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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-08-01
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-08-01

Ex-Presdent Grant left Geneva Monday
He goes over the Simplon to the upper
Italian lakes, thence over the Splurgen tc
Churand Ragalz, where he will meet Mr.
NJ. j. Cramer, American Minister to Den
mark, and make stay. From Ragatz he
goes to Copenhagen, thence to Dresden
and Norway, and returns TO Berlin to wit.
ness the autumn manpuvres. At the enc
of October he intends to visit Paris He
will pass the winter partly in Paris and
partly in Italy, and will revisit Swizer
land later, should no unforeseen circum
stances prevent.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-08-01

VERMONT VETERANs.-ORGANIzATION
OF THE CENTENNIAL REUNIoN.-The Of
fetal organization of the Vermont Centen-
NAL Reunion of the Old Soldiers Society
is announced rs follows:
First Brigade-Colonel A. f. Walker,
Rutland, commander; First Battalion, Rut-
land county, j. II. Dyer, Rutland, conf
mandcr; Second Battalion, Bennington
county, Willard Holden, I'd, Arlington,
commander.
Second Brigade-Colonel +. G. Butter
field, Saxon's River, commander; First
Battalion. Windham county. Geo. W.
Hooker, Brattleboro, commander; Second
Battalion, Windsor county, o. A. Paul,
Pomlret, commander.
Third Brigadc-General George p. Fos-
ter, Burlington, commander; First Bat
TALON. Addison county, A. S. Tracy, Mid
dlebury, commander; Second Battalion,
Chiltenden county, WarrenGihbs. Burling,
ton, commander Third Battalion, Frank
lin county, Ihos. X. Kennedy, Fairfield,
commander; Fourth Battalion, Grand Isle
county, e. A. Soules, Alburgh, command
er.
Fourth igade-Colonel Francis V.
Randall, Montpelier, commander; First
Battalion, Caledonia county, f. p. FAIR,
StJohnsbury, commander; Second Battal
ion, Essex county, E.P. Lee, Island Pond
commander; Third Battalion, Lamoilc
county, G.. ID. Gates, Cambridge, com.
mander; FourthBatlalion, Orleans county
G. II. Blake, Barton, commander; Fifth
Battalion, Orange county, j. B. Mead
Randolph, commander; Sixth Battalion
Washington county, r. j. Coffey, Montpo
lier, commander.
The following arc the aids-de. camp O
the general commanding: Colonel f. o
Cole, Bennington; Col. Alvin b. Frank
lin, Newhne; Col. S. +. Pingree, Hart
ford; Col. Lyman T. Knapp, Middle
bury; Major N. b. Hall, jackson, Mich.
Major n. p. Bowman, StJohnsburv; Capt
E. j. Ormsby, Brandon; Lieut.. j. NJ. Pc
land, Montpelier; Lieut.. IL. w, Spotford
North Bennington.
Circular No. 2 designatcs the colors It
be worn in the Centennial camp, as fol
lows; Headquarters, buff; First Brigade
red; Second Brigade, white; Third Brig
ade, blue; Fourth Brigade, green.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-08-01

The loss to Pittsburgh by the deslruc-
ton of property on that fatal Sabbath day
when the mob held carnival in that city,
will not tall below $5,0O0,O0O, and may
reach $S,0OO,00O. The city had debt Of
S15,000,O0O before this additional burden
was placed upon it, and had defaulted il
the payment of its bonded interest last
April. The tax levy will now be increased
from 100000 to $l,2OO,OO0, and for 90
years the people of that city will have to
pay for one days experience with II mob
Way up to 1900 the workingman will feel
this new weight upon their shoulders,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-08-01

The Charter Oak Life Insurance Com.
pany has been recognized, with new
board composed of Governor Marshall
Jewell, Senator w. w. Eaton, Colonel
George P, Bissel, Robert f. Day and Hon
Elisha johnson. Governor Jewell has
been elected president. The committee
of underwriters, who have been through
the books, think there is still left assets Of
an undoubted value of $9,2G6, O09, and a
contingent and speculative property of So
363,472, much of which can probably be
saved by prudent management. The liza
bilities are $780,, 577, Or S4,076,4 AT more
than the good assets, and 1888, 900 more
than the total of good and bad.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-08-01

THE TIGER IN TIE Juycrr
fish officer presents us, in a - -
Game of Bengal, with a striLi y'oS
the tiger Of Indian iungIcs. E
Graded in the long re,,Lo..
the jungle, he gamboIs in y.
playful as kitten, and nSga ~,
when full-grown, the lcnolG
nine and ii half feet. VIII 5 ~
and all the larger specimens ot Dos''
his usual prey; but sonletimo.7 "a.
tigers will take up their aboIo
mile of II village, sallying opr I G..
lair every three or four DAYS IN n.y. W
Il bullock or Il buffalo, llws,. =.
the latest in the herd.
The strength Of their muscrr,..
is enormous Capt. BtIdwia =.
remember in Assam Il tiger in ,t.
night leaping over Il fence pnsr ''.'
high SEEING one Of the largest y,
again leaping back, draggina tb "a
after him across several frld,
two hedges" " d
In his old age, when his tee,D
worn, he not infrequentIy bcco".
eater; and such is the deya,,a,i1n
occasions that whole Villages o a..
times deserted, aud extensive t 1'.
waste frem dread of these feline '''
In these disastrous circumsG,nc.'
vent of an English Sportsman a
rifle and elephants is hailed As,
by the whole neighborbood.
A tiger. when brought to In,
"spits exactly like cat. Con.r~ ,
received opinion, tiger, seldom '' :.
ut night the forests resond, Win,
eous din of their cries, which 81 ro
the caterwauling ola whole San,
gigantic tomcats. '
In making a charge the tioo,
series Of short, vicious, couq6,rg
as trying to the nerves as The mo,
roar. Tiger hunting, even from
back, is always accompanied with
One day Capt. Baldwin and,
were beating the bush for tigcr.
his beaters, Il fine young man, g.
crept Toward to try aud di,coyo'
tual spot where the tiger WA, man,
must have approached within A f.,
the animal, for it struck but m
without moving or exposing it, b.
dashed the unfortunate man wiz
violence, to the bottom of a STONY
lie was rescued at once, buf
same evening, his skull having bo
tured by u blow from hctigcr,
CHRISTIAN Union.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-08-01
THE PROSPECT

Is Is encouraging: The enormous crons
That cover the West, have been harv lips :
IN splendid condition, and some Of fV = J;
reaching the city Currency is goinr ~ an, Is
from here by the million with mmeb out
move it. Capital that has long been ' irin 70
ldle IS out IN active service once n ytms
p mSor the good effects are being felt ever rS
e Ell were coming in freely. and there se %uy
Cd TO be certain promise of the ren Ooern,
S Cd,. business we have been so long waitina
ior; The strike will be of short 9an m%tiing
snd thep the great the generous tide wi
streets and altogether deserted H'I vn,'
henseS will show life again. The co ware
IS l pare OF goods, the enormous cro NUunery
beng secured will furnish the MP, mpS, now
get them, and there must be n 1V cn means to
ness ness done this fall, The merc 1Up" Ousl-
lylhs iole just now, but they are cer, 10 are
"a good season and are-oonient' 'O''"m OF
pIETpo
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-08-01

hOAbUhiB u GUY Eo' AOi'
EDITOR OF THE FREEMAN Il am per
suaded that you will NOT refuse space in
your columns for few plain words at this
time, in connection with the veterans OIL
the late war, and the proposed soldiers re-
union at the State Centennial Celebration
What am about to say is not simply
my own conviction but is fully concurred
in by all of my comrades in this vicinity
it may be summed up in these few words
That we have been sighted and snubbed
from the close of the war until the present
time. There is much talk made about us,
but it is all for personal or Political capt.
tai. In congress, at almost every session,
there is some bill introduced, especially
for the purpose of eQualizing bounties, but
with the especial understanding among
members that it is to pass one branch of
congress and be defeated in the other.
And so in our own state, at every reunion,
or whenever there is any event that is of
especial interest to the old soldiers, there
is much talk about rendering them assis-
lance, but it always burns out in words
without any practical results, the same as
it has this time.
Many things have been proposed, one Of
which was that the veterans were to have
free transportation to Bennington and IA
tons furnished but when we come right
to the point, suppose that if an old SOL
der pays his fare and bill he will be per-
mitted to spend Centennial week in Ben
ninglon, provided he does not intrude up
on aristocratic red tape or official dignity.
| suppose that those who are fortunate
enough TO be members of the State militia,
will have their expenses paid and two dol
lars n day for celebrating, and some of
them have already made the boast that
they were going to do escort duty and the
old vets. were going to do guard and po-
lice duty. At the Centennial celebration
of Mortified, July 4th, 1876, in which all
Of the different organizations of the town
ook part, they were all toasted except the
g. A. r. Post This was not only depriv-
I'd of the consolation of Il toast, but was not
even offered II wormy bareback, Il luxury |
which we were quite often permitted to en-
oy while fighting the battles of our coun-
ny. But Il high state official did give us
he consolation of hearing him toast COM
oany of state militia, (Which just then hap
1ened to be parading on the common) as
,ur country's defenders, the pride of the
tate, her future hope of peace and pros
oerity.
Well | suppose that there was no mis-
AXE in the matter and it was just as it
hould be, and that if the money which our
asst legislature appropriated to defray
Centennial expenses, is not foolshly ex-
pended on the superannuated sodiery of
he state, but is used to dead-head state
officials and imported dignitarics through
he Centennial, it may safely be pronounced
| gigantic success. r.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-08-01

THE DISAPPEARANCE or Col. II. S.
HARD.-We are panied TO learn that grave
suspicious are prevalent in Arlington. that
the sudden disappearance of Col. II. S.
Hard is due not to insanity or foul play,
but to lnisappropriation of trust funds in
his hands. Col; Hard was the receiver of
the bankrupt Arlington Car Manufacturing
Company. A few days since Special
Master was appointed by the Court oil
Chancery to look into and audit his ac-
counts. The Master, L. B. Burton, Esq
was to begin his investigation Monday.
Col. Hard's bondsmen are, David Crofut.
sheriff. Fernando West, merchant; A.
Bartlett, hotel-keeper, and j. X. Batchel-
der, lawyer, Arlington, and they are free
to express the opinion that there is q Sc
rious deEIcation on the part OF the re-
ceiver-one of them saying to our inform
ant that it would exceed 1880, and
another that he would be glad if it did not
exceed $4,000.
Some other unpleasant rumorS connect
ed with the case lack proof, and we make
no mention Of hem.-BMtingt0n Free
Press.
Col. Hard left Arlington July Dist, with
Il ticket for Troy. Col. Peck, Commander
of the Grand Army Department of Yer
mont has issued u circular asking mem
bers of that body to assist in finding Col.
Hard, and evidently has not heard or does
not believe in the above rumors.
The Bennington CentenniaI says:
"Col. Hard has of late years suffered
from pecuninry reverses, superadded tc
which has been domestic atlliction which
we hesitate to unveil His wife, the
mother Of his children, has for many
years been an inmate of the Insane Asylum
at Brattleboro, and late visit found hel
so demented that she did not recognize
| him, which nearly broke his already
bruised heart and may have caused his in
sanity. He left his Grand Army badge
his Masonic emblems and all tokens o.
identification at home. The public and
hosts of personal friends pray for speedy
unraveling Of the sad mystery"
j. X. Batchelder, Esq, of Arlington
who is one of the bondsmen of Col. II. S
Hard, does not regard him us a defauler
Mr.. Batchelder says that any deficiency il
Mr.. Hard's accounts as receiver will pro-
badly not exceed $500-and that COL Hare
could, doubtless, explain it, and that he
was amply responsible for that or for {
greater amount. Mr.. Batcheder believe.
that Col. IIards disappearance is due t.
some alteration of mind
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-08-01

One ofthe jurymen who condemned the
Tichborne claimant to Imprisonment has
publicly recanted, He has informed the
Queen that he has changed his mind about
the case, and now thinks that the prisoner
should be released. The Tichborne leagues
are iubilant.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-08-01

A variety of circumstances indicate
that the Turks are much alarmed by the
Russian successes. The call for the SER
vices of Gen, Klapka, a brilliant soldier OF
fortune, is evidently made by Mehemet Ali
because he doubts his own capacity to
meet the needs of the situation. Still
more significant are the rumors from
Con5tantinoplo that the Sultan will leave
that city. The flight from his capital OF
the Commander IF the Faithful would be
more ruinous to the Turks than even Il
great defeat in battle. 1t is not unlikely
that the rumor is invented for the purpose
of arousing England's fear
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-08-01

The Ohio republicans meet in state con.
vention at Cleveland to-day.
Cleopatra's needle, and the ship for its
conveyance TO London, will be launched at
Alexandria, Egypt, August 10.
Friday was memorable day in Fort
Edward, N. Y, it being the occasion of
the centennial celebration of the murder
of Jane McCrea.
A lot of street urchins paraded the streets
of st. Louis one day last week with tin
pan by way Of a drum, and huge paper
banner bearing the inscription: 1--WE don't
want bread. We want cake and pie or
bloodm
Cattle have been pouring into New York
so rapidly the last three days in expecta-
ton of n meat famine that there is already
a general decline in the price of all meat,
and good prospect that prices are going
lower than ever before this season.
A fellow named Blanchard shot Albert
and Francis Starks, perhaps MORALLY, at
Savoy, Berkshire Co., Mass, Sunday. He
was Il divorced man, and had been forbid
den to pay attention to Clara, the daugh
ter of Francis Starks. Blanchard was pur-
sued and arrested at Readsboro.
The Russians still maintain the positions
gained by them south of the Balkans and
are threatening Adrianople. The Turks
are endeavoring to mass an army north of
the Balkans with which to give the Rus
slams battle, hoping by great victory
there to get rid of Gourko's cavalry and
its supporting infantry who are doing so
effective work farther to the south.
The Tooth anniversary of the Inaugural
ton OF the first governor of the state of
New York and the formation of the state
government was celebrated at Rondout, |
Monday by procession a mile long and
by addresses from Chauncy NJ. Dcpaw
and Gen. Sharpe. Letters were read from
President Hayes, Mr.. Evarts, Gov. Robin
son and others. Ten thousand people at
ended the ceremonies.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-08-01

A correspondent of the I7Ncrto,cu (N.
~ Times, who has recently made Il pill
grimage to Horace Greeley's birthplace
in New Hampshire, describes the house us
brown from exposure to sun and rain, but
in excellent repair. 1t stands with its
caves to the road, half way up steep hill,
and is like all the early farm-houses Of
New England. Around the immense
chimney-stack are three rooms, each with
a gaping fire place, and little hall in
front opens into parlor and siDting.room,
with kitchen in the rear The sitting.
room in which Horace Greeley was born
has two windows in front and one on the
side The huge Fireplace beside which
he used to read during the long winter
evenings is still standing. The frog-pond
'back of the farmhouse is still unrerlaim.
Ied, and the old orchard hey ond the marsh
,stIl bears the "spicy fruit mentioned
IN the Recollections.' The present occu.
pant, William Brown, bought the estate
one year after Zaccheus Greeley was c7m.
PEELED to abandon it. He has lived there
tilty-three years.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-08-01

The Springfield Republican shows that
the wages of railroad labor are still 80 pei
cent in advance of 1860, and shows that
the average wholesale price of over &C
articles which enter largely into the cost Of
living is only Z per cent higher now than
in 1860. The average railroad freight rate
from Chicago to New York in 1870 was 50
cents per 100 pounds of wheat, the average
for the last year has been only % cents
and the average receipt per ten per mile
of the railroad trunk lines was 0.5 miles in
1876, against 1919 miles in 1860.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-08-01

Secretary Evarts thinks the strike a
blessing in disguise. 1t will teach Con-
gress of our need of regular army, and
tend to dispel sectionalism between the
North and South
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-08-01

General Grant, in II letter TO his son
Fred, which has found its way into print.
says, " the labor has been hard to keep W
with social requirements, but it leaves =
pleasant reflection behind. Every city o
any prominence has sent me cordial invi
tations to visit them, and the local papers
have been most complimentary in their al
lusions to both the country and me. The
hard part with me has been the occasion
to say something so often, and lacking the
practice and confidence 10 speak before IN
audience How well the General has
succeeded in his hard part is shown by
the general surprise his little speeches
have created here and the praise they have
received. Ilo has certainly bossomed
out with unexpected briliancy in Lon,
don. He returns to England in August.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-08-01

do Fiyc.twontics Xxx lam qpd .lrr,
do rln iSi V''v.gm.i Nnt
do un I,G,
do ia INK
do Ten.lortics rag,.In,.d
in ia noH',,,',
ia Nan, "" Ii,,o. '""l'0"'
do Tnrrani ~ 60 sixoo
~.
Looh AND uKAlN'-l ne u'WdNl W.
tluucs noltiale anu prices a,t ul. "a'
uranus ID oil winter Whedt are am 'HIl 10 ID
u.a' het Is sun wen supplied WIN I,"t'
ale more inquired Corn ana VI''
s"'He' Wy quote
luut, western supcrhne + uo'
common extras, S. GOA oO'Nl',Gu''0'
hluues"la, 50 OJd . -; Fancy M.hI'''
J., 'u, WINTER wheat ONO, luIl hd 'Hl
~ uod9"O ILLINOIS, SS2Jd95o st len
. ", ooulnern, common extras uu '",
~ wa - Corn MedlI F. hup 5'wg
rl"uI, % oJa0 'ui Oal MeIl s'W"'
wheat, lou Ibs' IS 2Vd52'i Com U''N'
~ pushel' lod olc OdIs lt'\'' ''-
:. o'' hye' e1do1; ohotts T. p"' =.
I ne reed So oOt4l 10; Npy1In-N S-''
IhoNlsloNs Pork IS IN UnIt'd'
pfune, 81 DUAL UVi mess at 80 40
~ uVCpl9 W e. DBL Tor clear amt tNII" H.
Is stedu(, WIN sales OF mr-, amt eau
30 wall % T. .hbi, and s| 4 I'''
L"g" steauy safes OF cltN ana Nc''Vll
manu- smoked Hams lNGll 7r7 l'ul
anu esIefn' up 10 ia TO ~ '2e' I'I I"1
III pays
NAY AND STRAW.-The molhtjt. 10
Tor Hay and prices unchanged Tue 'aI ~
Northern and Easlcln have Neeh al ~
ION nut 50 Is an extreme price. nue. "0
sriurs al Sl0d Is T. ton. Rye eu1" .
stles AT Sl9 "a 90 per ton.
POTATOES The market IS well "a
pl ices are without material change ~
oeeh selling al ;! % } -; lsIWW III ;
anu NaiiolE at ) jOrl p + Dbl.
AfPLES,-lhe market Is well >N,I.0
lols seljlng at 81 o., and good To 'H0'
fzGo VI y Dbl.
NAIERMELONS.-O 2p,oo' NNIr. "'
received by the Norfolk boat TIM moII!'
are asking from S2id3J % pen hUnltI'
suGAR.-The sugar market Is uull 'N'
ions OF no importance, We quoDt tar
ieHhlhg at "a a 9!iC T. h. Refined j.
demand, with sales Of powdered al u
lale'i ~ Oll's, and the different -IdVv'
clu9ned al va all &c p h. Nho'e'ic =
shade above these prices.
NooL-Plices are steady and llr,l
nave been a. 46 G4Sc for medium amt AZ
Xxx ONO and Michigan, ana Wisconsin
per 4. Comblng and dellinc htcce' ,
?!Vd'1c per h. super anu y pulled nave
IhS Ill dOllBc per II , As to qualify
BurlkR,-rrade Is very dull To- ly' I,
st'dlSht lois OF Vermont and New l0N
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-08-01

Father MacNulty know, how +.
run on II bank. He walked in, e.
posted u red-silk handkerchief
greenbacks in the Patterson ,lyin.
while the crowd were pressing
around the doors, and then uncoa.
went home again. The crowd
logic of the act and dispersed.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-08-01

In Holland the churches aIe I
very "liberal' indeed. The I'M
asserts that some Dutch pastors i
administering baptism in the
Faith, Hope and Charity, instead
the usual formula; and tina. one
proposes to administer it in the
Christianity tran,ccndcntaI, Oh
historical, and Christianity cSpcI
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-02-21
DROPPING our or NOTICE.

The journals Of the East. Democratic.
a. we'll as Republican. are no longer
discussing the probabilities Of the result,
Of the operation OF the electoral bill.
They arc dsvoting their attention now
exclusively to manufacturing a Cabinet
for President Hayss-a somewhat
thankiess task. rs he will probably
choose his " men. without regard TO
the suggestions OF insinuations Of any
newspaper. The name OF Tilden has
ceased to be ''fat'' for the compositors.
They can no longer pick IL mp from the
eaileys. and drop it in the stick at one
fell swoop. Indeed. il Is becoming so
uncommon In print. that the indications
are that IN q very short time the places
which knew II will know II no more for
ever. To a man Of Tilden's seotistical
turn Of mind. this must be CALLING in
the extreme. He has one consolation.
however. His bills for scrap-books will
steadily decrease from this time on. He
is dropping out Of public notice ss rap
idly a. he entered Il.