Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-29

lie Boston Herald says: Gen. Butler
has no chance left. The drift is against
him. Even he has lost faith, and not
single follower of his expects him TO be
elected. 1t is only question now of the
size of the majority"
The shortest and surest way to live
with honor in the world is to be in reality
what we would appear to be; and, if we
observe, VIC shall find that all human
virtues increase and strengthen themselves
by the practice and experience Of them.
The grand jury are going for the Nor
mons in good shape. Two more of them
have been indicted for polygamy and bills
are exposed against many others. 1t
looks as if rightful authority were to be
asserted and genuine war carried on
against this gigantic evil.
Memphis was happy city on Sunday
for the frost had come in earnest to her
relief Within tie city were heroes OF
many n battle, but never before did they
struggle against foe so persistent, so
cruel and relentless as that which for six
dreadful months they have been opposing.
Vice President Wheeler, in his speech
at Ogdensburg last Thursday night, paid
glowing tribute to General Grant and his
services to the country, which was received
with storms of applause. He said that
General Grant was bulwark of strength
to the country, and 4 pillar of reliance to
which it can return in times of danger.
am glad that Mr.. Hayes adopted the
policy of Cancellation toward the south
| think it was greatly wise. 1t was n
necessity. Had it not been done, the
northern sentimentality would never have
been satisfied. Had the plan succeeded,
it would have been well; having failed
utterly, it proves that endless Cancellation
is not the remedy for southern troubles.
1t proves what had been proved before,
that northern magnanimity, northern
sentiment and northern character are
wholly unappreciated by the south. They
stand upon u lower plane. They breathe
IN atmosphere Of semi -barbarism They
cannot understand the larger humanity
and the more enlightened conscience of
the north.-EE- Minister EdpdrdS Pierre
poM.
Some Of the city papers, in commenting
on the continued sitting of the jury in the
Blair tragedy, ut Mont Clair, N. j., are
bringing forward g.in what they call the
absurdity of requiring n unanimous ex-
preston on the part of Il jury, instead of
allowing majority to do the business.
They hold that there is no more reason
for requiring unanimity from jury than
from the bench; but we fail to see the
merit of such II statement. Able law
writers have discussed this same question
very fully, and the highest authorities
maintain that, especially in criminal
cases, II unanimous verdict should be
required.
The utter extinction Of the greenback
party in Ohio is one of the most notewor-
thy facts shown by the late election, In
most Of the official statements of votes the
grcenback vote is omitted altogether, as
not worthy of mention. In other cases
figures run about rs follows: In Greene
county Foster hal Asp votes, Ewing
2,44O, Stewart (prohibtion) So, Piatt
tgrecnbacker) 0. In Ross county Foster
had 4,40G, Ewing 4,5ll, Piatt u. Last
year the greenback candidate for secreta.
nv Of state had 292 votes in Ross county.
Tho party has now Il indlod ninety six
per cent, and that is almost the ratio of
decrease elsewhere.
The experience of Charles Graham, one
of Harper Brothers artists, who has Just
returned from sketching tour in the
south strongly illustrates the lawless an
tagonism which every northerner may
expect to encounter who attemps to live
there. Mr.. Graham started out in August
to make sketches for the illustration of a
series of articles by Miss Rebccca Harding
Davis, which are TO appear in Harper s
Mtgd.lHe, and returned to New York Il
few days ago. As northerner he was
looked upon with extreme suspicion, and
his movements were SO closely watched
as 10 impede seriously the progress of his
work. 1t was even pretended that he was
mistaken for a revenue officer, and he was
once shot ut by moonshiners,
Just ut present our evening sky is unu-
sually interesting, the great planets
Jupiter and Saturn are our next neigh
bors, Mars being all in sight at once,
together with the moon. If Venus were
still blazing in the west, rs during the
summer months, we should have all the
conspicuous planets together. Mercury
being the only one of all the rest eyer
visible TO the naked eye by moonlight, and
Mercury even never comes out of the
twilight. Al midnight Jupiter has passed
the meridian, and moves slowly towards
his setting. Always Il magnificent teles-
copic object, with his retnue of satellites,
he has been unusually fine of late, for his
belts arc now strongly tinged with color,
and have been rapidly changing in form
and position from night to night.
The recent warm weather proved very
disastrous to fruit in the New York mar
kets. The apple market has been seriously
affected and many of the most popular
varieties of fan apples bring hardly
enough to pay the cost of sending them
from the orchards. When shipped to the
markets Immediately after they have been
picked they have shown signs of decay
when received and in few days have
become worthless. Many barrels must be
sold for not more than one dollar barrel.
The ounce market has been almost en-
tirely destroyed, and tomatoes have come
in such large quantities that they have
been sold us low as ten cents bushel.
One of the phenomena eff the season is
~ second crop of raspberrieS and straw
berries from Delaware and MARYLAND.
One grower has shipped at one time rs
many us one hundred and twenty pints oil
raspberries from his bushes second crop,
this season.
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Volume II of this very excellent, and from
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