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Tow corded strips, lust the thtug far Chufrens
Aprons, Sac luce " Dresses 81 IS cs worth double
the money.
cent skirtne all sold.
A ies piece len Of Black aud Gray Dress Goods.
A. cent?
lo pieces BLACK Guipure Lace, ~ half price
10 pieces Black Mchsir. 81 50 CT. very cheap
500 Bsrds Medium Cslioo-, ~ ct-.
500 yards Figured AID Striped Callcas, sprtnE
stylo - 81. cheap AZ eta.
"a, %. -, { and % Shestiug. ia the best
brands. 81 prices warranted . give -sfisiactiou
Necsn shoV the very best = Towal- a. the
CITY. 100 Damssk Towels az ezAs and 3 cts. Tor
ulcr price : I and Z 2s.
10 Yards left 81 mat nne . inch Black suk Vel
VET, % be -,ld ~ % per yard.
"a Marssilles q Iilfs, Al e. sd g. So. cheap.
lhTkS & MITCHELL : tick ~ 90 b. sold with .
out ard 90 Get or value. Don't fall 20 call.
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khlNO UNDERwEAR greatly reduced IN
AVA price In order TO close out our large stock, al
the cheapest store IN the city, DON NOLLY q, COS
9Th strest, opposite Patent offos. lanii-tr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-14

REfuRE BUYING ANYTHING, whatever, or
- having ANYTHING done, always consult the Al
PHABETICAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY In the DAILY
to be found elsew here. 1t
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nNE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN GOLD, will be
~ paid TO any person Who will demonstrate bet
ter and cheaper advertising medium, in the Dis riot
of Columbia, than the ALPHABETICAL BUSINESS
DIRECTORY In the pAILY BBPUBLICAN, TO be found
eNeIYN here. Ii.
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- UMBRELLAS AND PAEASOLS Il
II Covered and repaired at the manufac .6H
Neg, 6I3 street northwest.
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$500, In sums to suit.
AUCTION Sale.
At Alexandria, on SATURDAY, Feb 9Th, At 2
o'el0ck-The Z" Virginia House. !" febi5 tr
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-10-13

Etc. Etc.
Always on hand. We have also fine BILLIARD
TABLE, which is always ready for the amuss
ment OF the Lovers OF the Cue. Otner IL
censed games also found at this place.
deli If
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-10-13

UUAyING CONCLUDED TO CLOSE UP
all old accounts by the s0th Of October,
q Would request all having long accounts
with me to call and settle and save expenses,
Any one having bills against me wall please
present the same end receive their money.
M. b. STAUNT0N.
Hinnenacca, September rs, 1876, I'm.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-06-30
The State Convention.

One Of the largest aud most influential
political gatherings ever held in the state,
assembled Tuesday morning in the state
house at Montpelier to nominate republican
state officers for the fall election. Previ-
ously the state had been canvassed from one
end Of the state to the other, and the claims
Of three particular candidates had been
urged with the most jealous devotion and in
one case, II is said, with copious offerings of
money Efforts were put forth to make
geography seem the true pivot on which the
whole question should turn and up from
Whitman county sprang two candidates who
lashed that inlet into considerable foam at
high tide but who were finally left high and
dry upon the strand as the logical result
Of allowing too much to be done for them.
The golden mean was violated and the newt
able reaction took place.
Meantime Col. Mead was thought Of as
the best representative of the agricultural
interests Of the state. The influences that
conspired to defeat his nomination have
already been indicated. The suspicion that
always attaches to 4 man connected with
secret organizations alieuated from him
many who would otherwise have been glad
to see him governor.
But the necessity Of some compromise
candidate had been already anticipated when
the convention came together. Instead how
ever. fre.nomiuating Gov. Peck which, there
was reason to believe, would be done, the
name of Horace Fairbanks was presented and
after two ballots he was unanimously nom.
mated by reclamation. The figures we give
in another column With this choice we
apprehend no fault will be found. He will
command heartier support from the fact
that the office sought him for he had al
ready expressed his reluctance to accept the
position if nominated. In order to secure
geographical equilibrium, Col. Redheld
Proctor of Rutland was nominated for lieu
tenant governor-an action giving evident
satisfaction to ALL
The honor of being au olector at larg'
was unanimously accorded to Deacon Estey,
q. Il. IIoughton of Bennington being
chosen as the other.
John A. Page of Montpelier was re-nom
mated state treasurer.
1t was feared that the convention would
be turbulent and the contest bitter, owing
to SO many factions and the vigor with which
the canvass was conducted. Happily, how
ever, the strength of each candidate wa'
successfully given over to the successful nom
inee who received the unanimous vote Of the
delegates. Judge Poland Of St. Johnsbury
acted as chairman Of the convention.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-06-30
The st. Louis Convention.

This week the topic most vigorously dis
cussed is the st. Louis convention which was
called to order, Tuesday morning by Angus.
tus Schell, chairman Of the national demo-
cratic committee. Henry Watterson Of the
Louisville Courier.J ournal was chosen tenn
porary chairman and Gen. John A. Nc.
Clernard president Of the convention. An
adjournment to Wednesday morning was
made after the completing of the organiza-
ton. The only definite result as yet re.
ceved by us is the nomination Of Samuel j {.
Tildeu of New York for president. The
struggle between his supporters and Tam
many, respectively headed by MOrrissey aud
Kelley, bordered upod the desperate.
while the opposition against the hard money
representative by the western Initiation aud
soft money factions WAS pushed with untir'
ing energy. The persence and active
interest, in convention of characters like
Morrissey and Kelley canuot but serve to
bring the democratic councils into some
thing of dsrepute yet the product Of the vari-
Gus political factors there represented will
be highly satisfactory to the majority Of the
party. Indeed the choice Of any other than
Tidon by that party would have been its
literal suicide. Whatever may be the pur-
pose Of this leader, whether selfish or patri.
otto, certain it is that he is the best expo
nent of active reform among the democrats.
lie represents, moreover, the doubtful state
Of New York, and is the embodiment Of
hard money principles. Ii now remains to
be seen what action will be taken by the
Germans with reference to his nomination.
Should they see in him the true champion
of reform, the active, militant disciple Of q
pure administration and an honest currency
the democracy will come nearer TO success
this fall than at any other election during
its long vacation.
Next week we will give the platform from
which, with knowledge the men who stand
upon it, each man now wavering or unsatisiieC
will decide how to vote. There is no doub
that as soon as matters become little set
tied and Tilden becomes the fixed fact o
democratic reform, we shall know far NOR
about his biography than has yet been re
vealed. If men like Adams, Dana an'
schurz become his supporters, he will com
mand large segment Of the liberal vote
The South and New England together viii
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-06-30
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Prices in the New York cattle market are
lower than at any time since 1862.
During the present century about 2OO,-
100000 copies Of the Bible have been dis
tributed.
On the 3lst of December, 1875, the total
population Of the German Empire amounted
to 42,757 ,Sl2 souls.
The monster eighty.tou gun has already
cost John Bull more than 100000. Zach
discharge costs 800,
The Chinese have q secret society called
the white Lotus" which dates its organi'
zation back for thousands Of years.
The heat in the exhibition building Satur-
day was very great. Several persons were
overcome by the heat, but not seriously.
There are $4,000 British subjects en-
gagged in the Newfoundland fisheries who
are operating on capital OF fl, 100000.
The railroad war is nearly over, aud nego
tiations are already pending for a settle
ment Of the quarels between competing
trunk lines.
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes has written
hymn Oh WelcOme W al uhtlOub W Ds
sung at Philadelphia during the centennial
ceremonies July A.
Goldsmith Maid trotted three heat
against time last week Thursday afternoon
at Belmont Park, Philadelphia. Time
2.l5a, 2,l4 and AHA.
The production Of coal in England wa
"a, 100000 tons in 1855, and 6,500,0U(
in 1875 The total number Of deaths il
the mines is upward of 1000 per year.
They are beginning to enforce the law
against proiane swearing in Boston. A
woman was fined FIVE dollars for INDUCING
in the luxury Of few round oaths the othe
day.
1t is reported that nearly 70 of Gen
Crooks regulars deserted, day or two afte
leaving Cheyenne, aud 200 miles from thu
Indians, because they thought if they wer
wounded in battle, they would be left to tn
Indians.
The postmaster general has written 10 th
postmasters Of the larger cities to Gene o
aud conier upoH the new law reducing apprC
priations for various post offices, after July
Clerk hire will have to be reduced from I
to 10 per cent. The pay Of letter carrier
will have to be reduced from S75 TO $50 pc
annum, and other employees proportionAtely
The saving would be $500, 900 OF $500, 0OC
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-06-30

The bankruptcy Of Daniel Drew is one
moro instance of the general principle that
the way Of the Spectator is hard. 1t ap-
pears that all his business was done in a
loose, inaccurate manner, many Of his trans.
actions having never been put upon paper.
His life was queer compound Of mammon
and religion, and proves afresh the
scriptural declaration that no man can serve
two masters. His case, being conspicuous, is
an emphatic warning to men Of speculative
| tendencies to shun the charms Of Wall street.
There are few men so shrewd and far seeing
that there are not others more so. The moral
has been pointed in many editorials from
among which we take this ave pause here
to offer few words Of advice to the young,
If Uncle Daniel Drew had always done right
when he could have done it, he might now
be rich and respected; but, though amply
endowed with the fortune which he had
reared out Of his savings as a cattle drover
he would gamble in stocks, and the end was
ruin. Instead Of giving the hard cash OF
crisp greenbacks he could at the moment
have easily spared, to the Drew Theological
Seminary, he executed notes Tor that institu-
tons benefit which he expected to pay ouI
of his stock gambling. But he played the
wrong cards, and his notes went to protest
his house was sold, and he went into bank
ruptcy. If he had done otherwise the result
would have been different. His theological
seminary would not now be an applicant fol
eleenosynary aid from other Methodists
But, happily, IN life there are many compen
satons. The storms of adversely may de.
veop the Drawn of endurance. Out of the
fires Of persecution come the martyrs of the
faith. We doubt not also that Uncle Danie
Drew will now be more thrilling and fer
vent exhorter than in the days when hi
counted his riches by millions"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-06-30

muuicatcd to our pulse, causing rs 10 feel
nearer Kindred and a deeper gratitude for the
noble men who, though few, baptized a weak
and lisping republic 10 their own blood.
To The wOndrOus progress made within a
century, to the splendid achievements Of skill
and invention, to the vastness Of our national
resources, the exhibition bears ample witness.
1t is to the origin and cause Of all these that
the celebration Of Independence Day should
call our attention. We should learn again
Of the primitive simplicity and patriotic pu-
rity Of the founders Of this nation.
Hence, as already urged by the President
Of the United States, every towu that has
a history should have its records and
chronicles and dusty annals dug up, and
worked into an interesting narration. This
is an especially favorable time to rescue i'm.
portant facts from the moth and devouring
time. Another century may render research
iruitless and unavailing unless something is
done by the present generation to preserve
tho important details Of our primitive history
The memory of every ceutenariau should be
exhausted Of all its facts and every possible
fountain Of information visited before it is
cverlastiDgly too late.
But to return to the main text, the Cen.
tennial Fourth. BE prodigal Of noise, lavish
but judicious in the use of powder, bOuntifuI
in the display of banners begin carly and enc
late, aud keep constantly 10 mind the central
idea Of the celebration, viz, the herOism o.
our forefathers.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-06-30
CENTENNIAL NOTES.

The laces displayed by Belgium at the
centennial are very nice. All the articles In
common use are shown from wells and dresses
down to handkerchefs aud shawls. They
don't cost anything to speak Of; you can get
Dice little handkerchiefs all the way from
$40 to $500; and there is very pretty
shawl for the mere triAe of $4,000.
The Southern restaurant is situated upon
State avenue, and is large pavi ion, white
inside and out, wherein 1000 guests can be
accommodated. A corps Of colored walters
is in attendance, and the tables are supple d
with the iavorite dishes Of southerners,-ba-
con and eggs, hOminy, rice and corn bread.
The bill Of fare comprises all that can be
desired by any nationality, and among the
cooling drinks are native Georgia and South
Carolina, as we'll as California, wines.
The Vienna bakery is beautiful build
ing, Just east of Memorial hall, with saloons
and piazzas accommodating 1000 guests.
Vienna bread has a worldwide reputation,
and the delicate rolls and the long, crisp,
twisted loaves, with cup Of delicious coffee,
make n breakfast for prince. The coffee
is made 10 some mysterious manner, by COM
pressed air in machine from Vienna, and
only requires FIVE minutes boiling. All
modern languages are spoken by the wait
ers, and one could easily imagine himself at
Baden Baden, as gay parties are seated in
groups, eating ices and the delectable prod
ucts of the Vienna bakery.
One of the most notable and biggest hotel
enterprises is the encampment Of the Patrons
Of Husbaudry at Elm station, on the main
line Of the Pennsylvania railroad, southwest
of Philadelphia aud three miles from the ex-
hibition. 1t is wooden building on three
sides Of rectangle, with but small por-
ton of il two stories high; there are 1920
sleepipg-rooms on the first floor, and $50 up
stairs. They have branch post office. tele-
graph, baggage, express and railroad Offices
a 6re-department and police force, drug store
and hall for entertainments, IN which com
panies from the city theaters play twice q
week. No intoxicating liquors are to be
had. This is built aud run particularly for
the grangers, but other respectable people
are allowed room.
The exercises connected with the Phila.
delphia Fourth Of July celebration will COM
mence Immediately after the termination n
the military review and will be initiated by
Bishop Simpson. Overture, "The Great
Republic" by George II. Bristow chorus
reading Of the Declaration of Independence
from the original document, by Richard
Henry Lee OF Virginia hymn Of welcome
by Oliver Wendell Holmes, written to the
music of Keller's hymn orchestra aud cho
rus; national ode by Bayard Taylor 4
greeting from Brazil, hymn composed Al
the request of Dom Pedro bya distinguishes
Brazilian, Carlos Gomez, and dedicated Il
the American people GRAFTON bysWm. III
Evarts Hallelujah, orchestra aud chorus
dOIOlogy, "0ld Hundred"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-06-30

Vermont has brown building, quite un-
preteutious in character, where "Green
Mountain Boys" love to congrcgate.-Er.
At the centennial Mexico displays a solid
mass Of silver worth $4,000; Chill exhibits
ore containing 90 per cent Of pure silver,
and Switzerland exhibits perfect watch no
larger than half.dime, and set IN finger
ring.
One Of the most interest ting buildings on
the grounds is the japanese Pavilion.
The process Of construction has been
watched by an inquistive crowd for the last
month, and week ago the doors were opened
to the public. The goods sold are not Of the
superb kind seen in the japanese department
of the main building, but are fancy articles
of every description, suited to the thousand
purchasers whe wish to carry away a souvenir
of the exhibition. The building itself is Of
that extraordinary kind, seen upon tea cups,
that defy all rules Of architecture. The roof
meanders about in fantastic curves and an
giles, and the front wall Of the house is a
succession of sliding doors, that all disappear
in the day time, leaving the counters piled
situation is ine, being slight hill on agri.
cultural avenue, shaded by grand old trees.
Groups of steps twenty feet wide are cut in.
to the ground and covered with asphaltum
The winding way and gradual ascent are so
pleasant, you stop to admire the mound
where on the green turf several bronze cranes
are standing in natural attitudes, some oil
these lofty birds being eight feet high. Two
wild boars look qsite formidable among the
bushes, but they are also Of bronze and you
pass unmolested up the path that leads to
the garden. Beds Of Japan lilies, begonias
and other plants, that have adorned our
Conservatives for the last few years
here show their colors as exotics from the
howery isle. But the most curious thing j!
a lilliputian tree, more than a century old
growing in a china vase. 1t is not in the
least like bush but its shape is like grand
old oak, its branches and bark bearing the
marks of great age. BY some secret Of bot
any unknown to our gardeners, this result i:
attained. The fences surrounding the garden
are of bamboo, delicate and strong. Half a
dozen different varieties are given on the
grounds, each a study in themselves. The
details Of this pavilion and landscape garden
are suggestive Of many refnements Of archi-
lecture and gardening that we outside bar
barians have not attained. Instead Of max,
ing laws to shut out these Orientals from our
country, as they seem disposed to do in Cali
fornia, had we not better take lessons from
them in the arts, and learn their refined
methods of using coarse materials Such
workmen and artisans should be offered every
inducement to become citizens, for skilled
labor is the great want Of our country, il
kitchen, workshop and factory. One Of the
mail carriers on the centennial grounds is a
japanese youth, who is very intelligent and
faithful in the discharge Of his duties-COr
Boston Trareler.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-06-30

There was manifest disposition on the
part of the recent Congregational convention
held at Barton to deal a few indirect thrusts
at Beecher. There still resides in the minds
of many of the Vermont clergy the suspicion
that the best exponent Of their creed is not
altogether irreproachabe
The convention adopted series Of resolu-
tons containing dissent from certain of the
propositions of the late Advisory Council.
One declared that council must stick Ia
its letter missive, and that any acts per.
formed outside the limits Of such letter were
not to be recognized. Another said that il
was not orderly, in disciplining member
Of church, to choose lesser offence, leav'
ing greater, which was equally evident
uncondemned. The third declared the prin
ciple that, as a minister was so constituted
by the church, and, as the right hand o
fellowship was conferred by them, so he wal
amenablo to them, aud that they had the
right to withdraw that which they had con.
ierred
1t is obvious to the more candid thinkers
that there are other motives than the desire
to purify the church operating to determin,
the tone of ecclesiastical enactment. As tC
the third resolution, il might be we'll to say
that the world has pledge of Beecher's in
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-06-30
PERSONAL.


At meeting Of Plymouth Church the
was liked at $4,000.
Henry Ward Beecher will deliver the
Fourth of July grafton at Peekskill, N. Y.
Dan;el Draw has testified that in 1874 be
LOST nearly al 600 200 in a corner in North.
,vo.,orn Nov, lo., .bor, Tho same in w..
han and Csnads Son,Lsrn and then a. 900.
000 in Wshash Ue saws that I6 months
w !. ~ .,L 81 06n 900
,,o SS &C.,, - T'o"asO IS I".. ~oaS o,oD
o 80, ~ ~" io,L L;-,.Jan H. s,,,oossd.
r. ..osa,,s,, Sanar,uoon, sona,o, Mil
- ~ ~ - aeenoJ ,h.an
$50 :" ,o.osros "a 49,, - t,.oIvo &C., -
~ IID ~ c.. c." - ~ ''' -
~ $50 .., -,
Ine future 'auy OF inc "n''e HOUSE (",s'
hayes) uesorioeu As nanusV"e' very 10
mes.io In ner tastes ano Witnai ieauer Oh
'ho VeS' So0'e'y VI W1 Va" S~P.'Ai' net
na'uen name was "eDo' Auu 'noug1 sue
was oorn as tue "eSt' hAe ner uusoanu sue
Is not more 'nap Que OF Two geuera''ous re-
moved from new hne'anu' ner ancestors
having oeen Oonnect,cu' people one Is Gun
inenuy Iehg'ous' anu ner innuen'c ~ the
Wh'te House can not DC o'ner",se tnau GIG,
vating upon the somewhat miAeu society OF
washington. lu person Sne Is very a''rsc'
i've being OF medium ne'gnt win gracsiu'
ngure' oark hair' Drown eyes; regular Isa'
lures, gOOo color' ana pecuhar'y am'Aoie
mouth ana cnin' Ai'nougn Que VI 'hc most
brilliant soSle'y women OF onl0' ner taste Ia
matters Oh uresS Is very s'nPle' 50 mucn 50
as 70 ellc. remark. III q wore, her husband
anu hersoii are wo'' na'0neu couple
Rutherford Hayes the grandfather OF Mr.
Hayes, was blacksmith by trade, aud re-
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-06-30
The Observance Of The Fourth.

Proclamation by the President.
The centennial anniversary Of the day on
which the people Of the United States do.
clared their rights TO a separate and equal
station among the powers Of the earth seems
TO demand an exceptional observance. The
founders Of the government at its birth and
in its feebleness invoked the blessing and the
protection of divine providence, and the
thirteen colonies aud three millions Of peo-
pie have expanded into nation Of strength
and numbers commanding the position which
then was asserted, and for which fervent
prayers were then offered. 1t seems fitting
that on the occurrence Of the one-hundredth
anniversary Of our existence as a nation a
grateful acknowledgment be made "a
Almighty God for the protection aud the
bounties which lie has vouohsafed to our
beloved country. l therefore invite the good
people of the United States on the approach.
ing Fourth day Of July, in addition to the
usual observance with which they are accus.
toned to greet the return Of the day, further
In such manner, and at such time as 10 Their
respective localities aud religious associations
may be most convenient, to mark its recur
renee by some public religious and devout
thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bless
ings which have been bestowed upon us as Q
nation during the century Of our existence And
humbly to invoke continuance Of His favoi
and Of his protection.
In witness thereof have hereunto set my
hand aud caused the seal Of the UniteC
States to be affixed. Done at the city o
Washington. this 26th day Of june, in tn,
year OF our Lord 1876, and Of the independ
ence Of the United States of America th,
Tooth. U. s. GRANT.
BY the president, HAMILTON FrsH, score
tarY of state.