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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-25


The Convention assembled in the City Hall
Wednesday at eleven O'Clock. arI was c1rei
20 orlsr ty Samuel Huntington. chairman .I
the County Committee oa motion. Or. T. g..
Butler. Essex. was elected Chairman. &. g..
]. ard. Colchester, S2cre,arv. D vs.. Hlzsri.
of Charlotte, novel the appointment Of Is
committee Of three On credentials The cl1--
appointed the following D. W. Hlza-l.
Charlotte. Salmon Green. Richmond, AMI z. a.
Fuller, Burlington. on motion, the CONVEX
non Adjourned to moe; at hall past one in the
afternoon.
,rrEBN0oS.
The convention r5-lssemb,ei according %
adjournment st half past one p. 81.
The committee on credentials reported the fa,-
lowing uamci gentlemen as entitled to seats in
the Convention.
Bolton saul Bishop.
Burling-on-A. e. Tuttle Eli Chittendeu. W
j. B1rnsp W. H. Root, C Benedict. c f.
Allen, NJ. A. Evar,s, James Mitchell. HeY-v
Rolfs, a. W. Hosmer, P. T. Sweer. Ter1a1
Nckery, II. II Tslcott. VI u stone. y $ nm
C. H. BlolEett, W. A. Crombie, b. W eUsr.
Samuel Huntington, L W. Page. Daniel Murray.
F. A. Fuller, Il. r. Wing. a. j. Howard. J ID
Gates.
Chsrlotte-D. W. Hazard. C.. r Pease lanes
Squire, T C. HiU. Ezra Hosfori.
Colch-ster-E IT, Morton. F. II Trick. :
Bigwood, 5 l.. Reynolds Allen Stone. Z Bios
som, D. Y Huutress, John Chase, c. Bal
lard. l. F. Buriick, Z. R. DYKE. NJ p. Sculliu.
Essex. C. Butler. DR. Howard. J. VI. WI
hnms, Peter Blool, Gen. Gstes, L C. Butter.
P. G. Abbey, John johnson.
Hiueshurgh-J. G. Condor, H. C. Flausesn.
Louis Sanctuary, B F. Shiuville. Royal Bell.
VIM. sanctuary
Huntingtou-H W. Julson. c. b Carpenter
jericho E Il. Lane, w. H. Chapin. Beach
e. NJ Spaulding, Nathan Benham. = Hutch
inson, R VI Galushu
Milton-L. A. Jackson, 4. washburn. Vim.
Fuller, J. B. Robinson, James C Sauires, I "
Landon, A. G. Whitemore, C ". Grown
The Milton delegation iiI not participate in
the action of the Convention. the train on which
they were TO have arrived, having been DELAYED
until after the nomination Of the Comrnis,i,p4r
Richmond B. Green. Salmon Green ! 2
Mason. J. G. Bostwick, Z D. Mason.
Cooper.
s6elburn-M L. Miner, J. B. Bartlett J
L Barstow
south Burlington-Geo. L. Barstow. Agu.tp.
kimhal, ". Livock, c. W Drew.
Onderhill-John Woodruff, 7. W. Mead. /
w. Church, D. G. French, H. A. Rogers. T ". .
Thorp, VI. VI. Hill.
Mestford-Alney Stone. Albert Partridge. NJ.
2 Rec J. Harmon, L. VI. Bates.
II. "l,hston-Geo. Morton. Edmund Whitney. C.
W Br2Wnel, NJ. N. Talcott, G. ". Browneu.
Daniel Fay.
MT Whitney Of Williston, moved that the con-
vention proceed to nominate County Commis-
sioner by ballot; prevailed
Mr.. E D. Mason presented the name Of oh.
Macomber Of Essex
Mr. Bigwood presented DR.. ]. B. Small Of
Colchester.
Mr. Hazard of Charlotte. presented the name
OF Edmund Whitney of Williston.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-25

The Grand Army of the Republic have arrang-
ed to take a part of the responsibility Of the
Union Home for Soldiers Children, in the up
per part OF New York. This excellent institu-
ton has hitherto been under the sole direction
of Mrs Judge DAILY, Mrs Admiral FArragut,
and other ladies. 1t will continue to have the
benefit Of their care, but they will not have to
bear the whole burden of keeping it up. There
are now some three hundred children there, and
the number will soon be increased to thous-
and.
Mayor Hail, of New York, recently stated
that three-fflhs of the jurors whose names are
on the jury lists of New York county, habitually
refuse to serve, and either pay their fines or OBJ
tain exemption.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-25
Again the Pilgrim banner
I.ed the yanuuard Of the race

What then are our other sins We have sent
out. it is true, since the foundation Of the
Government, every year thousands and tens Of
thousands Of our citizens who have in . peace
able way emigrated to the South and the West
with their families They have built up homes
They have carried schools with them They
have carried equal rights. They have carried
observance Of the law. They nave built churches.
They have founded States and those States
sometimes have sent back 10 US the sons Of New
England representing them with high honor
here. They are here now. see before me
Senators from many States whose birthplace was
in New England. Illinois has one Kansas has
one Indiana has one Louisiana has enc )
Michigan has two Nebraska has one North
Carolina has one Oregon has one; South Caro-
lima has one Wisconsin has two. Those States
find no need to sdmonish New England, trust,
in that respect
Although New England thus has been the
source and instrumen. of constant tide OF
emigration Of this character over the country,
she is not left entirely destitute she has still
steady population. am not alarmed at the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-25

They have been having lively times at Rutgers
College, growing out Of an attempt on the par,
Of the Seniors to attend the juniors orations for
the junior year honors. The Juniors rushed"
the Seniors from the hall, and the faculty hav-
ing sustained the Seniors in the enc-oachment,
the Juniors refused to speak at all at the eshibi
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-25


%, n.rcsnt,ge Of attendance, 9S.9 The North
Grammar School stands at 922, the south at
sl.7. the East at 81 Q. School No. : ranks the
rest of the lover schools in attendance, having
attained an average f9I2 The average for ell
the sch, ols i SIS
The salaries paid 10 tAe grades under the IL On
School range from IS to Sll per week ff'-
viously to the rev system Sl2 80 per week was
paid in some cases, and this in grades where
SO is now the rate. The salaries are certainly
low when it is considered that : to IS wees
must be pail for board.
YEByosl Sr,rE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. -
According 20 the call of the President tie
director, Of the Vermont Agricultural Society
met at the American Hotel Monday pm. H57-
Henry Reyes not being present, William r SAL
ford, Orwell, senior Vice-Presiient, took tie
chair; Henry Clark, Rutland, Secretary. TIE
following directors were present Edwin Ham
moni, 3llile5ury Henry 3. Kent, Dorset D.
5. S,owell. Cornwall Crosby Miller, Pomfre'
L. 5. Drew, South Burlington , J. A. sl~ii.
Burlington Henry Hayward, Rutlaui; v b.
saflrl White River JucJion Henry Chlsc,
Lyndon George Campbell, Westminster 5 @.
H1lyoke, s.. Adams. The Secretary real letters
from directors c. Horace Hubbard Of SpringdeI
and John Gregory Of Nortldeli, stating reason
for th.ir absence from the meeting Mr. s4i'ri
novel tha, a committee Of three be appointed %.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-25

Judge Barrett Of cur Supreme Court, from
personal acquaintance, endorses Judge Bradley,
Of New Jersey, the newly appointed United
States Circuit Judge, as irst-clsss man, and
every way fit for the place
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-25

This amount is about 500 less than the cost
Of the department; from April l, 1865, to April
l, 1869, Lsl2,slSl and within the estimate for
the year now closed lSI2 50Ol
There has been expended, from the school
Fund, on the Pine street building. grounds.
fences, etc the additional SUN Of =, sos SO.
The number Of children within the city limits
between ami O., Is 2--l
The number Of children within the city limits
between and % is 2nfq
The number Of children within the city limits
between and -U is 2sij
The number Of different scholars actually con-
nectei with the Schools during the year is about
l,4l5.
The Average Total Registration for the three
The Average Number Belonging to the schools 70
The Cost Of Tuition per pupil for the average go
total registration is sfl5O
The Cost ofruition per pupil for the average
number belonging IN all grades below
the II IN School, Is S54
The Whole Cost for each one connected with
the schools is about $50
Last year it was $3.50.
The whole Cost for each pupil. reckoued BY
the average Of the term enrollmeuts is 1917
The Whole Cost for each Of the average
number belongings 1906
or i6 cts less than last year
The Contingent expenses. including repairs.
forfeiture, SC per pupil registered the
average number are 1854
The rolls Of the High School show an attend
snce of %, 70 aud rs for the three terms res
pectively. During the year 80 Of the pupils
have studied French, 60 Latin, and 20 Greek.
During the Fall term the numbers studying these
languages respectively were 16, IS and Is.
The number reported in attendance upon the
R. c. parochisl schools is AS to 500, and from
six private schools is returned total of 18o
pupils.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-25

The Hoois'0et Standard come. 60 Us -,---
isrably enlarged. with four adi.tssti ,s s.
filed columns. Friend Greene eet- Co. one -. ..
best oicorntry newspapers. and We cosdit'r. ra.-
g-atulste him on the marks of prosperityarrar.-
in bis paper.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-25

This is matter in which all our c,;il.u- are
interested, and especially those wh, pay taxes.
hey wish to know whether proper ana Fru-
dent use has been made Of tle school money.
The iorthcoming report Of the school Board sill
give detailed information on all matters pertain
Ing to the schools bat we think it proper TO
copy. from advance sheets furnished us. come of
the more important facts and figures.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-25

our State exchanges who clre to furnish
accurate information 90 q subject of much IN
tere.t to their agricultural readers, will do well
to copy the very clear and interesting letter on
the subject Of the State Agricultural College.
called out by some recent structures upon it, and
which appeared in the Barton S.aH9arf Of last
week. We copy the letter elsewhere aud bespeak
for a careful perusAL
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-25

Owing to the non-srrival of last nights BIS
ton mail, we are without our usual Cambridge
and Boston markets this week
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-25

every way fit for the place.
MISSISSIPPI ADMITTED 1t is cause for thank
fulness that the Senate finally got through with
the Mississippi bill and that it has gone to the
President for his signature The conditions Of
admission imposed by the House were agreed to
by five majority. and the bill passed with /
votes in the negative.
A recent issue of the Revolution gives some
new proofs of the superiority Of women to men.
The latter, it appears, kick and struggle more
than the former when under the hands of a
dentist. Women do not chew tobacco when
they are in distress, and they do not take to
drink under reverses Of fortune.
Information as to the Rel River difficulties
being called for in the British Parliament on
Thursday, the under colonial Secretary replied
that they would be speedily settled, but added
with somewhat necessary diplomatic caution,
that " how they would be settled it would be
premature to say -
By one of those condolences which are not in
frequent in history. the news comes, just as We
are finishing the work Of making all Americans
equal before the law, that the emancipation Of
the Russian serfs has been completed. On Sat
urday last, the law compelling them to remain
in the communes where they had lived before
/
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-25

For County C0mmi'sioner'
CHITTENDES COUNTY,
D. H. NJ A CO NJ b / K
OF ESSEX
For County COmmlssioHer
FRANKLIN co..
JOHN K. " II ! I y L 7
oP FRANKLIN.
For County Commissioner
WASHINGTON Co,
GEORG ". sc o I 7
OF MONTPELIER.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-25

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papers. allow the exercise oi ta' right OF
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The o-; vm;t department uNs No'
selt->upQa porting institution since 'ls
General iay.9r' when IL was Dui'l '.'
# The -a'e Senator ''"An-e.' 'leI -.,
General Except perhaps .J' Gem IA
vice, in my judgment III 7houil 's i'li' 90 .g IS
strictly sali-supporuns As Is '.5 la.s". M
Why bot lt was never 'ne '-'. w ~.
.tar- 70 ~uNA4A hr q tas-' ~ N+ iaAN -'A.t-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-25

Some time since corporal punishment was
abolished IN the schools Of Cambridge, Mass.
Eight Of the teachers now report that the abolish
ment has been attended with favorable results
while forty-six of them report unfavOrably.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-25

Commodore Vanderbilt holds serea millions
Of tie bonds Of the Harlem Railroad. HIS re-
osipts from the milk trade on this road pay the
interest every year On these bonds. The gross
receipts from each milk train per day is $1,000,
the tariff being Sc per gallon.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-25
THE WEEKLY FREE PRESS

Is published every Friday morningOy
THE FREE PRESS ASSOCIATION >
College ST., Burlington, W
TERMS;
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-25

The whole number of sittinss reported is 9G2,
or "a only to every 100 children between . and
20.
The High School shows. as It ought the high
est percent.qe Of attendance. 9S-s- The North
Grammar School stands at 81. 2, the south at
s1.7. the East at 81 Q. School No. ranks the
rest of the lower schools in ATTENDANCE having
attained an average of9I2 The average for ell
the sci, o.- l. SIS.
The salaries paid in tue grades under the High
School range from - to Sll per week IRE
viously to the rev system So 80 per week was
paid in some cases, and this in grades where
SO is now the rate The salaries are certainly
low when il is considered that - to s. wees
mus; be pail flr board.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-08-10
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There was great jubilee in San Francisco
Sunday night Oh the reception of the war
news.
There is considerable disorder in Woodward
county, Ky, and the military have been called
out.
Nitro-glycerine has been in use but five
years. yet over seventeen hundred persons
have been killed or MANNED by it,
The excitement in London has led to an in
crease of between so and Is per cent. of the
leading papers Such an increase would be
impossible in the United States, because here
almost everybody reads the papers daily war
Or no war. England has much larger reserve
of readers to mobilize than we have.
An old still in Donald & Co.'S oil works,
Williamsburg, exploded Monday night, carry
ing away the roof and firing the whole estab-
hshment. Two workmen were terribly, prob
aDiy fatally burned. At the time of the ex-
Plosion sound like that of an earthquake was
shaken. "N-o wy
according to the New York papers the shirt
VI MURDER was rife in the metropolis on SIM.
gay. John Mcdowell stabbed Terenca Mo
neon william Atkins stabbed John Tevton
Win an lce-pick in liquor store: Thomas
; ngint;,' GUY oonn otleger with pocket knife.
InnlcIng serious wounds; and John Brennan'
John Kelley and John Crogan were savarnii,,,
assaulted with stones and severely injured.
A baavy defalcation has lust occurred 8,
NNew orieans. On Saturday, the Both milf
,Heorge Is. Shute, cotton broker, unite we'll
known IN business circles, absconded with a
teleerapnlc letter of credit and cash in his nos
session amounting to over S1OOOOO and yon;
ously estimated at between that snm and eo o-
0Oo. 1t appears that for ten DAYS prior to his
departure he had been around amnng buS;nass
1ilends borrowing checks, drafts. and in faot
everything that could be converted into money
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-08-10

"A foreign correspondent of a New York pa
per says of John Stuart Mil:-"It is more
years than L care to count since saw Mr.
MIL, and time has not stood still for him auy
more than for the rest of u.s. But although he
mas greatly aged, his vigor seems uuabated.
ana his interest in contemporary politics and
In the social questions of the day are as keen
rs ever.
Gen. Won Moltke repeated at Haguenau
precisely the same tactics he used so effectuallv
at Sadowa-divided his army in the face of
the enemy, and sent them into battle entirely
independent of each other.
The Crown Prince of Prussia, Frederick
Williams. who fought Marshal McMahon. is
now IN his 18th year. He married the Princess
ROYAL OF England, and his eldest son, a Young
warrior of eleven years, holds several COM
missions in the Prussan army.
Lydia Thompson was arrested at Cbicaoo
Monday night, at the Opera House for whin
ping w. +. Shorey of the Chicago Times sew
eral months ago. She has already been tried
for riot and assault for the same offence. Tho
members OF the troupe furnished bail and the
play went on
The supposed murderersof Nathan was ar
arrested at Nyack, N. Y. When apprehended
ne SAID II know what yOu have come for" IT.
Is said that he received $500 from Mr.. Nathan
the day previous to the murder.
John Savage, President of the Fenian Broth
erhood. exhorts his followers not take sides
with either France or Prussia their unarrel
being with England only.
George Martin, formerly of Portsmouth. N:
H., has been missing since Friday night. He
bas shown symptoms of absence of mind for
some days, and it is feared that he NAV have
committed suicide
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-08-10
The Camp Ground mt KeuMebu n h pc ri
HAedged lD,.S

Our seaside summer picnics are sometimes
varied by visit to the noble woods leased by
the Camp ground Association. A few days
since, as we landed our dinner baskets at this
delightful spot, we found the grounds being
enclosed by substantial board fence some six
feet high, which, at first sight, appeared an I'M
slightly innovation upon the natural beauties
of this well known locality; but an explana-
ton from the gentlemanly committeeman in
attendance removed the pf'inaa fdcid objection.
1t is decided to hold the camp meeting this sea
son over Sunday, commencing Thursday Aug
18th, and the annually increasing numbers will
probably be still more augmented this year, as
there appears to be a growing demand for tent
ing ground for families and private parties
We judge the enclosed space to contain about
six acres. The rear portion will he fine camp
ing ground, now that the sheltering fence
keeps eff the intrusions of the night marand-
ers about the woods and the desired quiet of
the Sabbath and of the service cen be more ef-
iectualy obtained, and the worshippers will
more fully realize that
'The groves were Gods first temples"
Upon the opposite side of the highway large
enclosure will be made where horses may be
left with responsible persons, or fed and
will see the propriety of the grounds being
'hedged in
In other respects the premises are being
placed in complete order, and due arrange
ments will be made to accommodate vast num-
bers. A.A.
KennebuDkport, Aug. 9th.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-08-10

To the Editor of the Press:
ASH came down town this morning looked
out from the bead of High street to where the
White Mountains rose in the far distance in
the clear morning light. l looked upon them
with more than common interest, for they were
the objective point of my journey. The morn
ing was delightful. The rising mist yelled the
waters of the Cove so delcately that the green
shores of Westbrook, reflected from the clear
calm water, seemed to blend with the sloping
fields. Coming to Gorham by the early train
upon the 2. s. r. r. r., took the stage to the
foot OF Sebago Lake. Along this road dis
lance of six miles, little is to be seen to inter-
est the tourist. From my elevated position on
the topmost seat of the coach, when the driver
stopped to water his horses at Little Fails,
could see very distinctly not more than half
mile across the Presumpscot in Windham, the
birthplace of Gov Andrew. 1t is an unpalpt-
ed, loW-roofed farm house. standing in the
high, breezy fields-ft home and surroundings
for tne early home Of one who was 10 develope
into man of so broad views and so large a
heart as he. Having arrived at the shore
of the Lake, passengers and drivers loafed
about the shore waiting fol the arrival of the
Oriental. True to its Mussulman name, the
boat was nearly an hour behind time-long
enough tor the waiting company to became
completely demoralized. The more convvial,
| under the leadership of the County Supervisor
retired to the house which used to be known as
the Lake House. Your correspondent perched
upon rock which rose high above the water,
in the shadow of overhanging birch trees, be-
| gan to take notes; while there was manifest
| disposition among the crowd to stroll along the
| Shore The sweet and unusual strains of O
| hand organ kept them at their post waiting for
| the boat. AT length it came in sight and rap
| idly steamed into the cove. We were soon on
| board. Supervisor threw his line and began
to fish. Itdidntpay. ''There are just as good
fish swimming there yet" The organ grinder,
with more abiding faith in the business OF
| his cause, continued persistently to play the
entire route.
Nothing can exceed the novelty and beauty
of this trip. The lake is bordered by beautiful
| 1y wooded shores, and its islands are charming
but the chief attraction of the route is the pas
sage up the Songo, which connects Sebago
with Brandy Pond, some four or five miles
| above. This stream has course so winding
| that the boat was changing its direction almost
| every moment. Willows and birches hang
over the low banks, and on the darkly shad-
owed water rest blooming white lilies, almost
| within reach from the deck of the boat Out
on Brandy Pond we passed looms, whose
strange, wild scream was sweetly musical in
comparison with the organ.
AT Naples left the boat to wait over one
day, and the Supervisor went on to Bridgton
to hold his Teachers Institute. have nc
doubt it will be largely attended. Tomorrow
1 shall take the boat again to pursue my way
to the mountains. G.
Naples, Aug. 8, 20.