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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-01-17

TIE RENGAI STORM WAyE.-Tn an
aro, NJ some 3 600 SQUARE miIes ont nf
+ 062 Goa nersons suddenly thrown info
mara or leis of Inn0er o15OOn mnsI h,vr
nn,isbol Ri. nf rnnrsn l. onIv nm as.
iinnto.t ho ev,rt nnnhnr r,nnnt h. known
vet while nerhnns never will he known
W. G,nnd in some yilhn0rs 20 nrr cent Of
tho ;nb,Ii,,nts lost in o,ber. An uc, ron,
in snmn avon 70 npr cont. There WIS n
snvera cvclnne in tho Rav If Bpng,l ON
the nialy If tho 91st of 0,.ohrr Rnt If
was not the wind which proved so de.
strncliye lhnuyh ,hot was bad emourb. il
w,S the Stnrnn w,vr swerninc nIonG tn :,
beiobt IF f. m 10 to o. fpet 0crordfnT to
nifferent lnrnIjties. in some ulacrs Where
If met with anv resistance it mounted
even hioher thnn that. In the EVENING fine
wenthnr w,s - little windy and b,zv and
had honn .omnwh,t hot. fine neHnln ,
m,illion w. ,hnrnahont snnls rptirnJ ,n rr.t
annrehcnlino NOTHING. Rut before II
nIrGGncl, Ihn wipd suddenly freshcnrd and
,hont midnight there arose >, rrv nf :. The
wntcr is on ns,, and n oreal wayn bnrsl
nror Tho country several feet hiUh il was
G,lInwoI NV ,n4ther v,vn and ar,in Inv :,
I'LL III ti,ra, ,,,,;,lI,, e,,',,b,v.,,l
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-01-17

Alexander II. Stevens is seriously i'll
with hemorrhage of the lungs.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-01-17
VANDERBILT

is dead at last, and his heirs are quarrel
ing over his estate, us might have been
expected. He left eighty-live millions,
the most of it is to his flvorite son, Will
liam II who has virtually the control of
the whole of it. His other son, Cornell us,
is not the best man in the world, and the
great ambition of the dead financier was
to have his colossal fortune kept together
William will do it, and will add to it. He
is as good Il man Of business rs his fl-
ther, and has been carefully trained to
take his place when Death should exact
the first mortgage he holds on all Of us
The other heirs squirm ut his having con-
troll of the estate, but it won't make any
difference. The Vanderbits never let 90
anything they get their claws on, and
William has too good IL thing. The law
yers will have soft Sine of it, for the old
man left them all enough to make very
pretty fight with. There will be no
change in the management of the great
roads, for William has been virtually the
manager for several years. Within a
very few months the four richest men in
the country have gone to their long home
-Astor, Vanderbilt and Stewart of New
York, and Iemenwav of Boston. They
didn't take anything with them.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-01-17
THE WEATHER

is abominahlc. The January thaw is on
us. and the lower part of the city is one
lake of slush. Cellars are full of water,
and the streets, arc impossible. The fall
Of snow was immense, and as none of it
has been removed it makes the streets fear
fully disagleeable. PIETRo.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-01-17
POOR AMY FAWSlTT

is dead, and died of starvation. Amy
Fawstt was IN English actress, who was.
ut one time, the pet of London, and bid
fair to become IL tlvorite in New York.
But the woman who could earn her thou
sands IA week did not save II cent-they all
seem to think that their popularity will
last forevcr-and when she was taken
sick she was forgotten. Her little money
went, then her clothes, until finally she
had not as much as Il pair of stockings,
and died in This great city Tor want of food
and medicine. Two years ago thousands
of girls, as they saw this beautiful woman
clad in velvet and loaded with jewels, en-
We'd her There isn't II shop girl in the
city VINO has not led more happy life
and very leN but what will die better
death. 1t is not all gold that glitters.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-01-17

Despite the snow, and despite the hard
times, the fashionable end of New York
has outdone itself this winter. Balls and
receptions have been more common than
ever before, and more money than ever
has been spent upon dress and adornment
of house and person. The fact is there are
II few hundred families who are so rich
that cutting off half their incomes makes
no difference whatever, and they feel IL
sort of pride in being able to throw away
money when everybody else is so short of
it. "What odds is it, said one young fe-
low in commenting on party just given,
the wife of the gIver having sported 800
geo worth of diamonds, whether they
have half million year or million. u
But the amuSements that draw their sup
port from the merely comfortable classes,
are suffering. The theatres are drawing
no money, the actors are not getting their
pay, and bankruptcy is staring the profess
sion in the face. The newspapers are
running very close to short, and, in short,
everything that can be cut off is cut off.
Only the very ich can afford to be jolly.
and they are making the season unusually
gay, for very spite it would seem.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-11-10
The action of medicaments on differ.

The action of medicaments on differ
ent animal species has not been very
fully calculated. Herr Hacckel, ii may
be known, has proved the immunity of
rabbits as regards belladonna, and he
has made some very curious experiments
on the harmlessness of plants of the
nightshade family in general to rodents
and marsupials. A French doctor has
lately called attention to the fact, which
he had often observed in druggists
shops, that hemlock seed was eaten by
mice without apparently producing fatal
effect upon them. He has recently sue
ceeded in supporting two mice for eight
days on hemlock seed They ate it at
first with repugnance, and even APP
peared to suffer from this diet. At the
end of eight days one of the mice
seemed very i'll, the other was all right.
The next day he found the sick mouse
half eaten by the other, which contin-
ned in good health, and which he libe-
rated few days afterward. But dur
ing those eight days the animals had
eaten hemlock seed in quantities which
would have been fatal to a man.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-11-10
A Reminder OF RaIstOn.

The Brisk is steam yacht, and an
expensive and elegant yacht she is, too.
Why, she cost more than 500, 200, but
she was never in use half-dozen times,
and now she lies in retirement down by
the bridge, for sale, and dare say you
could get her for one-tenth what she
cost. There is every thing for conve-
nience and luxury, but by and by only
its furnishings, its plate-glass mirrors,
and such will be good for any thing, for
of course it must gradually go to de-
cay lying there so. The family hired
to live aboard of her preserve the inside
from curious hands and from destruc-
ton, but much more care is needed to
keep the vessel in repair. The Brisk
was built by Ralston, not so long before
his death but he could have counted
upon the fingers of one hand the excur-
sions he was destined to make upon her.
Union.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-11-10
Improved Method Of Wintering Cows.

Mr.. Linus W. Miller, of Stockton, n.
Y, an experienced dairyman, advo-
Gates, in a pamphlet entitled "Meal
Feeding and Animal Digestion sys-
TEN of feeding cows during winter,
which involves the use of but three
quarts of meal per day. He asserts that
this amount of good Indian meal, fed
under proper conditions, is more than
the equivalent for all the good hay a
COW can be coaxed to eat-that the ami
NAL does not need to have its stomach
distended with great bulk of woody
fiber, which imposes upon the system a
large amount of extra mechanical work
both in the processes of digestion and
remastication-that, in brief, bulk ia
food is not advantageous but to the con-
trary, and that nutriment in food gov
ems the condition and health of the
animal, and that condensation of nutri-
ment is true economy. Mr.. Miller has
conducted physiological investigations
into the functions of the four stomachs
of the cow, whence it appears that meal
follows the same course as herbaceous
food, and stays longer in the rumen
than coarse food, while it also digests
more thoroughly than when the ener-
gies of the stomach are divided between
meal and coarse heritage.
Whatever may be the correct theory
in this regard, results of actual practice
appear to bear out Mr.. Miller's views.
The report of a committee, appointed
to examine into the system by the West
ern New York Dairymen's Association,
shows the following facts: The exami-
nation was conducted upon Mr.. Miller's
herd of Chautauqua County native cows,
the average live weight of which was
900 pounds. The herd were fed exclu-
sively upon corn-meal for several weeks,
each animal, according to its digestive
capacity, making an average of about 5
quarts of meal per day for each COW.
The animals did not ruminate, did not
manifest so much desire for food as
cows fed on hay alone in the usual way,
little less than they will eat, showed
no signs of unrest or suffering: and at
the time of going back to hay, the cows
had neither lost nor gained flesh. After
returning to hay, their stomachs filed
and Illuminating went on normally,
healthy calves were dropped, and when
turned to grass the animals took on
flesh faster than those who wintered in
the usual way. Their daily yield of milk
was % lbs. oZs., or / 10. IL oZs. per
COW more than that of any other herd
sent to the same cheese factory.
As regards the economy of meal
feeding, Mr.. Miller points out that one
bushel of corn, ground and tolled, will
last an ordinary sized COW of 900 lbs.
weight Il days. and is equal to 2i0 lbs.
Of hay. Corn at 60 cents per bushel is
therefore the equivalent to hay at IS per
ton of 1900 lbs, and where it can be
had at that rate the cost of wintering
the animal will range from 81 to so,
according to GOODNESS cad length of the
foddering season. BIT hay as rule
costs at least Sl0per ton, and frequent
ly much more. Hence the estimated
saving by meal feeding is placed at from
80 to $40 per animal, according to the
prices of corn and hay
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-11-10
MARRIED. TO A FELON.
The Strange Life Of = Woman Who Fell in
Love with Bank Robber.

PROM the New York Tribune.l
A sut for $4,000 damages has been
begun against Police Captain Kennedy,
of the Ninth Precinct, by Mrs. Gather
inc Ballard, woman of unusual per-
sonA attractions, and Of remarkable
history She is the wife of man who is
now serving out long sentence in the
Massachusetts State-prison. In 1870
Mrs. Billiard, then Miss Clark, was
making visit at the house of her uncle,
William Clark. of Liverpool, England.
There Francis Ballard first saw her and
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-11-10

MINUTE PUDDING.-Allow cup of
milk for every person. Place over the
fire and let it come to boil. Stir in !
egg and spoonful of flour to each cup,
wet in little milk. Stir well; cook
few moments, and pour into buttered
cups. Serve cold with cream.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-11-10

Jules Grevy, NJ. Thiers's successor
in political life, lives in a style of quiet
but decided elegance. His reputation
is great as ehess-player. In this game
and in shooting he finds his chief recre-
alton.
National Republican., 1877-10-22
TIie Fidelity Of History.

Some time since Gen. GRANT, in II some
what unccrcmonious conversation with II
CORRESPONDENT of the New York HrrdiR, in
Scotland, opened up the secret history of
the SUMNER MOTLEY business in n mann,r r
that has excited the ire Of WENDELL Pull
LIPS. and he has eflcrvrsccd on the subject.
Every one who knows PHILLIPS under
stands that he is u compound of talent and
egOism in about equal proportions, with II
strong tendency to 'hr occupation Of II com
mon scnld. In this capacity he has opened
upon the reported interview with Gen.
GRANT aud his uttcranccs in II very un-
charitable and fierce style of warfare.
Under the prrtense of defending SUMNER
he nssuilrd cx-Presidcnt GRANT with Nru-
lcncc bordering on hydrophobia. If he did
not froth at the mouth, there was much
iroth in his rabid uttcrances.
The appearance Of PHILLIPS in the
arena us an armed knight in defense
of the memory of SUMNER, has brought
HAMILToN FISH to the front with IL
quivcr full Of vcracious history touch
ing the GRANT-SUAINER-M MOTLEY cmedc.
lie feels called upon to reply to Mr.. PILL
LIPS, splccny attack, andf fthrows some light
upon the quarrel between the cx-prcsident
and the late great Republican Senator from
Massachusetts and his removal from the
chairmumship OF the Committee on Foreign
Relations in the Senate, us well rs upon the
matter of Mr.. MoTLEY's removal from the
position of Minister to the Court OF st.
j ines
Ex-Secrctary FISH is represented as hav-
ing asserted, with rega Il to the alleged
negligence of the late Nj. SUMNER while
chairman Of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, that il was fact susceptible Of
proof from the Senate records that drafts OF
treaties irom eight TO eleven in number, re-
maiped in the hands of the committee for
several months, some of them, according to
the recollection of Mr.. FISH, for more than
two years. Whether this delay was the re-
suit of negligence or not on the part Of the
committee Mr.. FISH does not pretend to
National Republican., 1877-10-22
District Affairs.

The meeting of the committee of Cne
hundred on District matters, called for Sat
urday evening was largely attended, and
becoming spirit and interest characterized
its proceedings. We give full account of
what was done, and the showing is that the
people of this District have determined to
make a strong appeal to Congress for justice
in the way of improvements and taxation.
The preliminary action of the committee is
systematic and thorough and wears a
decided business aspect The remarks
made by Mr.. GIVEN, one of the
speakers on Saturday evening, that the
committee of one hundred might very prop
erly he designated as the "RIGGs Legion
struck the keynote Of the movement, for it
is well understood that any enterprise, pub
lie or private, which Mr.. RIGGS leads must
be crowned with success-he is so strongly
clothed with public confidence and respect.
The appointment of subcommittee maps
out the work to be accomplished in q very
systematic manner, and inspires the hope
that Congress may be influenced to do sim
pie justice to the District. The people ask
nothing more, and will be content with
nothing less.
National Republican., 1877-10-22
Owl NerNicc REFORM.

The Rev. HENRY w. BELLOWS ID. d., ad-
dressed civil service rciom meeting in
the city of New York few evenings since
and during his speech INDUCED in line OF
sensible remarks. He says:
Civil service reform IN this country is not \ thing
T. he achieved by tie Intelligence address and dc.
vOtiOu of n few noble political relUrmers who have
studied the civil service reform Of England In
India or at home. The place to begin is with The
people at large. In calling their attention tn the
working Of the Government machine, upon whose
wheels they turn their Tremendous and irresistible
power without often considering how the machine
works, what constitute its teeth, and how capable
It Is Of manning their interests aud wasting their
strength If they are careless or indifferent To IL
defects and disorders The American people have
been We'll educated in the principles of their Gov.
crTlncnt, II remains to educate them in the ma.
Chinery Of their Government
Dr. Bellows said he had been endeavoring tl
show that the civil service of the country would
not lie any better than the general business prAc.
ticcs, the general morality, and the general care
fIlness in depositing responsibility. 1t was often
assumed by civil service rcfOrmers that the pr
sOHmd of the Government departments and the
National Republican., 1877-10-22
DETECTION in New York.

It is TO he deeply regretted that GEORGE
WILLIAM CURTIS is allowed by its pro-
prictOrs TO use the columns of Hdyper's
Weekly to avenge his personal gricts by
counseling a betrayal of the Republican
cause in the pending canvass. This is n
great mistake on the part of the publishers
of the UCckiy, for the reason that no good
and much harm may come to the cause of
right under this indulgence. The trouble
with Mr.. CURTIS is that he is usually
nursing grief that has fallen upon him by
his own insolcncc or indiscrction, and he
finds little time or occasion for any other
service at present Since the Rochester Con-
ventiOn he has been constantly displaying II
political sore toe that Senator CONKLING
stepped on during his performances in that
body. and in the midst of his mOans and
facial distortions he is engaged in the
work Of pcrsuading the Republican voters
in the Empire State that they are not in
honor bound to sustain the ticket nomi-
mated at Rochester, for the reason that such
voting must necessarily lead to the con-
tinuancc of the control of Managers who
are not in accord with Mr.. CURTIS peculiar
views, ends and aims. In other words, il
the Republican machine in its every adjust
ment and complication does not move just
as he thinks it should he is ready to smash
it" and hand the destnics of the State over
to the Democratic party. This seems to be
his theory of political relation, duty and re-
gnnngiItlity aud bis nlli,nrn IN no nnna.
under such views is more to its dvtrimcnt
than advantage. CURTIS is a spoiled child
in the Republican family. He was pushed
into q conspicuous position rs n civil
service reformer by President GRANT.
He and his theory proved sorry
failures: both were discarded. He took
from the National Treasury more money
for his tomiOoleries and valuelcss services
in reform than any officer in the Govern.
mcnt, except his compecr on the commits.
sion, and since then he has been grumhling
moaning and signing, under the Imprcs.
sion that he and his vagarics are not prop,
crly appreciated, until his presence, politi,
cally, has become irks0me, if not absolutely
offensive, TO every true and sincere Rcpub.
lean.
1t is a great pity that the proprietors OF
Hdrpcr's Weekly are so indulgent aH to allow
the use of its columns for the selfish end,
and to vcntlate the gricis of GEORGE VIII.
LIAM CURTIS, when his highest aim is tC
reduce the Republican strength in this con
test, and, if possible, punish some loyal Re
publican in the event
National Republican., 1877-10-22
Democratic civil Service.

We regard ii us the height Of ingratitudc
ON the part Of the Democratic party, or of
any wing of il, to Introduce at this time u
counter civil service policy to that of Prcsi-
dent HAYES. The SaChems of Tummany
Hall have put on their war paint, and with
scaiping knives in hand have entered the
war-path in pursuit of President HAYES in
this wise:
RcsO'rsd That RuTiIERrORD h. HAYES holds tlc
office of President Of the United States only by force
of fraudulent returns Of votes and the decision Of
an unconstitutional Fleet IrM Commission: and
that since fraud ViiNlcs everything fraud vitiate'
Mr.. HNYT,' lain To the Office of President
Rcair'i That no administration Of the Office by
Mr.. II AYES can rOudOnc his fraudulent accession
to and his unlawful retention Of the same.
Rs@iroi That Mr. HAYES order u oiirchodcrS
Iights OF citizenship is unconstitutional and OF /.
prrsSive, and If adhered 10 and enforced should
lead to his Impeachment nnd removal from office.
There is no particular Significance in this
formal declaration of war, except that it is
mark of ingratitudc toward the Prcsi-
dent, who has been far more kind and con-
sidcrate with the Democratic party than it
has been toward him since his election
When Tammany Hall gets the Presidents 5
scalp under the process of impeachment,
may We be there to see"
National Republican., 1877-10-22
PERSONAL.

CONGRESSMAN HASKELL, of Kansas is very
III. His relatives have been tclegIaphed for.
RoBERsTErN, editor of the Buffalo Tribune,
arrested few days ago on a charge of bigamy, has
been hononby discharged.
Mr.. FRANCIS MURPHY, temperance advo-
cate, doesn't want woman 10 vote; says she can do
greater work without the ballot than with it.
DIR. d. W. BLISS left on Saturday, in accord
ancc with previous arrangement to visit his dis
| tnguished patient, Senator Morton, m lndanap-
oils
CALCRAFT, the English hangman, Is writing
All Autobiography of Hanging" 1t will doubtless
contain some boodcurdling scenes and thrilling
situations.
The REV. J. F. GATES has been reprin,anded
by the Chicago Methodist Conference for refusing
TO make peace with his wife, with whom he had
qunrrelcd.
Dir. HERNDoS of Savannah, who went to
fight the fever al FCrnandua volunteer physi.
cinn, has Just died a martyr u his work. Ii was
aSsurgdly u heroic death.
Miss CONSTANCE RoTHsCHILD, the onIy
daughter OF the late Sir Anthony. is TO become
the wife Of II Mr.. yrl Flower when she will lie
| the Flower of the ROthschild family.
THERE is no chief around the great council
fire in Washington who Is able to sit down SO hcav.
lily upon the hopes of either party aud nttcm them
out 80 thin ~ Big man 'who-stays out OfvHucus.
DIR. JOIS PolSAL, the Chaplain of the House
Of REPRESENTATIVES, studied theology at Martins.
burg. West Virginia, while pcegng shoes and saw
l:lg solGs on the shoemakcrs lcach. Congressman
iu'hCI was ulltlGI blsul
EX-Gov. J. MADISON WELLS, of Louisiana,
Is nt WlllnTdS llJtcl. lie has fears Of convic.
ton, even II his pcscCutOrs dare bring him To trial
lie II In good health and expresses an abiding faith
In the continued supremacy of the Republican
party.
MONSIEUR DAVIS SANcHEs. of the Chilian
Congress, is the guest Of Mr. John J. Bugue OF
Georgetown. Monsieur SnnchcS will remain ia the
United States for several months and will visit the
extreme portions Of the West prior To his departure
for Europe
Mr.. CHESTER +. LoRD's greeting to his read
erS in the Syracuse SdRdaId Is brief aud to the
| point lie says: The new editor of the SdHddrO
| l. uniinching Republican. He will try Ia make
| this newspaper wuTthiy represent the busy encr
getic. and prosperous city in which 1t is printed.
| A CNNADIAS doctor named Biumleigi is b,
| ing prosecuted for practicing without u diplomr
| The difference between him aud the woman in Sol
ONIONS song Is that one il black and comey and
the other is qriack and nlumcigh.
MONROE" the discreet and intelligent cor.
| respondent of the Rochester UcmOcTdf, thus apOS
| truphitcs the new Representative from Buffalo. n
y. 1t was decided 10y committee of ladies
| gentlemen, II is well known, not being impartial
Oh such mattcrs-lhat the new member from Duf
| fAlU Mr.. lockwood Is the handsOmeSt man in the
House. though many critical glances were be
slowed while making the decision on the captiyat
| ing foreign style Of Governor Pachecu, which al
| most produced All 'irreprcssiblc conflict Of Upn
ions" The tribute is iRutlcss If applied 10 ethei
| or both OF these gentlemen.
National Republican., 1877-10-22
Chairman Of ways and Means.

1t is sincerely to be- hoped that the chair
manship of the Committee of Ways and
Means will fall to Hon. FERNANDO WOOD
We know of no Democrat, as Democrat it
must be, who s better entitled to this honor
In our judgment Mr.. WooD possesses the
peculiar qualifications desirable for the
proper discharge of the duties of this high
trust in more eminent degree than any of
his party peers in the House. He represents
the great commercial city Of this continent
has ability, intelligence, experience and
courage, and has u fair record He has
more integrity OF purpose and kecnness of
discernmcnt than is possessed by the aver
age Democrat and would fill the premier
ship of the House, we apprchcnd, with
credit to himself and usefulness to the
country.
The people of the District of Columbia
have an indirect interest in the success of
MI WoOp, for the reason that he has ever
proved himself true friend to the cause Of
improvements and good government in this
municipality, and they desire to sec such
statesmen advanced to honorable and dis
tnCtivc positions especially when they
have eyincrd broad and catholic views re-
lating to the welfare OF the District.
The Speaker can do much worse on that
question than to put Mr.. WOOD ut the head
OF the Committee of Ways and Means.