Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-26

| Mormon, Jew, or Gentle, 8 Spiritualist or Isterialist."
 The "BirdsaIl tax bill'' has been much rec
 commended because it is like the Vermont ! law. A letter from Brattleboro gives some
 interesting and important information about
 the working of the Vermont law. The l writer says: Vermont's new corporation tax
 law, the constitutionality of which has been
 questioned by some of the soundest lawyers,
 has finally proved failure so far as provid- ing the necessary revenue to meet the State's expenses Is concerned. Just how to provide
 for the large deficit is question likely to prove somewhat troublesome. It turns out
 that this discriminating law was so carelessly drawn and passed by the legislature that the
 railroads, instead of paying on their gross
 earnings per mile for the year, can only be
 taxed upon the amount of their gross earn ings per mile for six months. h. deed, it is claimed that the deficit will be
 something like $2Oo, ,Ooo, and this must be paid by borrowing.
 A society has been recently formed in Lon don to advocate the improvement and cheap ening of the diet, one of it's main objects being to show that flesh diet is much more costly than vegetable one, and less nourish- ing. A number of entertainments have been given under the auspices of the society. At a supper one hundred and fifty persons for the most part belonging to the working l classes, sat down to bill of fare consisting of Scotch broth, with slices of whole meal or ] graham bread, green pea pie with potatoes. | the pie crust being made with cotton-seed oil and for dessert sweetened ssnolina or farina pudding with stswed prunes. In | making the soup, or broth, there was used | for every gallon of water four ounces of | pearl barley, one turnip, one carrot, two | ounces of greats, or oatmeal, with pepper, | salt, etc, to season. In the green pea pie | the contents were dried green peas boiled | tender, hard boiled egg little tapioca and | mint to flavor. For the dessert one pound | of semolina or farina to gallon of water, with sugar to sxeeten and served with stewed | prunes All this was certainly very cheap, and it is also described as good.
 A novel suit has been begun against the trustees of cemetery located at Kingston, Illinois. The plaintiffs charge that 'the said defendants on Juns 21 with force and arms did knowingly aid, assist and direct in dig ging up, disinterring, removing and convey ing away from the place of sepulturs or iR- termsnt thereof the remains of IsaaS McCol lom without any legal authority" They also charge that they, the defendants, Con the aforementioned day, by the use of pickaxes, shovsls and divers other instruments, broke and entered into certain grave of the plain tifs, jostlsd. pushed and broke open certain coffin containing the remains of one Isaac McCollom, removing, desecrating and other wise injuring it." The defendants are furth- srnors charged with entering the sacred in closure of the plaintiffs, tramping the grass and removing the tombstone which they had erected as a> last tribute to the dead. The plaintiffs further charge that on account of the acts of the defendants they were prevent cd from the full benefits of their right of sepulture, which did thereby greatly shock and outrage the feeIings o1 tne pIaintiffs, and ruthlssaly wounded the hearts of them, and that with more than barbarous vandalism, defendants did disturb the remains of their (the plaintifs) deceased father, by act and deed did mock at their (the plaintihs) cher ishsd memories of his dying hour, and did other wrongs to the plaintiffs and against the people of the State to the damage of $1 1000.