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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-03-30
50. JOLsI.sOlsru Market.

THURSDAY, March 30.
Prices Paid by Dealers.
Butter, new, tubs or balls, Is % CSC.
Eggs, zoe V doz.
Beans, common white 81 IS; hand picked, 81 So
Oats, 90 v bush.
Maple Sugar, stirred, extra, loo v hi tub Sc.
Potatoes, 90 40 75c v bush,
Beef. dressed weight 40 Sc v b.
Prices Asked by Dealers.
Dried apples, IL "a lie, AS to quality.
Moasses 75c v gallon.
Syrup silver drip, 81 90.
Sugar, refined &, l2ici graduated, l3c.
Maple Sugar al lOc
Kerosene, 40 "a SOC.
Corn, new, soc v bushe
India Wheat, 65c v bush.
Meal, 75c v bush. new.
Feed, 81 40 v 100 ID.
Bran, 81 % v 100 ID.
Flour, 50 so 6D $ So
Rye Meal, unsiited Sc y ID.
Shorts, S27 " ton.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-03-30

Some of the New York papers are worry
ing over ways to escape the granger deci-
siOns, but as a matter of fact the railroads,
like southern democrats have chad enough"
and are quite content to accept state regula-
ton. This is wisdom Of both the short and
long kind, for it is clear that the state power
Of regulation will ultimately tend to
strengthen rather than weaken the credit of
the roads. What the London Times Justly
complains of is, not so much the misfortuues
of American corporations, as the difficulty Of
getting at their affairs and arriving at GER
tain and official knowledge Of their status
Without doubt, state supervision Of rail-
roads is doing much to bring out au intolli-
gent knowledge Of railroad affairs, which
must be the basis of any attempt to regulate
rates. In other words, tho western states
by attempting to regulate rates have forced
publicity to a much greater extent than
would otherwise have taken place.-Spring'
feld Republican.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-03-30
N'esU HGUels Market.

MONDAY, February 90
Shipped from this station for the week, ~ tubs butter 125
ok eggs, potatoes lumber, Is veal calves. We
quote;-
Butter 30 "a &c.
Eggs l3c.
Potatoes 65 a 9Oc y bush.
Veal Sc, Nv.
Hay so ton.
Rye Straw $40 % IL.
Oats SOC.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-03-30
CHOICE BOOKS.

SELECT from the following list and order Of the YER.
MONT FARMER. The books will be sent you by mail
postage paid receipt Of price. This list comprises many
standard works upon agreur horticulture, and the arts
connected herewith Some Of these books absolutely In
dspeusbe to farmers rhrary. Almost any book not mem
toned below be furns ed, also.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-03-30

A South BrOOkvile man tried the effect
OF blue glass on a link of bologna sausage
the other day. In five minutes 1t began to
hump in the middle; 10 ten minutes the
word "Ma-ri.ar" was distinctly heard, aud
in fifteen the cat was himself again and out
on the wOOd-hOuse roof, calling jOyousy for
bis old sWeethearts.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-03-30

Discovery has just been made at Eure,
France, of young woman whom her pa
rents have kept confined in a cavern nineteen
years, during which time she has been fed
only on the refuse OF vegetables aud stale
bread. The unfortunate creature had lost
nearly all semblanee of humanity and
had completely lost the power of speech,
utteriug only uuintelligible grOans and cries.
An investigation has been commenced.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-03-30

1t is claimed that the population of Pa les
tine is now double what it was ten years
ago The principal migration Of Jews
thither is from Russia.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-03-30
PUBLIC OPINION.

1t purpose in this column to give each week extracts
from the various papers Of the day. showing the dr OF pub
lie opinion all topics Of current interest, irrespective
creed or party wish readers know what the pco
pie think aud say Of passing events
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-03-30
Markfts.
T'ergeuneS Market.

MONDAY, March p.
Quite scratching for New Butter II % &c.
Eggs lie.
Veal Calves &c.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-03-30

VOUR NAME PRINTED on 40 mixed cards
Il for loo STEVENS BROS, NOTthford Conn.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-27
The Sandwich Islands Decadence.

When Cook first looked upon the is
lands, according to his description they
were beautiful as Eden, crowned with
forests from the top of the mountains TO
the seashOre, streams and rivulets,
gushing like silver threads from valleys
and mountain gOrges, and 1000 in
habitants, with little labor, having
plenty. The first centennial sees more
than half the forests gone, mountains
bare of vegetation, streams and rivers
of the past changed into rock-strewn
gulches, and where the hamIctS and
villages once sounded with life and
children's gleesOme voices, the night
wind whispers in mourning cadences
tales of the buried past The sum of
$l5, 900 has been asked for from the last
Legislature for celebration of the
coming Centennial, next January. |
don't know if it has been granted. 1t
is small amount compared with the
expenses of the Philadelphia centennial,
but it may suffice for all that is worth
celebrating here. A gOod-sized tent
could contain the last king and his peO-
pie, with samples of fine mats, feather
clOaks and canoes, the manufactures of
a century ago, and such things as at
present cannot now be had. A small
shanty, labeled "CivilizatiOn," might
show few sugar stalks and kegs Of SUI
gar, a variety of collins and lot Of
labor contracts, and another shanty,
labeled Poison" might show the Chi
nese element, boxes of opium, opium
pipes and cockroaChes in glass eases.
Instead of march composed by Wag-
ner, long, steady and prolonged
mourning cry, such as only the Kanakas
know how to produce, would be solemn
and appropriate opening of the festivi-
ties of the centennial celebration. The
century has done very little beside
Christian burial for the natives, and
much less for the country itself; but
since the royal commission for the de-
velOpment of the resources of the coun-
try have been around and looked at the
country through their spectacles there
is hope left for the prosperity of the
country. All that is wanted to make
this country prosperous and immensely
rich Of not the whole people, at least
few planters, who can go home when
the lemon is squeezed) is debt of few
millions of dollars, large emigration
of stalwart people to rejoice in laboring
for the benefit Of others, regrowth of
ancient forests, and consequent plenti-
ful showers of rain to make barren
places as fruitful as they were hun
dred years ago. These small incidentals
are of course no obstacles.-Sdn Frau
cisco Chronicle.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-27
Eighteen Years without sleep.

The man who does not sleep, Saun.
ders, now resides near Parkersburg,
Virginia. Some time in 1861 or 1867
he enlisted In the Fourth Westyirginia
Volunteers and for several wears had
not slept. But 1t becoming known In
camp that lac made such pretentions, IL
aroused the curiosity of many of the
men and officers, and they set watch
upon him. The colonel and many 9th.
ers lost a great many nights sleep in
endeayoring TO entrap Saunders, but
during the whole time that he remained
member of the Fourth he was never
caught asleep. He stood guard night
after night, and week after week, paid
by sleepy-headed soldiers to take their
turns, but never was caught mapping.
He hauled coal several weeks in success
sion, only stopping long enough to eat
and change horses, and plowed in the
fields with five or six stalwart men un-
til he wore them out completely, but
never seemed to tire.
During the year 1868 he went to Phil
adelphia, and was examined by the lead
ing physicians of the country. They
sat up with him in relays of five, night
and day, and kept up an almost con.
stant stream of conversation with him,
and at the termination of twenty-nine
days discharged him with certificate,
but could give no explanation of this
freak of nature. Many stories of the
untiring energy and activity of this man
are told, and all agree who know him
that this antipOde of Rip Van Winkle
is the most sleepless man they ever
met.
Mr.. Saunders is now about fifty-six
years of age, and says that he has not
known what sleep is for eighteen
years. He himself cannot account for
it, and he says the change in his phys
ical organization occurred within three
days, and that he was never sick in his
life, and took medicine but once, and
that when he had a catarrh, about
three years ago. He is hale, hearty
man, and bids fair to live many years
yet. He is cOnscientiOusly opposed to
making a display of himself, or no
doubt long ago he would have been be-
fore the public as one of the curiosities
of the world.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-27

In the expressive language of the
Indians, the month of September is
known as the moon of turkeys. Early
in September the males collect together
by themselves, and the hens and young
ones in another flock, and continue so
for some time; all the while, however,
moving about in search Of food. In
their travels they often reach the banks
of considerable rivers, where they all
join in company. Crossing a.river is to
them an undertaking of serious magni-
tude. They first betake themselves to
the nearest eminence, and there often
remain whole day, or sometimes two,
as if for consultation. During this
time the males are heard 'gobbling,'
calling, and making much ado, and are
seen strutting about as if to raise their
courage to pitch befitting the emer-
gency--a line of conduct initiated by
the female and young. At length,
when the weather appears to be settled
and all around is quiet, the whole party
mounts to the tops Of the highest trees,
whence, at signal, consisting of sin
gle cluck, given by leader, the flock
takes fight for the opposite shore. The
old and fat birds easily get over, even
should the river be mile in breadth /;
but the younger and less robust fire.
quently fall into the water-not to be
drowned, however, as might be imag=
ined, They bring their wings close to
their body, stretch out their tail as Il
support, stretch forward their neck, &,
and, striking ont their legs with great
vigor, proceed rapidly toward the
shore; on approaching which, should
they find it too steep for landing, they
cease their eXertions for few moments,
float down the river until they come to
an accessible part, and by violent
effort generally eXtricate themselves
from the water. The tame turkey is q
direct defendant from the wild, and
there is little difference in the quality
of the flesh.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-27

pleasant dream. "What was it,
"Ihat he had been named archbishop
Of Cambria" The duke of Orleans
though Of easy morality, was scauda-
lied at the eflrOntcry of the priest.
"NOu archbishop of Cambria ~ lac said,
In tone of contempt. But Dubois was
not discouraged by the rebuff, and at
length became so importunate that the
regent exclaimed, with an oath and a
pun, which are not reprOducible, "but
who on earth will cOnsecrate yOu ?"
"oh, if that is all the difficulty" "the
affair is already arranged "But who
is it?" asked the prince. "Your first
chaplain" answered the priest; then
fell on his knees, embraced the regents
legs, aud darted OF, lie was scarcely
out Of the room before he met the bishop
of Nantes, whom he told that she had
got Cambria" and would the bishop
consecrate himy The prelate replied
that he would with pleasure, and Du-
DolS fastened back to inform the regent
and to Oyerwhelm him with thanks.
The duke of Orleans, on his side, had
not the courage or would not take the
trouble to remind Dubois that he had
not said yes; and the able took care
that it should soon DE too late for him
to say no. How much of this gossip
may be true one cannot say, but st.
Simon is generally considered as thor
Oughly trustworthy, and he probably
had the story on the authority of the
duke Of Orleans. What is certain is
that the mitre once worn by Fenelon
was born hY DnbOis.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-27

up by another vessel, and, under AN as
sumed name, lived on in Brazil. Ia the
grasp Of mortal illness, lac wrote to his
wife, asking and giving pardon. 1t
Was from him that all her wealth came,
but she has never forgiven herself"
"PoOr grandma" sobbed Mabel,
"and | have been 50 horribly hateful to
her !"
at will console her for all your
freaks, my darling, if YOU profit by her
pitiful story"
The next time Grandma Jarvis came
over Mable greeted her with a stringent
hug and a heartfelt kiss, not at all Of
the clamshell order.
"Gracious! exclaimed the old lady
Withdrawing herself little to look at
Mable; but she saw the brown eyes fill,
and her own grew dim.
"GO along, child, 90 along" she
growled under her breath. "And now
you've got your lesson, don't forgetit."
Ii would have been hard for Mabel
to do so, when the eXquisitely-wrOught
tea-set that adorned her table through
all her married life bore on every cover
the sly and eager head of tiny fox,
and the very cream pitcher had for its
handle the slender form of that treach-
erOus animal, its eager head peering
over the brim, and its long, bushy tail
curving outward at the base. Many
and many time, when some. tritling
matter irritated her, and quick or
singing word rose to her lips, Il glance
at the tea-set shut her pretty mouth
closely just in time; and when Grand
ma Jarvis came into Boston year after
Mabel's marriage, to eat her Christ
mas dinner at Mr. Selden's she nodded
quantity at the lady of the house as
she said 81 congratulate you now Me-
hetable, can do it with a clear con-
science. It's been a good hunting year
| see."
Mable cOlored and laughed, and her
husband stared, but nobody explained
the sybillic utterance, only Mrs. Lee
gave her mother loving and grateful
look, and Grandma Jarvis wiped her
spectacleS.
And the moral is--let us all 60 fox
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-27
A New Kind of Horse.

A mechanical horse has been show
Ing his PAGES at Berlin. The rider Is
mounted on hobby between two high
wheels and moves his legs in rising and
falling in the saddle, and the machine
goes as fast as fast trotting horse.
1t is all the same whether the machine
goes gently over the stones or moves
swiftly on the hard high road, and the
facility with which the strange steed
turns round corners eXcites the admira-
ton of all beholdcrs. The inventor be-
lieves horse will be of great use to por-
ters for carrying light loads, and he
has confident hopes that It will be ap-
preciated by the numerous classes who
are fond of saddle exercises, but are too
poor to maintain horses Of flesh and
blood. II Is even suggested that the
mechanical horse will make an excel
lent charger on the battlefield, as 1t is
au animal that can neither eat nor die.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-27
First Inhabitants of England.

Nothing in the earliest historical
records of Britain throws any light
upon the original occupation of the
British islands by man; indeed, nothing
tells us that Britain when so occupied
was an island at all. The straits of
Dover may have existed when the first
human being set foot upon what's now
the soil of Kent, or an isthmus may
have existed in stead. Whether then il
was by land, or whether it was by
water, that the population of Europe
propagated itself into England, is far
beyond the evidence of any historical
memorial-far beyond the evidence of
tradition. Nothing at present indicates
the nature Of the primary migration of
our earliest ancestors. Neither does any
historical record tell US what manner of
men first established themselves along
the valleys Of the Thames and Trent, or
cleared the forests along their water
sheds. They may have been as much
ruder than the rudest of the tribes seen
by Paulinus and Agricola, as those
tribes were ruder than ourselves. They
may, on the other hand, have enjoyed a
higher Civilizations civilization which
Caesar saw in its later stages only; one
which Gallc wars and other evil influ-
ences may have impaired.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-27
A Danish Tomb.


Pan MdH gazette, says: "A most inter
esting discovery of antiquarian remains
! has just been made close to the town of
| StOreheddinge in Zealand. About nine
feet below the surface of the earth Il
tumulus was discovered, surrounded as
usual with fifteen large stones raised on
end and covered with other large stones,
which when removed discloses the in
terror of the tomb, which was about
sixteen feet long and three feet wide
On the bottom was laid broad piece of
oaken plank, on which were found the
remains of a woman, evidently buried
in her clothes, the face turned toward
the east, the left arm crossed over her
chest and the right arm stretched out
by the side of the body. A large num-
Der of vessels of various kinds were
placed around the head, the most re-
markable being a cup of blue glass,
surrounded by richly chased silver
rim representing the leaves of the vine.
having an inscription in Greek charac-
ters, which translated means Fare
we'll" Next may be mentioned
another cup Of red-colored glass, and a
large vase of green glass, besides many
pieces of other cups which had been
crushed by one of the stones having
fallen in. In the blue cup the ribs, and
in the red cup other bones, of different
kinds of fishes was discovered. To the
right of the head lay gold coin which
had evidently been used as an earring,
dating from the reign of the Roman
Emperor PrObus, whose short reign
lasted from about the year 276 to 2S2.
The tomb consequently cannot date
further back than from A. ID. 27G. A
large and beautifully embossed ring of
gold enclosed the neck, and close to the
right shoulder lay thick golden pin,
probably used to hold the upper gar
ment together. On two fingers of the
right hand were two massive rings of
gold, the one spiral-formed, the other
plain, while close to the breast one
large and several smaller buckles of
silver were discovered. A collection of
bones of various animals lay close to
the feet of the body, as well as a wooden
basin Ornamented with bronze handles,
containing forty-two dice turned from
bone, and apparently used for play. In
a large Roman basin of bronze, which
stood at the extreme end Of the tomb,
the bones of a small pig were found,
other bones of the same animal being
discovered in the surrounding earth, as
well as the remains of human beings,
possibly bones of slaves who had been
sacrificed at the funeral. The discov-
cry is here being looked upon as being
of the very highest antiquarian impor-
tance, while it adds another proof of the
relations which so early existed be-
tween the north and the south, which
were mostly carried on through the
present Russian provinces, and which,
finally, in the eighth or ninth century,
eliminated in the creation of special
body-guard of the emperor in Constan-
tinople, consisting of the so-called
"Varangians"--an institution which
lasted nearly to the final overthrow of
the Byzantine Empire by the Turks.
The Government is going to institute
further researches round the tomb. as
many signs seem to indicate that this
place in olden times has been kind of
regal burial place"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-27


Whatever you do, never set up for a
critic. We don't mean newspaper
one, but in private life, in the domestic
circle in society. 1t will not do any
one good, and 1t will do you harm--if
you mind being called disagreeable. If
you don't like any ones nose, or object
to any ones chin, don't put your feel
ingsinto words. lfany ones manners do
not please you remember your own. Peo-
pie are not all made to suit one taste
recollect that. Take things as you find
them, unless you can alter them. Even
a dinner, after 1t is swallowed, can not
be made any better. Continual fault
finding, continual criticism of the con-
duct Of this one and the speech of that
one, the dress of the other and the opin-
ions of t'other, will make home the
unhappiest place under the sun, If
you are never pleased with any one, no
one will be pleased with you. And If
it is known you are hard to suit, few
will take pains to suit you,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-27
Little Foxes.

Don't be overcome yet. Maybe
you'll change your mind before the end
miss. I've got bit of advice for you
and promise to make first. The ad-
vice is, to leave off the piano for six
months and to take to the kitchen. Men
can't live on love and waltzes, much
less a man of the Selden tribe. know
'em. If he don't have good food, he'll
be sour first, and then he'll have dys-
pepsia, and there'll be a sound of a
going In the tops of the mulberry
trees; which things are n figure. But
that's the advice"
That is the way Grandma Jarvis
vented some of her views as to Mabel
Lees approaching marriage.
so grandma! replied Mabel | can
make splendid cake, and ice-pudding,
too, and Charlottes, just as good as
Cross"
"Fiddle-stick! You can't make bread
or boil potato, or broil steak"
"But anybody can do that"
Mrs. Lee smiled, and grandma turned
a withering look on Mabel.
Don't be a fool! There isn't one in
hundred can do either, and | doubt if
you've got brains to; but You might
try"
There rose up instantly mighty re-
solve IN Mabe's feminine soul to show
Grandma Jarvis that she could do more
than she gave her credit for; that she
would learn to cook in spite of this
discOuraging prophecy. 1t is just pos
sible grandma knew who she was talk
Ing to.
"Then, as to the promise. Pm going
to send you over mottO-One of those
painted gimcracks everybody hangs up
everywhere. don't know why they
call them illuminated I'm sure, except
by the rule of cOntraries, for they need
extra spectacles and a calcium light to
read them by; but you can read mine;
rubbed off the curlicues: only prom
ise to read 1t every morning before
breakfast, or can tell you you won't
get the tea set"
so yes, of course III read It grandma
the idea :"
"Well, well, if you read it, you'll
think about it, I'll warrant. Now |
must go home and send John over with
the things; and, with frosty little
caress on Mabel's fair cheek, and
nod to her mother, the old lady went.
"Grandma kisses me just like clam
she'll" said Mabel, in half-soliloquy as
she sat down again by the window.
Her mother could not help laughing
for the cool nip of thin lips, that was
grandma's substitute for kiss, GER
tainly did suggest shells and claminess.
John came directly back with the pack
age, and Mabel eagerly united and un-
folded it. The motto was printed in
large German text, easy to read though
gay with gold and colors, and 1t ran
thus:
"Take up the foxes, the little foxes
that spoil the vines; for our vines have
tender grapes"
Mabel started.
Mother, what on earth does it
meanY"
Mrs. Lee smiled and sighed, both as
she read the legend over the girls
shoulder. look here, Nab" said she
slipping a fiat gold hoop over her third
finger, and the girl read inside, "Be-
ware of little foxesW and looked up,