Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25

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Among the officers of the army 10 b
retired soon is Pavmaster. General AlvorC
who halls from Vermont. and who ha
given his country forty-six years of excel
lent service.
The Washington national monumen
association have authorized the superin
tendent in charge TO erect derricks, stair
ways, ETC., and contract for marble t,
finish the structure.
The New York Sun hits the nail square
ly on the head when it says that " the ne
result of the extra session is, that III,
democracy are covered with disgrace
while glory is shed upon Hayes"
The House labor committee has agreed
to visit San Francisco and leading western
cities after adjournment, for the purpose
Of taking further testimony. Eastern
cities will be visited on their return.
The profits of the recent pedestrian
match at London will not exceed $4,000
Weston, Brown and Rowell will probably
start for New York soon, while Panch {
returns Immediately to prepare for the
coming contest. Ennis returns in a
fortnight. 81. 500 out of pocket, to enter
for contest at Madison Square Garden.
RowDYIsM- in the United States
Senate. At night session last week Sen.
ator Lamar insulted Senator Conkling
and then e. insulted Lamar and then l..
nsultcd Conkling again. 1t was all done
by calling, in substance, each .other such
names rs d" liar " and coward" Senator
Lamar has gone home and we see they
are getting crowds and brass bands out
to welcome him. Senator Conkling has
not gone home and we do not know
whether his friends will blow brass horns
for him or not. But the whole thing was
very dsgraceful and silly-the worst thing
about it is that Lamar's constituents seem
10 be of that raw-minded sort who ap-
prove such rows: we are sure most of
Conkling's are not, but there may be some
of them who with the Mississippians are
proud of rooster craftsmanship.
THE ASHLEY BELT.-Last weeks walk
in London resulted in the success of Z. P.
Weston, the original Yankee walker"
Rowell, Brown. Harding, Ennis and Wes-
ton were entered for the walk. Rowell
lid not begin owing to lame foot and
Ennis and Harding soon gave up, the
former being sick. Brown and Weston
alternately led till Thursday when Browns
knee gave out and he only managed to
make 453 miles thus getting II third of the
gate money profits. Weston kept on and
made the greatest number of miles OH
record, winning S2500 of Sir John Ashley
who wagered Weston would not make
$50 miles. The walker made the $50 with
live minutes to spare, thus winning the
Ashley belt. His tramp however was not
rs profitable as Rowells in New York as
the two-thirds of the gate money TO he
received by Weston (after deducling ex-
penses) is said to be but about two thou
sind dollars. Weston has made so many
failures that his wonderful walk has
excited much comment.
CoNsTITUTIoNS.-We notice the follow
ing statement is going the rounds of the
papers: 1.-The only constitution now in
force that is older than that of the United
States is that of Massachusetts, adopted in
1880. The next oldest are those of New
1892; Vermont, 1893; Con-
necticut, 1918. and Maine. 1920. The five
oldest constitutions are thus those of five
Of the New England states. And the peo-
pie of the six New England states have
since 1889, lived under only ten consttu-
tions.n
The ftct is that but one constitution has
ever been adopted in Vermont,-in l777.
This first constitution Is the one under
which we are now living, modified as il
has been merely by amendments. 1t was
amended first by convention in 1856.
Then in 1893 another convention modified
1t still further and in printing the results
of their work the amendments were in
in the body of the constitution
and the title page described the amended
constitution rs that adopted" by the
Of 1893. Further amendments
were adopted in 1928, 1885, 1850 and 1870,
but the constitution was "adopted " in
1877, and never since.