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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-01-25

THE MURDERER TArRo.-The SUPREME
Courts decision in the case of Edward
Tatro, who murdered Mrs Alice Butter. in
liighgate. in June. 1876, was rendered BY
Judge Redfcld, and overruled all the OBJ
jeetions brOught-as to the juror who had
formed but not expressed al opinion rs to
the testimony relating to- the respondent :
condition OF mind at the time OF his con
| lesion and as to his intOxicatiOn. OF the
murderer : conduct the Messenger says.
During the rendition OF the judgment, Ia
trO sat listening. seemingly not understand
ing the purpOrt. and as the court proceeded
to dispose OF other cases, there was no
visible change OF expression upon his coun-
tenance Soon atIerward, Mr.. Mct,ettrick,
one OF his counsel. went aBd whispered 20
him, and after that his look was one of sad
ness and despair. At the conclusion of
other business. the Chief Justice directed
the clerk to call HIM and ask il he had any,
thing to say why sentence of death should
not be pronounced upon him. lie made no
response, whereupOn Chief Justice Pier
point IN a few words told him OF the crime
the Indictment. the tair trial in the court
below. the earnest defence by his able
counsel, the conviction, the care with which
the law affecting his case had been reviewed |
by the present tribunal. and the Judgment
- which they had come lie then pro |
nounced sentence, That you. Edward |
Tatro, be hanged by the neck until You ara /
dead. on the nrst !rlday in April, ISoO,
between the hours OF one O'Clock and three
o clock IN che afternoon. and that you be
confined IN the States Prison Tor two years
previous to said execution, the first twenty
months OF which shall bespent at hard labor.
aud the remaining time in solitary cOntne-
ment; and may God have mercy upon you
TatrO received 1t without apparent emotion,
and Immediately accompanied Deputy
sheriff Place to the All. s-m-rkIng C. soon
A. they had emerged from the court room.
ny 49,, that settles my hash" After
he reached the jAIl and had CJnv5Tsed with
he other prisoners, he shGwod deeper sen
ability and displayed considerable emotion.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-01-25

Across TIE LAKE. - The report of the
equalization committee in Clinton county
shows Sl2, PSI ,s54 as the amount of yaIua-
ton for 1877.
Deacon Marcus Barnes, an old resident of
Port Douglass, died the other day He be-
came deacon in lSI7, and held the Office
with the same church until his death, fire.
quently preaching when the regular pastor
was absent or incapaeitated. lie was also
known IN that vicinity as stump" ex-
FOUNDER, and had become a familiar land
mark. His only son died in the Union
army.
ROuses Point comes forward first this
year with the annual story of seventeen
year locusts. by claiming that quantity of
earth which was conveyed into house for
parlor plants, under the influence of the
heat, Matched out a marvellous quantity Of
these winged insects.
A fire company al Whitehall names among
Its LIST OF officers a surgeon, assistant sur
geon, chaplain, Organist blower, water car
rIer and assistant water carriers.
While chOpping wood in the forests. with
the thermometer indicating 2Oe below zero.
Dennis COnnell. of Eiizlbethtown, broke
bis leg. the bones protruding from the
uesh. lie was three miles from homo at the
time OF the accident and alone The only
alternative was to freeze TO death or drag
himself home over the snow and ice. After
struggling in that manner from O'Clock in
The morning until almost sundowu, he
crawled along until within calling distance
Of b 9 residence
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HAJOR CIRCUIT.


Vermont Soldery. whose blood ia tetchsd from
fathers Of war proof
Maj. Josiah Circuit, OF Newport, respond
ed.
lie said Vermont had line OF Revolutionary
soldiers sec nj To none. At their head was Ethan
Allen, and among whom were Seth Warner and
Remember Baker. They were known as the Green
Mountain BOys-weTe not only her first military
men. hut her statesmen, Their legislation rs not
Of the modern type, but in all their deliberations
observed most scrupulOus!y the spirit OF right and
essence OF Justice always enact'ng on the side OF
virtue. They declared Vermont TO be free state,
and il had ever been. They terminated and pro-
teced those forces of which were born her indepen
dencs, her peace, her Constitution, her separate
standing rs state. her past and her present pros
perity. lie alluded to the part the soldiers OF Yer
mont play ed IN the Rebellion. paying high tri
butte TO their bravery and attention TO DUTY.
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TIE GOVERNOR.


President Hibbard read the following de-
| spateh which had been sent to Gov. Fair
| banks,
| Four hundred and THY Sons and Daughters OF
| Vermont. residents Of Chicago, never before so
| proud Of the Commonwealth which is the mother Of
Is ALL assembled tonight. at our first annual fes-
uyal, send back greetings to you and through you,
| to all VermOnters at hons, The mountains and
valleys Of the evergreen State are standards still of
| rural beauty, and her institutions are sill our
boast, our memory is passionate with gratefuness
| and tenedctiOns.
Mr. E. B. Sherman, OF the Executive
| Committee, next read the regrets. Among
the letters was one from the Hon. Horace
Fairbanks, Governor OF Vermont. in which
he said
" Every loyal Vermenter will rejoice with me to
know that our brothers who have gone into voun-
tary exile are still, the poet had it, though not
IN the same ignOhe sense,
True patriots all. for be il understood
We lett our country Tor our country's good
IS While we at home feel the drain upon our men
tai moral and industrial resources, by reason OF the
exodus OF so many OF cur noble sons and daughters,
We know that our loss il others gain.
The first century o. our national existence
has more than fulfilled the measure OF prophetic
promise. Whether the future viii furnish a full
hlment OF those prophetic visions, in their fulfill
ment will depend upon how well we carry on the
great work so we'll begun Let see to it that
We transmit to our children unimpaired all those
=
which we received as 4 precious legacy from our
ancestors
Letters were also received from William
NJ. ESarts. Secretary of State Justin S.
Morrill,. Senator George +. Edmunds,
Senator Luke p. Poland, ex-Representa-
tive Timothy P Redfeld, Judge Supreme
Court L. E. Chit;enden, ex-Register of
the Treasury George Nichols. Secretary
Of State OF Vermont james B. Angel, Pre-
sident University Of Michigan VI. II. Buck
ham. President University Of Vermont; Peter
SAKE, Los Angeles. CAL; Judge James Bar
rett, Woodstock E. H. Bennett, Taunton,
Mass. {; NJ. E Cheney, Frederick Billings,
Woodstock I; D. Nichols. Rutland the
Hon. q. ii. Joyce. Representative from the
First District; Ryland Fletcher, Proctors
vile; F. HOlbEoOk, BrattlebOro /; E. j.
Phelps, Burlington; John B. Page, Rut-
land Daniel Roberts, Burlington; Hilan6
Hall, Bennington; A. Ii. WOrthen. Spring-
field. Ill !; 6. Ii. Harlow. Springfield; F.
E. Woodbridge, Vergennes; q. Ii Bigelow,
Burlington ". IL. Ii. Bingham, Stowe
&. NJ. Bliss. Bennington , Ii. Galusha, Troy,
N. Y; J. c. Merriam, Logansport, Ind:
|. q. Blake. Worcester, Mass; o. II.
Welch, Clinton, Mass: A H. Copeland,
ChenOa. ILL.,; G. E. Copeland, Lincoln, ILL.,;
Ii. l.. Beach Onarga. H.; the Rev. j.
Blanchard, Wheaton, Ill d. Z. Kinney,
Decatur; Nathaniel Aadd. Elgin; P.
Winslow, kankakee E. Reyes, Eigin 4;
W. c. Pratt. Rockford G. NJ. Raymond,
Iiillsboro. Ill. R. L. Nicholl, Nation
DR.. j. Goodridge, Collinsyille E. K Morse,
Scott; W. c. Flagg, Nora, Ill; and con-
number OF Vermonters resident in
Chicago.
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VERMONT NEWS.
FIRE AT wBSTfELD.

NORTH Troy, VT, Jan. D The boot and
shoe establishment of Reed & Son, West
field, was burned this morning. Loss SIS
900
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The influence o! railroads in eradlcating narrow
prejudiccs and extending the boundary lines CT
what was formerly known rs Nanktviom."
Mr.. W. W. Chandler. of Randolph ro-
spondod. .le said. amO2g cthe- things
Those Of YOU who arc nearly 80 years old cs |
am, are aware that originally genuint Yankees
were only Indigenous To the soil of tho six New
England Safes and that they could no moro ho
produced in any other State of the Union than
they could have been successfully ur1t aEated in
ireland. Germany, or Patagonia Now, huwrver
all Is changed and We hud that health, ami Ir-
spectnhl" Yankees can he raised IA Minnesota a IN
Maine. ". neser " = n proatwcy, ,c-v "uTF
to scan the crowd constantly ihlJnging That Great
thoroughare, cannot determine by the gait or
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-01-25

The etItOr OF che hog column" in an
eastern paper, who has been ,rowing over
a 500 pound hog. will please 1o,e tia. :.
:. Gurtee. II iunJrldse. has slsin porke,
That cuts up Iee pounds
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-01-25

The report that Austria would join with
England in exacting from the Car moderate
terms for the Turks. has created something
of hutter in Europe. How much iounda-
ton there is for the report remains to be
seen. Intelligence from Vienna states that
it is substantially correct, whilst St. Peters
burg's semi-offcial advices deny the truthful
ness of the declarations attributed to England
,,J t,-.r;o
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-01-25

T. Louis is to have ten-feet-high statue
OF Shakespeare. The city father merely ask
ed the sculptor !! the deceased Shakespeare
was Chicago man, ana VIXEN he said no,
they replied, "All right, 20 ahead
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-01-25

TIC nrst tOAsl WIS.
The day we celebrate" being lol years since
the day
When the Hampshire grants wero tracts OF land,
somewhat in dilapdatiOn.
Tracked by the most intractabe Of all the Yankee
nation.
When Ethan Allen ruled the State with steel and
stolen Scriptur',
Declared his beech seal" war against New York
and took and whipt her.
&. q. Eastman.
To this the Hon. Edward S. Isham re-
spOnded. lie said:
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JUDGE JAMESON.


Ecrmunt-Ihe earliest stronghold of American
freedom, the hest exempllr .: Republican simple
ity. Let her long remain switzerland and Arcadia
combined.
Judge Jameson responded as follows
Ma. Pi.t-iDTNr. LADIES AND GESTLtMEN, The
first Constitution ot Vermont was adopted in July,
M. amidst Of the most violent thundcc storms
ever witnessed in the state. This circumstance
typical Of the earlier OF Vermont history.
That history Ia, been summarized 10y Vermont
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the following resolutions:
Rssoire5. that the victory OF Gen. Stark At the
Battle of Bennington will testify 10 the yalor
and herOsm of the American soldier.
EesOlrsd. That this Association indOrse the pur
pose of the bennington Battle Monument Associa-
ton chartered by the State of Vermont, to erect
and maintain a monument TO commemorate said
victory.
R'Soired, That this Association not Only approve
OF the erection OF the monument that shall perpet
uate tire memories OF the heroes o: Bennington
Battle, anu that shall also be honor 10 the Com
mUnweaith OF vermont.
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No one would surpass him in gratitude toward
the soldiers, but he rtjoiced that their battles
shorter than those the schooma ter had to fight
Some thought education meant to lead out, and
others that It mean. to fill in. lie preferred the
latter Laughter If there was any analogy be-
tween mind and bOdy, Nermontsrs naturally we're
educated men. Applause The whole State
seemed 10 be schoOl-housc hut there didn't seem
10 be any top TO the 81 stem,-nO uniyers.ty,-but
II seemed to I'LL out the masses-tO reach them all.
More could be learned by going through a Vermi mt
town than through any other The people were
iull OF isns. Their education had more brains than
work. II had occurred to him II the General Gov
eminent instead or dOnatin land Tor a fort in the
Territories, would buy Vermont and turn the whole
INTO Normal School, it would confer great bles-
sing on the nation APPLAUSE IfNeImont was
Oblised to 90 out and teach the country and had
authority To dictate opinion. civilization would he
greatly advanced. lie hoped their morals would
spread all over the country.
The speech was full Of happy hits, and
was well received
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He saidths truth Of the sentiment was shown by the
men around him. who lett the grand old State with
only willing hands strong hearts and active brains
70 seek their fortunes in the West But that not
all they had. They had been taught lessons OF
irugality, Oft thrift Of undaunted energy in the
stern schools OF necessity and adversely and BY
the gracious example OF their sires. Their
characters had been nodded by them, and this
was a capital far better than that received by the
inheriters OF fortune. They taught to be un-
swervlns in fidelity to every contract, and to rgdy
adhere TO the right and the truth-prncip!es Of
more benefit than any others to the business mar
Applause
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Lewis Msacbam ortba Cbic,oo


byron
Lewis Meacham. Of the Chicago Tribune
after referring to the defunct Rutland
Courier, the Montpelier Argus and the Chi
cagO Times as Vermont Democratic paper:
| (ior Mr.. Story, of the Times, is native o.
Salisbury, all of which according to one
OF the editors. feared neither God man
nor the devil" went on to speak OF tho
more representative Vermont newspapers,
and said
There had been six daiNes. but they swallow ed
each other down to three The press was not its
sheets or the editors, but the principles which
those sheets and editors advanced and ms ntaine ed
FOR these he backed Vermont against the world.
IN the papers would he found no apollo y Tor CRIME
no word Of moral hth or de sradatiOn aud for thi,
reason The editors did not print what the Peep Q
Ild not want: and the purity Of the press proved
the purity VI the people
In the absence of Mayor Heath, who was
to have responded To The CITY of Chi
cage, Alderman Pearsons was called on.
but, a. the hour was late, be only said
This audience of beautiful women and
brave men Is the best speech that can be
made for Chicago"
The programme was ended at a quarter
Of twelve, with prayer by Elder Kent, the
younger portion of the gathering remain
ing for couple of hours of music. dancing
and social enjoyment The Tribune says.
editorially. that the reunion was "a mast
exceptionally brilliant affair in every sense
- IN the character of the attendance, the
brightness of the speeches. and in every
thing that goes to make Il notable success,
and there can be no doubt the banquet of
l., - u
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EIbridge G. Keith responded

"Vermonters as merchants andlbusiness men. In
her quiet valleys, ami in her rural homes Yer
mont gives her boys the education and ira in n ,
which form .he surest basis of success"
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DR.. B1ARDMAN,



Let the soldier be abroad if he will there is
another persOnage, parsonage less imposing in
the of come. the sehOOlmaster Is abroad
Br0ughGm.
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The "Sons of Vermont" in Chicago
HOW THEY CELEBRATED
THE I7ti,OF JANUARY.
A Brilliant Gathering of Loyal
Sons and Daughters of our
Green Mountain State.
TOAsTs. SPEECHES, LETTERS, sc.

We condense slightly from the Chicago
Tribune, report of the grand Reunion OF
the Illinois Association of Sons Of Vermont,
held in Chicago. on the recent anniversary
Of Vermont's Declaration of Independence.
The Tribune says of it 1.-The first annual
Banquet of the Sons of Vermont was given
at the Grand Pacific Hotel, last evening,
and it is no exaggeration to say that it was
the finest in every respect ever given in
Chicago. There were 1872 seated at the
tables, the large dining hall being used,
and among them were quite a number
Of the best known citizans OF Ch.ee:c. Tx
organization has in ITS membership men
from all over the State, and large number
of these were also in attendance. A feature
of the banquet was the presence of ladies {.
there being nearly as many of them as Of
gentlemen. The Sons think too much o (
the daughters to exclude them from their
celebrations"
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vermont editors and newspaper mon"
Words are things, and a small drop Of ink.
railing, Ike dew, upon a thought, produces
think.
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PRESIDENT HIBBARD's REMARKS

| LADIES AND GENTLEMEN CHILDREN OF VERMONT
| We ssem bed to night TO commemorate the day
on which, lDI years ago, the peOp;e OF vermont de-
| clarei themselves to be IN independent common,
| wealth. We gather to do honor to those wise and
| brave men who notwithstanding the hostility OF
| the English on the north. New Hampshire on the
east, and New york on the west, dld Tor fourteen
years from III to 1891, maintain an absolutely in-
| dependent state. Unlike the original thirteen
States, Vermont never was under charter from
| King James l.. or any other King, but IN l1gl
from Us own sovereign choice. it was admitted the
first state into the American MON and. unlike all
other States admitted into the Union, II was
neither conquered nor created out Of territory under
the jurisdiction control OF the Union. Il, there
fore We take any pride in the name of Vermont, we
owe il to these men; for hal they been less brave
or less patriotic, there never would nave been Il
Vermont.
We have come together this anniversary in
our new home also TO revive the memory OF other
days to call back the remembrance of the homes
We have lett behind us-the places where We were
born the mountains, the hills, the valleys SO dear
TO US, TO some Of Us long ago, when We were Dung
We all despise a person who speaks shghansly
OF his mother even though she be neither wise nor
lovely ;fand We all must pity man who does not
feel price in his native land, but venture the
assertion without fear OF contradiction mere, mat
the homes We had in Vermont were presided over
by mothers who should rank among the purest,
lOveliest and hest of earths women. And is there
one bere. who, returning TO his birthplace among
the hills, would not impulsiyely say with old
scotla's minstrel
Breathes there the man with soul so dead
VINO never to himself hath said
This is my own, my native land
But while thus assembled to honor the
men and recall the events Of the past. in connec
tiunwith native State We should not seem to be
unmndlul OF the gOOdy city and state Of our adop-
ton, and | congratulate you that we have with US
tonight honorod guests some Of the oihcial rep
resentatves of both.
Arrangements are made for the proper cOnsidera-
ton o; the topics have suggested, and others; and
will not longer stand between you and the better
things to follow.
With your permission, will now read the hrst
regular toast.
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Thus Training Day wore on. and when the u ght
drew
Each warrior grim east of his martial gear
And took hand at honest hall and bat
Not base ball. mind you. but good 1.-TWO old
cat
And when, quite weary OF the catch and toss,
lie reached his home all hungry, tired, and cross.
His thoughtful holpmatr, knowing how 'twould hc
So0thed AL his woes with nntclhes and hot tea
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were l.. l.. Coburn, Mr.. and Mrs. f. 5.
Ishsm, Mr.. and Mrs Norman Williams. Mr.
and Mrs. II. +. sawyer. Prot. IIaeer and
wife, Mr. and Mrs d. W. Keith. Mr.. and
Mrs Harry Fox ard Miss Chamberlain. Mr..
and Mrs. Norman c. Perkins, John N. Hills.
NJ and Mrs. W. Ii. Chandler, Col. and
Mrs JOSIAH Grout, Thomas j. Sutherland,
Mr.. ard Mrs L. A. Jewell, the Hon. and
Mrs. II. ~ Ilibbard. the Hon. and Mrs.
| John A. Jameson, Lieut. Governor Andrew
| Shuman, the Rev and Mrs. &. n. Board
man. l.. II Bisbee, the Hon. W. X. Sulli-
van, the Hon and Mis-. d. X. Pearsons. :he
Hon. Mark Skinner. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Gilbert, the Hon. and Mrs. E. b. Sherman,
the Rev Simeon Gilbert, Capt, 5. F. Brown,
DR.. and Mrs Norman Bridges. Mr.. and
Mrs. Franklin Denison, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. b.
Jameson, MIR. and Mrs. Ii. ii. Nash, DIR.
and Mrs. Fassett of St Albans, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin Clapp. Mr.. and Mrs. d. Ran
som, $. B Walker. the Hon. and Mr.. Z. ii:
Case. Col and Mrs. 5. ID. Swain. MIR. and
Mrs n T., Gassette. DR.. f. a kllbourne OF
Elsin, The Hon. John c. DOre, Gen. Stock
ton. Mr.. and Mrs W. G. Grant, Washing
ton ne,ing, Col Jason Marsh OF Rockford,
the Hon. Eugene Garfield of Aurora ,Mahlon
Crane of Gardner, Col. W. I. Nichols of
Maywood. DR.. F. L. Pond OF Aurora Charles
Stewart of Neposett, l.. Walker OF Cham
paign, the Hon. John Mattocks, DR.. j.
Adams Allen. and A. c. Calklns.
The Hon. H. N llibba-d presided. and
grace was said by the Rev. Mr.. Gilbert. OF
Pl,tsord While eating was in progress
quartet;e, composed of Prof. Sabin, j. VI.
Hubbard, William Sprague, and j. ii.
Atwood. sang an ode composed for the
occasion.
At quarter of 10 O'Clock President
Hibbard arose and said: