Vermont Journal from Windsor, Vermont • 4

IY DECEMBER 2G, 1885. THE VERMONT JOURNAL. fractious to simple ones. My earliest remembrance of copy books is of those com Vermont Locals. WINDSOR COUNTY.

KFU1MWJKM -Some of our young folks went to Bel- lows Falls Wednesday "Josh Whitcomo. u.o nort a very good Christmas roi. F) Locke of Evanston, 111., is in Concerts were held by tho Unlvcrs stj and Congregational Hunday-soms. rtren did wen at racu, mm were very neatly trimmed Chas. Kith- ardson is at home.

He has been attending school at Hoboken, N. nex lee- in tho courso will ue nem evening, Dec. uu daughter are going to jew the schools close Christmas and New Year's days The boys are home Members of the G. A. Ladies' Relief Corps and tho Sons of Temperance, having lately fitted up the stage in O.

A. R. hall very tastily th new drop curtains, scenery, will hold an entertainment on Wednesday evening, Dec. ao. I.IDI.OW There were two accidents in the wool- ill.

Hntnrdav afternoon. Ida Hastings, mini works In the weave room, was clean- ing her loom, when it was In motion, with wte. This caught in tho machinery and her right hand was drawn in, cutting off the tiln nirerat the second loiut. mine iveuy, an emulovfi in the finishing room, had his band caught in tho shears. One finger was taken off entirely, and two others were so injured thot ho will lose them.

About 40 voung people rode to Plym outh, December 18, and were the guests of J. S. Brown at the Notch Tho sharp little dog belonging to tho proprietors of tho billiard room testified his dislike of the drunken row within, by iumplns through tho glass door aud walking back and forth before the door, until peace was The occupant who escaped from the lock un on Tuesday evening by getting out be tween the gratings, has been recaptured and taken to the work-house E. C. Pin ney on Pleasant street has bought a build ing lot adjoining his premises on the west for $850 Mrs.

Nelson Earle has returned from her western visit, during which she lourneyed as far as Kansas Rev. J. Hull of Ludlow, formerly of Windsor, has accepted a call to Kingston. Colby, after an absence of 17 years spent In California, is in town visiting her mother and sister, Mrs. Pier and Mrs.

B. F. Petti-grew Mrs. Mary Wetherbce, an aged la- dy, went to the cellar-way, Wednesday evening, to get a candle, and, making a mis step, K'll to the loot or the stairs, badly bruising herself besides brcakinz a Good sledding and look happy with their supplies of Christmas goods buyers arc plenty, carrying away mysterious looking bundles, and the children are jubilant this beautiful winter weather with Christmas at hand. CHESTER A class in singing has been organized to meet each Wednesday evening under the instruction of Prof.

E. C. Tcnney of Grafton. Tickets for the course of twelve lessons are $1 each, and the schools are held in the vestry of tho Congregational church Chas. F.

Howe hslds a New car's dance at Eagle hall, Dec. 21. Music furnished by Chas. Ladd and orchestra Miss Mary E. Walker, formerly preceptress of the high school, with her mother, is to remove from town shortly Mrs.

O. S. Sawyer, on whose face a cancer mado its appearance a short time ago, and who went 1 X- i 1. iu ivuhic, i. loiiaveii treated, has re-turned home, the cancer having been successfully treated there Romaiue L.

Hoi- den, while sawing a block of soapstoue at tho mill, one day recently, cut one thumb completely off, aud nearly severed the fore- finger from the hand A. D. Fletcher recently received by express a Christmas dinner consisting of four ducks, four hares, and a number of prairio chickens from a friend in Saratoga N. A drizzling rain at this writing. (Wednesday) threaU ens to spoil the sleighing which has been excellent for a few days past Prof.

Ten- ney gives lessons in singing to the pupils of the high school, each Wednesday afternoon The Episcopal and Congregational Sunday schools hold thcirannuai Christmas trees, Thursday evening, and the Baptist, Friday evening. The Universalists hold one, Saturday evening, at North Chester. FEi.t'imr,LE David Kendall died quite suddenly, Thursday morning of last week, after giving birth to an infant daughter. Mrs. Kendall was an estimable lady of about 34 years, and beloved by all who knew her.

Sh leaves a large circle of friends to mourn her loss Dr. II. E. Ober has returned home, after an absence of four weeks spent in Hanover, N. and Woodstock, and jsnogewater, with friends Mrs.

II. Her- ricK, who nas been to Rome, N. for the past three weeks to have a cancer removed is expected home this week. The operation is reported as being successful Mrs. James Stearns has improved the looks of herresideneo still more by haviii" some green blinds placed thereon M.A.

Da- vis recently sold 10,000 feet of bass wood lumber to V. R. Chamberlain of Cambride-port, to be mado into automatic and adjustable window screens, li ETHEL A correspondent writes as follows of two families in Bethel The families of David Whitaker, and David Whitaker, of this town present a longevity in ago that is seldom equalled in our country. Of the family of the former there are still living eight children, the youngest of which is over 70 years of age. Of the family of the younger David there arc now living the father and 10 children, tho voungest of which is over 38 years old, while the father now walks the streets with a firmer step at the age of 82 years than many do at (to.

Thr. are many stories told of the speed and endurance of Mr. Whitaker in his younger days that would severely task the powersof some of the professional pedestriuus of the present time. It is said that onco upon a time he started from his home in Bethel lympus (auoui eight miles west of the vil-lage) and walked, to Whitehall. N.

m. turning tho same night as far as the South hill in Stock bridge. Another of his feats in wiuKing was upon a day in December. iiunua uuuio in ljynipus at 11 A and walked down to where Robert No ble now lives, then back to the village and from thence to Windsor villago, w'hich piauc nc reacnea oaiore dark." UAYSV11XK iu. A.

Smith returned to Fargo. Dako- ta territory, on Monday Mr. Williams, tho stato missionary, preached at the Con- giusuuuinu cnurcn, last Sunday afternoon and evening The societies in this place will unite, as usual, in holiday exercises Christmas eve, at the hnll Singing schoo is held on Tuesday and Friday evenings alternately. fa IIAKTIND NKWH The annual meeting of Surprise Grange, No. 1)0, was held in Grango hall on Satur.

day evening, December iu, wnen the fol. lowing officers were elected for the ensuing year i WilHon Britton, master; James Paddlcford, overseer; James Walker, lect urer A. L. Davis, secretary; j. u.

Mor. pan, treasurer; W. W. Bagley, steward; 0. W.

Spear, assistant steward; G. II. Le-Seur, gate keeper; B. C. Jenne, chaplain; Mrs.

(i. W. rpear. lady assistant steward; Mrs. E.

W. Billings. Flora Mrs. W. W.

Bagley, Pomona; Mrs. Wilson Britton, business committee, Wilson Britton, W. W. Bagley and A. u.

iiie flirs. Barrett who broke her arm recently by fall, ing from a chair, as mentioned lust week, is in'her 90th, instead of 19th," year Frl- ay, Dec. 18. robblns were seen ana neard among me mapies ui me tu Who will send the newsroom a calendar for '80? Mail Messenger Stevens lost one of his best cows last week. He fed her salt from the bottom oi a meat barrel, and knows of no other reason for her death.

Would this cause deatli7 what is uie expe. rience of Btockmen in the matter I lie Flowers brothers are at the junction this week laying the brick for the foundation of the engine in a new factory building in that place Quite a number irom una place attended the entertainment at Windsor, Tueg. day evening. The tendeucy to social union between the two towns should be encourag. cd until it becomes as close and intimate socially as it is geographically Dr.

ltugg has been quite sick for a few days past, but, as we are glad to sec, is again out and among his patients. During ma sickih'ss, Dr. Richmond of Windsor was his medical adviser. Doctors seldom prescribe for themselves. Doctor Holmes, in the "Autocrat of the Breakfast Table," expresses tho opinion that mlllenlum won't be far off When lawyers give what Ihej would take, And dxU.r take what IhP.r would give." Miss Carrie E.

Perry leaves town this week for the study of music in New York City, and Miss Mary Pennlman of Windsor takes her place, as teacher in the graded school at Queehee W. H. Hubbard of Rutland has been employed as foreman in the foundry here, in place of F. L. Carpenter who has gone to Brattleboro.

Business at the foundry has been rather quiet for some months past, but is now greatly improved. Several furnaces for public buildings have recently been cast, the last one, no'w being mado, is for the Episcopal church building in Woodstock. The Hartland foundry easily takes a place among the many useful and convenient manufacturing establishments in town. We are truly glad to hear of the im-proved condition of our old friend R. L.

Britton, who has been reported os dangerously ill. and we hope to be able soon to report him as entirely recovered A break in the water wheel at Martin and Stickney's factory has necessitated a week's suspension of business at that place Calling on an old friend, H. B. Watriss, who has recently been confined to the house by dangerous illness, we noticed two superbly bound volumes, Picturesque Washington" and "Mother, Home and Heaven," which had been received as Christmas presents, the former by Mr. and the latter by Mrs.

Watriss is good and Ashworth has the sleighs to show you at his factory. Talk with him about it Henry S. Britton has bought the pine lumber on the farm of the late Harris Miller, and Hugh Miller is cutting it by The Emx Journal and New Hampshire Packet is a newspaper lying before us printed, Friday, February 23, 1770. Extracts from British papers, inrelation to the troubles between that country and this, make up most of its contents. This paper has been preserved in the Webster family of this town, together with a "sermon preached at the dedication of the meeting house in the vicinity of Dartmouth college, Dec.

13, 1795, by John Smith, A. Peace be within thy walls" Is tho text, and the sermon contains none of the lurid hues supposed to have been popular at the time, but is a plain, practical discourse which may be read with advantage at the present time. tiere is an extract, When the soul shall forsake its present habitation, the pleasures muicii iit-pi-itu upuu me uuuy win au vanish. The happiness of the heavenly state depends on spiritual entertainments. It consists in the love and exercise of virtue, and in the love, praise, and adoration of the source of felicity." WOODSTOCK Another fire was discovered here Monday night, in the dwelling occupied by a Mr.

Young, and the family were not awakened till the lire hnd broken through the roof; consequently scarcely anything was saved from the second story. As they are people in humble circumstances, the loss falls heavily at this season of the year Several of our young people went to Windsor to see "Josh Whitcomb" Tuesday even-day evening, and were delighted with the entertainment Tho stores have put on their holiday dress, and are being well pat-tonized for useful and ornamental presents. of FelchvUle is visiting friends here this week The measles have put in their appearance nnd many of the scholars are spending their vacation in attending to them, much to their disgust Tho Episcopal ladies held a fair and festival Monday evening, and cleared a snug little sum with which to repair their parsonage The death of Lucy, only daughter of Henry Thompson, cashier of the national bank, cast a gloom over the whole community, as sho was a universal favorite with all classes, and the pet of her own household. The family are nearly prostrated with grief. At the annual meeting of George C.

uanaau i'ost jno. 8a. G. A. the following officers were elected for the year ensu ing: fret; J.

Dr. Henry Bovnton. Woodstock chnnlain. Nathan Gushing, Woodstock officer of the day, John S. Eaton; officer of the guard, Andrew McKain.

WHITE IUVEK JUNCTION The Methodist church of which Rev. A. J. Hough is pastor, was dedicated the 10th tho Rev. A.

L. Cooper, presiding elder, conducting the exercises. Among others present were Revs. Currier, Clark, Frost. Little, Bruce, Webb, Johnson, Bryant, Sherburn, Hyde, nnd Presiding Elder Spencer.

Bishop Harris preached from 118th Psalm, 25th verse. The church was presented on behalf of the trustees by Darius lluss. In the evening an Interesting sermon was preached by Elder II. A. Spencer A young fellow, claiming to belong in Newark, was given a room at the Junction house at White River Junction, Thursday night of last week, and when ho left the next morning ho entered a room opposite his, stoio a suit of clothes belonging to Scott Clark and crossing into New Hampshire walked away.

He was captured by Sheriff Wolfe nt Lebanon, N. and lodged in Woodstock jail. Know by rending the "SriRiH'BOii' Like," the best medical work ever published, for young and nihV.lo-nged men. JSi-83 commander, m. C.Whipple of Pom- H.

.0., hdwm C. Emmons. Taftsvi V.C., V. CVaughnn.Woodstock: sunr'n. Vermont's Honored Dead Ex-Goveruor Hlland Hall of Bennington died suddeuly at the residence of Ills son, Charles, In Springfield, Hrlday oi last week.

Ho was born on a farm In lien-nlngton, July 20, 1705, and educated out of doors and In the common Bchools or mo time. At tho ogo of 24 ho had read law enough to bo admitted to tho bar, and in eight years ho una won ins louwiom unu was soul to llio legislature irom w.c town, after which he was quickly wane couuty clerk, state's attorney, and in four years congressman. Ho held the latter of- nee 10 years, uu ioa. unu ins service wn chieliy nomme lor ins nayiiig, Quiney Adams put it In his diary, Congress, man Gilliner of Vlrginla.the agent for fraud-ulfiit revolutionary claims, whoso true nat ure Hall exposed after au investigation iusi-Ing two sessions. Ho spoke against Prcsl-dent Jackson's withdrawal of the deposits from the United States Bank, in favor of distributing school funds to the states, and fiimliiHt tho utlcinnt to sunnress tho pam phlets which the slave-holders considered "incendiary documents" in tho South.

He was next appointed bank commissioner of Vermont, and for four years was judge of the supreme court; second comptroller of tho United States treasury In 1850, and in itmi land commissioner, tosemo uie uisput-cd titles of tho settlers and Mexicans in Cal ifornia. In 1854 the republican party was born, and ho was a delegato from his state to the first national republican convention at Philadelphia in 1850. In 1858 he was elected governor, and again the following It. year. Alter uis retirement irom oiuciui station lie prenared various historical pam phlcts, all preluding his Early History of Vermont," a work of 500 pages published in 18(58, and showing a historical research and accuracy that made him an authority ou local history.

lie was one of the movers in securing the celebration at Bennington in 1877, and influential In obtaining the Ver mont appropriation to the Battlo Monument which preceded those of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Ho afterward opposed and secured tho setting aside of tho weir design" lor the monument, ro ported by the committee. His life when not on official duty at Washington or Mout- pelier, was passed In liU Bennington home the center of an unostentatious hospitality which embraced the judges and chief men of his state, as tho old-time country living used to do, lie married, 1818, Dolly Tuttlc Duvis of Rockingham, who died six years ago. He had eight children, of whom four sons survive him Henry v. and John IS.

of Bennington, t. Nathaniel or Michigan, aud Charles oi bprmgneld Among the deceased daughters was the wifo of Trenor W. Park, the Bennington uiiiuvnairc, Ex-Governor Hvlaud Fletcher died at his home in Proctorsville on Saturday morning, the 10th, at the age of 80. He was the son of Asaph Fletcher and was born in Cav endish tu 1 700. He received the education of the period, and in later life, by reading and observation, remedied the defects of his earlier training.

He chose the vocation of farmer a pursuit which he followed with Intelligence and skill, until advancing years and infirmities compelled him to desist from labor. His first appearance in public life was as an anti-slavery advocate of the old school. He espoused this cause with great energy, and met with firmness all the derision and unpopularity cast upon me abolitionists or his day. 1I was also one of the leading members of tho Ameri can party in tho state, which brought him more prominently before the public. Ho was elected a senator from Windsor county and proved himself an efficient legislator.

In 1854 he was elected lieutenant governor on the ticket headed by Judge Stephen Roycc, and served until 1856, when he was elected by the free soil party the twenty-sixth governor of Vermont, and served until 1858. Ililaud Hall succeeded him. Ho was a representative from Cavendish from 1801 to 1804, and took a prominent part in the legislation of those years. was frc-buontly honored with official position in associations and societies, and in 18G4 was a republican presidential elector, lie had been vice-president of tho American Anti-slavery society, and president of the National Temperance society and the Vermont Baptist state convention. He was for many years a member of the Baptist church in Cavendish.

He was happy in his marriage a union that proved to he a blessing of his life, and had one son, Col. Henry A. Fletcher of Cavendish. Gov. Fletcher was a brother of Hon.

Richard Fletcher of Boston, a law partner of Daniel Webster. Another brother, Horace Fletcher, D. was a lead ing JJaptist clergyman. Woman SufTrngo Association. Tho second annual meeting of the Vermont Woman's Suffrage association which was recently held at Danby was conducted by the president, C.

W. Wyman of Brattleboro. The convention was addressed by Rev. Ada C. Bollcs of Boston, and these papers were read Progressive People," by Mrs.

C. E. Davidson of Ncwfanc. Mrs. Mary W.

Foster of Montpelier read a paper written by Mrs. O. E. Butterlield of Wil-mington. Miss Laura Moore read a paper for Mrs.

C. J. Clark of Peacham, Do tho Women of Vermont Desire tho Ballot?" Questions were also asked and answered on different features of suffrage work. The resolutions adopted reiterate that good government can only be reached by the combined strength of all persons interested in it; that in tho bill of rights upon which our government was based women possess the same natural and inalienable rights accorded to men; that the votes of "women are imperatively needed to promoto tho interests of temperance, purity and peace, to give woman greater self-respect aud per sonal mnepenuence, onu to secure to wom an tne same pay ior tne same service rendered that the safety and future prosperity of this nation depends upon the immediate recognition of tho fact that women, as well as men, have a right to self-government anu seii-reprcsentaiion. The association resolves to uso their united efforts for tho right or suffrage and to hold office the same as men and to make a judicious dis tribution of suffrage literature as well as a faithful circulation of petitions to the Vermont legislature for women's enfranchisement.

Officers were elected for the coming year as follows President, C. W. Wymau of Brattleboro vice-presidents, one for each county in the state secretary, Miss Laura Mooro of liarnet treasurer, Mrs. E. J.

Nel son of West Burke auditor, Rev. George a -i. i o. vimsu oi vviuy unancc committee, ucv, Geo. L.

Story, J. C. Griffith, and Mrs. 8, F. Leonard.

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DOMINION COBKESPONDENCK, MONTHKAl, 1)00. SO, 1888. Let mo in Imagination go back once more amongst tho Now England hills, and linger for on hour amidst the scenes of fifty to six- ty years ago. Let mo present beforo your readers, of whom not one-fourth can rccol-lect them, the district school of those days. Tho position of the school-houBo In those days was frequently bleak and desolate, and and the average exterior appearance grim and uninviting.

How has tho heart of ma-ny a young teacher sunk within him, as on a dark December morning he approaehod for tho first timo such a building, in which he expected to spend the days of three wintry months And on entering it his dejee tion would In no wlso bo relieved. Naked walls, without ornament or paint, greeted him on every sldoj continuous desks on three 6ldes, with openings for tho admission of scholars only at tho ends, of coarse material, whittled and hacked, and three long benches behind them, accommodated tho larger scholars with seats while three planks were nailed to these in front, upon which tho smaller children were expected to sit bolt upright, perhaps without being able to touch tho floor with their feet, dur. ing bIx long hours a day. No timepiece greeted him with its familiar tkkt; no black board was thcro upon which ho could the more readily and clearly communicate his thoughts to tho scholars no globe, no die tionary, nothing. The most ordinary shop, that of tho very cobbler, required somo fix turesj but the school-bouse that needed uothing but a roof and four desolate, naked walls Aud how, in those far-off days, was this barn of a thing warmed By a fireplace, with chimney so wide-throated that more of tho heated air went out through it than was thrown Into the school-room.

Tho wood to bo used frequently lay out, half burled in snow, in great logs and long, crooked limbs and when some was wanted one of the big boys was sent out to chop it. Such was tho average school house of fifty or sixty years ago in New England, with the above described accommodations and surroundings. Now let us Bccwhat capabilities for properly directing the odu cation of children and for imparting in-struction the average teacher of those dayi possessed. Not one In a hundred of them had ever entered a place where any higher instruction could be obtained than that in which they taught very few of them had ever read anything but their ordinary school books, with, perhaps, a stupid week ly newspaper not one in fifty had had any lengthened experienced in teaching, and had never thought of considering the dls-positions and capabilities of his pupils. llis knowledge of grammar was necessarily superficial and liecould easily be stuck" in arithmetic.

The eventful past was a blank to him, and the present, even, was almost unknown beyond the ken of the sen-sible horizon. There are persons living who taught fifty years ago, who will vouch for the general correctness of this description of the average teacher of that time. I know, too, and will tell what wages he used to get. From ten to fifteen dollars a month, sometimes eighteen, and sometimes less than ten. And he had to board round" in those days being three or four nights at one place, then half a dozen at another, until he had made the whole district uncomfortable with his presence and himself miserable with so much changing.

It goes without saying that there was no class in those days who made teaching a profession they, only, took it up who were in a sense obliged to, to tide over a few years between youth with its indecision and something else, and they dropped soon as possible. The above is a fair appreciation of the average school-teacher of half a century ago. Let us now enter a school of that time and see how it was conducted and what books were used. Anything like regularity in arriving at school during the winter months was, and no doubt still is, Impossible in districts out of the villages and I remember well how my father used to take us boys" to school on a sled drawn by a heavy yoke of oxen. And I shall not forget, either, how we little ones used to sit all day upon those uncomfortable benches, with no slates or pencils, with no books, with nothing to busy our restless little minds and-limbs all the long day; absolutely with no occupation but to stand up by the teacher four times a day for a few minutes and' say our letters and spell out short words.

How differently the little ones aro treated now They have slates and pen cils; and make pictures and letters and write words, and are, at once, somebody. As they advanced, what inappropriate books were frequently put into their hands I I read in the "English Reader" wnen seven or eight years old a work filled with se lections from Blair and Hume, Dr. Johnson and Addison with translations from Cicero and Pliny; with poetical quotations from Cowpcr and Young, Thomson, Milton and Pope. Our class might as well have read Sallust in the original text. I do not name this as the average hook that such children then read tho case was no doubt exception al, but it shows what was possible in those days.

The average scholar had little to do with arithmetic before twelve or thirteen years old but I remember that a geography was put into my hands when nine or ten, but it was entirely above my capacity, Spelling was dono orally no words were given out to be written down. As a general thing each scholar went along by himself in arithmetic; tho teacher "showing" him how to do any example he could not work No definite explanations of general arith metical principles were attempted. Few or no examples, to stir up tho energies of tho pupil and to set him thinking, were ever given. In the arithmetics then used nothing was said about prime numbers and prime factors; nothing about the highest common factor aud least common multiple no attention was paid to cancellation of any problems, not even in reducing compound posed of soveral sheets of unruled paper stitched to an old newspaper or a bit of pasteboard, for cover. The teacher had to rule them, set the head-Hues and make tho pens from common goose-qullls.

Those who havo had this to do for a large school will bear mo out In saying it was a sevcro task. How different all this to-day I School. houses are made comfortable, pleasant and attractive; they ure provided with chro. nometers, maps, globes and dictionaries. The teachers havo generally had long and careful training, with tho object of teaching in view, and they bring iulo tho school- room, at their first entrance- as teachers, minds already adapted to that occupation.

Books aro selected which are fitted to the capacities of tho youngest as well as to thoso of the most advanced. Tho smallest child on entering school begins at onco to bo edueaUd his mind is drawn out," as the word literally means, and ho Is set to thinking. And as no advances day by day, modes of instruction aro devised and sub jects for examination provided to keep him coutinually Improving With these two sets of conditions before me- that of tho public schools of fifty years ago and that of the schools of to-day I am led to consider with greater respect the achievements of those who lived In those days and a little before. Somo of them, like J. G.

Whlttier, with no other means of education within their reach, have become famous for their literary productions; whilst thousands of them became locally uoted for their acquirements and the great body of them were well qualified to dis charge the duties devolving upon them as members of an enlightened, progressive community. When I tell you that CO died of small-pox In the city during tho week ending on the 12th, you will think we havo no cause for congratulation. Tho death rate was likely a little less during the past week. 135 were in the hospitals on Friday, and the number of barricaded dwellings was reduced. Monday Mokniso.

Dec. St. Sevccal light flurries of snow during the past week, with little thawing, havo given us excellent sleighing. Overcast at 7 this moriiing, with mercury just at zero, for the first time this season. g.

it. An Important Decision. Judge Wheeler of tho United States court has just made an importaut decision, dismissing the bills of the American Diamond Rock Boring company against Sheldons Slason, Woodfin, and the Suther-land Falls Marble, company for using diamond drilling machines manufactured by tho Sullivan Machine company of Clare- lnont, iN. which the complainants claim infringed on a patent owned by them. The decision Is an important one, as there nrc nine other case against marblo compauies in this state which will be controlled by it, and although tho complainants have appealed to tho United states supreme court, the decisiou practically ends ten years of expensive litigation.

The decision was given on a re-argument or the case at the recent term of the United States court at Brattleboro, where B. F. Thurston of Providence, R. aud E. G.

Thompson of New lork city, appeared for the plaintiffs, and E. T. Rico of New York and Col. A. F.

Walker of Rutland for the defendants. The Rutland Herald gives the following history of tho case. The Sullivan machine company began to manufacture diamond rock drills for channelling and gadding in 1870. The hits have solid heads in which rows of black diamonds are set. The channelled cost from five to six thousand dol- irs and tho Gadders from $1500 to $2000.

The American Diamond Drill company, as li was men cauca, at once brought suit in the New York courts against tho Sullivan company, claiming that the latter method or diamond boring infringed on their patent taken out by P. Rudolphe Lcchot, which was originally for an annular diamond bearing bit, taking out a core in its work, and adapted for long distnnce boring. Tho patent was about this time reissued for tho New York company to cover a solid drill head as well as tho annular one. The hearing on the first case in 187(1 resulted in a decision for the Diamond Rock Boring company and an order for an accounting for all the profits made by the Sullivan company In the manufacture of drills. Af ter this suits were brought- in Vermont against sneiaons biason, tiilson Wood-fin and the Sutherland Falls Marblo conma- ny, and after they had dragged In the courts awhile, Judge heeler followed tho precedent of the New York court and decided for the complainants, and also ordered an accounting for the profits the marblo com panies had made in using the machines at tneir quarries.

An injunction was put on using them and J. W. Stewart was appoint ed to make the account which the claim ants were entitled to. In the meantime. Samuel A.

Duncan who was appointed by the court as master in chancery to make the account in tho decisiou there, brought in a statement awardiug the Diamond com pany about $15,000 and costs. When the report was presented Judge Shipman listen cd to new arguments and reversed tho first decision and dismissed the bills, lie decided that tho reissued Leschot pateut was invalid, because its claims were larger than the claims of the original patent, as they attempted to cover a solid Head, while the first patent could only protect an annu- lar drill. The complainants appealed to the United States supremo court. Judgo Wheeler then ordered a new hearing on the Vermont cases, which were accordingly re-argued at Brattleboro last month, with the result at first stated. Now the pa tent on the Lescuot drill has expired, and only damages can be recovered, and as both parties have spent ten years in wrangling and about $10,000 each in money, tho cases arc not likely to go farther.

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Cose, ono pill. All druggists sell them. BATl'HUAY, DECEMBER 20, 1885. The Dakota Debute. Tho debftto in tlie United State's senate on Thursday, upon Senator Butler's rcsolu-tlon concerning tho recently organized state government In South Dakota, gave him more light than he asked for.

Instead of being a revolutionary proceeding, as that gentleman characterized it, tho facts of his-tory show that at least five of tho states took precisely tho same courso to obtain admission to tho Union, with tho approval of such well known democrats as Jefferson, Jackson, and Buchanan. The people of a part of Michigan orgauized themselves Into a stato and completely wiped out the tcrrl-torial government. Beforo any enabling net of con cress thev put their state govern- mont into effect and sent senators and rep resentatives to Washington to demand admission, and they were admitted with the nnnroval of Andrew Jackson. Arkansas, Tennessee, Minnesota, Oregon, and other states organized before tho passage of any enabling act. and South DaKotn is oniy iui- 1 tnnnv rreeedents.

The area em- 'J braced in South Dakota is 28,000 square miles larger thau New York, and its popu-lation Is greater than that of several states in tho Union, numbering 202,000. In the light of history, therefore, tho Concord Monitor maintains that Dakota has good ground to organize a stato government and 1 -f A. 11. demand admission iu wu vu.uu. Some time ago tho people of San Francis, co, obtained information of tho exist enco of an organization called "The Social istic Revoluilonary Association." A close watch was kept on their movements, and the police finally succeeded in obtaining the minutes of one of their meetings held November 23.

From these evidence was obtained that it was intended to assassinate about 20 men, including Y. T. Coleman, Congressman W. W. Morrow, Gen.

W. II L. Barnes, Mayor Bartlett, United States Judge Lorenzo Sawyer, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, Governor Stoneman, the principal police officials and several others. The plot was brought to a sudden termina tion by tho discovery of the assassin's head quarters by tho police and the arrest of four men found therein. In the room was al-so found a complete laboratory for manu facturing infernal machines.

The men were taken to the city prison, where they boldly asserted that they were dynamiters and proposed to get iid of the citizens named and then raze Chinatown. Senator IIoab of Massachusetts has in troduced a bill for the repeal of what is known as the tenure of office law. This law, which has found a place in the Rcvis- cd Statutes, has been in force for twenty years, its enactment being an incident of the unhappy and demoralizing conflict be tween the president and the senate in John- eon's administration. Under its provision the president may suspend an officer until the close of the following session of the sen ate, reporting to that body the suspension and the nomination to fill the vacaucy and if, at the end of the session, no nomination has been confirmed, the office remains va cant. The law accomplished the purpose for which it was intended, in taking from the president at the time of its enactment the power of removal from office.

Its later effect has been to increase the power of the senate by so much as it takes from the pres ident the matter of official patronage. Speaker Caklisle is reported to have received over a hundred applications from members of the house to be assigned to service on the committee on labor. It is considered a field in which popularity with the toiling masses" may be won quickly and cheaply. Among the applicants are General Weaver, the Iowa greenback chief, (the illiterate Frank Lawlcr of Chicago, and others of much the same stamp. Mr.

T. V. Powdcrly, grand master of the Knights of Labor, is now in Washington volunteering advice to the speaker as to the formation of this committee. If men like Weaver and Lawler are assigned to this committee, it maybe expected that some very remarkable measures will be reported to the house. The Richmond State has been devoting itself to the accumulation of statistics upon the subject of marriage, with results that may Interest those Southern journals which arc in the habit of jeering at the infrequcn-cy of marriage and the frequency of divorce in New England.

It finds that in Richmond during tho past ten years the increase in population lias been over 14,000, while tho increase in tho number of marriages has been but ten. The only answer which the young men of the city appear to bo able to give regarding such a stato of affairs is, that it costs too much to marry, an excuse that has been given elsewhere. Tiik United States court at Utah is investigating tho alleged conspiracy of Mormon leaders to discredit the officers of the government. Tuesday a witness was on tho stand who testified that she was hired to come to Salt Lake City for that purpose, and that the scliemo was a failure. In view of Mormon threats, Judgo Zane told the members of the grand jury that if assaulted they should be prepared to defend them selves.

A coixiEiiY explosion occurred at tho Ferndalo pit, near Pontry Pridd, Wales, Wednesday, and at least fifty men killed, and scores of others terribly burned. There were 750 workmen in the mine at the time of the disaster. F. W. McGkttwok has been nominated by the president for the St.

Albans post-office and the Brattleboro Reformer is riled." Meanwhile II. Atkins is Bmiling..