Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-09-13

One Of the most thrifty New Jersey
farmers is John Rapp, residing near
Glassborough, Gloucester county. He
cnltivates fruit farm of 220 acres, which
1coutains 1000 cherry trees, 400 apple trees,
| 5000 peach trees, 1000 pear trees, y acres
of grapes, II acres of blackberries and Is
acres of raspberres.
! A SHOCKING ACCIDENT. Mr.. Edson p.
Moore, an employe in the pulp mill at
Passumpic, VT, was killed about O'Clock
Monday morning. lie and Arthur Symms
were all the help that had arrived, and
they had just started the mills when Moore
went down stairs among the machinery,
as Symm supposes, to run on belt, but
he did not know when he went. The first
intimation which he had of anything
wrong was sound as of something rap.
ping against the floor underneath. He
thought belt had broken and fastened to
shut down the machinery and ascertain
the trouble. Upon reaching the lower
part of the mill he found Moore dead.
Both legs and one arm were torn off and
the body was badly bruised. lie must
have been killed almost Instantly, as the
shaft which caught him WAS making 800
revolutions per minute. He leaves n
widow and three small children.
TIE ATTACK on MoRMONIsM. There
can be no doubt about the nature of the
issue in Utah. The purpose ofthe Edmunds
bill was to destroy Mormonism absolute.
ly. 1t was drawn with great care for two
chief ends-to punish and prevent polyg-
amy and to deprive the MormDnS of
their political power. Some explanation
may be forthcoming Of the commissions
actisn in naming seven Geniiles, nine
apostate Mormons and eight Mormons
to act as registers, but it is very illicult
to sec what its nature can b.. The act
creating the commission is Il stern meas
urc so stern that the demoCratsin congress
opposed its passage by every means in
their power. But there can be no doubt
of the power of the government 10 con.
troll or take away the right of suffrage in
the territories, and, considering the for.
midable character of the Utah conspiracy
to break and defy the laws Of the land and
of decency, the Edmunds act should be
enforced with unsparing rigor. In par.
ticuar, no weak and mistaken tolerance
of Mormon vciousness on grounds OF
freedom of worship and OF conscience
should sway the Utah commission one
iota -NeW York Times
PLEASED WITu VERMONT A party o.
fifteen fresh air children, who have been
for the past two weeks in Manchester
Vt, and Clinton county, arrived in this
city yesterday morning on the steam boat
City of Troy. Most of them were received
on the pier by their mothers or sisters
All the children were up early, after enjoy
ing Il good nights rest, and happier
group it would be hard to hud. The
passengers were much Interested in the
children and their accounts O! what they
had seen and done in the country. When
asked whether they would like to remain
in the country permanently, they invarip-
bly answered in the affirmative. One little
man was so enamored of the life of far.
mer that he announced his intention oil
becoming one as soon as he could save
money enough to leave tho city. As an indi.
cation of the sincerity of his purpose he
triumphantly displayed 10 single cents,
and anxonsly inquired how far into the
country that would carry him. One girl
of 10 years has the permission of the far
mcr with whom she stayed to remain per.
manontly if she can obtain her mothers
consent. Many others have been invited
TO pay their country friends another visit
next summer.-M !. Tribune, Thursday.