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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-01-21
A BAD RAILROAD ACCIDENT.

An excursion train returning from the
Moody and Sankey meeting at Hartford
fell through the trestle bridge on the
Connecticut Western railroad into the
Pennington river, just beyond Tariff
vile, about IL miles from Hartford, at
10 o'clock Tuesday evening. and many
people were killed and wounded. At
last accounts thirteen dead bodies had
been recovered; twenty-nine wounded.
Two engines, one baggage car and three
passenger cars went down.
Among the killed are Mrs. Benjamin
Carman of Winsted, Miss Minnie Allen,
daughter of Henry Allen of the Hurlbut
bank of Winsted, Uri Whiting of Win
chester, VIM. and E. E. Gilman (broth.
ers and Geo. P. Hatch, one of the engi
neers; missing, Janet Warner of East
Canaan, supposed to be ia the wreck
Among the wounded are I. M. Gilmore
conductor, badly; Rev. W. H. Thoma
of West Winsted, both legs broken
Thomas Franey. engineer, Dwight Cas-
and wife of Barkhamsted, Austin Adams
Of Canaan, Charles Dakin of Sharon
Warren A. Pinney of Winsted, al
seriously.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-01-21

AS greenbacks approach par in value
they are regarded with more favor on
the Pacific coast-a fact which may be-
come of prime Importance in assisting
resumption One hundred dollars in
greenbacks at San Francisco will now
procure $97.75 of gold coin, while 800
in silver will procure only $95 % of
gold. Hence merchants take greenbaeks
much more readily than silver, and are
beginning to take them in payment for
goods without discount. The use of
greenbacks to any large extent on the
Pacific coast would of course release a
like amount of gold from the pockets of
the people and increase the supply to
the Government for resumption purposes.
Another important result is that trade
dollars are being sent from San Francis
co to the prairie States, and sold for
greenbacks, and profit of 2 IL per cent
being divided between the buyer and
seller, The buyer, if he be large
manufacturer, pays ont the trade doll
ars to his help, who chuckle over the
return of a silver dollar, if not the doll
ars of the daddies, ignorant of the fact
that they are being paid in poorer
dollar than they have earned. The
banks, of course, must refuse to take
them at par, as they are not legal ten.
der, and not worth so much as paper
money. Yet these trade dollars are
7 IL grains heavier than the old silver
dollar which Bland and the Western
people wish to remonetize.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-01-21

population of Great Britain, have view
ed the course taken by the ruling pow
ers of England, in upholding a govern
ment like that of Turkey in its control
over subjugated Christian States, and in
a rule that has been SO oppressive and
so Infamous as to acquire the appella-
ton of the worst governments in exist
ence. It's conduct of the war and es-
pecially the atrocities in Bulgaria have
added deeper infamy to its character
1t is coming now to be very generally
felt, even in England, as it was by some
at the time, that the intervention of
England in the Crimean war was both a
blunder and wrong; but that wrong
was small compared with what it would
be If England should now, for the sake
of remotely Strengthening her English
possessions, and, out of jealousy toward
Russia, interpose to uphold the Moham-
medan rule over Christian States, and
for such a purpose endanger the peace
of the world. Observer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-01-21


On Tuesday the Democrats in the Ohio
legislature elected George H. Pendleton
to the United States Senate for the term
beginning March 4, 1879. During the
war Mr.. Pendleton was man of we'll
known disunlon proclivities, and he has
recently announced himself as in favor
of the full reconciliation of silver and
the indefinite postponement of resump-
tion. so that, on the whole, he seems to
fairly represent about everything that is
anti-democratic in politics and unreason-
able in financial affairs. His election
to the Senate upon such record falls
little short of being disgrace to the
good State of Ohio.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-01-21

A correspondent of the Boston Journal
says; "SOme days ago sensational re-
port was published to the effect that the
State Treasurer was out of money, and
was without funds to meet the necessary
State expenses. To get the facts, l
called upon State Treasurer Page, and
asked that might be told the truth
relative to these reports. He said the
finances we're pretty low, but on Febru.
airy lst there is another State tax COM
ing in. This system of collecting this
tax IN February is for the allowance
made for advance payments. The fiscal
year ends with July next and he has all
the money provided for that, and can lay
his hands on it at any time. Everything
is provided for, and if he wanted twenty
times more than the amount he has pro-
vided for he could obtain it. People
need not borrow any trouble about the
State of Vermont's finances
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-01-21

for distribution to colleges, libraries and
scientific specialists. A series of Bulle.
tins are also issued in which requiring
special and immediate attention may
be found. There are also the mis-
cellaneous publications, such as meteor
ology, distances and attitudes, catalogues
etc.
As an illustration of the esteem and
appreciation in which the work accom-
plished is held abroad. | quote Gen.
Richard StracheY of the Royal Engineers
OF England as a gentleman of high scien.
tlfic attachments in this country:
sit is an undertaking in all respects
most honorable to your government and
to the men of science who have been
their agents in carrying it out. In truth
1t is; l believe, the only really scientific
survey of a great country ever entered
upon UNDINE.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-01-21

SECRETARY SoHURz.- Perhaps no
man in the Cabinet has been more quiet
or attended to his business better than
Secretary Schurz. He has set himself
to clear up the misty things of his de-
partment, and keeps to work with a
vigOr that is making understanding
rings and whiskey rings and Indian
Bureau rings tremble and turn pale.
He evidently believes in actions and
not words. Of course the perpetrators
of unearthed frauds howl, and some
specimens of the press are foolish enough
to join in their cry, but it cannot for a
moment be supposed that Secretary
Schurz will not be upheld and applaud.
by every honest man in the country
The thorough work that he is doing
should serve as an example to Other
officials.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-01-21

1t is difficult, writes war correspond
ent, to describe as it is, indeed, almost
impossible to understand even on the
spot, the marvellous rapidity of fire and
the enormous quantity of bullets that
are whizzing in the air. Above the roll
of musketry is heard the whistling, like
strong wind blowing through the
trees. These are the showers of bullets
that rain upon the ground anywhere
within radius of mile and half
from the fight, and the oftener he hears
this sound the more its significance be-
comes clear to him. 1t means that ev-
cry man of the thousands engaged in
is firing several times minute, more
or less, as he fires at random or takes
aim. The Turk, as is we'll known, does
not take aim, but fires from the hip wher
in the field, lays his rife on the parapet
when behind intrenchments, and shoot;
somewhere in the direction of his enemy
and depends more on the quantity o
bullets he sends than the direction o
them. When this fact is borne in min,
it will be easily understood why tn
proportion of dead and wounded is S
great in every battle that has take
place.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-01-21

With the exception of the passage of
Fernando Woods drag-net resolution,
Congress has transacted no business of
Importance since the session was resumed.
Both houses-the Senate on Thursday,
and the House on Monday-have refused
to give hearing to the woman suffra-
gists. The next two or three weeks are
likely to be occupied by the Senate with
dry and uninteresting debate on the
silver question. On Monday, in that
body, Mr.. Edmunds of this State offered
a substitute for the Stanley Matthews
Reputation resolution, which states tn,
case for single standard and the pres
ervation of the public faith in the strong
est possible language.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-01-21

GEN. MCCLELLAN ON THE FINANCIAL
ToPICs.-The part of the inaugural adj
dress of Governor Mcclellan of New
Jersey which is devoted to the consider
alton of the financial question, shows
that the new Executive has positive
ideas, and those which will meet the ap-
proval of the whole country in the course
of few years as they do now of the
people of the Eastern States, where the
subject is best understood. AS a Pres
idential aspirant he holds views which
are not popular with large majority of
his party; but men of both parties and
holding different opinions on the cur
rency question. will entertain higher
respect for the more positive declara-
tions than they can have for Ex-Governor
Hendricks of Indiana, who cannot be
induced to express an opinion on the
most important of all topics.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-01-21
TURKEY AND ENGLAND.

The Russo-Turkish war appears to be
approaching its last stages. With the
fall of Plevna, and the capture of the
entire army which defended it; with
the taking of the Shipka Notifications
and army; with the Servian and Mon
tenegrin successes, with the occupation
of Sofia, and the Russian army moving
on to take possession of the ancient
Turkish capital. Adrianople, the inhab-
itants of which are fleeing by the thou
sands to Constantinople, which is as
destitute Of real defences as Adrianople
and with Erzeroum in the East complete
ly invested, the condition of Turkey is
now absolutely desperate.
Should the time of her humiliation
as European power, or even a Euro
pean State. be at hand, she will have
no one to thank for her misfortunes so
much as England. The course which
the British Ministry took before the
war, and which it has persistently taken
during its continuances, has been calcu-
lated only to lure the Ottoman govern
ment on to its ruin. But for the fac
tions and selfish spirit manifested by
the English government, the result of
jealousy and fear of Russia, the war
might have been averted, and the Turk
bound down to some reasonable guaran-
tees for the better government of his
Christian subjects. And ere this the
war might have been brought to an end,
but for the encouragement which the
Sultan has received from the Queen OF
England to presevere in the strife under
the delusive hope that the government
of the Queen would come to his aid in
any extremity. The extremity has
come, but not the aid. Turkeys ally
leaves her alone in distress. 1t is tru,
we hear of preparations for active inter
vention, movements in English dock
yards, movements of the English Navy
gatherings of troops at Malta, but thes
are the very things that have encour
aged Turkey to 60 on with suicida
conflict, and the probability is that he
ruin will now be complete. If England
intervenes at this late day, she will d.
it not only at the peril of war with Rus
sid, but at the greater peril of involvin
Europe in general conflict which ma
humble British pride even more than !
has been humbled within the last TWEEN
! ty-fve years.
1t is with great pain that Cbristia
} people in different parts of the worlc
including a large part of the Christia
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-01-21
IMPORTANT AMENDMENT.

Senator Edmunds has introduced the
following constitutional amendment
No state shall make any law respecting
the establishment of religion or prohibit
ing the free exercise thereof, and no re-
ligious test shall ever be required as
qualification to office or public trust un.
der any state. No public property and
no public revenue or any loan of credit
by or under the authority of the United
States or any state, territory. district,
or municipal corporation. shall be appro-
priated to, or made or used for the sup
port of any school, educational or other
institution. under control of any rehgi-
Gus or nti-religious sect, organization
or denomination, or where the particular
creed, or tenets of any religious OF anti
religious sect, organization or denomina-
ton shall he taught, and no such par
ticular creed or tenets shall be read or
taught in any school or institution sup
ported in whole or IN part by such reve-
nue. or loan of credit, and no such APP
preparation shall be made to any religi-
Gus or anti-religious sect, organization
or denomination, or to promote its In
terest or tenets. This article shall not
be construed to prohibit the reading Of
the Bible in any school or institution
and shall not have effect to impair
rights or property already vested.-Ver
| mont Journal
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-01-21
WAR NOTES

The Vienna correspondent Of the
Times telegraphs that the Porte has
abandoned the hope of Suleiman Pasha
being able to reach Adrianople, and
that the Turks are preparing to evacuate.
LONDON, Jan. II. A Cologne Gaz-
cite special says the Russians are before
Phillippopolis, battle is imminent, and
the foreign consular representatives de-
manded suspension of arms for "a hours
to send away n-combatants.
The Turkish armistlee plenipoten-
tiaries have arrived at a town called
Mustapha Pasha, and will wait there
for the return of the envoy sent to the
Russian camp to facilitate their further
journey. They will reach Kezaulk on
Saturday or Sunday.
LONDON, Jan. IL. An official account
of the capture of schipka Pass states
that four Pashas, $50 officers, $4,000
prisoners and 81 guns were captured.
The Russian loss in killed and wounded
is 1854 men. The Russian vanguard
has occupied Eski Saghra and Yeni Sag
hra, which were evacuated and burnt
by the inhabitants. General Skobelef
has captured Tatat Bazardjik and Vet
renown.
Peterson's Magazine for February il
already on our table, and more thar
maintains the popularity of this unriv
allied lady's book. We thought The
steel engravings, in the January mum
Der, could not be excelled. but the prin
cipal one for February. 1.-The Chal
lenge,' representing mischievous cir
about to throw a snow ball, is, by al
odds, the best that has appeared, any
where, for years. There are many VIII,
would give a years subscription for thi
picture alone. The stories are even bet
ter than usual, and this is saying tn
most that can be said. "Her Creditor,
by Frank Lee Benedict, is very power
full SO also is 1.-The November Night :
both such stories as one rarely reads il
these days. There are about fifty woo,
engravings, of the latest styles in fash
ions, of patterns for the work table, etc.
etc., besides the usual double-size color
ed steel-plate of late Paris fashions. A
its price. two dollars year, this is sim
ply the cheapest of the really good mag
azines. If you have not subscribed al
ready, do it at once, or get up clu
for it, and earn copy Free Specimen
sent to get up clubs with. Address tn
publisher. Charles j. Peterson, 80
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-01-21
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE MEET.
ING


Previous to to the present winter the
Vermont Board of Agriculture has held
one meeting at Newport. one meeting
at Craftsbury, one at North Troy and
two at Irasburg, each continuing two
days and holding four or five sessions.
The first meeting was at Newport and
was properly advertised but the first day
only two farmers of Orleans County
were present as audience they were
Henry Howard and Scion Emerson.
Among the speakers present were DR..
Boynton of Woodstock, Prof. Collier of
Burlington, Prof. Pringle of Charlotte,
and several others from a distance, and
DR.. Hoskins editor Of vt. Farmer and
2. E. Jameson member of the Board.
Other meetings were more fully at
tended but come short of the attendance
in other counties. The Board desire to
meet at different places in the county SC
as to give in time all the citizens an op.
portunity to attend.
This year an invitation came to the
Board from Albany, and was accepted
It is in the midst of a good farming
community and will doubtless, be vel
attended.
All farmers that can, ought to attend
some of the sessions, The programme
indicates that some very interestin.
subjects will be presented by citizens ant
members of the Board. Z. E. J.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-01-21

A Washington special says that Mr..
Conkling was spoken to several times,
with respect to the report that he in
tended to offer a resolution for investi-
eating the charges in the Chandler
letter. He replied in substance that he
never had any such notion that the
proposition is entirely absurd. He
could not imagine that any body in the
republican party would attemptto throw
discredit on the title of their own presi-
dent.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-01-21

of transformations living in the White
House, and the cabinet are following it.
the ladies having talked the matter over
and resolved not to keep up the free
lunch system at their receptions or to
give any costly entertainments-ln short,
to live within their husbands salaries.
1t would have saved the country a good
deal of scandal if such rule had been
adopted at Washington some years ago. I"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-01-21

SOCIAL REFoRM.-A reform almost
equal in Importance to that of the civil
service is said to have been inaugurated
at Washington. A good authority says:
1.-The sensible reform in the social re-
gime at Washington which the admins
tratiOn has inaugurated is not the least
of its service 70 the country. The Pres
ident's family have set good example
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-01-21
MOODY AND SANKEY IN HART
FORD.

The meetings of the first week at
Hartford were of increasing interest and
largely attended. The second week be-
gan on Sunday, Jan. 13, with three
crowded meetings at the Rink, and over
flow services at FIVE churches in the city
$4,000 seats. at least, being occupied.
The regular church services, morning
and afternoon, were also attended by
large crowds of people, and the interest
was unprecedented. Mr.. Moody preach
ed three sermons during the day, and
conducted an inquiry meeting in the
evening. at which several hundred per-
sons we're present. He has met with
hearty sympathy in his work, and has
the support of the leading clergymen of
the city, and of scores of prominent
business men. Here and there his meth
DDS are criticised, but no systematic OPP
position has been developed against
him. Rev. DIR. Crane, speaking from
experience of Is years in Hartford, says
that he has not known the churches and
the community to be SO deeply impress
ed with sense of the Divine presence
as is now the case. Afternoon services
will be held four days this week. noon
day prayer meetings every day, anC
preaching at the Rink every evening
except Saturday. The work embrace
all classes and interests, and is the mos
effective, probably ever witnessed in tn
State.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-01-21

>-Ss------
NEW PORTABLE BATTERY.-A new
galvanic battery employing paper as a
vehicle for the liquid has been brought
out. 1t is made on the plan of the DAN
iell cell and consists of circular disk
of zinc and another of copper, the two
being placed one over the other, and
separated by number of disks of pa
per. These paper disks are first bound
together In a mass, and are then soaked
in saturated solution of sulphate of
copper, care being taken to wet only
one-half of the bundle. The bundle of
disks is then turned over and the other
half is soaked in solution of sulphate
of zinc. When we'll saturated the liqu-
id is allowed to drain away, the paper
retaining enough of the solution to car
ry on the work. Tho zinc disk 10 placed
at the end of this mass of paper next
the part soaked in the zinc solution, and
the copper disk is placed at the other
end. A copper rod, insulated from the
paper and the zinc, passes through the
bundle to the copper disk and serves to
keep the whole in position. The rod
also passes through the slate cover Of
the glass vessel in which the battery is
kept and makes one of the poles. This
battery, depending only on the moisture
held in the paper, is portable and is re-
ported to remain constant for year.
When needing renewal, it is only ne.
eessary to re-soak the lower part of the
paper in sulphate of copper, or to put in
new zinc or fresh paper. The battery
has been found useful in medical appli
cations, and as battery for field tele.
graphing.-Scribner for February.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-01-21

Mr.. Manton Marble, formerly editor
of the New York World. intimates that
Tilden proposes to be the democratic
candidate for the presidency in 1880,
and the one idea that he was elected
in 1876 and cheated out of the Office.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-01-21
Nine cents make one dime.
Nine dimes make one dollar.
Nine dollars make one eagle

The postmaster-general reports that
more than 200 offices, since last quarter
by the increase of their business have
become what is called Presidential
offices, or offices in which the postmaster
is to be appointed by the President. A
large portion of these are in the South.
Mr.. Key thinks this indicates prosperity.
Some lumbermen, by way of joke,
convinced one of their number, after he
had recovered from spree, that he had
murdered magistrate. The poor fell
low took to the woods, wandered there
for ten days without food, became raw
ing maniac, and was taken to an asylum.
Another exempliication of the criminal
folly of many practical jokes.
A meeting of wooden manufacturers
from various parts of New England was
held at Boston Thursday to take action
in regard to a modification of the pres
ent tariff on wool and woolens. David
A. Wells and number of others dis
cussed the question, all advocating ex-
tremely low rates of duty and absolute
free trade in preference to continuance
of the present system. The meeting
was practically unanimous in support of
these views, and committee was APP
pointed to draw up memorial of Con-
gress.
A novel suit has been brought in
Hanover, N. H. John McNally has
sued Tyler Newton for $500 said
amount being for room rent, fuel and
light during the defendants courtship
of the plaintiffs step-daughter-a Pc
riod of over four years. McNally has
attached the recreant Newton's stock of
goods, and there is no end Of trouble.
That is altogether too thin. What
would the majority of us have left if we
were compelled to settle up for all such
little expenses that we inflicted on some
one in former years I?
The imports at New York for 1877
were 1929, 100000, or about $24,
600 advance on last years, but less
than for any other year of the previous
SIX. and SlO0,O00,000 less than for the
year 1872. The imports of specie were
100000, against $26.O00,000 the
previous year. The exports were $685..
43l, 900 for the year, an increase Of
about S9.O0O,OOO. The export of spe.
Gle was $27, 100000, against $43. 0o0,.
| 900 in 1876, and S67,500,OO0 il
1876.
| Another tragedy was enacted at New
Hampshire on Wednesday. The story
briefly told is this: A brutal fellow
named James G. Jessmau, who had sep
arated from his wife, went to her sis
ter's, in Dorchester, on Wednesday
knocked her down and choked her. Mrs
Jessman's sister (Mrs. Dow gave her ;
revolver and told her to shoot her hus
band. She fired two shots at him, nei
Their of which took effect. Mrs. Dow
then attempted to regain possession o
the weapon. to prevent further shooting
when it exploded, wounding Mrs. Dow
fatally.