Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-09

| thOrlZed vote by the people rs 10 WleCileI
they desire to stop Chinese immigration
Cheering news comes, by the way of the
Rochester Democrat, that the Chsolm
murderers are to be punished-at the day
of Judgment.
Miss Anna Dickinson is reported TO be
writing Il new playa comedy She
works many hours every day upon it, and
with great enthusiasm.
Fast Tennessee, which was loyal to the
Union, is now equally loyal to the state,
and almost unanimously opposed to repu-
diatoa of the state debt.
Rev. c. Chnquy Inns published a fresh
list of French Canadian converts from 10
manism to the number of one hundred and
nine, and all of whom have turned within
the last few weeks.
The man who discarded hat, coat, boots
and set about converting New York from
its sins, stripped for such tremendous job
that people thought he was crazy to I'M
dertake it. Probably he was.
The three highest officers of the govern
i,lcnt Hayes nor Speaker Randall gave
New Years callers any liquor, and Vice
President Wheeler would follow the same
rule if he bad entertained.
A wild prophecy is made by the Rev.
DR.. Wild of Brooklyn. He says that in
1882 a war will commence and continue
lilty-thrce years when the millennium will
be ushcred in. lie inclnes to the belief
that Grant will be one of the chief gener-
ais.
The Springfield Republican says of Mr..
Bowles' condition :-"On the whole, while
under the most favorable circumstances,
his condition must remain critical for n
long time to come, there seems again
ground for the hope which last week was
almost abandoned"
Advices received in Boston from India
announce the death of Rev. VIM. Tracy,
u. d., for forty years missionary of the
American Board in India. He had been
for the most part employed in the Madura
| field lie was II native of Norwich, Conn,
and was seventy years of age.
What is you chief consolation in life?'
asked Il pastor of II young lady in his
Bible class The young lady bIushed and
hesitnted, hut on the question being re-
pratrd the ingenious maiden said: "
don't like to lel you his name, but have
no objection to tell YOU where he lives.
Experiments in cremation show that all
that i, mortal of It thirty five pound bull
dog can be got into pint bottle, and thai
the earthly remains of II cat can be pre-
served in u small tumbler. A peculiar
result WAS that the ashes of white ca
took up less space than the crematec
carcass Of black puss.
Senator Gordon intends to address The
Senate on the reform of the civil service
following the line, it is understood, ht
took in executive session regarding thu
New York custom house nominations. Ii
will favor the appointment of officials OF
the ground of capacity, and not for polltl
cal favor, and retention in office durin!
good behavior.
a Western paper aptly puts the silve
case thus: mo enc would want tw,
quart measures, one equal to but nine
tenths of the other. What sane man want
two standard dollars, one worth one-tentl
less than the other?" Nevertheless Their
are a great many men who just now pre-
tend to believe that nine-tenths of Il valu
BILE thing is worth as much us tho whole.
Harvard College is to have new build
ing for recitation purposes to be calle
Sever Hall 1t is sadly needed. 1t i
provided for in II bequest of Mrs. j. w
Sever, who left one hundred an
forty thousand dollars to the college
one hundred thousand dollars for thi
building, twenty thousand dollars for tn
library and twenty thousand dollars fu
other purposes not specified.
The state reform school can accommc
: date. comfortably, one hundred and sixtee
boys and sixteen girls, and the preser
complement of one hundred and thirty fou
boys and seventeen girls makes ovel
crowded and uncomfortable quarters fo
them all. Sixteen of the inmates NJ
lodged in IN unfinished attic of the boile
building, and the girls department is full
additional room being required in that d
reCtiOn.
Gov. Robinson of New York, in his NJ
nual message, echoed the cry of fraud wit
respect to the presidency. He had the III
5 blushing assurance to assert that II majol
. ty Of the people believe the presidency
held by one not elected to that office, I'm
} without u moral title to its powers IN
honors. W. Z. Chandler must hold II sin
ilnu ia, l,,,t ,,oit Of than, will
able to reverse the legal settlement of tt
presidential controversy.
The yield of precious metals in thirty
one mines of California, Nevada, Arizon
2 and Utah, gave y total value of S4,76S,3 &c
[ in November, which is ut the rate of S57
5 2i9,600 year. The aggregate yield {
the smaller mines and from wastings an
} pockets is by no means inconsiderabl
and it is probable that the product for tt
= whole country for the current fiscal yei
. will not fall short of that of last yea
which was about $S4,0O0,0C0.
The New York courts open the ne
wears record creditably by sentcncin
President Lambert of the American Popl
lar life insurance company to five year
Imprisonment for his perjury aud fraut
This is the second such sentence within
= few weeks, President Case of the Securit
Z company having been given the same pun
ishment, and the chance of II state
. prison term will apparently have to t
taken into account by Insurance swindle
hereafter.
In Mexico, O,wego county, N. Y, tt
e merchants formed u protective societ
4 against persons who contracted debts an
did not pay them. They published Il Ii
= of the dead beats in the village newspape
a Thereupon the house of the secretary
Y the association was burned, the president
t drug store was set on fire. and the edtC
t was warned that he would have neitbC
# house nor Office if he Published the Ii
5 again. This happened in New York, NJ
+ in Mississippi.
= John Dmon in the american CuHiuatt
says: Sheep will improve any farm c
which | have ever known them kep
there is nothing like sheep in IN orchal
= for the good of the trees and the qualit
of the fruit. earnestly recommend n
- brother farmers to keep IL few sheep {
!. the farm; take good care of them, keep /
n exact account with them, and my opinic
" is that in nine eases out of ten you W
T., J. find them extremely profitable. AS
; breed keep any that you like best, b
:, determine to SECURE at least u small not
, of selected animals.