Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-10-04

they had been made OF cast.iron, with
clock work insides, warranted not to be
run down.
Cadet Whitaker Of West Point fame is
nc satisfied with the misfortunes he has
already experienced, but now sets him
self up as Il candidate Tor congress from
South Carolina, under democratic auspices
He believes his sufferings entite him to a
fat office, and as the republican party
does not coincide with this opinion he is
looking to the democracy for vindcation.
Meanwhile he amuses himself by abusing
Grant, Hayes and Arthur.
tered in the Crossman House at Alexander
Bay and will remain there until Oct. 9.
The steam yacht Minnie is at their service.
The presidential party went to Oak Point,
waters, on Friday, after black bass and
muscalogne, which are numerous at that
point. The president says he is assigned
to the St. Lawrence by his physician to
cure his malaria.
Jus tice has one blind eye in South Car
DINA. On the Fourth of July Colonel
Blair was brutally shot and killed in the
streets of Camden by Il political rival
Justice happened to have her blind eye
to- li,,afinn hot Tho
assassin was promptly released on bail.
and has since been tried and acquitted.
On the 9th of September the Charlestown
Mercury, an anti-Bourbon paper, copied
an article from q Washington newspaper,
in which gentlemen connected with the
NcWS md Courier was assailed with APP
probrious epithets. Thoreupou justice,
having her good eye open that day ,pounc
ed upon the editor, refused to admit him
to BAIL and thrust him into jlil.
The Pittsburgh Telegram speaks Of the
Folger campaign in New York as follows
The whole Of northern New York, the
largest aud most important republican
section, is solid for Folgcr. The northern
counties give $1,000 republican majority,
and boltcr might travel here fortnight
and would not find solitary peg on which
to hang one of their stories Of misrepresen
tation The republicans of northern New
York are united. They dctcst corrupt men
and corrupt devices, but they will not &C
to the length ofenduring vicarious punish
ment at the b hest of boilers who make
righteous indignation the cloak for thwari
ed designs. Northern New Ork repub
licans will vote for the honest Judge"
Boston transcripts: "One Of the sign!
of the times which ctrnfu Observers will
not fail t, apDrorilt" is tie progress of
prohlhi ion IN n" southern states ir
North Cur}n HI isSur has broken up
old pr au'. .''t .'- I'D tn . coalition
against VA. nuo.a assn il. J. Tn
coaItio1 N .nr0 ms N'rn formed by
thr republicans md fho liberal Or anti
prohibition men Of all parties, and th'
fusionists claim to he able to elect tw,
| additional republican congressman and
one fusionst. who will act with the re
bublicans in the House, as Malone has in
the Senate. Although the majority against
against prohibition, last year, was over
wheming, it yet received about 10000
votes, showing u remarkable growth
and u force considerable enough to make
it the wedge for splitting old politica
! lines
The Londor Times publishes synopsi,
of some papers on the "lremors of tn
earth" by the committee appointed t
measure the lunar disturbance of gravity
which contains some statements new I
the public. 1t is considered proved b,
the men of science engaged that the crus
of the earth bends under weights imposed
on it, till, "when the barometer rises al
inch over land area like that of Australia
the increased load of air sinks the entir
continent two or three inches below tn
normal level The land actually sink
and rises under the pressure of the mas
of water thrown upon it by the tides
the maximum of the rise and fall on III
Atlantic soaboard reaching five inches
This effect is felt at the bottom of tn
weakest mine, and may reach for an ur
known distance. 1t follows that the crus
of the earth must be of exceeding tenacity
exceeding as a minimum that of granite
and its swayings may be the causes G
phenomena hitherto quite unexplained
as, for example, the relation between
storms and earthquake. No depth ca
be found at which recording instrumen
can be placed so as TO escape their effec
The round earth pants, in fact, like
breathing being, finder the changes Away
going on above her.
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