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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-23

A ratification meeting at Burlington
last evening was addressed by Senator
Edmunds, Ex,Gov. Stewart, Congressman
Joyce and Tylec and others. Mr.. Ed
munds in closing said of our candidates:
| have known Gen. Garfield for many
years. lie is II noble and upright man.
He will make rs brave II president as he
was n soldier. | have long known Gen.
Arthur. The only serious difficulty l
have had with the present administration
was when it was proposed to remove him
from the collectorship of New York. No
one questions his personal honor and integ.
rity. Iresisted the attempt to the utmost
Since that time it has turned out that all
the reforms suggested had long before
been recommended by Gen. Arthur him
self and had been pigeon holel at Wash.
ington. lie is brave and calm and upright
and Vermonter.
Vennor predicted thlt We should have
warm weather this month, but somehow
he became rather mixed in the matter OF
dates Once in while, however, the
Montreal prophet strikes the nail on the
head, and in view of this fact his latest
proguostication is published our readers
can believe rs much of it rs they please
lie declares the last six days of June (25lI
to 30th) will likely be remarkable fol
intense heat with frequent and severe
storms of thunder ana Lightning. This
heated term will probably extend through
the first half of July. There will be somt
cool weather after the 20Lh. Severe frost.
in the neighborhood of the Oath, 25th ant
26th-possibly with hurries of snow in the
mountains.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-23

The delegates to the republican state
convention were mostly present in Bur-
lngton last evening and there was much
less excitement in the preliminary can
wasting than usual. There seemed to be
no particular opposition to Col. Farnham
for governor or Mr.. Page for treasurer;
the only contest really worthy of the name
being between Gen. Barstow and Col. Al
bert Clarke for the second place on the
ticket Judge Dunton was selected by
the state committee to preside.
The convention met at the hour named
in the call and went promptly about its
business. 1t put in nomination Col. Farm
ham for governor, Gen. Barstow for lieu
tenant governor and Mr.. Page for treas
urer, thus giving the republicans of the
state strong and worthy ticket.
All three nominations were made by
acclamation, there being no contest over
any one of them in the convention.
Roswell Farnham of Bradford, who will
be the next governor of Vermont, was
born in Boston, Massachusetts, July %,
1927, and came to Vermont when young.
He was principal of the academy at Brad
ford for time we believe, and read law
and was admitted to the bar He has
been for years one of the leaders of the
Orange county bar. In 1861 he went to
the war rs one of the lieutenants in the
Bradford company in the first regiment
from Vermont. In 1862 and 1868 he
served as lieutenant colonel of the 18th
regiment. In 1868 and 1869 Col. Farnham
was one of the senator's from Orange
county and since then has been one of the
leaders of his party in the state. He is
man who commands the respect of all be
cause of his sterling character.
John l.. Barstow, Of Shelburne, was
born in that town February 81, 1882 and
now lives on his farm there. He was ad
iutant and ma jor of the Sth Vermont ii
the war of the rebellion. He twice repre-
resented his town in the House of Repre-
scntatiycs and in 1866 and 1867 was one Of
the senators from Chittenden county. lie
was for some years pension agent ut Bar
lington. He has been for some time q
member of the state committee and is
liked by everybody and will make good
presiding officer.
The nomination of Hon. John A. Page
for state treasurer is one that will NEE,
approval all over the state, for his long
and faithful management of the state S
finances has been seen to be good.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-23
A Great Defaultar.

There was intense excitement in Brat
tleboro last week over the discovered
flight. forgeries and defalcation of Silas
M. Waite. president of the First National
Bank of that village. 1t appears that
Bank Examiner G. w. Hendee few
weeks ago had his suspicious aroused in
making examination of the bank and on
making inquiries became satisfied that
pretended asset of about $4,000 claimed
rs due from Vermilye & Co.. New York
bankers, was fiction.
lie went to Waite week before last and
the latter claimed that if the item was
wrong he had been deceived by his neph-
ew in New York and that he would at once
go to New York and straighten matters.
Thursday morning, the 10th. Waite bade
his wife and children good -by-and took
an early train as he claimed for New York.
He went however to Portland, Maine,
where trace of him is lost.
Tuesday, the 18th, attachments were put
on his property and other directors in the
bank were sued, and the story of Waite's
msdecds became public. He had been an
autocrat in the bank'of which he was for
many years cashier, and for something
more than II year president. The other
directors had been kept at arms length,
and this is what hurts them now as an
attempt will be made to hold them respon-
sible for their negligence.
Besides Mr.. Waite the directors were
Congressman j.. NJ. Tyler, F. A. Nash
w. L. Richardson and Henry G. Willard
of Bra ttleboro; Warren Parker of Put
ney; A. Withheld Of Vernon; w. P
Richardson of Chester; and G. J. Amidon
of lInsdale. The directors and stock
holders lose heavily, and depositors will
also lose it is thought.
The forged paper known is as follows
Conn. River, r. r. $4,000; f. Billing:
$4,000; T. w. Park $4,000; Lyon 6
Hcaly 20,OO0 Taunton locomotive work,
, $4,000; c. j. Amidon $4,000; and q
fictitious asset from Vermilye & Co. o
about $4,000. 1t is estimated that abou
third of million dollars have been sunl
by Wate-how nobody knows. Tit
bank is swept out of existence. Henry G
Willard one of the directors files petition
in insolvency and many connected will
the bank are financially ruined.
Waite has spent great deal of money
, in the Burdett suit against the Esteys ant
was driving, energetic man. He wa
, 30 years of age and had Il most estmabl
, family.
e Though many claim TO have SUSPECTED
+ for some time that all was not right, tn
G crash came with startling suddenness an,
D is the greatest ever known in the histor,
of the state and possibly in New England
q Wiate has been prominent in railroad
q management and in fact in all kinds Q
, business and movements and was always
l.. positive and dictatorial. 1t will be Ion!
before southeastern Vermont forgets hi
s great downfall
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-23

ADVICE TO BE HEEDED.-A great deal
of harm to health and many deaths result,
rs everybody knows, from injudiciou5 use
of cold liquids to qacnch thirst during our
blazing summers. Persons exposed to
the heat, especially those hard at work,
cannot, or will not, refrain from drinking,
for they feel the need of supplying the
waste from copious perspiration. What
then, shall they drink? Water seems,
under the circumstances. to be inadequate
to the wants of the system. 1t passes
through the circulation to the skin rs
through sieve. and flows over the sur
fBce in streams. A big drink of cold or
oven cool water, on an empty stomach is
very dangerous; it is liable to produce
sudden death. The danger may be avoid.
ed, it is said, by putting flrnaceous sub.
stances, particularly oatmeal, with the
water TO be drank by laborers, the proper
proportion being three or four ounces Of
meal to gallon of water. Why oatmeal
should be better than rye, millet, buck.
wheat or corn meal cannot easily be deter
mined. but those who have used oatmeal
especially fireman, coal beavers, and the
like, say that it gives them greater endur
ance and increases their strength. This
NAV be mere notion, but the peculiar
aroma of the oats may be so associated
with an agreeable stimulation of the ali
mentary mucous surface rs to promot,
complete digestion. The meal appears t.
fill tine blood vessels without increasin!
the cutaneous exhalations. Workmen who
have tried acid, saccharine, OR alcoholic
drinks rs substitute for the oatmea
drinks have invariably expressed unsatis
factory results. Water with catmea
seems to be by all odds the most whole
some and desirable summer drink. 70
manual laborers.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-23
T H E nj A r X L L S.
rported and teleqraphed expressly .tOr the Guai
Mountain Freeman.
BOSTON CATTLE MARKET.
AT CAMBRIDGE AND BRIGHTON
For The nceek ending Tuesday, june p. la.y:

FOR the HeeE endih9 IteSddy, uhe -, l5'J:
cattle Sheep. Hogs. CGiDs
at market this week, G&l3 9,lll 1855 1850
last week, 4,53l S,lOl l2,l91 1851
" one year ago, 42i9 li91O ll,MO 81
PRICES.-Extra fat aud heavy premium oxen,
at ally, 5000 rs lhiri quality, ii1JHt1j
PEI 100 b, on total We Sht of nidc, talOw auJ
dressed oeeI. ew Oh nee slnS,e pairs, SI2j
900. Bulls ETC., ri OJGI.25. Working ". n, 500
0l6O pair, o. accor llu5 % their value Il, bet
Steers, S75Wll0. Mllcu cows, 5000 5j.9O GNIa
good, SiO.JJ0i5.O) w'tn or = Ithout calves IS my
DC asre d; iLrrov and ordinary, l2.0od!iu0
yeaflmgs, 300 cl4.JO; twoyeu-olds,
fl400 1900 lnree-year Oils, S2O.00T3S.1 sheen
3044c; extra, 5djHc T.; t-Or ~ GjOO per
head. Spring la nbs, dSc T. 4 Shcaled sheep
od0c - 3. Fat hogs, 5'.055c y =; northern
dressed hogs ,OOG00c u h. Veal caYes $500 '.jl
y head. Brighton hides. 5caOOc; country lots,
DC, per Id; country, 4d4Hc. Pelts with
Wool on Sl.2jGOOJ each; country lots, SLID
REM ARKS.- Che market was easier than late
last week when butchers were snort and pIli IL
good bonus Tor cattle. Tue decline to-day Is fully
equal TO the rise last effected. Grass-ied northern
Cattle are ginning to arrive, and lrddu II N
crea c NAV now be expected. H.. V. Whpplc sn.i
dressed; N Hutchinson soid two oxen gross weight
| $3.50 lbs, at $i.E Y cwt, llve;J. A. Hathaway ~
90. sold eighteen steers at ~ 30 n cwt AMI seven
teen others, gross weight 1870 lbs, at j}ac y p
q. b. Evans sold four oxen, gross weight $500 lbs
| at Axe r ID, live. The movement IN sheep AMI
| lambs is moderate at &c decline. Eight cents Is
| the top price on spring LAMBS. The market l.
crowded with western that land at L I-htpn, IL Dc
| & Seaver sold sixty one sheep and lambs, average
| IS lbs, at &c; Robinson Il O'Brien sold elSnly-sN
| mead, mostly spring lambs, at Sc; ID. Fisher sold
thrty.two sheep, average l3S lbs, at sc - pound
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-23
ALMOST YOUNG AGAIN.

My mother was afflicted long time
with Neuralgia and dull, heavy inactive
condition of the whole system; headache,
nervous prostration, and was almost help
less. No physicians or medicine did her
any good. Three months ago she began
to use Hop Bitters, with such good effect
that she feels and seems Young again,
although over 20 years old. We think
there is no other medicine fit to use in the
family "A lady in Providence. r. l.
Journal. F2lW2
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-23

lors and costs; Henry Gilman seventy
dollars and costs; Isaac NJ. Guild thirty
dollars and costs.
OF the three hundred and twenty-seven
civil cases now on the docket. over NIFTY
stand referred under the act oil 1870
The court on Friday, the 18th of Jnne'
adjourned sine die.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-23

Is clipped from the " Gazette" YOnkers, y. Y,
the following: Thousands of human beings that
have for years been sufferers from diseases of kid
ncys and liver, are now being made well and hap
Nv by the use of Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure 1t is the only medicine in existence That
will effectually cure Brights Disease. While
Warmers Safe Diabetes Cure is the only sure
remeny for diabetes. f90W2
Emaciaton, dropsy, mental and physical weak
ness arrested by Malt Btters FM2jwl
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-23
MONTPELIER MARKET

FOR the pest ending TusSidy ;, June q, tsso
Apples, dried new SC e. ~: Butter, - a p ;
Beel A6l5c; Beef, dried, green weight, l4!c; lo ~
fresh, tal!Sc; PORK, salt, lOc; Ham, laGi .@.a
II Sc; Veal. 56i2c; Beans, . Dusnol, ss"- D.
Corn S5sc; Corn meal, = Ills lbs, 81. %; OLis
bushel, IS Gl0c; Flour . Dhl., S5.0Oa1OJ; Cia'A'
ers, 1915; coal, ton, $3.50 O.O0i Cheese, = p
l5Glsc; Fish-Fresh Cod, dressed, lOc Halen'
> lmou, sOlOc y ID; Tripe, l0ci Kerosene
On. p gallon, lSr; Potatoes, r. busHel, SiOdSoc :
Sal, = bushel, S5i6)c; barry, y D3cs y suttr,
5J07N Maple Sugar, p ,!0lOc; Syrup,f gallon
t0ds0 rea, % l00.7J: Coffee, Old Java roasteg
S5c; Ri, roasted. 80 p 4; Herds Grass r., -
IS co; dlchlgan Glover, 9 DD = b; NortnerniSVN
York do, II 0i2e ' pound.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-23
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-23

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Iron County register., 1880-01-29
Uncle Remus's Homemade Proverbs.

Dem wat eats kin say grace.
Ole man Know-All died last year.
Better de gravy dan no meat tall.
Tater-vine CROWN vile you sleep.
| Hit takes two birds fer ter make n
nes'.
Ef yer bleedzd ter eat dirt, eat clean
dirt.
Tarrypin walk fast huff fer ter 60 Wis.
itin'.
Empty smoke-house makes de pullet
holler.
Wen coon take water he's fixin' fer
ter fight.
Corn makes mo- Mt de mill dan il does
in de crib.
Good luck says: "Op'n yo' mouf en-
shet yo' eyes,"
Fiddlin' nigger say hits long ways ter
de dance.
Rooster makes mo- racket dan de hin
wat lay de aig. -"
Meller mush-million hollers at you
from over de fence.
Nigger wild a pocket-han'kcher better
be looked after.
Youk'n hide de fire, but wat you
gwyne do wild de smoker
Rain crow don't sing no chune, but
youk'n pen on i'm.
Ter-morrow may be the carridge-
drivers day fer plowin'.
Hits a mighty deaf niger dat don't
hear de dinner-horn.
Hit takes bee fer ter git de sweetness
out de hoar-houn' blossom.
Ha'nts don't bodder longer homes
folks, but you better 60 'roun' de grave
ward Atlanta Constitution.
Iron County register., 1880-01-29

fowls, as they now are for carrying va
rious kinds of live stock. The poultry
cars should be provided with five or six
floors, SO that the birds could stand up
right without discomfort. Ample pro-
visions should be made for ventilation,
and means should be provided for sup
plying food and water. With cars built
expressly for the purpose, the expense
of shipping a given weight of fowls
would be but little greater than for an
equal weight of hogs, sheep or beeves.
On arriving at the point of destination,
the birds should be let out in spacious
yards, part of which should be COW
cred. In these yards they should be al
lowed to recuperate before they are
killed. This would greatly improve
their appearance and condition, and add
much to their market value. Fowls
shipped hundred miles or more are in
no condition for the market when they
arrive at it. They should be allowed
rest to recover from the fatigue of the
journey, and food that will cause them
to fatten rapidly. At present no farm
product is marketed with so poor ad-
vantage to all the parties interested as
poultry. Chicago Times.
Iron County register., 1880-01-29
Progress of African Discovery.

Lieutenant Gambler, chief of the first
expedition sent to Africa by the Inter-
national African Association (ounded
by King Leopold, of Belgium), recent
ly arrived at Karema, on the western
shore of Lake Tanganyika. He has OBJ
tanned from the King of Fipa q piece of
land, where the first station will be
formed. 1t was Stanley who designated
this place as suitable for the colony now
to be founded. Karema is situated in
the angle of quiet bay, and the Voua-
fipas, who inhabit that coast, seem to
be peaceful negroes, and amenable to
reason. NJ. Gambler reached Karema
alone. This expedition originally COM
prised seven white travellers (including
four heutenants, two doctors and q nat
uralist) three died, one had to return
to Europe to avoid the same fate, and
two, alarmed at the difficulties ahead,
retired from their engagements. M.
Gambler, undiscouraged by these deaths
and desertions, the treachery of Miram-
bo, or the bad win of the Arabs, pushed
on and reached his object. A second
expedition is en- route to join him, head
ed by Captain Popelin. These have also
had cruel experience in the African
climate. They have been re-
covering from fever at IMP
wapwa, and the chiefs of the two expe-
ditions are in communication. Good
accounts are given Of the Indian ele-
plants used in the second expedition.
They have perfectly resisted all fatigues
and privations, continuing sometimes
forty-two hours without water, and thir-
ty-one hours without eating, and march
ing % 1.2 hours loaded with more than
500kg. each.
With reference to the discovery of the
sources of the Niger NM. Zwifel and
Moustler have traversed the Hokko and
Limbah countries, which, covered with
forests on Winwood Reade's visit ten
years ago, were now found very little
wooded, the demand for the oil almonds
of the palm-tree having induced the
natives to plant oil palr'3 in the place
of forests. Christian mon.
Iron County register., 1880-01-29
Sliding Down q Mountain.

The trail leading to the Matamoras
mine is both steep and narrow, and
winds along the side of Prospect Mount
ain from the base to almost the sum-
nit. In places the descent from 1t is
very precipitous, falling off almost per-
pendicularly for a distance of two and
three hundred feet. Several pack-msles
have been killed by being pushed off at
these points, but no accident has ever
happened to the hardy miner and pros
pector who pass over it until yesterday,
and this fortunately was not a fatal one.
The snowfall had almost obliterated the
pathway, making it particularly dan
gerous, and when James Ahearn at
tempted to make the ascent yesterday
he was forced to grope his way blindly,
trusting to his knowledge of the route
to carry him over safely. 1t was not
sufficient, however, for when about half
way up he slipped from the icy crust,
and before he could recover himself he
was travelling down the side of the
mountain at rate Of speed only equaled
by meteor. While the snow was the
immediate cause of Ahearn's disaster,
it was also his salvation, for it not only
preserved him from contact with the
rocks as he plunged down, but received
him in its soft embrace at his stopping
place, some 25O feet from the point Of
departure. As it was, his clothes were
rent and torn, so was his skin in sundry
places, and, while no bones were broken,
there were aggregate bruises that will
painfully remind him of his experience
for some days to come.-Enreka (Ner.)
Leader.
Iron County register., 1880-01-29
The Queens Grenadiers.

If you think the Grenadier guards are
great big six-footers, ferocious in ap-
pearance and calculated to make little
boys fall on their knees and howl with
terror, you are more mistaken than you
ever were about any thing. They are
ordinary-sized young men; nearly all
have light hair, blue eyes and very rosy
cheeks. Any of them who can raise a
little mustache are allowed, under the
British Constitution, to do so, but all
are obliged to shave every day, and l
believe twice on Sundays. They are
also obliged by the law to carry, when
walking about the streets, either with or
without their sweethearts, a very short
cane; to wear on the side, not the top
of their heads, a round cap four inches
in diameter, and to have their hair
brushed in peculiar way, such as we
used to call 6 scow-lick." When on duty
they wear an enormous bear-skin cap
always rather on the back of their heads,
which gives them silly look, as you
can imagine. So far from being fero-
cious, they are remarkably amiable,
good-natured set of young men, and for
all the world make you think of lot of
good young curates dressed up in bob
tailed red coats. They march and drill
almost as well as some of our volunteer
regiments, and their music as general
thing is no worse than many of the
country bands that visited Philadelphia
during the Centennial.-Londos Cor.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Iron County register., 1880-01-29
THE LAND OF SHORT MEMORIES.

George meant to be a good boy, but
he very seldom did any thing that he
was told to do. He nearly always for
got it. Once, when his sister May was
very sick, he was sent after some medi-
cine for her. So he started in great
hurry; but he met Fred Smith with his
dog, and Fred coaxed him to go and
coast "just once" down the long Red
Hill. Then he forgot all about May and
the medicine until it was quite dark,
and he felt so sorry and ashamed that
he ran home and crept up the back
stairway to bed, hungry and lonely and
cold.
By and by, he fell asleep, and when
he awoke he was in new and strange
place. He found himself in house
which was only partially covered by a
roof, and the rain came through the un-
covered part and dropped upon his bed.
George sat up and looked around him.
There was a fireplace in the room, be-
sides some wood and kindlings, which
the poor, shivering little fellow eyed
very wistfully, thinking that some one
might perhaps light a fire. 1t was very
chilly, and his teeth chartered. There
was a wee old woman sitting in the
chimney-corner, and George spoke to
her.
'What is it you want, Jimmie?'' she
said.
"Will you please tell me what your
name is, and where amp" he asked.
s.My name-well, really, forget it
just now," she replied, "but you are in
the Land of Short Memories-that, I
am aware OFF,
ssBut what shall 1 call you?'' asked
George.
ssOh, call me Mite! That will do as
well as any other name till you forget it,
Henry"
"My name is Georgie.''
els it? Well, will try and recollect
it. sTom,' you said it was, didn't
youp''
"No. I didn't" retorted George,
getting cross with the old lady, for he
thought she meant to tease him.
"There, there!" cried Mite; the
doctors said you must not get excited,
or else that you must, l forget which.
Do you want any thing to eatp'
"Yes, I should like to have some
gruel."
..I will make you some," said she.
"I have a nice fire here, or l should
have, only that seem to have forgot
ten to light the kindlings."
Iron County register., 1880-01-29
STATE INTEREST FUND.
81, 1896 ,324 63 1886, ,324 63

By balance Jan. l, 1880. .S377 992 63
This fund owes the sinking fund S249, ,00O which
will leave a balance of $l2S,992 63, against
$l56, ,039 79 January !, 1879, being II decrease of
$27 ,O47 l6. thonght the sum OF $3.50 should
have been transferred to the sinking fund for
the purpose Of closing up the account, al
though it could not be applied to the reduction
of the bonded debt during the year, as refer
ence to section 81 of the act approved May 16,
1879, page 255, will disclose. That section pro-
vides whenever there is sufficient money in the
sinking fund to purchase one or more bonds,
the Fund Commissioners shall call in for pay
ment like amount of the option bonds,
known as fve-twenties, or they may invest
the same in State bonds, but in no case shall
they purchase or redeem any bonds at a
higher rate than their face value. AS the op
ton on the fve-twenties does not begin to
run until the 1st of next May, none of them
could be called in and redeemed, and as Mis-
souri, bonds commanded a high premium,
reaching per cent. aside from accrued inter-
est, none could be purchased at their face
value.
Following the above is a list of balances
In the several funds-after paying all out
standing debts-beretofore published.l