Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-07

A SENSIBLE WOMAN--THE TELEGRAPH III.
VALRY THE GRAND DuKE-TALMAGE-
BUSINESS.
NEW YORK, March 3, 1877.
A SENSIBLE WOMAN.

SENSIBLE WOMAN.
1t is not often that Il woman. rich and
charitable, is not also weak. Not so was
Miss Mary Dancer, u rich maiden lady of
this city, who died few weeks ago Miss
Mary WIS well endowed with this worlds
goods, and she had lots of relatives who
loved her with all the devotion that poor
people always love rich relationship the
will is read. Miss Mary considered their
feelings. She divided NV II portion of her
property among them in such u way us to
make them all comfortable, so that they
would not feel aggrievcd, and 90 to dis
putting the will. If relative has left YOU
thirty thousand dollars, you are not going
TO 90 around and swear She was insane be-
cause she left the same amount TO Il chart
ty After doing this she made clean,
clear will, leaving the rest of her estate to
ten OF the best charities in the city. She
distributed S335, 900 among the charities
that are known to be well managed, and
fixed it so that the money goes to them
without any interference of lawyers or
courts. The curious thing about it is, that
her father who made all this money was Il
noted gambler, and every dollar of it was
made by gambling. The gamblers wife
and daughter were, however, not only eX-
emplary, but devotedly piouS women, and
~ Wa tho ' cthnr t '' H., ,ios,lct, "o wei as
nn ,T ~ ao 'i. v''0 ,r t""cy snoulu DC
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HoGGSlNESS GETTING IT'S REWARD
Vanderbilt, before he died, wanted TO
get hold of the Western Union telegraph
Company, that he might bleed that monop-
oily Us he has every other one that he cot
his claws on. lie did get enough of it to
control it, and his estate is reaping the re-
ward. Scott, Hewitt and Garrett, the
other railroad magnates, turned about and
put million of dollars into tie Atlantic
and Pacific, and turned oyer their especial
lines to that company, and are pusbino
new lines in every direction. Conseouent-
ly, Western Union, which WAS an gight
per cent stock, Notwithstanding it hqs been
watcred IL dozen times, GOES down tosixty.
and the Atlantic and the Pacific cocs M
proportionately. Telegraphinr is The most
outrageous swindlo of this century. The
Western Union is, or has been, u monopo-
ly, and the people have been compellrI ia
pnv whatever ii should exact. CONSIGNMENT
iy The cost of teleoraDhino has been fnn,
times what it is in any other country, Now
that the new company has been bnjstrreJ
down will 90 ii e prices. 1t i. a GOOD
thine to throw patronoon to veal, C,,n-
panies, to sustain them. Thcv ARE tbc only
safeguards we have AGAINST imDo,ilim
The prices have been already lp,ureI :,
half, at competing points, and thew will 90
lower still. Would that tb4r., goulJ 5p
found some relief from the EXPRESS Swim
die.
TIE GRAND DIXIE.
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