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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-24

The scales at ten pounds one 10 months old
weighed 14 pOunds and was valued by Mr.
d. At s400; he had obtained premiums on
him against 1900 other specimens, and also
he gold medal At the New England Poultry
show. Messrs Richmond, Il. Chapman,
Montague and others had meritorious fowls
Of the Light Brahms. Mr. Bugbee Of
Bridgewater exhibited Partridge Cochins
that possessed many superior points. There
were exhibitors from Windsor. Hartlapd,
Sherburn aud other towns bringing together
n better collection Of fowls than Is often
seen. In class 999 was the Foolo bird, aged
40 years, exhibited by +. s. McKeuEie Of
Woodstock who claimed superior blood for
bis bird. 1h 'fr'
List OF PrenaIura. rGahs b.U.
Buff Cocbios, J. s. Eaton, LIST 1. G.
Moore, Sd. '-ii
American Dominiques, j. s. Eaton, LIST
j. ID. Hewitt, ID, 'i
Dominique Leghorns, J. d. Hewitt, LIST.
Golden Hamburgs, w. H. II. Perkins
Windsor, LIST.
Silver Hamburgs, Jas Anderson, Wood.
stock, LIST Capt G. b. French, I'd.
Brown Leghorns, L. z, Tewksbury, LIST /;
j. M. Whitcomb, %. .,...,....... al
4, Game, e.. Marble, LIST and I'd. ..t
White Crested Black Hamburgs, II. w
Leach, Pomfret, LIST ID. G. Spaulding. ID
Golden Seabright Bantams, A. Il. ia
quith, lst Il. NJ. Goodwin, Hartland, ID
Light Brabmas, Geo Davis, East Mont
pelier, LIST and ID. $500 s
Partridge Oochins, Geo Davis, LIST and I'd
Plymouth Rocks, l.. w. Washburn, Is
and Cd.
Exhibition cross, l. W. Washburu, LIST
Guinea fowls, w. ID. Foster, lst; w. r
Washburn, I'd. 1l 1uIaTil a f1I.-r
Bolton Grays, Joseph Wyatt, lst. r..
Black Leghorns, A. b. Jaquith, LIST.
White LeghOrns A. d. Jaquith, %.
Royal Javas, ID. q. Spaulding, LIST; A
b. Jaquith, I'd. 1' % fHlaa'ia'H a
Geese, J.. A. Gallup, Woodstock, lst; Il
G. Emerson, Taftsville, I'd. .. .,.... .... .i
Ducks, ID, G. Spauldng, LIST and ID.
Turkeys, w. r. Washburn, lst
saoPea fowls, Fred H. Lockwood, LIST and I'd
Rabbits, l.. A. Hammond, Sherbarne, LIST
Special premiums as follows; ETC. Em
erson, Taltsville, heaviest trio of Plymouth
Rocks also, heaviest pair geese. RusI
Vaughan, Pomfret, heaviest pair turkeys
also, best pair mixed ducks. 4. P. Tewks
bury. heaviest pair Brown LoghOrns. D
q. SPauldiug, best collection Of fowls b
any one man.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-24

1t will be seen by an item in another place
that the board Of agriculture will hold meet
ings at Barre Tuesday and Wednesday, and
at Cabot Thursday and Friday of next week.
The meetings ofthe board are better appre-
ciated every year, and this winter have
been very well attended wherever held.
Let not the Washington county farmers fail
to improve this opportunity for the inter-
change of ideas and the reception of facts
which will benefit them in their calling.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-24

Which shall have the most attention this
winter, the care and training of our herds,
and Aocks, and swine, or our children ? We
have urged every farmer to take special care
Of the animals which he keeps upon his
premises to see that they are properly fed
and sheltered, and trained, that he may
realize the profits he aims to secure.
But every parent and citizen whose eyes
fall upon this paragraph has an interest and
responsibility which is not confined to the
farm.yard. 1t should centre in bis home
upon his children. 1t should follow them to
the school-house provided for their training
These children are Of more value TO their
parents, to the community, to the state and
the nation than all "the cattle upon q thou.
sand hills" Their proper education is a
matter of supreme Importance. May we,
without sacrilege, compare it with the fat
tening Of cattle or the training of horses
Most parents cherish correct feelings in
regard to this subject. They love their
children, and think they are disposed to do
all they can for their present and their fu-
ture but their practical views aud actions
are at variance with their sympathies and
feelings. A well-tO-dO farmer said to us, a
few days ago, "all l live for now is my chill
dren" This expression doubtless reflects
the feelings Of most parents who have fam.
lily growing up around them.
Bot when we come to the matter Of fact,
and are allowed to test the question Of prac.
teal interest felt in the education Of their
children compared with the improvement OF
their aocks aud herds, We are amazed. How
do good farmers manifest their interest in
farmingf We answer, by their personal
attention to their business. They not only
employ Trustworthy servants to take the care
Of their spacious and well-ArraDged barns,
but they take special pains to know that
their choice ShOrthOrns, and their selected
docks are properly cared for. They 20 them
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-24
For the vKREoNr FARHER.
Chittenden County.
Some Of les Natural Beauties and AssoeIa-
lions.

Vermont, among the New England States,
stands presminent for the varied beauty of
her scenery. Her mountain chains, her
lakes and streams, present numberless attrac-
tons to those who hurry away from the
heat and unrest of city life to find in tho
shadow Of our hills repoSe or pleasure, as
the case demands. ..0...
Chittendsn county, with its two mountain
peaks and its lake coast, lies invitiDgly in
the path Of the summer traveller. A ride
from Lake George down the Chsmplain to
Burlington, and then by the burlington and
LamOile Railroad when built to tho White
Mountains, not forgetting to climb Mans
field or CAmsls Hump, will eventually be.
come one Of the faVOritS routes for sum-
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-24

The next Legislature Of Ohio will contain
forty-eight farmers. Look out for economy,
hard money and free, uusectarian schools iu
that state. The farmers are not usually
reckless politicians, nor members of rings"
whose aim il is to defraud the people.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-24
MARKnrs.
80. .yohIssbssrv Marked.

$500 THURSDAY, Dec %.
.u Prices Paid by Dealers.
Butter, new, tubs or balls. choice q a 30c y ID.
Eggs, fresh v Dozen 35c.
Beans, common white s2.OO; hand picked $3.50.
Oats, SOC v bu.
Maple Sugar, stirred, extra, 100 v b; tub, So.
Potatoes, 4Oc v hu. 80.
Beef dressed weight, "a SC y b.
Voal, live weight &C v ID. -
'Hs Prices Asked by Dealers.
Dried Apples, Sliced Ice Y ID ; strung, l4c.
Molasses, gallon, 75c.
Strip, silver drip, Sl.0O.
Sugar refined O. lies extra q, lilo; grnnulated llac.
Gallons, 81 20 v bushsl.
Kerosene, 100 v gallon.
Corn, soc v bu.
India Wheat, 75c Y hu.
Meal, IS a 9Oc Y DusheI. . ...r
Feed, $500 v 400 lbs.
Bran, St.75R 100 TBS.
Flour, common, $500; good family, 81 best ts.25.
Rye Meal, unslfted, &c v b.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-24

The harvest Of death by drowning, on &C.
count Of the capsiziDg Of pleasure boats, has
all been gathered in for this season, but there
is prospect of large business this winter,
in the drowning Of boys falling through the
ice. At Weare, N. H., two boys, aged four
and five years, met such death. Is it NOT
the duty Of parents to keep their boys from
dangerous skating grounds ,...s,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-24
wATERTOwN CATTLE MARKET.
From the Boston Morning Journal of Wednesday

From the Boston Morning Journal Of Wednesday,
Cattle-cattle trade this morning was very calm. It
S SSinE Shrlit1ss week Satths y SsEginE, some
Considerable dressed poultry moving also Chicago
dressed beef having quite run In the city. West
cheaper, D. Sargent sold two oxen, TO dress 1910
each, at So h. d. two oxen 70 dress $50 lbs each,
at sio v h, d. ". w, Dempsey sold two year ods At
t3s Oach yearllnK bull at tS2 B. Dow sold So two.
yearold hsllers, TO dress $40 u.s. st TO b, r.
Pollard sold io9I oxen at S@ste, liYe weight s7Oo 70
Sheep and Lambs In hocks-At Union market this
morning there were only 57s head, and II would have
last weeks figures. but the dmculty with sheep
with oattle-buyerS foW to handle them. We quote
prices from tDlc on from last week. /. b. Sargent
sold bunch that weighed 81 lbs, at fraction less than
90 N. l. A. Sharp sold lot Of 60 head, average 1903
lbs, at &c v b. other lots average FROM 10 upward.
Poultry-O. Mccarthy sold quantity Of live geese
at 81 v head Old hens at l2lc this week
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-24

A fourteen ears.Old BOOklyn scholar has
made the discovery, which he revealed ia
recent composition, that 1.-THE idea Of devil
6rst came from Persia, but it did not amount
10 much until the discovery Of America"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-24

Look out for the planet Venus, now the
beautiful object in the western sky about an
hour aud half after sunset She is trav-
cling from the sun toward her eastern elon-
CATION, and will remain longer above the
horizon every succeeding night
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-24

Michigan has s0I6.sll in her state
treasury. She must have good burglar
safe, honest officials and light taxes. Let
US move out there to stay until the hard
times are over.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-24

"In New York on Monday afternoon while
playing with revolver, Joseph Mccarthy,
seven years oil age, was shot by John Myers,
aged six years, and died 10 fifteen minutes"
Rather young to demanding revolvsrs. but
we must remember that we live 10 fast coun-
try audage. Boysare men now as soon as their
"sye teeth" are cut, and their parents too
often become children under their authority.
Times have changed, but can't something be
done to prevent parental indulgence going 90
far as to furnish loaded pistols as toys for
their children?
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-24

isIt amply repaid. though simply curious
observer would God more Of interest 10 aud
hbOutthe cave A scramble back 70 the
Top or he rock, whore hot coffee and lunch
awaited wsitestabIisbsd 'sppc,itcs, . hurried
march to the foot Of the mountain, and a
kind goodbye aud come again from our
courteous host aud guide, and a day we'll
spent was pleasantly ended.
rc3A SEEeT q. W. wv HIaBEE
Charlotte. December Q.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-24
Fvom our Special Reporter.
V'ergesssses Market. lali-

Market we'll attended. We quote butter, fair 10
good, 2lf2jo Y ID. Selected winter tubs 26 80. FALL
3OD3lo. Eggs $50 y dozen. Poultry. lSDlio y n for
turkeys; chickens l66Dl5o geese tsGl6c; dueks l66D
ise. No change in other articles.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-24

The Star Company, whose advertisement Of
the Patron Washer appearsin another column,
appear to be straightforward, honest con-
Germ. They have adopted the grange plan
for the sale of their washers, /. e. one price
and that the lowest, for one machine or Eve
hundred. They also sell the Eureka Wringer
at the Wholesale price, one or more at 9
time. Steadily do the principles Of the
grange gain ground, and every day more
people see the expedieucy of adopting them
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-24
FROM our SPECIAL Reporter
Richmond Market.

11ONDAit DC %.
The market hero to-day was very light. Butter
from 22d3Oc v b. October make 3Oc winter make
22D26c. No cheese at market Potatoes 25G30c v
bushsl. Poultry SMl5c v n.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-24
From Our SPECIAL Reporter.
.H'esr Hapess Market.

There was shipped from this station this week 736
Ms butter, 1900 lbs poultry, 900 dressed beef $500
sheep pelts. We quote butter 2jda2c ID. Poultry
I31f6c v h.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-24

are the best the world produces They planted BY
a million people In America, and the result Is besad
ful flowers and splendid vegetables priced eatA
lOgus sent free 70 all Who iasoae tbs postAgsa tWo
cent stamp
VlckS Floral Guide. Quarterly, Is cents year.
Yioks Flower and Vegetable Harden, % oentai with
WV" '''''' JAMES ViCK, Rochester. N Y.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-24

A Room TO sTOOKMEN is DANA's new EAR.
N MARKING PUNCH, LABELS and kk6lbTkkB.
slIe suited 20 Cattle, Hogs and sheep. Send stamp
for samples. Agents wanted. Mauufaotured exclu-
sIVely b the patentse o. H. DANA, West Lebanon,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-24

"I11H<CHH7HNHS NHHHONAL HHNFk'
The annual meeting Of the Stockholders Of this Bank
for the election Of Directors and the Transaction of
any other pr0ler business will be held Its banking
rooms, on Tuesday the eleventh day of January
PrOximo, at ten O'Clock a. m. ~
W. E. HAZEN, Cashier.
st. Johnsbury, Vt, December 9, 1875.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-24
DAILY EVENING TRAVELLER,

I've editions each day. $500 per year. 75c a n
by mail, or delivered by carriers in Boston and
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-25

Judge Nelson decided not to reopen thu
scandal case for the admission of the new evS
dence, and announced his decision yesterday
morning without any statement Of reasons
1t is not difficult to conjecture what his
reasons were. In the first place, the counsel
for the plaintiff, who offered the afidavits
and made the motion, did not press
their application. They signifed to the
Court that they would not be unwilling to see
it put aside, and Judge Nelson would hardly
have been justified in reopening this pro-
tracted and wearsome case unless it was
strongly insisted on by one or the other party
TO the suit. The plaintiff could not afford to
give the new evidence SO great degree OF
Importance as would be implied in urging a
reopening of the case to admit it, because il
would be confession that on the origi-
nal evidence his case was weak. There
was no justification for his coming into court
ct all unless when he commenced the suit he
was in possession of proofs sufficient, in the
judgment of good lawyers, to support his
accusation. AS he knew nothing of Legs on
Loader or Price until after his evidence was
closed there would be fatal presumption
against him if he insisted on reopening OF
the case to submit their testimony. He had
no moral right to begin the suit without suff-
cient evidence to carry it through; and when
trial has lasted for six months there is NO
reason why the patience OF jurors should bd
further tried with new witnesses to support
case which was not originally strong enough
To i11ctif xy fba y,c11po IF m
After this new evidence was discovered and
made public the defendant had more interest
in refuting it than the plaintiff had in bringing
it into court and when neither plaintiff nor
defendant pressed its introduction the Judge
very properly declined to reopen so long and
fatiguing case.
But, although the defence did not care to
meet and refute it in court, they have
evinced their sense of its damaging character
by procuring and publishing q counter afh-
davit from Mrs. Tilton. She, of course, con-
tradicts it, as she was under necessity OF
doing after denying all charges of i'm
proper intimacy with Mr.. Beecher. But
the motives of Loader and Price are not
very Ineligible If they have sworn to o false
hood. They cannot have been bribed, for
Tilton has no money even to pay his lawyers.
So far as appears they are both respectable
men of their rank in life, and the difficulty
which was encountered in .eliciting their
statements proves that they were not volun-
teers and that they Stunned any connection
with the case. What possible motive can
they have had for falsehood and perjury
m
at all they should have been contradicted in
court, where their evidence could have been
subjected to legal tests.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-25
Ohio's Alternative,

In Ohio the democracy have presented
platform which operates somewhat "lke 10
the lightning in the collied night" giving a
glimpse Of light which enables the wayiarer
to see the chasm that yawns in his path, and
leaving him in the gloom, troubled with Won
der how be may get safely over or around the
danger. Can we get away from Grantlsm
only by moving on the road that leads ulti-
mately to financial calamity, reputation and
dishonor? Is the democracy, upon which
the country counted for the overthrow of the
corrupt party now in power, disposed to rem
der this service only at price at which the
country caunot afford to take it? Must we
accept the republicans for four years longer,
third term and all, unless we are prepared TO
give place to party which avows its purpose
to cast down the pillars of the temple and
bring upon US financial catastrophe that
will leave of our whole commercial and indus
trial fabric and our national credit only
ruin, rubbish heap for beggars to grub in
This is the dilemma in which the Ohio plat
form places the country, There is possibil-
ity that the sky may clear little when the
~
their imitation doctrines the demo-
Gratis will carry Ohio. With that
State in their favor their chances are
greatly strengthened everywhere, and it is
possible that in general democratic rally,
and in generalization of democratic force
the country over, there may be enough politi-
cal virtue to put down these Ohio paper
makers, the good may outweigh the bad, and
we may get O Presidential candidate whose
name and record will be guarantee against
the things threatened in this Ohio platform,
than which we do not doubt the country
would rather have all the corruption of the
republicans. But if it does not turn out in
this way there may arise out of the conflict
another issue, that of the restoration of the
old system by which the States and not the
nation regulated the banks and their issues.
If the Ohio people want to multiply dollar
bills till they are worth about two cents O
piece the people Of this State have not the
same desire. And If out Of thirty seven
States nineteen or twenty should sympathize
with Ohio the people of the other States
would become very FESTIVE under the loss that
this would infict, and they would moralize
with energy upon the system that thus de-
termined their comparatively. local concerns
to suit the fancies of the sparse inhabitants of
the lands in which the love of wild cat cur
rency is endemic 1t would be great mis-
hap to fall again into our old system of State
currencies but it would be a smaller
calamity than what the democrats threaten,
and perhaps preferable to the continuation of
republican rule.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-25
The Attempt TO Disorg anize the City
Government-Thc Boiling Aldermen.

Government-Thc Boiling Aldermen.
The republican members of the Board Of
Aldermen continued yesterday their disor-
ganizing conduct by absentng themselves
from the meeting Of the Board Their action
IS likely to bring the minority representation
principle into disrepute and IS entirely I'M
worthy the character Of such citizens as
Aldermen Vance and Morris. These gentle
men are very well aware that the authority OF
the Board to which they belong must be en-
forced and its dignity respected if it is TO be
of any service in the city government. No
political rowdy from the slums of the city
who might chance to be elected to the Alder
manic body could do more TO bring it into
contempt then these republican Aldermen
are doing. They are at once detying the
rules they have helped to make and
the law they have sworn to obey.
Their first contumacious refusal to vote on
question before the Board, after the
majority had declined to excuse them, was o
breach Of their own rules, made in con-
formity with The power conferred on the
Board by the charter Their subsequent revo-
lutionary conduct in absenting themselves
from their post of duty. for the purpose of
obstructing the public business, is NAL
feasance which ought to be and must be
punishable by the law The democratic AL
dermen lack one of two-third vote of the
whole Board, otherwise they could expel the
contumacious members under the provision
of the charter II is the knowledge that the
democratic Aldermen do not possess that
power which encourages the republican bolt
ers in their lawess course. But there must be
some other way of reaching the offenders;
and unless we are to do away with all order
and submit to reign of anarchy their mex
cusable violation Of law should be punished
as it deserves to be.
The majority of the Board fail in their duty
TO the city if they do not exhaust oil the means
of their command to compel the attendance
of the boilers They have the power under
the law to compel the attendance of absent
members" Unless they exercise this power,
especially when the absence is admittedly for
the purpose OF Disappointing the legislative
branch of the city government they are not fit
to hold their present positions. They should
order the arrest of the boilers by their SER
geant-atarms, and, if he should not be able
to carry out the order, they should apply to
the courts. 1t was an unworthy act for the
republican Aldermen to dodge the vote on the
reduction Of the city laborers wages; but
when they wilfully violate their own rules of
order, defy the authority of the majority Of
their body and then endeavor to break up the
Legislative branch Of the government by alb
sentlng themselves from the duties they have
sworn to perform, they set precedent of
rowdyism and lawlessness which all good
citizens must condemn.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-25

CoMMoDoRE VANDERBILT Now DECLARES that
If the city had passed his Harlem Railroad
Extension bill two years ago and given him
the City Hall as a depot, he should have be-
slowed the road, when completed. on the city
as q gift Ii is indeed unfortunate that the
city lost this munifcent present through a
silly prejudice against monopolies. We can
readily see that some little difficulties might
have been connected with the great Wander
bilt benefaction, arising from the questions
as to how much use the city should make of
the road and how much Of its capacity should
be taken up by the Vanderbilt roads. Still it
is to be regretted that the city, through its
distrust Of monopolies, foolshly threw away
q good thing, Of which, however, it was hap
PLY ignorant until this disclosure. Now,
however, we have rapid transit law, and can
build rapid transit road where 1t ought to be
built, along the Third avenue. Commodore
Vanderbilt has chance to display his muni-
ficeuce by aiding in the construction Of this
road.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-25
THE ALDERMEN HAVE ASSUMED the authority

THE ALDERMEN HAVE ASSUMED the authority
to fix the pay of the city laborers, and have
adopted resolution to that effect. Exactly
where this power is bestowed on the Board
has not been pointed out; but, according to
Alderman Reilly, eminent legal authority
has assured him that it is to be found in the
law The departments will probably take
their own course and pay no heed to this ac-
ton of the Board, and this may lead to de-
cision Of the question by the courts. Mean
while the city laborers continue to receive
one dollar and sixty cents for days work Of
eight hours.