Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-09

Cheering news comes, Dy INC Wy -.
Rochester Democrat, that the CniSoln
murderers are to be punished-at Inc u'y
of Judgment.
Miss Anna Dickinson is reported to De
writing a new playa COMEDY: S
works many hours every dry upon IT. III"
with great enthusiasm.
East Tennessee. which was loyal 10 Tue
Union, is now equally loyal to the STATE
and almost unanimously opposed TO rePu-
diatlon of the state debt.
Rev. C. Chinquy Inns published iresh
list of French Canadian converts lro'l, NJ
m,nism TO the number of one hundred ara
nine, and all of whom have turned "'tn'h
the last few weeks.
The man who discarded hat, coat, boots
and SET about converting New York from
its sins. stripped for such tremendous JOB
that people thought he was crazy to I'M
dertake it. Probably he was.
The three highest officers of the govern
ment are temperance men. Neither frea-
i,lent HAYES nor Speaker Randall gave
New Years callers any liquor, and vice
President Wheeler would follow the same
rule if he bad entertained.
Avid prophecy is made by the Key.
DR.. Wild of Brooklyn. He says mat IN
1882 a war will commence and continue
ifty.thrce years when the millennium VIII
be ushcred in. He inclines to the belief
that Grant will be one of the chief gener-
ais.
The Springfield Republican says OF Mr..
Bowles' condition =" On the whole, whlle
under the most favorable circumstances
his condition must remain critical Tor n
long time to come, there seems again
ground for the hope which last week was
almost abandoned"
Advices received in Boston from India
announce the death of Rev. VIM. Tracy,
d. D., for forty years missionary OF the
American Board in India. lie had been
for the most part employed in the Madura
field. He was n native of Norwich, Conn,
and was seventy.two years of age.
What is you chief consolation in life?'
asked a pastor of II young lady in his
Bible class. The young lady bluShed and
hesitated, but on the question being re-
peated, the ingenious maiden said:
don't like to Tell you his name, but have
no objection to tell you where he lives"
Experiments in cremation show that all
that is mortal of thirty-fve pound bull
dog can be got into pint bottle. and that
the earthly remains of n cat can be pre-
served in II small tumbler. A peculiar
result was that the ashes of white cat
took up less space than the cremated
carcass of black puss.
Senator Gordon intends 10 address the
Senate on the reform of the civil service,
following the line, it is understood, he
took in executive session regarding the
New York custom house nominations. He
will favor the appointment of officials or
the ground of capacity, and not for politi.
cal favor, and retention in Office during
good behavior.
A Western paper aptly puts the silve
case thus: mo enc would want twt
quart measures, one equal to but nine
tenths of the other. What sane man want
two standard dollars, one worth one-tentl
less than the other?n Nevertheless Their
are great many men who just now pre-
tend to believe that nine-tenths of Il valu
BILE thing is worth as much as the whole.
Harvard College is to have new build
ing for recitation purposes to be calle
Sever Hall. 1t is sadly needed. 1t i
provided for in a bcquest of Mrs. j. w
Sever, who left one hundred an
forty thousand dollars to the college
one hundred thousand dollars for thi
building, twenty thousand dollars for tn
library and twenty thousand dollars fo
other purposes not specified.
The state reform school can accommc
date, comfortably, one hundred and sixtee
boys and sixteen girls, and the preser
complement of one hundred and thirty for
boys and seventeen girls makes ovel
crowded and uncomfortable quarters &c
them all. Sixteen of the inmates NJ
lodged in IN unfinished attic of the boile
building, and the girls department is full
additional room being required in that q
rcction.
Gov Robinson of New York, in his ~
nual message, echoed the cry of fraud wit
respect to the presidency. He had the NJ
blu>hing assurance to assert that II mliol
ty of the people believe the presidency
held by one not elected to that office, IN
without I moral title to its powers IN
honors. w. E. Chandler must hold sin
liar opinion, but neither of them will |
able to reverse the legal settlement of ii
presidential controversy.
The yield of precious metals in thirt,
one mines of California, Nevada. Arizon
and Utah, gave total value of 81, I6S. &c
in November, which is ut the rate of S57
2l9.60O year. The aggregate yield (
the smaller mines and from wastings an
pockets is by no means inconsiderabl
and it is probable that the product for II
whole country for the current fiscal ye;
will not fall short of that of last yea
which was about S84,000,0C0.
The New York courts open the ne
years record creditably by sentencin
President Lambert of the American Pop,
lar life insurance company to five year
Imprisonment for his perjury and frau
This is the second such sentence within
few weeks, President Case of the Securit
company having been given the same pull
ishment, and the chance of II state
prison term will apparently have to /
taken into account by insurance swindle
hereafter.
In Mexico, O5wego county, n. Y, tt
/, merchants formed Il protective societ
against persons who contracted debts an
did not pay them. They published Ii
of the dead beats in the village newspaper
Thereupon the house of the secretary
the association was burned the president
t drug store was set on fire. and the editc
was warned that he would have Meth,
house nor office if he published the Ii.
; again. This happened in New York, nc
in Mississippi.
John Dimon in the american Culliuatc
says: Sheep will improve any farm O
which have ever known them kept
there is nothing like sheep in an orchar
for the good of the trees and the uualit
Of the fruit. | earnestly recommend m
! brother farmers to keep a few sheep @
the farm; take good care of them, keep a
exact account with them, and my opinio
: is that in nine cases out of ten YOU wi
find them extremely profitable. As
breed, keep any that you like best, b,
determine to secure ut least a small foc
Of selected animals.
! There is II thief in Memphis who's
name is Necessity, and who knows II
:, law. Every night he enters and plumber
handsome residence, and every aftel
l /.