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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-24

The bill to repeal the clause preventing
inter-marriage of whites and blacks has
been defeated in the Virginia legislature
by vote of IS to 20. The minority were
colored.
The English people do not know they
are to have an election until II few weeks
before it occurs. This is fortunate. 1t
saves them q good deal of anxiety which
Americans have to put up with.
The government has been notified that
if it does not protect Cinnamon in this
country, the authorities in China will not
protect Americans in that country. There
is nothing unfair about that.
Mrs. Julia Smith Parker of Glaston-
bury, Ct, who was married for the first
time at 81 years of age, signs her letters
with her maiden name, Julia E. Smith.
She says she bore that name too long to
recognize another as her own.
And now it is reported that, in view of
the expected unparalleled exodus of emf
grants which is looked for this year, some
private capitalists of England have it
under contemplation to fit out the Great
Eastern for trips to the United States and
Canada at cheap rates. This will be &C.
commodating emigrants and filling the
pockets of the capitalists at the same time
SAD DOMESTIC TRAeEDY.-An associa.
ted press dispatch from Aurora, ILL.,, says
Early Wednesday morning, Mrs. W.
Baldwin was found dead in bed with her
jugular vein severed, and beside her lay
her unconscious husband with several
gashes in his throat, arms and abdomen.
His wounds are not serious. Baldwin
came from Vermont, and they were mar.
ried three weeks ago. The cause is I'M
known.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-24
From Our Regular Correspondent
landau Letter.

LONDON, Eng, March s. 1880.
1t was my fortune to travel from West
port eastwards by train that picked upat
nearly every station in Mayo county
hatch of emigrants just starting for Amer
lea. The experience was sad one in
double aspect. Looking at the stalwart
lads and lassies who crowded into the
carriages, and at the old people and young
children who had come to see the last of
them, it appeared as though the country
were losing the flower of its population.
The dead past " and the shadowy fu-
tuIe, to use Emerson's terms -rcmain-
ed; the living present went away. 1t is
surely hard that there should be need for
this, and the hardship seemed greater than
ever in hearing Of the weeping and wall
ing that went on at every station and were
only shut out by the roar and rattle of the
departing train. He who has never wit
messed such scene, or watched the start
of an emigrant tender from Queenstown
pier, can have but faint notion of the
intense emotionaiism and passionate aifec-
ton of the Irish nature. Anglo-American
feeling may be as keen, and Anglo-Ameri-
can love rs tender and true, but the eX-
preston of both is so restrained that we
are utterly unable TO comprehend the
manner of this emotional race across
the Atlantic-this, by the way, is only one
form o: our inability to comprehend them.
Surely, the road Travelled by my cmigrant
train was to all its passengers Il ria dOlOro-
So studded with stations Of the cross"
On every platform the scenes were ago
nizing. Whole families gathered around
its departing members, and could scarcely
be made to give them up to the carriage
whose open doors yawned TO receive them.
Boys aud girls and little children wept
abundantly, women filed the air with
their cries, passionately beating their
hands together the while. and, worst OF
all, many an old father, after looking his
last upon his son, would utterly break
down, turn his face to the hard wall, and
give way to sobs that shook him like a
leaf.
In the midst of this the emigrants did
their best to smile through tears; and af-
ter the train had sped away, they waved
hats and handkerchieis to friends who,
running by the side of the line, kept the
carriages as long as possible in sight.
Watching the scene from the window OF
my compartment was Il gentleman who
had before been expressing Il wish that he
could clear of its inhabitants an island
that belonged to him, so that it might be
turned into.a sheep-walk and its renta
trebled. His comment upon the uia doj0r
osa was: Bring gallon of whiskey ant
they would soon stop their cries" The
words seemed to give me glimpse of Is;
great gulf fiXed,' and hard indeed to
bridge, SO that there might be fellowship
and sympathy between the opposite sides
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-24
The FREEMAN.
MoNTPELIER.vT.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 81, 1880.
The Parliamentary Elections.

The house of commons consists of 65l
members. The house which met March
5, 1874, yesterday had its last meeting and
was prorogued. To-day it is dissolved by
royal proclamation and writs are dis
patched for the election of new house.
Where there is no contest the election
will be made by reclamation, ballot be-
ing required only in cases of opposing
candidates. The law is such that elections
by reclamation may begin the 9th and
none can be held after April 9th. But
whore there is ballot the Doth is the first
day on which a beginning can be made
and April 10th is the latest time possible
for ballot to be had.
There is no doubt that next week will
be the time for holding most of the cleo
tions and at its close it will be known
whether the conservatives or liberals will
have control of the new house. The min
istry had so majority in the parliament
dissolved to-day.
While the house of commons is the
popular" branch of parliament il is Gu
risus enough that of the 6j1 members of
the late house Zone scat being vacant) but
five were farmers and only 1874 members
could he classed as of either the manufac.
turing, commercial Or trading interests.
One-fifth of the members were connected
with peerase by birth and one-tenth by
marriage, while one-sixth were or had
been officers of the army. The house of
lords is supposed TO have 1888 members.
Those elected to the house of commons
not only get no salary as members but
election customs are such that an election
often costs great deal of money; in some
cases from $4,000 10 100000 being
spent by a candidate. Bribery of course
is forbidden and punished but what are
called Legitimate expenses sum up
enormously. Mr., Gladstone's son for
instance is to be candidate in Middlesex
and it is said that prominent liberals pro-
pose to expend $4,000 in his canvass,
and with no particular expectation of
electing him at that.
When the extension of suffrage was
made dozen or fifteen years ago Thomas
Carlyle in his article entitled "Shootine
Niagara" bewailed and denounced il and
characterized the proposed plan as "cheap
and nasty" However much it may claim
ownership on the latter adjective, in view
Of the outlay that English politicians make
we don't see how the word " cheap can
be applied rightfully.
Nevertheless out of the pow-wow and
hurrah of next weeks elections there will
come the choice of a body of men of ex-
perience, honesty AMI skill in government
al affairs; and England will not 90 to the
dogs whichever party wins-they are sim
ply having great crisis just as we do
every four years; and the crisis is largely
in the imagination. Neither party is going
to win that country or ours; and there as
here the question Of supremacy, while
important, is not vital TO the continuance
of constitutional government nor does the
entire we'll being of the people depend on
the result.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-24
WASHINGTON When Sena

WASHINGTON SCANDALs.-When Sena
tor Isaac z. Chrsliancy. of Michigan
went to Washington several years since,
he was widower of seventy years with
grown up children. Suddenly be gave his
family, colleagues and society an electric
shock by marrying the strawberry blonde.
daughter of his landlady 1t was II NAV
and December affair The groom was
rheumatic. dyspepJic and decr.pit. The
bride was II treasury girl of twenty,
lively, buxom, frivolous and had the rep
utaton of being something of tlirt, and
Christancy's friends have always believe
that he was entrapped into the marriage
by the designing mother Washington
dispatches now say that the il-mated pair
have lived unhappily from the first, and
that Mr.. Christlancy's resignation to go to
Peru was due more to his desire to sepa-
rate his children and their step mot her
than to any other cause. Mrs. Christiancv
went down to Peru and staid few weeks,
but has been in Washington for some
months, and her conduct has given occa-
sion for gossip Mr.. Christiancy recently
applied for II leave of absence. and is ex-
pected to return in few weeks to prose.
cate Il sui. for divorce. His wife, of course.
denies that she has been unfaithful, and
says that she intends TO claim II divorce.
and that Christancy commenced to treat
her cruelty month after marriage.
Miss Raymond, who charges Senator
Ben Hill, of Georgia. with seduction,
created II sensation on Wednesday. She
had threatened that if Senator Hill did
not relieve her distress she would confront
him with her child in the Senate chamber.
She accordingly appeared at the capitol
leading her little boy, named Tommy Hill.
She waited two hours in the Senate lobby.
while the nineteen. months.old baby rolled
about the marble floor and ever and anon
some senator would glide furtively out
from behind Il corner and take peep at
" Ben Hills baby and its mother. Mr..
Hills private secretary finally induced her
to enter IL committee room on the promise
that Hill should be brought to her. Hill
then left the capitol.
Among the occupants OF the ladies' gal
lery of the Senate at the time was Miss
Horton, who fired pistol at Senator Nor
gan's son not long ago.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-24

So1n1rpv cu,p,rv Al ,ho bro,l,
-, -,
'''3 OUT OIL tlie war MI " Rl' W. cooper
resident OF Philadelphia, ministcrcd to
the comfort of the soldiers in the following
n,,nnor.
~, .....
hlt. Cooper nau MS sllop, IN uipLeIch-
.'oHs l"o'Stoiy ii"!he anu oii ',h Uu''oihS
Ill oIseSo street, JusV pe.oW washington
a'enue' "oouU oie pioch from Tue i''huing'
Oho i'lo,hinS he was VI" MS way u MS
pace ol BUSINESS i'hu LieV iassachusclls
regiment which lltu just arrived, cnoeaV-
strerf Tho hovs woro tirnd md bnnrrn
They had no food with them, and the
neighbors had opened their doors and were
cong all IN lhelr hulhole power 10 HI!eVl-
rho ;Ioo S,rnrL NJ Connor thnt bo wnnl1
place the immense furnace in his shop at
the disposal of the citizens to boil coffee
upon lie qua So ana tlilS was tho begin
,;ns known IN tho histnrv of thn rnhoI,imn
Immediately Mr.. Cooper cleared his shop.
ard determined to aid the cause Of the
Union rs best he could since ne was TOO
~, ~ Ju't,o w s''oui;ol ''i .,
Cooncr shop volunteer refreshment saloon.
which ended its existence only when the
last OF the brave men who had been spared
~ .nn elG,r ho 'p'S p'I boo TIn
citizens came to his mid. and contributions
of all sorts poured in upon him. The
founder oil the place used his private means
l'per"i,y, anu no sodi i; was Ever 'm u
esto6lishcd IN the second slorvI and the
sick were cared for.
After the war Mr.. Cooper turned his at
tenton to business again, but new and
more energetic men had supplanted him
while he was aiding the government in its
struggle for existence. At last he was
compelled to give up the struggle, and
retire TO q humble life with the scanty
means ut his disposal. Sickness fell upon
him, and he died, leaving his family, con-
s;.,;rr IF . wifi, and too do,,htor, IN
..,-,: -
"'u'oSI u''er ucs''tu'lo''' anu t''e sncrlll
knocking ut the door demanding the house
they resided in. The matter was brought
TO the attention of a number of prominent
gentlemen and thew Immediately storted a
e.hoor;,,,;oa cou 10 roI;of - H. c,,,,r.
subscription ior the reilel Oh lhe itmily'
An appeal has been made to all the grand
army members and soldiers who were fed
at the Cooper shop to send small tribute
to the widow and family of the philan-
thropist. William NJ. Singerly, proprie-
tor of the PHILADELPHIA Record. has taken
charge of the matter, and has already
received numerous contributions from
veterans in New York city and New En-.
GLAND. He will give to the family all that
is received.
The Troy Times gaye publicity to this
appeal and received, among others, the
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-24

The state authorities of Massachusetts
have at length begun to realize the extent
of the oleomargarine trouble, and AS a
consequence the committee on agriculture
have presented bill to tho Senate. to
prevent deception in the sale of butter, the
bill requiring every tub. tirkin. etc., con-
tanning oleomargarine to be distinctly and
durably marked or stamped upon the top
or side in plain Roman letters, not less
than one inch in length, with the word
"oleomargarine." Failing to SO brand the
tub, ETC., or sales from tubs not SO brand.
ed, are made punishable with fines of from
twenty to five hundred dollars. Alder
men or selectmen or their agents NAV
bring suits for violation of the law. 1t is
said that Notwithstanding the great pres.
sure brought 10 bear to prevent any such
report. the committee were unanimously
in favor of such law.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-24

New York detectives are now engaged
in trying to ferret out the author of certain
annoyances to which Rev. DR.. Morgan
Dix, rector of Trinity church, has been
subjected for several months past. The
annoyancos consist of bogus advertise.
ments and letters with forged signatures,
which result in bringing 10 the residence
of DR.. Dixa great variety of people On
every conceivable errand. The aim of
this malicious assailant is to extort money
from his victim, and he promises TO dessl
if he is paid the sum of fifteen hundred
dollars. The detectives are in possession
of the rector's residence, receiving the
numerous visitors, and are confident that
the boldness of the guilty person will at
last bring him into their clutches. Til.
is novel plan to obtain funds, and tn,
detection and punishment of its author is
a consummation 10 he desired.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-24

John Cain died at his home in Rutland
Tuesday evening, the 10th, aged II years.
He was born in Castletown, Isle of Man,
in 1909 and went to Rutland in 1882. lie
founded the Rutland Courier, and was a
leader among the democrats of the state.
He was an ardent partisan, and his make
up was such as made him use strong Ian
guage to express his ideas. But he was
as warm-hearted as he was hot-headed
and was man who meant to be right
and thought he was right; and he left
many friends among those whom he had
opposed with zeal. Two of his sons died
last year; his wife and other children snr.
vive him.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-24

THE FULL Moon PRECEDING EASTER
The moon that fulls on the Goth holds the
most important place on the lunar records
of the year. Being the first full neon
after the vernal equinox, it determines,
according to ecclesiastical laws long since
established, that Easter shall fall upon the
following Sunday. Easter can never
occur before the 22d of March or after the
25lh OF April. AS this festival is the most
ancient and important of all the movable
feasts of the Christian church, it fixes all
the other movable feasts and fasts. The
full moon preceding Easter is therefore
Indirectly the regulator Of tho movable
feasts and fass of the year. Says the
Providence Journal:
Thus our satellite, if it be dead world
has 10 insignificant mission to perform in
terrestrial affairs Happiness or misery
may hinge upon the passage of the Easter
moon, for events innumerable are regula-
ted by the fall OF the great festival and a
difference of 80 days, the extreme points
of its occurrence, may exert mighty in
iluence on human destiny. Countless
marriages wait for its coming, countless
merrymakings celebrate its returns, and a
month sooner or later in time may change
the experience of life Many fatal
cold results from imprudent dress on raw,
cold Easter Sundays occurring early in
the season, and though mental and moral
results are so easily di>Cernable, they ar.
none the less certain.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-24
NO GOOD PREACHING.
7 II E NJ A R K E T S.
eportRd and teE'7rHphet expressly for tie Grs
No attain Freeman.
BOSTON CATTLE MARKET
AT CAMBRIDGE AND BRIGHTON.


Cutie. Sheep. HD2, Cur q
At market this week, 5000 81 o1 ll,iD 3oI
last week, 2 81 D2 lI,lSi -
one year ago, 2,sH 1853 ",liO ~
PRICES.-Extra fat and heavy premium oxen.
Si.7j07.OO; first quality, $6.G0G6jO, sccouI
lutlty, $1,000 30; third quality, stIOrtIi
l e~sel beet. iey hpicc single pllrS, 40
7.75. Bulls etc. ~ 0DuI.j0. WORKING oxen, u,
400 y pIr, % aCoIr linz % III ~ vtlui a, DtH
SlceIs, S4jdl0S Mich cows, $50 b 60; eNua
good, Si01OO5O.OO with or " thOut calves AS mt
ne a5re 1t; harrow and ordinary, II 0Od2j 10,
yearllngs, s70Oftl4.OO; twoyeal-oIds
SIl.0O02j.0J; lhree-ycar ods, S!0.OOd3j.UJ Sherp
ld6c; extra, G4d7c y h-or RIO tO7.C0 uer
mead. Spring la bs, So aSc v L. Sheared sheep
dressed hogs, OOd00c Y 10. Veal CALVES, 4aGc
| II H. Brighton hides, 1!sdSEc; country lots
707i4c; Cali skins, l2sUOc per 10. TalloS,
jDjt4c, per III; county, 44d4'ic. Pclts VIZ
wool on, 81 .5OG3O0 each; country lots, $ljOd
800.
REMARXS.-We find less cattle, with supply
OF sheep equal to last week. The market on live
stock was well up to the figures of last week. with
tar demand. The best oxen from Connection
River ranged at 7p67Hc. Fourteen cattle from
Canada we're at market this week. q. W. Jone.
sold IL oxen, to dress 400 lbs, aJ ~ ,re-srl
| weight, aud oxen, at ~ 7lscG dressed weight
a. y. Monroe sold 81 steers from the west, avcJage
3l6 los at 5!c, live, 50 steers, ave age 80 h. de-
81 so T. cwt, live and l6 oXen average so ts,
ste T. h. 1.-Two. The quality of western WAS soJI,
The movement i'll sheep was not changed from lt.t
weeks figures. r. Il. French sold 262 head (mXei.
gross eight D. 10 lbs, At GA4c; J. L. Bailey son
100 sheep, at G4c; Adrich " johnson sod u
shoep and lambs, average I? los, ats 3dt}.c = Z.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-24


Vermont's vote Is more likely to 90 for
Hancock in the democrstio convention
than for anybody else.
The second district convention is to be
held at Hyde Park on the 2lst of April.
instead of the ID, as heretofore reported.
/ ST. ALBANs VITAL STATIsLIcs.-ln St.
Albans last year there were IS marriages.
IA births (against 226 the year previous)
and l04 deaths.
The town of Rutland has settled 10
81, 200 the suit for damages brought
against it by the widow Remington for
the death of her husband by drowning.
The case of j. H. Bachelor. the Bran
don bank wrecker, has been brought to a
close by the entering of nolle prosequi
at the present term OF the Rutland county
court.
Two trustees of the state university
have offered one hundred and fifty dollars
in prizes to boys not. over seventeen years
old who raise the most corn or the most
potatoes on one-eighth of an acre.
The wrestling match between John Nc
Mahon of Rutland and Dufur of Massachu
sets, for $500 and the championship OF the
world, came off in Boston, on Tuesday
evening of last week, and resulted in a
draw,
Business at the Fall Mountain paper
mill at Bellows Falls is rushing. The
time keeper has two hundred and forty
four names on his list of employees. and
the number will be increased two hundred
this summer.
Hon. Smith Wright of Williston has
stored in his large refrigerator packing
houses one hundred and fifty tons Of
poultry, portion of which is being stored
for western parties. The aggregate value
at present prices is about sixty thousand
dollars. These houses are quite Il novelty
in their way.
The contributions to the Vermont do
nestle missionary society for February
was only S445 So. The amount needed
| by the society to meet its drafts 10 mis-.
sionaries the first month of March, was
$1,000. But little more than three months
of the fiscal year remains in which tt
redeem the pledges OF the society TO thu
feeble churches.
VERMONT SHEEP BREEDERS. meet
inc of the executive board of the Vernon
Atwood merino sheep club, held at thu
Addison House,in Middlebury,on Wedne,
day, March 17th, for the purpose of APP
pointing president in place of Col f S
Stowel, resigned on account of poo
health, the Hon. C. w. Smith, of St
Adams, was appointed by II unanimou
vote.
Vennor says St. Adams would be tn
best point to publish his weather predic
tons, because we get a good deal of tn
weather he foretells. His latest announce
ments are: There will be snow falls i
different parts of the United States. an
in Europe, during April, and extremel
backward weather in the fore part Of May
The finest part Of the year 1880 will b
attempted toward the first part Of May.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-24

NUMEROUS AFFRAy AT UNDERuILL.-
A dreadful ARRAY, and one which may yet
possibly result in the death of one of the
victims, occurred at Underhll last Thurs
day, under the following circumstances:
At about o'clock in the afternoon Joseph
Dexter and his three hired men. Blodgett,
Morehouse and Weston, were taxing their
supper, when Victor H. Lovcjoy came
into the yard and commenced looking over
the buildings. Seeing him, Mr.. Dexter
went out and asked him what he was
there for. I.ovejoy answered that he
would let him know, and an alteration
sprang up between the two men. At
length Mrs. Dexter, who was n witness of
the scene. fearing, for her husbands safe
ty, told the hired men to 60 out and pro.
tect Mr.. Dexter. They complied with
her request, and as they went out Lovejoy
drew II revolver and struck Blodgett Il
violent blow on the head, knocking him
down; shot Morehouse through the head
and fired two or three shots at tho rest of
tiipoo plSScbtS HOt nlLIlDO
them. The would-be murderer then fled.
A warrant was Immediately issued for his
arrest, but upto the moment of writing he
was still at large. Morehouse is danger
ously wounded and his situation is critical.
LArER.-Victor II. Lovejoy, who shot
through the head man named Morehouse
and attempted TO shoot three other persons
lat Underhill, last week, has been captured
and held to bail in the munifcent sum of
three hundred dollarsi Bail was furnish
ed by Mary Ann Woodruff, with whom
rumor credits Lovely with living on in
famous terms, and the woull-be murder
er is now at large. In the meantime,
Warehouses; condition is repeated as crit
ical, no having caught cold in his
wound. Justice is strangely bundled
sometimes,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-24
MONTPELIER MARKET

For the tceek ending Tuesday,. March g. 1857
Apples, dried new sale p IN; Butter, 9jtil. .
Beef, 4G20c; Beef, dried. green weight, !l'; PoN'
fresh, 6tUl! &c; PORK, salt, loo; Ham, l'; ~
l0Sc; Veal. 5dl2c i'eInS, bu>hel, '!9-'
Oushel, s. 0l0G; Flour > nbl., STA IL 80; Z AK
ers, 1913; Coal, ' ton, $3.50 p0l.0l; Ch't.r, "
sGl3c; Fish-Fresh Col, dresse |, ~; uhnM
&c; Shad, Sc; MtcSorel, BE; SAT- fl,n, o. l. 49,
o.. p gallon, 2o'; P"tttoes, # 0l,Srl 80 6'l,'
Sal, Y bushei, 5)s; barry. - Gs " n; Nd!r
relinL I, DOLL sc; brown 7dS1, Aoasses, ? gu''l
tOdso; Tea, SOC % IS; CoTss, on Java r't'"'
S5c; Ri, roasted, !5c = ;; Herbs Grt'' ?"
sLI5; .dIlhigie Glryer, , Old. p b; N)Ta3rn
York do, II Ol3o p pouaI,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-24

CHARGES AGAINST A CATHOLIC BISHOP.
"A card, inspired by the congregation of
the Shelhyville Catholic church. accuses
Bishop McClosky of Kentucky of prose,
cutting their pastor-Father Hugh Daily.
1t is stated that the latter was taken from
his bed last July and imprisoned by the
bishop on charge of monomania. but on
trial was honorably acquitted. DAILY is
now nearly dead from the alleged effects
of blood poisoning. His friends suspect
foul play and assert that cut glass was
placed in his salt by the servants. The
bishops side of the story is not yet given.