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Litchfield enquirer., 1880-01-22
CONGRESSIONAL.

tSeaGte. Merrill has asked for con- mittees to inquire about refunding the debt and the alcoholic liquor traffic.-A number of woman suffrage petitions have been received in the Senate.-A bill was passed to increase the pensions of totally disabled soldiers and sailors. majority of the Finance con- mittee report against MT. Bayard's bill; a minority are in favor.-A bill has been report ed to admit dutiable articles in the mails, and to provide indemnity for lost registered mat ter.-On Monday, bills in regard to the pro- posed interoceanic canal were introduced Senator Ferry has proposed a Constitutional amendment in regard to abridging citizenship. On Monday bill was debated to prevent cruelty to animals in transportation.
 The bad character of some of the testimony produced by MT. Spoford in his case against Senator Kellogg was shown to the committee at Washington.
 Rebutting testimony has been received in the Ingalls, case.
 House. have been reported to regulate the counting of the votes for President; to elect Congressional Printer; to force bank ing associations to keep one-half of their re- has been asked for information about the con- nection of the Treasury with the Clearing House.-An investigation has been ordered as to how it lost possession of the Glover Re- port.-The Secretary of War has been asked for information in regard to retired officers of the Army y.-The House voted to allow the use of it's Hall to MT. Parnell for an address on Ireland.-A bill has been passed to protect the Rio Grande frontier.-The House has debated the bill in regard to bank reserves, and the report of the Committee ..On Rules = In Committee of the Whole it was decided to report adversely on a bill to relieve a Govern ment official for losses sustained by him.
 The House Committee investigating the Ute outbreak have examined General Fisk and Commissioner Hayt.
 The House Committee having the matter in Chinese immigration to fifteen persons on any one vessel.
 The House Committee on Military Affairs has agreed to report bill to restore General Fitz John Porter to his rank in the army and appropriating $75, 900 for back pay.
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Orders by mail filled promptly on receipt of cash (pOstage at 3 cents per doeen included
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HARPERs contains Bertram and his Garden Gllus.): Foreign Tips (illus); A Famous Breviary 0llus.); Washington as a Burgher (illusJ A Visit to the Republic of San Marine Gllus-) The Drop-Star a Legend of Lake katuysh Gllus.); The Percheron and Norman Horse (illus-); The Lovers Peril Grub Stalk es and Millions Ollus); White Wings (con- tinued, with illustrations); Hector Berlioz !; Mary Aunerly (continued); Mir Leesler's Horse Car: A Symposium of Wood -Engravers; A Night in an Avalanche; Editorial Articles.
 Harper & Brothers, New York, $4 year. See Enq. Clubbing Rates.
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 evident when we notice that. last week, the Senate was in session but two hours in all!
 The bill offered by Mir. Morris of Bridge port proposes an increase of the salaries of su- premeand superior court judges, ,anda decrease in their number. The measure strikes us as specially inopportune in view of the fact that $4,000 is 6 very handsome salary-more than three times that of the abler men who adorned our bench 8 quarter of century since.
 Among the committee appointments, MT. Battell, of Norfolk, has the chairmanship of Insurance; Batcheller, of Winsted, of Militia " Affairs; Wadhams of Goshen, of Forfeit ed Rights, on the part of the House. Mir. Coe has Fisheries Peet, School Fund and Bristol, Sale of Lands, on the part of the Senate. Mir. .Hollister, of this place, has po- sition on the judiciary committee; York, of Winsted. on Interpretations Alvord of Tor. rington, on Railroads and others have places on important committees. If the resolution to refuse new business afteF the 4th of February is stuck to- the session will be short one. We notice disposition to make 6 joke oi the bill offered by Representative John M. Wadbams, of Goshen, for the regulation of at torneys fees. The measure strikes us as one deserving serious consideration. The abolition of term fees is one of the reforms that should certainly follow in the wake of the new ''civi procedure" As the matter now stands thu longer an attorney delays his cases Tn in cour the greater the fee he, gets. Of course we ar a virtuous profession, but it is too much to ex pect that we shall push business very energeti cally when we are to be punished with leane fees for so doing. Last year, Gov. Andrew proposed the abolition of the fees for attend ance now given successful parties at the rat of 25 cents for each day their cases are pend ing in court before trial. The term fee is tn lawyers bill for constructive attendance. ant both should go down together.
 Another section of this bill requires lawyer to fix upon some regular table of charges fo ordinary services in court. AS the matter nov stands, the lawyers table of fees is merely sort of trades union arrangement providing that their wages shall not be less than certain
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Nothing is uglier than crooked boot or shoe straighten them with Lyons Heel Stiff feners. 404w.
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Assistant Postmaster Brady appears in very bad light under congressional examina- tion- He admits increasing the pay of six Western contractors over million and half on plea of an increasing business requir- ing more frequent mails. The difficulty is that the rates on this increased business are not opened to public competition, but immense sums are given on private contract between Mr. Brady and those already in possession of contracts Curiously enough, Mr. Wm. H. Barnum is said to appear as surety on some of these contracts. There is no evidence of con- plicity offered, but why has he interested him. self in behalf of these far-away mail contrac- tors:
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   The J. M. IVES CO.," OF DANBURY, CONN, DEALERS IN STOVES, CRoCKERY, ETC, ETC, WILL OCCUPY THIS SPACE, NEXT WEEK. 
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$1.O0 per .15 ''
IW dozen.

Justice and Superior Court Book Debt blanks af
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New Practice Blanks.

Justice and Superior Count Common Count blanks (with or without Factorizing Process); for sale at this office at
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ANSWER THIs.-Did you ever know any person to be i'll, without inaction of the Stom- ach, Liver or Kidneys, or did you ever know one who was we'll when either was obstructed or inactive; and did you ever know or hear of any case of the kind that Hop Bitters would not cure. Ask your neighbor this same ques- tion.-TSnes.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-09-15
The Last Hay Crop.

A statement in the Boston Herald gives
summary of returns received by an extern
sive hay dealer in that city from various
parts of the country, the material portion of
which we quote below: "The dry weather
was indeed very severe in the Middle States,
and even so far north as western Massachu-
sets, although western New York partially
escaped. In Maine the weather was dry for
few weeks at the first part of the season.
but timely rains saved the hay crop. In
Canada the hay crop was considerably above
the average, and even New York now reports
crop much better than was expected. Out
of eight of the principal hay sections in
Maine heard from, six report good guam
tity of hay for shipping, while two report
none to spare. Out Of six sections heard
from in New Hampshire, three report some
hay for shipping. Out of three places in
Vermont, one reports hay for shipping, and
two none to spare. Out of five sections re-
ported in Massachusetts,, three have hay for
shipping. In Rhode Island and Connecti-
cut the crop is much below the average, with
none for shipping; but it may be borne in
mind that the hay produced in these two
states is a very insignificant quantity in the
best of seasons. In New York, out of
twenty sections reported, seventeen have
hay for shipping. In New Jersey there is
no hay to spare. In Ohio, out of eight
places reported, five have hay for SALE"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-09-15

with the other "employs Of rural lfe;" it
is in the exact nature of the stimulus that 1t
differs from them. The peculiar imagina-
tive pleasure which comes from watching
the things as they grow has never been 80
well described as by Hawthorne in that ex-
quisite passage Of the American Note
Books" in which he tells the simple story
Of his life at Concord al love to watch the
successive development Of each new vege-
table and mark its daily growth, which al
ways affects me with surprise. It is as If
something were being created under my own
inspection, and partly by my own aid. One
day, perchance, look at my bean-vipes, and
see only the green leaves clambering up the
poles again tomorrow / give second
glance, and there are the delicate blossoms /;
and third day on somewhat closer obser-
walton, discover the tender young beans
hiding among the foliage. Then, each morn
ing, watch the swelling of the pods, and
calculate how soon they will be ready to
yield their treasures. All thisgives pleas
ure and an ideality hitherto unthought of to
the business of providing sustenance for my
family. suppose Adam felt it in Paradise /;
and of merely and exclusively earthly enjoy
ments, there are few purer and more harm
less to be experienced. . After all,
the greatest interest Of these vegetables does
not seem to consist in their being articles of
food. 1t is rather that we love to see some
thing born into the world and, when great
squash or melon is produced, it is large
and tangible existence, which the magma
ton can seize hold of and rejoice in"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-09-15
Gew e9drerfissments.
Danger in Disguise!
Summer Pestilence Unearthed, and
Some Timely Advice About
How to Avoid It'll
Certain Valuable Facts
Made Public!

II Is well known that hot weather brings sick
ness, and that few people go through the Summer
without unpleasant symptoms The mouth be-
comes dry and parched, the tongue furred with
white, the pulse Irregular the head feverish, the
body cramped and the limbs swollen and tired.
Ladies' especially, with their natural delicacy and
tendency to female troubles, find the hot weather
almost unbearsble while Little Children are dy-
ing every day from exhaustion and because Pa
rents neglect precaution and care. A prominent
and well known physician Of New York asserts as
his positive belief that more than threefourts Of
all so-caed Summer complaints arise from dis
ordered secretons, and that these secretionary
organs, which, by being out OF order cause so
much trouble, are the Kidneys and Liver. These
organs are the governors Of the system, and by
their movements the other parts OF the body are
regulated. The brain controls the life, but the
lower part OF the body rules the health.
There is one, and only one known vegetable
that will absolutely regulate and control the Kid
neys and Liver at all times and thus prevent the
many dangers OF the Summer. That vegetable
Ia West India leaf Is used as the basis OF War
ner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. 1t Is pure,
pleasant to the taste and absolutely certain in its
results. It keeps those who intelligently 1t in
perfect health, and cures those whose secretions
are deranged For all urinary complaints of
either sex it is infaible For all bilious troubles
1t is certain. For the hot season It is Invaluable
and 1t should be used upon the approach OF the
slightest symptoms. 1t may save your life or
that of some dear friend It will certainly prevent
much suffering.
No remedy in America has ever received such
hirh and nnfhnsiastic cnmme ndafinns
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-09-15
Society,",

Says Professor w. T. Harris: BY COM
bination into society, man is enabled to con-
quer nature. The aggregate Of individuals
can achieve victory where multitude of
single attacks have failed. The institution
of civil society is the first form of the living
miracle of combination. For, compared
with nature and natural laws, the results of
society are indeed miraculous. What could
be more wonderful at first sight than the
proposition to transmute the selfish process
of gratifying animal wants into spiritual
process wherein the seltishness Is well-nigh
sifted out, or transmitted into generous SER
vice of others, and at the same time so to
lift man out of the reach of the pinching
hand of necessity that he never trembles
with dread of want? Yet this result, mi
raculous as it may seem when first pro-
pounded, is the actual result of the human
combination in civil society aud the family.
BY division of labor each individual is set
to work, not directly for his own gratifica-
ton, but directly for society. What the la
borer produces must go to the market and
be sold to others. What the laborer needs
himself must be obtained in the market
from others. Thus he serves society and
gives it all he has, and receives as gift
from society his own support in return.
Thus each individual is engaged in serving
others, and not as a slave tolls for his master ;
for, although even that is a higher media
ton than the brutal savage state, wherein
man seizes directly his own subsistence just
as the animal does, yet there remains in it a
deep slight done to the spiritual essence Of
man. In civil society each man tolls for
his fellow-men, and receives his recognition
therefor in the symbol of social obligation,
which is money"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-09-15
How to Break the Chain.

A man once said to me d" | was pretty
hard case my wife used to be afraid of me,
and my children used to run away when |
came in the house it was but word and
a blow and then kick. When put my
name on the temperance pledge, the thought
came across my mind, wonder what my
wife will say to this Then thought il
went in and told her all of hurry IL might
make her faint. Another time | would
have gone home and knocked her down and
kicked her up again. Now l was going
home thinking how could break it to my
wife and not hurt her. So made up my
mind would break it TO her easy. | got
to the door; saw her leaning over the en-
bers of the fire. She didn't look up-I sup
pose she expected a blow or curse, as
usual-and / said, 'Maryr She didn't
turn. | said, Mary well, Dick, what
is it2' | said, MARY well, what is
n Can you not guess, Mary?' And
she looked round at me. Her face was SO
white Il say, Mary r. well ? Il have
been to the meeting, and have put my name
down on the pledge, and taken my oath |
never will take another drop. She was on
her feet in minute, She didn't faint
away, poor soul, and as held her | didn't
know but she was dead, and began TO cry.
She opened her eyes, and got her arm
around my neck, and pulled me down on
my knees-the first time | remember ever
going on my knees since was boy-and
said, o, God, bless my poor husband + and
said Amenp And she said, Help him
to keep that pledge and said, Amen 7
And she kept on praying, and / kept on
hallooing, and you never heard Methodist
halloo like me, until could not speak word
1t was the first time we ever knelt together
and it was not the last."-John B. Cough.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-09-15
The Effect Of Debt and Usury in the West.

That instructive Illinois writer, "B. F..
j." in a contribution to the Rural New
Yorker, speaking of the rash investments in
costly agricultural machinery and other
kinds of debtmaking among the western
farmers, in consequence of the good crops
of the past three years, says; "The crash
of 1873 found two-thirds, if not more, of
the farming community in debt, and half
of those hopelessly So Then followed
series of crop failures, and it became q
struggle for all to keep their heads above
water, and desperate one for many, for
what little surplus there was went to pay
accumulated interest and to satisfy mort
cages and trust deeds. But many went
down, abandoned their farms, went west to
start again, and grow up with the country
there. And the extent of this forced exodus
is well shown by the returns of this
census which report little or no gain in
many counties between 1870 and 1880"
Thus were the rich and new prairie states
being arrested in their growth in the same
way and by the same means that, by driving
poor men out of New England and New
York, first populated them. Debt and
usury-ten per cent and the sheriff-stil
follow them toward the settiTg sun, in the
track of the "poor Indian" The shrewd
usurers pursue the fleeing crowd of foolish
farmers as the sharks Of the sea pursue the
schools of herring. Such are the fruits Of
that relic of barbarism, the legal credit sys-
TEN, which always has and always will keel
the weak the slaves and victims of the strong
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-09-15
Farmer Pastors.

The New York Evangelist says "Now
we have many rural churches, small in
membership and weak in resources, which,
although not able to pay living salary, are
able to set apart from twenty to forty acres
of good land, with suitable buildings for
parsonage. From such an acreage of good
land any man who has brains enough to
constitute general call to the ministry, has
a sufficient surplus, when directed to the
cultivation Of the soil to derive decent
maintenance. Having the physical basis of
life in his glebe, all other needful things
can be added in his modest salary. With
modern appliances all the heavy work can
be done at triaing expense, leaving to the
pastor only the lighter labors and the work
of general superintendent. This will give
him only that recreation which every pastor
needs. 1t will take him for part of the
day into the open air and green fields, and
divert his mind from his more serious pas
toral cares and pulpit labors. 1t will also
enable him to advise and sympathize with
his people in the affairs of their everyday
life, which he cannot do without active par
ticipation in the same. Formerly it was
thought that any person of ordinary capacity
could manage farm, but now that agricul-
ture has become science, the conditions OF
success demand a larger capacity of mind
and better education. There is no bust
ness in which man can utilize 80 wide a
range Of knowledge, especially of the sciences,
as agriculture. And to spend portion of
his time in this pursuit will enable minis,
ter to apply practically that knowledge of
natural forces and their laws which he has
acquired in his collegiate education. By
thus keeping his eye and ear close to nature,
he is the better prepared to read Alright and
interpret that other revelation of God in his
written word. The only way 10 reconcile
ministers to country parishes and to country
life is for them TO attach themselves to the
soil, and participate actively in rural pur-
suits and pleasures. In this way many
feeble churches, usually vacant or depend
ing on occasional supplies, might secure
permanent pastors; and many churches now
supported in part by home missionary funds
might become wholly self-supporting, and
thus release a large sum of money for the
planting Of new churches in remote settle
ments or for frontier work."
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-09-15
Close Calculation Necessary.

Farming is so close business that lit
tie excess in the cost of producing a crop
cuts off all profit, and often entails a positive
loss. This is true, Notwithstanding the
sadly notorious fact that farmers are by no
means close reckoners in regard to what
their crops cost them. Corn is produced at
best with about as small margin of profit
as cotton cloth, and the same may be said
of cotton, wool, wheat and milk. These
raw products of the farm are subjects of
manufacture,-the corn into starch, whiskey
and glucose, the cotton and wool into textiles,
the wheat into flour and bread, and the
milk into cheese and butter. These latter
operations in the hands of business men are
subject to the closest figuring, and the bal
ance-sheets of their business at the close of
the year exhibit to them the results, figured
down to cent. The same is true Of the
jobbers and retail dealers in these goods.
But the farmer rarely knows what anything
he grows or manufactures costs him. He
guesses at it, and all he really knows is that
he is generally poor, in debt, and hard up
for money even to pay his taxes We think we
may say without exaggeration, for it has
been favorite subject Of inquiry with us
for dozen years, that we have asked hun
dreds Of the leading farmers in Vermont
how much the profits of all the farms in the
state will average annually. We have never
found one who would set this average as
high as $50 to the farm. Now as the aver
age number of acres to the farm in Vermont
is probably about eighty, it follows, accept
ing these opinions as correct, that the gain
of property among the farming class in
this, one of the most prosperous and intelli-
gent agricultural communities on the CONT
nent, is not over half dollar per acre an
nually. Estimating the average value of
these farms at S25 per acre, which is prob
ably not far from the mark, this would
give net profit on the investment in land
alone (allowing nothing to the capital in
vested in live stock and implements) of
only two per cent. A business giving so
small return as this requires the closest
calculation and the wisest economy on the
part of those engaged in it. Where these
are applied the profits on the total invest
ment will often reach or exceed ten per
cent In the cases (and they are many
where they are badly wanting, the loss is
even greater, and dispossession is sure to
follow.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-09-15
A BRAVE LADY!
She Endures the Pain of Severe
Surgical Operation Without
Taking Chloroform.
[Fron Me Courier.

Mrs Schoonmaker Of Creek Locks Ulster Co.,
N. Y, had the misfortune to entirely lose the
sight Of one Of her eyes, through an accident, and
endured painful inhammatory action therein for
two long years the other eye finally becoming
alphabetically affected, her general health Sc
rously suffering; indeed, she was mere wreck,
walking skeleton. In this terrible strait, she
consulted DIR. David Kennedy Of Rondout, New
York, who told her at once that the injured eye
must be removed. She quietly but firmly said
Gan right, Doctor, but don give me chloroform.
Let my husband sit by my side during the opera
ton, and will neither cry ont or STIR The
work was done, and the poor woman kept her
word. Talk of soldierly courage! This showed
greater pluck than it takes to face a hundred
guns. To restore her general health and give
tone and strength to the system, DIR. Kennedy
then gave the Favorite Remedy" which ceansed
the blood and impaired new life to the long suf-
ferng woman. She rapidly gained health and
strength. and is now we'll The " Favorite Rem
edy" Is priceless blessing to woman. No family
should be without it. Your druggist has it. II
not send to DIR, David Kennedy, Rondout, New
York.