Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-03-04

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A MATRIMONIAL "CAnD.''-The following
remarkable manifesto appears in the Rockville
CCt) Journal:
I, James Fay, wish TO tell the people of Yer
non, thst have been prosecuted, myself and my
children, bys bad and unfaithful woman. She
has used bad language, cursing, swearing, card
playing and drinking on Sunday; while ! Was in
Ioiieud all for the rights Of my first woman's
children. I am satisfied, gentlemen, where she
got her liquor, for since she left me and went TO
New York, she has written him a bad and i'm
proper letter l have the letter in my possession
and can show it to any one who wants to see it.
Let all people hereafter beware Of these New
York women, for they are not Ike cur Connect
cur girls have been taken in awfully, and
was awtully deceived This woman, whose name
was Margaret Mckinley, a. she gave II 10 ne,
became my wife about eight months ago, and
since then have lived in misery AMI trouble
This woman would get ne ul breakfast, but she
would beat my children, raise Jump, 90 their
hesis with STICKS from the wa5i-hox drive them
out doors 90 stay nights in barns and woodstock,
and struck ne three times with a chair before
laid hands On her But il was d new thing for
me 90 DE treated So hy a woman, and I 10 ac-
knowledge that then put her IL the Wooihouse
Ny poor children came 20 me In loliAui Jail
with tears in their eyes, FIR this bal woman
drove them from home and w1ulin' allow them
to stay peaclhly She knocked Johnny iowu,
shut of his wind, and stole his little six-tAicl
knife from hin. She put l.le Willie in the
cupboard, and tried O. f4-reu him down cellar.
She las taken my pillow CASES AMI sheets, knives
and forks, tahle-claths, spoons sui anything else
she could lay her hands on, a1i -ett my house
bare s. she .s q THE: a- wei. rs otherwise
bad woman, and she has caused me all the
trouble have hal these months. But now she
is gone, AMI my children AZ home with me AMI
! feel quite happy with them. want she public
t. excuse me for all tie trouble We have hal since
I married Margaret for she has been the cause
Of il all which you all know, gentlemen, that I
never hsd the like before. Margaret has left ne
five or six times before and come back again.
She has taken a hunirei dollars Of my hard
earnings 60 pay debts but has kept the money
AMI paid Do debts. She has made her hra.s that
th : is So. % good and honest people whom ] can
believe But she is welcome TO it. gentlemen, if
she will never darken my doors again This is
au the truth. May God save your good wives
% you, gentlemen, but shut of Jhe wind Of the
poor ones in his mercy. JAWS FAY.
P15uas ABrsss IN 1us HABpoR OF Nsw
Yong.-A petition is being circulated through
New York city asking the Legislature to repeal
the law which requires . compulsory employ
ment Of pilots by ship masters Ship masters
and owners assert that as matters are now con-
Quoted by the Pilot Commissioners, they are
not only exposed TO e1torti0ns, but the safety
OF their ships Is frequently ieoIariizei. For
example, one Of the regulations now in force
stipuates that Il % pilot halls an incoming vessel
anywhere d" of shore the master Is bound %
employ him, and pay him extra for his services
If the master prefers 10 wait until be reaches
quarantine a. al and then employs a pilot,
thereby saving zee expeuec Of 80 of shore % pi-
l0;s-e. the plot who first hailed him can claim
and collect ngt only the extra fee for of shore
p.0tage, but the fee paid for being plotted up to
the city. Ship owners claim that this is an out
rage upon them That the Commissioners have /
neither right nor authority 20 make regulations /.
flr waters outside ;he state jurisdiction.
4 QrlBRal OVER 4 BLrssIyG-Ihere is a |
vast quantity Of controversial spirit which re-
4uire- a vent, and fasens upon any object. how I.
ever tritjug, which may happen 90 present itself /
Ia no other way can We account for the fearful /
excitement which has been caused by a Greek 1
archbishop having had the goodness to bless some /
English churchuen. The Archbishop of SYRIA /
aud Tenls, when visiting York Minister, pro |
n3uncci his beneiietion in Greek over the mem /
bcrs Of a deputstiou Instead Of everybody be /
ing much obligel to him fer taking the trouble, /,
the blessing has lei TO an angry controversy As /
10 whether a Greek archbishop has any right to I
bless Us at all. Happily the Archbishop Of York /
has givea his opinion that the prayer Of an |
"a alien may be eticacous in other words. 4
that We need not be anxious as 10 the effect Of 1
Greek blessing on an English deputati0n This
IS very satisfactory, and will, it is to be hoped,
allay the panic and settle the question In the /
we trust the Archbishop Of syria and /
Tenos will not be deferred by this clamor from |
blessing English Churchmen, whether they like I
It or not Many Of them would be none the |
worse for a good blessing in any language, liv- |
ing or dead and populations are frequently So
Troublesome that they may think themselves /
very fortunate TO receive blessing in Greek in
stead Of something the reverse in English.
Nothing but courtesy. indeed. prevents their
being frequently addressed in the same terms as
those used to a sailor by the boatswain in one Of
her Majesty's ships where strong language WAS
God bless you, you rascal; you
know what | mean -
Az OBSTINATE "UPrER HoUsr One of
the fiyori;e aud almost annual recreations Of
the Legislative Assembly, in Melbourne, Aus
t,ala, is the passing Of a bill bes,owing upon
its members liberal salerie. anu allowances
and the only drawback to the delightful amuse-
meut is -h,J the Legislative Council dnds elua!
pleasure in passing an almost unanimous vote
agaius' this convenient provision. The ohlu-
racy Of the Upper House is the more aggraya-
ting from the notorious fact that many mem
hers of the lower frequently find it extremely
to pay their tailors' bills, and are
3 lr!ost out at elbows in the service of an IN
grateful country. In this deplorsble condition,