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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-03-14

POSTAL MONEY NOTES. For many
years, or ever since the disappearance of
the fractional currency, whenever one had
occasion to send small sums of money
through the mail the only resource has
been TO use postage stamps; but thi S
arrangement is generally awkward and
inconvenient. Postal orders are too expen-
sve and it is too much bother to get them,
and the same can be said of registered
letters. But law that somehow quietly
slipped through congress in the last days
of the session without attracting any
degree of public attention will remedy the
difficulty and supply long felt want We
refer to the law authorizing the issue of
postal notes, which will be found exceed
ingly valuable by those who transmit
money through the mails. The note
which is for sums le3s than five dollars
is about as large as greeuback. AT the
right hand are two columns giving the
months of the year and the dates of twelve
years, beginning with the present. At
the left hand are three columns of figures.
One, representing dollars, is numb ered up
to 4; the second representing dimes, is
numb cred up to 8; the third, representing
cents, is also numbered up TO Q, and each
series ends with cipher. The postmaster
at the Office issuing the note will punch
the month and the year, the number of
dollars, number of dimes and number of
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-03-14

ST. JoHNsBURY.-Ho Fairbanks left
Tuesday for Boston and franklin, for
Florida by same train.
The boot and shoe stock of the o. w.
Richardson estate, has been purchased by
a Mr.. Prior. and it is reported he will
soon move here to live.
Tho operetta which was to have been
played by the NJ. E. young people March
10th and tn, has been postponed one
week, on account of the Good Templar
entertainment which is March 10th 10th
and 18th.
A meeting was held in Music Hall,
Tuesday evening, to see about raising
funds to remodel that building. but their
being certain conditions imposed by the
donors, of the present building and situa.
ton, the meeting was adjourned one
week, to get the conditions reduced to
writing. The sum to be raised is $4,000
and if certain conditions are followed in
the reguls tons of the hall, about is of
the sum has already been pledged.
The St. hnsbury Guards, aspire to be
in the state militia and have committee
raising funds toward purchasing uniform
and equipments, should they be successful
in getting the place desired.
We presume the Methodist people in
Vermont will be pleased to learn that Bro
L w. Parker, who wont from this NJ. E.
church, as Il missionary to India, is now
on his way back to Vermont, where he
expects to remain a year or two, on
account of i'll health. He will then return
to his work. We hope many audiences
will have the pleasure of listening to him.
His wife is with him and they visit the
Holy Land, London and Paris, while on
their way here, and are expected the LIST
Of May.
Chas. Barton, clerk at Fairbanks,
leaves Friday, to take the Iposition
as night editor of the Gazette, published
at Davenport, Iowa.
Gross &c Bradley have been compelled
by increase of work TO remove the small
engine they have heretofore used, and put
in the larger one.
The senior and middle classes at the
academy, have masquerade party next
Friday evening, in place of an interview.
A debating club has been organized
among tho young men in the village
The meetings are held Friday evenings.
and the public are invited.
A lodge of the Legion of Honor" has
Just been started here, with sixty or more
members. The object is mutual aid and
insurance in case of death.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-03-14

The american and Chinese News saws
that China now possesses a greater body
of literature than Europe can show 1t is
now known by all intelligent people that
the empire contains large and wealthy
middle class; that Chinaman who can
neither read nor write is rarity; that the
rights of property are everywhere respect
ed; that education is universal, and
ignorance reputed a crime; and that as a
Chinese mandarin told the people of
Philadelphia some few years past, in
excellent English IF, after rule OF
three years, the head of the city in China
does notimprove his people in morality and
intelligence, he Cap not be promoted; and
if a school teacher during the same
period, makes a similar failure with his
pupils, he loses his position"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-03-14

The newspapers aud periodicals in the
world that have circulation of 100000
and over are the Nco0 Yorb HerGld, LEDGER
Harpers TVeeblH Ncw8, Sun, Weekly
TriJme and the Century, the Boston
HcrGM and YOUTHS Compoajo@, Louisville
Home and Farm, New York Weeklv
Philadelphia Saturday Might md Peter
sons Magazines; LONDON LlOyds Weekly,
News ofMc World (claim GOO 00O), Lon.
don Graphic christian World, Sporting
Tmcs, Telegraph $3.50, 00U, Standard
Q92 ,O0O), Echo, Referee, Budget and
Dispatch all of London; The Fashion,
Berlin (5SO,000); and the GLASGOW Mail.
There are few papers in Paris, Vienna,
Berlin or St, Petersburg that have a circu-
laton exceeding 10000 copies.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-03-14

Whisky in bottle that mad contained bed-bus
poison has killed North Troy farmer, Nicholas
Courser 50 years old. The people talk of prosccut-
ing the man who sold the whiskey.
Loren Tomlinson OF Westfori was awakened
about midnight. the 9th inst, by the barking of his
dog. Arising, he found the corn bar and hog
house on fire. The neighbors were aroused and
by hard work saved the dwelling house.
Ex-Gov. Sprague's ma rriagc was a surprise to
his immediate family, as it was to the community
generally. His bride is a divorced woman, and is
said to be quite young and an heiress.
John B. Cough has already lecturcd $3.50 times
to 100000 people, and to reach whom he has been
obliged to travel 4ls 900 miles. He is s. years
old and in the forty of his career as lecturer.
Two ladies', the last descendants of Amerigo
vespucci, who gave the name of America to the
western hemisphere, are now begging that the
pension of ten crowns per month which was as
signed to their family by the republic of Florence
in 1900, be restored to them.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-03-14
Personal and ImpersOnal.

Farwell Hall, Chicago, has Chinese
Sunday school numbering between oo@ oo'
Within ten years the members IN 'he
Telugu version Of the Baptist Missionary
Union have Increased from 2. Ats to ~ oo9'
St. Adams ought to be happy since
philanthropic gentlemen have proposed 70
give the village n free hospital ana III
opera house.
Rev. E. w. Parker and wife, formerly
of Vermont, but for many years efficient
leaders in the North India mission OF Inc
M. L. church, are 10 come home Tor
much needed rest the coming summer.
According to the Boston Journal Rev.
Daniel Dorchester. Jr.. formerly OF tho
Vermont Methodist seminary and later OF
the NJ. L. church, Springfield, VT, IS 10
retire from the ministry at the close OF the
present year. He is at present stationed
at Newtopville, Mass.
W.R. Barnes, NJ. D formerly student
in the Vermont Methodist seminary and a
graduate of the medical class of the U. V.
NJ, class of 1882, is settled in Lyme, N.
H., and is rapidly winning bis way to the
hearts of the people. His predecessor had
a yearly practice of $4,000 and DR.. Barnes
bids fair to ultimately achieve at least
equal success. His old friend. G. l..
Adams, formerly of the seminary but now
of the junior class, Dartmouth college
has been teaching highly successful and
popular singing school at Lyme the past
winter
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-03-14

AN EXTRAORDINARY CAsE.-UIman, ar
alleged murderer who has just been par
doned out of the Michigan pennitentiar,
alter serving twenty-eight years of life
sentence, is victim Of cruel Injustice
He was accused, with two other mon
White and Harding, of killing one Easta
brook while The latter was en- route from
Vermont to be married. Harding turned
states evidence and on his testimony
others were convicted. Some time acc
White died in prison. and to the last do
MED his guilt Lately Harding also died
but before doing SO confessed that hi.
testimony in tho case was false; at tho
same time he gave tho namo of the real
murderer. Ulman comes forth free from
the terrible stigma resting upon him, but
with life ruined, while White rests in the
grave of man wrongfully condemned
and died regarded by the world criminal
OF tho blacklist sort, whilc he was in
reality innocent.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-03-14

KILLED BY THE CARS.-Levi Hun,lev.
about 60 years of age, car inspector at
Bellows Falls for many years, was instant.
ly killed Monday morning. by being run
over by a passenger car and engine which
backed on to him while he was examining
the wheels of the cars of moving freight
train which was going out.
About this season of the year MANY
people are asking what it is that deter.
mines the date of Easter. The answer is
that it is the moon of March, which
Tennyson calls "the roaring moon of
daffodils." The old rule is that Easter
snail fall on the Sunday after the full
neon which comes after the vernal
equinox. That brings Easter this year on
the 25th Of March. In 1918 it fell or
he 22d of March, the earliest date DOS
sible. 1t will not fall on that date again
in this or the following century.
Prince Gortschakoff, ex, chancellor of
Russia, dled at Baden, Sunday. aged So.
He commenced his diplomatic life at the
congresses of Laybach and Verona, in the
capacity of attache to Count Nesselrode :.
was secretary of the Russian embassy at
London IN 1924, charge d'q6aires to the
court ofTuscany in 1880, and was attached,
IN 1882, 10 the legation at Vienna, where
the death of his superior, the Russian
ambassador, gave him great influence. In
1871 he was sent 10 Stuttgart, where he
negotiated the marriage of the Grand
Duchess Olga of Russia with the Prince
Royal of Wurtemburg. 1t is said that in
1850 he exercised some influence in
procuring the abdication of the Emperor
Ferdinand /. In favor of his nephew,
Francis Joseph. During the dispute
respecting the eastern question, the prince
was ambassador at Vienna; and at his
instance the Russian government accepted
the basis of the conference of Paris in
1856. lie was recalled TO st. Petersburgh
in 1857, and replaced Nesselrode as
minister of foreign affairs; and until a
few years ago continued to occupy n very
prominent place in Russian politics.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-03-14

GOLDEN WEDDING.-The tiftieth ami
versary of the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. NJ. Tabor, ST.. occurred on Saturday,
the Sd inst and was celebrated at their
residence in West Swanton by their
children and few invited guests. Mr..
Tabor has reached his seventy-fifth year.
His wife is but six months younger than
he. They have farm of 225 acres, well
stocked, and have sufficient vigor to
oversee and carry on the whole. They
have lived ON the farm forty-six years.
With an exception of an acre and half
they found ii covered with heavy growth
of timber. Under Mr.. Tabor's manage.
ment it has been transformed into one OF
the fines farms that Swanton Can boast of.
The residence is spacious two story
house, and the barns and outbuildings.
fifteen in number, are all built of timber
taken from the farm, and drawn for
manufacture to the mills at Swanton Falls
by Mr.. Tabor himself. Eight children
have been born to them, four sons and
four daughters. and all have lived TO
years of maturity and married life. One
of the sons is Rev. Church Tabor, recently
presiding elder of Montpelier district,
but now of West Farlee, and one of the
daughters is the wife of Rev. Sylvester
Donaldson, of Essex. The statistics of
Mr.. Tabor's family show that including
those who have married into it, the
number has reached sixty-six. Nine of
these have died, leaving the present
number at iifty-seven. OF this number
three are great grandchildren.
The gathering consisted Of the family
and intimate family friends. An excellent
dinner was provided which was thoroughly
enjoyed by all. The souvenirs and presents
were numerous and valuable, and consist
ed of II fine carpet and articles in glass
and chiAa and silver and gold. These
were presented in an address by Rev. o.
M. Boutwell,, and happily responded to by
Rev. Mr.. Tabor for his parents. Several
letters of congratulation and good wishes
were received from distant friends. The
company broke up after prayer by Rev
Mr.. Boutwell,. The occasion was most
one 10 all concerned, and will
form pleasant memory for future years.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-03-14
The outlook for the crops in England is

The outlook for the crops in England is
terribly blue. Bad as the harvests for the
last seven years have been, the harvest of
1888, according to all reports, promises to
be worse than any of the preceding ones.
The land sown with wheat down to the
end of January, comprises less than two
thirds of the usual acreage. Since then
the weather has been so wet that no
planting at all could be done, and it is
now too late for sowing, except in those
few localities where spring wheat can be
grown in the British Isles. The seed
which has been sown lies, for the most
part, rotting in the saturated ground a
prey to slugs, favored in their depredations
by the moisture.
The prospect of cheap beef and mutton
are not more encouraging, either. The
foot and mouth disease is making rapid
advances among the cattle, and in the low.
lying districts, the sheep are suffering
seriously from liver rot. High prices are
sure to prevail, but they will not benefit
the farmers, as they have not had suffi-
cient capital of late to stock their farms
fully. For these and other reasons the
British farmer and cattle breeder is
clamoring for the appointment of minis.
ter of agriculture, who should, according
to rustic logic, prove panacea for all bad
pricas and wet Weather
The restoration of Cetewayo nearly cost
England another fight in Zululand. 1t
appears that the military escort accom-
panying the monarch was supposed to be
a portion of an invading army, and at one
part of the journey they were in great
danger of being attacked by large force
of armed Zulus. However, by dint of
careful management and considerable tact,
the arrangements were eventually carried
out safely, and the latest accounts report
matters as being peaceable with the pros
pect that Cetewayo will be left in
undisturbed possession of his little king.
dom. Great attention will be drawn to
the Transvael owing to the intelligence of
large discoveries of gold here. Large
quantities have been found, and great
number OF diggers have already common.
ced operations. AUGUST.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-03-14

Alexander II. Stephens was devou
Presby terian, and there was just touch
of Scotch superstition in his blood. which
made him believer In omens. lie Used
to tell of this strange incident connected
with his departure from Washington
March 6, 1857 AS the steamer was
going down the Potomac he looked back,
and, while gazing on the receding dome
of the capitol, some friends who saw biz
meditatve mood, approached and said
"You must be looking up there and
thinking of your reelection to congress"
In reply to this he said, "No; am taking
a last look at that dome. for l never
expect to sec it or be in Washington again
until / como prisoner of war;" The
steamer sped down the stream, and soon
disappeared in the distance and the
shadows of night had hid the dome OF the
capitol from his view. When next be
visited Washington and gaaed on thai
dome he was, indeed, paroled prisoner
of war, who had Just been released from
Fort Warren.
Colonel John A. McCaull of New York
says of the late Colonel Harry Gilmor:
"Hs prodigious strength enabled him to dc
things that sound like fancy. l have seen
him in charge seize man by the collar
drag him of his horse lay him across his
own saddle and then drop him on the
ground, and all this without checking his
speed in the slightest. He is probably the
only man on either side during the war
That ever with one stroke of the sabre split
a mans head clean down to the neck, so
that the head fell on either side. He was
the most popular man with his soldiers |
ever saw, and whatever he did was all
right. If he had told his men to charge a
stone wall, knowing that regiment lay
behind it, they would not have hesitated:
He had only to say, boys, am with YOU
and they would follow him to the death.
He was one of the most lovable men and
delightful companions l ever knew. and
nobody ever knew him without loving
him." Colonel Gilmor put his experience
as an officer some years since into his
book. "Four years in the saddle"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-03-14
SANDWICHES
Choice Extracts from Druggists.

awe know the value Of malt, hops, Quinine bark
and asparagus composing Malt Bitters."
"Best kidney medicine on our Shelves"
"Our lady customers highly praise them"
"Physicians prescribe hem in this town."
THE largest bottles and best medicine"
"Our best people take Malt Bitters.'"
"Sure cure for chills and liver diseases"
fmllml
Mr. Daniel Murphy, who was said to be the larg.
est land owner in the world, died recently at San
Jose, Cal. He owned 200, 900 acres bordering on
the Pacific coast, 100000 in the State of Durango
Mexico, and several counties in Arizona.
Wistar's RaIsam of Wild Cherry
cures Cought, Colds Bronchitis, Whoopiug Cough
Group Influenza Consumption, and all disease OF
the Throat, Lungs and Chest. 80 cents and 81 a
ottle. fml3yl
New England clings to its legends. A Boston
man who tried to convince New Hampshire
woman that Horace Greeley didn't write every line
in each daily Tribune when he was its editor, had
broom handle broken over his head.-[Detroit
Free Press.
When you don't just know what as you; when
you feel aches and pains all over; when you feel
tired and faint, use Browns Iron Bitters. won
derful reviver. 1lwl
ais Miss Blank at home 2" asked a faultlessly
attired bore of The new girl. The girl took from
her pocket photograph car efully scanned it, and
after another look at the features of the visitor,
answered: "No, sor; she has gone to Europe" He
LETT Philadelphia News.
Clergymen, lawyers. public speakers, and sin gers
confirm tho opinion of the general public in regard
to Ayers Cherry Pectoral. All say it is the best
remedy that can be procured for all affections OF
the vocal organs, throat and lungs. 1lwl
l caught severe cold, and remembering you
told me 10 use Downs Elixir,"I bought bottle
and in less than three days my cough and sore
throat had vanishedl It's good. PUBLISHER New
Market, N H., Advertiser.
Please send me six bottles DR.. Baxter's Man
drake Btters. l never used a medicine that did
me so much good as this.
IRA TAYLOR, ROLAND, Mich.
Henry & Johnson's Arnica and Oil Liniment is
the best family liniment made. l0ml
Henry W. Putnam's artes ian well at Bennington
has reached depth of 800 feet and is now working
through a vein OF fine marble.
"BUCHUPAIBA"
Quick, complete cure, all annoying Kidney, Blad-
der and Urinary Diseases 81. Druggists. llyl
The Rev. John Hall, d. d. of New York, in a
recent lecture said Siberia was the most fertile
district of Russia and many ofthe exles sent there
by the government have become the richest and
most prosperous people in the Russian dominion.
CROUCH oNRATs."
Clears ont rats, mice, reaches, flies, ants, bed
bugs, skunks, chlpmunks, gophers. 15c. Drug
gists. llyl
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T II E NJ A r K E r S.
ant ,ste9rGphed expressly for the Gresn
Mountain Freeman.
BOSTON CATTLE MARKET
AT CAMBRIDGE AND BRIGHTON.
For The reak en- ling Ittesdau Mar. IL Iss3

cattle. Shesp. Hogs. Calves
At market this week....... Si9l ll5a5 il.4so $50
last Week....-.... $50 1851 l5,bS1 4S
90 one year ago.. 2456 9,O9i 17,lS 65l
PRICES.-Extra fat and heavy prem ium oxen, SO 500
$40; first quality SO 50925 second quality
third quality, S6509750 per loo bs on total weight of
hide. tallow aud dressed beef A few choice single
pairs, 800 sl0O Bulls etc, S4759i75 Working oxen
SlO0S9OO % pair according to their value beef
Steers. S759l3j Mich cows $3GO03s 0O extra good,
$4O0O9is0o with or without calves, may be agreed
farrow and ordinary, SlsOOs33 90 Stores yearings
Sl26300O; two year Odds Sls 0O93O0; three odds
s25a45 Sheep, s91c: extra, 81 S6Sc q Dor $25O
da65O y head. Lambs 6sc retail. 0ac y n Fat hogs
7SasL1c n; northern dressed hogs @d9Hs n. Veal
calves, 9d7H . 10, Brighton hides SssSc country lots
7S9sc, Calf skins. 9tl3hc ID Tallow. 7Sa774c D n
country, 4Nd6c Pelts with wool on 75ctaSL75 eacn;
country lots, 75ct1Sl7I each.
REMARKs-The movement in cattle was at higher
Receipts heavy, but the exports were also
heavy aud butchers got short of beef something that
seldom happens Prices strong &c o n, higher
western cattle and 634e country stock Drovers
fast 70 return home and buy, that is those who
were not the wisest If they flood the market next
operate This is according to opinion j. S. Henry
sold 81 good steers to dress 900 ms each, at SC o n
dressed, The sheep market was firm at rates quoted
The trade was not especially active. Weymouth h
Hooper SOLD 200 lambs average 100 ms and lbs
lot at SC; r. Pollard sold $50 sheep, at 6&c and
lambs at TIC u d. Poultry sold at lid5c D 70.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-03-14

WRESTLING MATCH.-A collar and elbow
wrestling match between w. W. Mont.
gomery of Fairfield. VT, and r. B.
Thomas Of Manchester, for $50 side and
light weight championship of New
England at Manchester, N. H., Thursday
night, was won by Montgomery in the
last two falls.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-03-14
FLoUR-wINrER wHEATs.

CORN MEAL.
Market is firm for Corn Meal. with sales at sSiS
RYE FLOUR.
The sales Of Rye Flour have been confined to small
GRAIN TRADE.
CORN
The market is steady aud firm for Corn. but the de
maud is confined to small lots. Receipts light and
stocks the market small The sales of the different
grades have been at 70d71c Il bushel, and steamer
yellow is firm at the latter rate. To arrive from Chl-
OATS.
The market for oats has been firm, and in fair de
mand. We quote No. | and extra white at 5hio-,i
No white at 7%d5sc; No white at 56d57c, and mixed
RYE.
The market is quiet and the sales have been smalAt
eSde5c @ bu.
The market for shorts Ia firm selling at S22dlS T.
ton to quality, Cotton seed meal sells at S2edS
ton,
BARLEY.
There is nothing doing in Barley and prices ar
quite nominal, with sales at e5csS1 % q busheL
THE WOOL TRADE.
The demand for wool continues steady and the mar
ket is quite firm. Interior lots are now coming III
ward quite RAPIDLY and the country will soon be com
have already become quite reduced IN all the leau
seaboard markets, and assortments are now nuuV n
sales continue to progress at very satisfactory prices
We quote:
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-03-14

ST. ALBANs BUTTER MARkET.-Attend.
ance fair, receipts light, market quiet.
We quote winter butter 10 to 90 cents
selections % cents per pound; new butter
rs to q cents per pound; with some fancy
lots at higher price. Shipment lbs tubs.
Eggs 20 cents per dozen.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-03-14

Hon. Redield Proctor has presented
twelve hundred volumes to the people OF
Centre Rutland, as the nucleus for a
free library. An organization was formed,
last Friday, under the name of the
Proctor library association, to secure q
building and provide for the carrying out
of the donors project, and q board OF
seven trustees was elected.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-03-14

Returns from 10 towns in Windham county show
go votes in favor OF the Constitutional amen dments
to only GO against.
Pension with arrears amounting to S2l00, has
been allowed Rufus Towsley of North Bennington,
who lost son in the early part OF the war.
There is plump 81 feet of snow on a leve n
Bratteboro, and some sections OF the country
report over four feet,