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The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-09-26
LamoilIe County Fair.

Our County Fair opened yesterday I'M
der favorable auspices and with fair wealth
er. Early in the day the grounds began
to appear lively, as the preparation was
being made for the coming of the multi
tude. All the stalls and eating stands
were sub-let by DR.. Randall The lowing,
squealing bleating live products of the
farms made music to the suffers hammer
and the halloOing of the SWANS as with
honest pride and good-natured rivalry
they prepared their entries for eXhibition.
The show Of stock is very good, fully
up to, if not surprising the show of for
mer years. 1t will be impossible, since
we do not consider it wise to delay our
issue, to give very extended notes this
week, to do more than mention few of
some of the objects that attracted our at
tension. Among the stock we were first
attracted by crowd which had gathered
about the fine DevOns, bred by A. and
e. A Smalley of Hyde Park. There is
beauty about the trim build and bright
red color of the Devon breed to illicite the
admiration even of novice in stock breed
ing. The Messrs Smalley have on eXhi-
bition % head of Devons from their herd,
bred from stock bought of III. M. Hall of
East Burke, and II. McAllister of Enos
burgh, who, we have understood, will
have no creature in his large dairy save
the bright red Devon. For working cat
tie and for young stock for market they
have no superiors, and are also good
butter COWS.
Mr.. j. N. Campbell of Morristown and
others also had very fine exhibits of this
the finest Devon bulls we have ever seen,
one and the other 4. Mr.. Whitney eX-
hibited two fine Devon cows one and
the other z, and r. d. Slayton a fine two
year-Old bull.
Much interest was also taken in some
rare specimens of Swiss cattle exhibited
| by w. d. Bronson of Hardwick. These
are the only specimen of the kind in Yer
mont and there are only about go or 100
head in America They are native in the
| highlands of Switzerland, are of a uni
form darkish color and are very hardy and
very docile CATTLE Mr.. Bronson also ex-
hibited some fair specimens of Jerseys.
There was very good representation
of our Native stock. TO our mind the
''boss" COW in appearance of the whole
exhibition was Native, exhibited by d.
Farrand of Hyde Park. e. II. Shaw of
Morristown also exhibited Native two
year-old bull which was beauty and also
fine cows. We did not have time to
look the Jerseys over Discriminatory
and cannot, therefore, make any very
| lengthy comments upon them at present.
S. Harris had on exhibition the Jersey
bull which took the first prise at the State
Fair, over many competitors. 1t was
bred by w. d. Bronson, of Hardwick,
from a COW which made Is lbs. of butter
per week in the height of the butter sea-
son. r. r. Waite, of Stowe, exhibited
some fine young Jerseys, but 6-nionths-
old bull calf, belonging to J. p. Davis OF
Gilmore, captivated our eye. f. Il. Smith,
of Stowe, also exhibited some fine Jersey
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-09-26

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, 1877-02-18
VARIOUS.

Special Dspasch to Tie Tribune
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 17.-It eau be stated
on tho very best authority that the Louisiana
question was not discussed at the Cabinet meet
ing yesterday, and the President has not de-
cidcd to recognize the Packard Government.
The session was short one, and only routine
business Was transacted Some te1cgrams rela-
tive to the alleged attempted assassination Of
Mr. Packard were read, and individual opinions
expressed thereon, but the Louisiana question
properly did not come up for discussion and It
is not desirable to bring it up for Cabinet dis
cusslon just at the present time. The presf-
dent has not int1mated to any one which State
Government he will recognize.
IA CONTINUANCE"
To the Editor IF The Tribune: ,
WASHINGTON, d. e., Feb. 17.-Both political
parties perpetrated inexeusable frauds at the
late election for Prestdent-that iii Oregon im-
plicating one OF the candidates personally.
VIII 1t not be strange Ii in this political I'M
broTllo the Democratic State Sovereignty
doctrine should solve the problem adversely to
the DcmOcrats}
Both parties, being equally responsible for
the submission OF the case to the Commission
of Arbitration, should loyalty abide by the
award.
Some politicians pronounce the Commission
contrayance. Admitted. But happen to know
it was honestly conceived.
Government itself, Burke defines to be con-
trivance of human wisdom to provide for human
wants.
Let constitutional amendments provide better
contrlyances for elections anu uscertaining re-
sults--securing less complication and greater
honesty. Respectfully yours.
THOMAS B. BRYAN.
, 1877-02-18

convention Of a tribunal to adjust controrerted
questions was sublime act Of statesmanshlp,
freighted with the hopes and wishes oil the na-
ton. but the result was dlsaPpolnt'neht nas mmeo
strnnrIr sunnorted the Electoral bff|, If they
did not TOW abide the result in good faith.
On the other side it was urged that it would
be better to ....
HAVE An 1STERREGSUM,
and for the presiding officer OF the Senate to
act as President until there could be 1.cw cleo
ton rather tlau submit to fraud, which should
be defeated By all means known to the Consti-
tuition and rules Of the House.
Among those who advocated Cochrane's
prooosition were Messrs. Thompson, nurl,
Southland, and Lynde, nnd among those who op-
posed it were Mcssrs. Brown, Of Kentucky,
Reagan, Singleton, Hill, Bayard, and Herman.
Mr.. Bright offered the following amendment
to Rc2gan'8 resolution:
But this resolution is accompanied with the sol
cmn and clrncFt protest Of the Democratic party
against the gross and shameless violations Of law,
justice and truth contained in the decisions Of the
majority who signed the same in the cases Of Flor
ida and Louisiana.
The resolution Of Mr.. Reagan, as amended By
Mr. Bright. the whole being a substitute for
Cochrane's propositton,was adopted by vote OF
yeas, GO; nays, 20.
FIELDS PROPOSITION.
AT. Field offered resolution Tor tho appoint
sncnt Of committee Of five to inquire whether
it would be ezpcdieut to withhold appropria-
tions for the support OF the army.
Willis moved to lay tue resolution on the
table, saying to withhold such supplies would
the country, therefore lie should oppose any
such legislation to the bitter end.
Mr. Field withdrew his resolution.
Messrs Field and Tucker suggested there be
an adjourned meeting OF the caucus, but this
was objected to, and an adjournment took
place.
, 1877-02-18

The Eastern roads have receded fnrn il.
position they took last week in regard to ID.
eign through business, it having beeome n
dcntthat the arrangement could not posxiAfh
carried out. i meeting Of Eastern 1rehtt
agents was to have been held here yesterdarto
revise the rates adopted last week, but xts
Chairman, Mr.. c. N. Gray, Of the Lake Shset
a call, it did not come of. The action On IT,
part Of 1lr. Gray is attributed to the fact tha
the managers ct the Lake Shore Il A5bt1a
Southern had come to the conclusion that ana
an arrangement as was made week aeQ III
virtually against their interests, and that ,hsf
had nothing to gain BY Remaining anv lupzex
party to it. But evcn II the Lake Shore k.l
omitted to take this step, the result would Me
been the same, as the Michigan Central nd
Grand Trunk Railroads would bare retusea to
eouptenanee the movement any longer. Sine
the adoption OF the through rates there hss
been no foreign business done BY the northeas-
ern lines leading to Boston and New York, shp
pers refusing to accept the new rates ha
generally understood that tomorrow the r1is
roads viii charge again Oh the fueta
business the regular export rate to any Of tat
ports, to which will be added the regulsr steam
ship rate, whatever 1t may be- Tnis Nlanss-
meut Is perfectly satisfactory to the shipper
and foreign business will undoubtedly be ii
brisk this week Us before the present difficulty
commenced The railroad managers have ua1
found out that they cannot possibly control 1hs
ocean rates, and they Will, therefore, have Il
adjust their difficulties in reyard to foreign
shipments in some other manner than that 4
tempted during the last two weeks.
, 1877-02-18

TUAT UNOcKCD Tf!E ORrC0E RAsC.T1Ty
Special Dispatch to NE tribune,
New Yoak, Feb 1.-THE following Washing
ton special will appear in the Times o-morrow: !:
at has been asccrtaincd in New York that
tire cipher dictionary used by the Democrats in
the concoction OF the Orcron v;i1ianr 3s known
os s,,ts.,s C,,o par,- ~ 49, r.'..t,s.;, f.,n,
~, 1oae ooei' 'anu "ae purenase" i'oni
thaeles "1'ey' bookseller at No. 10 Astor
place, about TWO weeks after the election. Til
, 1877-02-18

money hcc,me scarce, and the Colonel who was
considerable of an cpicure, oeean TO NJ,
the panes OF the "larl up" dc "cnt 10 Ne"
YORK and interviewed his a%G nnssS, 1'sincss nier
the name Of Ti]den d Co., at Lebanon. y: M 7;
Thev hcinr III great credit, consented TO iend
their nephew portion OF 1t. iney al!o"ea n'tl
to draw on the firm at sixty and ninety Gays 20
theeYteot of $50, ,0o0 aud accepted the paper then
and there. The acceptances were made out N
drafts OF S. each. On the return OF the Colonel
these acccptanccs were placed in the hands ol a
hill broker for negotiation. He Succeeded IN
floating them at discount eqnvaiGGnt+ +h 10 ro o.
cecds, less Ills commissions, over to Pelton::
Subsequent to the negotiation Of the paper, and
before its maturity the Wood Preserving
Company met the same fate as Beecher's
1 Lie OF Christ" and the Colonel returned to
tho lsunshjne OF broadway and the peaceful
shadows OF Gra1nercy Park. On the maturity
Of tue uaper, which was made payable in New
York, TiIden j. Co. refused to pay, and
IT WENT 10 PROTEST.
One of tue victims Immediately repaired to New
York, antl had an interview with Henry A. TIL
den, who stated that Pe1ton had turned out
q worthless fellow, and they would do nothing
more for him. He further remarked that his
brother Samuel j., the uncle to bis nephew, and
somewhat known to fame as railroad-wrccker,
had advised him not to pay the acceptance on
the ground Of usury. The Chicago capitalist
rcn1oustratcd; but Tildcn & Co. were tnexora-
bic. They still refused to pay; and to the Chi
cagonian it looked as if it were put-up job to
take advantage of the Usurv law Of New York
State aud conGscatc the entire principal. sultwas
entered against the Tillcns in the Circuit Court
Of New York, aud verdict was returned in
favor Of the plaintiff for the amount which he
had paid for the draft. An appeal was taken
to tile United States Supreme Court, and the
Judgment was affirmed. Many of these notes
have been paid, others are still unsettled, and
the holders are now trying to compromise with
the 1ildcDs.
Pelton faded out OF sight at the conclusion Of
the legal proceedings. and escaped notorcty
dcntfal campaign. With his participation in the
Oregon fraud the reading public is too veil ac-
quaintcd to render any comment necessary.
, 1877-02-18

ever, how the House of Representatives.
having bound itself to accept Inc
result OF such arbitration, could now annul Its
action, even though the ex-partc naturc Of the
decision was crtdent.
THERE IS VERY LITTLE EXCITEMENT
here over the Louisiana vote, whether among
politicians or business men. A tour among
the latter discovered q quiet discussion OF
the subject Democrats expressed the opfn-
ion that the decision was unfair, and
Republicans that 1t was the best
thing under the circumstances that could posi-
b!y have occurred; but it was noticeable that
all indications OF partisan rancor were absent,
and that the general sentiment WAS one Of re-
these gentlemen will be false prophets, and
must look up new cause OF depression.
, 1877-02-18

message from the Senate pertains to the ques-
tion before the House. !. Z.
Mr. Luttre1l-How does tue gentleman know
that'
The Spcaker-The Chair ovcrrl1es the point
Of order. Before the announcement of the vote,
the Secretary OF the Senate was recognized ny
the Speaker, and he communicated the message
that the Senate was now ready to meet TIE
House In joint convention and proceed with the
counting Of the Electoral votes
Mr.. Lamar's resolution was adoptcd--ycas,
152: nays, Ill. Among the nays were the n,l 1oi-
lowing Democrats: Anderson, Goodin, nay
ward, Potter, Southard, Tarbox, Wailing, Wells
(lo.A Whtehousc, and Whiting. ...-
blr. Lamar moved that the House take re-
cess till Monday at 10 O'Clock.
bfrSayler asked leave to make repbrt Of the
South Carolina Investigating Committee, bnt
objection was made, and Lanar's molten was
agreed to,-yeas, 1s9; nays, lo7, aud the House
took i recess.
a Democratic caucus was announced for this
evsning an, sreS s Of +e ,s ,1e not
needed.
, 1877-02-18

SptcIdI DltpdscA to 7h< TRIBUNE
NEW YORK, Feb. l7.-The Brooklyn Argus has
been consolidated with the Onion, and In the
future will bo Uluion-drgEs. Demas Barnes
founded the argus three years ago. BE claims
1t to have been success, and assigns ill-health
as reason for giving it up. The
general belief is that he sunk good
share OF his patent medicine fortune in the con-
cern. Not single man other than its propHe-
tor, Barnes, knew OF its sale until to-day.
About seventy persons are thrown out Of eul-
p'oyment by the suspension, and much fault is
found with Barnes because OF his failure
to give reasonable notice OF his Intention to the
editors, reporters, and printers. Mr. Barnes
invited the staff to a conyfviaI entertainment
this evening. At the appointed hour the host
sat at the head Of table laden with many
glasses but the guests were absent.
, 1877-02-18

MOBILE, Ala, Feb. IA petition was hlal
Morris Ketchum, the surviving Trustee u 1t
Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company, for the =
pointment Of George s. Coe, President Of ths
American Exchange Bank, View Fork, and Fill
ip c. Calhoun, President Of the Fourth NJ
tional Bank, New York, to fill the vacancies N
the trustceship nnder the first mortgage. 1ht
argument upon the effect OF Judge WoodS r.
guest and proposal to sit on the case vii b
heard Monday.
On petition Of the purchasers OF the Aahama&
Chattanooga Railroad, Judge Graham, OF tas
United States Circuit Court, Southern DEhts
Of Alabama, male decree that, On payment d
the whole Of the cash required by the terms Of
purchase, the road shall oe turned over to then.
Petitioners have forty days to pay. Ther have
already paid $40, ,0O1- "'
, 1877-02-18
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.

10 the Editor Q| The Tribune.
CLINTON, Ia, Feb. 1G.-Your correspondent,
A. L. Sharp, in yesterdays TRIBUNE, says to
Dr.. Ryder: Il 1t will not do to deprive the peo-
pie Of their devil and leave them with . trst-
class hell on their hands, And the Doctor is
called upon to do away with literal he'll, as he
has done away with personal devil. hare q
pezsonal interest in this matter, aud heartily iu-
dorse the request, while doubling the possibili-
ty, for while alone with naught but my own
conscience, when THE TR1BESE has been read,
and there is nothing between my mind and the
bitter memory OF things done which ought not
to have been done,-wrong done which cannot
be undone---I feel that am seethetl in a literal
hell. Dr.. Ryder has said: "Sin Is the oQc awful
1act in our human experience -; 'sfor every sin
committed the punishment is certain.'' he an
nounccs the belief that punishment for sin is
certain to oyertake the sinner, either IN this life
or the next, and / am very curious to see how,
under these circumstances he can abolish literal
hell, unless, indeed, he can anuihilate the sim
ncr. ANXIOUS BUT OBTUsE.
, 1877-02-18
CRIME.
TIE EMUGGLTRS.
Is1tciai Nsp1tch to Tbs 1yibua9,

1sFecidl UspQsch to 1Hs 1Fl50aG
MONTREAL, Feb. .l7.--McLonaghan, proprietor
of the Express Hotel here, was interviewed this
evening and denies the charge preferred By the
Unitcd States custom officers that he has been
in league with gang Of swindlers who have
been defrauding the United States revenue.
United States Consul-General Dart has been
apprised OF the circumstances and is actively
engaged in sitting the matter. It appears that
packages Of boots, shoes, and silks were shipped
here, und searchers being in league on the
American side were privately notified OF their
expected arrival, and ncglecting to search them
they were conveyed away by confederates. The
stolen from Bollayenture station here and for
.sarlcd to the States. The last package WIS
opened at st. Albans and then the customs au-
thoritics discovered the fraud.
, 1877-02-18
FOREIGN


BRIEF SEASON OF PEACE.
MArAMoRAs, Feb. 16.-since Gen. Blanco as
sumed command Of the line Of the Brazos in
behalf Of the Government OF Gen. Diaz, be has
been asstduously engaged in harmonfzing the
various armed factions existing here, in order to
restore order to the frontier. The civil authori-
ties, national, State, and city, have been rein
stated il their respective positions, and several
armed parties heretofore impeding commerce
On the highway have come In aud surrendered
their arms and retired to their homes.
To-day Gen. John ". Cortinn, with about l 900
wcl-ar1ned cavalry, entered this city, and was
received with military houors amidst the ring
ing Of bells aud popular acclamattons By Gen.
Klanco. Cortina is preparing to start In q few
days for the City OF Mexico, where be has been
called by Gen. Diaz The roads to the interior
arc now opened, mail and telegraph are being
established, and commerce Is rey1vtng, with ?
general feeling Of a restoration OF peace and
order in this section Of Mexico.
SAN FRAxclsco, Feb. 17;-ro1norrow Alfonso
Mejia, joaquin II. Acalde, Frances : Prieto,
Jose N. Yelesias, and Sebastian Garc|a, mem
bers Of Iglesias' Cabinet. leave for New York,
via St. Louis. The object OF the visit Is at
present unknown.
, 1877-02-18
COL, PILTON.

CHICAGO EXPLOITS Of TILnE,:'s NEPHEW.
"Cel. W. L. Pelton Is Gramercy Park,''
as It reats in the cipher Dispatches in relation to
the Oregon case, was one an inhabitant of this
city. There are here t03ay several bankers and
capitalists WHO bavc tvid recollection Of the
peculiar financial charac9ristics Of the "ncphe,s
Of his uncle," and wheel speaking Of him they
1hFar1aoly make use oA adjcctiyes more en-
phatlc than complimentary. Some ten
years ago "Col. Ailcrs ''--beg pardon,
Col. Pclton became interested in a
patent process Tor prponging the vitality
o. "ood exposed to te vieissitudes of the
Veataer. 1t was an 1n'intiou that no family
could do without W4l subjected to this
process YOU'D outlast Fhe pyramids. It was
Just Ihe thing Tor railE'a and telegraph compa-
nles, and the rural ge4lc:nan Who wished to
keep bis fields intact iyoa the incursions Of his
ncighbors' cattle five or Ken years hence would
save money BY having bill ltnec- posts subjected
70 the inhuenee Of the hew process. e. was
big thing. There we're billions in it. The To-
4uaclous Colonel haun led the corridors Of
the ST Nicholas Hota in Ncw York, on
the lookout Tor West{rn railway managers
aud capitalists. These b bored incessant}y. In
q capaciots coat~ta,l poclet lie carried three or
four pieces OF "prescrvei" wood and an equal
lumber. Dragging his vftim to an upper room
IN the hotel, and extern ling the hospitalities
from box OF Partagas, the Colonel would laud
ana eloquent Gu the advantages to he gained
from the application OF lis patent. His perse-
vcrance was rewarded VIII, quasi success. He
weIl-known Chicagoan, who pridcd him
sen t;,n Esaa. On 5!s sn., stri1ns hkeness to
achieved million or two on paper in Pennsy1-
snnia oil lands: He aided his powers ot per
suit Was that in 4 few 4nH1fths nftrrwart}s
, 1877-02-18
Station.
RUM0RED WHEAT IMp0RrATl0Ns.

+3pec3u9 I4SI4tE35 10 1HE 1T1Vo"e :
NEW YoRK, Feb. 17.-rhere are r1mors 90
the street that wheat from Glasgow, GermanH
and California IS soon to be thrown On the mar
ket here. These rumors have been flying
around for q week or two, but are not reeatoeo
rs trustworthy. They are supposed to hsVa
arisen from the fact that one shipment Of Cali-
1ornia wheat, return shipment, Is being maae ata
from England to this port Aside from fns,
there seems to be no foundation whatever iol
the reports, which have not peen credttaots
enough to affect the market here in any way
, 1877-02-18

NEWARK, n. j., Feb. 1.-two letters have
been found in the cell recently occupied by
Oschwald and Ryan, the convicted murdcrers.
One signed By both, states that they made an
effort to escape, but, failing, used the only
means left, destroying themselves by poison
They say they die innocent The other letter is
from Ryan to his parents, rcitcratine his in-
uovcnce, and stating that he dies by his own
hand. In the cell was also found a paper con-
tanning arsenic, supposed to be the portion in
tended for Oschwald, who lacked the nerve to
take il.
, 1877-02-18

DUBUQUE, H., Feb. l7.-Ear!y this morning a
son Of Patrick Coffee, clearinghouse keeper
OIL Main street, notified the Sheriff that three
convicts were hiding in his fathers cellar. Tie
Sheriff: at once proceeded to the house, and,
assisted by John Coffee and Mat Helms, they
captured all three, but not without some resist
ancc. These are the remaining convicts OF the
four who lately escaped from Anamosa- They
managed to gain this city, all the time wearing
their striped SUITS The girl who first liscoy-
cred them in the cellar startled the family BY
exc1aiming, ''Tbere are three circus men III the
ccllar." The Young son seemed to understand
at once who they we're.
, 1877-02-18

Democrats who voted for the bill did SO with
The understanding that allegations Of l1egality
and fraud in elections could be inquired into By
the Commission. His colleague, Senator White,
offered an amendment to the Electoral bill pro
viding for such investigations, but it was reject
ed, Senator Edmunds saying that the bill con-
templatcd such injuries. The bill was 4 cou1-
pact between the parties, and for one he be-
uevcs in making the best Of bad bargain.
SENATOR FERRY.
President pro tcmpore Of the Senate, is happy,
aud doplorcs the partfsanship of the Democratic
members Of the Commission invariably voting
solid1y against the Republicans. There is no
instance, he says, where Democrat voted With
the Republicans, but Judge Bradley did at least
once yote with the Democrats on question re-
lating to the evidence
Senator Morton looks ten years younger than
he did last week, and asserts that the decision
Of the Commission is IN strict conformity 10 the
Constitution. He also deeply regrets the partf-
sanship displayed by the democratic members
OF the Commission.
The Republican Senators, in their Caucus this
morning, although no definite vote was taken,
came to the understanding that II the Demo-
&rats shall determine to fi1iDustcr in the House
TO prevent Tie complexion u lHe CouHL7
it will be the duty Of the Vic Prcsi-
dent before the 4th Of March, in joint
convention If possible and in tho Senate
II not possible, to declare Hayes elected The
Democratic story that Conkling could be relied
On to assist the Democrats to t1ibuster in the
aenate is fiction. It cannot be stated what
ConkliDg would have done had the Compromise
bill been defeated and the Vice-Presidcnt at
tempted to count all the votes in spite Of objcc-
tions, but no one now will more earnestly adyo-
cate the Compromise bill or abide by its results
*hnr1 he
, 1877-02-18

Special Di1paech to The 7r5oetHk
New York, Feb. 17.-Judge D nohue, u tbs
city, has granted decree o. ABSOLUTE divorce 70
Lillian Adelaide Nei1son, against Philip Il. Lee'
Miss Nelson brought suit some months since
a~d its result is source of qualification to tie
large e'-cte here in which she is known ana nj
mlfea, so%zalIy as well as professionally.