Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-11-23

hank the Lord before eating il for these
ind all Thy bounties to u.s.
Senator Anthony has been a United
S ites Senator continuously for twenty-five
geals No other man now 10 congress,
mas continuously served so long in eiInel
| louise In length of service Senator
morrill, oulranks him, having taken hi,
seat in congress as representative from
his stale in 1855.
Fhe will of the late Colonel c H..
Northam of Hartford. Conn gives $l25 =
900 to Trinity college, $50 600 to Hartford
hospital, $4,000 TO build chapel Il,
Cedar Hill cemetery, $4,000 to Christ
Z 'l>copsl church, $1,000 to the Hartford
library association. leaving $780, 700 to be
divided between the heirs.
Thurlow Weed celebrated on Tuesday
his eighty -fourth birthday. He shows re-
narkable vitality for one who has lived
fourteen years beyond the allotted "span ="
| vi InitO SCOlt 1thlS tuu I1lS IubUItl
vigor shows no abatement, but his eve
light is nearly gone from cataract. Other
wise he is, in every way, enjoying a serene
Old age in happy home.
heard, says London Truth, the other
lay, a good story of j. Gould the Amer
can railway king. A London broker went
over to New York and solicited an inter
view with him. The broker explained to
nm what vast operations might be made
IN the London stock exchange, and sug
rested tat he should do business tor him
Gould reflected and then said: What You
say is no doubt true; l see only one objec
ton; | never speculate"
HI. " Redield, one of the best of the
newspaper correspondents who have
made their regulations since the war,
died at his home in Washington, Thurs.
day evening. His work has been chiefly
for the Cincinnati Commercial, and hi>
letters to that paper from the south were
among the most impartial and instructive
Lately he has acted AS the Washington
correspondent of the Commercials
1t is learned that President Willard, OF
the Northern Pacific railroad, has made Il
contract with Edison for the construction
of fifty miles of railroad in Minnesota. in
1882, upon which to test the efficiency OF
the Ellison electrical engine as a motive
power for railroads Willard Is to paw for
he road if the experiment is satisfactory
if the test fails ellison (and the capitalist
backing hin) will have to pay the grea eli
of the costs part.
Malone and his methods are not entirely
10 the taste of the Providence Journal, bur
II says the prohibition movement in North
Carolina was one phase Of the revolt
against Bourbon restriction, as was tn,
Greenbaok excuse for new party il
IN Virginia will give encouragement a.
we'll rs show the method for successful
,cIion to the large and growing element
IN the south, which has no desire to be
led down any longer by the traditions OF
he old slave holding democracy.
From hulletine recently issued from
he census Office it appears that exclusive
f Alaska, which has not been measured
With any degree of accuracy, the total
urea of the United States is 3 OPS. 500,
square miles. of which % 900 are lake,
,.nd pond,-17, 200 coast waters, such as
pays, sounds and CULTS and IA 500 rivers
md SIN ller streams giving II total water
surface of 55 600 square miles and Il total
land susf'ce OF 297O,O00 the six small
~. states beginning with the smallest. ar,
Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut,
New Jersey, Massachusetts and New
Hampshire, while the SIX largest states in
their order are Texas, California, Colora.
do. Nevada, Oregan and Kansas.
The governors of all the New England
states are total abstainers from intoxicating
drinks. Governor Long of Massachusetts
recently paid tribute to this virtue. say
ing that if he had been able to do any.
thing to keep his head clear and retain his
strength, it was because of his adherence
to he practice of total abstinence. Some
of the most prominent men in Vermont
he m,n who have been subjected to the
>everest intellectual and physical strain In
the management of vast and complicated
business aft urs ARE total abstainers. The
tact thai these men endure this strain
without breaking down or growing prema
turely old shows that alcoholic stimuIants
are not necessary to persons in goot
health.
William H. Herndon is pauper a
Springfield. III. For several years before
Lincoln was nominated for the presidency
lIerndon was in some respects the most
active member of the firm, preparing the
greatest number of cases for trial, and
making elaborate arguments in their be.
half. 1t is said that he worked hard with
Lincoln in preparing the memorabl,
speeches delivered by the man who after
wards became president, during the dc
! bates between Lincoln and Douglas in 1858
and in constructing the Cooper Institute
address delivered by Lincoln short time
before the war. Herndon, with all his
attachments, was man who now and
theu went on spree, and it was no un.
common thing for him to leave an import
ant lawsuit and spend several days in
drinking and carousing This habit be
came worse after Lincoln's death. and
Herndon went down step by step, till hi,
Criands and aasociates point to him as o