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The Portland daily press., 1881-01-12

at Tempiars' Hall, No. 100 Exchange Street.
CoUNon-Maine, first and third Monday H.
month.
TEMPLE-Forest City, No. /, every wednesua,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-07-25
THE NEW GRAND LIST.

Returns have been received by the
secretary Of state from all the towns and
cores in the state, with single excep-
tion in Addison County, and from them
it appears that the valuation Of the state
is as follows: Real estate, $1O2,178,-
5l4; personal property, $46,sO4,O79;
total, including polls, $l63,39l,S93.
For 1880 the aggregate valuation was:
real estate, $71.114,747; personal prop
erty, $15,037.262; total, including
polls, $100,35O,OOO; showing gain
in the valuation Of real estate of $751;
063,767; in personal property, $751;
765,817; and in the total valuation of
$63,04l, 1884. The total grand list for
1880 was 81, 1908. 10000 for 1881, ST.
633,916.93. The grand list for Wash
ington county for 1880 was SIG, 1884
in 1881, $152.5O5.O5, an increase Of
nearly one hundred per cent. This
county holds the fourth in rank,-Rut
land, Chittenden and Windsor preced
ing it in the order named in the size O
their grand lists.
The act to equalize taxation has beer
the means of producing the favorabl
results shown in the above figures. Thi
result has been anticipated by incom
plete returns published from time t
time as the listers Of the various town
have completed their work. The me-
law had long before this become an es
tablished and popular fact among til
| the people of the state, and the friend
and advocates of the measure had man
weeks ago enjoyed the full measure of
pardonable satisfaction in seeing the a.
triumph over all the obstacles and di
couragements which self-interest ha
thrown in its way. The measure is n
| perfect one. It embodied imperfe
, lions which the legislature should ha
: foreseen, but there have been develop
/ other imperfections which could appe
t only from the practical operation of t
! laval Of which the next legislatu
e will find it a comparatively easy task
0 correct. The last legislature voted
i tax Of seventeen cents on the grand !
b of 1881. This tax will raise nearly
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-07-25

IS screw. The Tallapoosa is to be ar
ranged with a swinging berth, SO that
the President may be as little as posi-
BILE affected by the motion of the ship.
The plan is, as soon as he can safely be
moved, to remove him from his present
malarial surroundings. place him upon
this Government steamer, and take him
to the vicinity oil Hampton Roads and
the Cape, avoiding rough water and
rough weather. If he shall improve
with the sea air, and there shall be a
fair day, he may be taken later to Long
Branch. In any event, it is the purpose
to spend the days of convalescence on
board this vessel, as the surgeons will
not be willing to permit him to travel
by rail for long time.
Little things still excite the Presi-
dent very much. Notwithstanding the
apparatus for lifting him, similar to
that in use at the Bellevue Hospital,
has been prepared and attached to his
bed by DR.. Nichols, the surgeons have
ordered it to be removed, as it is feared
that its presence would excite him, and
he will continue to be lifted by six men,
The doctors trace the two relapses he
has had in great measure to excite
ments which might have been avoided.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-07-25
For the Monitor.
PRACTICAL LESSONS FROM
THE ASSAULT ON THE
PRESIDENT.

l. Let US learn to make less Of parti-
san feelings and ends. The jealous bit
terness between the two great political
parties has been disgraceful. We see
now that good, pure man, irrespective
of party, will earn the esteem of the
whole people, and that the reins of gov
eminent are safe IN his hands. Let US
hereafter vote for the man and the prass-
cipLe, not for the party.
2. Let us learn that the Jacksonian
doctrine of "spoils" is not safe in
theory or safe in practice. The fact
that our Presidents life may be the
price of disappointing any one of the
thousands of periodical Office seekers,
is an argument which all the people can
appreciate. President Garfield and his
Cabinet have a rare opportunity just
now to inaugurate a genuine "Civil
Service Reform Let us encourage
and support them in it.
| 3. Let us learn in nominating men
for the chief offices, not to put any man
in the second place whom we should be
unwilling to have occupy the first.
Three mistakes of this kind in the past
should have been warning enough. The
fourth has come near being bad enough.
Let US never risk fifth.
4. Let us learn that our Constitution
is defective in providing for succession
to the chief place, in case of the Presi.
dents death, and take the proper meas.
ures for remedying the defect. Had
Mr.. Garfield died, the risk of Mr.. AR
thurs death would have brought US a
| little too close to the brink of chaos fol
our comfort or safety.
5. Let us learn to think more of ou
rulers to have them in mind more
to criticise them less sharply and pra,
for them more earnestly and often. Tn
occupant of the White House is not
being of another order put up on
pedestal for mere public inspection. H
is man of like passions with the res
of US, and needs our sympathy and GU
3 prayers. Let us learn the value in ey
eryday living of temperance, purity, an
faith. 1t is potent fact that Mr.. Gal
fields recovery from his wound is du
largely to his soundness of body, hi
steady courage of mind, and his chris
tian severity of soul. Would that thi
fact might be duly studied by all an
especially by those young men who al
exposing their physical systems to pr,
mature decay and impairing their mel
tai and moral powers by sensual indu
gence. A pure, clean life is its own r
ward. E. P. w.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-07-25
UNION TEMPERANCE CAMP
MEETING.

The temperance camp-meeting will
occur at Lyndonville July 27, % and
90. The high success attending the for
mer meetings of this Association have
given it prestige which assures the
confidence and cooperation of the friends
of temperance throughout the state and
which the management will spare no eff
fort to maintain at this third annual
meeting.
The meetings will commence at 10
a. m. on Wednesday, July 27, and will
continue with three principal addresses
each day, interspersed with prayer, ex-
perience and praise meetings and with
temperance love feast on Friday
morning.
Eminent speakers are being secured
for the occasion, and among whom, as
already engaged, are Gov. Roswell
Farnham. Bradford, Rev. G. w. Wallace
D. D., Manchester, N. H., Rev. D. W.
Lelacheur, Portland, Me-, Richard T.
Booth, Maiden, Mass, Rev. G. B. Pit
blade, Newmarket, N. H., Rev. G.. D.
Hills, Lowell, Mass, Rev. NJ. W. Prince
Haverhill, Mass, Rev. Isaac McAnn,
St. Adams, F. Plumley. Mortified, Rev
W. J. johnson, Waterbury, Col. J. B
Mead, Randolph, Rev. A. B. Truax
Brattleboro, together with others, rep
resentatlve of home and foreign talent O.
the highest order.
Wednesday will be under the direc
ton of the church, the Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union and the Stat,
Reform Club.
Thursday will be known as $1,000
Templar's Day"
Friday will be Governors Day. ant
Gov. Farnham will preside.
The music will be arranged as spec
ial feature of great interest, and larg
choir accompanied by cornet and orga1
will render the familiar songs of tn
Gospel Hymns" in which the entir
congregation will be invited to join.
Board may be obtained at the rate Q
$1.OO per day, or, if desired, ample ia
cilities are offered on the camp groun
for individuals or societies to arrang
for camping and self-boarding.
Posters giving schedule of rates wi
be found in all railroad stations. Yer
liberal reductions are made from a
points.
Further particulars will be given
the published programme which will
|, issued on the 25th inst, and which wi
be sent as soon as issued to any adore
upon application to Geo. H. Richmon
Mortified, VT.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-07-25

and he received other injuries about the
head. George Knapp of Woodford was
with him at the time, but had gone back
upon the highway to pick up his hat when
another man whose name neither the de-
ceased nor Knapp said they knew, and
with whom they had been running horses,
drew near to O'Brien and assaulted him.
The contention was about whip and
striking each others horses over the
head while racing. O'Brien is said to
have had considerable sum of money
about him, which is missing. He was
not SO much disabled but that he came to
Bennington afterwards, had a doctor
dress his wounds, then went to the Stark
House and retired, becoming insensible.
His condition was investigated and care
given, but the injuries proved fatal. Mr..
O'Brien was prominent man in his town
has held many town offices and has rep
resented the town in the Vermont Legis-
lature, but for a few years has become
addicted to drink. So far as is known,
all the parties to the crime were drunk.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-07-25

The voluntary surrender of Sitting
Bull terminates the Indian troubles in
the Northwest, and brings, in all prob
ability, permanent peace with the
Sioux. Sitting Bull went over the Can
ada border in 1876, after the Sioux war
of that year, refusing to submit to our
arms. He took some fifteen hundred
followers with him, but they have been
struggling back from time to time until
1t appears he had only company of
200 who remained faithfully with him
to the end. This peaceable surrender,
especially at this season of the year, in
dicates that the Indian chief has become
convinced of the uselessness and folly Of
longer defying the laws, and the act is
construed by the Indian Office, therefore,
as guaranty of peace in the future.
Sitting Bull will probably be detained
under military supervision at one Of the
army posts for while and put on an
agency. His band will probably be d.
Vided and distributed so as to prevent
concerted action by It's members here
after.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-07-25

The table of contents for the August
number of the International Revieee is in
viting enough to tempt the attention and
reward a thorough reading. George w.
Julian opens the number with most en-
pertaining chapter of "Reminiscences of
the Thirty-irst Congress" the Congress
which first evidenced a decided element
of anti-slavery sentiment, and had Web
ster, Clay Calhoun, Benton, Cass, Doug
lass, Seward, Chase, Bell, Berrien, Soule,
Davis of Mississippi, Dayton, Hale, Ew-
ing, Corwin, Hamlin, Butler, Houston
and Mason, Thaddeus Stevens, Winthrop,
Ashmun, Allen, Cobb of Georgia, Mellow
ell, Giddings, Preston King, Horace
Mann, Marshall, Orr, Schenk, Stanley,
Toombs, Alexander H. Stephens, and
Vinton for members. The accomplished
pen of Mr.. Julian, who was himself a
member of this Congress, could scarcely
fail of drawing great interest from such a
| theme. The yornger portion of this gen.
Grafton will find much information in the
tlClC WHICH GuOJ Nciu oSoISCly w WILL
out. "College Graduates in the Ministry
is the topic selected by Rev. Charles f.
| Thwing for an article of considerable in
terest and value. He finds that the per-
centage of the graduates from the seven
principal American colleges who have en-
tered the ministry, has steadily decreased
since 1850, and explains the cause. Eu.
gene L. Didier writes of s'An American
Bonaparte, Jerome Napoleon Bona
| parte, son of the weak brother of the
great Napoleon, who sold his allegiance
to his beautiful American wife for the
crown of Westphalia and the hand of the
daughter of the King of Wurtemburg.
valuable contribution is w. H. Phillipss
'sThe Divorce Question" and one calcu
lated to draw attention to the crying nees
of uniform and national divorce law
A slightly metaphysical, but exceedingl,
readable essay upon "Rights,' is contrib
uted by David A. WATSON. An anony
NOUS author tells of ssSome Curiosities i
Theological Reckoning" and the numbe
, is brought worthily to an end by Celt'
statement ssWhy Ireland has been Mis-
governed" There is not dull line i
} any one of the seven articles, and th
! number has never been exceeded in ele
ments of popular interest. A. S Barne
& Co., New York.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-07-25
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

The State has 1877 Congregational
churches, with membership of 1882.
They give away S40,048 year.
Out of 214O living Bachelors of Arts
of Dartmouth College, 3S9 reside in New
Hampshire and 153 in Vermont.
A ten-years-old son of John Mckenzie,
of South Burlington, was run over by a
moving machine the other day, and had
both feet nearly cut off.
A girl IA years old, of Wells River,
named Frizell eloped with boy of Is,
named Bigelow, last week, and they
were married by Justice.
Charles Houghton of Marlboro, while
at work haying, had the tine of pitch
fork stuck into one of his wrists, in con-
sequence of which he had the lockjaw
and died.
Sarah, the wife of r. G.. Coburn of
Fairlee, committed suicide on Thursday
morning by taking strychnine. The re-
cent death of much-loved child is said
to have caused insanity. m @
Mrs. Alvin Smith of Williamstown,
who has been blind for several years, fell
| down the cellar stairs recently, breaking
| one limb and fracturing her skull, caus-
| ing her, death in four hours after her fall
Mrs. Enoch B. Chase, widow of the late
Lieutenant E. B. Chase of the Vermont
Cavalry, dropped dead while playing GRO
quet Thursday, at the residence of Sam
uel Abbott of Stanstead, P. @.
The heaviest liquor seizure made il
Burlington for several years was mad,
the 18th. The ice houses of Drew & Con
ger and Frank X. Converse were searched
and there were found stored therein thir
ty-four kegs, half-barrels and barrels o
ale and lager beer.
Alvah NJ Parker of Wells recently me
with a serious accident. He accidentall
dropped bottle containing oil of vitriol
breaking the bottle and scattering tn
contents over his person. At first it wa
thought the injuries might prove fata
but he has been doing well since, thong
| it is doubtful if he RECEIVERS the sight {
one eye.
McIndoes Falls, July 10. Isaiah B;
2 con, a cook on the Connecticut Rive
Lumber Company's drive, was browne
at Olcott's Falls. This is the first ma
: lost on the drive this season. He was
4 single man, about &c years of age, and
/. native of Maine. He had 1926 in gold c
: his person of his own and several watch'
: that belonged to his fellow-workmen.
n BENNINGTON, July 10. William O'Brit
: of Searsburgh died here this morniI
J. from the effects of injuries received in |
n alteration last evening near the notol
: Gus Duffy rum hole in Hoosic, N. Y. It
e fracas occurred in this town, and result
in Mr.. O'Brien's having two ribs brok
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-07-25
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
Especial Correspondence ofthe Monitor.1
NEW York. July Is. 1881

Especial Correspondence ofthe Monitor.1
New YORK, July Is, 1881.
A good deal of Ignorance, which is
inconvenient, is sometimes mingled with
the adaptability for any and all pursuits
which characterizes our native born cit
liens. 1t was the boast Of commanding
officers in the war that they could, at a
moments notice, detail good men from
the ranks of any regiment to run
church or printing press, make clock,
or in fact to make to do anything. Ev-
cry American boy is a born carpenter
and machinist, and his zeal and ability
are most useful things to have in the
house. Still, as l said before, incon-
venieuce sometimes results. An estim-
able young man in Brooklyn, the other
day for instance, had got considerably
exercised over some leak in his land
lady's pipes, and volunteered to fix them
for her, scorning the idea that plumb
er should be called in. So, tucking up
his sleeves, he prepared his tools in the
presence of the assembled household,
who drew up their chairs and watched
his proceedings with afectionate inter-
est, He lacked a soldering iron, and,
declaring he'd soon find something in
the attic to suit, and after poking around
there for some time time, returned with
apparently very suitable instrument.
When heated, however, it exploded, and,
on inquiry, it was. found to be the bus.
mess end of an explosive harpoon, left
behind by an old whaling captain, for.
mer boarder. No lives were lost, and
the amateur plumber has taken to study
other sciences,
So. Mrs. Vic. Woodruff, the femal,
broker, blackmailer and High Priestes
of free love, has become a relation o
Queen Victoria. who being somewha
| straightlaced must be quite offended
} Her beautiful daughter, Miss Blood, ha
} captured Lord Colin Campbell, the fit
son of the Duke of Argyle and brother
D in-law of Princess Louise of Lorne. |
5 must be love match, for the Campbell
' have for ages enjoyed the reputation {
: great prudence in money and other ma
e tiers. There is no doubt that the merr
s King Charles I. owed his death to th
y treachery of a former Duke of Argyll
a who sold him to Cromwell for col
It sideration, and the present one lool
j. well to the baubees. He writes heay
d review articles and gets paid for ther
1t and two of his sons were for a while
c. business here in the tea trade. Wit
re out question the intimacy which b
ID eliminated SO thoroughly must have b
ar gun in Gotham.
ne Thunder and lightning are somewh
re familiar phenomena, but we here a
to rarely afflicted with such vicious mai
a festations as on Wednesday last. PeoI
lst were Frustrated by scores and one chi
as was killed barns were set on fire
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-07-25

There is use in drugging yourself to death, and
buying all the vile medicines for internal use when
you can be cured of fever and ague dumb ague bill
ious disorders jaundce dyspepsia, well all dis
orders and ailments Of the liver. blood and stomach
by wearing of Prof. Guilmette's French Liver Pads,
which is a sure cure every time If your druggist
does keep the pad send $3.50 in letter to French
Pad Co, Toledo. o. and it will be sent you by return
mail. It is the only Pad that is guaranteed to cure
Beware of counterfeits.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-07-25

much money as tax of twenty-eight
cents on the grand list of 1880. A
gratifying approach toward equalization
of taxation has evidently been made
and what has been gained in this direc-
ton will, we believe, be held as van
tage ground for nearer and more deci-
sive approaches towards an equalization
which must necessarily be relative in
the degree of perfection obtained
Watclamoaa.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-07-25
MIR. COMBINES SUCCESSOR.

Hon. Elbridge G. Lapham, who was
chosen Friday by the unanimous vote of
the Republican members of the New
York Legislature to succeed Mr.. Conk
ling, is nearly 81 years of age, and for
years has been one of the most promi-
nent lawyers in Western New York.,
He was prominent member of the Con-
stitutional Convention of 1867. He has
served in the Forty fourth, Forty-ffth
and Forty-sixth Congresses, and is a
member-elect of the Forty seventh House.
In the last house his name stands at the
head of the Republican members serving
upon the Judiciary Committee. He
was also member Of the subcommittee
of the Judiciary Committee of the 44th
Congress which was sent to South Caro-
lima to inquire into the alleged irregu-
larities in holding the election in that
State. It is said that his ability as a
lawyer made him very useful member
Of the committee on that occasion. Had
he entered the next House it is proba-
BILE that he would have been Chairman
of the Judiciary Committee. 1t is said
that Mr.. Conkling was admitted to the
Bar on his motion. He has always
been a supporter of the Conkling wing
of the party, but from the first condemn
ed Mr.. Conkling for reslgning. Mr.
Lapham's term of service will expire
March 4, 1885. -
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-07-25

By the great success of the Window
plan for continuing the maturing five
and six per cent bonds at three and one
half per cent interest during the pleas
ure of the government, all of this class
of bonds, excepting about $95,000,000,
have been presented for continuance,
and this latter sum will be paid out of
the surplus revenues. An annual saw
ing of about fifteen and one-half mill
ion dollars in interest has thus been
effected.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-07-25

A. W. Fisher, the new chief clerk of
the pension Office who succeeds Major
o. P. G.. Clarke, is also native of Yer
mont. He was born in Danville, Feb
ruary 10th, 1884. Graduated at Dart
mouth College 1853. Studied law with
Hon. Bliss N. Davis and was admitted
to the bar at st. Johnsbury in June,
1891. He was captain of Company H,
Fourth Regiment of Vermont Volun-
teers, during the rebellion, where he
displayed the qualities of brave and
and faithful officer. At the close Of
the war he went to North Carolina and
engaged in the manufacture of lumber.
In 1871 he was appointed clerk in the
pension Office and has now been promo
ted to the Office Of chief clerk in the
pension bureau. While In North Carroll
ma he was adjutant general of the state
three years and member of the state
legislature in 1870. Mr.. Fishers many
friends in Vermont are pleased at his
promotion to this important post of duty,
and trust that he will perform its labor
with the same faithfulness and ability
that has heretofore characterized all o.
his official actions. These with numer
GUS other changes recently made in tn,
pension Office force will have tendency
to delay the settlement of claims TO
pension. Whether these changes ar
for the better, time will tell.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-07-25

WASHINGTON, July 20. The Presi-
dent has passed the best day since he
was wounded. There has been but
slight recurrence of the fever. His APP
petite has been good, and his food is as
simulated, but it has not been hearty.
The physicians do not again propose to
overload the Presidents delicate stom-
ach. The President is, of course, weak
and is weary from lying SO long in bed.
He is looking forward now chiefly to
the time when he can take his trip upon
the Potomac. and possiblp sea voyage,
which has been promised him by the
middle of August, if he continues to Inn
prove. Arrangements are already max.
ing so that the trip shall be as safe and
comfortable as possible. The Tallapoo
sa, United States steamer now out O
commission is undergoing repairs ant
will be ready for service Sep. l. Tn
Secretary of the Navy has issued an or
der to put additional men at work upol
her SO that she may be ready by Angus
Is. The vessel is paddle wheel an
the physicians and naval officers hav
agreed that it will be better adapted |
the Presidents condition than the Di
patch, steamer of the same size, whic