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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-14
Exposures,

The most suspicious omens of reform are
the discoveries Of corruption and venalty
Lot not the timd DO dismayed by these con.
slant eruptlons; they are needed to revive
and impart vlgor to the political system.
Every one knows that when an engine is run
under full pressure the risk varies ac-
cording to the extra pressure added, SO that
an expert engineer can compute the chances
of an explosion with tolerablc accuracy 1t
would seem from the frequent reports that
the Unbelievable of not few public engines
had been opened.
The fall Of Belknap is precisely analogous
to that in the garden of Eden "the woman
gave him and he did eat" Were POPULATION
and fraud confined to American politics. it
might cause sincere blush, but when such
men as Walpole and Bacon have shown
themselves susceptible to the influence of
Filthy lucre,' we naturally feel consoled.
II is wonderful how elastic the conscience
becomes when 4 victory is to be won or a
point carried it will assume so many shapes
aRd distort itself to such ends, that we al
most say there is no such thing as conscience.
At last the pool has been troubled and we
may hope for speedy and general purg.
ing, which will issue in steady streams from
the fountain.head. The leaven seems not to
be confined to our own loaf, but to be spread
ing across the water as the recent unearth.
ing Of . ring in Paris shows. ave are
not alarmed or discouraged by exposure
Of raScality in high places aud low, which
greet our eyes in almost every mornings
newspaper. These exposures are the natural
product Of healthy reaction, the preliminary
steps toward the national cure. So long as
fraud, peculation aud detection exist, the
sooner these exposures come the better. Ev-
cry exposure is preacher OF Righteousness,
an evangsl Of reform. The more dangerous
all rascality and in6delity to trust can be
made to appear, the better for society. In
any cutaneous disease the more we sec Of il
the better. 1t is before it appears, or when
it is sunk from the surface, that it is most
dangerous to the sources Of life and the
springs Of cure"
1t requires some moral courage to brand
a man as cheat, but only let "the loaves
aud fishes" diminish, then the expert angler
gets the fish and the simple fishermen who
get good hauls on cloudy days cry out
fraud" Political life offers great oPpOrtunl.
ties and great temptations, aud he who would
be great In it must suffer the stings aud
arrows Of outrageous fortune, or take tc
arms against sea Of troubles" Of course
there are many pure and high.minded mer
who will suffer for the crimes Of others, but
is it not better that one honest man suffer
than that ten guilty ones escape Now thai
reform has fairly begun, let it 60 on till the
whole body polite is thoroughly renovated
aud rotributive justice is melted out to all
who are condemned for an itching palm.
o, w, II.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-14
The Water we Drink.

The air we breathe is really no more neces.
sary to our continued existence than the
water we drink. Indeed, water holds the
monopoly in the physical structure of both
the animal and plant. 1t forms three. fourths
of the weight of every living animal and
plant on the face of the globe, aud covers, to
an unknown depth, at least thres.iourths Of
its entire surface.
Pure water consists Of two simple elc.
ments, oxygen. and hydrogen, --gasses in
their original state, but wholly changed in
this chemical compound. Aud here we mark
radical difference between water aud air
Air is also composed of two gases, oxygen
aud nitrogen, as we have seen, but in this
element they are only mixed in fixed proper
tions, while 10 water the gases form chem.
ical union which means that every trace Of
their elements is lost in the resulting COM
pound. Oxygen is common in both air and
water, but in water hydrogen takes the
place Of nitrogen In air. Hydrogen is the
lighteSt Of all known substances, aud yet
water, ono.ninth part of which is composed
Of this gas, is heavy. Water will not burn
nor will bodies burn in it, but both oxygen
and hydrogen of which it is composed are
combustible, and bodies burn in them readily
and brilliantly. Indeed, oxygen feeds every
fame and is the corrOdiug aud disorganizing
element of creation, and yet, in water it is
powcrlesS of any such results and is our ex-
tinguisher of fame. Oxygen is the vitaliz.
ing element of the air, but in water, terrestrial
animals cannot live more than three or four
seconds, though sght.ninths Of that liquid is
oxygen. But water is not only large con-
stituont part Of all living bodies, and ne
cessity to continued existence, but wonder
full source Of comfort to human beings
Among the properties which render pure
water 80 conducive to our comfort may be
mentioned its freedom from smell or taste.
Sweet odors for a time are grateful to our
nostrils, aud pleasant savors give relish to
our food, but even these soon tire il un-
changed, An atmosphere loaded with in-
csnso aud perfumes, and highly seasoned dishes
daily served would prove disastrous to health
aud become offensive. Hence we see what would
be the consequences if water aud air, which
have to enter 30 often into the animal body
and penetrate its most delicate and sensitive
organs and tissues, possessed the sensible
properties of smell and taste, With the
negative properties which they possess, they
glide over our nerves and permeSto the ex.
tremest parts Of our bodies producing no ir-
ritatiOn or pain. And the same properties
make water q universal solvent, Upon thi.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-14
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
anbernatorial Talk.

There is expectation prevailing all over
the state that the namo Of Col. John b.
Mead will be presented by the state conven.
ton, for the next governor. 1t is admitted
that it the farmers bring him forward they
can carry the nomination, and it would be
very acceptable to all classes. Few men are
80 we'll aud favorably known in all parts Of
the state. He is one Of the most popular
public speakers in Vermont. Col Mead is a
selEmade man, high. toned gentleman, very
public spirited, possesses marked ability aud
eKerts healthy influence in every good
cause. His character is above reproacb aud
his record without a stain. lie would make
an excellent governor. lie is making nc
effort for the nomination, but tho people are
developing much strength in his favor, and
he is to-day the leading candidate.
Q. ii. ii.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-14

The readers Of the FARMER have on tho
whole, no doubt, pretty clear conception is as
to the utility and beauty of trees IL is a
fact substantiated by science and attested
by history, that to destroy the forests is to
depletc country of its entire fertility,
Egypt aud the sterile plains Of Asia once
famed for exuberant vegetation, are warn.
ings against the reckless destruction of trees.
The value Of forests as furnishing fuel and
timber compared with the economy they
subservo in absorbing moisture and feeding
perennial springs, is almost secondary. The
law that the wages Of sin is death is no surer
than that the leveling Of forests is, in the end
sterility. But tree.culture, especially that
Of the elm and maple, ought to be dictated
by motives less sordid than the hope of pecu-
mary profit. Whoever has lived upon a
western prairie or in a densey populated
city knows the value of shade trees both as
means Of comfort and a relief to the eye.
Men have an aesthetic nature, a capacity for
the appreciation Of what is beautiful in land
scape, which is gratifed by the presence Of
trees arranged with taste. And now that
governors have already appointed days to
be observed in tree-planting, let Vermont,
also, in the name Of the centennial, take the
tide at its hight, and arrange along the
streams and road sides, ornaments which in
the future will tell of uuse6sh labor, aud
the love Of beauty. The chief glory of New
Haven as Of many an inland town is its
arching elms which meeting at their tops
form vault of grateful shade. Why moi
put at interest what, while costing us moth.
ing scarcely, will be a rich inheritance for
posterity?
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-14

Another merchant prince has gone to
render his last account. Next to VIM. b..
Astor, A. T. Stewart has been called the
richest man in America, his wealth being
rated above that of Cornelius Vanderbilt.
The history of the man is so well known that
an extended sketch Of his career in these
columns is unnecessary. Whether his gifts
were commensurate with his magnificent
means or not, his name will be associated
with many charitable enterprises some of
which were left unfinished at his death. His
marble palaces in Broadway and Fifth Ave
nue. are monuments to temperance and econ
omy, enormous energy and business tact,
The disposition Of his vast estate is yet un.
published
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-14

The general distrust Of capitalists is en-
HANGED by the fact that the resumption act
Of 1875, fixing Jan. l, 1879, as the date of
redeeming greeubacks, in gold, is liable to
be repealed The scheme most popular IN
congress just now is that of funding legal
tenders In gold bonds bearing per cent, the
maximum rate of such exchange being 49,
100000 per month. Such system post
poning the day of return to specie basis will
hardly commend itself to the hard money
indeed the only honest money-sentimen of
New England.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-14

Two facts are apparent from the Rhode
Island election, though no choice was made
for governor, that the prohibition cause in
that state has muscle enough to discount
democracy while republican governor will
be electedby the legislature. From the expert
ence of many states we infer that the public
is scarcely ready to entrust its legislation to
men whose sole aim Is prohibition. Aud
doubtless the people are right. For men
who are warped by one idea are unsafe, as
a rule, to manage the diversified interests of
Q state.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-14

The junior exhibition of Middlcbury Col
lege occurred April 18th, and the sophomore
exhibition of the University Of Vermont, the
9th inst The selection of ten speakers by
the latter college is said to have proved sat
isfactory both to participants aud audience.
Hitherto the exercises have been like "links
Of sweetness long drawn out" The ticket
system, whereby only limited number were
admitted to the chapel, worked admirably in
preventing packed house and securing q
cultivated audience
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-14

Anything like accurate calculation as to
the chances of presidential candidates is of
course yet impossible. Widely different and
conflicting estimates appear but all seem
agreed in this, that Blaine is yet ahead
Many interests will of course be carried into
the convention, and there will be the usual
trading of delegations. After all the clear
ings have been made the balance may fall to
the very man whom Blaine says ne fears
most, "The Great Unknown" Just two
months hence the convention assemblies.
Can VIC trust that the exposures past and to
come and its high premium will not make
honesty identical with the entire decalogus
of craftsmanship Give US a man "who
knows dishonesty when he sees it," Has
any one wondered how Grant could live 50
long in the air without ever shifting what
he now sees unmasked ?
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-14

The question of cheap transportation from
the embarrassing states, lumber districts and
mineral regions of the West to the cities of
the Atlantic seaboard is one Of vital aud
immense commercial Importance alike to
Vermont and New England. What the
material destiny of the Green Mountain state
will be, is largely to be determined by the
action taken with regard to this canal. We
subjoin the substance Of memorial to the
president Of the United States.
The proposed Caughuawaga ship canal
has been before the public for some time
and every effort has been made to secure its
construction. That it would be Of an i'm.
mense benefit to the New England states
there can be no sort Of doubt. The ques.
ton of cheap transportation is one Of vital
interest 10 the country and there can be no
more certain way Of securing the carrying OF
grain from the western country to the sea-
board for a small freight than by the pro-
posed canal. The proposed ship canal from
the st. Lawrence to Lake Champain) is but
29I miles long, with less than % feet OF
lockage, and it can be built for $4,000, 900,
and upon its completion vessels Of | 900 tons
burden can load at Chicago, or other ports
on the western lakes each with 40,OOO BUSH
els of wheat equal to the freight OF over
100 cars), and land the same, without break
ing bulk, within $50 miles of Boston, hav-
ing passed through less than sixty miles of
taxed canal navigation, and at a reduction
of nearly if not quite fifty per cent Of the
freightage from the present rates.
1t is the opinion of those competent to
judge that "upou the completion Of tn {
Welland and St. Lawrence canals (the en-.
largement of which is now in progress) and
the construction of the Caughuawaga canal
wheat and corn can be transported from
ports on Lakes Superior and Michigan to
Burlington, for twelve cents bushel :" and
that "the saving in the cost Of transportation
Of the quantity of grain received by the
New England states alone, from the West, il
1872 would have amounted, if the Caughna.
waga canal had been in operation, to over 81,
millions of dollars (6,lG0, S3400j being 0
saving of about twice the entire cost of the
Caughnawaga canal, estimated at about So,
100000, in single year" 1t might b.
wished that the capital employed to iudu
ence mail contracts. control silver mines, anC
manipulate Panama railroads. might be in
vested in an enterprise like the Caughna
waga, about the success of which, if ono,
undertaken, there would be scarcely a con
tingency.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-14

The Chinese question is voIing the minds
of Californians and matters bid fair to be-
come anything but pacific. 1t appears
that these orientals have committed the un.
pardOnablo sins Of cheapenug labor, master
ing several industries, and fleeing Christians
(so-called) at their own games. A treaty be-
tween our government and China is likely to
bemads by which emigration will be restricted.
Statistics show that the whole number of
Asiatic immigrants in California does not
exceed 100000 souls, and yet the area of
that state is larger than that Of all the New
England and Middle States.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-14
MARKETs,
81. .J0hIS6ury Market.

81. JOhmSbHry .HHrEef.
THURSDAY, April Il.
Prices Paid by Dealers.
Butter, new, tubs or balls. choice 2j a 800 v b.
Eggs, fresh, v dozen, POS.
Beans, common white $500; hand picked $3.50.
Oats, 5jc v hu.
Maple Sugar, stirred, extra, 1910 Y ID; tub, slc.
Potatoes i0c v hu.
Beef, dressed weight al Sc v n
Veal, live weight, &c Y 10.
Prices Asked by Dealers.
Dried Apples Sliced Ije ID strung, Illi quartered
~ "a i3c.
Molasses, gallon, 75c.
Srup silver drip, SlOO,
Sugar, refined q, lie; extra &, lle granuated, I2c
Maple Sugar a loo.
Maple Honey 6 40 Sc.
OR ions, 81 % v bushel.
Kerosene, zoe v gallon.
Corn, ~ V bu, new.
India Wheat, Csc v hu.
Meal, 7jc v huShel new.
Feed sli0 v 100 lbs.
Bran, Sl.31 v 100 lbs.
Flour, common, $3.50; good family, 87.7j; best S.
Rye Meal unsifted, Sc " ID.
Shorts flj v ton.
Turks Island Salt 80 cents.
TIercc Lard lSc.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-14
Further Proof.
FACTS WILL TELL.

II. r. STEVENS, Esq,
Dear Sir-Alow me to say word in favor Of Vege-
tine. During tho past year | have suffered from
complication of diseases lay In bed from the Sd of
November until the middle of the next June and on
an average did not sit up two hours week | had
eight Of the best ply scans in the state, but got
help, and consequently grew They agreed that
had heart disease, phthisic pyaemia and kidney com
plant and could never DO any better. reduced
In weight 80 pounds, which Is much for 1 am
naturally thin.
In June finding was failing under the treatment OF
the physicians, | commenced the of Negetine,
through the earnest persuasion Of friends, and am
happy 10 state with good results have gained ten
pounds in weight and sit up all day, walk half a
| mile and ride SIX
| am greatly encouraged, and shall continue using
the Vegetino if get il. am poor man, but for
the truth of this statement refer To any in Coils
town or vicinity. Yours, very thankfully
| A. J. BURBECK,
| Gofrstown, n. H., Aug. /, 1875.
Vegetine is Sold by All Druggists.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-14

p T. Barnum, lecturing on temperance
in New York, the other day, illustrated his
point thus: 1.-Two men will start together in
life, the ono keeping his head cool with wa
ter, the other muddling his with liquor. At
the end of ten years the former will have
achieved success the latter will DO dropping
into a druukard's grave; but just before he
drops you will hear him say, astonishing
what difference or is in life That Teller
started same's did, an everything touched
turned into ashos-'stonishing what differ
ence er is in life !"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-14

The daily circulation of the New York Sun
is shown to be l35,O0O almost equal to the
combined circulation Of the Tribune, Times
and Herald. Cut off the two figures at the
left, and you know what, with your assist
ance, we can make the circulation Of the
FARMER.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-14
Tv'aIerIOIgm CGIIIe Market.

Cattlo-The ruu of Cattle this Woek at these yard,
was heavier than fast week, many line slau entering
steers from tho west Dealers this week are asking
aud receiving advanced prices, equal 10 nearly to
trade In tho city tho latter part OF the week The cat
Ito trade quicker than noticed for number OF weeks
owt, Nv,
sheep-A wider range upon sheep there being some
called pelters at less than ~ head the rage 81 "a 81
v head or "a 40 v N scarcely any froua the north
We quote prices steady good locks 1000 Of the sap
ply were ffom tho West.
P0ultry-POultry in light supply and unchanged.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-14

1t has now transpired that Richard II.
Dana was quite too literary to be confirmed
as minister to the court OF st. James. If an
inference may be deducsd from Simon Cam
eron's spirited remark, elsewhere quoted, what
a rare exponent of belles-lettres, reverence
and impartialtY, Pennsylvanias senatorial
choice must be. And is it impossible that
senate manipulated by Butler, should finally
acquit Belknap2 They certainly possess keen
discrimination as to diplomatic proprlety to
balance between the authorship and propa.
cation abroad Of game called poker, aud
the phantom of literary piracy. Exclude the
Emma mine developments and Schencks ca
eerwould have fulfilled the whole law of pOit-
ical ethics. And what joke it would be if in
tho secret chambers of the little Emma there
were yet countless tons of shining ore. This
is what Schenck would now demonstrate. He
would fain have the immortal part Of himself
something moro dignifed than the name Of
"shorn and innocent lamb"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-14
Our Distinguished Guest.

Americans generally regard anything ema-
mating from South America as heather or
semi-civiized. We are becoming more and
more like the ancient Greeks whose adject-
i've for whatever was not Greek was barba-
rian. Travel abroad dissipates this cOncsit
but it is only the few who can travel. A
supreme confidence in our national resources
latent and developed, together with patr-
otto admiration Of proud history has biased
us against other types Of civilization equally
as advanced as our own. We know that our
form of government is the best but We are
fast learning that the constitution is not a
psriect-working automaton. If patriotic
titrOre and spectacular array do not pre-
clude comparison and sober judgment, it may
occur to many who visit Philadelphia this
summer that the looms Of Europe can yield
as fair products as our own. 10 those who
relieve themselves Of the satirlcal spirit be-
fore they start, the fair will be as beneficial
in many regards as three years travel in
modifying and correcting provincial con-
ceits and vanities. 1t will be remembered
that the church in its early days converted
the invading barbarians by its splendid
Pageants aud sPectaclos, No analogy, how,
ever, is intimated. The emperor OF Brazil
Dom Pedro, whose arrival in New York
with the empress is daily expected. is sale
to possess many of the qualities of thor
ough reformer and statesman. No love O
ease or pleasure prompts him to leave hi
throne but desire to inspect the best prod
ucts of the worlds industry and inventions
and to consult the different methods Of gov
ernmsnt, Ills domain is larger by million
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-14

The Rev. Adirondack Murray said in a
sermon: "Ileaven is not populated with
singing thieves, or palm.bearing bankrupts,
who settle with their creditors at twenty-five
cents on dollar Wednesday, aud ride to
church the next sabbath in thOusaud.dollar
coach with a man in livery on the box"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-14

To-day is the eleventh anniversary Of the
assassination Of President Lincoln, and yes.
terday was the fifteenth anniversary of the
capture Of Fort Sumpter
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-14

When everybody is suspected, no disclos.
ure can startle US. Many will read with
calm indifference that Miles has confessed
to Boston Journal reporter to having com.
mitted the Washington safe burglary. And
it is no New York Herald hoax that h Q
is made to say that BabcOck devised that
burglary. His statements will find a read
Ter credence that they chime in many essen.
tial details with testimony already given
at Washington. Revenge which ia sweet,
prompted Miles to unburden his soul, now
that he is elected to ii years Of penal SER
vitude. lie had been assured by parties
whose names he yet withholds, that the
whole government was at his back, aud
those parties, all men Of prominence he
AYERS, having proved traitOrOus, he unseals
his lips to add new names to the catalogue
Of fraud and crime. by next week perhaps
wO shall know tho value OF his confessions
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-14

JEFF Davis is to sail for Europe on the
first of May. Has Blaine lost his head that
he allows his right bower in the presidential
game to be stolen from him in that way /?
While advice is cheap we venture to say to
Blaine that he will lose his best holt if he
allows Davis to get beyond the reach Of his
provocation, for who knows what extra lifts
the statesmen Of the Pine Tree State may
yet need before Cincinnati shall have done
its work, and who can be so certainly relied
upon to fling the dregs of treason upon his
political friends as Davis2 Stop him at
every hazard.-Burlington Sentinel.
The widest analogy could not cOnstrue
the above into the faintost coloring either of
wit or sense. What does such political
twaddle count for? Give us a clean blank
rather than such empty verbage.