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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11

The oleomargarine bill reported to the
Massachusetts legislature by the commit
lee on agriculture, not only forbids the
sale of the stuff unless the word "oleo-
margarine - is cons icuouslv marked on
the package, or in retail sales on the
wrapper containing it, or on label affixed
to it. but forbids its use in any hotel,
boarding house or restaurant unless the
notice oleonargarine served here " Is
posted plcuou,ly in al least tour
places in the eating room lin printed
letters of plain Roman type not less than
one inch in length Cheese not made
wholly Of milk or cream must be sold, il
at all, under similar restrictions, but may
be fed by hotel and boarding house
keepers to their guests without notice.
The bill provides a penalty of one hundred
dollars or imprison ment for thir ty day
for any violation Of Its provisions. and 70
a second offence fine of two b undred
dollars or Imprisonment for ninety days.
one-half the fine going to the informer, il
he is not a public officer, and if he Is 10
the city or town where the offence was
committed. The inspector of milk is
especially charged W lth the execution OF
the law.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11

That predetermined reptile, the sea SER
pent, is responsible for the insanity of
George Drevor, a captain in the English
merchant marine. At bis recent trial for
having sent threatening letters to wreck
commissioner, the captain exhibited a
specimen of the sea serpent, which be had
preserved in bottle of spirits. In one of
his letters be wrote: e sincerely believe
that God. for some wise purpose, has been
pleased to reveal this greatest wonder Of
animated nature to me"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11

RICHMOND MARKET, May ~.
ket Was very quiet. Butter ,1'8 8, 10
Il cent. for fair and Is 70 s.. 70. ,..-
No cheese was Offered
Your health depends o- Gle .-.rs..
blood. People who re4..z- -... s-.....
Hoods Sarsapariila with tie as.. r.
The annual meeting OF .l- U--.-.tr
mont railroad stockholder. .-...I
81. Adams the 18Th.
Foreign gossips SAYS tint fsra. C.-s.
Bennett is engaged % marry -.. ....,
Of the Prince de Firs,el a.
It was pretty good Joke ron ..4.-..
a Washington LAWYER, TO a.4 De- n r-
lockwood as nv sister Iu.sr..
When Abraham Lincoln S4. ,.....
ated Queen Victoria wrote e f.-.
letter TO Mrs Lincoln J. U.s., ~ r--
strained outpouring Of svmH..r FEM
full heart It has never been .a. ..--
as the Lincoln family REGARDED f..
violation Of propriety 10 go SO
The marriage Of Mis- MINI. r7--.
Mr.. Tweed will take place esr7 10 jim.
The wedding will be quie, .r.. b. ..
family home in Vermont. Vle.- r.--..
sister OF Miss Evar.s live r.- -.,
and groom immediarely after n. We'd ,.
will sail for Europe.
At Poughkeepsie on Thur-d N...,.,
Vassar and bis brother. JOIN Gus r...s,
formally presented new .a. u.sl ...
building, known as tn. N.ss- s,-.
for old men. and other p'o,.~. ve. p
all of the value of fifty iAu--. .-
and added twenty THOUSAND .r, i, g.
endowment fund.
Commissioner lie Due hq, 10 r.-7 son.
experts in tea tasting to try ., american.
grown tea. The report Is .q. L. Dg,,
tea tastes very much like India re who.
nobody here will rink. and RI r. Du
tries long enough he may b. .-.. y--
dlce tea that people can drink.
Anna Dickinson says she can prove ui
Mr.. Stetson. and not she. vi. .-5 q
contract between them, and IN 6,
wi'hdraws his suit she will sue hin
defamation of character and have
devoted friend, Gen Butler, for
counsel Then there will be music by
iull band
1t is said that the president is quit a.,
ious, 50 soon as there Is any leLur Y .
isting pressure. to consider some p-7c.
and speedy plan Of dealing with t14 NJ
mon question. The reren. arriv.' -r 4.
York Of some hundreds of Norm ar
grants, the departure from The .a- 30
of forty Mormon missionaries, w... Vi.
of increasing the food of poly- ,u l.., -1
grafton. have intensified in h, 10 hi.
desire expressed in his inaugur..
TIE LIQUOR QUESTION AT HaAr-
Borrow II. Alexander. toHr PA,
Juror Of Brattleboro, propose, g. -z--
the lignor law. In manifesto - .,..
he announces his plan in the f own
words: Behold a new gospe, ! -.v- o,
you: " He that hath eyes to ,-a p. o.,
read verify l say unto you tina. 81. e,
cuse is now removed for the s F-
uanufaclure and sale Of liquor H~c.
bOro, as sure as the waters ui ,,. nr
ticut continue their souther.v co. S. .r
ocean, and the State of V-ru don
fail, just 50 sure the liquor law POI. F.rua
will be enforced in BrattlebJro a-.r-,.
year. Then, if we don't lie .a- PES,
we will alter, amend or nov l. N-
HtmPshire.' Iuis gospeI u.tI, noe
PLANTATION,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11

Col. Jacob Kent of Newbury was born
the 10Th day Of April, 1900. and be observ-
ed the slst anniversary of his birth by
walking the SIX miles between his home
and Bradford in two hours. In 1912. and
again in 1913, he was elected sheriff of
Orange county. In ls45 President Polk
made him United States marshal for Yer.
mont, which position he filed until ls4e.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11

The St. Adams Messenger says: Myron
B. Olmstead writes from Stickney. Oak
that the kindling wood carried out by him
is such a curiosity that he has had to give
nearly every settler stick of maple and
beech to carry home with him to lay away
as curiosity.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11

Louis A. Cooley of Godey's Ladv's Book
left AN estate inventoried at SPILLS As
a distinguished Frenchman said, Let me
publish the fashions of nation, and care
not who loses money by publishing its
classics "
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11
t He NJ A K Er~.
BOSTON CATTLE MARErT
At CAMBRIDGE AMI RRI.-- u

reported ana teseoyaphed srpre>... .
Mu..-.--- E.---------
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11

Anna Dickinson says she can prove us
Mr.. Stetson, and not she. vi. .-a p,
contract between them, and IN e, .
wiihdraws his suit she will sue hin p
defamation of character and have .
devoted friend, Gen Butler, for
counsel. Then there will be music by
iull band
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11

Fa, The i'eet eHt1,9 I.tsyl1A Nl. Cd.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11

Commissioner lie Due he> 70 r..-7 ,s-s
experts in tea tasting to try BID. l--e4r.
grown tea. The report i, H4. L. Due,
tea tastes very much like InI~pe. who.
nobody here will rink, and RI II pu.
tries long enough he may b. .- 3. p--.
dlce tea that people can drink.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-24
Go North, Young Man, Go North.

Last fall one Of the editors Of the
Post and Tribune was in one of the
Northern counties Of the State, where
he met several farmers who had re-
moved from Michigan and Ohio, to
Kansas and Nebraska, and after re-
4aining there a few years had returned
IL Michigan. One OF these, an intelli-
gent gentleman, after detailing his e1-
periJlce, said, Michigan is the best
poor mans State in the Union To
which the others instantly assented.
Michigan, the best poor mans State
in the Union. 1t is worth thinking OF
bv the multitude of Young farmers Of
Michigan who have their eyes toward
the west. Their fathers acres are not
broad enough 10 divide around the
family, and they have natural long
inc for broad acres of their own. But
why should they leave Michigan to
seek these acres when they can find
land fully as cheap, quite as fruitful
and much nearer the great markets OF
the east, which means a higher price
/ for what they raise, both IN the upper
peninsula and the northern counties OF
the lower peninsula.
An open prairie with no trouble Of
clearing is the greatest attraction TO
many of these young men but they
omit TO consider the immense disad
vantages Of Il country where there are
neither forests nor hills to break
the force Of storms, where water is
scarce and timber is only secured with
much difficulty and at great cost fol
buildings, fences, and fuel.
None Of these embarrassments are
experienced in Northern Michigan
Water is abundant. The lands are
strong and rich, and az productive a
the best lands in the far west. Th'
root crops are always more certain anC
prolific and command both a read,
market and u remunerative price, AM
grains are grown without the constan
alarms from draughts and grasshopper
which I'll the summer time of the prai
, rio farmer with gloomy doubts.
On much Of these lands the timbe
is valuable, and will more than com
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-24

in the much nobler guise that nature
has given it. You are importuned
from the moment you enter till the
moment YOU leave to buy smaller edi-
tons of the same views for your album,
your stereoscope, your portfolio or your
library wall. If YOU are not stony or
nerveless you perhaps succumb after a
time, buy picture you do not want,
and flee the spot"
Then your driver gets YOU into this
place or that, an intrusion upon which,
unless YOU pay, constitutes trespass.
If YOU expostulate with him he will
agree TO stop nowhere without your
permission. Suddenly he pulls up be-
fore q gate where there is something
wonderful 10 be seen, and on his telling
you that il costs nothing to 90 in you
order him to do so. But on leaving, a
man steps across your path and makes
YOU pay-for coming out. If, after
YOU have been swindled in this way all
day YOU wait and watch your hack
man, YOU will see him going about to
all these places collecting twenty-five
per cent, Of what you paid there, which
is his share of the plumber.
There are two ways of preventing
this abuse of noble place. One is TO
starve out the brigands by not buying
ANYTHING Of them, and TO see as much
of the Falls as is possible without pay
ing ANYTHING. This can be done on the
Canadian side, which, as a matter of
fact, affords the best view Of the Ameri-
can Falls. The other method is to
make Niagara Falls State or National
park, as has been done with the Yosemite,
the Yellowstone, and Mackinaw, and as
it is proposed to do with the Adiron-
dack region. The pleasure of visiting
the Falls is marred by these annoyances,
and bv the irritable consciousness OF
being swindled at every step.-Free
Press.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-24

pensate for clearing and breaking up
the land, while offering an unfalllng
supply of cheap fuel and cheap build
ing material.
These are attractions which the
young farmers of Michigan, who are
seeking new homes for themselves,
not to overlook. These lands can be
had at low rates, and when bought in
considerable bodies, the purchaser can
secure liberal terms, extending in their
payments over number of years.
These are inducements which pru-
dent young men will not overlook.
They can do no better anywhere.
There are few places where they can
do so well. This is the fixed opinion OF
a great many people who have tried
Michigan, tried the western prairie, and
then turned back again to the forests
and streams of the peninsular State.
/ On people who are willing to profit by
the experience Of others, the lesson will
not be lost. Go north, young man, go
north
The above is from the Detroit Post
and Tribune, and contains ideas and
truths that all those who desire farms
that will prove fortunes to them, to
consider well before they waste their
time and money in attempting the pur-
suit of farming in the far west. We
might sight a number of instances
where men have left northern Michi-
gan and gone west to engage in farm
ing, and where they have been actually
compelled to sell or abandon their
western farms and return to Michigan
or seek business elsewhere in order to
even make living But look over the
farming community in Alpena county,
and YOU will find every farmer who
gives the required attention to his bust
ness, doing well and in a prosperous
condition. And so it can be with all
who settle in northern Michigan. We
know it requires hard work, especially
at the commencement, but there is not
business on earth that does not need
and demand hard and constant labor to
make success certain. There are thou
sands of acres of the best farming lands
in the world right here in Alpena coun-
ty that can be purchased at very low
price, and the purchasers can general
ly get all the time necessary in which
to make payments, and in five years,
by constant attention to farming, clear
ing, etc, man can get him good
home and be in fair way to become
independent. So, with the Post and
Tribune, we say, 60 north, young man.
90 north find farm and home in
I Alpena county, and be happy.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-24
A Cataract OF Swindles.

A correspondent of the New York
Evening Post has visited Niagara Falls
and gives that spot a well-deserved ex-
posure and chastisement. 1t has been
SO long praised by books, pictures, poet.
and travellers, that it is spoiled
child" Recognizing the Vaccinations
which it has for the world, its inhabit-
ants have reduced it to a place of mer-
chandise and plumber. They sell cur
osities" and Souvenirs" made in Eu'
rope or New England lie about them
like professional beggars; exhibit jew
elry which they pretend is made Of
stratifed foam" rescued at great peri
from the cataract, and rock crystals
that cannot be found, unless it is hun
dreds of miles from the Falls.
The hackmen agree to take you mile
of ride for so triHing n sum that yor
marvel al its cheapness. "You step in
to your carriage and pass suddenly
through an arched gateway. A maj
steps out of little sentry-box ant
holds out his hands. "What is it
Twenty-Five cents yourself, twenty-five
for the driver, and twenty-five for tn
onveyance-seventy-fve in ALL" Thi
| is somebody's park, a few worn-ou
grass-plots, studded with sickly trees
and a view of the rapids at poin
where they look like a magni6ed coun
try brook. Presently your driver leap
down and opens the carriage dool
What have you stopped here for
This is the art-gallery, sir, the onl
decent one in Niagara But didn
come here to visit an art-gallary
Beg pardon, sir; that's all I brough
YOU into the park for. The rest Of
isn't worth a cent, but you'll be sure {
be pleased in the art gallary.' 70
finally buy ticket and go in. 1t col
sists Of large Photographic views Of tn
scenery you have already gazed upo
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-24
ALPENA WEEKLY ARGUS.
Wednesday, august "a, 1881.

Since our last issue there has been
considerable anxiety manifested
throughout the whole country, on ac-
count of the alarming condition of the
President. During the past week the
President has been very low, and there
were grave fears on all sides that the
end was nearly come. However, there
appears to be some improvement-ol
at least the attending physicians sc
claim-and the public once again
breath more freely. But, while fifty
millions of people hope and pray fol
the President of their country to re
cover, there are grave apprehensions IL
the hearts of those same people as t.
what they are beginning to be COMPEL
ed to think must soon be the final re
suit
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-24

There is no doubt that pine refuse
makes excellent paper pulp. This has
been demonstrated at Menominee, where
a pulp mill has been for some time es-
tablished and produced an article
which has met with great favor from
the paper makers. We are not quite
certain, however that there is at this
point a surplus of pine slabs and
edgings sufficient to warrant the use IN
pulp making. The salt industry de-
mands about all the refuse, and slabs
have been brought here by rail for con-
sumption in salt boiling. The mill
men here seem to have no difficulty IN
disposing Of the sawdust from their
mills which they burn with other re-
fuse. We Judge pulp making IS q
profitable business, because the mill at
Menominee has increased It's capacity
greatly since it was started.--Evenlng
News.
Why can not paper pulp making be
added to the industries OF Alpena.
We are sure stock enough could be Sc
cured, simply for the expense Of cart
ing it from the mills, to stock pulp
mill large enough to supply the whole
United States.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-24

Residence in q town toward which a
stream of liquid fire Is approaching at
the rate Of mile in ten days, Is even
less agreeable than dwelling in Gin
cinhotter" during D week in July. Yet
in those beautiful isles Of the ocean
known as the Sandwich, where every
prospect pleases, and only man--when
he has the leprosy-is vile, this fate
seems awaiting the town of Hilo, as the
molten lava from the volcano, like 4
savage beast, creeps toward it at the
rate of fifteen or twenty feet an hour
1t is go hot that it flows on at white
heat six feet under water, and cascade
Of it falls a dozen feet alongside Of ;
small cataract of boiling water. In
deed. the water is believed to col il
and retard il less than the air.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-24

A certain or uncertain Englshman,
Mr.. Farrar, saws in the Contemporary
Review. that, as the result "of long
residence in the North" he ia convinced
that if "the thirst for revenge seems 20
sleep in the South, it is but the decep-
tive quiet Of the serpent. There Is still
a solid North arrayed against solid
South as when the battalions of Grant
faced those of Lee on many CORY
battlefield" The New York Post
thinks that the Englishman must have
! lived in the North "only in the atmos-
phere of hot partisan caucuses and con.
ventions where it was believed 70 be
necessary to fire the popular heart with
details of bloody outrages as signs OF
the outbreak Of a new rebellion, and
where the alleged untamed confederate
spirit was used as a faction cry. He
would not need to be very close OBJ
! server TO see, even in this atmosphere
that the stirrers-up Of this rhetorical
strife had no faith in their own pro
fessions. He would see that the mos
determined 'stalwarts' could not hell
winking at each other after an outburst
even far less violent than this Of Mr.
Farrar's. 1t has escaped the attention
of a nobody, even with mot very lont
residence in the North, except himself
that these terrible pictures Of Southern
wickedness are painted only during
campaign and that after election tn
canvass is rolled up until it is wante'
for another similar exhibition. 1t is
very common thing to see member q
Congress, who, before he was elected
gave a very startling description Of tn
unregenerate Southern heart, take tn
. arm Of serpent who was thirstln
for revenge and walk peacefully, eve
afiectionately, with him through tn
p Capitol, not at all alarmed by the d.
D.. ceptive quietp "
e 1t is certainly curious AT this late do
G to sec the bloody shirt flung to ii
a breeze in England.-Free Press.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-24

About 10 o'clock Sunday morning
Mr.. Tinsman. the station agent at Slate
Hill, on the Erie Railway, observed an
engine passing at high rate of speed.
Clnging to The coupling-pin in the rear
of the tender was a little boy about :
or 10 wears of age. The Middletown
Press saws that the little fellow was in
an exceedingly perilous position, and
should he lose his hold or be shaken,
would almost certainly have been killed.
Mr.. Tinsman saw the child's peril.
The engine was then past him and
could not be stopped, but with rare
presence Of mind he FASTENED 10 the
telegraph Office and sent messages TO
Johnson's, the next station, and to
Westown, further on, ordering them 10
flag the engine and remove the child
He also sent message TO the Office IN
jersey City, which repeated the mes
sage along the line. 1t was received at
Johnson's just in time, and the engine
was stopped. With anxious hearts
they stepped in the rear Of the tender
and found the adventurous little tray
eler still in his place, unframed. he
was sent back to his home in Middle
town, on the milk train.-Elmiro Ga
zette.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-24

The two women of the White House,
Mrs. Garfield and Mrs. Edison, seem to
have been less disturbed by the Presi-
dents relapse than any others of those
surrounding him. Mrs. Edison said he
had had several bad spells, but they
had never lasted more than three days,
and she didn't believe this one would.
Mrs. Garfield was not as much affected
by this change as che has been by pre-
vious ones. Governor Jewell said he
would rather have her judgment than
that of the doctors Her quick sym
pathies detect the slightest change in
his condition" A correspondent OF
the New York Tribune says, that just
before Garfield left Long Branch, on
his fatal journey to Washington, he
spoke Of his wife as ~ steel spring sort
Of woman, supple, bright, enduring
and rebounding after the severes
strains" She has certainly needed
some qualities Of the sort.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-24

The authorities at Washington be.
gin TO think that lunatics, writers OF
threatening letters and cranks in gen
eral are worth looking after. The
secret service officers of the treasury
department have information that the
letter to Secretary Window making
certain threats, the origin of which Is
being investigated, was written by BIS
sell in hotel on Pennsylvania avenue
below Four-and-a-half street, in thu
presence Of man who, it is under
stood, has given Chief Brooks his state
ment. A long-haired Greek lunati'
named DR.. Tachmyntis was arrested a
the instigation Of government detec
tives on the charge Of sending threat
ening letters to Attorney General Mac
vesgh and other government officials
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-24

The agricultural department officials
state that the great loss Of the year
will be wheat probably, as there Is yet
time for corn to come out all right.
The cotton worm has not yet done much
damage, and the August report will
show a very favorable condition tor
this staple. Reports are made on August
1st, and are collected for publication
bv the 10th. The report to appeal
this week is an important one. 1t i
estimated at the department that it vii
indicate shortage in the yield o
wheat of about l25000,000 bushels a
compared with last year.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-24

A strange and fatal disease has brok-
en- out among horses near Camden,
Ohio. The first appearance Of the dis
ease is that the horse becomes droopy
and loses flesh rapidly. Next comes
all over the animals body large Jumps
resembling wells, which harden almost
as soon as they make their appearance.
The blood Of the animal turns TO a
fluid like water, and they seem 10 die
by a slow, gradual process. 1t Is al
most universally pronounced incurable
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-24

Spotted Tail had level head y
government official from Washington
some time since had talk with him
about the benefits of education and re-
lieion. The old chief heard him patient
" all the way through, and then said
NV friend, when YOU 90 back you
NAV tell the Great Father to hurry mp
and send school-teachcrs out here to
teach my people and my children tc
read and write, SO they can commit
forgery and make a living like tho
whites.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-24

A train of four wagons, valued at
$4,000, was captured and burned by
Indians while en- route to Arizona.
Tranquilino Luna, delegate in Congress
from New Mexico, is in pursuit of the
reds with forty mounted volunteers
from Las Lunas. An expensive Indian
war is being mapped out
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-24

The statement is made that the Mar
quis of Lorne will return from the
Northwest late in October, and will be
Joined at Ottawa by Princess Louise,
This disposes of the report that Lorne
was TO resign, and the Princess would
not return to Canada.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-24

He was held for hearing. Since the
shooting Of the President the threats
and incoherent ramblings of these
cranks have attracted much more at
tention than heretofore.