Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-01-16
n UMBER TWENTY-NINE.
A NEW YE,R's INcIDEST.-The Phiadel-
NH, N,,,L American relates the following

phia North american relates the following
There were two interesting scenes presented In
the mOrning-the distribution Of bread to the
poor. From No. 1916 Csllowhill street, four
furniture car loads Of bread were distributed
among the poor who applied for it, by the well
known ex-deputy sheriff, Robert G.. Bender
Everybody knows Mr. Bender. The poor all
about the vicinity are the constant recipients Of
his bounty At ten O'Clock the doors Of his Of
fee were thrown open, to a crowd comprising
about two hundred people at time. and for two
hours the distribution continued There we're
all kinds Of people among his benehciaries (; >
large proportion Of them were very aget females
in little shawls and last century caps, who took
the bread with trembling hands, tucked it under
their shawls, and tottered away, leaving behind
them the beneliction, . The saints rest yer sOwl.
NIsther Binder - All who appeared needy
were supplied. though the breath Of some Of
them indicated iondness for whisky.
\ stout woman in furs entered the premises
with the abrupt question;
Sc Is it here yees give out bread -
-' Yes said Mr.. Bender. &c We give it here
today
- Give me four loaves, thin. ="
.' Have you a family, ma am -
-.I have Five boorlhers is me family"
-' Are You married ma -
- Faith, ain't I'm wildly
e. You don't lock poor. There are others here
who want bread much worse than you DO"
- And We won't gi' me the four loaves,'
Sc No ma am" CIIere an agel woman. in
tattered frock, drew near.l This is the kind
of people for whom this bread is intended You
are well-fed and don't need it,
. Faith, thin, ye can kape yer dirty bread
The sole o. me foot 10 ye- Bad luck to yer door
sill Faith. Ia 20 without atciu til wint al
legs and consumption, like a SICK turkey, So |
would, afore III ate a Dit Of il.
4 policeman, at the moment, tapped tlic itaIe
female upon the shoulder. She turned on iilm-
'' oh, I amt atearl o you no more than the
other blackguaryL Belad, an al my b0or,lhers
n vote agiu sc, next election. Saying which
the woman rushed around % 4 bakery fo buy
bread for -- her Eve boorlhers.'
The gilt of this bread was timely to most Of
the recipients Three hundred more loayes were
distributed by Mr.. G.. e.. Overlook, FROM the
Junction Hotel, Eleventh AMI Vine street,
about the same kind Of a crowd appeared, and
the bread was dispensed in Ike manner. \
good many children who asked for it sad that
their mothers were sicA st home
TINS ARMIES or uE WoELD.-Wc ihink
it great thing tp maintain va army Of
a million mcn-anl it is-but when we
look at the armies maintained by the Europ-
can nations in time of peace we shall sec
thar We are bvn0 means subjected 10 keav-
Ter burdens than other nations. The peace
establishment Of kustria consists Of 100000
soldiers. and yet Austria has population
only FIVE millions larger than that Of the
United States. counting in all It's prOvinces-
Prussia maintains still larger army in pro-
portion To her population, having 10000
soldiers in time Of peace in Il population OF
l. 900 900 France, with a population Of
81 900 900. has military peace establish
ment Of go 900 men. The army Of Russia
Is relatively the smallest. being but $50 900
in a population Of 20 900 600. These EurOp-
can armies are not militia occupied in pro-
ductivc pursuits in time Of peace, but pr)fes-
sional soldiers, kept in constant equipment
and preparation for service. They are -
many thousand men taken constantly from
productive labor, and maintained By the labor
the remainder Of the people. When We
consider how expensive are the ciy1 govern
ments of EUROPE; how large portion of the
results Of productive industry goes to support
the aristocracies. the great church establish
ments, and the numerous non-prOdueers Of all
classes and that the rewards Of labor are
much less in Europe than in this country, it
would seem that the popular burden borne
here in time Of war is actually less than that
! which the people Of the old countries endure
constantly. II is 50, although the expense Of
maintaining our armies is much greater than
that Of any Of the armies of Europe. If we
could find means Of protecting the treasury
against the army Of plundercrs, we could
stand up under the burdens Of such war as
this, and feel itno more than the people Of
Europe feel the burden of their peace e7tab
lishments.-Sprirgfeld Republican.