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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-08-25

There in strange story going the rounds
that Gen. Grant was killed by railroad
accident while travelling in the west a short
time after his first nomination, and that the
man who now holds the reins Of government
was personal friend of his, who greatly re-
sembled the general. Letters were produced
to show how the counterfeit was placed in
the generals Shoes together with an account
Of the latter's journey and death. No doubt
there are some who will believe this ridiculous
story, for no matter how ureliable rumor
may be, some one will take it as truth and
by his example make many proselytes. And
yet the story is to some extent true Presi-
dent Grant is not the same man who years
ago vetoed the initiation bill and filled his
cabinet with such men as b. III. Bristow,
Marshall Jewell, and Il. II. Iloar. No, the
present president is man who, the tool Of
politicians, signed the salary grab, became
involved in the whiskeY frauds, and filled
his cabinet and his foremost offices with men
whose only care was to enrich themselves at
the expense of the government, and whose
principal recreations were to play poker and
hunt up family pedigree by the aid Of So
called spirits from the other land, invoked
by swindler and jail.b 1t is hardly
possible that the president is the same man
who during the darkest years of war led his
men on to victory, and caused the stars and
tripes to again wave freely over the
sunny south. No, it is not the same man
and yet it is not too late to have this man
back among u.s. There is yet time for him
to throw off the disguise in which he has ap
poared to so great disadvantage. He may
yet appear among us as the man who never
lost battle for his country and who hurled
the cry of reputation down the open
throat Of those from whom it came.
Let us hope that the change will be made
and that the republican administration for
the eight years ending March 4, 1877, will
not be called failure through the acts oil
Ulysses S. Grant
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-08-25
BOSfOm Produce .nnrkef.

Flour.-New Flour has been arriving pretty freely
from nearly all points and the mirkct we'll supplied
for the season The trade purchasing moderately, but
thare Is still fair demand Tor common extras akcrs'
extras and choice patents Tho sales have boon at
81 D 80 v Dbl for Western supern0; 81 40 I - for
common extras 81 IS "a Is for Wisconsin oxtCls and
IS a. Is for Minnesota extras, ncuilng choice bakers
extras. Winter wheat, Ohio Indiana aud Michigan,
and st Louis at IS 0 - Y bbl, including iayorte
brands. Southern Flour has been quiet at - "a IS
v Dbl for medium and choice family. and fancy Min
lily.
In Corn Meal thero have beon sales at q 90 "a v
Dbl for fresh ground and kiln dried.
Rye Flour has been selling at 81 90 "a % v Dbl for
fair and choice.
a 40 bbl for hyoFite ana nnoy brands.
Ciiptn,-The market for corn has been quot anu ~
prices very little change. Tho sales have bcon at - "a
Gle bushel for mixed aud yellow, but the range hH'o
the the close Is from 90 n 6lG.
Oats are quite drm aud have boon in very hlr DO
mand The sales have been AZ % "a ilc bu,h l9r
mixed and white No. 2 q "a 3lc for releetel ami u 70
i5c for No / white. New oats range - "a 49,
bushel. ..,
for old, and dull at these prices. d.
Hay.-The demand for hay costumes moderate. Tho
sales Of have been 40 sly az ~ h9e anl nlaiun
grades at SS az rs; and common al pc ~ "a v ton.
ProVi,ions--Tne demand for Pork "a steady hut
moderate, and in prices very little change since last
week The sales have been at si1 80 40 U.s. for prime,
sig a 10 30 Tor moss and ~ 20 so Tor clear and
BsSfh beeDt fair demand, with salas at $40 % "
Lard has beeS In u demand With sales al s a l2c
10 for city anf Western, including steam and kettle
rendered.
smoked Hams arc solling at lal a las v n as to
quality.
In city dressed hogs the sales have boon at SIC No.
froduoe.-fhere Il good demand TOR hue choice
The sales OF ohnce New York and Vermont daires
have been at % az 30, selected lots, erolmgfles anl
fancy dairies at q 40 iAs and common T. god al l7 W
2io v NJ. In Western Butter tho salos have been at
Ia 70 PC v u, US " quality
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-08-25

Col j. IL. Dugannc of New York has a
unique plan by which he hopes to dispose of
the fight about contraction aud expansion Of
the currency. lie claims there are about
one billion acres of government lands in the
West. He proposes that the government
cause this land to be parcelled out into Sec
tions, and then sell every other one. He
argues that if this is done the alternate
tracts will naturally gain in value; then he
proposes to sell them all and with the pro-
ceeds pay off the national debt. His plan
certainly has the virtue of originality, what.
ever its faults may be. We would add to
it by suggesting that these tracts be
pcopled by the politicians who have helped
to raise all this hue and cry for their own self
ish purposes. The country would not miss
them but then the land would not in
crease in value enough to pay for transport
ing them. The western country is pretty
well peopled, even now, by grasshoppers,
and till these are rid of it will be hard to
make people sacrifice themselves for the pur.
pose which Col. Duganne is so confident
about, and we do not believe, as the immor-
tai Sellers asserts that there's millions
in it,"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-08-25

How AN EDIToR HGURED.-A loquacious
agent with Greciap nose, long hair, and
diamond pin, called at the office with pat
cnt fastener, by which clothes line would
be set in order in two minutes instead OF
twelve. "'Hhis saves you" said the agent,
"ten minutes every week, five hundred and
twenty minutes every year, and just eighteen
days in fifty years, AT three dollars day
you have iilty-four dollars that this fastener
is actually worth to any man who expects to
live his time out, aud | only charge you
four dollars, leaving you fifty dollars clear
gain" This mathematical demonstration
turned the scale. Tho editor decided to
purchase the clothes line fastener. "Just
consider that one fastener" he remarked to
the agent. Its worth 6Hy-four dollars"
he continued, blandly "but seeing It's you,
take it along for forty. We owe you four
dollars, and that leaves thirty-six coming to
US. If you haven't got the money with you,
you can send it by draft or postoihce order,
or pay it in circus tickets-we are not going
to be hard on YOU" The peddler was some
what dazed,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-08-25

A good story is told by Conductor +. Of
the Northampton road, aud one neatly appli-
cable to the campaign now in progress. A
wealthy old farmer residing in western Mas
sachusetts came down to Northampton few
days ago, and being INTERCEPTED by a leading
lawyer OF that place as to how he and his
neighbors we're going to vote in the coming
election he replied, mot for the black cossot,
this year" This metaphorical way Of put
ting il required an explanation which the
old farmer readily enough gave. 1t seems
that well-to-do farmer in his neighborhood
died, few years ago, leaving two soDs. to
whom he divided a large farm on condition
that they (the two sons) should work it
Jointly, dividing, at least once a year, the
crops and stock equally and satisfactorily be.
tween them. The elder Of the two brothers
was noted for graspiug and avaricious dis
position, and he had on several occasions, got
decidedly the advantage Of his younger
brother. But this time he was sadly taken
in by the latter. They had thirty sheep to
divide between them, and it was arranged
that the eldest should make the division and
the younger take his choice. The division
was made by the elders selecting the best
sheep for himself aud the poorest for his
brother, until it camo to the fifteenth divls-
ion, when he placed favorte black cosset
Zone reared and petted by the younger
brother and treasured by him almost as the
apple of his eye) with the poorer lot. The
latter was called upon to indicate his choice.
Looking at the two pens Of sheep and taking
] - T. ~ i
the younger brother naivoly remarked :
THAT black cosset has been great pct Of
mine, and, at one time (before the old mans
death) was my entire stock in trade. But
he is in wretched bad company just now,
and don't think shall vote FOR him, this,
year !" And the eyes Of the old farmer tell.
ing the story twinklcd roguish!y as he added
There are lots Of us up Shelburno Falls
way that won't vote for the black cosset,
this year !"-NeW Haven Register.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-08-25

At last we have had a change IN the
weather. Ever since the 4th Of July, with
the exception of few passing showers, we
have suffered from the hottest season on rec
ord since 1919. The mortality has been
terrible, especially among children. Proba'
bly more cases Of sunstroke occurred this
summer than in any season on record. Fires
have been very numerous, indeed it seems as
though the heat OF the sun alone was sniff
Gent to kindle flame. The other day a
man picked up a single that had got
Knocked or blown down from tho roof OF a
house, aud it seeming very dry he touched a
lighted match to it, aud the light pine blazcd
up as though it had been dipped in turPen'
tine. In the villages especially have the
people been very anxious in regard to fire.
M any cases of spontaneous combustion have
tax en- place, but happily most were discov-
cred in season to prevent serious coniiagra-
tion. Again, this hot weather has seriously
interrupted work, Northeraers Cannot stand
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-08-25

On Monday last section of the immense
statue Of Liberty, to be erected on BedlOe's
Island, was received at New York by the
French steamer Labrador. 1t comprised
only the wrist aud right hand, with section
of the torch which the right arm is to hold
aoft as beacon light. 1t is ofbronzed cop
per in plates about sixteenth Of an inch in
thickness, firmly screwed and rvetod to-
gether Some idea Of the size Of the statue
when completed may be gained from the fact
that large man can find ample sitting room
on the thumb nail, aud three men might
walk abreast in the interior OF the portion of
the arm near the wrist. The torch is
huge cylinder twelve feet in circumference.
The completed figure will be 100 feet high,
and the PEDESTAL about a third Of that
height A staircase will be placed in the
right arm by which ascent can be made to a
balcony running around the edge Of the
hambeau. The left arm is bent so as to en-
fold set of tables supposed to contain the
Declaration Of Independence. The statue
is robed in pepum from the shoulders to
the feet, over which is tunic. A diadem
surrounds the head, from which project a
circlot of FURNISHED prongs to catch the suns
rays, presenting the appearance Of nimbus.
The cost is estimated at Sl25, 900, Of which
half is already secured, the enterprise being
jointly undertaken by France and America.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-08-25
The Importance of Maintaining a Fall
Term of School,

In about two weeks the time for opening
the schools will arrive. From town and
country hundreds of thousands Of boys and
girls will drag out their dusty school books
from the corners where they have reposed
all summer and earnestly apply themselves
to gaining the great prize of knowledge, that
is so essential to good standing in this
world of ours. But We fear very few Of the
country schools will be opened this fall, un-
less extra efforts are made to that effect.
Farmers of Vermont, what have you done
toward maintaining fall term in your dis
trict? If you have been idle, stir your
selves and make your noighbors use their in
Auence toward this good object. a great
many will say, "three months schooling per
year is enough for a farmers son,-it is all
had, and do not think have failed to
achieve success in life. ~ This is wrong, rad
ically wrong. The standard of intelligence
and education is higher than it was fifty
lOdlH dEDt anu ~ bChbbFSo bfNiJ pelNhh w
raise his children to that standard. Educa-
ton is Just as useful on the farm as in any
other station in life The college boy, with
the aid of book learning raises larger crops
than his father with all the experience gained
by fifty years Of constant toll and observa-
ton.
Again, the farmers should not be open to
the assertion that they, as a class, are inter.
Tor in point of intelligence and knowledge
to others. Favored with sound constitutions
and generally we'll balanced brains, they
should match the world in science and odu-
cation.
Now we know that there are great many
of the farmers of Vermont whose eyes are fully
open to this great necessity, and that Their
sons have boon famous for their learning anc
intelligence. But we also know that ther'
are a great many who are totally Indifferent
as to whether "school keeps or not" and i
| is to this class that we make our appeal
Many cannot afford the money, or spare Uni
time of their children to allow them to g
the academies in the busy fall season, but i
is their imperative duty to establish a gooC
school in their own district, and though tai
alone will not make Professor Tyndalls o.
them, yet it will DO one step nearer the stan
dard which every one should endeayor t,
reach No matter if they are to stay OIL
the farm all their lifetime, learning will d
them as much good as in the great cities
and in many circumstances great deal more
Now think of it, you who have hitherto
kept your children at home, and see whctho
it will not be best to give them all the edu
cational advantages in your power rattle
than forever keep them down in the scale Q
life by your own obstinacy aud foOlishncss'
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-08-25
What is Te9etinc.

1t is compound extracted from banks, roots and
herbs 1t is natures remedy. 1t is perfectly harmless
from any bad effect upon the systom IL is nOurishng
and strengthening. 1t acts directly upon tho blood
1t quicts the nervous system. 1t gives you good,
sweet sleep at night 1t is great panacea for agod
fathers and mothers for it gives them strength qucts
their nerves, and gives them lures sweet slccpas
has been proved by many an aged person Ii is the
great Blood Purifier 1t is soothing remedy for our
likes it. revives and all diseases originating
IRON impure blood. Try the VEGEflNE. GIVE it a
fair trial for your complaints then you will say to
your friend, neighbor and acquaintance, "Try it, it
Inns cured mon
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-08-25

The meeting house" of old times occu.
PIED very different place in the social econ.
omy of our fathers, to that held by the
church nowadays. 1t was not considered
as exclusively devoted to religious worship.
All the town meetings and other secular
gatherings OF the citizens were held there,
and its repair and maintenance were regu-
lated by vote of the town meeting. The
meeting house of Wareham was used as
appears by the town records, to store ammu-
milton in in 1872. The pastor who had
charge in 1872, and for many years subse-
quent, was Rev. Noble Everitt whose salary
was $3.50 per year. In additional to this
stipend, he received the prequisite Of three
dollars per year voted him by the town for
sweeping out and taking care of the meeting
house. His predecessor, Rev. Josiah Cotton,
received even smaller sum, his salary being
sixty-fve pounds, thirteen shillngs and four
pence,-or S2l6. The subsequent annals of
the community record persistent opposi-
ton to the introduction OF a bass viol in
public worship, the question being finally
settled in favor Of the innovation in 1904.
The stove question produced a still hotter
discussion in 1921, when the town voted
against the purchase of stove for the meet
lug house. The agitation broke out again
two years later, and the tangled MOTTO n
was again voted down.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-08-25

AS the wheel of politics revolves, old and
familiar faces reappear upon the surface.
The last is the familiar "phiz" of Gen. b.
+. Butler, who again comes to the front in the
role of selfnomnated candidates for repre-
sentative from the seventh district of Mas
sachusetts. One cannot but admire the dog
gcd persistency with which the general
presses his claims upon the people by whom
he has been several times repudiated. Gen.
Butler is smart, but he has qualities and
theories which can hardly be accepted by
Intelligent voters. or course he will be de-
ioated, but he will be in no Wise discouraged
but will calmly wait for the next thing tc
"turn up"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-08-25

Hon. NJ. G. Kerr speaker Of the late
house Of representatives, died at Rockbridge,
Va, Saturday, August 10. lie had been
i'll for some time, and the sad result was not
unexpected Mr.. Kerr was the only speaker
who has died while in Office. A strong par.
tisan, he was respected by both parties for
his impartial decisions and knowledge Of par.
liamentary teChnicalities, while in private
life he was beloved by all who knew him.
Ills remains were forwarded on Monday to
New Albany, Ind, for intermcnt.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-08-25
Turco Servian War.

II is officially announced that the Servian
troops under General II arvatoyich recaptured
Gurgosova,z and occupied Tresiboba on Mon.
day.
a dispatch from Belgrade says Gen.
Tchernajeif sends frequent dispatches urging
Prince Milan to continue the war. Tao
Prince appears still undecided. 1t is under
stood that only three of the Servian Mi nisters
favor the continuance Of the war;
A special from the Bucharest correspond
ent of the Daily News, who accompanied
Mr.. Schuyler in his tour of Investigation,
says that Mr.. Baring's report of go villages
being burned and 10000 persons being
killed by the Turks in Bulgaria does not in
clude the outrages committed in the district
north of the Belkans, nor in the district of
Sophia. Forty villages were burned north
Of Balkans, and seventy south. SCHUYLER haS
not completed his investigation, but he esti.
mates the number of killed at 10000 in the
district Of Philippopolis alone.
A dispatch from Semlin says; at is
stated in we'll informed circles that the Ser
Wan Prime Minister Ristics, interviewed NJ
Kartzof, the Russian representative at Bel.
grade, on the IL tn inst, and appealed to the
generosity of the Russian government to
permit Russian officers and soldiers to enter
the Servian army. lie also asked for pecu-
mary assistance, as Survia had determined to
continue the war. The Russian Government
has replied, granting the above request un.
der certain conditions. la consequence Of
this arrangement the Sclavonic committee il
Russia have commenced sending funds il
large amounts. Russian officers and sub-oE
fcors in parties Of ten reach Belgrade almost
daily, passing through Roumania unhindered
The officers give their service gratuitously
A number Of other officers are expected
shortly,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-08-25

The subscriber will sell his place at ST, Johnsbury,
adjoining the Fair Ground. II contains two acres u
ground, good house and barn, ag0od garden with %
fruit trees, Tuuning water at house aud barn and IN
the garden that never falls, eyvn N dry time The
buidngs are In perfect order aud very pleasantly
and conveniently situated, being half mile nom the
scale shops, aud good schools aud churches me
place will he sold very easy terms Apply 10 hifan
Russell on tho premises, or Joseph oautler al the
harness shop on Eastern Avenue. ..,,....,,.
st. Johnsbury, Aug. q, 1910.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-08-25

The English papers are indignant about
the escape Of the Fenian prisoners from
Australia, and the London Times is ospeci-
ally hard on those Americans who aided the
prisoners to escape and brought them to this
country, and says expressions of sympathy
which are heard all over the. land should be
suppressed out of respect to the mother coun-
try, if for no other reason. Well, perhaps
this is true; but we cannot help thinking of
the course taken by England at the tine of
the arch forger and thief, Winslows escape
from stheir country. And the more we
think Of it the more favorable the
the claims of the Fenians upon the
sympathy Of the people look compared with
those Of Winsow. Granted that they broke
the laws Of their respective countries let us
look into some of the motives that influenced
these "falls from grace" as Rev. Winslow
| it. The Fenians, most of them, broke the
laws for no personal advantage or profit.
They thought themselves oppressed by the
mother country and sought freedom
for themselves and families as best
they could. They robbed and beggared no
widows and orphans except those Of their
own class, and these bid them God speed
with all their hearts Winslow broke the
laws for his own benefit, to pay his enormous
specializing debts and get means for still
greater indulgence in his pet mania. To do
this he scrupled not to rob the widow and
the orphan Of their last cent, the laboring
man of has savings Of many years and the
rich man Of wealth gathered perhaps by a
lifetime of struggles for competence. These
reasons alone are enough to throw the sym.
pathy on the side of the Americans in the
two cases so lately occurring. 1t is true
that they are quite dissimilar, in that the
government of England was the protector il
one case, while American citizens were re-
sponsible in the other. Yet the difference is
not so marked, but they can be compared
with great disadvantage to England. Clos
ing by stating that while we do not regard
the Americans as free from all blame in the
matter of the Fenians escape, yet we do as.
sert that their course was as justifabe a:
was that of the English government when
it prevented the greatest fraud Of the age
from getting his just dues.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-08-25
REPORT FROM A PRACTICAL CHEMIST
AND ApOThECARY.

Boston, january l. 1874.
Dear Sus This is to certify that have sold at
tail 1914 dozen QS5l bottle) Of your VEGETINE since
April ~ 1870, and truly say that il has given tho
hest satisfaction Ofany remedy for the complaints for
which it is recommended that ever sold. Scarcely
day passes without of my customers toStying to
its merits themselves their friends. | am per-
ecty cOgnzln of several cases Of ScrUillOus TumOrs
being cured by NEGETlNE alone in this yciniy.
Very respectfully yours,
Al GILMAN, iG5 Broadway.
70 II II STEVENS