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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-06-12

MALONE is to have a new hotel, four stories
high, with front Of 200 feet on Main Street,
and of 100 feet on Elm St. The foundation
walls are now being laid for it. One or two
handsome private residences in Malone are
building of the Mallett's Bay pressed brick.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-06-12

On assembling in the afternoon the coustitu-
ton Of the Association was read.
Nj Kfe and his board Of teachers were elected
honorary member, oftbe Association, and several
teacher. joined the Association. Mr. Rne cx-
pressed his thank. for the honor shown him and
his co-iaborers.
Rev. Nh. Frost read an essay on '' The neces-
sity of correct and thorough elementary iusruc-
ton in the common Schools, and was followed
by Messrs. Lel,cuw5rth, Abbott and Goodrich
in interesting remarks on the same subject,
showing the necessity of teaching the c3nsonaut
sounds more perfectly than Is sometimes done.
Mis- i. A. Chipman Of Essex, read an es-
say on '-Tle vacation Of the true teacher She
presented the relation Of Il teacher and pupil to
each other, their respective responsibilities, and
the animus and labor appropriate for the
;elchar.
Mr. Goodrich lnlMr. Cilley followed with re-
marks
Mr.. Kile spoke words Of encouragement to the
teachers present, contrasting thepresent with the
past, showing how much better the labors Of the
teacher were now appreciated, AMI assuring them
that "a brighter lay was dawning on the schools
of Vermont
The customary resolutions were passed, thank
ing the people Of Huntington for their kind at
tentions to the members Of the Association and
friends of Education present.
Remarks were made by Mr.. q. W. sayles Of
Huntington and Mr. Leayenworth, and the czer-
cises closed.
The occasion was one Of high interest to all
present, both citizens and teachers, and unques-
tionably of profit to those for whose special bene
fit It was instituted.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-06-12

We notice that Rev j. E. Goodrich Sd
perintendent Of the City Schools Of Burlinc-
ton, Is putting his hands to the work of bis
office. with Characteristic vigor and earnest
ness.-IIis cards for examination of teachers
and the weekly report of schools are models
worthy of imitation Windsor Journal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-06-12

ACCIDENT AT WNoosKI.-Mr Case, Super
intendent Of the work of enlargement and
repair Of the Touring mill at Winooski, had
a serious fall Of some twenty-five feet per
pendicularly on to the rocks below the mill,
about six O'Clock Monday evening by which he
suffered compound fracture Of one of his
arms, the bones being pushed through the
the skin. DR. Thayer was sent for.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-06-12

The FNIANs.-There is plenty Of Fenian
talk nowadays, on this side Of the line ;
and full grown Fenian scare On the other;
but We can find nothing tangible on which to
base an opinion that the folly and insanity Of
a Fenian invasion of Canada is likely to be
repeated. All Is quiet ON the Vermont front
Ter, and dispatches from Malone say that the
reports Of Fenian movements in that quarter
are all false The only substantial effect Of
all the stir is to give the pockets Of some Of
the Fenian managers fresh lining Of green
backs put the Canadian government and
people to an heavy outlay of money, and inf
mite annoyance and trouble; and to keep to
gether and consolidate the New Dominion Of
Canada, which else would probably soon be
rattling to pieces.
P.S. The St Adams Transcript, We per-
ceiye, thinks there must be some FIRE under
all the smoke. 1t says Judging from the
action Of the Canadian authorities. we
are justified in believing that movement
has been and probably is contemplated.
Whether it Is now indended that it shall
come off this summer or another we are not
posted" sufficiently to say.
The Trmscr1pi evidently knows just as
much about the matter as the rest Of us. and
not much more. We DO not see ipthe action
Of the frightened Canadians any good ground
for belief in speedy invasion. and We think
it will be coming of this sunmeror anoth-
er. for some years 70 come.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-06-12

Mr.. DlcEENs has sent seventeen hundred
dollars to Boston gentleman for the produc-
ton OF two hundred and fifty copies of the
Z" O'd Curiosity Shop" printed In raised let
ters5 for the use Of the blind n the Perkins
Institute at Boston.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-06-12

George Dimon Kellogg, Esq. whose death
we announce elsewhere, was a graduate OF
the Uniyersity,o of Yt.ofthe Glass Of 53.He was
the son of Hon. D. o. Kellogg, Of Brooklyn,
n. Y, and nephew Of Mrs. Geo. W. Bene-
dict Of this city He had been in failing
health for several years.
Rev. VIM. H. Lord Is 10 sail for home III
the Scotia, which leaves London on the 20th
instant.
President smith Of Dartmouth College has
become exhausted with labor and will he re-
lieved for time of his duties. Ex President
Lord is in declining health.
Gen. H. Henry Baxter has been elected one
of the Directors Of the Chicago and North
Western Railroad Company.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-06-12

FNANCIM.-Mr. Schenck q me L. ~.
Com. Of the tax-bill, figures up tae I'.'.
and expenditures for the fiscal y'1I ''
June 80, 1868 as follows -a,.-.
Total receipts. ....... c'-. So. 10 os>.
Total expenditures &c.,. eel .''i'''
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-06-12

orlired. in allusion to some Of Mr.. Cleys remarks
on Whispering GLOW can teacher perform
her duties to her classes and have the due atten-
ton Of each scholar,'' saying she has not eyes
enough to detect all the devices scholars will in
vent to communicate with each other, besides that
of whispering.
Mr. Cilley replied let the scholars know that
You are a man or woman of order, and so enlist
their attention in the study that they will have
no desire for anything else.
Mr. Kile of Vergennes said the most practical
education is the most liberal, and the teachers
profession is one Of the most honorable and use
ful which can be held by any person.
In the evening Rev. Mr.. Ferrin delivered an
address on the 'Relaton of the District School to
the Higher Institutions Of Learning in our
Country He treated his subject with the skin
Of master. iInpressing all who heard it with the
idea that the common school is the nursery Of
the Academy and the College.
SECOND DAY.
Saturday morning the Association assembled
at Q O'Clock
Mr.. Frost replied to the question How should
Mental Arithmetic be taught He recommended
object teaching for young scholars, and for more
advanced ones a logical process Of reasoning.
Mr.. Chaplin thought mental and written Ar
ithmetic should be taught together.
Mr. Kile answered the question Glow many
/ - ~ 49, , ,l,,,1 10 most r,.o6+obIv
taught by saying that fire days in a week and
five hours in a day was as much time as could be
proftabIy spent in the school room. He illus
trated his position by facts.
Mr. Perrin compared the number Of hours in
which the teacher worked, with those who per-
formed physical labor.
Mr. Ciney said the five hours Of the teacher
are as fltiguing as the twelve or fourteen hours
of the farmer.
This gave rise to the inquiry by Mr.. Goodrich
Of Burlington, If FIVE hours Of labor in the
school room, is all the man or woman can well
endure for how many hours Is it safe to subject
the child to close application to his books 20 1t
was suggested by Messrs. Goodrich and Kile that
ten or fifteen minutes at time, was as long as
the close attention Of little child could be Sc
cured to his studies, and the time might be in
creased as the child advanced in years.
Miss Jennie s. White Of Huntington, read an
essay on knowledge" showing the power and
influence it gave its posseszor the means Of Oh
tanning it, and the necessity Of the right I'M
proyement of youthful days to become possessed
/ Of the treasure.
NJ Mayo read an interesting essay on the
| importance Of Intellectual Culture.
The question-Can a teacher rightiuly COM
/ pei scholar to pursue a study if his parents do
not wish it was discussed by several persons.
Remarks we're made by Dr. Bromley, IrT.
Chcsmore, l. c. Snyder and others.
Mr. Goodrich illustrated effectively the method
Of teaching Physical Geography, with the use Of
Guyot's Wall Maps
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-06-12

Estimated balance Of receipts over eA-
penditure ..,7 sJ5.3l3
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-06-12

1t is remarked that the all-oa''i'-'
Ben Wade's favorite bird.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-06-12

The astute Portlanders say that one third
Of all the freight that finds its way to the
club" is transport d over the Vermont Cen
tral, Ogdensburg being the principal feeder.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-06-12

The dcle-ates v'll provide themselves w.thproper
credentials from their several town caucusc-.
vs.. BRNSvAID, C,,,,.+,-
II. % NEWELL, s
4. G.. WEIGH. y '
Burlington. June sth, I-d-.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-06-12

Miss WINNIE REAH A gentleman in whose
judgment We place confidence, and who
knows Winnie Ream, the sculptures, informs
us that our Washington correspondent has
done the lady injustice in his rather sarcas
tic illusions to her. She is, we are told, a
correct and worthy young woman, though
perhaps somewhat spoiled by petting and
over praise and of decided talent in the line
she has chosen, although the execution of
alife-size statue Of Mr.. Lincoln may be a some
what ambitious undertaking for her powers
Horpers Weekly says of her
Miss Ream is native of Madison, Wis
cousin, but has resided Tor some years in
Washington. She was engaged in writing
in one Of the Departments at the time when
she made her first attempt in the plastic art
She has had little regular artistic training,
what she has accomplished being chiefly the
results of natural genius and application
Her strong love for her work, and enthusi-
assn in it, warrant her in deyoting herself to
it, and striving for the utmost success
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-06-12

'.Co>FEssIoNs' OF An EMINENT Physician.
At the dinner Of the Massachusetts, Medical
Society, in Boston, Wednesday, the veneer
able Dr. Jacob Biselow, who has reached
the age Of thrrc-score and ten, remarked that
he was proud and happy to be able TO say
that for the last half century he had not been
obliged to keep his house. or to stay at home
for "A single day, on account Of any indispo
sition or malady whatever. lie knew not to
what he should attribute this singular exemp-
ton for 50 long period, except it be to the
Joint facts, which he did not boast of excell-
ing in, but had been enabled to practice =
temperance, hard ,rorE, and abstinence from
medicine.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-06-12

IAlNtAA-- -L-4Nlu = heille- OF tuc urm OF
Chells * Hunt. has sold his interest in store
and goods in Fairfax to Ira F. Hunt for
$1,000
L. B. Hunt, of the frm OF Hunt Il Brush.
in the manufacture Of Tinware, has sold his
interest to 4. G.. Brush for 81 500.
DEAru OF Hon. DANIEL P. TnoArsox-
Hon. D. P. Thompson of Montpelier, died at
his residence in that place on saturday eve
ming, in the I'D year Of his age. He was
born in Charlestown, Mass, but his parents
soon after removed to Berlin in this state.
After graduating at Middlebury College in
1870, he went Ia Virginia, teaching for
while, and was admitted to the bar of that
State, where he practiced law. After few
years he returned to Montpelier, and was for
a time the editor of the Green Mountain
Freeman. He held. at times, several re-
sponsible local Offices, among them Judge Of
Probate and Secretary OF State but owed his
celebrity to his novels MAY Martin, or the
Money Diggers, ard The Green Mountain
Boys ran through many editions in this
country and were repubished in England.
His later tales Locke Amsden, .. The Ran
gers and "Cantela, were less successful.
and there are many minor tales and sketches
from his pen, written for the weekly and
monthly serials, which we believe have never
been collected in book form. His stories
were mainly of American life and Adventure,
like Cooper's. The Montpelier Journal says
of him
Judge Thompson was not swift compos-
er, and for several years through physical dis
ability the use Of the pen has been difficult,
yet his industry has made one Of the most
voluminous Of Vermont's authors. Though
he was not of high rank either for genius, or
grace as a writer. vet his books strike the
average Of readers iayoably, and will be read
and remembered when even better literary
,,orf,,y-,,, rcaS ,Viil no f.rtrottaD -
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-06-12

Waterloo AND MAG,G RLWAr.-Ihe
Directors of the ;. $. d C. Railway Company
have decided 90 commence work between that
place and Magos this summer, the Hon. 4.
B Foster having contract to build the
road \ party ofeusineers began the sur
yey IF the route Wednesday
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-06-12

SWEET SyrEEN. Tho distinguished
member of the Vermont Bar" whose
lines we copy in another column, We under
stand resides in Burlington. That he can he
witty as wen as graceful in verse. his fa-
nous poem on -E--ez junction published
year or two since, amply showed.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-06-12

Marie Ho>u.-We are indebted to Mr.
Hiram Booth. of Jericho. Vt, for a specimen
Of bis skin in the manufacture of E. Maple
Honey" of unsurpassed clearness. and Of de
lici0us flavor
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-04-09

and then the piece of wood firmly fixed in
and fastened (; then comes the letter of man.
uscript to be written, and this only requires
a little care. The right hand holds the stile,
which we found most suitably made of ag-
ate, and costing. at any booksellers, half a.
crown the forefnger of the left hand keeps
count Of the number Of wires written: and
should any interruption take place, the wri.
ter has only to count, and remember the
number Of lines he has written, and it is very
seldom that one line obliterates another.
MOI unless after the lapse of some days in re-
stunning the work does the memory prove
treacheroGs. We may hope, however, that
there are few blind persons but who have
| some kind friend or companion to assist and
comfort them, and it is easy for that friend
| to look over the manuscript. This was NOT
required by my husband, whose correctness
was such, even as to punctuation, that the
printer seldom made any mistakes in the
copy As the mere comfort Of being able to
write a letter to friend is pleasure to ev.
| erybody, l feel certain, if a trial of the ma
chine describe were made, the blessing tC
the educated blind would be great indeed
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-04-09
Importance of Learning q Trade.

The most useful and reliable friend that
a man can have, is good trade
This remark is applicable not only
to those who are habitually employed in
manual labor but also to those who have
reached more available positions in business
life. Every day there are instances OF men
slipping from high rounds to the lowest one
in the ladder of wealth. Business men
often find themselves engulphed in the sea
of financial embarrassment, from which they
emerge with nothing but their personal re-
sources to depend upon for living. Clerks,
statesmen and others find themselves thrown
out of employment with no other means of
gaining livelihood.
How many young men are there in the
city of New York to-day, asks the San,
some of whom have families dependent upon
them for support, who bewail the mistake
they made in not learning useful trades in
their younger days? There are hundreds
of them. There are large numbers of men
here who have seen better days, men of edu.
cation and business ability, who envy the
mechanic who has sure support for him
self and family in handicraft- What is true
of New ! FORK is also true of other cities and
towns. Parents make a great mistake when
they impose upon the brain of their boy the
task of supporting him, without preparing
his hands for emergencies. No matter how
favorable boys circumstances may be, he
should enter the battles of life as every pru
dent general enters the battles of armies
with a reliable reserve to fall back upon in
cases of disaster. Every man is liable to be
reduced to the lowest pecuniary point, al
some stage of lite, and it is hardly necessary
to refer to the large proportion of men who
reach that point. No man is poor who is
master of trade. II is kind of capita
that de6es the storm OF financial reverses
and that clings TO man when all else has
been swept away. 1t consoles him in tn,
hour Of adversely with the assurance that
let whatever may befall him, he need have
no fear for the support of himself and fam
lily. Unfortunately silly notion, the of
pring of sham aristocracy, has of late year
led many parents to regard trade as some
thing disreputable, with which their children
should not be tainted. Labor disreputable
What would the world be without it +? 1t i
the very power that moves the world. A
power higher than the throne of aristocrac,
has ennobled labor, and he who would dis
parage it must set himself above the Divin,
principle, an the sweat of thy face shall
thou eat Bread a trade is a ''friend in
deed;n it is independence and wealth;
rich legacy which the poorest father ma,
give to bis son, and which the richest SHOULD
regard as more valuable than gold.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-04-09

-. while the old towns of which they
usre once a part, with fourth, or, it may
he. q tenth, their population, yet send two
each. There are not less than Fifty towns
in the state, esch with a population ofless
than 1000. sending altogether 100 represen-
tatives; while New Haven, with an equal
population, sends but two; Hartford the
same number; and Bridgeport, with 5,eoe
population, but one. Enough of these small
towns gave radical majorities to elect radi-
cal legislature each year.
If representation was based upon popula-
ton, as it should be, and as it is in this and
most other states, the democrats would have
carried the legislature by large majority.
The situation in Connecticut is but rep,
etition, upon smaller scale, Of what has
been the case with the entire nation ever
since the lank sage of the Sangamon was
made President with majority of a million
votes against him. That is to say, just as
the present form of electing President By
states, instead of the popular vote, has de
livered the nation over, during the last eight
years, to the hands of fanatic minority, sc
the Connecticut method of apportioning rep
resentatives for the legislature has deprived
the democratic majority in the state of the
just fruits of their victory.
An enlightened public will hold news
paper, like the Rim Union, in utter con
tempt for its course in suppressing demo
cratic news and in classifying the truth o
history.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-04-09
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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-04-09
THE BACHELOR BUSINESS.
Professional Ceiibacy.
From the Saturday Review.


Monks and dervishes and fakirs are far from
having monopoly ofprofess:onal celibacy.
Every day we come across men in society
whom we instinctively recognize as absolute
ly beyond the pale of matrimonv. 1t is true
they have taken no vows upon them, and it
is Just as well, for they are not at all the men
to be religously bound by vows under ex.
traordinary temptations. But they carry
sort of Cainmark set upon their brows con-
spicuous enough to female eyes at loast-so
that no woman shall marry them. Not that
they are unconscious of the advantages of
money, or insensible to the attractions of
beauty. Without something of the former,
their occupation would be gone and their
lives blank; and as for the second, they
often profess themselves its most devoted ad
mirers. They are by no means indifferent
to their own personal appearance Nomadic
in their habits as Arabs. although their forte
lies rather in receiving than in offering hos
pitality, their wardrobes are necessarily com
pact and portable, but they contain no gar
ment that is not unexceptionable in cut and
tit. Their slightly worn gloves alone, mas
terpieces of Dumont and jouvin fits, are a
little fortune to those who claim them as
their perquisite. They are generally pretty
comfortable IN their circumstances; you sci
dom hear of disagreeable esclandres with
their trades people, or of suspicious paper
bearing their names floating in doubtful
quarters. They have lived through race
of folly in which weaker and more unlucky
men have come to grief long ago, and their
eve to the main chance is very much keener
than when they started in life many years
before. They were richer then, but since
then they have sown and reaped many a
crop of wild oats; they have bought their
farming experience dear, but now that it is
purchased and paid for, at least they are
wise enough to profit by it. Like Ulysses,
| they have loitered about among men and
| lounged through many cities. With all
| these social attractions they are admitted
| trustingly into the penetralia of female So
ciety. With much more of the serpent than
the dove IN their composition, they are per-
mitfed to glide among the fairest flowers of
PARADISE, for they are supposed to have lost
their fatal fangs.
The most austere and hard eyed chaperone
! smootils her front and disarms her vigilance
| as she sees them Exchanging effectedly pas
| sionate glances with her pretty charges, or
| breathing soft nothings among the very ros-
as in their hair. 1t is a lesson with the foils
and nothing more-useful practice for more
| serious work The gentleman admires the
graceful outlines, the faultless features. of
| some Edith ceu de cygne, but it is an object
| of art, as If he were before the Venus de
Medici in the tribute to Florence; nor does
she quicken her pulse by single beat. On
her side the lady never dreams OF him as a
possible husband, and would as soon think