Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-11-10


uually consumed in tho United States. The
cost Is not less than one hundred million
dollars, aud Il all ends in smoke. Think of
this, young man. and 90 back to the sweet
feru OF younger and happier days.
Some of our readers may be pleased TO
learn that this years peanut crop is estima.
ted at 100000 bushels In that kindred
luxury, spruce gum Of course Vermont will
do her whole duty.
The cash receipts of the Centennial Ex-
hibiton to date amount TO S3,553, IO2,99.
Muraiue Smith, Detroit murderer, who
was arrested in Canada, whether he fled, is
held at Toronto in the belief that an extra
dition treaty with Great Britain will soon
be 10 force.
The vessel which the Spanish consul has
for some time suspected TO be fitting out for
an expedition to aid the Cuban rebels proves
but TO be designed 10 carry circus, after he
has employed score Of detectives to keep
watch Of il for fortnight.
Izaak Walton is to be honored with
bust to be placed in st. Marys Church,
Stafford, wherein he was baptized. If"Meek
Walton's heavenly memory" needs to be per-
petuated in this manner. it is high time, for
be has been sleeping in Winchester cathedral
for nearly two hundred years.
-Four carriages, three wagons, one pair Of
mules, one span Of horses, Que harness and
three COWS, property of Brigham Young,
were sold at public auction, by the COM
missioner, to pay the award of the court in
the Ann Eliza case. They brought Sl,1s5.
Further seizures Of property will be made.
Gen. Anger, commanding the department,
has received dispatch from Artesa, Miss,
stating that a meeting there the ID, ended
in a free fight, wounding six negres, one
mortally. United States troops were called
upon by citizens, and this prompt appear
ance prevented further disturbance.
Five buildings were destroyed by an ex.
plosiou ofthe powder mills near Xeuia, Ohio,
the ID, and about FIVE tons Of powder were
burned. There were no other casualties ex.
cept the death of Denear, who was in the
building which FIRST blew up and ignited the
others.
The number of passengers carried on the
New York division Of the Pennsylvania rail-
road in October was about 400 900, or nearly
80, 900 larger than 10 September, and the
passengers, one day, the 9th, numbered
5l,5l4, the receipts footing up $4,000,
which is without precedent.
The places in New York city that once
knew the tramp will soon know him no lon
ger, as an order to arrest all the habtua
applicants for lodgings at the police stations
;,to "a. oh bod. al
paupers were refused admission. aud were
informed that they must work
Recently every school in Prussia had to
make return OF the color of the chidrens
eyes. The number examined was 4 1871
aud of these 1927 per cent. had blue, and
243l per cent. brown eyes, the rest black.
la regard to hair, y per cent. had blonde,
20 per cent brown, and I.2l per cent black.
The native Baptist ministers of the Indian
Territory have some very unevangeica IT,
ties. Bro. j. Williams is Til-la-ma-tub-b by,
which means Jump around and kill him.
Bro. Lewis Cass is ll-la.ho.mat.che, which
meaus "Paint himself red" Among the
licensed preachers are Enthusiastically,
"Draw near and kill him." aud Com. pa-chub-
by, or Kill him and throw him away"
NJ. Marchal, French naval officer, osti
mates the relative strength Of the war navies
Of the European powers as follows: II Eng
land be represented by 1000, France will
be represented by 767, Germany by 1874.
and Italy by 255 The Turkish feet comes
next, and then the Russian, which stands at
| 1873.
The recent capture of the Indians on the
Yellowstone by Gen. Miles was accomplished
after considerable fighting and much parey.
ing, the former costing the enemy dozen
lives or more, while only few wounds were
received on our side. Besides the Indians
surrendered, a large quantity Of dried buff.
ialo meat was captured, which will be great
loss to the savages. Sitting Bull went with
few lodges OF redskins toward Fort Peck
The long illness of Cardinal Antonelli re-
suited in his death at Rome, Monday. lie
was transacting business with the pope, Sun
day, when he was seized with severe at
tack of govt in the chest. lie was Immediately
carried to his apartment, but refused to be.
lieve that death was approaching. At last
he consented to receive the sacrament, but
was unable to swallow. He expired the
next morning.
Mary Stewart, WHO arrived in New York
from Boston, Friday, and lost her way
during the night, was alured to a house
by q policeman named Gleason and out
ragged but, although the case was brought
to the attention of Judge Smith, the officer
has not been panished. She is said, also,
to have been kept in cell from Saturday
night till yesterday morning, when the judge
ordered that she be sent back to Boston il
the afternoon, if her friends were not found
Henry Ward Beecher has been featuring
10 Canada, on 1.-The Ministry of Wealth" tC
immense audiences In Montreal he Assem-
bed upwards Of 5000 people at the Rink
hundreds Of persons being compelled tC
stand and in Ottawa, Toronto aud London
the largest halls were also filled. Mr.. Bee
cher will devote more time TO lecturing thi'
season than for several years past, and viii
fill long list Of engagements in New Eng
land aud the Middle States.
A new iudustry-that Of drying eggs
has been set on foot at Passau, on the Dan
ube, and the Prussian military authoritie
are about to give the product trial for sol
diers' rations. The London News says sew
eral German chemists are very sanguine a
to the experiment. Aud they pronounce
dried eggs to have lost none of their valua
BILE properties by the gradual evaporation o
the water contained in them in their origi
nal state.
Some one answers the question "Wha
have missions done r. by showing that ovel
500 900 church members are the living re
suit 10000 10 Africa, 10000 in Asia
$4,000 in Europe, $4,000 in America, 70
600 in Polynesia, and $50, 900 in tho Yves
Indies. That is certainly worth having done
Commander A. ii. Semmes, of the Unite
T States sloop.ef.war Alaska, is on trial be
fore naval court martial at Brooklyn, n