Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-08-28
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WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 28, 1873.
Deferred News Items.

were uiIud9tu ny ndll sloneS.
The annual fair of the Chttenden county
agricultural society will be held at Essex
Jun ton, on either the last week in Sep
,cmber or the first of October.
jay Cookies estate will pay sixty per
cent Of his Indebtedness, and it is becom
iny clear that but for his having been
forced into bankruptcy, he could have
pid one hundred per cent.
Julgr Wheeler has decided the case of
ex-senator Sprague and j. Russell Par
s,ns against Adriance, Platt & Co which
embraces the entire Buckeye moving ma
chimes, in favor of the plaintiffs. Sprague
and Parsons.
Iisamltter of very little moment who
may he YOUR governor. but it is n matter
of life and death to this old land of ours
that we have legislature representing the
menhood. civilization, intelligence and
ri tue of South Carohna.- Wdde Hump
ton.
An Ohio boy was hit in the eve by a
stone which girl threw. The boy died,
and the authorities have the girl in custo
Is. 1t is no use. The girl cannot be con-
ya,d Of any thing. She didn't do it in.
10 gnally. n girl or woman ever hl
what she threw at.
There is undoubted evidence that some
Of the qutils imported last year and turned
OFT in Rtland, have returned to theil
breeding ground in Rutland. Several
b oois Of half grown quails have been
found before the quails turned out this year
had time to hatch their young.
Tha. thorough democrat, the New York
Express, says that if Tilden thinks tn
country is a horse that is going 10 stand
still four years 10 let him climb up into the
saddle in 1850. because another fellow got
h. seat in 1876, he has mistaken the Ma
.lre Of the animal, and is doomed 10 dis
appointment.
Says the Nation, " No party in our time
can I've on hate alone; it must show the
opacity to govern. A man of Mr.. Fos
..r sense surely cannot expect the south
70 reveal in one short year its gratitude for
Laying been subjected for twelve years to
.ha rule of the little party of jail biri>
who have been testifying before the Potter
t0mmittee.'
Al er several corners" have been en-
gnerret on wheat, the large grain houses
in N~w York admit that the yield in the
northwestern wheat States will exceed tha
Of last year ten per cent. In New York
the wheat crop will be very large, and the
hay immense, so that it is selling in he
Inferior OF the state for six 10 seven dollars
The ton.
The Utica Herald says: The point is
made that Gen. Grant, in accepting the
freedom of the city of London, became
citizen of London. 1t is also alleged that
in doing SO he was required to swear allie.
glance to the city. Accordingly he had
accepted obligations which affect his citi
z'nship as an American. and he is not
e ,ihlo to the presidency. Let the lawyers
v. out the problem.
7 government wants about 1000 men
a up the army quota allowed by con
-..,. These are now being rapidly en-
A'leI ut the various recruiting stations
ION among The better class of mechanics |
out of employment. Great care is exer-
cjsed in their selection, and the suspicion
Of doubt as to the character health or
age Of the applicant operates as bar to
his enlistment. None are accepted below
p years of age or over 35. The majority
are Of native birth.
During thunder storm in Felchville, |
recently, the store occupied by Horatio
e Hawkins was struck by lightning set
,ing it on fire. The building, with most
Of the goods, was completely consumed.
When the bolt descended Mr.. Hlwkins
WAS in IN upper room with o kerosene
lamp sorting paper stock He was stunned
ior a moment, the lamp had exploded
wden he came to and the rags were on
fire, and it WAS with difficulty he saved
himself
A Rum MANIAC RIDES TO His DEATH
\ passenger train on the Springfield,
Jackson and Pomeroy narrow guage rail-
way WAS standing atthe Bainbridge, Ohio.
saon. recently, while the engineer and
fireman being ut dinner. A bert Pepple, n
re>ldrn, of Bainbridge, crazed with drink,
trta ched the engine from The train, pull
ci The throttle wide open before any one
could interfere, and the engine flew oyer
tie rails AZ the rae of fifty miles IN hour.
Coming to a short curve the engine jump
ell the track and II on its side complete
wreck. People was mangled in Il fearful
manner and died soon afterwards.
An agricultural paper in France heralds
the disco cry Of what must prove great
''''-I"-' II II bC ItiIIl us eluCltuL us IL
supposed, Il Is an extremely simple and
ch ap method of protecting houses from
iglitnng. This consists merely of bundles
straw attached to sticks or broom
landIe>, and placed on the roofs of honses
10 an upright position. The first trials of
l2e simple apparatus were made at
IarDcs upper Pyrenees, by some intelli-
.ni,f ,ar,. ,l',,, 7'o' "''a I0sut, W.
rm,a, ~ H. t'',fs T.,Ion %;.,r; 49, ;ioS III
their hnnso. y.;,h ,bosa Vs. h',ni,p, oi ~ stror,
md ,nera b,ro .;noo hoan no oao;don,:
from, T,,h,,;no, IT,, ,o,,;o,,sIr, ,hnr,
v,ra Al '7,1,ra',5i,, ,n' t.noro p0'' ''
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Rochester, n. Y, has made the pleas
ant no; weather discovery that glacier
has been around, but as it did its work
something like hundred thousand years
$50, The chill has mostly worn OH In
dggng almost anywhere in the south
western part Of the city one strikes few
l.et below the surface, a layer of polished
mestone-sometlmes utilized as n cellar