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10, $50.
Nhai shau be done With .hem |!

/ Mr.. Editor of the Free Press and Times
The above question under a different form ap-
peared in your paper eighteen months ago. Inc
same &c floating paupers, p" after visiting several
other towns have, once were, visited the town Of
/ Monkton, as though this more the "forlorn hope
where they might again obtain a reft for an
other cruise g round the circle " of towns with
which they are already familiar. The horse they
were so generously O. presented with by the
town of -- 50 breathed its last breath" here,
unable to convey an able-bodied man, his feeble
wife and seren intelligent booking children to a
more congenial harbor. Here they are The
Oldest boy of l6 years, sick, sweled feet, stiff
ened arm, aad pains in head and back, all point
ing to exposures in which he has been the sui-
ferer. ] found them this time in a small house
owned by naturalized Canadian, who tells me
he cannot afford to keep these visitors in addi-
ton to his own wife and six children. The
neighbors who are better able are doing something
for the comfort Of the little ones, and there Is
some talk about sending the two Oldest TO tho
Reform School, as soon as the sick one Is vel
enough to be moved but what can be done with
the younger children
On one day when sorely pushed by want they
expressed their willingness to allow two Of their
children to 20 into the ''Home''; the next day,
having obtained the occupancy OF the small
~ by If feet) house, they claimed they We're
not ragraHts-they had house now, intiuiat-
ing they were able to do business now on their
own account | offered to pay the man If be
would assist our other help in cutting up our
wood-pile he came the next morning in good
season, worked the whole day, doing q good
days work. for which paid him his own price
-l.jO Offering him as previously agreed some
meal and potatoes for the pay he solicited some
money to pay for paper Of tobacco. "I.iucco
what DO you want with tobacco ! ASKED. ''Oh
l would rather 60 without bread tlu tobacco
* Does your wife use tobacco"
Us, she smokes a little
How much does it cost you
~ paper that costs twenty cents serves u-
about a week
Twenty cents q week amount. tao,gr -cu iO.-
lars year. And that ap0clr- f9 BE- the way
You spend your money. S what that ten loi-
lars would DO for your children. I ann afraid
that you spend more than el dollars 20 wear IN
this Improbable wav Bur argument wls use-
less. paid one dollar in cl-h with the expect
alton that large per cent,se would 90 tor Zoe
bacco and other injurious supcrtutc-, While
those in better Circumstance would he lo.htl 90
for fool and clothing Cor the children
Under those circumstance what c,n Doe G.ae
with tile children
Yours -e-- ert.f..--
Mouk,au, April 30, 1897 HNr. Mus
YorNC MONTY FOR Sruool-.-The recent 4.-
zion Of Vergenues anil NilHelury on ,hc SUBJ
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-04-16
GENERAL NEWS.

Saratoga one day last week.
An Alabama paper announces that it will not,
hereafter, take payment in dogs.
About twenty thousand gallons of milk are
used in Boston city daily.
Lansing, Mich. has young female barber,
aged II, who is largely patronized by the Mi
chgan legislators
Miss PhGbe W. Cozzens, of St. Louis, is the
Anna Dickinson of the West. She is twenty
years old, and charming.
The first cotton mill erected in the United
States was at Pawtucket, r. l., built by Samuel
Slater in 1898.
The heat has been SO great in Australia as to
ferment the juice Of fruit on the trees.
\ piece of silver money, about the size of a
quarter OF dollar, and bearing the date 629,
was recently dug up at Plymouth, n. c. Per
haps the first figure has been efiaced.
The Hon Horatio Seymour is still at Keokuk,
Iowa, laid up by injuries he recently received by
the railroad accident near Peoria, Ill.
The :. airy fairy Lillian" Of TennysOn early,
dainty muse, is "a Mrs. Rawnelsey, mother Of
seven children, an evidence that she had health
to yiyify her beauty.
" Equality means says a French writer,
e. a desire to be equal to your superiors and su-
perior to your equals
Whittier's Sc Two Rabbits now form por-
ton oil jAe Nesler service III some oil our Ne"
LnsIahI chuIiheS.
The Vatican at Rome was set on fire by an in
cendiary, recently, but it was saved after four
hours labor by the dremen.
large number Of Usage orange plants have
been shipped from Iowa to ireland for the pur-
pose Of growing them into hedges
The Savannah -4{rsyfis.r saws B.. Eiobtecn
.telr, vessels were i'm MORT ,t Peps,eol, one law
last wseE That means Cuba.
......-. o.,
in tine Pearl River, Oahu for sharks The liy-
croil viii be extracted and the fins dried and
sent TO China where they are a table luxury.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-04-16

The number u births for the year l7i, was
G.IGs The average annual number for eleven
years 1870 is 6 ,03g which Is ! ,752 more than
the average annual number Of deaths for the
same period. The birth rate for 1867 was 2,o5
or one to about 4S7 Of tie Inhabitants It
was the highest in 1859 being 21l or one in
every ~ Of the population, and the lowest in
1864, the year previous to the close of thc war,
being ,Gs or one in 81 Of the inhabitants.
During the first year Of peace it rose TO 1862.
In 1866 it was 2.O7. The average for eleven
yel-s is LOB or one in 52.25 Of the population.
In England, with population OF eighteen
millions during twenty--ix years from 1898 TO
1863 the average birth rate was 3.33. In
Massachusetts, with a population Of l,2G7,o3l
the highest birth rate was 80, in 1852; 2.s5
in l856-GO the lowest in lS62-5, the war
period, 2lG, and in 1866 rising to 2.69.
The proportion Of the sexes born in the State
in 1867 was 10i males to each 100 females.
The counties were prolific in the following
order Rutland, sexes equal, Windsor, Chit
teuden, Franklin, Washington, sexes equal,
Bennington, Windham. which shows the great
est disproportion Of sexes, Caledonia. Orange,
Orleans, Lamoi.le, Grand Isle, Essex.
The largest number Of births. $50, occurred
in October last year in September the small
est in March, last year in January. One hun
bred and thirty plural births are recorded,
among which were four cases of Triplets, viz;
in Monkion tro females and one male; in Whit
ing and Benson each three males, and in West
Haven TREE females. Eighty-tHo are recorded
as sial-5ora, which is probably somewhat IN
der the actual number
In regard to parentage the greatest ratio Of
American births was in 1861, the first year Of
the war, when it was So and the smallest ratio
in 1864 the year before its close, when it was 50.
The ratio has been gradually increasing since
and is now very nearly what it was in 1883.
On the other hand the greatest ratio of for
eign births was in l8GG:-l9-; and the small
est in 1864 when it was %. The figures for
1867 shows an increase of American births and
a decrease of those of foreign parentage. The
fears entertained by some, therefore, that the
foreign population, might ere long outnumber
the American, by natural increase, is hardly
verified by the later registration statistics Of the
State.
In no county Of the State have the births OF
foreign percentage exceeded those Of the native
population. l.. I. b.
Essex, Vt, April 1869.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-04-16

Burlington .Ntrrsugusrs As au
am not alone IN my peuchaut tr raising
the remembrance Of Old newspapers Hr
lshel 10 this place, and In Vermont,
White and G.. L Williams. having cash GIVE.
public account Of those formerly uua--a.
their respective viciuites, So VIII Just r.s.
occasion 10 recount what [ know .t o..
papers formerly published ia Bur 1--.1. .-
ior 20 those now IN blast there's anil letit Pan
TED that DO not borrow % scrap from %
account furnished 20 Mis- Heunsuwly'- G--
.sr, for [ knew MI ere he wrote about e.
The first newspaper published 10 Blll--
llf which [ WIS toll by my father IN H.-
time,l was called the Burlington -ur~u
vas published ia 1877, by Robert u.-e'.r
lonely IS Hill. II soon tailel however, a-
never saw a copy oft In lcpl another r-
was started by John h. Baker, entitled -le
mont Ceutiuei. which VA, continued Oil
loIU, when the name was parity --e-
.N1rtirrH Cel.i4ei. iva. tle ra-s .-
present Burlington SI-.... L---1r-7Z ---
ei sometime between lo-t AMI l-iI. TIE
fac7 was the only Burlington paper
TIL September 1914, when auo-ls-
eral politics was commenced by il.-a
called the Burlington Caster.
continued till February 1917, V
thrown up Directly a>sr che H--
started, another blazing comet %
peared above the horizon here ami -.-.
ing light about three months or more
name Of .N0rtie-r fgialiys1rsr. wl.
peared. and the Ssatigsl was, on the
the Gr-ette, the only paper aal,
June 1877 when the FREE PEE-5 Wi,
Foot * Stacy. Since then. there a
disappeared the Grssa Nll-r.
True Democrat and the Free Z,
Hngi0q Courier. of the Tins -r.
d. W. c. Clark, and recently lls---,
FREE Pass I need not speak here. ali
drop the subject
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-04-16

According 10 dcUni,cI States Cga-lsor le''
/ Vermont had remained nor,y stationary ia
+ population, her increase being only 20, in ten
years. 8y ;he small margin o.. Is oue-ta.rl #
+ alsrer coat. slewa s.val from 81 positive loss
. %. ill4li-ats''
7 Byrote1euce o. the Registration Reports Of
f tde STATE f- the eleven years It-t lo''-"l
inclusive, E, appear. ,lat tle total number "a
births during that period wa- 49, and Of
death. 47,57., showing 800 apparent increase
# Population o. a,'7a or moan annual ez-
cess .- births over deaths oi I,.e-. l-- The
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-04-16

NEW INVENTION. School GLoss----.-
Herriek. of wolcott, has patented s.'.f,
of strong linen paper, in sections so 'l-- 5.
up 50 as to appear III e folded sheet @. Y.
paper. By means Of steel spring, II D, +.
into shape, on the cover Of aeommon. q. ~ 7
that in all respects it is a perfect artih',a-
for common-school use. The inventors l''
machinery made to manufacture these q
an attachment to the ordinary school w.
cost that will place them within the IT,
every scholar.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-04-16

By way Of finishing up this A I.'..
wish not only the substance Of the i.-
published in the FREE Pass for distant
to copy, but that the publisher re"' -.
send me a paper, (not a grist Of them ....-
or two.) And would that persons VIZ
me, or sending papers, give my adire-- ~.
", not put two J. J. S before Johns, Do.
Jones. nor the christian name John.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-04-16

BurrKR.-The supply of butter IN ' I.. 81
hans market on Tuesday was aouA.-' al
prices were lower than for several "esA, ne b.
article selling for from 50 to Is cent? ~ Dir
lots bringing only the latter figures -
ment was 395 tubs.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-04-16

1t was generally supposed, when iron-clac
vessels came into vogue, that the discomforts o.
living in them would be almost unbearable; but
experience has shown them to be the healthies'
vessels in the service
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-04-16

We learn from the Boston J5.raal that a man
named Thomas Thompson Of that city died re
Gently in New York at the age of SO years, who
made rather singular disposition Of his pro-
perry. The Journal says:
MIR. Thompson inherited large property,
which steadily augmented in value, and at the
tine OF ms death the income from it amounted to
nearly 10000 per year. This income Is to 90
to Mrs Thompson exclusively for life, and at
her decease 1t Is given, under the management
OF trustees, equally TO the town Of Brattleboro,
Vt, and Rhinebeck, n Y, tc be appropriated
exclusively for the benefit and assistance Of wo-
men who are dependent upon the needle for
living. His reasons for electing the above
named toWns, IN both Of which he was comparati-
Yely stranger, are said to have been that he
was treated IA a particularly considerate manner
IN Bratteeoro while passing a month or two
there, and at Rhinebeck he received very marked
tokens 5f kindness and sympathy during an at
tack Of illness experienced there by his wife
VIII e they were travelling.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-04-16

sullivan and wife rs. Smith and Trustee was
given 90 the jury at half past two O'Clock this
1it' moon. The jury, after being out a short
time returned verdict in favor Of the plaintiff
tor 500 - damages and costs.
The case Of William Crouan rs. G.. 4 Austin
was then begun. This Is an action Of general
a-sumpsit 10 recover Tor labor in taking care Of
sheep belonging 20 defendant and also for the
value q quantity Of hay consumed by them
during the winter Of 1866 The case was not
given to the jury until just as the Court ADJOURN
81 for 'he day.
II. Taico,t and H Ballard for the plaintiff.
and Lawrence S Burnap and R. S. Taft
for defendant
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-04-16

ledge, Mr. Gardner having himself surveyed the
water-line between British America and the
United States, well as all the channels exist
ing between the various Islands IN the gulf Of
Georgia and the archipelago OF de Haro.
| trust no action Of the Senate will be taken
which shall surrender the island oil san Juan 10
Great Britain.
! am, very respectfully, yours
j. GREGORY SMIru,
Pres. Northern Pacific Il. T..
Hon Gro. j. EuNUSus.
United States Senate.
The letter Of Mr. Gibbs is - very clear and
-.- I'll
i''''''' wa
tle island Of san Juan should NOT DE re-mq uislei
To Great Britain. It is too long for our columns
....+ ..-..-,.. l.. ,,..l .
anna
tracts. Mr. Uo'a says
Ia the first place, think it icrosa;ory TO the
honor Of che United States 90 refer the question
20 all. The Joint occupation Of the territory on
tine Pacific was Terminated by the treaty OF 1876,
the line OF the 18th parallel being adopted ~. the
basis: but as this line. prolonged 10 the sea.
would cut Off part Of Vancouver Island, Mr.
buchanan fatally consented 90 defect 1t through
the gulf of Georgia and the straitof Fues, using
the words. d" the middle of the channel which
separates the continent from Nauc0u' er's Is
land 90 Il was perfectly well understood at The
time that the comu.et er.un o. intermediate
islands, of which san Juan is one. and which
belong to the United States: and Ar. Benton cx-
ure-sly referred TO the fact in tine debate when
urging the ratification Of the treaty Sutse-
1ueutiv however, the British, with whom it
seems impossible to make 81 treaty t.at shall De-
fnalitv. started tie claim 90 the entire group.
ia,.stiu. that the comparatively insignificant
Canal le Rosario. which merely separates the
continent from those smaller islands. was to- De
taken as the one - which separates the continent
from Vancouver Island. 90 instead Of the larger
and deerer Canal ie Haro, Ivln-usl 90 Van
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-04-16

,t
..... - -.f... ...-.....- %
life and char4ster os lion. Jacob C.r.ue- NON.
hrst presented .n % form worthy # --- high .a-
s,. - ., " , nm. a.. s. .--',e5.i De-
uual meeting at 1I.a.rs,sr Inst O.r.ber. IVA.
ordered -' be- nr.H- fg ths legislature, as
.' NY e conn '.'g -e''." ~ rae part tlSen
made it. appearance In ,,re. nom -rs r-... ~
and J. w. Poland, u Montpelier IL is a
t'.si am 'a'e7e,,l- IT. ute 20 the patriotism
-, ..f -.l 'ls '- '-e
Our r.-l-8 nit. .-. .ll. d. p-.- D r.
Perry. fora c.rr -is '1aa4 Report sr the
'-e -'''Fe 4. e.,
EsoHDEE 40 Bu~r., >r.- El-,,an,
y. Y is bound ii. l..a y-.-.-.-- r.,..-.- r-
5e. never f-,., s.r.--. .-..' '-.
-.. --.-'- '' ''-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-04-16

NEW Mar MAREu.-Our citizens viii
glad to learn that Mr.. s. Il. Weston. who.
terPrise has given TO our neighborinr viu.,s d.
"inooski some Of its most substantial bu,ll;-.
IS about to rebuild his bgildingon College So.
next east Of Blodgett 81 Sweets four ...-
block, IN this city, and to Fl up in it large ID.
eommodious meat market. The lower aaa-
be dropped to the level Of the side walk. anil.
building EXTENDED to the depth Of sixty ...
the rear, giving high, airy and spleioa.
Tor market, and an entrance on the l...
the rear. The building viii be four storie.
UNIFORM with Blodgett * Sweets buillia-
viii add much to the appearance Of tia, r.-
the street. The splendid string Of fat oxen
in the street the other day, is an eyil-
what Mr.. Weston propose to do in tfa-
supplying superior meat and, we d1uf;
his market will be a very popular insu-a
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-04-16

HoX. JoES PIERPoINT, PresidiHg JiIdge
Hos- RrssELL J. MoRsE, .Assf ,Judqes.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-04-16

A NEw U. 5. DIsrEI ct ATTORNEY TOR Vt.
Among the nominations sent into the Senate on
wednesday, was that f B. F. Fifeld. Esq, Of
Montpelier, 70 be Z. s. District Attorney Of Yer
mont. The Office la 5 been held for eight years
by Dudley C. Denis IN, Esq, of Royalton. Mr..
Fiiiall is graduate Of the University OF Vt, Of
the class of 1873, is lawyer Of fair ability, and
we trust viii make efficient District Attorney.
and "A terror to snuIgglers and defrauders Of the
revenue
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-04-16
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.

PREsEyrArIoS.-The friends # Nr. T..
Lewis met at the Junction House, Whit 4
Junction, on the 9Th inst, and present
with silver watch Of superior uaHll.
Mr. Lewis was formerly employed o.. a.--.
in the Junction House, where lie has -lr-
himself host of friend during the -l-le7
has fllel that Trustworthy position.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-04-16

The death Of Mrs Lor-.ls s.. rr..- ...
day or two since in our co.-a--. i.-
notice than the simple ot--ry aunt
She was the sister Of the JAG. y..-... t...
and the widow Of the late Jli-. I.a....
lett Of Burlington. She bad Dozen .e-l
winter with her sons Charles and f.,I.
lett, in St Louis, ard cam. from 81.
days since with Mr. Charles Fl-
her home, with her son George, ar VII.
Saturday the 81 ult She appersl
exhausted with the journey after De-.
and on Monday was stricken down with
pneumonia. She died on Wednesday
of - Mrs. Follett was long ami 4-.
known in Burlington, as a,kinl mother
fIl friend, the competent mistress ofaa.-.
mansion in the days when judge Fole,, a..
Of the leading citizens Of Burlington, aa- ..
cellent and esteemed member If society.
funeral took place yesterday, and was run
ously attended
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-04-16

Dir9rcs and .Hlrrilgs.- one -. -
things that, by the way, strike ones ul-.a -
elicit comment as % the why and whl-
the increase Of the number Of divorces -
and granted by courts 70 dissatisfied .-
parties Perhaps scme would ascrioe i- 81. -
increase in the population, bug I done. -a
sufficiently accounts for It In our state.
there is something NJ fault in The loose.
inc0nsiieraJe way in which matches aretlJ o.
entered INTO now days. The impetu1us a-
and blindness Of youthful passion, acting
way Of a sudden fancy, is what su~pe--
oftenest NJ the bottom Of these brittle ALLAN
Illustrative Of the trite aia-e, 'NIrrv FRI .i.
and repent az leasure 80 Not but that more
sideIate calculations are liable o. te le1--..
the experience, such Is the flLhiit- Of bum
nature. Hence IT Is that tho l0 u0-
means adiuce it as an argument against
priety and bec0miuEue-s Of marriage as ed -.
tuition, where itly entered into, DO r..
less consider the FREE uent failures u ll--.l-
bring happiness ami enduring fifth. is
caution and drawback on the 0tliclH.u o. E
r., and as showing that Old bltcle.o-- a-.
maids. are, IN spite Of the slurs flung --
the Wisest for not marrying
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-04-16

Whether it pays TO advertise is quest
needing discussion by those who have Sill
Judiciously and thoroughly, and fact d
following are constantly occurring TO -.--
question for those who have not tried f.
\ dealer in this city some time
menced to advertise in tie FREE Pas.
TINES, though rather Reluctantly, a-I
to consider it quite a doubtful sz-
Meeting him two weeks after. be- I.....
opinion that advertising di1 pay, trl..
ready sold of one article, in c5r-...
advertisement. enough to nearly s..-
Of years advertising.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-04-16

4 RECORD or YE OLDEN TIMEs-Brookfeld,
Vermont, 1915. March The fore part very
hot and clear and the snow went off with great
flood.
April Cold and cloudy.
May: Cold and very backward. The 10th,
the snow fell or inches deep and lay on forty
or fifty hours. Very cold, froze hard, trees not
changed their winter color. Not one to fifty had
any hay. Generally done planting corn. Grain
sowed three weeks ago not come up yet.
May %: Very cold and wet, woods green,
ground froze, apple trees not yet leayed.
Jnne 6, 1916 The fifth very hot, the sixth
very cold and showed all day long. The ground
and other things began to freeze at one Of the
clock in the daytime. Plum trees in full bloom.
Black Ash not leayed out yet
June Froze all day. Ground covered with
snow all day Ground froze five or six nights.
Al the trees On the high land turned black.
June II: The apple trees have wilted and the
ground is froze
June % The Black Ash begin to look green.
The above record appears to have been made
in Broolfield by Rufus G. Hovey, who was
grandfather to the now resident Hoveys Of
Albany. Barton STANDARD.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-04-16

We copy below the last three pages
number Of the Vermont -4lt1gr1a
m1r5rr. It viii be seen that one o. -a--.
articles e5piel'is especially iateai.i g.. ..
widest circulating city papers, E.--. s-
West, whose attention we call o. --.-..
Well, the election for Ceuslrs has ..-
a slim one It has been. the attend
meagre, owing 90 BAD weather, bah -
and indifference TO the subject But
rs [ understand, were cast il this TOW.
prevented by circumstance from at-eu---.
self But mea-re as the turn out was. b -.
blarl elected, viii when II meets VIII vote
the last with which Vermont vii. be- bother
elect and pay for, and that the people 2
the Convention 70 he called, VIII rldIr
cis.0u.
prefer however that the usual rra..
annual state elections ami legislature. On
approximation would De LETT intact, ami fur
more, that women be left to follow ,l.r
proper household sphere, and not mixed .-
the inappropriate, uutemiuiue vortex o.. a
and voting