.
Carl Schurz, who sails In few days for
Europe, will return in season to commence
lecturing in New England the last of Octo-
Der or first of November. He will be one
of the great attractions in the lecture field.
Charles Bradlaughs new lecture for lyce-
ums in this country will be entitled Gan
Englishmans View OF American Politics,
and "The Labor Question in the Old and
New World" He has been already en-
gagged In various places east and west. His
great power as platform speaker attracts
yceum committees in every direction.
Williams's lecture bureau is the sole agen-
cy for Mr.. Bradlaugh.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-27
DEATH or JONATHAN pAnKnn
Another ola settler ; N Pioneer and
Distinguished Citizen Gone 10
Rest.


There were many hearts saddened this
morning when 1t became known among
the people on the streets that Jonathan
Parker was no more. He was one of the
oldest citizens-one of the oldest settlers
in the county--a man long known and
highly respected In Davenport for almost
forty years. He was we'll but little over
week ago. But few days since he
came in from II visit to his son, the Hon.
Geo. w. Parker, of Liberty township, and
was passing about attending to his bust
ness with as much activity as men of fifty
About one week ago he contracted a cold;
congestion of the lungs followed in severe
attack, and at two o'clock this morning
almost eighty-ninc years Of age, the good
man, in full possession OF his senses,
breathed his last.
Jonathan Parker was born in the town
of Clarendon, near Rutland, Vermont, MAY
It'll, 1886. His father was then but an
early settler in Charlottesville yet the
state of Vermont had no existence, save in
the iron determination of the Green Noun
tain Boys, who, in maintenance Of their
rights, fought the officials from both New
Hampshire and New York, both of which
states claimed the Green Mountain terri
tory.
In his boyhood days Jonathan Parker
helped his father subdue the mighty forest;
went but meagerly to school-iong enough
to learn TO read, write and cipher. For
the most part in hard labor he spent the
first twenty years of his existence. In
1906, when twenty years of age he shoul-
dered his pack containing an extra suit of
clothes, and started out TO seek his fortune.
II took him four DAYS In reach Ros,on
when Le bired to a forn,or In Can,hr;d'ro
ond ,,or,,ad a ve ,'on,hs Co. ~ eco @,''''i'use
T., thn a,,,,,r,n ns ~, ~ ~ - T..
,-,,d "a aaI aueu,nn vi nc salnc year ne
.ruuseu noliic aga,n-ioiIneu partnership
,n .no "oYi os,uinS anu cloih dressing
,,.nn , ~ m; lalhcl-anu continued
VIC, .nv,o WV ,oaisi 'hen WI Ti. over 'ne noun
.aln " huau,ls III MInusor coun'y,-
| molhe1 u. 'ne SAINT business nna except WIN
| yes. ~ 'nc mlh,e, Vi iooV NC taught MS
,lrst scnool III CLARENDON ana married
Naomi MUS, WIN whom he llved in happy
weuiocs 9ntll 'ne slst Oh last month. ne
once 'oiu US 'hat ne go' w Ior 'hat
sch99', ana one oil me pest wives IN the
worio mo 'iae bargain. IN clarendon, IN
| ioll, Ills hrst son, Jonathan was
porn.
| In 1911 he removed to Sherbrooke, CAN
| ada, and set up cardipg and cloth dress
| ing works remained seven years was
burned out then returned to Vermont.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-27
A railroad Ticket Decision

In the county court at st. Adams, the
other day, a case of some interest to the
travelling public was decided-that of
Jerome VS.. j. G. Smith and others of the
Central Vermont railroad, the jury award
ing the plaintiff $4,000. Jerome sued for
$4,000 damages for being elected from the
cars when he had ticket, but in the
judgment of the jury, Stonegrave, the
conductor, did not find Jerome's check
before he was expelled from the cars, and
Stonegrave did not tell Jerome that he had
found his check, and consequently they
only awarded SO 900 damages.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-27

inc results OF the election of 1874, as given
above, we can well believe that the presi-
dent tells the whole truth when he says
'that in the appointment of his cabinet Of
''ficers he has not regarded it as incumbent
upon him to consult the political interests
"of sections or states" What then has he
regarded "as incumbent upon him to con-
"sult ?" He tells us, and, although it is
nothing new. it would account for the
want of confidence felt by the people in
him and his cabinet, even if every minister
had happened to be the right man in the
right place. He is. he says, ''guided by
"his own views in their selection" and they
have been "selected on personal consider
cations entirely" Very true, but is it not
about time that personal considerations"
gave way to the public good
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planned that service was not well peform-
ed. In 1910 Mr.. Parker was mayor of
the city of Davenport and in 1854 was
chosen county surveyor, which position he
had occupied as deputy for twelve years
previously.
In 1850 he ran the first line for the Chi
cago & Rock Island railroad from Peru to
Rock Island, as deputy under Col. r. p.
Morgan surveyed the section lines to give
angles for the right of way along the line.
During the same year Mr.. Parker, by or
der of the common council of this city,
made map for a railroad between Da-
venport and San Francisco-the same ten
years later, adopted by the Union Pacific
company. Thus, for some fourteen years,
he was actively engaged with his field in.
struments as land surveyor and civil engi-
neer. He was counted among the most ac-
curate and practiced of his profession.
This is the merest glance at some OF the
most important points in long and useful
lite, full recital of which would form most
interesting volume. He was man of iron
constitution, great activity, strong common
sense and judgment. Though but little
taught in schools he was man OF extern
sive reading, profound thinker, thor
ough scholar in anything he fixed his atten-
ton upon. His habits were fixed in early
youth-making use of stimuants of no
kind--living plainly and avoiding all
extremes in life, he lived the full meas
ure of mans days-and many days beyond
He became Master Mason in 1Sl5-full
| sixty years ago--and strove TO keep the
| faith of the order-meeting all men upon
the level acting with all upon the square.
He was the father of seven children, two
| of whom died before he came to Iowa,
| One lies buried in Vermont, another in
| Canada, the two eldest in the city GENE
tery-one of whom, Jonathan w. Parker,
| was one of the earliest lawyers in Daven-
| port, and one of the noblest of his time in
| the state, a member of the Iowa territorial
| legislature and speaker of the state coun-
| Gil, and once mayor of this city the
other, Mrs. Sarah N. Bonney, wife of
James w. Bonney. There are now living
Hon. George w. Parker of Scott county,
| formerly member of the Iowa state legis-
lature Mrs. Mary Ann M. Thorington,
wife of Hon. James ThoriDgton, now
United States consul at Aspinwall; and j.
Monroe Parker, leading capitalist OF
Rochester, N. Y.
The wife, it will be remembered, died
ON the 2lst of last month gone only Q
short month before. Born in the SAINT
place, in the same year, almost eighty
nine years ago, they lived together in un-
broken peace and happiness for nearly
sixty-six ycars-died to be buried almost
in the same grave.
The two living sons were present during
the last days and the dying hours of tn,
aged parent the remaining daughter lv
ing with her family in Aspin wall. Tit
funeral will take place at the Unitarian
church on Sunday at o'clock p. M, TIT
Old Settlers assembling at the Times Office
on Third street between Brady and Perry
at o'clock, to attend in body.-Daren
port Democrat, April 90.
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state News.
Westmore wants IA minister.


Westmore wants "A minister.
Newbury seminary has over one hundred
students.
Two deaths from smallpox in Hines
burgh last week.
Twelve persons were baptised at the Bap-
tist church in Burlington on Sunday.
The Estey organ company of Brattle-
boro, has made $4,000 organs up to the
present time.
The town of Essex has subscribed $780,
600 to the stock of the Lamoille and Bur-
lington railroad.
The employees of the Central Vermont
shops are to commence work on the ten
hour system after May LIST.
The Mcthodists and Baptists in Wheel
ock, united in holding series of meetings
every evening last week, resulting in quite
revival
A Chester man, professed christian, re-
Gently demanded and received fifty cents
for singing at the funeral of daughter OF
one of his neighbors.
Brattleboro is now the cmanatng point
of six periodicals, the last being the Amer
lean Free Press, a monthly sheet, recently
established by o. A. Libby & Co.
Captain J. Hinckley crossed on the ice
from Essex TO Charlotte and back, Friday.
In the present condition of the ice the ex-
pertinent would seem dangerous one.
The passenger locomotive, II. II. Lock
lin, which runs the Gay express between
st. Adams and White River Junction, has
just come out of the st. Adams shops
looking handsome in its new coat of paint.
-Four trappers of Bridport and Addison
have been making raid upon the fur an.
finals in and around Dead Greek, and have
caught / 900 musk rats, besides coons, and
sgunks enough TO last them in perfumery
the whole season.
The good people of Charlotte are good
deal exercised because about four tons OF
nitro glycerine are stored in a building al
McNeil's Ferry. They are afraid that
when the lake breaks up, the ice will SWEEP
away the storehouse and cause an eXplo
sion.
AS result of the revival in St. Johns
bury, seventy persons were proposded
Sunday, for admission to the South church
and about fifty are expected to unite will
the North church. Over forty have con
nected themselves with the Free viii Bap
list church and others will probably JOIN
other churches.
The mania for spelling has reached Es
sex Centre, and there is to be a regula
"set to" between the lads and lassies unde
twenty-five years of age and the children
of larger growth over that age at tn,
Town hall on Saturday, the first day o.
May. Everybody is invited to participate
Valuable prizes will be distributed to tn
winners.
Charles Pierce, blacksmith, IN Sutton
Caledonia county, got fish bone stuck il
the left side of his throat about two year
ago, the removal of which has baflled tn
skill of physicians. He has had a cougl
most of the time since and people feared |
was fatal. For few days past his throa
has been very sore, something like quin
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-27
Here and There.

Rev. Marvin Richardson, the oldest
member of the New York Methodist con-
ference, took his leave of that body Fri
day, after continuous connection extend
ing over sixly-six years. He is a very old
man, and was so weak that he could hardly
talk. His closing remarks were spoken
with great effort, and affected many to
tears.
The suit of Eric county, Ohio, against
Rush II. Sloan and his surctics, to recover
SAG, 200 for non-appearancc to answer sew
enteen charges Of ENLIGHTENMENT while
Sloan was president of the Cincinnati San
dusky e. Cleveland railroad, has been set
tied, Sloan's sureties agreeing to pay $780,
500. This is the largest amount of forfeit
bale ever recorded in that state. Sloan does
not feel the slightest concern in the matter
for he stole SSO00,0O from the road and
is now a banker at Brussels, Belgium.
A case is now pending in court at Abbey
vile, Va, which illustrates the fact that in
some obscure parts of the south attempts
are being made to keep up the old nstitu-
tion of slavery, and with some success.
Albert Bethel, colorcd man who was sold
from Saitville 10 Aiken, S. G., away from
MS "iie ana children, before the war. has
ever since been trying to recover tho chill
dren, and now finds that they have, all This
time been held as slaves, and he has been
obliged to get writ of habeas corpus to
get possession OF his own children.
Now that the Iloosac tunnel is completed
by far the greatest work in progress in New
England is the construction of the Port
land d Ogdensburg railroad through the
White mountains, Il route considered I'M
practicable Il few years ago. Il is we'll
h alsi accomplished fact. however, the
track being already laid to Frankenstein
cliff, about three miles from the old Craw-
ford house. From this point to the Notch,
six miles, and from the Notch to Fabyan's
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ey sore, until last Sunday he discovered the
bone sticking out under and at the roots of
his tongue on removal 1t was found to be
an inch IN length. Pierces cough is now
improving.
While two little sons Of Willard Shell
don of Westford were chopping the same
stick, the elder put his foot on it, man
like, to prevent it rolling, and the younger
chopped two toes, the little one and that
next ii, nearly severing them from the
foot. Willie begged Johnny should not be
blamed, rs 1t was only I" bad accident"
and grieved more lest 1t should prevent
him from attending school at its CON-
mcncement than for the pain the wound
gave him.
There was sugar party at the sugar
camp of Mrs. Harvey Elkins, In North
Troy recently, and general invitation
brought out large crowd. After eating
sugar enough, some of the more jovial ones
began to fplaster one another's faces and
happened to put little on the face of
young man who took it as an insult, and
remarked that "no lady would do that"
or words to that effect, when whole bevy
of them event for" him, and put sugar on
his hat, on his clothes, on his face, in his
eyes, and then took him down and rubbed
it in. When the young man got his liber-
ty he seized one of the females, dragged
her to the sugar pan and turned saucer
full of sugar on her head, and another he
shampooed, and then with a woop de la he
sprang through the doorway and, striking
A..
come on. The ladies would not accept the
challenge, and the parties separated. They
had sugar on snow, sugar on their faces,
sugar in his eyes, sugar under foot, sugar
overhead and sugar all about them.-NorM
Troy Palladium.
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CABINET MAKING.

General Grant was good tanner, as we
all know. for did he not ''tan the hides" of
the rebels most completely, and at the
right time and in the right place too? The
only fault that can be found with him, on
this score, is that having ''got his hand
in" he is all unmindful of the fact that
the rebellion was suppressed some ten years
ago, and that, as there is no rebellion, there
are now no rebels. But perhaps this grave
failing will be corrected in time. AS a
cabinet maker, he has not been success
His theory of cabinet making may be good,
In part at least, but his practice has been
bad with occasional exceptions. We are
constrained to say, however, that his prac-
tce has improved with time, and he has
lately turned out some pretty good work,
and there is reason to hope, should he con-
descend to become a "third termer," he
will show himself an undiluted success in
this delicate branch of business Just now,
the attention of the country is again direc-
ted to the cabinet making business by the
rumors of the throwing up Of portfolios
by cabinet ministers, and more especially
by the voluntary removal of that handy
piece of furniture, George Ii. Williams,
from the Office of attorney general Who
will be his successor is the topic of the
hour. Will it be Ben. Butler, Matt. Car
penter, John Scott, or-but it all comes
back to who?
1t has been suggested to the president
that he give Pennsylvania a representative
in the cabinet " in order to strengthen the
"party in that state in the approaching
campaign" and John Scott, now an ex-
United States senator, from being
on the unlucky side OF the tidal
wave-if tidal waves have any sides
has been named as one who would make
"a very acceptable cabinet officer The
president thought he would make good
officer, but he " entertained no such idea
as that his appointment would "advance
"party interests in that state either in O
local or national point of view" 1t is @
good omen to be assured that the president
is not too old to learn. If he has no re.
spect for public opinion, he can under.
stand the logic of events. He lives and
learns let US hope that he will continue
to learn while he lives. Let us, also, be
thankful for small favors, and larger ones
in proportion--when we receive the largel
ones. Well may he say that cabinet ap
pointment will not advance party inter
ests" either " in a local or national poin
of view.' Has he not tried 1t elsewhere
and does he not know? If any one polit
ical lesson could impress itself upon hi
brain, it must be that the recognition of
state, by cabinet appointment, will no
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The Ogdensburg and Lake Chnm-
plain Road.

The Ogdensburg Adcance says that the
motion before the court of appeals, made
by Colonel L. G. James, in the suit of the
Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain railroad
company against the Central Vermont
company, was decided last week in favor
of the Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain
company. 1t will be remembered that the
motion was to shut out the plaintiffs from
court on the ground that they had re-
ceved rents from the Vermont Central
since the commencement of the suit. l..
Hasbrouck, Jr., argued the case for the
Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain. The
motion was denied by the full bench,
Judge James dissenting. The other judges
were the Hons. l.. Learned and d. Board
man