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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-06-25

WHAT NuGBERi-A -ix-foot Vermonter on
his first trip from the smIe Of his fatber's
chimney, put up at a hrst-clas, hotel ON the
fourth foor. While asleep bootblac. gqts bis
boots, along with a number Of others. about
one o'clock he awoke. and wishing to go of, :.
began looking for them but not finding them,
out iuto the hall he went, and with both hands
on his knees. commenced yelling at the top Of
his voice. The servants rushed out to see what
was the matter, and getting to the scene Of ae-
ton began to ask
What's the matter. 2"
"I want my boots, replied the yermonter.
"What NUMBER asked a waiter.
Six-footer cries cut, supposing they had ~
feaence TO the size Of his boots
g Pcggcd heels and sCles, number twelve p
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-06-25

There was a remarkable scene at the close Of
the Mcconnell murder trial al Jacksonville, HI
nois. The plea Of Colonel Robinson in behalf Of
the prisoner was very powerful, and when he
had finished. the audience broke out into loud
applause One or two Of the jurymen and a
great many of the spectators in the court sobbed
audibly, so affected were they by the eloquenee
Of the prisoners counsel. score or more
of boIlauets were thrown to the advocate,
anil the ladies. who introduced this new drama
tic effect in court, cheered him loudly. The
Judge did his best to suppress these manifesto
tions Of feeling, but wholly without success.
The reporters for the Chicago papers are unani-
nous in characterizing it as disgraceful scene
for such an occasion.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-06-25

TIE ESGLIsHlAN WIH PURPosE-A
truly formidable person is your Englishman
travelling with purpose. Whether lie be in
pursuit Of health, the philosophers stone, the
northwest passage, confirmation Of an ctomo-
logical or chronological theory, a rare botanical
Species or the dierential calculus, it is all the
same; he is a dreadful person, and there Is o
deadly elrnestness in his purpose that giares at
you in every minutest plan Of his campaign Of
travel But when he writes a book, as Charles
Wentworth Dixie has done, he is dlsarmed Of his
his terrors and descends to the merely anus
ing. Mr.. Dixie, per sc, must have been some
what startling apparition encounter on the
lonely American prairies, or in the uninhab-
ited mountain Businesses of California. He
is a sort of gentlemanly highwayman, who
seizes all whom he meets by the mental throat,
demanding " Your opinion or your life - But
Dixie in his book, eomplacently spreading before
US his ill-gotten and ll-assOrtei gains, is really
entertaining. = OrerlGHd Monthly.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-06-25

An interesting breach Of promise case has just
closed at Chicago, by the award Of verdict Of
100000 damages to the plaintiff. Miss Aman-
da J. Craig, Of Cincinnati, damsel Of thirty
two summers, sued Elisha P. Sprl que, festive
bachelor Of fifty winters, for trifing with her
affections. She is a school teacher, well educat-
ed, and of more than ordinary ability. lie is
illiterate though a millionaire, and yet, accord
ing to his own account, is comely in the eyes of
Of the fair sex Suddenly he ceased to sue
Amanda, and she in her turn sued Elisha.
Some curious epistles we're produced in the
trial.
The perfdious spraguo avishel his treasures
upon Amanda in the following choice diction;
Ihoap I will gott few lines from you at Chi
cag0 | can mott run the risk Of a Surgacle opera
ton until l have ny matters all settled as 1t is q
great risk SO says Doc Warren and 8 others
Butt ! cannot Putt itt OF Longer than next
spring at the flrthorest Love l will write to you
from Chicago and Lett you know Of the Particu-
lars about what my doct says Mandy now you
have all my love and Esteem and respect.
lIaccanaw, thursday in moru-
ing july 70, 1866
my Dear Amanda So you sly you Love me
how is itPossible | say to- myself the way you have
acted In the ematrl towards Inc you know it wrong
to Demand of me what you lil know sou had no
right to DO So -0 I thought I would take Pies
UT Trip expecting 10 return in the course Of =
years ! am st0apng uow ON the island Of mac
cauaw Between Lake UIi.liriu and lake On
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-06-25


-ae sd. sie. i.-is'
TO the most casual observer ort.a fa.i-
Dos. transacted in our criminal Courts. f.
must have become apparent that the cra-. ar
men who practice therein as LAWYERS q-.. iu-
tcI|catuallv and morally. greatly inferior to
thl-, who stood in their rIa--- twenty .r
. thirty years ago. Iti- o. fact that the char
a.-.r If +Ee-e r-9r---f.8ar- has I0so GREATLY
lowered within p few wears ta--. and that t.
day there B. scarcely criminal lawyer af
any rc-rectalIity who would consent. uullr
any .nducsment. however tempting, o. enter
tie atmo-racre Whica pc-,a.c- aur balls ol
Justice. lfcaurellei iu che iutaI..-- g hue
mautv tl g, there. the u.uer e'a-- .- Ira.-
t-aanar- remain ONLY long enough t TT.
-ls-r cases and tiu hurry away from tie
uai. a-lur scene. clad CD BE rid 0f surround
ms .. un..s Genial -l honest. ur.-i-f.-rl.n
This condition of things rs die MAINLY -5
-..UrtaI Influence .n-arr0-rl o. shield .Ter-
..a-- .-n re1aI-ie- --.HIr le--rrrl and f-
a,l..it -l. means ~ which Ills Influence
.ase-s 5., ,7I s,,l-r1-or is tie .I,-..- ofr I'll.
article
~. ~.ars,s. r-r1 .ras ,.,.ua Ii.,.l
GRAHAM and 0rle1 Holman rr...esl ia
...'- ..-....-.1 ,..--. .--.. ,,-r. .j....--.-,
f,-f. s..., ,,-lar ri,. ..I,.,.,-i.r ... tls
1ja-.---efe -.I.Ir Iv means of tho. l.,.tIi. Inc
,eryeution Of tie Di-uiet-Auumev and tie
counsel for the rris uer-unle-s. rer.af=. i'm
some minor case. ofas.ault ami battery. rlen
tie matter was quietly disposed oi before
rsachin, Court. rHen ther6 va- nm arrar-
rrnitv for men of ability t1 gain laual- at
Tho Bar. bat matters have greatly changed.
Instead of c0agniug their intcrir-it.n @.
pet-v cases. nowadays. as Of uld. rroIit.-
'iau- ola certain stripe busy tLemsclve- u
shielding the most notorious and iarant vi9-
l4tar- of the law. Where prosecutions cam
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-06-25

upOG- cast down her eyes anu siiu' Uitel Z
pause. 81 Well. | did give it to you, but you
ought not TO have exhibited it. | request
that y0u VIII return 1t TO me-
While slowly taking it of his hat. bis
yexation was SO great that he could neither
suppress a sigh which rose from his breast,
nor conceal tear which stood in his eye.
Dear Marriette. allow me to keep your
ribb0n?" said he, softly.
" Mo- answered she.
Thercupon his rancor turned to despair.
Looking first with a sigh towards heaven.
then gloomily at Marriette, who stood with
d0wncast eyes quietly and innocenuy at the
fountain, be wound the yi0let-c0l0rCi ribbon
round the bouquet, and exclaiming. " There.
you have it all ~ he dashed the flowers So
spiteiully against the beautiful mug, that It
fell from the rock and was broken TO pieces.
He ran exultingly away.
Madame Man0n. who had been listening
behind the window, had seen and heard all
/ that had passed. When the mug was bro
| ken she was so horrihed that she l0-t hcr
sight, hearing, and almost her speech.
! While squeezing herself through the lattice,
/ in order to pursue the criminal, the m'ul--
ering stone in the wall gave vay. end the
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-06-25

How NOT To PREsGRvE GOVERNMENT BoSD
Many persons who have invested their sur
plus funds in government bonds are at a loss to
know how to keep them. Recently application
was made at the treasury department by man
residing in the West for information upon this
subject. The writer states that having read in
the newspapers Of frequent bond robberies, he
deposited his bonds in a tin box and buried it in
the cellar under his house to protect them from
thieves. The box was in the ground few
months, and as he supposed, in a comparatively
dry place, but when taken out to cut eff the
coupons he found the paper completely rotted
and would not bear handling. Tie owneri is
consequently loser to the amount Of several
thousand dollars. The paper on which the
bonds are printed readily absorbs moisture, and
they should be kept in a dry place
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-06-25
EDUCATIONAL.
From the Herald Of Hcalti
The ECalih Of school Teachers.

quest
9ly own Driei experience as teacher led me
10 eeue'e that the business is one winch ought
10 ue favorable to health know many per
sons VINO have followed teaching twenty-five
years ana others who have served ~ TINS cala-
city Tor hity years, without injury TO health ana
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Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-07-15
Wyandot County Republican.
THE LONG Ago.

-o-
There's beautiful isle in the long ago.
All 1oodsd with golden light,
{. Aad river that lows BY the margin green,
Who's waters are wonderous bright.
Thsrss bark that glides with snowy sail,
T And the music Of silveroar,
That carry rs back to the shining gates
OF that beautiful past once more;
Ahi every heart holds some sweet dream
Z or . beautiful long ago. TF
There were bright hopes nurs'd In the long ago
Sweet flowers we gathered there,
And the walls Of this beautiful part are hung
With many an image fair;
And oh there Is room for the feet to tread
This path Of by gone years;
There are joys that bloom in memory's fields,
And fount for our bitter tears.
And that fount holds many hallowed tear
We've wept in the long ago.
There are heavy dreams the heart holds deal
Bright hopes of the long ago;
And sacred tears for perished hopes
That will return no more.
And thus In the tangled web ofl
We weave our smiles and tears,
Hett the soul has holy memories
That cling to departed years;
An. drop the silken curtain now
OF the beautiful long ago.
Shut out the light of those perished years,
Close the door of the past again,
And hush the yearning thoughts that all
Thy heart with so much pain;
Then roll the heavy stone against
That sepulchre-the heart!
Why should these buried forms again
q To life and beauty startf tet-4s
The future may hold some dream as bright
As those of the long ago.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-07-15
A Caution to Merchants.

The New Orleans Delta tella a
good story of sagacious country
gentleman who came to that city
some days ago with bill on a high
ly respectable firm of the place.
The bill was duly presented for
acceptance and a member of the
firm, fashionable, showily dressed
gentleman, who had cultivated a
very dainty mustache, wrote with a
aid pen his indorcement on the
bill, giving his name in full,
thus, J. Templetcn Tompkins. The
countryman looked at the signature
read it slowly, glanced, at the fash
ionabie merchant, who was fantas,
tically twirling his whiskers, and
handing the bill over to him, re-
marked:
"Here stranger, cash this docu-
ment."
What" Indignantly replied the
merchant, 'discount my own paper,
it is positive insult
"W all, 1 can't help it," said the
countryman, "ifyou don't, 1 must
get somebody els to do it"
To prevent his paper from getting
on Change, the merchant conclu
cluded to cash the bill, and paying
over the money to the countryman,
asked him quietly:
"Why, my friend, do you offer
- q
ing me to discount my own paper ?
81 don't mean any harm. stranger
but I have jest got an idear into my
skull, that when you see a NEAR
chant with that har on his upper
lip, and who writes his middle name
out in full, and indorses bills with
a gold pen, you may put them
down as purity cirtain to bust up in
a week." ...-..
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-07-15
NEEDLES AND PINS.

--eea~s-slY Ye are trivial things
Il With invisible wings,
E4 Common and mean,
Good pointed and keen,
Useful alike to the cook or the queen.
Bright needles and pins.
Men have waxed wroth
For the want of ye both.
Nee':l. s and pins;
Women have rallied
Redeemed and paled,
Hunted and scolded till language has failed,
For needles and pins.
Heads rounded and bright,
Eyes single and light,
Needless and pins;
Yehave witnessed strang scenes
- Sharps, blunts and betweens;
Working for angels and working for fiends,
Bright needles and pins.
The set Of that frill
Is due to your skill, .I
Needles and pins;
The droop and the grace
or you satin and lace,
And the look of content on that young hus
j bands face,
Z Oh needles AID pins.
Ye have hidden the rent
In the beggar's garment,
Needles and pins;
As ye've mended his tears,
oye've lightened his cares,
Till again he has need of your aid for repairs
Bright needles and pins.
"But " hsre do you go
When your works done,'' we'd know,
Needles and pins9
What nook do you find,
So secret and kind
That mortal no trace of your brightness car
find,
Lost needles and pins?
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-07-15

i dOVcrnOr hayes anu Lee upon tile
doings of the late General Assembly
are false in fact, malicious in spirit,
aud unworthy of gentlemen occupy
ing their elevated positions.
Resolved, That the late General
Assembly were called upon to make
large and extraordinary appropria
itions to rebuild the burned Lunatic
Asylum, to provide Reform School
for girls. to construct a new Blind
Asylum, to make appropriation to
pay over $80,000 of a judgment
obtained in the Supreme Court of
the State in favor of the Life and
Trust Company, and to meet def
cheney of over $500,000 of the pre-
ceding Republican Legislature, all
of which, together with the extra
compensation paid to members
under law passed by a Republican
Legislature, was provided for with
out an increase of the State levy,
and the appropriations, in the aggre-
gate, are much less than that of the
preceding Republican Legislature,
without abstracting 100000 from
the Relief Fund for the MANNED and
disabled soldiers and their families.
Resolved, That we hereby tender
our thanks to the Fifty-eight Cen
eral Assembly for the economical
expenditure in the administration
of the State Government, and for
the exposure of the wholesale frauds
in the erection Of State buildings,
whereby the people were swindled
out of a half million of dol
lars by negligence of the Re-
publican State officials, and the
dishonesty of their appointees and
subordinates.
"Resolved that we denounce the
National Banking system as one of
the worst outgrowths of the bonded
debt, which unnecessarily increase
the burden of the people thirty mil
lion of dollars annually, and that we
demand its immediate repeal.
"Resolved, That the trial and
sentence to death by q Military
Commission of a citizen of Texas,
not in the military or naval service,
when the civil courts were in the
unobstructed exercise of their func-
tions in that State, and in time of
profound peace, and the approval of
that sentence by President Grant,
are violations of the most sacred
rights of American citizens. guaran-
teed by, their constitutions, both
State and Federal, and deserve, and
should receive. the severest condem-
nation of every lover of liberty and
constitutional government,
Resolved, That the numerous
palpable and high handed usurpa-
tioEs- o. the party in power, their
many public and private acts of
tyranny, trampling under foot the
civil law and the guarantees of the
Constitution, thus continuing to
deprive sovereign States of repre-
sentatien in Congress, and to govern
such States by mere military rule.
show them to be party of despot-
ism and unworthy the confidence
and support of free people.
Resolved. That we extend the
right hand Of fellowship, and recog-
nize as brethren in common cause
conservative men not heretofore
Democrats, who will unite with US
in rescuing the Government from
the unworthy hands into which it
has fallen and we pledge the united,
cordial support of the two hundred
and fifty thousand Democrats in
Ohio, whom we represent, to the
ticket nominated by this Conven-
ton, and presented by us to the
suffrages of the people of Ohio"
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-07-15
Democratic Platform.

The following is the platform
adopted by the Democracy of Ohio,
at their State Convention, ,onthe 7th
instant.
"Resolved, That the exemption
from tax of over two thousand five
hundred millions of dollars in Gov
ernment bonds and securities is
unjust to the people, and ought not
to be tolerated; and that we are
opposed to any appropriation for
the payment of interest on the bonds
until after they are made subject to
taxation.
"Resolded, That the claim of the
bondholders, that the bonds which
were bought with greenbacks and
the principal of which is by law
payable in currency should neverthe
less be paid in gold, is unjust and
extortionate, and if persisted in
will inevitably force upon the peo
pie the question of reputation.
"Resolved, That we denounce
the high protective tariff which was
designed only in the interests of the
New England manufactures; that
said tariff is also, by its enormous
imposition on salt, sugar, tea, coffee
and other necessaries, unendurably
oppressive, especially upon the
people of the West, and that we de-
many its repeal and the substitution
of another, based upon revenue
principles alone, upon the closest
possible approximation to absolute
free trade.
"Resolved, That the Democrotic
party Of the United States have
always been pre- eminently friendly
to the rights and interests of the
laboring man that they are in favor
of q limited number cf hours in all
mandatory workshops, hours die
tated by the physical and mental
well being of the laborer; that they
favor the most liberal laws in regard
to homestead and household exemp.
ton from sale and execution; that
they are also in favor Of liberal
grants of land from the public
sdomain to the actual settler without
any cost, and are opposed to the
donation of these to swindling rail
road corporations, and that they
are generally friendly to the system
Of measures advocated by the Labor
and Industrial Cangress, and VIZ
pledge the Democratic party, i
restored to pc ower, to exercise. theil
influence in giving them practica
application. zyT rcsz~
"Resolved, That the policy ant
legislation Of the Radical party
directly tend to destroy all tn
reserved rights of the States, ant
convert the Republic into a consoli
dated despotism !; that whether sucI
despotism is exercised by an Empe
ror, or president, or a Congress, tn
result would be fatal to liberty an,
good government that consolida
ton in this country means til
absolute dominion of monopol
and aggregated capital over th
lives, the liberty and the propert
Of the toiling masses. M
"Resolved, That it is the right 9
each State to decide for itself VIII
shall possess the elective franchis
within it; and that the attempt t
regulate suffrage in Ohio by mean
of the so called Fifteenth Constit,
tional Amendment is suhversiv
to the principles of the Federal Coz
stitution.
"Resolved, That the attacks (
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-07-15

E-''1 am glad; said the Rev.
DR.. Young to the chief of the Little
Ottawas, THAT you do not drink
whisky; but it grieves me to find
that your people use so much of it, -
"Ah yes" replyed the chief, and
he fixed his eye impressivelv on the
Doctor, which communicated the
reproof before he uttered it, s:we
Indians use great deal of whisky,
but we do not make it i"
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-07-15
Eat Your Own Brown Bread
First.

Eat Your Own Brown Bread
First.
Its a plain but faithful saying
"Eat your own brown bread first,
nor is there better rule for a young
mans outset in the world, While
you continue single, you mry live
within as narrow limits as you
please, and it is then you must be-
gin to save: in order to be provided
for the more enlarged expenses OF
your future family. Besides a plain
frugal life is then supported most
cheerfully; it is your own choice
and it is to be justified on the hest
and most honest principles in the
world, and you have nobody's pride
to struggle with Or appetites to mas
ter but your own. AS you advance
in life and success, it will be expect
ed you should give yourself greater
indulgence; and you may then be
allowed to do it both reasonably
and safely.