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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-08-30

A Montpelier paper says that OF the A.
so,s u tho st Albans Trust company. 10
round numbers s45s.oo0 OF the personal
sccanis loans was tue paper Of Norwooi
Lamber company, 10 which Lawrence
EiAinefd, tie president Of The Trus, com
pauy. has the chief interest. A lean %
$4,000 on personal sccnriiy TO other
parties had. since June Both. been as.
samed by The Norwood company and Il
had Otherwise increased its Indebtedness
till 81 the time Of The failure IL owed the
Trasi company 10 round numbers s5l2,.
900. Meanwhile the cash deposits IN the
Vermont National back had also been re.
duced from sIs. 600 10 SO, ISL. IS and cash
On had 10 s5.5a955. Among the
large loans Of the Trust conpsny on pr
e0nAi security il IL understood that
there isone Of $50. coo 10 platisbnrg com.
pAny. enc u $1,000 to A. o. Brainerd.
direcior Ia The Trus, company. and
smother o. $4,000 to Herbert Brasnerd
iih others oismAller sums to other 1Dcm
s~rs u The Brsineri family o. officials or
cnplosss Of the company.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-08-30

The recent failure Of the Vermont Ma
.ional bank aud the st. Adams Trust Co. a
ST. Adams calls the attention Of the PEG
pie TO the laws which relate TO the subject
II is quite plain that il the laws undel
which these institutions were chartered
had been obeyed the failure would no
have happened. We also have bank ex
aminer and state inspector Of fnanc,
upho.e aa,y - 70 ~ examine tho banks ant
report upon their condition, and II thin
duty were faithfully performed such fail
ures would not be likely to occur.
II is stated by some Of the state papers
that the law in relation to our saving,
banks. while it provides for their examina
ton, does not give the inspector any pow
er to compel them to comply with the law
in regard to making safe investments oil
the funds placed in their keeping. That
while Inspector Dewey, when examining
the affairs Of the ST. Adams Trust Co., be
came aware Of the doubtful and risky ma.
ture OF IFS investments, and did not feel of
liberty TO make public the true character OF
the concern for fear that it might hasten q
catastrophe, but merely cautioned the di.
rectors OF the institution to change their
investments TO more substantial founda-
ton, and allowed innocent depositors to
go on making deposits as though there
were no danger OF its failure.
Now this is all wrong. Either we should
have an inspector clothed with sufficient
power to make his office effective, and one
who will honestly attend to his duties, or
we should have none at all. As it is now,
people take it for granted that our savings
institutions are looked after and that they
are reasonably safe. If there were no in
spector people would To more likely to
look out for themselves. 1t is much the
same as though the authorities should post
a notice that certain bridge is safe, and
invite people to cross it, when in fact they
know it is in shaky condition and liable
to tumble at any moment.
Our next legislature should see that the
law is made strong enough and that an
inspector is elected who has backbone and
ability enough to perform his plain duty
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-08-30

The Burlington Free Press says: I'm the
charter OF the St. Adams Trust company
il this section:
Il. Section 10. No loan shall DO made di.
rectly or indirectly to any director, officer.
or employe Of said corporation, aud for
any violation OF this section the director.
officer, or cmployc making the same shall
be liable to the corporation for the amount
80 loaned.
We suppose that nine hundred and
aine's nine persons ont Of every thousand
recalling this section would thick
,ls, il Was an absolute prohibition OF q
loan to any officer Of the company. Such.
however, We arc informed by the best
legal authority, IL not the case. The APP
parent prohibition in the first clause OF
the section Is completely yitia,ed by the
second, aud the section amounts to moth.
Ing what ever. except as blind TO the
public. IL appears to prohibit loans 10
officers OF the company, bu, in reality II
does 40 such thing. IL is, Therefore,
merely fraud on the people. We are
informed also that several other trust
companies have similar section In their
charters
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-08-30
Steamer Blown nm Mt New York

The steamer Riverdsle, belonging to
Smiths line and running between New
York and Haverstraw, touching at the Pal
isades, Yonkers, Dobbs Ferry, Tarrytown,
Nyack aud Sing Sing, exploded her boiler
at three o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The
Riverdale started up the Hudson on her
trip to Haverstraw at three o'clock with
fifty passengers, whom she took aboard a.
Harrison street. When opposite Thir.
tenth street her boilers exploded. Eye
witnesses on the shore saw what seemed to
be the entire inside Of the vessel fly into
the air with report like cannon. The
shell Of the hull careened over, but con-
tinued up stream from the momentum OF
its speed until it went down, bow first, at
the foot Of Fifteenth street. About TWEEN
ty passengers, including every body in the
cabin, were blown up. The rest seized
life preservers and jumping over the rail
into the river were picked up by boats that
Immediately put out from the New York
and Jersey shores to their assistance. How
many were saved and how many drowned
and killed is yet unknown. Half an hour
after the explosion Captain Smith, com
mander OF the Rivcrdale, stated that Will q
on deck he heard low rumble, and i'm
mediately after the boiler blew up and
the vessel began sinking. He could not
explain the cause OF the explosion. Most
of the passengers were residents OF towns
along the Hudson aud several were New
York people stopping at Nyack, the Pail.
sades, Yonkers aud Tarrytown. Accounts
OF the number OF passengers vary from
fifty to two hundred, and Of the killed
from ten to fifty The most Trustworthy
accounts place the number Of killed from
three to six. THERE'S reason to believe
that nearly all had chance to escape
The engineer was about TO enter the engine
room TO slow up, another steamboat being
at their Twenty second street landing,
when the explosion occurred, That the
force OF the explosion was downward was
apparent from the rapidity with which the
vessel sank, showing that her bottom was
blown ont. Hardly minute elapsed be-
tween the explosion and the sinking Of the
hull in the whirlpool into which the s'rng-
Cling swimmers were drawn. The river
was strewn with the wreckage cabin
doors, beams, boards and furniture float
ing abont Tugs and small boats put ont
IN swarms from New York and New jersey
and began rescuing the drowning passen-
gers and crew. The number Of saved
shows how efficient the work was. The
passengers say tina, the explosion was en-
tirely without warning.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-08-30

Gentlemen: Your Hop Bitters have been
Of great value to me- / was laid up with
typhoid fever for over two months, and
could get 10 relief until tried your Hop
Bitters. To those suffering from debility
or any one in feeble health cordially rec
ommend them.
J. G. STOETZEL, Chicago, Ill.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-08-30

Thomas Butler, OF Panton, has cut Is
acres OF oats this season. which he thinks
viii yield 90 bushels to the acre.
The plum crop Of the Champlain valley
will be unusually large. bnt the pears, al
though abundant are very knotty and
imperfect The apple crop will 10 light.
Rev. II n. Titus Of the Congregational
church in Wilmington, has brought, a
suit for $4,000, for libel, against DIR.
Hoon.
The Congregational church at Barton
Landing. have through the eifoSis OF Rev.
N. A. Gates. been freed from deb, amount
ing to 81, 200
The wooisn mill at Cambridgepoft. S
miles from Bellows Falls, owned by Rob.
ert Fi,ton aad leased to HnbIey 4 Co., Of
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-08-30
.YDIA L. sHELDoS's Esrarr.

kTATK on VERMONT, District cf Manchester. "a
In Probate Court held a, Manchester within
and 'or sald District on the 2olh day Of July,
A. D. lss3.
The administrator, with the win annexed on
the estate D. LYDIA l.. sheldon, late of Sharon,
Wisconsin. deceased, proposed 10 render an &C
count o. bic administration on sad estate.
Whereupon II was cfcersd that said account
be examined fer allowance az Pro-
bate Court to he held 81 the Probate ofbee IN
Manchester, IN ssid Dislricl, on ihe 2sih day o.
Apgusi D. n q and thAs nDtice ~ .feof be giy0n
ieAl IeEsprs la,ffesied ~ ihe pubileaiion hereof
- The aaIcLestsr yopEKtL. nessFtFsr PRINT
90 Al saad Manchester, three weehs frocessirsly
previous 10 the iatne no. appointed.
s23v LOyELAsD MrA6OS, Judge.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-08-30

The Bcsioa adr1tisr outlines one OF the
features Of the next session OF Congress as
iollows. .When Congress meets and while
yc, the Democratic speaker is wrestling
With The attempt to give all who voted Tor
him the Craftsmanship ola committee, It
will be overwhelmed with ape,ition with
several million names attached, calling Tor
liberal appropriation for the Mississippi
River The first OF January corps Of
gentlemen will visit Washington to push
the scheme along. A purse OF s2o. 600 Is
nov being raised TO pay their expenses
Senator Gibson OF Louisiana promises not
only TO see that large sum is voted in the
regular appropriation bills. but will try to
have a supplemental act passed. giving
tao or three millions TO be used mex,
spring.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-08-30

oscar wlids's play. "vera. produced
II che union Square theatre. View York
sisbasy night appears 10 have eeen
dismal failure. The Herald calls the play
..ioug drwn dramatic rci'--''A series O
disoonnec,ed essays" and calls II repre-
sen,ins. ''doleial occasion" The T''e'
ays. There Is great deal Of good
writing 10 Vera, but MFR, wiides clever
nesa stops short Of dramatic art HIS
play is unreal. longwinded and wearisome'
II comes NJ near failure as an ingenious and
sblc writer eau bring H." We do mol
,aial ssoh play can be popular. The
Saa thinks the play is good one to take
apou tho road aud hopes that II VIII be
taken there forthwith.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-08-30

Ladies' in delicate health or feeble chill
dren never fail to find relief by using
Wheat btters. All druggists keep them.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-08-30

WAen Ssnstof Vest 81 Missouri Was 8
,onag msa be learned the trade Of black
smigA lie ~ nov in tho Yellowstone
eoaniry. and the rough mountain roads
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-08-30
THURSDAY. AUGUST 80. 1883

A .hrews Dsnecrsssp peliiicsaS o. as
.lousl repu,aiaoa who - mseA 'H'ere'isd
ID il.s result q ,bs contest ior The spess'
.vAip, ADD who has been bnsy fof Sofne
time Il colleeiiag data concerning ibs
,r4mpesas ana relative strength OF Tie va
t,ens candidates. expresses The orinsen
,hsi Nj Carlisle has strong leAd' "iin
,slr prospects Il success u IS understood
,naa Mr. Carlisle. who IL tcionrnsng Al ne
White Sulphur Springs, where be en'oys
sneelleai opportunities 10 oeiaia trust
s0rthy iniorms,isa from leading Demo.
cratic polineiass froa the southern sna
wssisrn states. bold. the same opinion.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-08-30
Flies and Bugs.

Flies. reaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats,
mice, gophers, chipmunks, cleared out by
Rough on Rats" 15c.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-08-30

Ask for Wells Trough on Corns." 15c.
Complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts
bunions.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-08-30

Two steamship collisions are reported,
with q loss Of tweuiy.tbree lives. The
French steamer 81. German. from Hare
for New York, ran down WOODBURY., an
eastern steamer. which sank Immediately,
and eighteen OF her crew were drowned.
The 81. German was disabled and put
into Plymouth. She carried iG2 passen'
gers add crew Of l22 men. The loss Of
life that would have ensued had the st.
German gone down instead OF the Wood
burn would have been appalling,
A number Of Americans returning from
q European tour we're on board. The
other collision was between steamer rum
ming from Hamburg to Lisbon and another
going from Bilboa to an English port.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-08-30
fManfbfsifr Journal

d. X sIMoxDs. Esrron lsB rnoTrError
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-08-30

Al ksekest. ta.a. Aag a. asaxhtsf 10 Nj.
And Mrs., George oleasen.
A. rsra. Ans IA, sen 70 NJ, ssa Mis- wallace
J. HAfuam.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-08-30


The liquor dealers OF ST. Louis combined
10 resist the Sunday law, and have won q
victory. II was test case, and Judge
Noonlan, before whom il was tried, sus-
tanned tho most important Of the defend
ants three demurrels. which was to the
effect that tho act OF 1857 overrides the
Downing law. The court decided that
this act, which allowed the sale OF all re-.
freshments other than distilled liquors in
st. Louis on sill days OF the week, was q
local aud special law applicable to the city
Of 81, Louis, and the first question was
whether legislation subsequent to it re.
peaIed IT, No ACT Of the legislature had
done 20. When il passed, prohibitory en-.
actments were in force, and it was while
viewing them. that it, special act, was
passed. II could not be repealed by any
general act. In conclusion the Judge in.
stuctcd the jury 10 find tho defendant not
guilty. which verdict was promptly rem
dered,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-08-30
Marriages.

Al his tcsideaes In Manchester, hy Rev. nt
wsekhsm, AUG, IL, M james q Henderson, 81
0rsnvilie, n T.. 10 Miss Mshsl Mcgs, u Fer,
Edward, MY.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-08-30

WANTS.

Ia porsct. Aug, ~. byron, ecu o' john SO ne
aged seven monshs,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-01-05

was always failure. His clocks all
hal the same perverse defect. They
would put the alarm on In the day time,
and they would not put 1t on at night;
and II you forced it on yourself, they
would take It OIL again the minute your
back was turned.
Now there is the history of that
burglar nlarm-everything just as it
happened; nothing extenuated, and
naught set down in malice. Yes, sir;
and when had slept nine years with
burglars, and maintained an extensive
burglar alarm the whole time, for their
protection, not mine. and at my sole
cost-for not n plagucy cent could |
ever get them to contributc-I Just said
to Mrs. McWilliams that | had enough
of that kind of pie; so with her full
consent took the whole thing out and
traded it off for dog, and shot the
dog. don't know what you think
about it, Mr.. Twain; but think those
things are made solely in the interests
of the burglars. Yes, sir; burglar
alarm combines in its person all that is
Objectionable about fire. riot and n
harem, and at the same time has none
of the compensating advantages, of
one sort or another, that customarily be-
long with that combination. Good-bye;
/ get off here"
So saying Mr.. McWilliams gathered
up his sachel and umbrella, and bowed
himself out of the train. MARK
1Wdin," in HarpcrS Christmas.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-01-05
Wee ds n, the Wesl.

Who has not sat at car window and
almost thanked the weeds for the varied
beauty they give to the landscape? In
April, the green-sward is gemmed with
dan6 alions, from Maine TO Minnesota,
and, as the season advances, hundreds
of other weeds brighten the meadows,
and make beautiful the neglected
hedge-rows. The thistle in mid-sum-
mer; the cookie in the ripening grain;
the golden-rod and asters in the mel
low autumn-how beautiful they all
| are!
Stand at the rear platform of the car,
and see the breeze of the train break
up the gossamer globes of the dande-
| lion, and whirl along the seed. laden
one another for milcs--this is in June.
In August, the dandelion is gone, and
the prickly thistle fills the air with
down, and upon the wings of the wind
seeks fresh fields and pastures new.
The East is full of weeds, and our
railway trains are carrying their seeds
westward, gradually but surely, every
year. Fully one-third of the labor of
many Eastern farms is Weed-kiHtng
This is labor barely thought of on
most Western farms. There it is lone
o. the things you read about but
how soon il VIII be realit,l There
are farms at the East, once weedy, now
nearly clear; held, as we hold our free
donor as we should hold it-by eter-
nal vigilance. This is not near so ex-
pensive as plowing. narrowing, hoe
ing and summer following. We take
pleasure in commencing early and last
ing vigilance to our brother farmers OF
the West.
Fight the weeds. Keep clean hedge
rows and road sides; slay, burn, eradi-
cate, extermnate. We are passing
laws in the Eastern States compelling
the careless and thriftless to keep their
road-sides clear of weeds, and of the
brush in which they harbor. 1t is not
very thoroughly done as yet. In some
districts, public opinion-which is not
more thrifty than those who make it
seems to be quietly 'agin the law" In
others. the laws are in some measure
lived up to. and gradually man gains
upon his foes, both in The fields and the
road-ways
There is no joke about il. The weeds
are in earnest. They will get into the
richest soil--the fairest heritage of the
finest country tho sun shines upon.
But they are vulnerable; they are NOR
tai; and are, We can assure you, "foe
men worthy OF your steel. ."-Americal
Agricnlturist.
| ------<SS
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-01-05
hOvEM Der.
DECEM BER.
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

To relieve hiccough dt once, take q
lump of sugar saturated with vinegar
"A tough piece of meat can be made
tender by letting it cook for several
hours in water at simmering heat
Potatoes, when dug in an unripe
state, may be at times watery and not
tit to eat, but if spread as thinly as pos
sible in a dry, airy place they will in
time become as mealy as if left to ripen
in the ground. -Erchange.
-Suet Pudding: One cup of sugar,
one cup of suet chopped fine, one cup
sweet milk one teaspoonful of soda, n
pinch of salt, two eggs well beaten, Il
teacup of raisins, or fruit of any kind if
desired, three cups of flour added the
last thing Serve with any sauce you
may like, or without sauce the pudding
is very good. Chicago Journal
"A writer in the Fruit Recorder
makes the statement that one of the
neighbors planted some cabbage plants
among his corn where the corn missed,
and the butterflies did not find them.
He has, therefore, come to the ron-
clusion that if the cabbage-patch were
in the middle of the corn-iield the but
tcriiies would not find them, as they fly
low and like plain sailing.
Gravy, which is excellent with
boiled fish or with pork steak, is made
by browning sliced onion in little
butter, and adding little at time to
some beef stock; thicken with flour
rubbed smooth in Il little of the cold
stock. Add, if yol have it, some
chopped parsley or Worcestershire
sauce. If served with pork, table,
spoonful of tomato catsup is good.
Salt and pepper to taste.
"A correspondent of the Fruit Re
c rlcr recommends the saving of coal
ashes, which he says he has used for
| three or four years on currant bushes
for the destruction of the currant
worm, and finds no necessity for the use
of hellebore or other poison. They are
rs effective on cucumber vines to keep
off the striped bug. Last year he used
therl on cabbages, filling the head full,
and had no further trouble with the
worms. The cabbages headed well,
receiving no injury from the ashes.
Tho ashes are better to be sifted through
fine sieve.
Many valuable horse is subjected
to unnecessary pain, ii not to perma-
nent injury, at this season of the year,
by the thoughtless placing OF a cold
iron bit in his mouth. III any one doubts
that this is painful to the horse, let him
satisfy himself by laying piece Of
frosty iron across his own tongue some
sharp morning. 1t is very easy mat
ter to keep the bride in the house
where it will be kept warm, when not
in use. We have seen horses the skin
of whose tongue and lips was as effect
ually burned by u frosty bit as they
would have been by a red-hot one, and
all the while the owners were wonder
ing why the animals refused to eat and
fell of in flesh. .-New England Farmer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-01-05
A New Ingredient.


1t is Mrs. Cobb's candid opinion tbet
in some cases, education is not OF much
benefit to the colore race.
Mrs. Cobb has q colored cook, who
says she graduated at n female cemetery,
who can read, and who gives much of
her time TO perusing the cook book
A few mornings ago, the cook, whose
name is Mandy, was told to make some
cake A short time afterwards she ap-
peared in the parlor with the cook book
in her hands, and said
81 wants yer To send right off to de
store and get some latter to put on de
cake
"Some whatPh
"Some latter"
Latter"
"Yes, latter pse done tole yer four
time"
:" In the name of common sense, what
is latterP"
~ dunno what hit am. / didn't
write dis heah book. Hit reads dat q
cupfull oh de latter should be put in de
cake to make hit good"
Mrs. Cobb jerked the book out of the
cooks hand. and, at the place indicated,
read;
mix up the dough with cup oi
water, or OF sweet milk, but the latter
is tho best" ."-.1e1as Sitting.