Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-09-29
ITEMS AT HOME AND ABROAD.

-THlEr CAuGHr.-A gentleman in this
village, incited to watchfuness by recent rob
berries of fruit from his garden, had the good
fortune on Saturday evening, to detect a
young man in the act Of stealing his grapes.
After a sharp chase over the fence into an
adjoining lot and scuflle, in which he lost
his hat and pail, tho robber was surrounded
and taken prisoner" dragged by the captor
to window, where the light Of a lamp clearly
revealed his features, and then allowed to
depart In this case the gentleman, for his
own reasons, chooses not to mako public the
name of the thief. 1t is time, however, in
our opinion that an example was made. The
security Of property demands not only the
publication (when possibly Of the names Of
such offenders, however respectable hitherto,
but also their summary conviction and pun
l-hmcnt i'll due course Of law. For the steal
ing of money there may sometimes be some
show Of excuse. Tho thief may have q family
whom the silver may save from staryution
but the stealing of choice fruit, just az it is
ready to reward the labor and care of its
owner, or intended rcrchancc to moistcn the
parched lips Of a sick friend, is an offence for
which no extcnuation can be found
WALTON 5 Daily journal will be pub
lishcd as usual during the coming session and
in the opinion Of its editor, will nave plenty
of important and interesting business to
chronicle.
TFRss Daily Journal 81 90 in advance
Waterman & journal, weekly,
during session, - "
" months, $50 as
to include the public acts.) 50
-THE TRlBuNE& TELEGRAPH (St. Alban,)
has experienced n change in its ownership and
editorial responsibility. Mr. & c. Sampson
retires and Mr.. T. X Pangborn, who has
heretofore done much of the political writing
for the paper, takes the entire control as
editor and proprietor. The size Of the sheet
will be somewhat reduced, but in a ,pearancc
we trust and believe there will he a decided
improvement. We wish Mr.. Pangborn all
success.
VIZ HAVE received the first number of
small, well filled sheet, called The Blott-r,'
published in Ludlow, Vt, by K. 5. Warner,
and edited by W. B. Bacon. The Blouer
adopts the platform of the Republican
Party in regard to slavery and endorses the
Prohibitory Liquor Law. 1t also takes ground
against the Pope a. for instance:
we shall use our efforts to stay the papal
power, and raise a warning cry whenever we
discover usurpers " under his inhucucc" en-
deavoring to destroy our Institutions"
---THE Woodstock Age corrects an error
as follows: We were sorry to sec in de-
mocratic paper in this State, the week before
election, the statement that Merritt Clark is
opposed to Nebraska bill This Of course is
an error, and such statement should not be
made even for tho pitablc excuse Of securing
a fow asolition votes
-THE ELEVENTH Annual Fair of the Ad-
Olson County Agricultural Society will be
held at Middlcbury, on Wednesday and
Thursday, the 4th and 5th days of October,
1854, An Address will be delivered, within
the grounds, on Thursday afternoon, by Pro-
lessor j. a. Nash, Of Amherst, Mass. Space
will be provided for Animals and Articles
IRON out of the county that shall be brought
for exhibition, and all persons from abroad,
SO disposed, are respectfully invited to ex-
hibit.