Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-05-31
A rich lumberman in northern Michigan

A rich lumberman in northern Michigan
has sailed small lake and planted it with
oysters. Salt costs very little at Saginaw,
and as the lake has no outlet it is easy to
keep water salt. He expects to raise as
fine oysters as can be found on any of the
bays of the coast.
Mr.. II. II. Warner of Rochester offers
the following astronomical prizes for the
present year: Two hundred dollars in
gold for each discovery of a new comet
made the discovery, not the comet,) in
the United States, Canada. Great Britain
or Ireland; two hundred dollars for any
meteoric stone found in any Of the above
countries during 1882, which Professor
Henry A. Ward of Rochester, N. Y,
Principal Dawson of Montreal, Canada,
and j. Lawrence Smith of Louisville, Ky,
shall unanimously decide contains fossil
remains of animal or vegetable life, thus
proving the individuality of other planets;
the sum of fifty dollars for specimen of
any meteoric stone (whether it contains
organic remains or noD seen to fall in the
United States during 1882.
Arabia. of all places in the world, has
become the scene ola vigorous temperance
crusade. 1t seems that beer of German
manufacture has for some time past been
conveyed in large quantities by steamer
from Adriatic ports to Alden and other
Arabian towns, and so fond have the ma Z.
tives become of the beverage that tenn
hoe
various parts of Southern Arabia. The
religious authorities have been prominent
in furthering the agitation. At Mauscat
it is said that all the mosques have pub
licly condemned German beer, and pro.
nouncod direful future punishment on all
who partake of 1t. The sultan, however,
permits Jews and Ilindustanes to sell the
drink, on condition that the object is med
icinal. The number of the sick has ac-
cordingly increased in very perceptible
proportions.
ACCIDENTAL SELr.PoIsoNrNG.-AtCav Cav
ondsh Sunday Walker NJ Bent, one of
the mail agents between Essex Junction
and Boston, met his death under the fol-
lowing circumstances He kept at Cavcn-
dish small general store. the stock in
which included somo drugs; and being
troubled with headache took what he
supposed to be laudanum, but which
proved to be aconite. Bent at once real
lied his mistake and Immediately took an
emetic; but in spite of this and all that
the physicians could 60, died in Il short
time. He mad been upon the road but Il
short time, and on the Boston run but u
few weeks, having exchanged places with
George O. Bacon. lie was the sole
support of widowed mother and of a
wife aud three children, and was between
forty and fifty years of age.
The prince of Wales sons would not be
half so manly boys, London paper
asserts, were it not for the sensible train
ing their mother has given them They
might long ago have been bcdizened with
stars and ribbons representing the orders
of various European courts, but the prin-
cess insists that they shall be brought up
as she herself was-simply and with as
little coddling as possible. The Oldest
boy, Albert Victor, the future king, is said
to be fully aware of the dignity of his pc
sition, and it is told of him that he once
sharply reprimanded n captain of steam
when he came aboard. Wales simply
laughed when he heard the story, and
applauded the boys selfassertion, but
Alexandria took him one side and gently
lectured him on the beauty of humility.
1t seems pity that so good mother has
not made better husband.
IMPORTANT DECISION IN A WILL CASE.
In Bennington, the 25th. supreme
court decision was handed by Judge Ross
in the case of Edward II. Scott VS.. Henry
Pachen and others, affecting more inter
ests than ordinary law suits. 1t that Ly-
man Patchen, grandfather of the orator,
died some 25 years ago, leaving an estate
valued at about $4,000. BY the terms of
his will, this property was devised to
Henry Pachen, after legacies were paid
Henry Patchen has been in possession
since, but has not paid all the legacies no
ted in said will, hence this suit of one leg
aztec to recover. Meantime sales have
been made of this real estate as if no en-
cumberance existed. BY tho terms of
the courts decision, the real estate form
erly owned by Lyman Pachcn, is holden
for the unpaid legacy to Scott, amount
ing to about $4,000, and the present own
ers are to pay in inverse order of possess
sion. There arc nearly 90 defendants
named in this suit, and among them is
the Roman Catholic bishop of this diocese
Their cemetary is part of said real cs-
tate. This decision makes certain that
others named In Pachen's will can recover.
and other suits will be instituted. Courts
mandate fixes the valuation Of such pio-
perty as is affected by this decision, to be
what it was when the first payment of the
legcCy became due.
FOLLOWED HIS FATHER.-Albert Haley,
a bright boy of II years, who resided with
family at Pownal Centre, committed
suicide on Friday under the following dis.
tressing circumstances About two years
ago his father put an end to his existence
by cutting his throat and then hanging
himself. Subsequently the boys mother
married again. and, it is said, the lad was
turned out of doors to shit for himself.
He was given home in II family living
near the village, but it is reported he was
treated like dog and finally sought a
home with another family. His uncle,
Daniel Haley, a fowmonths agoattempted
to kill himself but did not succeed Since
that time Albert appeared TO he unusually
depressed and a few days ago he enquired
of a neighbor how much Paris green it
would take to kill person. He procured
a quantity of the drug on Thursday, and
Friday afternoon about o'clock he went
up into the haymow in the barn and swal-
lowed the poison. He then returned to
the house and the wife of the man with
whom he was living told him to watch
some bread in the oven and when it was
brown to take it out. She then left the
house and returned about O'Clock. The
boy was found very sick and vomiting.
She asked him what was the matter. Il
have taken Paris green and am going to
join my father" the lad replied. A phys-
ician was sent for, but when he arrived he
said he could do nothing for the boy, who
was found in violent spasms preceding
death. The lad died at an early hour on
Saturday morning.