Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-30

Assessed valuation of Rutland for taxes
in 1888 will be; Personal property, 49,
052,450; real estate, $6,197997; number
of polls, 3,471. Last year personal prop
erty was assessed at $3,092, 1888; real
estate, $2,71S,957; number of polls, 3,17S.
1t is now proposed to change the name
of Washington Territory upon her admis-
sion into the Union as state to Tahoma,
which is said to be proper photography
for the name usually written Tacoma.
Tahoma is an Indian word, meaning
almost to heaven" and was the name
given by the Indians to Mount Rainier on
account of the great height of that noun,
tain.
The Brattleboro Reformer has discover
ed in Putney three boys, Hiram, John and
William, and four girls, Martha, Sophia,
Fanny and Emeline, whose average age is
over so and the youngest of whom can
count up rs. They all went to school
together in this same district and have
lived there almost constantly ever since.
The four girls were of two families, and
after their school days were completed,
they all but one mated with neghboring
youths, and all but one are to-day living
with the husbands of their earliest choice,
and all within half mile OF each other.
The seventeenth annual encampment
of the Grand Army of the Repub.
lie will be held July 1927. The
Legislature of Colorado and the city
of Denver have made liberal ap-
preparations of money. and the surviving
af tha IF hn
attend the encampment are assured
hearty welcome. AS usual at the West,
everything will be on a grand scale. An
immense military camp will be established
in the suburbs of Denver, to and from
which railway lines will afford cheap and
quick transportation. 1t will consist of
of 1900 tents capable of accommodating
900 comrades. There will be big
parade, great torch light procession, and
all sorts of military displays, on grand
scale. During the session system OF
cheap excursions will be run, comprising
in their scope the agricultural and mining
regions of the state, as well as its far
famed natural scenery and finally, at the
close of the session the officers and
delegates, with their families, will be
taken through the state through the chief
points OF interests.
A Belgian statistician has made acorn
parative statement ofthesums annually ex-
acted of the people Of the different nations
of Europe tor military purposes and for
education. From this il appears that
France taxes each person So for war and
only So cents for education; England ex.
torts $4.62 for the support OF her military
establishment and but 80 cents for school
purposes Prussia has a military tax OF
$2.73 and a school tax Of GU cents; Hol.
land exa cts $4, A fol- her army and so cents
for education Italy takes Sl,S7 for war
and II cents for schooling; Belgium's tax
is SLIGO for the army and Sc cents for
schools; Austria absorbs &c for soldiers
and 81 cents for learning. Switzerland
collects S1.20 for the army and $1.04 for
schools, and Russia EFFORTS 50 80 per head
for war and only 3 cents for education.
In this sort Of figuring Vermont easily
takes the methaphorcal cake. We pay the
handsome sum OF cents apiece for our
standing army" (First Regiment Nation
al Guard of Vermont and $1.43 tor our
schools-and wonderfully poor article
of education we get for our money too,