Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-11-17

WICK Ieuu, N lbSt disappearing WIN Sudil-
pox. Three of his children aud his wife
have died within two weeks, and only him.
self and one child is left. 1t is said he can
get no one to enter his house. even the ply.
sicians refusing to visit him. The cofins
used 10 the burial Of his vile aud children
were dragged out by himself aud left in the
road, where they we're taken by his neigh.
bors and buried.
London has cheerful weekly newspaper
called the Obituary, in which undertakers,
cremationlst, embalmers, grave-dggers, tomb
stone carvers and crape.makers advertise
their wares, and space is given to the copies
Of wills aud obituaries Of the late departed.
This country is not so far advanced, but n
New York lady has edited and will publish
n volume entitled Tears for the Little Ones"
a series of gems in prose aud verse, to help
parents feel sorry at the death OF their
children.
The electoral vote for president will be
closer this year than it has been for many
years. In 1897 John Adams received II
votes in the electoral college aud Thomas
Jefferson So. In 1901 Jefferson received 70
and Burr 10, aud the election was decided
by the house. Since then there has been no
close counts in the electoral college, though
there has been several occasions when,
there being more than two candidates, no
one had clear majority Of the electoral
vote, and tho election was completed by the
house Of representatives, as the constitution
in such cases provides.
Hot Springs, Ark, has had a 100000
fire, with no insurance.
United States troops have been ordered
from South Carolina to Florida.
Company 9, 14th U. S. infantry, stationed
at Little Rock, Ark, was on Friday ordered
TO New Orleans.
Cronstadt port and roadstcad in Russia
are ice.bound, and navigation is stopped
The river Dwina is also frozen and the Neva
choked with floating ice from the lake Of
Ladoga.
DR.. lie Moyne's cremation furnace at
Washington, Pa, will have two more victims
soon. One Of thes: is a prominent Brooklyn
gentleman, whose body has been preserved
for several weeks. Another is that of
lady, who, though not yet dead has requested
that her body be burned.
The English Iron-clad Navy comprises 81
vessels, including the four in course Of cou.
struction. The most formidable of these are
the turret.ships Thunderer, Dreadnought aud
Ineov;bIo ony NJ ,vh;oh would !, i L.
lated bo mora than n match Gr half = dozon
Of the ;ron.cIods launched tbre. voors 400
Tho Rnss;ans have twcntv.o;ah, ;ron.oIoJs
Tho oplv ono of vb;cb that annro,cLos thn
,brce nr;ncinoI Rr;,;sb vossols q s;1o ho;n, Tho
Peter the Great. of g66O tons burden. Tho
Dreadnauobt's TONNAGE is 10 g5O and that
of the Tbnnderer 900
M p.;,;.L ...,...,. ..,L. ;.l
ino DI'.''" Po''u'aS'el,ge"e'a' u1s iSSueu
- :" u 800 Ian'; oIP M". a.
SO c' -n;- a ,L 80 ~, s"a' .So
IT Tn az S. ~, -, NV P" i,G 49, ~"
n;ros in Docnmhor nav, will NO, ho rcnoved
and ,hot tho sprv;ce will bc' conducted after
,ho l., Of Tarr,r, ON ,Lo son,o ,,riro;rla no
tb.t now Eollowcd no tho pos,m,s,er.G ap.roI
If ,ho U,i,oJ S,o,eS
M, .",~
luz 'o'", P"y."g ADMISSIONS AZ '"e oe"'
y, ~ W "n' 5ooSo -. w., o"D n;,.
,Ioso 81 ,ho on ta.,;na,,J y, u-G -G2l
md those NJ Fr;Jav ,os,;notod =, 1oG AK
would mako s o0I oil of the armor 10.
,oI : o7S 55o mr., 90, Town far ,be main ev.
hih;,;on =, "a con,s oaoh G51 osg 20 ,ho
main exhibition n, "a cents md 90 AS %
the livestock show. The cash receipts from
the gates officially reported, to and inclul.
ing Wednesday, were S3,G74, SS4. These
figures of attendance are far larger than
those of any other worlds fair.
While Rhode Islands native population
has increased - 500 in the past ten years,
the emigration from other New England
States was IL, 400, the increase of natives
Of Maine being over 100 per cent, of Yer
mont nearly 100, of New Hampshire about