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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1876-09-28

uors. The facts in the case as shown
upon the trial, were briefly these. Oc-
tober Sd, 1874, Ira A. Snow, of Whit
ingham, took his wife, Orphelia, wonl-
an twenty.six years of age to visit with
him the Readsboro Town Fair While
there snow got ''crszy drunk" as wit
nesses termed it, On whiskey which the
evidence tended 10 show was furnished,
wholly or in part, by the defendants.
While thus drunk, his wife attempted to
get him to go home; she was able to get
him into his carriage, and they started
toward home. After going a short dis
lance in that direction, against her re-
monstrances, he turned to go In the d.
Feetion of the place where horse trot
was about to come off he soon got an
cry at his wife, and in his drunken fren-
~ began TO curse and swear, and threat
en- her and cruelty whip his horse. Soon
the wagon was overturned, and Mrs.
Snow was thrown violently over the rail
ing, and down steep embankment, up
on the rocks below. She was seriously
injured, and remained in an almost help
less condition for nearly year, since
then she has been slowly recovering. De-
PENDANTS denied selling or furnishing the
liquor which caused the drunkenness.
Their guilt was clearly proven after a
full and impartial trial the jury return
ed a verdict in favor of Mrs. Snow, for
$1S66 63 damages and her costs. The
verdict gives entire satisfaction to every
one who heard the trial.
We have always regarded the Statue,
making the rumseller liable for the con-
sequences of the drunkenness he pro-
duces, as a salutary one. 1t has already
done more for the promotion of temper
ance In Windham county, than all the
prosecutions for illegal sales. The case
of the widow of VIM. e. Smith, who
was killed at Halifax few years ago,
against Chester Il. Wilcox, the man
" h0 sold the s}tIa, and which resulted In
. large verdjGt tor TIE ,ola5rtiff. dia q
good work for the cause of Temperance.
We think altogether too much rum is
drank and sold for the good of our
County and State. 1t is the avarice and
greed of the rumseller which leads him
to put the cup to his brothers lips
When he knows that he is liable for
every dram he sells, to such a verdict as
a -Windham County jury has given to
Mrs. Snow, his avarice and greed will be
liable to make him pause. We regard
this and like verdicts as steps towards
reform = W5ndham Co. Retormer.
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written for the Herald.l
A Few Words from "oId Farmer
Brown"

Reform will come from Tflden, an the
party that he leads,
When cucumbers grow from scorns, an
turnips from punkin seees. -rr
b tricks % the darkest natur', by trusts
that ma been betrayed,
BY preyin' upon misfortune, they're driv-
in athrivin' trade.
They may talk about retrenchment they
may promise Us better times;
But, from Ttlden, Tweed an Tammany
come nOthf1' but frauds an crimes.
What Is their boosted party-I swow it's
hard to tell.
Halt hard-ha'f soft-with a Shiny head
ike turtle in Its shell.
Two O my oys lie buried beneath South
ern sod, rs.
ISy ii couple o. rebel bullets, their so1ls
We're sent to Col.
] gave 'enl both 10 my country, my pride,
my hope, my 81.
Tho it broke my heart to lose 'erI, glo-
Fied in their fan.
For under the old Sag, bTavely they faced
the rebel IRE,
Ar while ] fought beside 'em, saw en-
both expire.
.
screaInin' through the air,
The battles smoke was around us, AM
HATES vas with Us there,
You ask me to vote for Filden, an think
O. that solemn time,
When he said that the war was a failure,
49,, sI..,. 4.-.-----ss, ,,yaa "A {, crime
That the country was g0in' to ruin, tell
you il touched my pride
When I aDtts d laytil' Day back, egttI. a J1tE-
Gtt ~ nag side ...:. .....s .......
Ihonored Stonewau Jackson, an brave
old General Lee
ache7p as he. .....
RemorseIess an sordfd traitor. His record
unchanged remaiDs;
no sham reform or repentance can cover
Its guilty stains,
lie sowed The seed o. disunion in his
country's darkest hour.
Tie would ruin our land forever, If he only
had the power.
You tell me the war is over, that peace
am harmony reigai
That over th% biCoiN chasna, our hands
are clasped again;
That the struggle is nigh forgotten-when
the simplest farmer knows ..
That Southern rebels 1eul NEVER forgive
their Northern foes. ......
We have lost our sons an brothers. Has
the r blood been shed in vain:
Shall we lose our laurels forever, or meet
our foes agains ....
Lei us lie I'VE our moi, y wOrksho ps-let US
hesten from the pillow,
An rally around the BALLOT BOX, nor let
'em triumph nowl
EUGENE j. HALL
Brandon, W. .-
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After seven years of preparation The
great Il lst at He'll Gate was successfully
fired Sunday afternoon Gen. Newton
received several protests against explOd
ing the mine on Sunday, but be acted
from the highest considerations of duty,
as he thought. He selected the time
when the explosion would put the few
est lives in jeopardy. He said that he
would not be responsible for keeping
euch mass Of explosives in the neigh
borhood of Astoria, or anywhere else-
for one moment longer than was meets
sary, as an accidental explosion when
none are prepared for it might have
caused some terrible disasters. It was
estimated that leo, 900 persons were out
in the rain to witness the explosion.
But its effect as an exhibition was dis
appointing. There was no gigantic con-
cussion, no magnificent upheaval Of
rock or wafer, but only long, low roar
like distant thunder, a slight trembling
on the Long Island shore, an upward
Dash OF spray, and one high rolling
wave. The complete effect of the .ex-
plosion upon the reef cannot be accu
rately estimated until an attempt IS made
to clear away the rock But the indca-
tions now are that the most satisfactory
success attended the elimination of
Gen. Newton's plans. -. +.
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rho Race troubles In tho South

Farther reports from South Carolina
represent tnsi tue troubles between the
blacks 81 whites are not provoked 10y
the former, but they are cold bl0oGed
slaughieIs of colOred people. Some
one living in that region, who is voucbed
for as Trustworthy, writes Governor
Chamberlain that railroad trains passing
through the country where the alleged
riots took place, have been stopped and
negroes forcibly taken from the cars
and shot. Capt. A. +. Butler, q brother
of the General Butler of Hamburg mas
sacre no oriety, is said TO have been in
command OF 4 company of white Liners
which recently stopped train and bru-
tally murdered negroes. up to this
time, says one letter dated the 2lst,
there is no definite information of the
death of single white person, although
the sheriff of Aiken reports three killed,
or rather says that three are reported
killed There has been no encounter at
all so far as we have been able
to learn, but rather a wholesale murder
of cOlored men wherever they couid be
found. In the cotton field at work or
travelling along the highway they were
deliberately shot down in cold blood,
blutaly mangled after they were dead,
and left To lie in the hot sun with no one
to remove or bury their bodies. There
has been no hostile gatherings of the
blacks, unless you can cali meeting Of
from six 10 ten OF them hostile gather
ing Nor have they fired upon any one
except perhaps in self defense. [ ne
lieve at least 100 negroes have been killed
since Sunday morning last in Aiken and
Barnwell counties, and l do not believe
a single white man has been harmed
Another report, however, says the blacks
were, on the Goth inst, rioting up the
road, a short distance from Port Royal,
that they had torn up the railway track
and stopped travel and the mails.
Ii is reported that Republican meet
iag at Aktebbeha, Miss, has been broken
up by Democrats, and that four negroes
were killed and several wounded.
A negro is said to have been killed
near Memphis, Tenn, last week, be-
cause he wouldn't tell two men how he
wss going tolvote. The murderers were
pursued, but escaped.
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RACE PREJuDIcE.

Princeton College has been thrown
into a state of excitement by the with
drawal of certaia students because DIR.
McCosh admitted q negro theological
student to his college lectures. The
facts as stated by the Trenton State
Gazette are briefly these: ''For several
years the Theological Seminary has adj
mitted coiored students on the same
terms as other students. Last year sew
eral of the colored seminary students
desired to avail themselves of the lee
lures ON Psychology delivered by DIR.
McCosh to the junior class in college
They were harmless inoffensive persons,
and as they occupied some of the vacant
seats in the rear of the room no notice
was ever taken of them by the students.
This year, however, another colered stu
dent desiring to take the same course
asked and received permission from DIR.
McCosh to attend his lecture This
aroused the indignation of the present
junior class, especially the southern
members, and accordingly about twenty
got up a petition earnestly entreatlng
the faculty TO prohibit colored students
from attending the college lectures.
Dr.. McCash .dnaefsfooftohilf That it
is perfectly pt6per that they should be
allowed TO attend his lectures it they
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medium class has not been so much in
demand, and consequently the price has
not advanced to the same extent as on
finer goods.
Whether or not the raw material will
advance to a higher figure, merchants
say, will depend altogether upon the
market for wooden fabrics. They as
sert that SO long as the demand from the
mills continues, the raw material is Ger
tain TO rise in value. They claim that
there is not enough wool produced In
this country 10 supply the manufsctur-
ers of wooden goods, and that wool is
bound to advance TO the figures which
the imported material commands in the
market. In conversations had with sew
eral merchants engaged in the wool bust
ness the prevailing feeling manifested
was that, judging from the present
state of the market, the wool business
would continue good throughout the fall
and winter, up TO February. These
merchants suggested that if the manu-
features of wooden fabrics could have
the choice of wool from the different
countries of Europe, the American pro-
ducts would find a market with foreign
nations. In order TO make goods of eY-
cry grade il is necessary TO use some
classes of the raw material produced in
Europe. The high rate of duty, the
merchants affirm, mas made Australian,
German, and other woods unavailable.
The duty upon the raw material Sim
ported in the ordinary condition, as now
and heretofore practiced, is on frst-class
unwashed clothing wool, costing 81 cents
or less, 10 cents per pound, and IL per
cent. adyolorem. Upon uuwsshed wool
costing 80 cents the duty IS - cents per
pound, and 10 per cent. adYolOrem. The
duty upon washed wool is double these
rates. The duty required on combing
or second class wool is 10 cents per h.
and II per cent. adValOrem for goods
costing SO cents or less per pound. The
duty on the third class, which includes
carpet and similar woods, is 3 cents per
pound for washed and un washed costing
u cents or LEES per pound on that of
more than 10 cents per pound value the
duty is six cents per pound. The total
receipts of wool at New York from for
eign countries, from January 1, 10 April
1, 1876, were 70, IN bales of carpet
wool and 204 bales fer clothing, making
Is. g81 bales, compared with -, 841 bales
for the corresponding period IN 1875.
The number of bales of domestic wool
received was -, 1877 in 1875, against
1878 for the corresponding period in
1879. Merchants think that the lowest
figuresfor wool were reached months
ago, and that the trade has now been
started upon a healthy and prosperous
basis.-ITl6uae.
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choose" Accordingly five members of
that class have withdrawn from the COL
lege. The most of these students are
from Baltimore. The responsibility for
this foolish exhibition of race feeling
rests with the promoters of that false
sentiment which still fingers in many
parts of the South. If the boys of the
South are to be indoctrinated in this
childish prejudice it will be long time
before real peace and harmony will pre-
vail. 1t is bad time for those who en-
terrain this feeling to force it upon the
attention of the public during Presi-
dental canvass. The action of these
students if approved by their parents or
guardians will not have a tendency to
remove the southern question from this
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1876-09-28
Prosperity in the Wool TRADE.

REVIVAL OF MANUFACTURING AND ADJ
VANCE IN PRICES.
A marked indication that the revival in
business now observable is not spasmo-
die is furnished by the fact that the i'm
provement in one branch of trade is sys-
Dramatically governed by the revival of
another. The wool business. which
during recent yesrs has suffered under a
general depression and inactivity, has
caught the impulse of other industries,
and those engaged in dealing in wool
are filled with the same confidence TO be
noticed in other branches of trade. In
April and May of this year the wool
market was very much depressed, and
very little foreign material was import
ported, because wool commanded a
much higher price in Europe than could
be obtained for il in this country. AT
that time great number of the wooden
mills had stopped running, and there
was little prospect that a brisk market
could be secured for the raw material.
During this state of uncertainty the
WOOL clip of June was thrown upon the
.naTket, aud the merchants bought it in
at a low figure. The mills throughout
COUNTY, " IUus aLiA dc TIC
season advanced manufacturers found
orders crowding in more rapidly than
they could fill them. 1t was necessary
TO purchase The raw material, and those
who bought 1t at low figure in June be-
gan to reap the benefit of reyiving trade.
The wool dealers who purchased in
June, when wool growers were glad to
turn their products into money, realized,
when the demand set in, an average
profit of from eight to ten cents per
pound, equal to 20 or % per cent. The
dealers who made purchases in the early
market received for best Ohio Xxx and
xxx washed wool 424 cents to 45 cents
per pound. Many merchants are of the
opinion that this class of wool is worth
at least so cents per pound to day.
When the rise came, wool known by the
brand of X, or three-quarter blood,
brought from 80 cents to 40 cents per
pound, which furnished profit of 29to
IS per cent. The class of wool known
as No. ], or. half blood, sold for 80 cents
to 40 cents per pound, which was also
an increass of from 20 to % per cent
upon the price paid for it. Combing
wool realized from as to 55 cents per
pound, which was an advance of ABOUT
90 or IS per cent. This class of wool is
considered scarce at present. Wool of
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:s., CoNFgDERiT X ROADS. e. J
Which is in the State of Kentucky,


CoNFspnRir x ROADS. =.
Which is in the State of Kentucky,
Sept. 10, 1876.
II takes great deal of wear ard Iear
to be leedin Democrat, more than !
feel ] kin stands at my time OF life, per-
tikerly q Bascom is watrin his likker
more and more every day On insuffic-
lent sustenance it's impossible to watch
all the pints and keep all the sheep safe
Twin the fold. I'm longin for the eiek-
shun and inOggerashun Nv that great re-
former, Tilden, so that in the post-otfis |
kin enjoy the froots ov my labor, and
by gettin my likker by the gallon, in
stead ov in desultory and infrequent
drinks, kin be shoor of both quality
and quantity.
NV last trouble waz my wust, and it
took the entire day to get it stEaitened.
Pollock and Joe Bigler had got hold of
a Moo York Democratic paper, one that
I had been quotin as authority, and
went from one bar-room TO another and
red. it to every Democrat in the
village. They also even pene-
trated Bascom's, and before ! got in he'd
diffoosed Their pison in that sakred pre-
clint. 1t contained long articles SHOWN
that Tilden, our standard barer, WIZ
committed. sole and body, not ouly 10
hard money, and imejit resunpshen, but
that he wuz reformer of the refornin-
ist kind, goin SO far as 10 pledge hisselt
never to pay dollar ~ southern war
claims, never to reestshlish Niger seryl-
TODD. in any form, and never TO appint
to offis any but them ez WIZ httid tor IT,
and SIGH as wooden't steel.
They did this while wuz out organ
izin hundred Democrats to go over
into Injeany to vote in the iaterest Nv
reform in October.
When | returned there wuz trouble.
WIZ surrounded by q hundred Dino
Gratis demanding Nv me wat l wuz goin
to do about it.
II am for REFORM" sed Deekin Pc
Gram. ssbut | am goin to be paid for
Them sweet potatoes, and them fence
rails witch Federal pikkits seezed.
81 am for reform" sed Capt. McPel.
ter. .sbut want pay for them horses
wich John Morgan seezed, witch he
wooden't hey done but for Federal in
yaders, WITCH makes the government
clearly responsible for. them
: III am for reform" said lsssker GaYitt
nh,ft wat ia reform to me eft can't be,
.eolleater NV this deestrict ~, Z.
Shakir NV EN- off, l smiled sad and
.nensive smile at ther child lik innosense,
and mountin a stump, addressed EN-.
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Correspondence Of the HeraidY
The Saratoga Season - High
Prices OF Coal-Differant Top
les, etc. -.-.. ........ -..-s


Edlt0r Rutland Herald - rhe text
''The hervast is pas', the summer is
very applicable to Our case at present.
The summer hotels are closed or
about to DO so, and the experience of
their pFoprietors has been sad one.
The Windsor was financially atotai fail
ure, and the Congress not much IN adj
vance of the same figure. The States
has been the first and leading hotel, and
the Union has followed closely it's lead,
but the Congress, once the first, has taxi
en- q third seat, and it will cost d hun
bred thousand dollars to place II. on a
footing with the o her hotels with any
show of competition. We have. heard
in former years The rafting of the hotel
buss in the outskirts of the town till
after the dead hour of midnight, to find
lodgings for their guests, but this year,
had duplicate number come suddenly
upon us we could have found accommo-
dations for all. The hackmen, carriers
and chopfallen. Their three months
plumber viii pot save them from the
hungry wolf that will howl at their
doors for the next eight months. 1t
would seem that the railroad company,
who have reaped tie best harvest from
our summer travel, would favor our
poor in the price of coal but
intead they discriminate against
us, selling at one to Two dollars
per ton in advance of the prices it is
sold at in Fort Edward, Whitehall or
even Rutland. At present coal is being
carted from Schuylerville twelve miles
distant, and offered at a lower figure
than our dealers are disposed to make
. Many of our people are off for Phila-
deiphia. Some have returned. Last
Thursday one thousand tickets were
taken on the g. Vibbard, the Albany
day boat on its way up. Vermonters in
every cline feel a just pride in view of
the noble political record made by their
brothers at home. Last Wednesday /
was at the capital building In Washing
ton. Visitors were requested to vote
for President. OF the six hundred and
ten. who had voted that day, four. hum
dred and. eight were for Hayes and
Wheeler. and two hundred and two for
Tiden. 81 Co. These straws indicate
that our people are not ready to play the
control of our national affairs into the
hands of those who have labored. SO hard
to destroy the Union. -. -. .
Yaur frequent reference to Col: 81.
. W. Hooker reminds. rae. that I was once
ia tie pedagogue business: The COLONEL:
then living with his grandparents, Chan
whom better people never lived) was a
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1876-09-28

THE lightning rod men are bad lot.
The lawyers seem to be the only class of
people that are benefited by their trans
actions. The Springfield Republican
says that as the time for paying some of
the numerous notes given to certain
lightning rod agents by their victims in
this vicinity draws near, the prospect
for litigation increases. One man in
this city to whom they offered to put up
rods in exchange for his old ones, and
perhaps $50 to boot, will contest the
payment of the bill for over $3.50 which
the shoot" finally amounted TO. A wild
ow at East Longmeadow signed an in
surance policy by which the company
agreed to insure her against damage by
lightning for term of years, nothing
said about rods. When the company's
men attempted, a few hours after, to
put rods on her house, she ordered them
off the premises, and, in the presence of
witnesses, forbade them putting rod
on her buildings. Notwithstanding
they put on the rods, and the company
now seeks to collect 800 for the job.
These are but specimens of cases which
might be cited ad libitum, and the law
yers will probably reap good harvest.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1876-09-28

In the darkest days of the Revolu-
tionary war, when the army was suffer
irg untold privations at Valley Forge,
the voice Of Johnny Hook, contract
or, was heard crying BEEF Beef"
During our last war, when every loyal
man was aiding The government to the
extent of his ability, Samuel j. Tilden
was not able TO sign call for Union
meeting in the city Of New York, but
yet he found time to write long letter
to the Secretary of War in favor of the
prepared coffee manufactured by his
brother, which preparation, said Samuel,
had sail the nourishing and stimulating
properties of the coffee with the addition
of the nutritive element of the milk"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1876-09-28

GES. John NEWTON, who has had
charge of the Hell Gate Improvements,
is a native of Virginia, and was gradu-
ated at West Point in 1912. He was
second in his class, entered the engineer
corps, and was assistant engineer in the
construction of Fort Warren in 1916.
He constructed the defenses of Wash
ipgton, and took an active part in
the battles Of South Mountain, An
tietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg,
siege OF Atlanta, etc. His little daugh-
ter applied the key which caused the
great explosion. His praise is universal
in New York and elsewhere, ~.
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Mr.. ELBRDGE G. SPAULDING, of Buff
falo, N. Y, the father of the greenback
and National currency, has been nomi-
mated for Congress. He is one of the
ablest f1nanciers in the country. He has
always been in favor of a paper curren-
cy redeemable in gold, but utterly hostile
to an irredeemable paper currency. A
correspondent of the Tribune has re-
ported Mr.. Spaulding as saying that the
resumption act of 1875 will restore spe-
Gle payments. The next congress, if Re-
publican, he says could settle the ques-
ton of resumption. The act of 1875
would carry the country to specie pay
ments. We hope the citizens of Buffa-
10 will send this veteran fnancier to
Washington. Who will have reader wit
to restore the child to its golden heritage
than the father of the greenback?
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good scholar, very active and very sen
sitive to reprimand. The Hon. W. ii.
Walker, of Ludlow, was an attendant
at the same school, and it is with pleas
ure that read of their success in life,
and that they are on the side of Union
and true reform. w.
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=. =. 80 q . -. ~. III
A Practical temperance. Les
S9ss {y.tt}ist tifi} son, $3.50. - =,

! 1,ee;yerdict of The jury in the case Of.
Y =. Il Snow, against Daniel and
Danael ": Carpenter, teaches a lesson
Whieh VIII be likely to impress men who
are engaged In the unlawful sale of liq-