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Year: 1877

French juries find as extraordinary
verdicts Us even our own do. Their
popularity is appending the words
with extenuating circumstance" TO
their verdicts of guilty against MUIR
derers. In one copy OF paper re-
ceived recently We found several in.
stances Of "eXtenuating circum-
stances" which show that the French
have Il strange power in the discovery
OF palliatiun for crime. A young
women in the rural districts was
denied by her parents the privilege OF
marrying the man OF her choice. She
did not sit down and weep and vail
over her misfortune, nor did she die OF
a broken heart, as so many young
woman in novels do; but she went out
into the barn, armed herself with
hatchet, and returning to the room
where her parents were, hacked their
heads to pieces. The jury found her
guilty OF murder with eXtenuating
circumstances" A young man had a
slight dispute with neighbor. He
lured him to woody tract near the
town where they lived, and after talk
for q while with his neighbor, in the
most apparently friendly way, deliber-
ately shot him dead, then collecting q
lot Of brushwood, placed it around the
murdered man and set fire TO it. The
jury found him guilty with extenuat-
ing circumstances. =" But the most ex-





traordinary case OF all was that OF o
Nj. Durane. He was Il married man
with two children. He had grown
tired Of his wife and his errant love
had fallen upon younger lady OF
greater beauty. The young lady
proved cold to the destinations OF u
man she knew to be married. To
make the way clear to her possession,
he cut the throats of his wife and two
children, and then set fire to the horse
in which he lived to destroy the traces
Of his crime. He was tried and con-
victed, but the jury found that there
were "eXtenuating circumstance"
around even this murder.
Year: 1877

THE VERMONT NUISANCE Law The
nuisance law spassed by the Vermont
Legislature. which has just adjourned, is
very stringent statute. 1t provides
that every saloon, restaurant, grocery,
cellar. shop. billiard room, bar room. and
every drinking place or room used as q
place OF public resort, where intoxicating
drink is unlawiully sold or kept for sale,
shall be declared public nuisance. On
conviction of any person for keeping
such q place, he is to pay fine OF not
less than twenty dollars, nor over two
hundred dollars, or be liable 10 q fne OF
twenty dollars and imprisonment not less
than one month nor more than three
months, in the discretion OF the Court,
and on such conviction the place is TO be
shut up by order of the court, and the
keeper not allowed TO occupy the same
till be gives bond 10 not less than three
hundred dollars nor over five hundred
dollars not thereafter to sell or keep for
sale any such liqlor therein. And ne
shall be liable to ine OF ten dollars for
each day in which he shall occupy such
place after conviction before giving such
bond.
Year: 1877

Siam has some advantages over the
West. Its Medical arrangements are
worth considering; thus, the first con-
versation between the patient and the
doctor is the question OF fees, which is
settled at once by deed. In no case
can their total amount exceed 81.


When the patient improves the doctor
continues TO ovisit; ;when there /. no hope
though there be life, he stays away,
and the contract for fees becomes null
and void. 4 popular cure in Siam for
fever is the following, and may be
deemed worthy OF a place among
other household receipts: Take frag-
ments Of the horn of the rhinoceros,
the tooth of an elephant. tiger, bear,
and crocodile: add TO these portions
of the flesh Of a Yulture, crow and
a goose, a morsel Of the horn of
bison and stag, and a little sandal
wood pound up all on a mOistened
stone; administer half to the invalid,
and rub his body with the other
moiety, when the fever will disappear.
Year: 1877

-Harper's Weekly thus dIscourses to
girls: The pastor OF church in one OF
our largest cities said to me not long
ago: i have oiliciated at forty weddings
since | came here. and in every case.
save one, felt that the bride was running
an awful risk. Young men Of bad hab-
its and fast tendencies never marry girls
of their own sort, but demand wife
above suspicion. Some pure sweet wo-
men. kept from the touch Of evil through
the years of their girlhood, give them
selves with their costly dover Of woman
hood into the keeping OF men OF base
associations who have learned to under
value all that belongs to them, and then
fad no time for repentance in the sad
after years. There is but one way out OF
this that | can see, and that is for you
the young women Of the country-to re-
quire in association and marriage. purity
tor purity. sobriety Tor sobriety, and
honor for honor. There is no reason why

the young men OF this Christian land
should not be just as yirtuous as its young
women. and il the loss of your society
and love be The price they are forced to
pay for vice, they will not pay it. admit
with sadness, that not all our young
women are capable OF this high standard
for themselves or others. but believe
there are enough earnest thoughtful girls
10 the society of our country to work
wonders, if faithfully aroused. Dear
girls, will you help Us in the name OF
Christ? Will you, Grst Of all, be true to
yourselves and God; so pure in your
inner and outer life that you shall have q
right to ask that the young men with
whom you associate. and especially those
you marry, shall be the same? The
awful gulf OF dishonor is close beside
your feet. and in i. fathers, brothers,
lovers and sons are going down. VIII
you no. help us in our great work p
Year: 1877

be anticipated in every instance where
mattere OF dispute are made the subject
of arbitration under the forms Of law
Human judgment is never unerring and
is rarely regarded as otherwise than
wrong by the unsuccessful party in the
contest. The fact that two great
political parties have in this way settled
dispute, in regard to which good men
differ as TO the fact and the law, no less
than as TO the proper course TO be pur-
sued in solving The question in contro-
versy, is an occasion Tor general rejoicing.
Upon one point there is entire unsnimity
in public sentiment-that conflicting
claims 10 the Presidency must be amica-
bly, and pesceably adjusted. that when so
adjusted. the general acquiescence OF The
nation ought TO follow. IL has been re-
served for the government of the people,
where the right OF suffrage is universal.
10 give to the world the first example in
history OF a great nation, in The midst OF
struggle Of opposing parties for power.
hushing It's party lumults 10 yield the
issue of the contest 10 adjustment accord
ing 10 the forms OF law.


CONCLUSION.


Looking for the guidance of that divine
hand by which the jesiinies oil nations
aud individuals are shaped call upon
you. Senators, Representatives. Judges.
fellow citizens. here and everywhere. TO
unite with me in an earnest effort 10 se-
cure TO our country the blessing not only
OF material prosperity but ofiustice. peace
and union. union depending not upon
the constraint of force but upon the low
ing devotion of free people that all
things may be SO settled upon the best
and surest foundation, that peace and
happiness. truth and justice, religioAand
piety. may be established among us for
all generations.
Year: 1877

NieHT SoAvENeERs EARLY this morn
ing, party of night scavengers engaged
in cleansing out cess pool, at a house on
Lombard street, above Fourth. The act
was not only contrary to the rules passed
by the present Board of Health, which
makes it penalty of $50 to the owner Of
any property who has cess pool cleansed
out in the above manner, but it is also
unlawful to cleanse them during July and
August, without obtaining permit from
the Secretary of the Board, which o.
course he could not grant under the
present rules. The residents in the vici
nifty are very indignant over the act.
Year: 1877

The Chsrlestown Free Press thinks the
result of the Capital election may be "s
grim Joke after all, inssmueh as the law
does not contemplate the removal OF the
Capital from Wheeling for eight years
after very many of those who psrticipat'
ed actively in the late canvass will, in
all probability, have passed away. With
events crowding upon us in this fast age,
who has the hardihood to attempt to
peer thro it all to the end OF eight
vears?"
Year: 1877

GEN. McDowELL, of the Military
Department of the Pacific, telegraphs
to the War Department at Washing
ton that the war with Chief Joseph
and his band Of hostiles is practically
ended
Year: 1877

The Prineetonians ara all agoe on
the Local Option question, and are
holding largely attended meetings to
push the matter through. The Option
law has been in operation for more
than a year in Princeton, aud its ad-
vocates think it has work ed we'll and
been of immense benefit to the young
men of that place. and they wish to
continue it. There are others who
want the law repealed, and hence there
is considerable excitement among the
aforementioned Princetouians. The
election takes place in August, al
which time the question of whisky
or mo whisky" will be decided.
Year: 1877

LAWLFSsNEsS IN MISSISSIPPI AND MAssACuU


sETTs If Governor Stone, of Mississippi, is
correctly reported in our te1egraphc summary
of an interview which be is said to have had


with o correspondent of the Memphis AudldHchS,
he considers himself to have done all that the
laws of Mississippi allow the executive to do
in the matter of Dripg gipg the "Kemper County
rioters" to justice. He went in person to tho
scene of the riots, and requested the Circuit
Judge TO call extra session OF the Court at
once and put the accused parties on their trial


His opinion is that jury in the county can


be found to convict the accused, and IL this
should prove to bs the case it will clearly be
his duty to his State TO take other steps
Meanwhile we shall doubtless hear q great
deal in the Northern Radical papers about the
1a Wless and awful condition of Mississippi. 1t
is deplorable thing certainly that there
cal passions and hatreds run to-day as high ss
religious passions and hstreds ran in Msssa-
chusetts when o great mob of well-tO-do men
went out from 3 Oston in the night, burned a
house over the heads of helpless girls and wo-
men, and drove them in headloDg fight for
their lives and if tho rioters 10 Kemper
County get no mote Punishment than was
ever inflicted in Massachusetts upon the das.
tardly iucendiaries of the Ursuline Convent, it !
will be another striking and painful illustra- |
tion OF the Internal Influence OF extravsEant
partisan and sectArian feeling upon the I
character and the coDdnct even Of communi- |
ties reputed civilized. But the best cure of |
cal homo oDathy, and people who allow them
selves to clamor for fresh inyasions of the law
and of local government at the South because
they are incenBRd ut the natural outcome of
former invasions Of the Dame sort, behave just
about as sonsibly as IL they recommended
throwing cans Of kerosene on Q amouldering
IRE by way Of extinguishing it completely.


4
Year: 1877

Not long since Mr.. Charles Hallett, o mill


owner of Riverhead, L. 1. directed his son Carl,


apnpii OF the Union Free School of that town.


not to declaim when ordered to do so by the
teacher. For this young Hallett was expelled


and the Board of Education confirmed and


approved the action of the principal in expel-


ling him. Mr.. Hallett then sued the Board of


Education, and the case, which was recently
decided by Justice Pratt of the Supreme Court
and jury, has excited considerable attention


because of the important educational principle
involved. Mr.. Hallett, who ex preesly instruc-
ted his counsel not to press for damagess, but
simply to get decision on the question oflaw,
son should, or should not, be instructed in
certain studies, provided they are not included
in the statutory list.


In his charge to the jury Justice Pratt took
tue ground that the parent, knowing the teui-
permanent and capacity of the child, had the
undonbted right Co prescribe what he should
and what he should not study, SO long as he
did not interfere with the statutory list.
Hence, when the principal, with the approval
of the Board of Education, expelled young
Hallett he exceeded his authority. Still,
both the board and the principal acted in good
faith, snpposing that they were authorized to
carry out what was thought to be beneficial
rule.


The charge continues; "I am constrained to
hold the law to be that, where there is an ir-
reconcilable difference of opinion between the
teacher-or the Board of Trustees-and the
parent, in regard 90 a study which is not in-
cluded among those that the trustees are em-
powered to prescribe, the will of the parent
must control. l think that the law has not
taken away the natural right of the parent to
control the education of the child In that re.
gard. When the teacher trustees under |
take to say that child shall pursue O partic. |
ular study which s not included in the atatu- |
tory list of studies. think they exceed their |
authority. And when that is made the basis |
Of an attempt to deprive the child of its right |
to attend school end enjoy the benefits |
which arise from the laying of o common bur |
den upon the community, bold that they are |
liable-technically lable-for the acCD


The jury awarded nominal damages to Mr..
aallett. This was considered test case, and
the rulings of Justice Pratt are sustained by
decisions IN other States.
Year: 1877

The farmer who winters twenty-five lousy
cattle wastes at least FIVE tons Of hay on the
lice, while there Is large account running
up against him for "cruety to animals"


One would think by the assurance with
which men recommend remedies for lousy
cattle, that it was one of the simplest things
in the world to get rid of lice. A man dis
covered that among his cattle the only one
free from lice was bull, and also that in
stead of being covered with lice he was GOV.
cred with dirt. The man did not, reasoning
from analogy, go and swap all his cows for
bulls, but went and dirtied the backs of them
all, when, presto; change! every louise was
gone. Another says, put some oil along the
backs Of the cattle and the lice will die, for
they cannot live in oil. lie forgot to tell
how to induce them to crawl up into tho oil
and kill themselves. Another man of my
acquaintance says, lico will leave whole
flock Of native calves and iasten to one
Shorthorn, if there is one among them. So
he says get Durham calf. Some say a
Jersey will do as well.


My remedy is tobacco smoke. Have tried
many remedies, but never found anything so
cheap, so easy to apply and so effectual as to-
bacco smoke. cover the animal with
rubber blanket and by the use of fumiga.
tor that any one almost could make, blow
the smoke all over the animal beneath the
blanket. But it takes FIRE to make smoke
and fire about tho barn is not desirable
You see it is just as easy to kill the lice on
cattle as it is to make glossy brown hair of
gray, or to make it grow thick, heavy and
fine on bald old heads. The difficulty in both
cases is, doubtless, want of thorough treat
ment. SHORT HAND.


February, 1877.
Year: 1877

For two or three weeks, while we have
bee n attending agricultural meetings in va
rious parts of the state, periodicals of all
kinds have accumulated on our table. First
of all comes the Second Annual Report of the
Patrons Aid Society of Elmira, N. Y. II is
m utual life insurance society of grangers
1t has board of executive officers at or
near Elmira, while its directors are more
widely scattered over the country. The Ma
sonic fraternity, Odd Fellows and other So
cieties have such organizations, and thus far
they have been quite successful in place of
what may strictly be called life insurance
We have been n member of one such organ
ization but allowed our policy to lapse. We
have read this report with great interest,
but find no table of rates." so that we can
not say how much it costs to insure in it, and
we will add that table of rates is IN indis-
pensable appendage of all life insurance
rates. We fully believe, from our study and
familiarity with life insurance matters, that
the farmers of Vermont might organize a
mutual aid or insurance society on their
lives as well and successfully as they have
on their property. And we will we
will speak about it again; it demands atten-
tion.
Year: 1877

A REAL WANT.-These are the words of
Hon. h. d. Mason, president of the Ver-
mont Dairymen's Association, aud they are
the honest utterances of one of the first far
mers of the state, Not only that, but they
voice the feelings of scores and hundreds of
other farmers who will devoutly thauk Mr..
Mason for giving utterance to their own
feelings which were pent up and waiting for
expression


The dairymen and farmers Of Ver-
mont need an experiment station or farm
where the numerous and perpexing questions
that arise 10 our vocation can be tested and
settled have no doubt that such a station
would pay many times its cost to the dairy
men and farmers Of the state each year and
l hope steps viii be taken at this meeting
to secure such station or farm We need
better dairy stock, more feed and better care,
a larger yield per COW, and better quality,
which will surely give better prices and glad
den the heart Of the dairymen and farmers.
We need better system of cultivation, more
fertilizers aud better application, which will
give larger and better crops. We need
moro work aud less idleness, more economy
and less waste and extravaganza. We need
better system of marketing farm products,
aud above all better aud higher education
for ourselves aud our families, that we may
better discharge our duties as citizens of our
noble state,
Year: 1877

Three things may be attached to stone-
boat, that are worth having at times. One
is ring attached to the hind end by sta
pie through the piece of timber TO which the
planks are fastened. The ring should be Of
half inch round iron, made large enough to
take hold of with one hand easily. 1t will
be wonderfully handy to pull the boat back,
or lift it around by, especially when it is wet,
muddy, and slippery.


The second is q tongue or pole, which
may be fastened to the boat In some such
manner as poles are sometimes fastened to
seds that is, by sort of staple and strap
hinge arrangement, so that it may be taken
oft or put on easily and quickly, simply by
removing or replacing two nuts


Third. Shoes on the bottom, under the
raves. They may be made of two by two
inch seasoned maple, such stuff as was once
quite commonly used to shoe slcds WITH aud
fastened on with wooden pins which should
pass through the shoes, planks and raves.
Sometimes we wish to draw a very heavy
stone down hill. 1t would be easier to load
it upon a stone-boat than upon sled or
wagon. Without the pole it would run upon
the heels of the team and perhaps spoil
horse or an OK. Without the shoes it would
run around and get in ahead of the team,
or slue off the side-hill. But with both aud
a good teamster it will go safely. A stone
boat without either, is good thing, almost
indispensable. But there are circumstances
under which these three things are very de.
sirable. SILAs HOPKINS.


East Berkshire, Feb, 6, 1877
Year: 1877

We have long been satisfied that one Of
fective reason for better cooking in the old
countries, (if it is fact that they do cook
better there), is, that they understand rea
economy better than we do they are more
careful about what they put with their dishes
and less apt to burn and neglect them after
they are prepared, because they appreciate
more than we, the worth of little things.
Year: 1877

Every farmer should have a shop, with a
stove in it, to do indoors work in winter.
Do you need any more gates How easy
now to make them. Are the harness all in
repair ? IL not, now is the time to repair aud
oil them, aud have them ready for use A
coat of paint on all the implements now,
will help to preserve them.
Year: 1877

First, of insects in general They are


most destructive in the larva state. They


grow rapidly and eat enormously they will


multiply in weight 200. fold in one day.


They multiply fearfully in numbers also


one female will lay eggs by the hundred.


And yet we may successfully cope with


these insects, if the state would have good


entomologist whose time was wholly given


TO this matter in its practical bearing.


From 300 to 500 millions yearly lost by in.


sects, great majority of which might be


saved by scientific care. We must call in


our aids as provided by nature. The robin


by rising early eats the cut worms and so


we should preserve them, and as they eat
and digest so rapidly, they will consume
worms and insects in immense quantities
Some insects live on other insects He urges
hand picking, even for potato bugs on large
fields. We should kill insects by scading or
burning, as If we smash them, the eggs may
hatch. Many insects iufest weeds, especial
ly the golden rod, which teens with them,
and as soon as the cultivated plants get we'll
growing the insects leave the weeds for the
plants. Old piles Of rotting wood or logs
aud stumps breed and house insects. The
potato bug is an injurious insect, and is and
has been in Vermont though Burlington
papers reported me as saying there were
none in the state. The next morning found
them in my garden. We can prevent its
ravages by picking the very FIRST we fnd,
and keeping at it with care and perssteucy.
Next use Paris green wet, a tablespoonful
into pail of water or sprinkle it on the
leaves Keep it well stirred, but use 1t not
about apple trees, as the falling apples may
get poisoned, as such cases have occurred.
But after all, hand picking is the best thing,
as for all insects. They attack the Jersey
Peachblow last. The cabbage worm may
be kept down by picking off. go over
mine every morning, catch the flies aud then
destroy every worm. Currant worms are
prevalent. commend hand picking, but
hellebore mixed with water kills,-dry hel.
lebore will motor go out in early morning
and shake them off and gather them up for
destruction. Currant borers must be des-
troyed by cutting off the stock or cane and
burning it. There are some fifteen kinds of
insects which infest currants. The May
bug is injurious, especially by eating the
roots in the larva state, the white grub in
the soil. The bugs eat the leaves Of trees
of most kinds. There is no excuse for the
existence Of the fall web worm; the web
should be cut off and burned. He also
spoke Of the borers in raspberries with great
destructive powers. Also he described in
brief appletree borers, description of which
is in the last report of the board of agricul-
ture. The wood-pecker is very destructive
to these borers, aud these birds are valuable
to the farmers In reply to a question as
to the value Of crows he said 81 don't be.
lieve in the crow" as in the spring they rob
birds nests of eggs or young; he had known
a pair to eat the young of four robins nests
in one forenoon.
Year: 1877

We make speciality of high grade Of Family and
Pastry Flour, and are using the best improved ma
chinery we'll skilled help, and none but Extra White
Winter Wheat and in fact all the necessary requisites
for making such grade OF Flour Samples sent free
at all times when requested and correspondence solicit
tad