Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-02-21


RS marched to the saloon, helped themselves %
a. seats, made themselvsas comfortable as possible
and staid till night Next morning, the same
1 party called again, and remained throughout
n the next day, were re-enlorced by strong
lr party Of recruits toward nightfall, and did
ii not depart till nine O'Clock. The disgusted
es publicans, swearing that'nota man came in
u during the two days, quietly pulled up stakes
1t packed up their unsold rum, and evacuated
,, the town without waiting for third visit.
e FASHIONABLE (UN)DREss IN LNGLAND.-
;, Quite a sensation was produced this week by
= the Morning Post (of all papers in the
world), which published terrible philippe
against the modern custom Of fashionable
4 dress, or, rather, undress. One paragraph
t will give an idea of the whole - IN nquis-
t tive man, it SAYS may now behold in the
house ola casual acquaintance, more Of the
beauties of the female relatives and connec-
tions Of that acquaintance in five minutes
than was formerly revealed without blush
by respectable women to a husband of twen-
, ty years standing"
; All the other papers are down upon the |
Poa, and defend the present scantY female |
apparel.
My sympathies are with the Post. Upon |
my word, the last time was in a West End |
drawing-room | was absolutely shocked. and .
did not know how or where to hide my bushes
l am sorry to say, also, that there were Am
encan ladies present. and that, if anything.
they exceeded their English sisters in their
devotion to the present fashion. Certainly
| learned more about human anatomy in fv.
minutes than had acquired before in all nv
/ life but it was at the sacrifice of all the re-
| spect had hitherto felt for the circle in
which found myself-London Cor Chicq-
90 Journal
How IT LOOKS TO A CHASE NAv.-Arguins
from the circumstances, we think these con
clusions are plain
l. When Grant entered the War Office. he
was IN sympathy with Congress. Subsequent
developments show the extent Of that synpa-
thy, and that the President knew Of it.
II. Grant wanted Reconstruction carried
out, and took the War Office to aid in the
work
Ill He knew there was a law which made
it his duty to resign the War Office after
Stanton 5 restoration by the Senate.
". He could not remain in the War Office
without giving the lie To his whole career.
We do not see how Gen. Grant could
have taken any other course. Ifhe really
,"'N0 N'O PioLi'9e 'He IesIueHt aue-e7, lhen
ne must be tool or knaye, for his friends I
were making ms canvass upon the express
UNDERSTANDING that IN TINS Tenure oi-Othce
Ia"' as IN an other laws, he would obey
Congress.
we are no champion oi ten. Grant We :
do not approve Of many things he has done.
We think he has allowed his amiabilitv and t
desire for quiet to place him too often in /
questionable u0>itipu and thu- tD iuiIire tho
cause. In tnis last business, however, he has ,
shown qualities that add to his great fame.
ana lustiiy the confidence OF loyal men.--N. a
J. If'''l'. f
AE5rr Cows ll,eI Ps,t.5v .r W..-,, S
Z
','' writes '' 'Ne " "''''7'''N Na'''aTd as .
follows
MIXED the last season tyg, COWS and "a [
farrow heifer and realized seven hundred n
pounds Of GOOD butter and raised two calves %
was offered TWENTY-FIVE dollars for one Inst =,
l. sH-lsut refused it. also kept aui fitr-d q u
good pig on the milk with the addition ofa Il
little corn 1t Will be- seen that very I1r-e Il
proportion of this income was from ryyae,v-.
and for cows kept almost wholly ON grass
think have no reason to clmrIoiu
Mr.. Daniel IIannum of Weston has n COW
that has in little over eleven months had fur Y
good nice calves. Can Windsor county fur
nirh more prolific cow? h'
will add as nv opinion. that if farmers will Fl
raise their hest hclcrs and feed them from
the first precisely as they would a cow 70 give -.
a good flow Of milk. they Will have very little "
reason to COMPLAIN of poor cows. and p
doubt if tip top cow can be had otherwise y,
Several persons were made INDIGNANT I'm n
Western town. on discovering that their cows "
were invariably MIXED dry and i'm their own d'
yards. One Of them set himself with a pis- m
tol to watch. and discovered the culprits.- -.
his pigs
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oAN' A. DiSf6.f1AIllN. -- Ihat there Is d B
'lii'''i',ll' 'i 'l'e maze sex porn into me NJ
" ~oIIu Is no" sehI"Hy admitted piy'ioiogical ..
per cent, and Palev somewhere argues that G.,
war is a divine disren,ation to remove this ,
inequality. \ writer in the North Brush I'D
Rerier. however. asserts that males. whether sh
boys or men, die alta faster rate than females. of
So that toward the age of eighteen the sexes IA
are about equal in number,and after that age =.
women preponderatc The average excess Of II
women he places mt three Der cent. This in
excess varies in different countries. and there ?,
Is some reason TO believe that it is gradually
]
ages is. in Scotland. l per cent IA rer cent an
in ireland of women. between twenty and o,
forty years of age, % per cent.in scotland -
and 9 per cent? Ireland. Areport. prerar- tl'
ed in 1861. estimated the excess of women in Sc
Sweden at 6.3 per cent Norway 4. ,. German On
Union. %: Holland. IS: Srain. France 4 O5;
Denmark, 0.S: Prussia. .0.7. In America the o'
excess at that time was about ) uer cent. In PI
England and Wales there are now. as shown No
by the census returns. 5I3. 600 more women -
than men. The North British writer further
asserts that there arc /. .j37 900 unmarried la
woman in these two countries eFncland - TT
he saws. "has ALWAYS been the country of old to
maid.-it is becoming SO more and more" ~
This is due to the increasino lpxurv of the
ace. Pr
n
How LYNDON Ran IN DEBT.- Ii will be
remembered that at our January meeting, At
Lyndon voted to hire about $1,000, instead OF ch
raising 1t on the grand list, for the purpose h.
OF paying current expenses. 1t has been the -
policy Of Lyndon, in years past, to keep out "a