davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1870-05-11

,nnin. foul unless relieved BY some olne1
nrocess. The only means by which it has
ever been cleaned, or its water changed, IS
a rainfall, but it SO happens that, IN the
very season when the r7veris most pestief-
ons. We have 0 hot sun and little or no
rain. and the water rather baeks INTO kne
river from the lake than flows out. AS tnat
branch must be relieved, and Immediately,
we suggest 10 the Board OF Aldermen 1las
t1,er tl;rect thut so much of the proceeds OF
this last 81, ,000. 600 Of river improvement
bonds as may be necessary be aPphed 70
the construction of covered canal under
p3nns furnished by Mr.. Chesbronghs from
the lake to the North Branch, and the erec-
lion of a pump, or wheel, and the neces-
garv machinery. The Aldermen who rep
resent Wards i, 10, II, 15, 1G, II, IS, 10, and
%. arc interested IN having that branch,
not only cleaned, but kept clean; and, asst
can IN no event be aided by the cannl i'm
1,rovouent, or the pumps, they have the
right to demand that nt leass portion o1
the So, ,oooDoo authorized to be expended
unon the si5e7 improvement shall be ap'
nGed to that part of the river, upon whose
condition the health and comfort OF the
=. noople in their wnrds so much depend =
It may be asked, Whist vii become OF GU
lien mon the canals We answer that this
lien does not depend for its validity upon the NJ
time consumed in deepening the canhA. II
is not a valid lien any way until the pre-e1
istinc canal debt is paid. What the city re-
ouires, and must have, for its money Il Inc
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-11

A new notion IS to substitute hollow spheres
in the place OF carrisges IN pueumatic -n'l,gays,
run the ;ubes on poles al over the country, aud
thus provide means Of Transporting rerchan-
disc at the rate Of 200 miles an hour he build
ing and equipment Of t6ese coumunioati ons is
estimated at 81 600 a mile
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-11

" WIFE says a gentleman Of New Haven,
"has Willie been hsptizedl' " No, my dear,
not yet; but why do you ask, joan p 4" Be
cause there is great deal Of smallpox about.
and it ought to be done at once
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-11
The gren.h Canadians and the Catholic
f,q~rs

C;P-pt
10 Montreal they have, for some years past.
maintained the Institute Cauaiien, continuing n
/ library, news-room, and lecture-hall Into t1is
library they have had the hardihooi to admit
/ books tisaprg1Fei by The Roman Expurgeto-y
ladeT; and The rers-room IS polluted bv pare-s
which have questioned the Pone's infaHibil.tv.
ou worse, their lecturers have claimed f.r the
public the exercise OF speech in political matterr.
and the severance u church Interference from
secular affairs. For these offences the priests
have bitterly demonstrated, but without avail.
The bishops them took up the culrels. but with
10 better success The Pope was az last a7Dell-
Cd too, and bis Holiness demanded from them an
unconditional srbmission-the concession 81 tho
cer-y Of excluding every volume from The
library o. Fashionable 10 the latter. and Of every
ami. c'cricL uessaaner fron ihe revs-ro5r1i.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-11

WHY'S the Isihmus Of Darisa dis,sntly COR
nected with the "milkv vsyl" Because " .
the Isthmus Of DGiry-1nn, Of oourta
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-11
THE VERMONT CONTROVERSY"
Uapu5I,6,t Documents Of Early YsrmoHt
Hist0Iy.

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-11

iHero IS tbs San Francisco Esw, Ls'fsr's des-rlp-
'..n oi the interview etrsen the r,p5-tcr Gni tie
i''ra'sd deaf uu.l, which was 5-ou-h. TO an
'iapt conclusion By the violent impaIsion OF a
. 7'a'-''-Itis at the Tep1r er's head
REPORTER.
S-sy, ~ Ee7tlo Shep9erI. hear my prayorl
ANsfE .V-ltss)
Young nau, Pm deaf and dumS,
I.r au 4Atcfg-ea y1.'te come
ItllaE i 20 Father -1- ylu tneie"
REPORTER.
Goad heavens, Madam, VIVA. pretense,
I'd interview l1e wife Of Li,s
Your singular -ict o4 5 not
OF any KIND %! cp.-,uu.rce.
raIg-i lirs yovr seur-lc-.
sev. wru'- uur ietse. what's the pris,
ufi0url lu5s in the ma-Se Es-ts
'rr~s s-cru of late p h We iucrea-'d-
Does smoke offend you 10 h- l-s-.t
NJ iuatlrf- Were ga tus led thr ce;
And Clu your ia~- lie drive a raw
Ilast many c0-us upon thy f-et
md is that set 20. teeth IN etrl
And how did you Co ue hv them pray
Don bother me ith answers plra-e
re wrlffeu some alrradt down.
III syrrnf thi- tails upJu the town
! really o. MS It Qft r- the cbee e
tool day, young iaiy.
AySiE .a.siblsl
wed. vow.
In o1ol, unhlusha s1ieuc-,
Pntujm-uli inp- J.acloe
An1 i'ity Ia a, 90 Common sense
never met inv ma -h now.
4 thought I'd cheek tr ts-ufy mon
had not met rspor-eTs then.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-11

Sherman has given Prince Arthur me gun
AMI Belmont. Dix and Grinneil have given MN
ball l. there not additional hoera'hy enough
in New York to furnish the rest oil the anmuni-
tioo Lon. Courier Jour.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-11

Kansas dispatch is 70 the effect that evidence
Of a startling character, in reference to certain
Northwestern senator, will be produced before
committee Of the Legislature appointed to inves-
tisate charges Of corruption against the Kansas
Congressional delegation.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-11

The taxes in Texas are the ligh,es; of all the
States in the Union.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-11

IHC LAST >rNs1TI0SNL HCGISG SroHT.-
Tie louisville Coma .rci { publishes an &C ;ouut
ot the WONDERFUL es.aue s-0m t1e death penalty,
bv partial strturuauon, Of Erei. the WIFE
alr REP. rla >lf-rei de''1. or was opposed
20 .s.. done So, gl 4r.ity lass. f'lrn th. ody
.ra se.z v4s pos broken, nor was She skin
ch..t D. 9a-d.-. sni &, wie declared in ihe
l..-.a.-a. t..-. .l tle vicinity ot tle s-lfllf,
t.t. a.'-a.ou l ,7c carotid 1rter's, ol ree neck
rv-, .-er-a 1.- 4-er r1- iti -g--. rs and s
.s-.s1~,s had dec srel life extinct. -f-er han -
Ia- some minutes. Nrie.'s aoiy var piscei n
che coffin aud driven 90 the cemetery. 4: mid
u-ut n f-p believer in the theory Of resuscits-
t'oa uf .aIua .f, through ibe giiyanic process
zot possession OF fle 0oiy, and, applying the
.tiraric battery, la less than tiiteeu minutes the
elrn boot commenced 10 course through the
chilled BODY AMI stimGiAnts we're p0urcc down
t4e th-l-j ot zoe revived criminal &; ana - iess
.tau half au aour Z -iel exclaimed, % 1at have
vdu lone. Au [ slIye7" SIeps were immeii-
srciy taken 20 save the Fretchei man. Justice
ls.l heeu -stl-l-} by jne ruolic execution. though
.- returned Nluc Of hriel's personal friends
we're notified q the resdsciiation. Stranger
lsssis-.. l.n, furnished him w4ih means and
rg DAY. ..tl man, weak ami lettering, bur iru
and .mmcgatle In his deneanor. crossed the
river, and was last sen by vstohful, silent
fr..1i. ~to S-r' near him on the trs'n leaving
Ssrmod-, lad os his way 70 an unknown, out
Y is 10 te hppe1 better future
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-11

E1xin " Stantou's will IS contained on page
Of criira-y letter paper, and bequeathes two
thirds Of his property after the payment OF bis
debts. 10 bic vile. and the other tnird TO MS
mother to 6e equally divided st her death among nI
he three youngest children. lie names T. n H.
Watson Of Asatabuis. o.. Judge Andre" "yne'
Gen = Townsend and his wife as Dis eAscu-
f1-s
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-11

mo 5 IHI.fENUEN.
The h,.ubl Mesheck Weare, Esqr., President Of
tn Council n Hampshire
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-11

Ny. Isnry S,b!n, Bellows Falls, lost horse
q few days since. y me rolling Of log down
~ e.harsueut uu-a i-.
2'r. s g Caanilc-, e Ssxton's River. d ed
very suddenly t-w nights since. Of heart dis
---=. 10 wife was awakened BY his bard
breathing, u-i tried to do something for him,
tu. be immediately expired.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1870-06-15
WHOLE No. 7l3.

time was the greatest punishment for al
offences not amounting to murder. About
three years after this l was going over the
same road and on the same business and,
having obtained very early. start from
the Springs one morning, met on top Of
one of the high hills, near this same point,
about daylight in tho morning, this very
same man, Potter, with his rife on his
shoulder. It was then sthat 1 thought of
the morrow" for I saw at the very first
glance that he knew me; but, stranger
still than this meeting was, he never no.
ticed me or deigned to speak of the Incl
dent of our first meeting there. It was
easy enough to face him, but it was never
more difficult to turn my back on friend
than to put this man behind me. But
passed on unmolested. He was reputed
fine narksmaa at the Springs, and per-
haps he remembered that within few pa
ces, and with an unerring rife, be had
tried me once before and failed, and never
had known the little incident that saved
my life at the time. have never heard
of Potter since then.
The truth of this adventure is vouched
for ly two of tho most respectable citizens
of Bowling Green, Robert Davis and Eli
iah Claypool; and its history has never
in print before.
XIcZAG
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1870-06-15

The Hartford Post ridicules the appro-
priation made by Congress of 100000 for
an expedition to the North Pole. We full
ly agree with the Post that the project ia
absurd enough to justify:the ridicule direc-
ted at it by some Of the members. Messrs.
Sumner, Yates and Sawyer advocated the
appropriation as national contribution
to the interests of SCIENCE" very pretty
sounding phrase and one quite taking with
some, but it is difficult to see what impor-
tant contributions to science have been
made by al the northern exploring expe-
ditions from the voyage of John and Sc
bastian Cabot in 1897 to the present time.
The Cabots, like almost every northern
navigator since, sought for northwest
passage. Almost every expedition has re-
suited in loss of life; but although a
northwest passage has been discovered it
will forever prove useless for commercial
purposes. There are habitable localities
on the continent that yet remain unexplor.
ed, and their resources undeveloped, that
might, with advantage to commerce as well
as science, be invaded by expeditions Of
discovery, but the waste of money and life
in endeavoring to pierce the ice barrier oi
the pole has gone far enough.-DubuQu
Times.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1870-06-15

More than 600 Catholic ladies of dis.
t;nction have signed an indignant protest
against the idea Of commission being ap.
pointed to examine the converts Of Eng
land. Among them are the Duchess of
Norfolk, the dowsger Duchess Of Argyll,
the Marchioness of Londonderry, Lady
Victoria Hope Scott, Lady Fitzlsn How
ard, the Countess Of Portarlington, Lady
Gertrude Douglass, Lady Alexander Cor
don Lenox, and many others of similar
exalted station.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1870-06-15

A Grand Funeral.

The New York correspondent Of the
Cincinnati Chronicle gives these funeral
items: There is story told of the re.
nowned r. Brown, Of Grace Church, which
illustrates the state of feeling here with re-
gard to burials among the class he serves.
Whea the war broke out a young gentle
man said to him, What are we to do this
winter, Mr.. Brown there will be no par
ties p Well, sir, well, was the reply, as
he afectionately patted his protubsrant
waistcoat, we will do the best we cam
We will make the funerals as fashionable
and attractive as possible At fashion
able funeral in New York there is as much
show and as much to be seen, as at fash
ionable party. The flowers often cost as
large sums as they do for an evening par
ty. : l cannet afford to die in New York /;
it would ruin my family the bury me there,
| heard gentleman say. A handsome
funeral is an event, and talked of and
dressed for as is handsome party, and for
the same reason: one meets oil ones
friends there Not long since a lady who
had been two years married died. She was
young, handsome and amiable, and her
friends loved her. Her parents were in
moderate circumstances, her husband q
government clerk, and getting good sal
ary. The funeral was show occasion.-
Her bridal dress, with its rich lace over
skirt, was produced and remodeled by a
fashionable mantuamaker this was forced
upon her cold, still form. A hair-dresser
was procured to dress her hair and arrange
the bridal veil and orange blossoms. Then
the corpse was placed in magnificent
casket, the room was decorated with flow.
ers, the costliest blossoms were woven into
urns and wreaths, and crosses and anchors,
and dispersed about the walls the shut
ters were closed and the gas lighted. Then
the crows, who had heard of these prepar-
ntions and of this mockery of woe, were
admitted, and passed in to gaze upon the
still, pale form there. After it was over
the husband discovered that years salary
would hardly pay the cost of this hand
some funeral"
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1870-06-15
Training q Prize Fighter.

Opposed as the readers of the Wiscon-
sin are to prize fighting and it's attendant
evils, it may be interesting to know the
course of training through which one ol
these fellows must pass to fit him for the
field. When Jem Mace was here we noted
the fact of his taking dog trot from
Cold Spring to the city, and the course
after it. Now that he has settled down
to his work in earnest, his regular diet il
as follows: Up at 5 o'clock and for &c
minutes exercising with dumb bells. He
walks about until seven when breakfast il
given him. This consists Of rare beei
stake or mutton chop, with tea and dry
toast, coffee, milk and butter being en-
tirely excluded from his menags.
After breakfast, dressed in his usual
clothing, according to the weather, he en-
ters upon his usual mornings exercise, q
twelve or fifteen mile trot on the Mobile
road, accompanied by his trainer. The
walk is invariably concluded by brisk
run home of five miles, where, upon ar
rival, he is Immediately stripped, put un
der cold shower bath, and then vigor
ously rubbed down with rough clotht
until the skin shines with ruddy, healthy
glow.
After this he is treated to glass oi
sherry. 1t ia now near dinner time. which
is served at half past II o'clock, and con
sists of fare somewhat varied. Chicken
mutton, beef and bread, and q glass ol
English brown stout, vegetables being
rigidly excluded. During the afternoon
he walks, boxes with gloves, runs, or takes
any gentle exercise his humor may die
tate. At five o'clock he is served with
tea, toast and eggs, and after that strolli
around until nine clock, when he retiret
to rest.-Daily Wisconsin,.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1870-06-15
Another Name for 1t.

Another Name for it.
A few days since it was stated that q
woman in Chichester, New Hampshire,
undertook to murder her husband by
strangulation, while he was asleep upon
the bed. The circumstances in the case
are briefly these: Mr.. John Mason, forty
three years of age, man of considerable
property, of industrious and steady habits,
quiet, orderly citizen, having been away
to days labor the day previous, returned
home at night much fatigued, and
at late hour. At 4 o'clock the next
morning his wife took four yards of cot.
ton, twisted it into rope, fastened one
end to the bed-post, and then noosed and
coiled it around her husbands neck, and
pulled hard upon the other end of the
rope, with the evident intent of commit
ting murder by straagulation. Forum
a.ely, Mr.. Mason discovered himself in
this almost fatal moose barely in time to
utter cries for help. His daughter, fifteen
years old, an inmate of the house, prompt
ly came to the rescue, armed with shoe
knife, when most desperate struggle en-
sued, terminating in favor of MIR. Mason
and the daughter, she severing the rope
with the knife. Mrs. Mason claims to
have been acting in fit of somnambul-
ism. Various theories are mentioned as
to the cause of this inhuman conduct,
among which are insanity, in6delity to
her husband, dreams of lettering her
condition in future relation, and lastly,
and most reasonable, small mental ca
pacity. She evidently intended to COM
n,it murder in a manner that would ex-
hib;t no external marks OF violence, after
the manner of some Of the most educated
assassins. At first but little credit was
given to this affair away from the locality
where it took place, but legal proceedings
were instituted, and Mrs. Mason placed
under arrest.-Er.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1870-06-15

e RAILRoADs.-In his letter to the Tri-
bune, Bayard Tsylord calls attention to the
! striking change in the character of 'front.'
Aier towns effected ty carrying railroads
saleng with, or in advance of population.
It'The intermediate stages of growth" he
Nays, s'dissppear and the civilization and
comfort Of the older States are planted at
Son,e in the virgin wilderness. Civilisa-
'E*ion marches westward, with full front
Of convenience and luxury" The lox
cabin has had its day. New settlers now
Bimport neat frame dwellings from the
East, and as soon as they can get brick.
: yard into operation, the lucky ones build
Themselves villas with all the accessories OF
lawns, greenhouses, etc. An Iowa town
sof ten years thus compares very favorably
With New England town Of two
hundred.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1870-06-15
The Enchanted Mountain.

AHc EHcuAnteu MOunt0lns
In one of the northeastern counties
Of Georgia, is natural curiosity, called
from Indian tradition, the Enchanted
Mountain.
The mountain is not large, and there is
nothing remarkable about it until you gel
on the top, when human tracks, or i'm
pressions in the solid rock, which appea,
to be human tracks, are seen. How these
almost human tracks came to be impressed
on the rock of this mountain is one of the
many mysteries Of this mysterious land Of
ours. There were great many traditions
among the Indians in regard to this noun.
tain, but none of them are satisfactory,
and it probably never will be known who
it was that left their tracks upon the sum
nit of the Enchanted Mountain. One of
the Indian traditions is curious, for it
shows that they had vague idea of Nc
abs flood before the advent of the white
man. The story has been handed down
among the aboringes that it was the land
ing place of the great canoe, after the del
uge, and the tracks were made by the pee
pie in the canoe, as they stepped out spon
the rocks, which had been made soft by
the long irundation.
One Of the tracks, and,the largest one,
is seventeen and half inches in length,
and seven and three-feurths inches wide.
Unlike the others, it has six toes. This
must have been Noah's track, and if there
was anything in the Mosaic account of
the flood concerning the size of Noah 8
feet we might have confirmation of the
Indian tradition. The size of the track
would indicate that he wore number
eighteens.
There are one hundred and thirty-six
impressions of feet and hands visible on
the face of the rock. The smallest foot
track is four inches in length and of per-
feet shape. Another Indian tradition is
that q great battle was once fought there,
and the large track, with six toes, is that
of the victorious commander. This is
essentially Indian, as their ideas of men
tai greatness were circumscribed by phys
ical size. To be great warrior with them
was to be of great size and strength.
They did not recognize the size or quality
of the brain as having anything to do
with it.
But who made these tracks upon the
Enchanted Mountain I? If human feet
then whose feet, and at what age of the
world? If they were chiseled out by hu-
man hands, whose hands, and when ?
Alas that the learning of the world
amounts to so little fer no man can tell.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1870-06-15

Richard Tattersall, the head Of the
well-known horse,selling firm in London
is dead. 1t was an ancestor Of this man
also Richard Tattersall-who found
ed the famous High Change for
Horse Flesh," near Hyde corner, in
1866. The name Of the first proprietor
passed into familiar usage, and became
synonym for shorse exchange
throughout the English-speaking world.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1870-06-15

Ben. Butler is entitled to white mark.
In pension bill for the soldiers of the
war of 1915, an amendment was offered
for the exclusion from its benefits of per
SONS ,rhc~.ymnathizad with the Snuth in
the late rebellion. Butler contended that
by the very course of nature, men who
were soldiers in 1915 could never have
rendered very efficient aid to the South in
the late war, and it was a mean act to
confiscate the poor pittance about to be
given to their comrades. In the course Of
his remarks, he said:
these old soldiers for their patriotic valor
is not new question to me. 1t came be-
fore me in the darkest hour of the late
war, when, because of possibility of a
revolt Of the inhabitants of the city of
New Orleans, ordered all the arms in
possession of the people should be sur
rendered to the military authorities. An
"What consideration shall be given to
old soldier who served with Jackson came
to me, bringing with him, to he delivered
up, the sword he had worn at the battle of
New Orleans. Said he, General, my
sympathies are against you; but this is
the sword that l carried at the battle Of
Chalmette, in defense of this city against
an invading army. 1t never has been sui
lied; it never will be. am an old man /;
I cannot surrender my convictions upon
this question which divides the nation.
Consider my former services to the coun-
try do not take from me my sword" I
listened to the appeal of the old man then,
and he took away with him the sword
which was dear to his heart; and l ask
the house to listen to the appeal of his old
comrades now"
The amendment was lost by large
majority.