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

The Fourth of July. now near, will be
celebrated by the temperance people by
an excursion to Lyndonville. The route
from Montpelier TO Lyndonville abounds
in beautiful and picturesque scenery and
the ride cannot be otherwise than con.
tinuous, agreeable surprise TO all unac-
quainted with its interesting features.
AT Lyndonvile we shall be welcomed by
the lodge accompanied by a band and by
them escorted to one of the finest camp.
grounds in the state, we'll supplied with
everything necessary 10 comfort. Indeed
it is expected to make the occasion a
grand Temperance jubilee, reunion of
the Good Templars, Temples of Honor
and Reform Clubs. The procession when
formed at Lyndonville will be headed by
the Newport cornet band, Qwenty peces)
and those in The line of march will wear
full regalia, badges and other insignia.
A reception will be rendered at the grove
by the home lodges. The exercises will
begin with prayer by the grand worthy
chaplain, Rev. A. B. Truax. Songs of
welcome by selected choir. Addresses
by Col. j. b. Mead. Elk Governor Geo. N.
Dale. Frank Plumley. grand worthy Sec
rotary of Good Templars; Rev. A. b.
Iruax, grand worthy chaplain; l.. l..
Durant, Rev. II. 2. Cushing, Rev. L.
Folsom, and others. Music interspersed
by the band and choir. Every care and
attention will be shown for the attention
and comfort of visitors. The Good lem
plars will have supplies of ice water at
various points en-route to the grove and
well provided restaurant will furnish
choicest edlbles. Grand open air concert
by the combined bands, so performers,
under the direction of the popular musi-
clan, II. G. Blaisdell, ut - O'Clock, noon
on large stand to be erected near the
depot. The national airs and MANY pop.
ular selections will be performed, includ-
ing Hail Columbia with the accompani
ment of bells, cannon and locomotive
whistles. All are invited TO join in sing.
ing America. "My Country it's of Thee.
The fare and the time of leaving of
trains is as follows: Newport, Si,25:
Barton Landing, $l.0O; Barton. rs;
South Barton, go; West Burke, 80; the
Time from above stations is The regular
mail train. Returning this train will not
leave Lyndonviile until 6p. NJ.
White River Junction, Fairlee and STA
tons between. $3.50; Bradford, Sl.25:
South Newbury. Newbury and Wells Riv.
ee. Sl.OO; McIndoes and stations norb
fare one way.
Montpelier. SO; Plainfeld and Marsh
field. $40. Train will leave Montpelier
ut 1925 A. M, and arrive Mt Lyndohville
at noon Returning will leave Lyndon
Willie at 3: 40 P. NJ, and reach MONTPELIER
at 8: 30P. NJ
p. & o. railroad, Cambridge Junction
and johnson, $l.75; Hyde Park, sl.6O
Morrisville, $3.50; Woc0tt, 81. IS; Hard
wick. $l,25; East Hardwick, sl.l5:
Greensboro. Sl.O0; Walden. IS; West
Danville, rs.
Special tickets for July 4th. will be good
on any train that day but will not be SooJ
anv other day.
Fare one. way over the Central Vermont
railroad.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25

dressed. and then he would take them up
street and get them some candy. Alter
0ettino them in the house he attempted 10
administer the poison to them, but rs they
would not take 1t he deliberately shot
them. He then wrote letter in German
to one of his neighbors. telling what he
had done, and limiting at suicide. and
closed by saying that his wife knew moth
ing about il. Carrying the bleeding BODY
of little Ludmil!a into the room where the
others were murdered he laid it on the
bed beside the baby. leaving the eldest on
he floor in a pool OF bloOd. lie then
went out, locking the door, and entered a
lager beer saloon near by, where lie told
J what he had done and asked for glass OF
beer. Here he was arrested, taken TO the
stat ion house and put uuder guard.
While in his cell he talked freely OF
what he had done and repeatedly asked
The by. stand RS if they did not think he
did right. He said that he would not have
come back from the Black Hills had he not
determined TO Kill the children. lie want
ed to free his wife SD that she coull sup.
port herself while he was away. lie said
that his wife had been obliged to lock the
children in the house and 60 out washing
To support them. He said he loved his
children very much, and could not think
of their growing up without schooling and
| without good clothes to wear. At one
time he stopped, and, looking down to the
tloor muttered. 1t isn't right; it isn't
right!' While he was talking an officer
came in and told him one of the children
Was alive. At this he jumped AT the grated
door like II Gagged tiger and shouted, /" Let
me out! Let me go aud kill her. | don't
want her in painr' When the officer told
him that the child would soon die, he
quoted down and said, "Oh,it is all right.
tnen!" The agony of the mother was
ACKNOWLEDGMENT it is believed that the
shock will drive her insane.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25

CoNGREss.-The Legislature and army
bills have been approved by the president.
The judicial bill has been vetoed by him
and the democrats are now having a
little wrestle inside their own ring to find
out what they will do about it, The ma
jority of House democrats want to 90
home without doing anything and u ma
jority of Senate democrats want the bill
fixed so The president will sign it. Yes.
terday resolution was introduced in the
House for an immediate adjournment but
it was defeated, ten greenbackers and
thirteen democrats voting with the repub-
Leans against it. Bayard and other Sem
ate democrats are acting very seusibly and
no dorh the dead lock will be gotten rid
of ir some way in spite of the rawlings of
Blackburn, Cox and other last ditchers.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25
The HOlyOke Tragedy.

John Kemmler, a German living in
South Holyoke. shot his three children
Annie, six years, Ludmila. four years,
and Amy, one year-Sa.urday afternoon.
because he was unable to support them.
lie has been out of work since February.
when he went to Colorado, but recently
returned, and had been warned out of a
enement of the Germania mills, where he
lived, because there was no longer work
in The mill. About 2 o'clock he sent his
wife on an errand, called his oldest child
nto the house. and tried to poison her wi b
cyanide of potassium, but she threw up
the dose. Kemmler then took the second
child into the front bed room, and shot her
through the head, back of the ear, with a
thirty two calibre five-shooter. He then
took Annie to II rear bedroom and shot
her in a like manner. and left her oSAs.h J
door, covered with blood. The younSes.
girl laid on the bed. and he shot her also
behind The ear, the flash burning the pil.
low. He left the house, told the saloon
keeper what he had done. and was arrest
ed. Every me who has not seen Krmm-
Ter says he must he insane. but, If this
be madness. then there's method in it,"
The murderer is I'm intelligent, well in.
formed German. who has lived in Holyoke
about seven years. lie has always been
sober and industrious, and, though he has
ut times acted very queery, he was never
considered otherwise than an /" odd gen
ius." Till within II few months, he has
had money in the Savings Blnks, both ut
Northampton and Holyoke. He has at diff
ferent times drawn out his money and
talked of buying farm. and then would
afterward deposit it again. About the LIST
Of March lie drew out all the money he
had in both Savings Banks. and. after pay
ing what debts he owed, had about $llO
eft, with which he started for the Black
Hills. About three weeks ago he came
back, and since that time has done moth
ing. He has not, so far us known, tried to
obtain employment, and has been possessed
with the idea that he could not work any
more, and was unable to support his f.mi.
ly, and he had hal II constant impression
that his little girls would grow up and
90 TO the bad" rs he expressed it. Acting
on this thought, he resolved some time
ago, before he returned from the Black
Hills, he says, to kill his three children us
the only way to save their souls. Ills wife
has been afraidof him, and has feared that
he would carry out some of his threats he
has made against her and the children,
hut seems to have been taken off her
guard. lie says that he had fixed upon
S .turday rs the day on which the children
must die, and Two or three days ago
bought some cyanide of potassium to pois-
on them. lie apparently watched his
to have the children alone, |
Ind this afternoon sent his wife up town
10 buy hat for the youngest. After she
had gone he called the children 10 from
the street, where they were playing. tell
lng them that they were to be washed and
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25
From Our Regular Correspondent
Our European Letter.
LONDON, Eng, Ju

LONDON, Eng, June 9. 1879.
1t required considerable courage, after
Il careful inspection of the barometer. to
venture down to Epson on Wednesday
There was no question that rain would
descend before many hours were over
but the east wind that blew so terribly on
Tuesday had given place to n Southwestern
and hence the people, who must 90 to the
Derby, because on that day they have no
place else to go, went rs usual. But they
went by rail. The road and its accumu.
lated mud presented no attractive features
10 the owners of horses and vehicles, both
of which were likely to he severely tried
If there is weak axletree or nut not in
perfect working order it is sure to be
found out on the road to EPSON, even on
the finest day. The vehicles were, how
ever. but few in number, and the breaks
down conspicuous by absence. There is
no doubt that the public have ceased 10
cure for the Derby as they used to do.
The Blair Athol and Gladiateur years 1861
and 1865 were probably the two greatest
of the Derby course. Since then the boat
race has grown steadily in public favor,
and as London can only afford lone day
out" in the course of the year, EPSON
has declined in favor of the more accessi.
bic banks of the Thames. All things
considered the change in the public taste
is not to be regretted, for it is more cred
table to take deeper interest in what
honorable men emulating each other may
do than in what may be done by horses
trained and ridden by men in all of whom
have not the same confidence rs have
in the young men of the universities.
The only incident of this years race may
be stated in single sentence. An out
slider came in first with the first of jockies
on his back, who, for the first time, won
Derby. No man ever rode more winners
than George Fordham, but fortune denied
to him Derby honors until this year.
Everybody copdoled mentally with Ford
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25

Hi5ToRIC. This is coming to be q
great word all along of the V ermont Con-
.,ttgationalists. At their convention in
Burlington Il couple of weeks ago they
voted in favor of what is called the historic
resolution and great is the pother concern
Ing The same There was protest and
there are letters and sermons and editorials
without number. The difference seems
just about us big us pin head to a mind
nnenlightened by either historic or
scriptural-progressive Congregationalsm
And We notice that u number of news
papers find the resolution to be thumb
screw" The Springfield Republican witt
its sanctifed eye perceived that to be the
quality Of the thing, but since one or two
letters from DR.. Geo. L. Walker it has
sort Of given up its learned dissertations
though 1t still makes the motion of turn.
ing"
All we can make ont of the resolution
is declaration by the convention that the
Bible teaches certain things, and 10 be u
Congregationalist preacher man ought
to believe in those things. Now we con-
fess we don't know that the convention
had the right to declare anything-and in
fact we always supposed Congregational
church was an independent religious re-
public-but if the convention had any RIGHT
to express its opinion we cannot see the
thumb-screw." Faith in the Bible once
admitted it is all n gittering generality
stutf and nonsense-to say eve believe
what the Bible teaches" the practical
question is "what do Won believe the Ri,
BILE teachesP" The moment men associate.
in church or convention, they associate on
an agreed basis and what there is of the
thumb screw' in having the basis detin-
ed we cannot see.
And what a Universaist wants to 90
shopping around in Congregational
church for is another mystery. Or why
one who does not believe in the Trinity
should want to associate reigiously with
those who do and pretend to consensus"
of belief All this is written however from
an early, and perhaps erroneous, i'm pres.
sion of the writer that there were certain
things folks called Congregationalists be-
lieved in. lfhowever their organization
is such that neither convention nor church
nor other power can fix an agreed basis OF
belief-lhen Congregationalists are the
queerest folk in the world. set of people
who are most positive believers and who
have no business to unite on any positive
belief
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25

Evidences multiply as to the eopt,pno, +,
ing tone Of business both 10 this country
land. Baldwin locomotive. Ks, Al PM. ths'
are running onliu u time. with about > Oh, pua'
ploved, many OF whom work overtime. 1'
improvement Is also motel IN the iron a., 80
manufactures Of England, large orI.r. ''eel
recently been received both on home ami f'1s
account. e'Sn
A case involving Originally ten cent, IN, .
road fare, has just got into the Iowa suprcr. ''
passenger was unable to buy t,ek., , ,,'''
entering the cars, and tue conductor dem,n,,,,
cents extra. The passenger refused and ,,.. U0
of the train. The lower courts gave him 4, 'o put
tho corporation has appealed. The c,.,. w. ou'
lawyers fees have already amounted T., -"
thousand dollars. e'd'
An important change, or series Of ch,n,ss
the stan organic ttion of the war department, u ~
pending. The following Officers all of whom ~
reached the age of 90 years, are an soon I, ho
tlred; Gen. L. ID. Townsend aljutapt yon,-''
Gen. X. B. Marcy, inspector.general; Cen ~ =,
Dunn, judSe-advoette general; Gen. NJ c. NJ
quarterma' ter general; Gen. A. A. Uu,,,b,a.
chief Of engineers. ''
The will Of The late Rear-Admirgl Gor.Io, t,...
70" O'''eO VI 9e'Oidi HullTcl thousand u Dpar 81,
ldtive, besides lesacies to several religio,s "
charitable instit 'tions The will of Edward NJ.
turn, the New York millionaire, beaueaths an a."
to his sister,slj 900 to nephew, SO 800 To co,
the use of $50 10 for life to three servant, AMI ~,
charitable institutions after their death rbo ~
mainder goes to other ell tlves.
The Fall River (Mass.) spinners sti,l uers, ., -.
their determination 10 strike and the po,,l,l,a.
arc that nearly all the mills 10 that civ ,vin ra
compelled to suspeul during the present usor
and many thousand people be compelled To reron
nile and without the scanty incom. bv ybicb ,ha'
now manage olive. The managers of the grea,
corporations Seem to he determined OF to v,al -
the demands OF their operatives, and great die.
tress among the poor people is sure TO ensue.
aeronaut named LIE strange, met with an .,
'raordinary escape from death in Australia or
Easter Monday. In the presence of thousands n
spectators he made an ascent When the bsIloor
had attained the great altitude of mile and tnres
quarters 1t sud ienly collapsed the gas bur slim
through It's side, but the parachute came into uI,r
and instead of the wreck falling like stone. +,
went down in azig-zlg course, and finally srncp
tree. Women screamed and tainted, some sU
on their knees with their hands casped in prsvs
while hundreds of men ushed into the govelpms,,
domain expecting TO find manged boay, but IA
their establishment they discovered LE,trauye
alive and almost unhurt.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25

The English forces engaged in the
Afghan war had hardly begun their
march southwark before the Russian
forces on the other side of Afghanistan
broke their long inaction since the English
declared war by starting out an expedition
against wandering tribes of Turkomans.
The expedition numbers twenty thousand
men, and is therefore one of the largest
ever sent out from the Russian headquar
tiers in Central Asia. matter OF some
moment when one remembers that the
treaty of peace with the ameer of Afghan
istan in effect moves the Anglo Indian
frontier eight hundred miles nearer Rus.
sian territory than it has ever been before.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25
Che freeman.
MONTPELIER. VT.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE %, 1879.
PRINCE Napoleon Killed.

Louis Napoleon, the only son of Napo.
leon the third and Prince Imperial oil
France, was killed in South Africa by the
Zulus On the first day of this month.
This unfortunate prince was born March
16, 1856. and was an only child. He was
fourteen years old at the time of the Fran.
eo-Prussian war when his mother, the
Empress Eugene, fed from France with
him to be rejoined in England by his IA
Their when the Latter WAS released from
Imprisonment by the Germans.
He had received good education the
aim OF which was of course to put him in
framing for the time when according to
the Bonapartist plans he was to re- enter
France and become its imperial ruler.
This time did not seem to hurry itself
and the young man tried to get a commits
sion in the English army last winter.
Failing in this. the last part of February
he determined to 90 to South Africa as Il
volunteer in the Zulu war to be gone four
months.
On his arrival in Africa he was taken
down with fever from which he recover
ed in May. On Sunday with two or ,hIee
officers and half dozen men he went on
scout some ten miles from the main
British camp. While the party was dis
mounted in a corntield the Zulus stole
upon them and killed the prince while
most of the party escaped by flight. The
body of the prince was recovered the next
day and had seventeen wounds upon it.
The Empress Eugene swooned on hear
ing the terrible news but recovered and
called to Chiselhurst several of the Bona
partist leaders. 1t seems that she is not
willing to give up Imperialism and Bona
partisan though her only son, the apple
of her eye," has been slain. Prince
jerome Bonaparte, (son of Jerome, the
youngest brother of the first Napoleon) is
now the Bonaparllst heir apparent. lie
married Clothilde, daughter of Victor En-.
manuel, and they have two sons, the eld-
est of whom, Victor, is looked upon by the
Bonapartist chiefs as their coming head. |
Victor's father, Jerome, is IA republican
and has always been dslked by the In
perialists. 1t is reported that while he
refuses to press his own claims and is loy
al to the republic, he says his heirship
bars any other claimant His father, by
the way, was the Jerome who married
Miss Patterson of Baltimore who lately |
died, and the Baltimore Bonapartists are
really an elder branch of the Bonaparte
family than are the present Prince jerome
and his sons.
But whatever sympathy may be had for
tho unfortunate dead prince and bis lonely
mother it may be said that his death yer, |
likely saves many lives to France. Ii |
would have been his " destiny" to have
made struggle for the throne of his ia
Their and the struggle would not have been |
bloodless even though fruilless.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25

How TIE RAILROADS ARE MAKING
MoNEY.-The annual saving in railroad
repairs effected by the use of steel rails in
this country is placed by the Railroad
Ga8ette at $19,000,000. Its calculation is
based upon the fact that in 1872 when the
extensive use of steel rails began, nearly
IL per cent of the rails laid had to be
replaced yearly, while in 1873 only 5 1-2
per cent had to be re-laid. This is not
the only saving. About 100000 miles of
track are built in the Unired States, and
to relay IL per cent of this in 1872 would
have cost SSS, $50. 900 at the price of rails
then; to replace 1-2 per cent now, the
average share needed for repairs to-day,
costs SlS,462,000 a difference of $70,O00,-
900. or more than per cent on the capital
stock of all the railroads in the country.
In view of these facts, it is not strange
that the roads, at lower freights, are
making more money than ever before.
On single road of heavy traffic, this
saving can be given more exactly. 1t
cost the Erie 5000 mile annually to
buy its new rails for repairs in 1872;
since then the road has been laid with
steel rails, the amount of new rails needed
has thereby been reduced, snd the price of
the rails has fallen besides; SO that the
rails now purchased for repairs cost but
1888 per mile yearly. This, on the entire
line of the road, is saving of 81, 300, 900
annually.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25

Gov. Robinson of New York has allow
ed 124 bills passed by the last legislature
to lapse without his approval, the state
constitution giving him month after adj.
tournament to decide whether he will ap-
prove the bills left over. Among the bills
lost is the measure designed to put down
tramps, drawn on the model of the New
Hampshire law, and the bill for commits
sion to report new system of corporate
taxation. The vetoes which will do Gov.
Robinson most good with the people, how
ever. are those by which he has reduced
the appropriation bills $3OO,000.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25

Burglars visited the residence of E,
Frank Brown. at St. Johnsbury, Thursday
night. furnishing themselves bountifully
with refreshments and carrying off silver
spoons. knives and forks and mugs, to the
value of $3.50. The residence of G. W.
Spencer was also visited, from which was
taken silverware, a watch and small
amount of money, valued in all at $50, II
is supposed the same gang We're lately
burglarizing In Burlington. and are travel
lug through the country with team. No
clue of their whereabouts has been OBJ
tanned,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25
MONTPELIER MARKET.
RETAIL PRICES,

For the Ueek ending Tuesday, JHHC "a, 1877,
n Appies, drled new SdlOc n; Butter, l5H25r
Beef 402Oc; Beef, dried, green weight, zoe; Pork
fresh, 6Ml!Sc; Pork, salt, L &c; Ham, ljc; Luid,
u SC; Veal 50l2c; Beans, = Ou,hrl, f2a2 30,
bushel, 70 dlOc; Flour y bill, $500 & 75 C,ack.
e,s, 500; oai, ton, $3.50 90 90; Cheese, -
10 dWc; tish-Fresh Cod, dressed Toe; llalihut,
loG, ohad 3Si; MioIerel, l3c; salt FISH & Id, SC :
Salmon, lo0l2 &c v h; rripe. l2lsc; kctosene
on, ggalon, 20; Potatoes, - bushe SIS gOc
SAT- 14sh-l, sos; Dairy, IL ne r. n; sugar
fenneh, lO0l2ii brown S., HolaS.Cs, p gallon,
509lSc; Maple Sugar, y ,Gd0so ;SyruJ, U gallon,
tOdsO; Tea, 5OFUO IS; Coffee, Oil Java roasted
t0c; kio, roasted, SOC p Herds Grass ICED,
Yorkido, H. l3o v pounl.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25

Lord Dufferin's proposal that New York
and Canada buy the land at Niagara Falls
for an international park. led the last New
York legislature to appoint j. 7. Gardner,
director of the state survey. and F. O..
Olmstead, an adept in park matters, to soc
what can be done about it. These gentle
men are now at the falls, and the state
press are considering the matter pro and
con. The Bnffllo Express thinks il would
cost Sl,500,000 to establish the park. and
opposes so much expense, but the New
York Evening Post thinks that the cost
would not be over 81 600 900. and wants
the state to 80 ahead and buy the land.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25

The tory majority in the dominion has
apparently dug its political grave with
its policy of protection. as the recent pro
vincial election in Ottawa indicated. MOI
only is the new tariff already very unpop.
ular. but it is likely to become more 50, as
the dominion revenue has fallen off
Sl,S96,795 as compared with the last six
weeks under the old schedule, making tie
imposition of new taxes imperative next
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