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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-14
THE FARMERS At ST, LOUIS.

The much talked of Farmers con-
vention at st. Louis met on Tuesday,
last week, made up of delegates from
three separate organizations: Inc
Farmers and Laborers' Alliance OF
America: The National Farmers AL
lance. and the Farmers Mutual Bene-
1T Association. The convention was
called by the first named organization,
which extended invitations to the
Others to meet them and confer on the
question of consolidation. A like in
vitatiOn was extended to the Knights
of Labor. The first named 0rganlza-
ton is consolidation Of all the farm
ers' and labOrers' unions Of the South
and Southwest; the second covers
the Northwestern states, and the
third is confined chiefly to Illinois and
Indiana.
The labors of the convention were
of course mainly directed to the work
of consolidation, to which end IA con-
stiitution was adopted to govern the
new organization as huge unit. The
sentiment in favor Of consolidation
was quite unanimous, but the work re-
mains incomplete until the common
constitution adopted shall have been
ratified by each of the three organiza-
tions separately.
Meantime the convention was at
tended by committee Of the Knights
of Labor, headed by Master Powderly.
The Knights did not propose to con-
solidate with the Farmers, but offered
terms Of confederation, which were
accepted. The terms are that both
by Hobbies Tor 'committes'' at Wash
ington and upon the stump shall
cooperate and stand together in
promoting certain great reforms, such
as reservation of the public lands for
lands in states and territories by
actual settlers against the acquisition
of aliens, for the rigid enforcement of
forfeiture against delinquent land
grant railroads, for free coinage OF
gold and silver, against the national
banking system and in favor of "A green
back currency, in favor of tax on real
estate mortgages and on incomes,
against the liquor traffic in all its
forms, in favor of the Hennepin canal
and a deep harbOr on the gulf coast,
and i'm favor of the Australian system
of voting. A tariff resolution was
also agreed upon, that taxes be so
adjusted as to rest lightly upon pro-
ductive labor, that its burdens may
rest upon the luXuries and not the
ncccssaries Of life, and that under it
no surplus shall accumulate in the
treasury" AnG to cap the whole, it
was declared that the members of this
convention and their cOnfederates :"
will support no candidate who does
not subscribe to the principles above
set forth.
What does all this involve? When
the organization as thus outlined shall
have been perfected under one execu-
tive head we shall have, as pointed
out on previous occasion in these
columns, body numbering member
shin of not less than 1900. 600. with a
prospective membership of 1000, 1000.
What this means is plain enough from
the final resolution. AS prominent
member expressed it, the politicians
may expect to hear something drop in
the Legislative ornament. 1t will
not be the latest pocket book that
will gain preferment in the halls where
the laws are enacted. 1t will be solid
worth and merritt"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-14
The ..Moots" viii Meet Saturday.

The moot court will no doubt be
great success. All the necessary pre-
parations are being made for an inter-
eSting and amusing session next
Saturday. Mr.. Frank G. Allen, the
popular young attorney, who, by the
way was Il student himself once, has
consented to act as judge.
Messrs. Green and Evans, attorneys
for the complainant in the assumpsit
suit, to be called for trial at 2 o'clock
in the afternoon. filed their declara-
tion with Thos. j. Thompson, who
has been appointed clerk. The case
will be tried by jury composed of
twelve impartial (?) jurymen. Age
will cut no figure in this cause. Any
one knowing his own name and the
parties to the case will have chance
to sit in the jury box. "A carload of
Polanders and Swedes have been i'm
ported to act as witnesses. This is
the only class of people attorney Kelly
feels like talking to.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-14

The strange news Of destructive
floods in Arizona is telegraphed. The
rainfall In five days at Prescott was
4.76. All the bridges across the Verde
River were swept away and large tracts
OF bottom lands flooded for the first
time In their history. Usually most
OF Arizona is about as devoid of rain
as the African desert.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-14

Perhaps Doc Norton would like to
90 to Washington this winter as
swamp land agent. 1t is pretty near
time for the Doc to get anothercounty
lob of some kind. He ought to be
getting out of meat by this time. A
thousand dollars doesn't go far with
oats at l6c.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-14

1t is very nice, pious and all that in
Mr.. Stanley to ascribe his safe arri-
val on the borders of civilization after
his dreadful tramp through African
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-14
100000. 900 A YEAR.

The over taxation in this country
that is. taxation above the needs OF
the government, since 1880 has been as
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-14

promise, and holds an eviable position
In washington Ia, where the young
couple will make their future home,
having departed westward on the
early morning train.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-14

the Tom Roe matter, says the tremen-
dously smart fellow who runs the La
Sale Dem.-PreSs. If the Dem.-Press
Were but hundredth part as vigorous
in its own collecting of facts as it is
in questioning the truth of other pa
pers' statements it could justly lay
claim to being the best newspaper in
America.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-14

The Thomas Electric Light Com
pany, operating the ThOmson-Houston
system, have at last. after much hard
work and a great deal of expense, got
ten their new wheel in operation, CIV
ing them additional power for the
running of their dynamos, and are
now furnishing incandescent lights OF
full power. The company has long
ago had lights consuming rather more
than the capacity of their machinery
with the old wheel, and it must be adj
mitted the incandescent lights were
not up to the standard. With the
new wheel, however, the lights are all
right again, bright, luminous and per-
feet. The new Improvements at the
power-house admit of indefinite ex-
tension of the plant as to lights, and
will also furnish sufficient power to
run city dynamo, should the Council
in the future conclude to buy plant.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-12-26
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FOR SALE.
A farm of about 90 acre.

Located in the town OF Bethel on the hlli,
a short distance west of the middle brancn
Of White River Land in good state OF
cultivation. limestone soil, will cut ABOUT
|2O tons of hay and summer or cows ana
Ia team. Good wood lot sufficient for tne
|place. good sugar orchard and plenty OF
Rpple trees old and young OF good iruit'
Buildings not old and in GOOD repair,
would cost more than the price OF tne
Farm to build as good. Fine trout stream
Erunning through the pasture for nearly
/ half mile and never falling running wa
/ ter at house and barn. Is IL mile from
I the projected railroad from Barre TO Roy
alton and one mile from good saw, grlst
and cider mill. Extensive quartz leoge
=croppinp ont in which there is doubtless
*more or less gold. Farm is reached py
good roads leading in one direction TO Ine
8 zhourishing town of Bethel distant mics
and The lovely village of East Bethel dls,
4 Etant miles. in the other to Royalton ana
South Royalton. Would be sold Tor SlzoV,
one half of which could remain on mort
gage Tor a term of years if desired. Appiy,
soon for the owner is grass wiaoW,
who wishes to go west in pursuit OF ner
husband nnless she can do better Inc
said husband has recently been spotteo
and the farm must be disposed OF in some
way without delay. Apply on the prem
ises or address by mail, z. B- SHifMAN'
East Bethel, VT.
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THE BEST STATE NEWSPAPER.

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engaged in other pursuits, who are a
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Herald can be recommended as the
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We have completed arrangements
that will insure you better paper for
1890 than ever before. Besides fully
covering the local field and giving
more news from Orange and Windsor
Counties than any other paper it will
keep its readers fully posted on all the
important state matters, and work
earnestly and faithfully in behalf of the
people in the State campaign of 1890.
1t believes in cutting down the State
expenses to the very lowest possible
point. Instead Of increasing salaries,
making lavish appropriations, etc. it be-
lieves decidedly in the reverse. Times
are hard with our farmers and farm
products are low, State expenses and
taxes must be cut down to correspond.
This is the platform on which the HER
AID will stand and make the fight for
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CLUB PAPERS ARE ORDERED

as follows Mirror and Farmer every
Saturday, Boston Journal and N. Y.
Tribune the last Saturday in each
month. AS soon as possible after the
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AID commences but we will send pay
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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-12-26
THE TRIBUNE FOR 1890.

There.is something very fine and
admirable in the loyalty of the New
York Tribune to the Republican party.
Published in town in which the Re-
publicans are in almost a hopeless mi
nority, where importing elements pre-
dominate in business circles, where the
daily press and magazines are nearly
all in the hands of the Democrats and
free traders, and where money can be
made by catering to un-Republican
ideas and principles, the Tribune is,
nevertheless, faithful to its ancient
flag, and it still remains the one great
Republican newspaper of the metropo-
lis, as well as the one great National
newspaper of the Republican party of
the United States. 1t is the official
newspaper of the Republican clubs. Its
success, however, is not entirely due to
the principles which it represents, but
rather to the great ability with which
the paper is conducted. No American
weekly newspaper, issued from the Of
fee of a daily, has such large and
strong editorial page, or is filled with
with such variety of features for gem
eral interest. For 1890 the Tribune
has provided delightful literary re-
past for its readers in every one of its
issues. Its prospectus in another col
umn to-day shows that articles are fur
nished for 1890 from Carnegie, Depew.
Powderly, Mrs. John A. Logan. SEN
ator ingalls,, Senator Stewart. 'sJosiah
Aliens Wife" and a whole host of
other well-known and distinguished
people; and that there viii be besides,
a lot of War Stories a good G. A. II.
page and papers on particular branches
Of farming. Prizes worth 81, ,440 are
offered to club agents, and a long and
varied list Of popular premiums to its
We should say that ? cents
could not be better invested before sub
scribing for a general paper TINS winter
han in the new 20-page catalogue Of
he New York Tribune.
We most earnestly commend the
Tribune to all our subscribers. We
,elieve ii Is the best newspaper in the
.ountry that it gives more valuable
.eading than any other paper. We are
'nly too glad to be able to club it at
uch advantageous rates with this paper.
see terms elsewhere.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-12-26

Mr.. Grady has been in the North
again, and whatever may be said of his
stunning eloquence, there is a growing
feeling that he is more or less of hum
bug. When he comes up here and de-
scribes the New South in glowing pe-
riods, and goes back to Atlanta and
brings all his influence to bear to de-
prive million or more men of civil
rights guaranteed to them as to him, we
are prone to ask, what does he mean /?
He has been up here again extolling
the colored race, giving US facts and
figures regarding them which are argu-
ments in favor of their exercise of the
right of suffrage, and at the same time
undertakes to persuade us that they
ought not to vote. His rhetoric may
be first-class but his logic is no where.
The fifteenth amendment is a failure in
his eyes and for no other reason than
that he and few others Of like mind
in the South have so decided. just as
long as men are deprived Of their civil
rights on account of their color, Just so
long the South will continue in state
of turmoil, more or less. If Grady
would stay at home and use his elo-
quence to induce his fellow citizens to
live honestly and deal justly with all
men, he would do infinitely more good
and gain far less notoriety than now.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-12-26
LOOK AT THE LABEL.

We want every subscriber to look at
the label on his paper this week. fit
reads l Jan. 80, or Jan. 8 your sub
scription expires with this issue. We
shall however send you one more as we
do not believe in stopping paper the
very minute or day it is not paid for
but it would be GREAT FAVOR TO US
if you would
RENEW THIS WEEK
as it will save us much extra work.
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THE cRoNlN VERDICT.

The verdict rendered by the Cronin
jury was not very satisfactory to the
people of Chicago. Compromise YER
diets are not usually just. 1t took a
long time to impanel jury for the tri-
al of the Cronin suspects; it has taken
long time to try them. Every obsta-
Gle that could possibly be thrown in the
way of the laws progress has been
made use of, and as the outcome of the
matter justice has failed to obtain all
that public opinion is inclined to think
was due to it. 1t l. generally accepted
as a fact that DIR. Cronin mysteriously
disappeared, that he was the victim of
a conspiracy, that this conspiracy was
formed because of the Dr. : knowledge
of certain things that reflected severely
upon the conspirators, that he was in
humanity murdered by the men against
whom he stood in hostile relations on
account Of this knowledge, or by their
The circumstances Of the /
murder were pretty clearly ascertained /
upon investigation, and the men impli- |
Gated in the direct act OF the murder
were pretty definitely ascertained. 1t
has not been easy to find out how far
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FARM FOR SALE.

Situated on the main road from Broookdeld Y
karthneld one. half mile from East Roxbury post
lnice, schools and meetings. Contains 10 acrei
good land, in high state OF cultivation. buildinR
irst class. Never failing water at house and barn
Young fruitbest sugar orchard. Run as dairy farm
Win sell with without the stock tools etc. Ane
i've big bargain TO some young man who wants .
farm that will make money. Time given.
z. N. PAGE. East Roxbury.
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SPECIAL.

We club the following most excel
lent papers with the eight page HEX
AID at the following very low prices.
The price is for one full year. The
first column gives the regular price of
10th papers, the last, the price We ask
for both in Vermont.
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TO BOOM VERMONT.

The Brattleboro Household, St.
Johnsbury Caledonian and Hardwick
Gazette are helping on the good cause
by offering their respective papers free
to all brides who forward 10 cents for
postage. This is to be commended but
it does not go far enough. What we
need to people these back farms and
make Vermont boom is Vermont boys.
With a view Of striking at the root of
the matter and to encourage immigra-
tion of the right class, we offer to send
this paper to every "boy' born during
the year in Orange or Windsor coun-
ties when the father will send us notice
of the arrival within five days after he
enters the State, and 10 cents for mail
ing.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-12-26
THE SUN FOR 1890.

Some people agree with the Suns opin-
ions about men and things, and some peo-
pie don't; but everybody likes to get hold
Of the newspaper which is never dull aud
never afraid to speak its mind.
Democrats know that for twenty years
The Sun has fought to the front line for
Democratic principles, never wavering OF
weakening in its loyalty to the true inter-
ests Of the party it serves with fearless in
telligence and disinterested vigor. At
times opinions have differed as to the best
means OF accomplishing the common pur-
pose; il is not the Suns fault II il has seen
further into the milestone.
Eighteen hundred and ninety is the year
that will probably determine the result Of
the Presidential election of 1892, and per-
haps the fortunes Of the Democracy for
the rest Of the century. Victory in 1892 is
a duty. and the beginning of $50 is the
best time to start out in company with
The Sun.
Daily, per month, $3.50
Daily, per year, 500
Sunday, per year, 200
Daily and Sunday, per year. 500
Daily and Sunday per month, O.70
Weekly Sun, one year, 100
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C,ENTRAL VERMONT RAILROAD
Commencing Sunday, October 9th, 1883
GOING SOUTH

Trains leave RANDOLPH follows
400 a m, Night Express from Ogdensburg, Mon.
treal and the west, for Boston, Lowell and all
New England points. Sleeping cars for Bos-
ton via. Lowell, also for Springfield runs daily
Sundays included Montreal TO Boston vis
Lowell
1917 a M Mail from St. Adams and Burlington for
Boston, via Lowell and Fitchburg. for all
points in New England
Ia q D M Limited Express, from Ogdensburg, Mon
treal and the west, for Concord, Manchester
Nashua, Lowell. Boston; and New York. via
500 I'm Passenger for White River Junction and
Windsor.
GOING NORTH.
200 M Night Express from Boston and New
York for Montreal, Ogdensburg and the west
Sleeping car to Montreal runs daily Sundavs
inclnded Boston TO Montreal via Lowell.
B48 a. IN. Passenger for Rutland. Burlington ST.
Adams, Richford and Rouses Point.
803 m, Mail Train from Boston,. orcester,
Springfield, New London, and New York, for
Burlington, st, Albans, 0gdensburg, Montreal,
and the west. Drawing room car to Montreal.
$50 pm, Fast Express, from Boston for
Montreal and West. Pullman Palace sleep
ing car attached runAing through 10 Chiaago
without change.
Through tickets for Chicago, and the west for sale
all the principal stations
& W. CUMMINGS, j. W. HOBART,
Gen. Passenger Agent. 6en- Msnf
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MUSIC.

Prof. +. X. Ober has taken rooms at
the Red Lion Inn. where he will give
lessons in vocal and instrumental music.
Those who wish to study singing or or
gan are cordi llly invited to call or ad-
dress. E. p. OBER, ". Randolph.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-12-26

The question of recognizing Brazil
has already come up in the United
States Senate. Senator Edmunds does
not think there is occasion for haste =
In fact, he has not heard of the Repub-
lie of Brazil. The fact is, the Repub-
lie is not yet square on its feet. 1t
viii require the exercise of much wis
dom on the part of the leaders in the
present movement. and calmness and
sobriety on the part of the people to a
void collision. The United Sta.es
will be glad to recognize Brazil when
the proper time comes, but we ought
to wait, and Brazil can afford to wait.
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