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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-13
Fire Record for the Week.


vermont.
lN NEwFANE.-Alexander Cooks dwelling
house was burned on Tuesday Of last week
IN WALtiNGFoRD, Thomas Ilanlev's house was
burned last week Wednesday Loss ~, 600; insu-
rance 81, 200
Is Sourn vERNoN-The steam mill operated
by Ballou Taylor was destroyed by fire the
other evening. Insured
IN WEST BERKSHIRE Patrick Mullen's house,
with most Of the contents, was burned the other
evening. Insured for 500
IN SwANroN CENTER-E. r Hoadley's three
barns were burned Thursday Of last week with
hay wagons, farming tools, etc Insurance. 81, 800
In ST. ALBANs BAY.-some evil-disposed per.
sons stole quantity Of sugar from Nelson Buck $
sugar-house at st. Adams Bay the other day, and
then set fire to the building, which was consumed
with its contents. Loss $50.
IL PouITNEY-Two barns, n COW she'd six
tons of hay and eight cows belonging to Angelina
Hill, Of Poutney were burned last Saturday. A
ninth COW barely escaped The loss il about 5000
and 1925 insurance. The fire is supposed to have
been set by tramp.
IN BARroN-The house of Mr. Rogers was de.
Nti'lth ~ htt hh lHuIrudN tNtulHE ~ HtSl Wttk
During the fire Mr. Rogers went into chamber
to secure some valuables, when his escape wa.
cut off, and he had to jump from the window
He struck partially upon his head and received
severe injuries.
Elsewhere.
In WLKEsBAHRE, rA.-MrDonald's grocery and
eight tenements are burned Loss $1,000
lN BRocKToN, MAss-P S. Leach's extensiv,
shoe factory was destroyed by fire the other morn
ing Loss $4,000. Four hundred hands ar,
thrown ont Of employment
| IN SrRiNGFiEiD, MASS -Connor Brothers two
story brick mill at Iolyoke for making shodd,
focks was burned for the third time on the 9th
The roof and machinery were ruined Los
$1,000; well insured.
IN NEW Brunswick, N. 1.-The great railroad
bridge spanning the Raritau river at New Bruins
wick, n. j., caught fire from the sparks Of pass
ing locomotive, on the 9th, and was almost en-
tirey consumed. Loss 100000.
Is SPARrANsBuRG. PA fire ON the eth de
stroyed every business house in the place, nclud
! ing the masonic lodge post-oflice and depot Tn
loss will reach about 500. 600; insurance prob
ably 10000. Suspicion Of incendiarsln rest
strongly upon W. NJ. Jacobs, in whose store tn
fire originated and who has sought the protection
of the authorities to avoid threatened lynchng
THE Hon SPRINGS ARK, FIRE -About on
hundred and fifty buildings were destroyed by tn
Hot Springs conilagration. comprising nearly nj
the business houses and residences It is est
mated that thousand people are made homeless.
and aid is asked for the poor All the building
were wooden structures The loss is estimated a
$4,000; insurance $4,000. Comparatively fe,
hotels were burned
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-13

A NOVEL PLAN.-The latest proposition
before Congress is that of Representative
Southland, of Ohio, who suggests an amend
ment of the Constitution providing for the
election by the people of three Presidents,
one from the West, one from the Eastern
and Middle states, and one from the South,
whose terms shall be six years, and who
shall be ineligible to reelection. He pro
poses to elect these Presidents the first time
for two, four and six years, and regularly
eN cry two years thereafter for the full term
of six years They are TO constitute grand
high joint triumyrate or, as Southland mod
estly puts it, supreme executive council
and are TO receive the comfortable annual
salary of thirty thousand dollars apiece. In
stead of Vice-Presdent Southland proposes
that the Senate shall elect somebody not q
Senator as its presiding officer once in foul
years. The proposition, as whole, is Ger
tainly somewhat original and striking.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-13

DAMAGING EvIDENcE.-Congress will be
happy this week. In the course of hear
ing of the famous old McGarrahan claim the
Senate committee on public lands has re-
ceived mass of fearful testimony. McGar.
rahans opponents are the New Idria quick
silver company, whose land he claims. The
company has stolen, or hired somebody to
steal, load of McGarrahan's letters and
kilograms running through seventeen years,
filled with indecent and profane language
and involving the reputation of large num-
Der of public men who were in Congress
while his case was pending. There used to
be an impression that McGarrahan had some
show of justice on his side. lie succeeded
so far once as TO get patent actually writ.
ten for the lands he claims, but it was can.
ceed and his weary struggle began again
He deserves to lose his claim, for he either
corrupted congressman or falsely said he did
His case is dead. The names of the parties
implicated are not yet made public, but will
be disclosed in due time.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-13

BUSINESS PRosPEcrs.-The New York
papers are beginning to talk of the reviva
of business and the suspicious opening OF
trade in their city. They say that the open
ing of spring has been for some days signal
lied by an unusual rush at the downtown
hotels, as well as by increased business al
the leading wholesale and iobbing centers
Country merchants are arriving daily and
are preparing for their spring purchases
Many of these merchants complain that the
mild weather of the winter has interfered
with the sale of their heavy goods, and those
who laid in large stocks of woolens, blank
cts, etc, have suffered severely. The early
warm weather, however, has undoubtedly
pushed forward the spring trade by at least
two weeks in advance of the usual period
and created considerable activity in branches
of business which are usually dormant until
the end of March, and even later. 1t il
noted that buyers from Western houses
who used to stop in New York to give theil
orders, now go on to the East and buy direct
of the manufacturers. The increased com
petition in all branches of business has re
suited in bringing manufacturers and re
tailers much nearer together than formerly
and, instead of goods passing through half &
dozen different hands, as was the case ter
or twelve years ago, they now go through
two, or, at most, only three
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-13

A HAPPY INsPIRATIoN.-Af fearful tornado
struck Atlanta, Georgia, last Sunday while
the people were assembled in their houses of
worship, and one of these buildings-the
Episcopal church--was demolished by the
winds over the very heads of the full con-
gregation. Were it not for the presence Of
mind Of the officiating minister fearful loss
of life might have followed the crashing in
of the roof and walls. He noticed at once
that tornado had struck the church, and
feeling satisfied of the presence Of extreme
danger from the nature of the storm and the
weakness of the building he called to his
people to throw themselves under the seats
and thus secure some shelter from the falling
timbers and walls. The expedent, which
must have come to him as the inspiration of
moment, saved the congregation. The
church fell, but only few persons were hurt
seriously. The seats broke the force of the
falling ruins and protected the crouching
and panic-stricken people almost completely
Such quick comprehension of the necessi
ties of the situation is rarely found in men
whose avocations do not habituate them tC
emergencies involving life and limb, and W,
heartily compliment the minister of tina
Atlanta church on the presence of mhC
which he displayed on this occasion and oil
the safety of his congregation.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-13

AN UGLY DATE.-By a proclamation of
Andrew johnson, dated August 20, 1866, il
was declared that state of instruction had
then ceased to exist in the United States
This is an important date. Persons seeking
indemnity from the losses of the war are told
that the rebellion ceased then and not be
fore. Their previous losses cannot be con
sidered in the Court of Claims. Mr.. Mills
of Texas has recently introduced bill into
Congress providing for the setting back OF
the date at which the rebellion ceased to June
30, lSG5-about fourteen months. Thi:
would admit multitude of claimants that
are now debarred from seeking indemnity
There is also another move with millions in
it. By the existing law, cotton seized prior
to June 30, 1865, may be paid for on pre-
sentation of proper proof A son of Virginia
Cabell by name, proposes that Congress shall
likewise set this date back to April 10, 1865
and that tobacco shall also come under it:
provisions. These bills may or may moi
pass, but they show, nevertheless, the viii
lingness to say nothing more, of the South
to put its hands into the Golfers of the nator
and make it pay yet more for their folly. Il
is indeed season of reconciliation, and th'
prodigals brought back ought to be wei
treated, but what they spent in riotous liv
ing while away, they can hardly expect thu
old man to make up If he were willing, tn
other heirs might not be.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-13
The Peace Treaty.

An epitome of the twenty-nine articles of
the treaty between Russia and Turkey is tele-
graphed. The outlines of the settlement show
Turkey TO be wholly in Russia's power Be
sides the loss of territory in Asia Minor-in-
Guiding the line of defense of Batoum, Arda-
han, Kars and Bayazid-Turkey is to pay
money indemnity of about two hundred and
fifty million dollars. II is needless to say
that she cannot pay it, especially after the
devastation of her territory, the arrangement
of all her industries, and the loss of Bulgaria,
her richest province. The boundary of Bull
garia is left indefinite. The possession OF
the iron.clads is a matter of private arrange
ment. Nothing is said about the neutraliza-
ton of the Bosphorous and Dardanelles-
but trade is open to merchant vessels through
the straits in peace or war. The Dobrudska
is to be given to Russia (Which expects to
force Roumania to take it in exchange for
the coveted slice of Bessarabia), and Turkey
is to retain no control in Danubian Bull
garia and yet Turkey is to be at the expense
of reopening the Danube and indemnifying
private losses. Russia will keep her military
grip until affairs are settled to her mind.
All that can be safely said of the programme
is that it is complete surrender to Russia.
It appears from the latest intelligence that
while the sultan of Turkey has ratified the
treaty of peace so far as he is concerned
Raouf Pasha and Cen Ignatieif, respectively
representatives of Turkey and Russia, started
from Constantinople for st. Petersburg on
Saturday to secure the ratification by the
car. Raouf will ask the remission of three
hundred millions of the indemnity. II is
now reported that the last clause of the
treaty is that Russia and Turkey will regard
the treaty as soidaire, implying that they
will not recognize the right of any power to
interfere with its terms except as regards
the question of the straits and the settle
ment of the boundaries of Montenegro A
Vienna dispatch to the London News an
nounces that the Congress will open the 3lst.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-13

PARIS ExPosIrIoN,-It is said that appli-
cations for space at the coming Paris Elk
hibition are becoming numerous, and in
addition to the three vessels already assigned
by the government-the Constitution, Wy
oming and Supply-it has been found neces-
sary to devote another to the service. The
Portsmouth, the last ship chartered by the
government to carry goods to the EXPOSE
ton, leaves New York on the 10th instant.
1t will be the only remaining chance for ex-
hibitors to have their goods taken free. MIR.
Philbrick who has charge of the educa-
tional exhibit, states that his work is going
on very finely, and that the exhibit will be
much better than at Vienna.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-13

Coon FOR MAINE.-Ex-Mayor Kingsbury,
of Portland, writes in reference to the call
for a meeting to form State Temperance
Alliance; sour object is to concentrate the
public temperance sentiment into one strong,
compact, aggressive force, In this holy war,
we mean there shall be no pause, hesitancy,
or backward step. Our legislature have
emphatically demonstrated this, in the EN-
phasis with which they stamped the life out of
the druggist bill Maine heads the column,
and means to keep her position. 1t is true, in
spite of all denials, that to-day not an open
bar can be found in a single city, town OF
plantation in Maine. The traffic is driven
to the holes and corners, the pockets, and
the bed-chambers of the slums, and we are
fast smoking these out of their hiding
places, hoping soon TO sing, IIallelujah, ii,
| done p"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-13

HEAVY SHIpMENT.-The Baldwin loco.
motive works shipped probably February
Goth, forty engines to Russia according to a
contract made Christmas week. The Ger
man machinists and engineers, who com
peted for this contract and lost it, said it was
not possible to build so many locomotives
within the brief time allowed, but the
American manufacturers prove the contrary
as the capacity of their works is about fifty
engines per month, or say five hundred pei
annum. The contract requires that they
shall be delivered at Konigsburg, on th'
Baltic, where they will probably arrive be
fore the LIST of April, a couple of steamer
being chartered expressly for this purpose
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-13

A NEW YoRK dispatch says; "rhe ship Azol
at Charleston is about loaded with provisions az
ricuItual implements, dry goods, boots, shoes
etc, and will soon take two hundred and fifty
colored people to Monroyia. Africa. 1t is stated
that twenty-five thousand colored people in tn,
South are to follow them this summer and ovel
one hundred and sixty thousand are enrolled IL
an association for emigration to Liberia. No whit,
man has any connection with the exodus"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-13

way system, with four principal lines, all meeting
below the garden Of the Palais Royal, where an
immense depot will be erected. Twenty-one mil
lion dollars are To be furnished for the work by
the general government the department of the
Seine and the city of Paris,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-13
The Patent Butter.

The manufacture of the new kind of but
/ ter, or oieomdrgarine, as it is called, is not
only becoming fixed fact, but also begins
to command some degree of responsibility.
Professor Chandler, of New York, has made
a report to the Board of Health that the new
butter is good and healthful article of
food, aid thus has given another strong card
for the manufacturers, who have heretofore
had such trouble in overcoming the preju-
dice which prevailed when the olemargarine
was first placed upon the market. The re-
port now puts them on solid ground, and al
though the manufacture has already attained
large proportions, this certificate will be an
excellent advertisement and will have the
tendency to largely increase the consumption.
There are already twenty-five or thirty stores
in New York and Brooklyn where it is sold.
The law requires that each tub containing
the articles shall be distinctly branded, and
members of the Butter and Cheese Exchange
watch the dealers closely, the increasing de.
mand threatening to make sad inroads on
their trade. They would be glad to drive it
from the market entirely but their present
prospects of success are not very flattering.
As the article seems to be gaining in ia
vor in other places than New York, and as
its manufacture will eventually be carried
on in other places, the description of the
process of manufacture may not wholly be
devoid of interest. New York has one large
factory, and there are two others in the coun-
try at Philadelphia and Baltimore respec-
lively. The New York factory is an extern
sive one, employing two hundred hands, all
men, and is obliged to run at full produc-
ing power, in order to supply the demand.
The principal material from which the but
ter is made is beef fat, and the supply comes
from the slaughter houses. As many as
two hundred thousand pounds have been
handled in single day. The fat is thrown
into immense watts, each one of which will
hold ten tons, and thoroughly cleansed of all
impurities then the parts suitable for use
are carefully selected and subjected to another
cleansing process, after which they are sent
to the chopping machine which slashes and
grnds the fat until the oil cells are torn
open and the oil which forms the basis of
the olemargarine runs through the metal
slides into the kettles. These stand in
scalding water, and as the fat runs in it is
kept constantly stirred by machinery. A
gradual melting follows, and the oil and
stearine become separated from the other
matter and rise to the top, where they are
drawn off into smaller kettles and allowed
to cool. In cooling the stearine becomes
graduated and is afterwards separated from
the oil by compression. The oil is now
ready for churning, and is drawn oft into
large tank where it is kept until the steam
churns are ready to receive it,
Before the churning takes place certain
portion of pure country milk is mixed with
| it-about one mart to fye-together with a
vegetable colorinr matter which is perfectly
innocuous. The time of churning is thirty
minutes; then the contents are poured ont
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-13

SENATOR LAMAR is reaping the reward
that man who lives up to his convictions
however unpopular they may be, is sure TO
get. The leading papers of Mississippi
though hot for the silver bill, cannot repress
their admiration of the man who voted
against it because he believed it wrong, and,
so far from being asked to resign by the
legislature, he has received letter signed
by majority of the state senate ndorsing
his course,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-13

The funeral of the late ex-senator Benjamin Y.
Wade took place at jefferson, Ohio, last week
The exercises consisted of readings from the Scrip
lures and brief address by Rev DIR. Dickinson,
parton of the Congregational church in jefferson,
a short prayer by Rev. G. L. Shpman, of Grard,
Penn Resolutions of respect, adopted by the
Ohio legislature, were read and an address de
livered by Hon. S. A. Northway, ON behalf of the
bar of Ashtabula county.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-13

MIR, MOODY told his Springfield audience the
other night that he could tell on looking over a
their faces Then he told them a story about u
poor woman, who, hearing rap, thought it was
the landlord come TO demand the rent She re-
fused to answer, and thus turned away friend
who wished to give her money. The audience
laughed at this, but Mr.. Moody stopped them alb
ruptly by crying " You laugh at that woman,
but il was You yourself, sinner"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-13

Tur experiment Of heating Lockport, n Y, by
steam is so successful that fifty houses and other
buildings, connected by three miles of pipe, have
been warmed all winter by one central boiler 1t
believed that steam at fifty pounds pressure can
be transmitted through twenty miles Of pipe,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-13


GOSPEL WoRK.-Ihe gospel work IN west
Randolph, under the direction OF the state Bap-
fist gospel workers, continued through week be-
fore last with great interest. MIR, Mitchell was
called away ON Monday, and was not present dur
Ing the week. Rev. L. b. Steele, OF Sharon, came
Monday and returned home Thursday. His La
bors added much to the interest Mr. Estey, Of
whom we have formerly spoken, was obliged to
go home the first of the week, much to the regret
of his many friends but we are glad to say he
was permitted to return Saturday and remain over
the Sabbath. His labors were marked with very
satisfactory results. On Thursday and Friday
afternoons and evenings, Rev, n n, Glazier, pas
tor of the Baptist church at Montpelier WAS here,
and rendered much service to the cause The
crowded meetings were held in the Baptist house
until Friday evening, when more room was re-
quired To accommodate this, Messrs. Dubois X
Gay very kindly reopened their fine hall, and a
large crowd listened to the kind and earnest ex-
hortations Of the gospel workers Mr. j. +. Hall
III l..
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-13

AMIss THOMSON, the lady who recently created
such u sensation in Edinburgh by having her horse
shod with gold, and who was afterward heard of
in Barcelona, Spain, scattering gold coin among
the street beggars and making such lavish dis
play of her wealth that the authorities had to in
terfere for her protection, has been lodged in
Gartnayel Lunatlc Asylum. Application has been
made by her three brothers for power to protect
her property. She was at first reported an
American, but Is now stated To be daughter OF Mir
Thomson, formerly surveyor of taxes in Dumfres
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-13

IT has been said that fewer children are born of
American parentage in New York than in any
other city of the continent. The reason is that
begetters OF children are frowned upon by land
lords clearinghouse keepers and maids-of-all
work, until one Of the first laws of nature appear
To be social crime. The possession of small chill
dren seems to be esteemed an audacity or an in
deceney II not a mixture of both
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-13
Vermont State News.

'W"""' ''"N NO"o'
Addison County.
MIR. BATES. the retiring town clerk of Monkton
has discharged the duties Of that office for twenty
five years
Nor ioss ,ba, oro hnui,od o,,5 t,,,.,oo, $40.
.o,s bo,e ,,itod with tho ,,,,rto. Il, ,.or.,o,o.
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MRS CHRISTOPHER lotion, OF Nergennes, had
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DICKENS party gwen III Middlebury recently
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bennington Comfy.
HERE Is II great deal oil counterfeit money in
'"'"'''''" !" n'"u'''S'""' "''' paper anu S''er'
REV JAMES FLETCHER, late OF Lawrence Acad-
emy, Grot'n' Mass has been unanimously
e.e..'u principal VI o''r' ""u p"r''" seminary
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,or .boen k;l,;n, i.,s, ,o,r
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sand dollars. of which twenty thousand dollars
are secured
Chittenden County.
THr lowest taxed town in Vermont is St George
which imposes no town tax this year.
MASTER MILO BENEDICT Cornwalrs musical
prodigy. gave n concert in Winooski the other
evening. which was a success
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'o"a'u 'ne p"S'o" Oo"'o'u 'i''"''e"' '"'''o'u
Franklin County.
REV. c. w. CLARK, Congregational pastor OF
stoekbrldge and Plttsheld, Is TO remove TO ueorga
Ivv,x wu,,,vs ot Newnort center was seri.
ors,, ;ninrod in pichford recer,ly Nv heino
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orange county,
MIR AND Mrs lillian H. po"NEh' Oh Noitl
Thetlord, celebrated the tenth anniversary OIL
their wedding recently about one hundred aho
thirty OF their friends being present Among th'
number was Aaron WILCOX hlhe'y-three year'