Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-30

Some of the Mississippi bourbons are
agitaling for constitutional convention.
they want to wipe out the constitution
adopted when the republicans controlled
the state. The cooler heads oppose the
proposition, because it would entail ex.
pense and unselte business and race
relations that are slowly reaching firm
foundations.
The Louisiana planters, as the telegraph
reports, propose to stop the exodus of the
colored aborers "by force!" That is to
say, that they propose to re establish
slavery in Louisiana There is. of course,
no law under which the freedmen can be
molested in their right to travel in Il
peaceabe and orderly way, wherever they
choose to go.
Americans can send wheat to England
and sell it at profit for less than it costs
the English to grow it. This fact and
several similar ones mean that there is Il
change in store for landed proprietcrs in
that country. A writer in MtcmiILanS
Magazine insists that every owner of land
shall become an absolute freehoder, and
that game shall be eXterminated us vermin
STRANGE FREAK OF A DovE.-Since
Thursday of last week beautiful while
dove of the tunbler variety has followed
Conductor Smiths freight train on the Old
Colony railroad daily from Walpole to Il
certain SPIT in Mcdfeld, where it alights
on II particular barn. reappearing mex
day ut the same place in Walpole. During
Il part of the way the dove fl es Just back
Of the cab. under The pillar of smoke. anu
within few feet of the engineer, and ,
part of the way beside the engineer
| window and within two feet of his han,
rs he stretches it toward her. Occasion
ally she falls back to the rear of the train
us if surveying it, but only to resume hel
wonled place moment later. The en-
gineer has tried several times to run AVA,
from the beautiful bird by putting OF
extra steam, but to no purpose, rs sh,
seems 10 have the wings of the wind
When the train passes under II bridge III,
dove mounts gracefully above it and tum
bling Immediately to its place again OF
the other side. Mr.. Warren Cutting. tn
engineer, seems to be the favorile of thi
visitor.-BOS on AdUertiSer.
BENNINGToN.-The promptness will
which residents of Bennington dispose Il
important questions involving thousands
of dollars is surprising A special meet
ing of the legal voters of the town wa
called by the selectmen to be held ut thu
free library hall Monday afternoon. A
1880 O'Clock the meeting WAS adjourned
having voted against providing in an,
way to satisfy the judgments now in th'
hands of the United States marshal
amounting to Il trile over $4,000. No
over seventytive persons were present
Doors were opened to the general public
no distinction us to qualified voters bein!
made, and all present seemed to be az lib
erty to have voice in the " delibcra
tions," as the mode of voting by simple
reclamation was the rule adopted. N,
reliable expression of the people was OBJ
tained, rs the meeting was adjourned be
fore most of the voters of the town ar
rived. If such clap trap proceeding
were in vogue twelve years ago, it is no
surprising that the affairs OF this town ar,
in bad repute. A radical reform is neces
sary in municipal elections in Bennington
-Correspondence Troy Times.