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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-06
The News In Montpelier.


Saturday morning about ten o'clock a
passing dispatch announced to the officials
in the telegraph office that the president had
been shot in Washington and it was be-
lieved that he was dead. The dispatch was
announced on the street and instantly spread
through the town. Coming like flaming
bolt from the clear July sky, the apparent
incredibility of the event obtained for the
report few If any unquestioning believers
The WATcuMAN Immediately telegraphed
to Boston for particulars, and the response
received here at about one o'clock was the
first reliable information received relative
to the tragic event. The dispatch was i'm
mediately bulletined aud slip announcing
the terrible news was struck off and distrib-
uted by carriers and by mail throughout the
town and county. A CLEAN Of light and
hope was afforded by the fact that the pres
ident was still living and by the assurance
that his wounds were not necessarily mortal.
The news was the subject of much earnest
discussion. To our people and to Vermont
ers in general it bore something Of the ma
ture Of direct personal loss, as his visit to
the state the present week and his possible
stay of few hours in our village had ere
ated the liveliest anticipations Of pleasure
over the unwonted event. Deep feelings OF
indignation over the dastardly deed, and of
profoundest sorrow, were expressed on all
hands. Hope and fear ebbed aud flowed as
the subsequent dispatches in the evening
and Sunday morning were favorable or I'M
favorable to the presidents prospects OF re-
covery. The last dispatches were read in
the churches, and the invocations to the
Giver of all good by clergy and laymen were
characterized by deepest fervor. Monday
evening citizens prayer-meeting was held
in the chapel of Bethany church. The per-
ilous condition of the president and the
veal of our country were the burthen OF
earnest prayer and remark. As the days
have passed. anxious and eager have been
the eyes directed towards the WATcHMAN
bulletin-board. The interest knows no dis
tinction of age or class or sex. Faces have
beamed with intense gladness as the dis
patches have steadily borne brighter hue.
Reasonable assurance that the president has
passed the dangerous line will be the signal
for swelling pean of praise and thanks
giving
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-06

COMETS TAn.-About the composition and
true inwardness OF comets. the philosophers know
little; and they know little less about comets
tails. Professor Draper says: :" A comets tail
Is one of the strangest things in the universe
Through millions Of miles in length, quverng
bllow tremor, such as the aurora borealis some
times shows is often seen running in a few sec
onds from one end TO the other. The known laws
OF motion are inadequate TO account for such a
phenomenon. The behavior OF the tail is In other
respects also very singular. 1t always, for exam
ple points directly away from the center OF at
traction, following after the nucleus in its APP
proach TO perihelion and as the comet sweeps
around the sun II whisks suddenly about 80 rs TO
keep the solid part always between itself and the
sun, finally going In advance the comet recedes.
This popularity has given rise TO the speculation
that the tail might be merely kind OF luminous
shadow, like the whitish light that Is sometimes
thrown across the sky by the rays OF the sun shin
| ing through cloud To test this theory, Profes-
sor Tyndal tried some experiments by passing a
stream Of light through certain gaseous or liquid
substances, but the hypothesis Is hardly tenable
| Aside from other considerations, the tail OF this
| comet IL convex toward the east 1t can hardly
be negative shadow therefore. AZ shadows
are not curved 1t Is easier to say what the tail Il
| not than what II Ia"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-06

VERMONT EDITORS AssooIATioS.-The twelfth
annual meeting will be held at Bellows Falls,
Tuesday evening, July 18th, The address will be
delivered by Editor L. o. Greene Of the Wood
stock Standard, and the poem by Rev. A, j,
Hough of Ludlow The association will dine at
four o'clock p. NJ, with Mr. and Mrs. A. N.
Swain. The party will start Wednesday morning
at twenty-five minutes past nine, on the arrival
OF The train from Rutland, reaching Boston at
half-past two 4. NJ, and be conveyed at once TO
Rowes wharf for the steamer to Nantasket beach,
finding home ut the Atlantic House. Thursday
forenoon the association will return to Boston for
that day and night, stopping at the Quincy House
Friday morning they leave Boston via Fitchburg
railroad for Hoosac Tunnel and North Adams
where dinner will be served at the Wilson House
Thence to Rutland, spending night at the Bates
House. Saturday forenoon will be given TO sight
seeing in the Marble City," the party breaking up
after dinner. The cost for the entire trip will not
exceed six eight dollars for each person. All who
wish transportation at Bellows Falls must make
application to Lewis b. Hibbard, Ludlow, Yer
mont by Wednesday, 9th Instant tickets for the
excursion will be furnished ut Bellows Falls.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-06

ApRopos of the condition of the Albany
legislature, the following prayer Of the
chaplain of the Michigan legislature, some
forty years ago, is brought out as appropri-
ate "And, o Lord, have mercy on our leg
islators. BE with them and bless them even
if they know thee not. Spare their lives
and teach them to glorify thy name. Has
ten them TO their homes, where they may
direct their attention to good works and gen
eral usefulness among their families and
neighbors. May the people resolve to keep
them there and in future elect men of sound
morals and temperate habits. Save the
good people Of the state from the disgrace
which must follow if this same crowd come
again to make laws. Hear us Lord and
grant our prayer. Amen"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-06

CHRISTIAN WoRK.-The Boston Young
Mems Christian Union have issued an APP
peal for aid in carrying out their annual
charitable work of providing poor and de-
serving city children with short vacation
in the country during the summer season.
To this end they ask charitably disposed
persons living in the country, who are will
ing to entertain for ten days one or more
poor children, to send their address, stating
also the number of children they can enter
tain, and the ages they prefer, to the secre-
tary, Miss ii. G. Putnam, No. Is Boylston
street, Boston, who will in reply furnish all
the information desired. The children will
be sent from and returned to Boston free of
expense to the entertainer. The scheme is
a most worthy one, and during the past six
years has been attended with good results.
Over five thousand children and others from
among the city poor have been provided
with short vacations, and have returned
"with improved health, strengthened con-
stitutions, and new and better aspirations"
The committee already has entered upon
its lists for the present season the name
of over fifteen hundred deserving applicants.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-06

COLONEL WILLIAM HOWARD MILLS Of Wash
ington, who was at Appomattox has presented
General Grant with piece Of ribbon which the
great Napoleon wore on his cross Of the legion of
honor 1t was originally presented to Colonel
Mills father in 1882 by Joseph Bonaparte. In his
letter Of transuittal Colonel Mills says; " ! know
Of no better use to make OF such relic OF the
greatest soldier OF his time than To present it to
the greatest soldier and citizen Of our time"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-06
THE LATEST.

BosToS, July 5-545 p. NJ.
TO Vermont Waterman The latest kilograms
from Washington represent that the presidents
condition is certainly continuing very favorable.
The feeling at the White House is buoyant. The
surgeons are greatly encouraged.
W. w. HILL Journal
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-06

TuE American Bar association will meet at Sar-
atoga on the 18th Of August. An opening address
will be given by the president, Hon Edward j,
Phelps OF Burlington, and popular lawyers will
read papers on popular topics.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-06
WASHINGTON. July b-7.3Op. ,

To Joseph Poland, Montpelier The presidents
condition is more hopeful to-day. Mind clear
Has taken nourishment. No sickness at stom-
ach; no pain in region Of bowels. All around are
in good spirits GREEN B. RAuM,
Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-06

BosToN Post (democratic): " Conkling is
strong anti-monopolist except in cases where
Conkling can monopolize."
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-06

soRoruLA. A medicine that destroys the germs
of scrofula aud has the power to root it out is APP
preciated by the afflicted. The remarkable cures
of men, women and children as described by tes-
timonials, prove Hoods Sarsaparilla reliable
medicine containing remedial agents which eIadi-
cate scrofula from the blood One hundred doses
81 90. Sold by all dealers. @. !, Hood Co..
Lowell, Mass.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-06

FAysToS. Samuel Mclaughlin lost valuable
cow last week in peculiar manner Her head
and horns were caught between the boards OF the
barnyard gate, and in trying to extricate herself
she tore the gate from it, hinges, which, In Its
fall, threw her down in such manner as to
choke her to DEATH. The school in district No.
1, taught by Miss Alice Pierce of Moretown, closed
last Saturday. Those pupils having no absen, or
tardy marks are Della Thompson and Mabel Kew;
those having no tardy marks are Lizzie Baird,
Hattie Baird, Rosie Baird, Mabel Kew and Freddie
Baird. No scholar was tardy more than twice
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-06

The prospects are ilattering for an indie
pendent movement in Mississippi, which
will break the Bourbon power.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-06
MRS. GARFIELD.

Mrs Garfield arrived in Washington from
Long Branch by special train about seven clock
Saturday evening. Says newspaper report:
"All Garfield's hopes and those of his friends
centered in the arrival Of his wife before his de-
parture for the other world. She was expected at
six o'clock on the special train which Judge Ad-
vocate General Swain chartered for her. Word
came while the president was enjoying brief
nap, about FIVE that accident had occurred to
the engine by which the train would be delayed
Great regret was Expressed but the president
lived on, and at last his loved one came. She was
driven rapidly toward her home in the family
carriage. At the steps OF the private entrance at
the rear of the mansion waited Mr.. MacVeagh,
who was the coolest Of the men present. He had
been delegated to receive her and her sons and
Mrs. Postmaster General James and Private Sec
rotary Brown. The carriage drove up the gravel
drive about seven o'clock. Out of the first Mac
veagh lifted Mrs. Garfield, Her younger son
took her in his arms and assisted her up the steps.
She tried to bear up bravely but she was terribly
nervous with excitement and grief, and leaned
heavily on the strong arm of her son. lie assisted
her tenderly, stopping on the landing to kiss her
on her tear-staned cheek Then she went on
without further pause to the door and upstairs
to the sick room, kissing the pallid cheek OF her
husband warmly, and breathing sweet words OF
cheer in his ear. She was far more cool and col
lected when she stood by her husbands bedside
than the bearded men in the room. The rest Of
the party came up the steps quietly, under convoy
Of Macveagh Mrs Rockwell, Miss Rockwell,
Miss Mollie Garfield and Swain. They attracted
but little attention. but those who saw those car
rages drive up will not soon forget the fortitude
displayed by Mrs. Garfield, who, for her hus-
bands sake, forgot her grief. Mrs Garfield slept
little Saturday night and was at her husbands
bedside early Sunday morning attended by the
ladies of the cabinet who took turns in watching
the president
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-06

The corporation dinner and the presidents
leyee closed this enjoyable commencement, The
dinner was at the Van Ness House, and the social
festivities following were participated in by Pres
ident Buckham, who made a very happy after
dinner address, Hon. Luke 7, Poland Governor
Farnham, Senator Morrill,, Judge Shaw and others
Dr. IS. IS. Cutting, the poet, read 1.-The Old Grad
yates yision-By One Of Them" and tho assem-
bly, broke up with the singing OF Old Hundred.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-06

Inc assassin iuli name Is onar'es 0unue
oui'eau' anu ciainis " oe an a''orney "'Aw
onioaso' Ai'ef n,ihs inc sno' ne Is iopo,'eu
nave eAcaiineo' nave Alieu ua'he'u, Ai'"u'
pies'ueh'' AN s'aiwar.' he was 'n'i'o''
a'eiy removed 10 'he district jan winch was u,
once p'aceu uhaer s'rohs ihi'i'ary sua'u' Anu
slrong cohihiahus gwen 'ha' no one ou' .ho piop''
o'iiciais DC allowed 70 see MN. lie frequently
asked the oIncers' what Is the news from 'he
white house ana when the response was " pe',
ter ne wouid put on respondent iook' anu
when II was " worse ne seemed TO smile Inc
following letter was taken from his pocket al
police headquarters
july 2, lssl.-To the White House The presidents
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-06

This society, at Its annual meeting Tuesday
morning reelected the former officers, viz: Pres-
dent, II. A. p. Torrey; yice-presdent H. N Hh-
bard register, j. Il, Goodrich; treasurer. NJ. X
N. Hubbard OF Chicago, Illinois, A. b. Rich OF
Beverly, Massachusetts, c. NJ. Gay OF Boston,
Robert Roberts Of Burlington, M delegates TO the
Phi Beta Kappa Society OF Harvard
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-10
Engines and Saw Mills.

We offer the public this excellent lot
pi Euglees winch we warrant safe and
IN goos! working order. as We try every
machine before shipping. The small
engines are rugged for cunning and saw
ilg anu on sklGs.
3 10 II. Z. Engines and Boilers at
500 each.
4l2H Z, Engines and Boilers at
1915 I o $3.50 each.
80 II. r. Engines ard Boilers ut
$3.50 to Sen.
II II. L. Engine and Boiler Si2o.
| ; II. +. new Engine and Boiler
$i75.
/ II II. I. Engine aud Boiler S6oo.
J ID IL. Il. Engine and Boiler 500,
nearly new.
/ New II. l.. Engine and Boiler on
whe Is 500.
New - II. z. Engine and Boiler
$500.
is II. L. Boiler and . II. Z. En-.
CINE, $3.50.
Light Friction Saw Mill, 2o-foot car
riagc. screw head blocks and * inch
Dsston Saw, S275.
Heavy Friction. Saw Mil. 2s-foot
carriage screw head blocks and o. inch
Disston Saw, $50.
Ratchet Feed. $50 extra.
Our Jet Pump viii raise water out Of
a well ~ feet deep.
Write for circular. giving dimensions
and prices.
New + .gines and Boiler, Z any >izo
made 10 order.
rArPEl i STEEL.
Petersburg Va
AN f}-ff
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-10
For the FARMER ASp MECHANIC.
HARNETT, Feb. 4, 8

I1AhNElls GU. -.
Mr. fRitor.-TCr the past ten day ]
hav. been taking a little ramble, pros.
ne.tin. - including III my visits, Dur
ham. WINSTON, Greensboro &c. The
two former seemed especially wide
awake. New buildings of all sizes and de
sc~riptions, are Icing erected for tobacco
factories. stores, dwellings, &c. The lar
pest tobacco establishment In the world,
a. We all have heard, is in Durham
but in point Of business, both IN gener
al trade and manufacture vi tobacco.
Winston is second TO zone. Il : grow
in more rapidly now. 80 | was inform
ed. than at any time since the war. The
streets and side walks Of Durham and
Winston, in proportion to size, presents
= far o business like aspects than
even Ealcigh. y large per cent. OF the
business pant of Durham Is burnt out,
but it will no doubt prove an advantage
in The long run, Tor large, the, brick
buildings are being erected on the va
cant lots. Peal estate sells almost a
IN Ralcigh. In fact | heard 1t remark
ed that it was even higher.
h.i the pleasure OF meeting severa!
oh friends and acquaintances; among
the number. our handsome 'Chlsi
Marshal" Gil A. B. Gorrell, who is So
devoted to his home. and attractive III,
tie town, that he says If business die
nof take him away he could live anG
die, within the corporate limits OF
WINSTON" Also Mr.. Geo. 1. foust.
formerly Of yodr city, who IL do
ing a nice dry goods business. de
has a carpet exhibitor" 1t is SOME
thing like a show case, with mirrors on
the sides and ends, and a revolving
roller under it with a crank to turn II.
which shows upwards of an hundred
samples. just as they look when put
down on the floor, which is quite a help
i'm choosing the handsomest figures. He
orders direct from the factories. Some
Of his samples were 50 pretty that | was
t mptcd to make a little purchase,
trough not cruelty ready yet. On my
return, | learned that ilarnett had lost
one of her taIre,t and brightest gems,
Miss Noiiie {. Pesram. daughter OF
Hon. Geo. VI. Pegram, to Mr.. VIM.
Stephenson, of Wake, on the 3rd ult.
Also. slow lie to say with pleasure, yet
mingled with regret, that "Old Har-
metz cannot retain your humble CORES
pendent as a church golrg and law
ADDING citizen" only Il short while Ion
ger, as h expects TO remove to the
: chicago of the south, durham at
early date. BACHELOR,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-10
y. G. ToBACCo.-Col. John ID. Cam

Y. {. ToBACCo.-Col John ID. Cam
,sur. oI durham RccprIer. aud Mr.. "
A.. LAWS Ell he Oxfnd Trchii.J tit,
have issued, as Editor AM Publisher,
respectively, a phamp.et Of which the
State should he proud in respect both
10 its execution. and the facts set
forth. We may borrow a portion OF
the lartcr at some future.
The book divide. the State into the
different sections iii which tobacco ID
pruducad. the Western. Central an"
Southeastern. h~eglaiug in B incomb.
couutr ms running to sampson. In
what is termed the central belt. extend
ing from Warren county Westward, /.
produced the fine bright tobacco which
is cllsscd abroad as Virginia Strips. >
but which Col. Cameron saws should
he called North Carolina Brights.'
In regard t North Carolina Tohacco
factories he says their Product for lNSO
is not less than 46. O01. 90 of pounds.
the value of which. averaging twelve
cents per IT,. >, 551 90 The pro
ductiou IN the state. soils /. our mar
krts. as is rs follows: At Durham s.
UDG.U 900 pounds; Winston 1000, 900;
Hcudel SON 6.5ou,Hu ltcid.vllie, 4
So 900; Oxford 1000, 900; Milton 2,
90 900; Hickory 250, 900; Iillsboro
25U. Ou0, and Marshall 200, 0D0-a total
OF 30, 800, 600 pounds sold at home
Sold al DsnviIle about Il 900, 900
pounds Of North Carolina tobacco, and
At Richmond 1000. 600, South Boston
and Petersburg. each, 200, 900 POUNDS
UN.l Nh IN.Al,-, col l -,
Virginia p, GOO, 900 pounds, and a
grand total grown in the State of 81,
800 ,0OJ pounds. The great bulk Of
North Curolina tobacco is of a high
grade-brignt, yellow, comparatively
Tree from nicotine and gum, odoreus
and far mors agreeable as a smoking
tobacco than any produced in the Uni
It'd States, while in like manner de-
ecryrd!y esteemed as superior for chew
Ing purposes.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-10
The RICHEST MAN In THE WORLD

The RICHEST MAN In THE WORLD.
The Elevated Railway Journal says
that Villas III. Vanderbilt received
= check on December 3Ist fer $40, 900,
being interest for the past three month.
on his investments In the United States
bonds. The government pays hin
this enormous sum four times each and
everv year. Besides the investment of
81, coo, 600 in government bonds, thus
indicated Mr.. Vanderbilt is believed to
own more than 500, 900, 600 of Rail
road securities He is the largest in
dividual owner Of the stock of the fol
lowing named Roads. several of which
are almost his exclusive property: New
Yorl Central. Harlem, New Haven,
Fourth avenue horse, Spuyten Duyvils
and Port Norris, Canada Southern,
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern,
Michigan Central, Northwestern and
Rock Island. He owns also large
line in the Union Pacific and the Erie
Railroad, the Western Union Tele-
graph, the Wagner Parler Company.
the Albany Bridge, the Merchants
Dispatch aud several other Express
and Transportation Companies. He
has large investments in French rentes
aud in British consols. lie owns q
large ranch in Colorado and has some
very valuable real estate in New York
City. His fortune is without historic
precedent. Several English uoblenen
own interests in large estates, but thi.
gigantic fortune is without entail. Mr.
Vanderbilt is unquestionably the rich
est nan now living or that ever lived.
1t is extremely probable that he is worth
more than anvtwo men that ever lived.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-10
IN S TT U 7 {
oT CNES LlUICS
GolDsBoR0, WAYNE co., n. C.

REV. pR K III. CHAPMAN, pw,...
NKS. y. ). NJ. CH.raAN.
The entire expense OF Boarding pu-
pills at this School, for English course.
Lam. French, Singing IN Class. French
Calisthenicks, Board. Washing. fuel.
lights, and servants, for school year,
ne hundred and eighty $3.50 dollars.
i. e. twenty dollars per month.
The instruction IN Vocal and lnstru.
mental Mlslck, Ancient and Modern
Uanguage,.C aiisthcnickS. &C, fully up
10 tho requirements Of the largest city
schools. The Musical Director. nr.
Ucnry Schwerin, graduate ~ the Uni
versi Y ~ Berlin. and OF the Musical
Conservatory of Paris, comes from
the American and Foreign School
Agency, \. Y, and is endorsed by DIR.
Damrosch OF the sane city.
Pupils received at any time. and
charged from date of entrance to close
of Sc sion. Apply for circular t. Rev.
DR.. Chapman, Goldsboro, Wayne Co,
n. &. Jan l3.tf.