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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-02-07

BRArrLEBoRo Il WHITEHALL RAnRoAp.-An
enthusiastic meeting of the friends Of this enter
prise was held at Brattleboio the LIST inst, and
an organization was fully perfected, Great in
terest is already manifested along the entire route
rs well as at the terminal points, and the officers
and directors are prominent citizens Of enterprise
and means. Bylaws were adopted by the COM
pany in which an annual election OF a board of
fifteen directors each To he n stakeholder, was
provided for, the majority of the board to be
citizens of the state of Vermont. The board is to
have supervision of the company's affairs, and is
to elect president, yioepresident, treasurer and
an executive committee Of three OF which the
president shall be chairman; also board of audi
tors II deemed advisable The executive COM
mittee Is to have such power only rs may be con-
ferred upon it by majority vote Of the whole
board of directors. 1t is provided that the by
laws may be altered or repealed at any regular
meeting Of the corporation, The following Off
hall Clerk and Treasurer, John A. Butler, ia
maica Observation-Disclosures, Charles I, rhomp-
son, Francis Goodhue; NewIane u. ID. Dickinson
Townshend A. &. Howard Jamaica, T., l., Water
man; Manchester, 4 j. llawley, NJ. S. Cohern,
Dorset ID, L. Kent Rupert, Dwight Taylor; Paw
let, Q. y Reed Granville, L. Temple Whitehall
IL G, Burleigh, W. II. Cook New York, K, T.
o. Hrien,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-02-07

The PRESIDENTS SALARY.-The House
committee on appropriations, in the legis-
lative and executive appropriation bill, only
provides twenty-five thousand dollars for the
salary of the President, and accompanies il
with provision repeating the section of the
revised statues which increased the salary To
fifty thousand dollars. The Senate, at this
session, failed to pass over the veto OF Presi,
dent Grant the bill restoring the salary tc
the old figure, and, although it passed both
houses by majority, it is likely the proyi
sion, as it stands now in the appropriation
bill, will be agreed to, and the next Presi
dent will have to be content with twenty-fv,
thousand dollars per annum.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-02-07

AFTER having been zealously taught for
some years past by the would-be " independ-
ent" press to look upon Senator Conking,
of New York, as a wretched time-server Z"
and a representative of all that is bad in
our American politics, it is curious TO note
Just now, with what profound respect for
that gentleman these same papers have been
suddenly inspired since he came out in sup
port Of the compromise measure.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-02-07

CARRIER PIGEoNs,-rhe employment of
carrierpigeons as bearers of news TO and
from Paris during its siege by the Prussian
army has aroused many of the European
governments TO the important place which
these birds might hold as messengers during
warlike operations. A great eolumbary has
been established at Berlin, and the birds
there raised distributed to all the fortified
places in Germany, by which means an aerial
telegraph has been established and regular
communications kept up. Russia, Italy and
France have also erected columbaries, and
the Garden of Acclimation at Paris has a
government pigeon loft containing several
hundred carrier-pigeons, the young ones OF
which have been sent to the several for,
tresses. In Belgium there are more carrier,
pigeons than there are inhabitants, and
pigeon-nying is great national pastime
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-02-07

REVENUE FRAuDs.-The customs officials
have been convinced for several years that
the government was being defrauded by a
systematic differentiation of imported goods
at the European ports of shipment and that
the American consuls were parties to the
fraud. When Secretary Morrill, entered
upon his duties he arranged all the facts in
his possession pointing toward dishonesty on
the part of American consuls in Europe,
communicated them to the State Depart
ment and asked that an agent be sent abroad
to look into the affairs of the various consul
ates Secretary Fish selected Mr. Arthur
the State Department, to go to Europe
secretly and make a rigid inquiry into the
affairs of our consulates in the principal
seaports of Great Britain, France and Ger
many Mr.. Wood left New York in August,
and upon arriving began his investigations
without delay. As soon as he appeared at
some of the consulates he discovered evil
dences of alarm on the part of the agents in
charge, while at others he was blandly
recognized before he announced his business
From this latter circumstance it is assumed
that notice of his business in Europe wa,
sent in advance TO the dishonest officials
Despite all the Instructions put in his way
Mr. Wood succeeded in procuring evidence
of the frauds which had been suspected
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-02-07

A REPORT is current in Havana that peace
is to be declared, and autonomy is granted
to the island A Spanish captain-general
is to remain five years, after which the gov
eminent Is to be elected by the people,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-02-07

Long before eleven O'Clock there was pressure
upon the doors of the supreme Court room by
those DESTROYS of hearing the two celebrities,
Messrs Eyarts and o Conor, upon topic in which
the whole country feels deep interest, and in re-
spect TO which the rest of the world is not wholly
Indifferent by some stretch Of the rules there
were more that gained admttance than ON preyi-
Gus DAYS, and every available inch Of space was
occupied. Justice Clifford called the commission
to order Mt five minutes past eleven, and the jour
nal of Saturday was read. Mr. Eyarts addressed
the commission, and was followed by Mr.. O'Conor.
Both arguments were exceedingly able, aud were
listened 20 with the utmost attention the CON
clusi0n of Mr. O'Conors argument, the commits
sion went into secret session. and soon announced
that there would be no public session on Tuesday
The decision of the tribunal ON this point may
practically settle the whole question: aud the pol
iticians are, in consequence, on the ragged edge
as II were.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-02-07

But little business was transacted to-day in
either house, general interest centerng In the
electoral commission. The seats in the House and
Senate were sparsely filled, while the Supreme
Court rooms were densely crowded. Before the
commission the matter OF the Florida election
came up and was earnestly debated on both sides.
1t seems to be generally regarded as test case,
and it is altogether more than probable that the
entire matter hangs upon this decision. The ball
was opened by speech from David Dudley Field,
who was followed on his side by Mr., Randolph
Tucker, of Virginia. Messrs Kasson and Me
Crazy, Of Iowa, spoke for the Hayes electors.
There was the usual vehement denunciation Of
the "other side" but the arguments seem
10 be lacking in that candor and fairness
which we hoped the electoral commission would
bring about The democratic counsel insisted
that the commission should 90 behind the return
Ing board while the Republican lawyers insisted
that this was unnecessary and improper Mr.
Field said that the election in Florida held on the
7th of November was quiet and orderly, and re-
suited in the election Of the Tiden electors, but
nevertheless, the certificate Of the Hayes electors
came here, signed by the Governor Of the state
By what sort Of juggery II was accomplished he
would not endeavor 10 show. lie briefly stated
the mode of making the returns, and said it
would only be necessary to take the county
which would be decisive, lie proceeded 10 re-
cite the two counts Of that county (Baker),
one made on the 10th, aud the other on the
18th of November as already shown in the testi-
mony taken in Florida lie charged that ON the
evening after the vote had been canyassed, aud
the clerks office had been closed the county
INDIA entered the office took the returns threw
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-21
ia French Beggar.

A rather good story is circulating at
the present moment concerning an ex-
cellent gentleman, well known for his
transformations benevolence, land whom,
not to wound his susceptibilities, we
may term the Marquis +. Though
the Marquis can be generous and even
muni6cent on occasions. yet, like many
of his countrymen, he is for himself
of frugal turn of mind, and beggar
was by no means surprised the other
day to see HING issuing forth from a
small liquor store, where he had evil
IDENTIFY been buying some cigars, one
of which he had just lit. The mendi-
cant indeed lost no time in turning the
meeting to profit. ''Monsieur,' he
said, ''won't you give me just ten
sous? - 'tAnd why tent quoth the
(French) Marquis. "Just to buy my
self little packet of tobacco. You.
monsieur, are yourself a smoker-you
must understand my feelings" ''Be
it so," replied. the gentleman, and
stepped again into the shop to buy the
coveted narcotic. But the beggar, en-
boldened, laid a hand on his sleeve.
If you please, monsieur, I think 1
would rather have the money half in
tobacco and half in absinthe.'' This:
was too much for ''monsieur," who,
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-21
Surprisers Surprised.
From the Baltimore Gazette.

From the Baltimore Gazette.
AS Charles Mules and his wife were
in their home, l18 North Pine street,
Tuesday evening, the door was opened
in answer to knock, when in rushed
twenty masqueraders in the most
grotesque and horrible costumes pos
sible to imagine. Mrs. Mules was
seated with child upon her lap. The
little one becoming frightened scream
ed, and the mother who recognized
among the masqueraders many Of her
most intimate friends, male and female,
vainly ,endeavored to quiet it. Mr..
Mules owns an enormous NeWfound-
land dog, which at once bounded up
stairs and made an attack upon the in
truders. There is no record of any
former panic where the means of
egress were taken advantage of more
quickly than On this occasion. In two
and three.quarter seconds the house
was clear, and Pine street for two
blocks either way was filled with fly
ing figures of every description. A
devil slipped on the ice as a harlequin
ran ovel him, followed by clown. A
negro crawled on his hands and
knees under the steps of an adjoining
house. and other characters scattered
in every direction. Mules says that if
they ever get that party together again
he will be glad to see them, and will
chain up the "purp.''
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-21
A LITTLE SCHOOLMA,AM.

Melinda Jane, and Kate and Nell.
US time you learned to read and spell.
Come, now and say your A, b. c. - ~,
Hold up your heads nd look Ut me,
For il you never learn to read, ~
What stupid dollsyou'll he, indeedl a., 4
All ready now A, B and c.
hat is the matter? O, dear mel
ca"n hear one word you say
Why, Katy, dear don't turn away;
SIT up again and listen,-there!
She's fast asleep, do declared
Well, never mind where's grandpa's cane 7
Now, look at me-, Melinda Janei
You needn't think thal this is play.
For sha.l keep you here all day,
And make you read before you 20;
know what's good Tor dolliesosol
Now say A, Block this way, Nell,
You speak so low | can't just te |.
Melinda Jane, why don't you tryI
y dear I'm tired enough to cryl
think III stop and 60 t. play,
And try again some other day.
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Excess of acknowledges:
Burlington Hawkeye.

Burlington Hawkeye. ~ .'-' -. =,
.'What is ''cold deck" and a bob.
tail t1ush,!' a young lady, the light of
a South.hill home, asked the other
evening, looking up from newspaper
she was reading. "Why," said her
brother, "a cold deck and it was
worth fifteen cents for student of
human nature to note how suddenly
he checked himself, and what a va!
rlety OF conflicting emotions played
over MS face as he bent over his book,
and pretended not to perceive the
sharp glance Of suspicious inquiry
which his father shot at him over his
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-21

Retrenchment and reform ale the
watchwords in the Nebraska legisla.
ture. The Omaha Bee thus illustrates
the prevailing spirit: 'In one of the
committee rooms six gas jets were
burning. Says Mr., Creighton to the
attendant: Bring in lamp and put
out that gas. The state can't stand
this expense The order was obeyed =.
Says Van Wyck: Here bring in q can.
die, this lamp is too expensive, State
can't stand it, Creighton, who was
bound to be ahead in the matter of re-
form and economy, saw Van Wyck and
went him one better Looking ont Of
the window, he said: BLOW out that
candle. The moon is bright enough
for us!" Van Wyck caved.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-21
FOdder-COru,

Perhaps your readers will be inter.
ested in the plans followed here in
sowing, harvesting, and curing this
crop, as they differ in some respects
from those pursued and recommended
by other practical farmers.
The ground is prepared the last
week In May by blowing, and SUI.
dcient number Of borrowings and roll.
Ing to bring it into good filth. The
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-21
The Ground hog Excuse.

From the Detroit Free Press.
'tAdam Crane, why did you get
drunk yesterday - blandly inquired
the Court of the first man out.
His Honor's kind look gave Adam
new courage, and he explained
1T was grounding day yourHonor. -
$50 it was but what has ground.
hog to do with whisky p
''Our family has always celebrated
the day, Judge. If it is a cloudy day
we have baked goose for dinner and
congratulate each other on an early
spring. II it is a sunny day we al.
ways get drunk and smash windows.
That s why I got drunk. 1t has beer
regular custom for years and years,
and hope you won't hop on to me
with big sentence
81 can't help about it's being a Gus.
tom, Adam Crane" softly replied the
Court, '''nor can the people of the
State OF Michigan make it cloudy OF
sunny Tor the grounding. Our folks
here found you driven into a pile OF
rubbish up to your shoulders, pulled
you out and brought you here, and il
is now my painful duty to give YOU
the cold grip for thirty days."
''Blast the ground.hog," muttered
the prisoner.
"No swearing, unless you raise your
right hand,' replied the Court. .:The
fact is, Mr.. Crane, there is too much
fooling with the weather, and there
are too many signs and too many
prophets. One day the goose-bone pre-.
diets regular old silver-plated nor.
easter, and next day Gen. Movers
brings on thaw. This having to use
a wheelbarrow in the morning and q
hand-sled at night has disguised me- y
81 don't control the weather.
growled ADAM
ssCan't help that; you will have tc
arm and go up
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-21
Innocent, Twain.

virginia (Nev.) Chronicle.
When Mark Twain lived in Virginia
ne roomed with Dan De Quille. All the
miseries which De guile ever endured,
and all the bad characters he ever cot,
date from that time. They lived at
several different lcdging.houses and
were turned out of them all, one after
the other, all on account of Dan, who
soon acquired a bad reputation, second
to none in Virginia. No respectable
family would harbor Dan, who knew
anything about him land the very men.
tlOn Of his name would cause land
lady to hold up her hands in virtuous
horror. One morning Mark woke up
and heard the landlady's cat mewing
about the door, v hich was half open.
Dan was fast asleep, and Mark, grab.
bling one of his heavy boots, threw it
with fatal precision at the intruder.
The cat limped off with a broken leg
(the boot weighed five pounds), and
the landlady secured the missile and
waited for its owner to appear. Mark
got up, dressed, and went out with
both boots on. The landlady greeted
him with pleasant smile, when Dan
got up and was walking about in his
stocking feet hunting for his left boot,
he received a scathing dressing down
from his landlady, who. without allow
ing him to explain, ordered him to
leave the house. Mark cOndoled him
in his troubles, and said, "I'n stick to
ye, DAM The next house they mov-
ed into had a pantry close to the room
consigned them. Every night Mark
would steal two or three mince pies
and eat them entire without giving
Dan sight of them. In the morning
the landlady would be brushing about
near the door, and Dan would be asleep
and Mark would open out in loud
voice, as follows: ''Dan, this business
won't do. Those pies don't belong to
you. In the first place it's petty lar.
ctny. and in the next place it gets
crumbs in the bed. We'lget notice to
quit pretty soon. faint the square
thing on the landlady. I don't won
der you've nothing to say. Now this
is the last time I propose to speak
about this The landlady, who took
in every word, would give poor Dan
notice to quit, and never hear a word
OF explanation. "When you go I 20
Dan," Mark would say, and his broth
erly fidelity would touch Dan to the
very core. The next place was an in.
tensely respectable private family
When Mark expected to be out all
night he would slip up to the room
ana strewa few hair-pins round pro.
miscuously, and scatter few down in
the foot ct the bed where they would
be found when the landlady was max.
ing it up. 1t would all be laid to Dan
of course. ''I've got a family here
and want to bring my daughters up
respectable would be the ]andlady's
remark, as she ordered Dan to pack up.
''When they fire you out, Dan, it means
me, too, . Mark would say in tones of
brotherly affection that melted Dan 8
inner nature and caused him to think
there were some true men in the world
after all. and he used often to remark
in speaking of Twain, IA man who
never shakes friend in adversely is
the noblest work of God.''
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spectacles, while the silence was so
profound and awful that the other
members Of the family looked up and
gazed around in dumb amazement. An
excess of knowledge is oftentimes a
burden. What does man want to
make himself a walking encyclopedia
for? ~ '
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-21

Norwich Bulletin: At one of the
churches the other day, the clergy
man was preaching to the children on
the unspeakable gift. and finally asked
them IL they knew what it was, and q
little boy on the back seat jumped up
and promptly replied, "a squirrel"
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-21

No Detroit woman is considered of a.
literary turn of mind until she has
casually given in company her opinion
OF "John Stuart Mill On the Floss.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-21

the weather for it's curing than hay.
The idea that fine weather is absolute.
ly necessary for it's curing, and the
fear that little rain would spoil all,
was expressed by others, and felt by
myself at first, but turned out to be a
''bug-aboo." During the cutting and
curing of the two largest crops, very
rainy weather was encountered; yet
not one.ffth of per cent of the fodder
that stood in the shock, and was kept
from lying on the ground, nodded.
After it is we'll secured in the small
shocks, neither rain nor frost seems to
damage it; as indeed they do not us.
ually do the large fodder that has ma
tured corn.
5, A ton of bright fodder-corn is
worth more than three tons of corn
fodder that has matured grain, and as
much as an equal weight of good hay.
6, An average crop of fodder.corn
on good land is six tons per acre. .''
7, 1t may be grown at cost,-not
including interest on price of land nor
expense of carrying from the field to
the barn,-including expense of pre-.
pairing the ground, seed, sowing, cut
ting, binding, and shocking, of about
$l.30 per toa. 49,. .as T.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-07-06
A Fiendish Act,

Occasionally there turns up specimens
of humanity in the shape of men who are
entirely unworthy the name, and OF this
class one George Duncan, OF this city,
can safely be set down. On the Fourth
of July, Duncan imbibed rather freely
OF liquor, and visited his aged mother 81
Tiltonvllle. While al the house of his
mother, he became offended al her Tor
some resi- or imaginary csuse, and knock
ing the old adv down beat her IN 81 IN
merciful manner, and threw her on q
stove in the room. But even this did
not sstiate tie inhumsn appetite OF the
tsud, and Selling Ratchet, he proceeded
to demolish the furniture IL the house,
chopping al organ almost to pieces. The
onslaught of the human fend was
checked, however, in short time by the
interference of the nelghbors. who were
attracted 10 the spot by the screams of
the aged and helpless woman, VIII was
being so iHhumsnly treated by her son.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-07-06
Personalities.

Mrs. James Hamilton was IN the city
Yesterday. She returned to Tiltonville,
where she is spending the summer, last
evening
Deputy Sheriff Phillips has returned
home from his wedding tour, and re-
sumed the duties of his position. The
Deputy seems to be well pleased with a
benedictine lie.
Miss Jennie Moody, a handsome and
sprightly blonde, is visiting Miss Annie
Moore, of Tiltonvile.
Miss Edith Peyton. of Peyton's land
ing, u, is visiting the family OF Captain
Jim Thompson, ~ Tiltonville.
The Immortal j. n" is IN town, and
insists that he has the power to control
the world, which he says is cracked.
Mrs. John Oesterhng died at Elm
Grove last evening. She had been i'll
for some time past.
Mrs. Friend, mother of Mr.. Kennedy
Friend, of this city, died at her residence
in North Wheeling, Wednesday even
ing. Her death will be greatly regretted
by her many warm personal friends.
Mr.. o Brien, law partner OF Mr.. J.
O'Mslley, at Pittsburgh, is in the city.
visiting Mr. Ed. Lsrkin. He saws that
Mr.. O'M, LEY sailed on Thursday last
for Ireland.
Auditor Miller will leave for Cabell
county in few days.
Louie Delaplaine, former Wheeling
boy, now connected with the establish.
ment of H. b. ClstiiI Il Co, New York
is at home on visit. Louie looks well,
aud Is well pleased with his present vo-
cation in the metropolis.
Mr.. Murphy, the temperance speaker,
has lost his voice completely Cincinnati
EHguirer
Mrs. John Teece and Mrs. Geo. Johns
left tor Lewisburg, to visit friends, on the
Andes, Tuesday evening.
Judge Samuels, Of Cabell county, Is in
the city.
VIM. c. Mccarthy, Mayor of Pitts
hurgh, WAS in town on the Fourth, and
expressed himself as well pleased with
the city.
MIR. j. }. Campbell, of Pitt ,burgh,
has succeeded Mr.. Msllonee rs clerk NJ
the Mcclure, and is II perfect gentleman.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-07-06
BurgIaries.

The inevitable burglar has again made
his appearance, and three houses are re-
ported to have suffered from his visits:
On Wednesday night the residence OF
Mr.. Campbell, on Fourteenth street, was
relieved OF a lot of valuable jewelry, and
on the same night the residence Of NJ
Andy King, corner of Jacob and Eigh-
teenth streets, was burglsrized of q quau-
tIty of ediDies in the shape OF bTesd and
ham The residence OF Mr.. Geo. Z.
Jingle, near the corner OF Man aud
Tenth streets, was also burgsrIzed on
the Fourth of $40 in cash and from $50
to SO worth OF valuables. Mr.. TingIe's
little boy discovered the burglar while
he was In the act OF going through the
wardrobe, and frightened him. No clue
has as yet been obtained as to whom the
parties were VINO did the stealing, and it
is more than probable that none of them
will be captured