Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-20


Very few women voted at the school
meetings.
A large proportion of the women elected
to the office of town superintendent have
declined to serve.
Two more Vermont towns have adop-
ted the town system of schools this year.
None have given it up.
District No. 20 in Randolph voted to
school their children in district No. 2 for
the ensuing year, If a suitable arrange
meut could be made.
1t is said that the new grand list of Rut-
land will be twice as large as the old one,
and it is thought quite probable the new list
will foot up 100000. The present list is
S35,725.
In Vermont school district four
brothers attended school meeting; ono of
the four nominated another of the four for
thiO vi tLc lOuI NUttu lOE tHo
one nominated and no one else voted on
the question.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Three cars of
the Brattleboro and Whitehall narrow
gauge railroad jumped the track. while
rounding curve, in Townshend. last
week. A Connecticut gentleman on board
was seriously injured and the conductor
less seriously. The few other passengers
escaped with slight bruises.
The French national legislature has a
bill which provides that any citizen who
loses his life while saving life or property
at a fire, any physician who dies while
laboring in the hospitals in time of cpl
demic, or any one who dies while endeav-
oring TO save Il fellow being, shall be re-
garded as a soldier slain on the battle
field, and insure double pension to his
family.
THE ST. LAWRENCE Walter
Shanly, the eminent engineer, having
reported, after careful survey by borings
in the bed of the river, that the building
of railway tunnel under the St. Law
renee between Hochelaga and Longueuil
was quite practicable, A. B Chaffee, vice
president of the Southeastern railway, and
General Manager SENEGAL of the Queb &c,
Montreal and Ottawa railway have gone
| to New York u raise the balance of CAPT
tai required to carry out the enterprise
Six lines of railway would use the tunnel.
As Bismarck proposes to increase the
silver coinage of Germany in proportion
to the increase of population in the las It
tx years, the German government must
be considered as committed to perma.
net bimetallic system in which the silver
is limited and coined on government t
account, and the gold unlimited and
coined for the bullion holder. This is
precisely the status which the Paris con.
ference should attempt to create by inter
national agreement 1t gives market
for silver bullion, provides fixed value
for the money already coined, and vet
gives standard of value on u gold basis.
Manufacturers and dealers in butter are
on the war-path with their delegations at
Washington, in consequence of shipments
of oleomargarine, invoiced as butter, from
this country to Canada and Europe. The
secretary of the treasury has referred to the
attorney-general the question whether col
lectors of customs have the power to ex.
anime packages invoiced as butter and
offered for shipment to points outside the
United States. The question is considered
pf m and tho Innio;,, 6
the attorney general is awaited with 10.
terest.
1t is announced that many holders of six
per cent bonds have already notified Sec
rotary Window OF their acceptance of the
terms of his circular; and he has no doubt
Of the success of his plan, believing thai
very few of the six per cents will be pre-
sented for payment. If this proves to be
the case, the same plan will doubtless b,
successfully applied to the five per cents
To the objection that the secretary
, scheme is not authorized by law, there il
certainly no specific authority for it, but he
is authorized by law to pay the bonds Sc
far AS the resources of the treasury will
permit, and to continue paying interest OF
: them ut six per cent. He has surplus in
the treasury sufficient to redeem some, bu
not all of'them; and if the holders of the
bonds perfer to receive interest in futur,
: at three and "a half per cent than TO accep
payment OF them, there seems to be n,
good reason in law or common sense why
, the secretary should force six~per cenI
upon them. The attorney general and
other law officers of the government think
there is no legal objection to the plan, ant
; ex Secretary Sherman warmly approves
9 it.
E A PLEA FOR SIMPLE WEDDrNGs.-[n nj
5 ceremonials there is II great deal in fashion
, and it occurs to us that if few people o.
/, consequence would set the fashion O.
simplicity in marriage ceremonies. they
would be doing great service to the
community. In many memorable in.
r stances the higher classes have afforded 8
g noble example by leaving instruction,
, that their funerals should take place with
! out pomp or parade, and already we SO,
the good results which have followed
: funerals among the middle classes being
t.. rs rule much more simple than former
) y; and consequently, to our minds, mucf
more solemn Births, deaths and marriage.
are three events in human life usual,
classed together, and which the statisticiaI
!. records, and the politician notes; bu
t marriage is the only one of the three il
s which the chief actors are voluntary anC
8 conscious agents. Surely il is the mos
d solemn act of man or woman, and proper
t " considered is little allied to pomn an,
a festivity. Think what it is to assume. in q,
| large measure, the responsibility n
d another's happiness and future well being
! And this is really what in marriage W,
5 may be said to do. Surely a solemn
a impressive ceremony with simplicity q
S attire is more in harmony with the ocoa
e sion than much pageant"y and festivitv.-
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