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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-03-08
Grandpa's Hour.

At the close of the day Grandpa Credo
would get his four grandchildren round his
chair, and then tell them stories and Jingle
rhymes for them, making them very happy
and he was full as happy as they were. The
names of his grandchildren were Jimmie,
Willie, Alice aud Mary; and they were ali
good children and loved their grandfather
very much. One night he said to them
"Come, children, let us make some rhymes. /"
They all clapped their hands and were as
glad as they could be. They brought their
chairs close to his and sat with the light of
the fire shining out on them, making a
cheerful picture.
"You begin" said Jimmie.
"Nery well" said the good old man ;
"but you must all do something" So he
began
There va. a rash boy In Maiden,
Who drank his milk when twas scaliini
And the foolish lad
burned his mouth so bad
That doctor had 10 be called In"
Is that true, grandpa 2" said Willie.
"Well, perhaps not exactly" replied his
grandpa. "But we mustn't question such
things, because they are rhyme, you know /;
and rhyme has very little to do with reason. .
Willie was silent.
"Giye us another, grandpa" said Mary.
"Nc, Jimmie must try now" said grandpa.
Jimmie thought moment, and then said.
There was once boy called Ned.
Who tried 70 stand on his bead.
The brains they were loose
OF this stupid young goose,
Aud they all ran down into his head"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-03-08
eaarirnlfmal DeparfurM
7. II. mosKINs. rdI,or.
Over.production...Its Results.

ty- All coxxrsoAross for this department should be
sen, TO the agricultural editor, whose pcsofce New
NOT Ver,nont
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-03-08

CnoIcE PoRK.--Refsrring TO the increas-
ing prevalence of disease among swine, the
Neo England Farmer says ais il very
strange or wonderful that pigs bred and fed
expressly for those who are little particu-
lar about their food, should bring prices far
above the average price OF Western or other
common pork ? We saw, last fall, nice,
healthy pigs in the pens of Mr.. +, d. Douglas,
OF Whiting, VT, which were raised TO order
at price nearly fifty per cent. above the
common market price for ordinary pork.
The time has come when the best customers
for farm products are willing to pay some
thing for the assurance that the articles pur.
chased are pure and sound, and in every re-
spect what they ought to be-" This raising
of choice pork is becoming quite business,
and will pay almost as well as "gilt-edged "
butter Edward Burnett, Esq, of Deer
foot Farm" Southboro, Mass, kills several
hundred of these choice pigs every season,
and finds a ready market for them and
Joseph Harris, of "Noreton Farm" Roches-
ter, n. T., also disposes Of his surplus
stock of Essex and Essex grades in the same
way. II is as true of farming as Daniel
Webster said of the law, There is room
enough up high" But how contented most
Of us seem TO be TO stay down low
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-03-08

TnE SCIENTIFIC FARMER, which we no.
ticed some weeks since, has again removed
its publication office, this time to 40 Chat
ham Street, Boston. DIR. f. Lewis Sturte-
want, of birmingham, Mass, has become
associated edtorially with this valuable pub
LEGATION, and will add much to its usefulness,
from both the scientific and practical sides.
lie is one Of the most careful, accurate, and
conscientious expsrimenters in agriculture
which our country has produced. The price
of the Scientific Farmer is one dollar year
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-03-08

f1 bottles Tor Eve dollars. An your druggist pu
une's Rheumatic Remedy manufactured hy
HtLfhtNsIiNE A hfNILEl.
IrlE.l.L- and lMnm-I.. MaaMln.Iln. D Z
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-03-08

T1ecutlve cierI % o President ~ I G )


IN the space II twelve hour MS rheumatism gone
having taken three dusrs ~ Hurang's Rheumatic neins
NJ, brother. A. Cessna, VI Bedford, Ienn CURED By
q similar amount. JONI CkssNA
MfnNor " Guurff4s of Teuf..Elgaus
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-03-08

~ tof sale BY Druggists, Merchants and Deal.,s in
DAIRY sappnesi and by BAscoM & DEWEY, BABcocK
eul.hh' and O. BLAKELy, Druggists, Montpelier,
O1-a2
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-03-08
WArERnuHr MARBLE WORKS
A. B. Remington & 0. H, Foster,
LARGE AND coMMoDIous ROOMS,

Having purchased OF George Arms his entire interest
the Marble and Granite business In this vicinity.
have removed the stock and works 10 their
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-03-08
Correspondence.

Mr. Fassett writes -"Tell your Warren
correspondent, as" that the test tubes he
enquiries about can be bought of l.. L
butcher & Sons, st. Adams.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-03-08
HARMLESS AS SALT.

III ADDS FIVE CENTS PER POUND TO TIE
aALuE VI BUTTER, AND THREE CENTS FER
POUND TO THE VALUE or CHEESE.
EMBOSSED BY THE DAlRYMEN's ASSOCIATION,
BY THE MOST EMINENT CHEMISTS Avn nv r,ir
BEST PRACTICAL FARMERS.
MAsoA's CHEEsE FAcronY
hehhoAD, Vermont August A. ISIS
we have carefully tested sample Of Wells Richardson
Co.'S Golden Extract for colong butter and cheese ana
md the best preparation have ever seen or used ana
cheerfuly recommend il as such
EDWIN ID, MASON
r'e-iuen' of Vermont Dalrymens Association.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-03-08
Tor sale by Druggist. Everywhere. &.

for sale In Boston b, u O& G. c. WILSON. wholeais
Druggists.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-03-08

at his Office, the Baxter National Bank building. Rui-
land, Vermont
l224 H. n UAyTEp
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-14
Tho Alabama Surplus.

Our commerce was fifteen millions of dol
lars the worse for the acts Of the Anglo-Con-
federate pirates as was shown to the tribu-
nal at Geneva, and that sum, was paid over
by England and is in the hands Of the govern
ment to reimburse the persons upon whom
the losses fell But who are those persons?
There has been no trouble in finding legiti-
mate claimants for five million dollars; but
who owns the other ten? This cannot be
paid to the persons whose ships were burned,
for they were reimbursed by the insurance
companies. Shall it be paid to the insurance
companies? Congress says no, and bases
that denial on the ground that the insurance
companies repaid themselves by an assess
ment levied on the whole commerce of the
country in the form of war premiums. As
sumo that these grounds are tenable, and
what follows Simply that this ten millions
Of money has already been advanced by the
merchants and shipowners of the country
and that they are the parties to whom the
remuneration is due. How can it be ascer-
tanned to what individual owners and in
what proportion it should be repaid? Per-
haps it may be possible to ascertain this and
make just pro rata distribution but if that
is thought impossible there may be other
means of giving the commerce of the coun-
try the benefit of the indemnity. For in
stance, the money might well be applied in
the endowment Of institutions in the nature
of the Sailors Snug Harbor"-refuges for
poor Jack when he has become legitimately
foundation of asylums and schools for the
orphan children of sailors.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-14

decidedly render him popular with the
army. The officers of the United States
gunboat are maintaining watchful neu-
trality, but render moral support to tho
Lerdo government. The Mexican customs
officials and Labarra, ex-commander OF
Matamoros, are waiting for assistance in
Brownsville They expect help ria Vera
Cruz. Porfrio Diaz must make an effort to
penetrate to the capital il he would reap
any solid advantages from his recent sue
cesses. In his present position he ranks as
little better than magnificent highwayman.
II he conquers the army Of President Lerdo
he will become very great, because success
full, hero. Such are revolutions in Mexico.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-14

GIVE Us A One Term AMENpMENT.-The
President is perfectly sound when he says
that there is no law that the President should
not run for third term or fourth. This is
what the Napoleons said in their day. In
the first place they were necessary to the
country and in the end there ''was no law
against" their running for life. But un-
written law in nations like the American
and English has all the force of a statute.
Here it is consccratcd by time and tradition,
and becomes law in the most sacred sense
This unwritten law prescribes that there
shall not be more. than two terms for any
President. Unbroken custom has consc-
Grated the custom of Washington, jackson
and jefferson. This is why we think that
it would be IN improvement to our constitu-
ton five were to have the one term amend
ment, as desired by Clay and the earlier
statesmen.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-14

THE SKETCHES OF BRAZILIAN History
published in the HERALD to-day will be
read with great interest in view of the COM
ing of the Emperor Dom Pedro. The for
tunes of the house of Braganza furnish q
chapter in the history of royalty which, hap
PLY for the people now ruled by the enlight-
ened monarch of Brazil, has not been fol-
lowed by the evil consequences that have
formed the sequel Of many other similar
stories. Driven from Europe by the pres
sure of events the Braganzas sought in the
pampas of Brazil solid foundation for their
throne. where, undisturbed by the shock of
revolutions, they have been enabled to
devote themselves to tho peaceful advance
ment OF their subjects
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-14

The sNEw CRIMINAL CouRr. Here is one
abuse that should be corrected before it
grows beyond correction. Some time since a
bill was passed which gave US third crimi-
mol judge. This bill was made necessary
because so many poor wretches were in the
Tombs waiting to be tried. The new Court"
has been in existence since New Years; but
it has never been in session. Although we
now pay for three criminal courts they
never sit. Who is to blame for this |?
The matter will soon grow into an abuse.
We shall forget that we are entitled to three
courts, and be content with two. The
judges will have good time and the people
will pay the bills This is the way most
abuses arise aladministration at the out
set, Indifference ever after.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-14


CHATEAU MABILLE VARIETIES.
MsP.M.
BOwERY THEATRE
LIFE IN THE BACKwooDs. atsPM
THIRry-rouRTH STREET OPERA noUsR
VARIETY, ntsP NJ
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE.
FIQUE. atsPM NJ. Fanny Davenport
GLOBE THEATRE
VARIETY. ats
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTRELs, msPM
PARTISAN VARIETIES.
GERNANIA THEATRE
DIE KARLsSoHUELER, ats "
WOODS MUSEUM
WIDE AWAKE, At r. NJ. George France. Matinee -
r. NJ
LycEUM THEATRE.
BLACK-EYED SUSAN, at sP. NJ. Minnie Paimcr.
THEATRE CoMIQuE-
wALLACK's THEATRE
TWINS, at 8 p. NJ. Lester wallack.
BooTH'S THEATRE.
HENRY ", 1t Y. NJ Georyc RignolG
BROOKLYN THEATRE.
THE MIGHTY DOLLAR. at s r. NJ Mr.. and Mrs W. J.
Florence.
TONY PASTORS NEW THEATRE
VARIETY, at r. VI. Matinee Mt 7. VI.
UNION SQUARE THEATRE
FERREOI. ats 4. NJ G. r. Thorne, Jr.
EAGLE THEATRE
VARIETY. MsPM
PARK THEATRE.
BRASS. atsP NJ George Fawcett Rowe
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-14

are compelled to surrender their six per cent
bonds, which bear high premium, the gold
in which they are paid will enable them to
purchase the new bonds, which they will
naturally do at once, as they are not likely
to find better investments in the same
species of securities.
The bonds of the United States are GER
tain to increase in value, and long before
fifty-ycar four per cents became redeemable
they would bear very high premium. The
grounds of this certainty are perfectly intel
ligible. When the demand for any species
OF property is sure to increase and
the supply is equally sure to dimin-
ish it is not prophecy but calculation
to affirm that the price will steadily 60 up.
With the growth of our country there will
be constantly increasing demand for gov
eminent bonds by savings banks, trust in
stitutions, ordinary banks for securing
their circulation, and capitalists who wish
ready command of their resources /; and in
the face of this growing demand there will
be regular diminution of the supply. The
Secretary of the Treasury is required by law
to purchase or redeem annually government
bonds equal to one per cent of the national
debt-a rate which will extinguish it before
the expiration of forty-year bond. The
certainty is, therefore, absolute that the
value of United States bonds will increase
by the diminished ratio OF the supply to the
demand and this important consideration
should have due weight with those who are
charged with the duty Of refunding the No
tional debt
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-14

CENTENNIAL Goops AND THE Custom
HousE.-Our report of the case of Mr..
ELAN and the investigation ut the Custom
House of the reasons why he was compelled
90 paw duty on goods intended for exhibit
ton at Philadelphia shows conclusively
enough that this was due to inadvertency on
the part of the intending exhibitor, who
tailed to present his goods to the customs
authorities with a properly authenticated
record made up on the other side of the fact
that they we're to be exhibited at the Gen.
fcnnial Exhibition. II is proper to have
these things regulated but yet this is hardly
an occasion on which we should adhere to
rules with cast-iron tenaciy. and 1t is worth
thought as to whether, in case where a
man has como unprovided with documents
through ignorance of what is necessary, it
would not be well to have some means of
Supplying the omission on this side without
sxtortinQ the exhibitors money in the form
u duties
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-14

THE EMMA MrNE.--.We must not allow the
Washington correspondents to blind MS MS to
the real points at issue in the Emma mine
investigation. The inquiry thus far shows
certain incontrovertible points. The first
is that ''mine" was found in Utah. The
second is that this ''mine" was sold in Eng
land for five millions Of dollars, mainly by
false representations as to its value The
third is that the purchasers of the shares in
the mine" were not capitalists, but humble
investors women, clcrgymen and persons
of limited means. The fourth is that the
inducement to buy the shares was the in
dorsement Of the mine by the American
Minister, General Schcnck. and the Ameri-
can financial agency, JAY Cooke McCul-
loch Il Co. The agents who sold this
"mine" made largo sums of money. Tho
women and clcrgymen who purchased the
shares lost their money. Upon this state
of facts, which no one disputes, tho ques-
ton arises, WAS General Schenck, in be-
coming director, indorscr and patron of
the Emma mine, a knave or a fool r.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-14

A SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD from
Brownsville, Texas, says that General Por-
firio Diaz, commanding the revolutionary
army in Mexico, has succeeded in getting
possession of the entire frontier line opposite
American territory. This is an important
advantage, because it gives him an extensive
area for his operations and secure line Of
escape If he is defeated. His troops have
been paid up TO the 18th inst. which will
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-14

New HoSoEs TO THE KEYSTONE STATE
Senator Cameron complains because his
State is not appreciated. But he is
too modest 1t was Covode, q Pennsyl-
vanian, who was chairman of the
committee which exposed the corruptions of
Buchanan's administration and pulled it
down. Clymer, Pennsylvania, is chair
man of the committee which is sapping
the foundations of the administration of
Grant
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-14
Hints 90 .st.sesmen.~

'Statesmanship' is not as safe a business
now ms it was in the past. In the old time,
when Walpole and his friends wero in power,
statesman when he had business with thu
government finished it in an expeditions man,
ner. There were no rubs or blotches. The gold
was paid down and nothing was said. W.
have fallen upon evil days Gold has gone
out of date. If statesman wishes to serve
himself or friend, to make-a little stake"
or ''rake' out Of the poor soldiers or the
rings, he runs fearful risk. There is the
risk Of check being Endorsed. of a bill be-
ing marked, of a telegraphic despatch being
found by subpoena 1t was the tell-tale
memorandum which ruined Schuyler Colfax.
1t was the tell-tale check which brought
dismay upon Tweed and his followers. II
Tweed had not kept his accounts in the
Broadway Bank he would never have been
found out by the inquiring Tilden.
Take the disclosures before the House COM
mittees. What assurance can statesman
have when he transacts little business over
the wires that there will not DO legal
process to bring the whole thing to light ina
few years-after he has reformed, perhaps,
and taken prominent part in ''the work Of
reform?" Old Van Buren, used to say that it
was better to travel hundred miles to de-
liver message in person than to trust to
post. Now, how much more harassing is 1t to
trust it to a telegram with Mr. Orion to come
into court years after and swear Statesman"
into pcrdition Would IL not be we'll for Mr..
Orion to institute service for statesmen3
Let him guarantee that as soon as all states
manship dispatches have been delivered
there will be an end Of them. This would
be shield thrown around statesmen cal
culated to tranquillize the breasts of those
noble, self-sacrifcing patriots who serve
their country for their own, and sometimes,
as in the case of Mcguire, for the countrys
good.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-14

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-Gold was steady
at 113 IA. Stocks were much depressed.
The majority of prices lower. Money on
call was supplied at and 3 IL per cent.
Government bonds easy, railway bonds
steady and investment shares irregular.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-14

WHAT ARE THE REPUBLIcANs DoTNG p
What have the republicans done with their
majorities in the Senate and Assembly? Alb
solutely nothing! We have no spring cleo
ton, no abolition of Tammany as dark
lantern Know Nothing lodge. Truly, it
looks more and more as if John Kelly had
captured the republican party. Can not
some one give us the terms Of the surrender?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-14
schenclx for London.

In the whirligig Of time it would be
one of the quaintest of changes to see
Major General Schenck return to Lon
don as the representative Of the United
States, yet such fact is in the
chapter of possibilities. His resignation is
in the Presidents hands-is lat the Presi-
dents disposal has been accepted :
but the place is not vacant, and General
Schenck could reoccupy it without re-
appointment On the 9Th of March the
Senate inquired if leave of absence had
been given to General Schenck, and on the
18th of March Mr.. Fish sent a communica-
ton stating the circumstances, and closing
with the declaration that General Schencks
resignation sent by him February 10 was
accepted by the President March 6. But
what was it that was thus accepted I?
Schenck's resignation, Ito take effect when
his successor was appointed" That is the
form of the resignation, and loads it with
condition which makes it necessary that the
President and the Senate should agree on
another appointment in order to get the
present incumbent out of Office. 1t is the
principle of the Tenure of Office law that
the President shall not have alone the power
to remove man from an important post
without the mans consent. If the incum-
bent does not consent the President and
Senate must act together, and they remove
one man by the installation of another. In
this case Schenck did not consent. 1t now
rcmains for somebody To show how ,oucl
Schenck did toward defeating Dana.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-14

The NAVY DEPARTMENT. Robson seems
to be rushing the press. A Washington cor
respondent reports the Secretary OF the Navy
''still triumphant" because ''thus far not a
word of testimony has been adduced showing
that he has personally received dollar. :"
But the Cattells have received one hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars, ac-
cording to the evidence, not to speak of
what A. G. Cattell must have made over in
London. Does any one suppose that Robe
son allowed these favorites and parasites to
grow rich without having his own views
about it? If SO, then who built the Long
Branch cottages of Cattell and his bene-
factor? Before Robson is triumphant" he
must make clear all about his relations with
the Cattells, and the transfer of the naval
account from the time-honored granite house
of Barings to the pine wood concern of Cooke.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-14

ANOTHER missing buoy is reported among
the "Notices to Mariners" from the shoal at
the entrance of Sagua La Grande, Cuba. The
buoy has been missing since about March 6,
and shipmasters are warned of the fact.
The shoal is o very dangerous one, and is
wrecked last fall.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-14

TURKISH FINANCES are SO complicated that
we are prepared for any news respecting the
efforts of the Porte to disentangle itself from
the meshes that surround it. The latest
plan under consideration is an exchange Of
the bonds held by Jewish and other denom-
nations for lands in Syria. But what
guarantees are offered for Turkish good faith
do not appear as yet. The question is an
important one, especially for Syria's people.