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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-02

TIN WEDDING Monday evening the
friends and neighbors OF #. and Mrs,
Janus Crossett to the number of over
eighty assembled Mt their residence on
Berlin street to enjoy a pleasant surprise
party and to remind them by few tokens
OF the esteem in which they were held.
Music was furnished and refeshmen's
served, after which the presentation
speeches were made by II. c. Lull and
J. w. Smith and responded to in few
feeling words by Mr.. Crossett. The pres
ents amounted to about $50, and among
other things consisted of parlor coal
stove and purse OF 800. A poem. read
by Rev. w. A. Averill of Warren. we
give below:
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-02

| Miss Alice Preston has resigned hel
position in the orphans home at Burling
ton aud is at home
DR.. NJ. McCham spent Christmas in
Mortified.
l.. w. Avery has sold bis Draco colt
Jim Fisk" for $500.
Geo W. Metcalf, who has been east for
the past three months. started on his
return to his pest in Wyoming Territory
to day.
Fred Melcalf starts back to the dental
college in Boston Monday.
Hon. w. Carpenter has advertised for
sale at auction on Saturday next valuable
real and personal property.
The graded school began after week.
vacation on Monday last.
The Gouldsvile Lodge of Good TEN
plars celebrated their 18th anniversary on
Saturday evening last.
Sr. JoHNsBURY The annual poultry
show comes off January 8 h, OH and lob
Christmas trade was very good though
hardly us many valulblo presents were
sold as last year.
The post Office reports business as boom
ing during the holidays, many more
packages than usual being handled
More stamps by s22 worth were sold
during December than in December, 'S2
and an increase of considerable for tn,
quarter over that OF last years CORE.
spending quarter.
Christmas day Bryants SIX horse team
took nine couple 10 I.itlIeton and Tuesday
January LIST, carried ii load of students 10
Lyndonvile for II general good time.
The skating rink is open during holt
days and is largely patronzed.
A New Years Greeting" at the athe-
neum, Tuesday evening, by Horace Fair
banks, and a reception at Y. NJ. G. A.
ball, at which refreshments were served
by the society from 2 till 7 p. NJ, were both
much enjoyed.
The cigar store on Railroad street, con.
tanning also NJ. w. Anglers boot and shoe
store. was destroyed by fire Tuesday
at 1880 o'clock The fire com
pany responded quickly to the alarm, Blu,
could not save the building so but what it
is useless to repair. Ii was caused by the
breaking of lamp in Anglers store.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-02

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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-02

Thisschoolhas gymnasium pparatus cabinets and
all other needfpl appliances for the best training
Board in families, in club and rooms for sef-board
ing Falterm for 1880 begins August a. For further
PARTICULARS or catalogue al ites nrlDcipal
II. I, FULLER. st. Johnsbury Vi
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-02

A Lausingburg IN. Y. arm is making expert
mental paper powder barrels for the government
II Is expected these will supersede the wooden
barrels. The same Grm are manufacturing paper
carriage tops.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-02

ol the hair is often prompted by using Parker
HAN B'l-am. II always restores the youthful col
or and uslre 10 grey hair, gives i. new life and re
moves all irritation and danhruf. m5lw4
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28

the mammoth trees, the fact that it is
jumping off place in the Northern
Pacific railroad, that is drawing long
Whiskered and big booted men there
from Bismarck, Salt Lake, Virginia
City, Brodie, the Klamath and all
! other mining districts. drawing them
in the depths of Sierra Navafa win
ter, when the hardshipS of travel are
very great and the fight for existence
is often desperate. From out the howl
ing, icy faStness of Cpur D'AIene
came the report of wonderful gold
discoveries, and 10! the magic word
awakened the echoes in camps 1000
miles away, and found men courageous
enough to face the inhospitable
leagues of snow, the driving sleet,
the stlnging wind, hopeful of wrench
ing from addmantine crevices some of
that yellow metal. All the features
of new mining camp are distinguish
ed In the meagre news received from
C9ur D'Alene. Prices are high,
whisky and fighting equally plenty.
A half score of "cities" have been
laid out, and land that wasn't worth
10 cents a square mile two months
ago is selling for from 5000 to $1,000 |
a quarter acre. The stage driver
charges 80 cents for every letter and |
% cents for every newspaper he takes
into or out of camp. Flour is % cents
a pound, bacon 40 cents a pound-no
vegetables at any price-nails $50 a
keg, and so on. Everybody there has
plenty Of gold mines. which he holds
by virtue of buckshot and out of
which he expects the wealth of
Monte Cristo or even a Golconda. I
And who knows but that some of
them, contrary to all previous human +
will realize it,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28
CURIOUS FACTS.

A grain of strychnine will EN-.
bitter 6OO,OOO grains of water.
1t is said that an inch rise in the
Ohio when at flood level is equal to
the entire volume of water in the
river at ordinary stage.
In some parts of Java, at a wedding
the bride, as sign of her subsection,
kneels and washes the feet of the
bridegroom after he has trodden upon
raw eggs.
Although flies have but one avail
able pair of wings they are gifted with
the power of very rapid flight. While
bee mOv0S its wings 100 times a
second ali butterfly nine times, the
house fly makes $50 strokes in the
same period of time.
The diamond is said to be an anti
dote to Satanic temptation. The ruby
makes its possessor brave. The topaz
is preservative against poison. The
amethyst is preservative against
drunkenness. The turquoise acts as a
charm against the evil eye and from
looks foreboding misfortunes. The
emerald promotes piety.
From the army and navy diet scales
Of France and England, which, of
course are based upon the recognized
necessities of large numbers Of men
in active life. it is inferred that about
24 pounds avoirdupois of dry food
per day are required for each indidual.
Of this amount three-fourths are veg
etable and the rest animal. At the
close Of an entire year the amount is
upwards of 800 pounds.
1t takes 50,U00,0OO clothes-pins every
year to satisfy the American demand.
In the island of San Domingo there
is remarkable salt mountain, a mass
of crystalline salt, nearly four miles
long, estimated to contain SO, ,337 800
tons, and so clear that type can be
read through a block a foot thick.
The mountain, geologists say, was
once plain at the bottom of the sea,
and, as the island rose from the
ocean, this plain formed the bottom
of a shallow lagoon, where the salt
was deposited.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28
STATE MATTERS.

Fence-cutting originated in Frio
county.
Dallas has new bank-the Ameri-
can National.
Dallas is to have another paper, the
Texas World, a republican paper.
Jackson county, Texas, is about to
have a new paper, the Jackson County
Progress.
Mr.. Charles Tinsley is a self-ap-
pointed candidate for the mayoralty
of Houston.
Considerable losses among sheep
and some among cattle, are reported
from Jones county.
Mrs. Burchell, it is thought, has
been successful in her mission to
Washington and will again be post
mistress of Fort Worth.
Mr.. Thomas, of Bowie, reports that
he killed recently snake ten feet
long, fourteen inches around the body
and had fifty rattles. Next?
The Abilene Quill says cattle have
drifted into the fence-cuttiDg districts,
and the fence-cutters have become
cattle owners by rebranding them.
The Sherman Jail contains forty
prisoners and five cells. Two women
are confined in one of the cells, leav-
ing four small cells to hold the thirty
eight male prisoners.
Mrs. 5. W. Anderson, mother of the
Rev. Samuel J. Anderson, associate
editor of the Texas Baptist, has sub
scribed $1,000 to the endowment fund
of the Waco university.
The Hill county poor farm bids fair to
he one of the best paying investments
the county has ever made. 1t seems
to have cut off the enormous drain
upon the treasury made by the month
ly allowance to paupers plan.
The Rusk County News says that
the fence-cutting troubles in west
Texas has caused an advance in the
price of land in east Texas. Well, the
state ought in some way to receive a
benefit that will, as far as possible
make up for the loss sustained.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28
Lincoln and Curtin.
rom the Germantown telegraph.

From the Germantown Telegraph.
The Ex-Governor at times is very
difficult to follow. He always had
the highest possible opinion of him-
self, and thought he was never half
appreciated. He was governor OF
Pennsylvania during the war, and
President Lincoln declared he gave
the Administration more annoyance
py his fussiness and endless kilograms
t,San all the other governors com
hin I'd. Not a movement, however
trifh>g, could be inaugurated but
down SEould come a dispatch to know
What waSS meant. When the rebels
invaded tie state his alarm was ex-
cessiye and distressing, and when
thew were approaching Carlisle. being
quite beside himself, he telsgraPhed
to the president say ing: THE rebels
are within four miles OF Harrisburg
and have commenced fringw The
president, having become disguised
with this weakened executive, In
stantly asked: What are they firing
at 2" This stopped the dispatches, anG
it was said that the "War Governor
never got over it, and that led, more
than all else, to his becoming demo
crat
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28
THE SOUTHERN STATES.

Seven varieties of cal are bein
found in Alabama.
Salmon are being caught in Missi:
sippi out of the Yazoo river.
A large cotton seed oil mill will sooI
be erected in Tampa, Florida.
The Memphis Board of under
writers are reported as having dis
banded.
The population of Jacksonville and
suburbs, is now estimated at 1870.
Alabama is now building quite a
number of flourishing young towns
and cities.
Tennessee has thirty-three cotton
mills with l,46l looms and 1887 spin
dies.
A Quincy, Florida, farmer has sold
one hundred dollars worth of syrup
from one acre of sugar cane.
Oil wells have been discovered near
Bladon Springs. Ala, which promise
great results.
Ronoke, Va, is TO have cotton fac
tory which will give employment to
at least $50 hands.
The whole number of convicts in
VIZ 1ShAOoSCc pcllltcll' ldIy lOOLS UP
l,542,4lS white and 942 colored.
Orangeburg, S. g, is to have an ar
tesian we'll to supply the town and
factory with water.
Pearl buttons are turned out by the
bushel daily at the button factory in
Rhea county, Tennessee.
Tive hundred buildings. ranging in
value from $1,000 to $4,000 were
erected in Chattanooga last year.
Jefferson Davis has erected fine
monument to his benefactreSs, Mrs.
). A. Dorsey, at Natchez, Miss.
Nashville is organizing company
with capital stock OF 100000 for the
manufacture of sorghum sugar.
The Lee monument fund in Vir-
glnia for building a monument in the
city of Richmond to Gen. Lee now
amounts to $4,000.
The towns and cities that have so
far gone for the dry ticket in South
Carolina, represent 16. 762 votes, and
those for the "wet ;" 1896.
The laws of South Carolina require
all physicians who graduate in medi-
Cal colleges outside the state to pay a
fee of $20 before they are allowed to
practice in the state.
The latest project in connection with
the arsenal property at Harper's
Ferry is to urge its acceptance upon
the government commission as site
for the proposed cannon factory.
The military companies of Vicks-
burg are preparing for their spring
They are ambitious to
carry off first prizes at all the competi-
tive drills, and are working with that
object in view.
The Black Diamond Coal company,
Of Alabama, who have opened mines
about three miles west of BirrIing-
ham on the Georgia Pacific railroad,
have made contract to deliver on
board the cars all the coal they can
mine at the mines, for 81 per ton.
The famous Rockhridge Artillery
las been reorganized. The member
ship numbers ABOUT 20 men, some of
hem veterans of the old organization.
The battery has secured for drill pur-
poses the two Letcher guns at the
Virginia Military Institute, and have
applied to the General for
Iixty squad of small arms.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28
The Way to Do 1t.

Yesterday number of leading
stockmen signed a petition proposing
to raise the reward for the capture
and conviction of the first fence cutter
who violates the law in Travis coun-
ty 10 $1,000. 1t is understood this
will be officially announced as soon as
the arrangements can be perfected.
The following is the entire text of
Mr.. Driskills circular mentioned yes
terday: r
Five hundred dollars reward
Proclamation by the Governor of
Texas. To all whom these presents
may come: Whereas, laws were en-
acted by the special session of the
Eighteenth Legislature, which con-
vened January s. and adjourned Feb
ruary 6, A. D. 1884 making it felony
for any person, within this state, to
cut, injure, or destroy the fence of an
other; or to fire the grass on lands not
his own; or to enter into conspiracy
to commit either of said offenses.
Now, therefore, !, John Ireland, Gov
ernor of the State of Texas, by virtue
of the authority vested in me by the
constitution and by laws of this state,
do hereby offer a reward of
l. WI I1uu(lIcu DO11dIS 1OI Ouc dIIS0G
and conviction of each and every per-
son committing either of said offenses.
Said reward to be paid to the person
who may ferret out the crime and be
the principal instrument in bringing
the criminal to justice. Proclamation
issued December 26, A. D. 1883, per-
tanning to fence cutting, is hereby re-
voked. In Testimony Whereof, 1
have hereto signed my name and have
caused to be impressed hereon the
Seal of State, at Austin, Texas, thi-
twentieth day of February. A. ID. 1884.
John Ireland, governor. BY the gov
ernor: J. w. Bains, secretary of state.
In addition to the foregoing reward,
1 will pay three hundred dollars for
the arrest and conviction of each and
every person who has, since the sixth
of February, 1884, cut, injured, or des-
troyed, or who may hereafter cut,
injure, or destroy any portion of my
pasture fence situated in Travis and
Bastrop counties. Jno. W. Driskill.
Austin. February 25. 1883.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28
A Man who Beats a Gas Company

A Man Who Beats Gas Company.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
have friend in the clothing busi-
ness who denounces his gas bill as ex-
orbitant and sometimes comes to my
Office to see about it. He lives in a
palatial residence on Eighth street,
and when he came in last week and
handed me his bill saw at once that
it was an unusually small one for such
an establishment as he keeps up. Be
ihg somewhat familiar with the ar
rangements and number of burners in
his house, determined upon catching
him at his own game and showing
that he was indebted to the company
for more gas even than the bill called
! for: but he was too much for me.
Taking the bill from him. said:
"Well, Mr., you have burner
in the cellar?"
"Yes, Sheneral, daro's purner in
the cellar; but holy Moses! who efer
heard of lighting gas in the cellar?'
"You have laundry?"
Laundry laundry, you say? Who
efer heard of people washing py gas
light?"
"Well, you have burners in the
kitchen, haven't you?"
Yes, day are dare, but We nefer use
'em; we haf o'clock dinners"
"Well, don't your servants use any
| in the evenings?"
We'll, I'll tell you, Sheneral, We hat
the worst hiret girls you efer seen
| They are nefer in the house; day are
out all times of night after dark
"HoW about the dining room 2"
Didn't | tells you We haf o'c ocl
dinners and the childrens always plays
in dark 2"
"Weu, there's your sitting roomY
Sitting rooml We nefer light tht
gas there: We always sits on the from
schteps."
"Well, you surely have a light il
the hall?"
"Vy, would you want to preak mai
up2"
well, there's your handsomely fur
nished parlor ?"
"Yes, We haf nice parlors and ele
CANT. furnisher, but We haven't hat
visitor for ofer year."
Becoming discouraged, / skipped tn
, other apartments in the house an
came to a point where ] thought
would be sure to catch him, and
asked:
/ "How about your bed-chamber
3 You surely use gas in that apar
r ment ?"
l Imagine my chagrin when, after
0 moments hesitation. he answered:
0 "My ped. Wy, tells 20
Z Sheneral, We haf burners there, but
! nefer use 'em. Ny wife, she is We
5 modest woman, and always goes to p
}, in de dark"
He got rebate.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28
DANVILLE DONE UP.
The Committee Closes Its Work
Subject to Call Of Chairman.

WAsHINGToN, February az
Squire Talifero (colored), testified be
fore the DanvilIe committee to-day
He heard shooting on the day of tn,
riot, and hastened home. where h,
stayed until the morning following
White men came to his house and said
they had a telegraph dispatch for him
| but he didn't want any news bad
enough to open the door. White dem.
Ocrats threatened to carry the election
by use of firearms if necessary. Wit
ness boasted of his great fright on the
day of the riot, saying: " Mattahs was
gltten very bilious for the squire an
he took watah."
Senator Vance developed the fact
that witness was o2ce convicted of
frauds in selling whiskey and was inn
prisoned.
senator Vance: "I want to ask one
question; are you really proud of your
cowardice ?"
Witness with swagger): "Yes sir
am proud and am shamed too, in
anoder sense. l am ashamed dat /
am bliged to play de coward for men
who is seekin to take my life"
In answer to Senator Sherman, wit
HeSS Salu a nOGlce was put under his
door, some time after, addressed:
" This is to squire" Its con-
tents were, Squire Talifero:
you are considered as one
OF the leaders or instigators in the late
riot in Danville. AS such you are
responsible for the blood spilled there
In. We have determined that YOUR
stay in Danville is injurious to the
public peace, therefore you must go.
You are given three days to prepare
and If after three days you are found
IN Danville you must take the conse-
Committee adjourned subject to |
standing that no further proceedings
should take place until the house act
ed upon the senate joint resolution |
appropriating money for further ex-
penses.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28
Letter From General John Il. Null
ford


50 DEY STREET, NEW YORK. Octo-
Der 8, 1883.-For years past l have
used Allcock's Porous Plasters on my
person and in my family, and have
found them perfect as an external
remedy, quick in their action. giving
Immediate relief. without blistering
the skin, and far superior to all
Others. No family should be with
out Allcock's Porous Plasters; their
healing powers are wonderful, and
their efficacy far-reaching and lasting.
When in Washington last winter l
waS induced to try another much ad-
yertissd plaster for severe pain In my
back. No relief for q week, was the
result. SO soon as the blisters healed
I applied two of Allcock's Porous
i.fssters, and they gave me immediate
and permanent relief. They give ad'
ditionfk strength and vitality to the
spinal column. and they are . never
failing remedy in my family fol
Coughs, Colds, Sprains, and all Pains
and Weakness. Their use has re
peatedly saved me from Pneumonia
1 constantly use them, and would MOI
be without them for any considera
ton. JOHN E. MULFORD.
Beware of Limitations. All
cocks" is the only genuine Porous
Plaster.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28
BONNIE SCOTLAND.
The Living Problem in the Land o
Cakes-What the People Do.
How they do it, and


the Result.
To the Editors of the Statesman:
In your daily issue OF Feb. Il
there is statement showing the usua
wages paid in Glasgow. Scotland, fol
labor, skilled aud unskilled, and fol
some varieties of work that may fair
ly be called professional. The writer
who recently spent some time in the
Land o Cakes knows something OF
the subject from personal observation
and would like to add few items
that he thinks may be of general in
tereSt.
In the years '79, 80 and 81 the ordi-
nary price of the best Scottish beef
steak was 80 cents per pound. The
value of eggs fiuctuateJ a good deal
but they commonly went for 30 cents
per dozen. Butter was usually to be
had fresh Tor 40 cents per pound.
Irish potatoes only potatoes
raised in Scotland, of course-were
sold at 72 to 80 cents per bushel.
Sometimes they were much dearer.
The price named is about the average.
1t does not seem eXtravagant, yet
some ecotton-planter may be surprised
to hear that Scottish farmers
now and then sell their potatoes
yet ungathered for nearly $500 per
acre. This being remembered, it will
not seem so strange that good lands
may rent for $25 per acre, as it does in
the Lothians around Edinburgh.
During the period above mentioned
rabbits were worth in the Scotch
cities about thirty cents each, and
chickens were not abundant to be had
rs cents to 81 apiece. For peaches
which in that climate grow only in
conservatories-I have there paid at
the rate OF nearly So per dozen.
AS to the price of labor in Scotland,
1 might give many examples. but it is
to use space in their null
plication. One or two will suffice. A
linen shirt was laundried for seven
cents. For no article of mems under !
wear did similar service cost more |
than four cents. AS TO the heavier |
kinds of labor, stone-mason told me
that he had about 81 per week.
But a comparative statement of |
wages in Britain and the United |
States suggests the tariff. On this !
question THE STATESMAN seems
thoroughly orthodox, and is, no
doubt, well prepared to meet |
the speciuus arguments offered by pro-
to workingmen. Would it
not be well, however, in view of the
fact that public opinion OF the tariff is
Just now crystalizing in the west, for
such journal to always present both
sides of the question together, to show
along with the relative prices paid for J
abor in the two countries, the relt-
i've cost of living also, and to point
)ut the real reasons for the difference?
With the development of Infant in
1ustries" in our midst, high tariff ad-
gocates will crop out among us; and,
while you are doing all you can to pro-
note the establishment and growth of
,he industries, trust that for those
who would foster them by means of
what is falsely called protection, you
Will ever have sharp rebuke. r.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28
TEXAS TRADE.
Business Changes-The General Out.
look as Reported to Bradstreet's
Agency.

Mr.. Hill, agent in this city of Brad
streets Agency, kindly furnishes the
STATESMAN the following data as to
changes in business in this state,
reported to the agency within the last
two days:
Attachm mt suits. -.......-..............1 1O
Dissolutions of firms. Observation-Disclosures. .-... 6
Discontinuances of business s.................17 II
Other changes. ............... ........:...... II
The changes affect the following
lines of trade: Dry goods, 6; saloons,
6; saddlery, 2; drugs, 3; groceries, 3;
furniture, 1; hardware, 4; restaurants.
2; confectionery. 1;jewelry, |; notions,
1; produce, 2; mixed stores. dealing in
general merchandise, 18-total, 90.
There has been but little soliciting
of business by wholesale dealers, but
the retail trade has been generally
active, and the general business out
look is not unfavorable in view of the
wool clip and other interests which
will add to the resources for trade.