Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-06-30


Monmouth, on the 2Sth Of June, 177S, is 70
be distinguished BY monument the coming
July 4tb.
Senator Jones Of Nevada was exceedingly
generous towards the landady who rented
her house to him during the Cincinnati con.
vention. He put 10 il new furniture worth
$500, and when he left he gave her the
furniture and 1000 in cash. v4
A New York man is sending out circu.
lars Offering for $500 to furnish ia novelty
for Fourth Of July celebration"--A live
woman, attired as Goddess Of Liberty, sit.
ting on a wicker.work eagle, and carried
upward suspended from balloon.
They had shower Of flesh in Columbus,
Ga, the other day. but when the people on
and around whom the flesh fell, looked up
and saw big flock Of buzzards about 100
feet above them, they didn't have to call the
scientists to explain the phenomenon.
People about seeking the Black Hills to
wrest fortunes from the earth should con.
slider the cost of the process. Already the
sum Of 100000 has been expended in open
ing the Summer mine, near Kernvile, Cal,
and $50 900 more are needed to secure the
necessary machinery.
Heavy rains have almost ruined the wheat
prospect in southern Wisconsin, some fields
being swept clean. What is left is growing
worse every day, and considerable has been
forced on the market. One farmer is said
to have lost 300 bushels Of damp wheat
from spontaneous combustion.
Influenced by the spirit Of rs, George
G. Whittier, an old man Of 20, rode into
Biddeford, Me-, the other day, attired 10
the regimentals which he used to wear to
general trainings" fifty years ago. Some
rude boys threw stones at his horse, the old
man was thrown of, aud received injuries
from which he shortly died.
The six men hanged at Salonica for com.
plicity in the murder Of the cousuls we're all
notorious assassins. When led out to exc
cution each refused assistance, adjusted the
rope around his own neck himself, aud
kicked the stool from under his feet The
inquiry made by the Turkish government
previous to their execution was carried on
IN secret
The Cinnamon in California, in the ex.
pectation oil being driven from the country,
are sending homo the remains Of their dead
In cases where only the bones are left, scrupu
lous care is taken to miss none, as they be-
lieve that to leave one behind would imperi
the soul Of the dead person. A paper j:
spread by the grave, and upon it the skele
ton is laid, piece by piece, until it is com
plete.
Mr.. Spurgeon will visit America in thu
fall. Japan has adopted Sunday as a day
Of rest. 1t will cost Boston about $4,000
to pay the expenses Of the detectives who
have been looking at Winslow in England
The Americans in London are preparing To
celebrate the Fourth Of July. Sir Thoma.
Hughes known as the author Of Tom Brown
at Rugby and Tom Brown at Oxford, viii
be present
A uew apparatus for ventilating purposes
has been introduced into w attacks theater
New York. Fresh air is forced into the eel
lar at the rate Of 900 feet per minute, By
a fan wheel feet 10 diameter, and dis
tributed over the house by means Of lonl
narrow Aue which extends across the from
of the building. This arrangement insure
an even distribution Of the air, which blow
10 the faces of the audience, without tn,
chill OF a draft.
The young ladies who have passed tht
graduates examination at the Normal col
lege this year were obliged to spell the fol
lowing words correctly: Anomalous, anal
ogous, bsnditti, bigoted, capillary, chloro
form, crystalline, desecrated, ecstasy, edible
embarrassment farinaceous, glyceriue, hem
orrhage, impanelled, lachrymal, liquefy
marauder, murrain, nutritious, Olympiau
pharmac cutical ,'pleurisy sacerdotal, sarsa
parilla, tortoise, vitreous, vicissitude, zephyr
zouave, bacchenal, Bucephalus, Cynthia
Mozambique, Philippine, Portuguese, Pied
mont, Valparaiso, Yenisei, Cincinnati.
While the Germans are regrctting tina
the French war indemnity OF five miliards
5000, 900, has brought neither wealt
nor happiness, NJ. Octave Noel is groanin
over the fact that there is lying idle in tn
, Golfers Of the bank OF France metallic re
serve of ES0,000 900 "Simple.
people," he writes, will consider this as al
element Of wealth. aud will think that wit
, this accumulation Of gold, France has al
tanned the apogee Of prosperity; our opinio
/ is that it is the symptom Of a serious an
persistent crisis Altogether, NJ. Octav
, Noel estimates that $500, 000,0O0 franc
are now lying idle in France.
, The military situation in Mexico remain
unchanged. The insurgents are said to hav
, about 5000 men badly armed and prov
stoned at Faxco and San Juan dc Lano
). Is leagues apart. The Government Ger
8 eral Alatorre, with 5000 well.armcd an
/. equipped troops, is at Apizaco, at the JUNE
. ton of the Vera Cruz and Mexico an
), Puebla railroads, ready to march to tho II
$ lief Of either Of these places il they arc a
tackled. Gen. Alatorre expects rcinforc'
ments from Gen. Escobedo's command a
Matamoras by way Of Vera Cruz. Ate
their arrival he will begin active and vigol
0 Gus operations against the insurgents with
part Of his forces. This will alter the SituI
ton considerably, and probably give Ii
!. death-blow TO the revolution.
The neighbOrhoOd of Kern Lake. Califo
| mia, is suffering from the dcpredatious Of a
army of rats, whose operations are as rapi
and destructive as the grasshopper pes
. These rodents are Of a species known as tn
( tule rats, living in the tule on the borders (
the lake, and feeding on the roots OF thG
, plant. Tho high water Of the present SCI
son has driven them back to the adjoinir
i wheat fields, where they have contracted
relish for the young ears of wheat, and al
= vance il numbers beyond calculation, devou
o ing all before them. The farmers in Il
neighborhood are cutting down their unriI
: wheat crops for hay, to save them from Il
o rats. Poison has been tried in large quaint
ties, but fails to effect any perceptiblc dim
!. ution 10 their numbers. One ranchman h
!. lost 1900 sacks Of wheat, and others ha'
% suffered extensively. Chinese immigratiC
. would DO welcome in that section.
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