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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-05-26

REAL ESTATE Cu,SGEs-Geo. D. Wright has
bought 30 4 e. o. Wires, No 9, and Marcus
A. Corr0r, 10. "a, Of the city lots Of Vsn Sick
leu. D .rres and Walker. on North Avenue, which
mpls.e- The sale of the 81 lots put on sale
through the agency OF Carolrs Noyes by lIessrs
v.B. 81, they, reser,.ug f.r their own use
SIS. auil0.
The Cement Water Pipe Co, has rented Of j..
W. WsriFs.l ais south lot on Locust street
uroaAuoy DAr.-The committee on flowers,
appointed 10y Post S,sauard. for Decoration Day
request the ladies Of Burlington sni friends Of
ta Observance Of the day, to send their donations
lfa7wers TO the rooms Of the Post, in Wbeelers
block, west side of City Park, IS early as 10
O'Clock in the forenoon Of Tuesday. the 30th
inst Tits 70 be hoped that the ladies and friends
viii remember the occasion and be, as usual,
liberal with their donations
Tae new signs which all the archel panels on
Wires Insurance Building are the handiwork Of
Mr.. A. Cr5ssuaa of Waterbury, VI, who does
the ornamental painting in Colby Brothers s.
90 = children g carriage manuac;ory. The signr
are without doubt the hsndsomest in the State
The painting on one represents a fire at sea. and
the othe- burning block of buildings. with fire
men at work.
ANEW RmsDr Dor CABBAGs WoBus--An
eminent esrleuist at WinoosE has discovered
the fuosmr dad ylt On that greatest Of all
denominations, the cabbage worm, which he pro-
poses to make thorough tria Of this season
lie proposes rot to set out any cabbages Of his
own, aud to devote the time usually spent in
killing the worms to seeing his neighbors kill
theirs. and symplthizing deeply with them in
their sfii,don. lie thinks bis neighbors viii
al give him a good cabbage OF two, II they hare
any, in the fall, because Of his deep interest in
their affairs.
HnEnrRG.-The officers Of Laplott Lodge,
N55l, ofG T., at Hues5urg. were duly
installed by Deputy c. W. C T., C. A. Higley,
May 6. assisted by Montgomery 5. Allen as G.
w. Officers:
&c. Fletcher. W. C. T.; Mrs. C. NJ Nash,
". Y. j.; John Conlon, W. $, Mrs. Wick
ware, W. +. s.; C. A. Higey, W. T.; W. n.
Perrin, ". NJ; Miss Mary Condor, W. l. G
Alouzo Clark, W. D. G.; Rev. J. D. Burlwell.
" c.; Miss 81 Davis. W. S; Miss Sarah
uerory. W. D NJ; Miss c. f. Douglas, " R.
s. Miss Jennie Sanctuary, ". L. S
E-sEN-Ay EARTHQUAK Essex cores
ponient writes US. At precisely half past
] O'Clock Sunday mlrning felt very percep-
tible jar of an earthquake. The trembling CON-
meaced rather abruptly, aud continued about a
minute, gradually dying away. There was suf
d.ient motion 90 rattle the cr5ckery slightly two
or three times I cold not determine the direc-
ton"
This vas doubtless the earthquake which the
telegraph has reported IS felt in Quebec, OttaWs
and other places north, also in Walingfori on
Sunday morning. The shock was also distinctly
le.t hy several persons in this city
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-05-26

HUNTEGToN.-Rollin c. Bromley has been
appointed postmaster, vice George f. Johnson
resigned, and not Nathan H. Blackmsn, as pre-
yioGsy reported.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-05-26
JONAH >. PALNEK's ESTATE.

JONAH >. PALNEK'S ESTATE.
STATE or VERMONT, , To al persons con
DISTRICT oF oairrzSoFS. IS Js1ab p PlIssr, lats
Of Essex in sai District, deceased.
GREETING
At Probate Court holden at Burlington. within
ana for the District Hl Chitteuten, the --th day
Of ApFl 4. d.. l--I. al Instrument, pu-p1rtiu- 90
be the last Will and Iestl-lla. Ul F. Pa iIe-,
late Of Essex. in said District, deceased,
was presented % the Court aforesaid, for Probate
and IL IS ordered hy said Court That tie 10th day OF
May, A. u. 1871, o.. tie Probate Court Rooms
in said Darlington, De ASS get fog proving sid
Instrument, and that u0icc -1s4el. hs given tl nh
persons concerned, ~ publishing this order three
weeks successfully ia tho Darlington Free Press.
a newspaper printed al said Burlington, previous
20 the time appointed
THEREFORE,, you are hereby notified o. appear
before said Court, a- ,aa time and place aforesaid,
and contest the probate Of said VIII, fyou have
cause.
Given undcr my hand % Burlington. 20 said Dis
trict, this 25th Dag u 4 pill A. D. I--i.
s-ww T. E. WALES, Judge.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-05-26

Nlrsizl 81. H1smer has been re-appointed by
Commissioner Mscomber liquor agent for this
c.7. fr the ensuing year. Mr.. Hosmer, we
DBL .ratsud, has given general satisfaction in the
discharge # The difficult duties Of his position.
H.cl. 3d. There were sold and shipped from
BsHa ai, May -, 1ji tubs Of butter at prices
ranging from - 20 &c FOR fair. and % to %; for
choice also 40 boxes Of cheese at from s.; to
..l.t
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-05-26

Daniel Stone, Private, 9Th Vermont Vols
49, AT.Ts
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-06-21
/ Railroad Car Scene

4 correspondent Of the Washington
Capital thus writes Of an incident on the
Boston & Albany Railroad not many
weeks ago.
ran across what first struck me as a
very singular genius on my road from
Springfield to Boston. This was a stout,
black-whiskered man who sat immedi ately
in front OF me. and who INDUCED. from
time to time, in the most strange and una
accountable maneuvers. Every now and
then he would get up and hurry away to
the narrow passage which leads to the
door in these cars, and when he thought
himself secure from observation, would
fall to laughing in the most violent man
ner, and continue the healthful exercise
until he was as red in the face as a lob
ster. As we neared Boston these demon
strations increased in violence, save that
the stranger no longer ran away to laugh,
but kept his seat and chucked to himself
with his chin deep down in his shirt COL
lar. But the changes that those portman-
teaus underwent He moved them here.
there, everywhere he put them behind
him. in front of him, on each side of him.
He was evidently getting ready to leave,
but, as we We're yet twenty-five miles from
Boston, the idea of such early prepara-
tions was ridiculous. If we had entered
the city then, the mystery would have re-
mained unsolved, but the stranger at last
became so much excited that he could
keep his seat no longer. Some one must
help him, and as l was the nearest he Sc
lected me. Suddenly turning, as if | hal
asked a question, he said, rocking himself
to and fro in his chair, the meantime, and
slapping his legs, and breathing hard.
" Been gone three years ~ "Ah!" yes,
been in Europe. Folks didn't expect
me for six months yet, but | got through
and started. L telographed them at the
last station; they've got it by ibis time.
As he said this be rubbed his hands and
changed the pormanteau on his left to the
right, and the one on the right to the left
again. Got a wife ?" said | "Yes,
and three children" he returned, and he
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-06-21

ress in a place even if all improvements
are in their infancy. People will like tc
come and settle in place that bears such
a good name Now if you desire to see
your place growing, popular one, do what
you can to show yourself good neighbor
especially to those who need a little extra
help.
If man starts tin shop or black
smiths shop in your place, don't harness
up and drive off five miles to buy your
pans and get your horses shod, just because
you have been in the habit of doing it,
Patronize the new conner when you want
anything done in his line. Speak eneourag
ingly to him, and well of him to your
neighbOrs. Little words of approval or
censure 90 a long way, and when you have
spoken them, yon cannot call them back
Help the sick, especially if they are
poor, for poverty and illness are indeed a
heavy burden. Perform all acts of loving
charity which fall day by day in your path,
remembering who it is that has said, 'Ye
shall in nowise lose your reward. .'-Coun-
try Gentleman.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-06-21

4 thrilling incident, involving a signal
instance of manly bravery Is related as
having occurred at a fire at Frnday,
Ohio, last week. In one of the buildings
three kegs of powder were stored when
the fact became known the crowd began
to run; but not SO with a young MAJ
named Harry Erb, who seeing that unless
the powder was removed from the burning
structure, a terrible loss of life and prop
erty would result, sprang forward. and
crying, Stand back there is powder in
here, and | am going to fetch it out !;
rushed into the burning building. For
moment he was lost from sight, but shortly
rseppearei bearing In his arms two kegs
of powde-, which were soon in place OF
safety, but the third still remained. Erb,
however. did not stand to count the cost
Again telling the crowd to stand back,
he pushed his way into the burning mass
As he passed through the building the
flames were leaping and kissing all around;
dense masses of smoke almost blinded him,
but nothing stayed his purpose. Before
he reached the object of his search the keg
had caught FIRE; yet, without SEEM
ing to notice his terrible danger, he picked
up the powder and carried it from the
building.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-06-21

The Ca.iiornians hive a great tendency
10 Do everything with u rush, and, as =
natural cOnseq Ieuce, much that they at
tempt to do j., very poorly accomplished.
| fuey have gone into the vine culture 50
extensively that the wine Is sold there
cheaper than milk-lorty cents gallon :;
bur the greater portion OF the wine manu-
tacturcd is dear even n that price, being
rough, sour earthly stuff, neither healthy
nor palatlble. The reason Of this Is that
the people have not the patience to use the
proper care in its preparation and now,
instead Of Improving their methods Of
manufacture they are uprooting the vines
which have cost them 50 mnch money and
labor. In order to make room for more
profitable crops In the same manner they
plunged into the silk culture without
knowledge or system, and nearly everybody
began 10 cultivate mulberry trees, while
shkWorm eggs sold readily at FIVE dollars
an ounce. When the market for eggs was
fully supplied, twas discovered that there
was no market for cocoous. One culliva-
tor recently wrote to the proprietors of a
silk factory at San Francisco. offering to
give them 4 large lot of cocoOns if they
would pay the freight on them; and the
letter was never answered. The Califor-
mans now think the silk culture a humbug.
Yet wine-making and silk-worm raising
will doubtless eventually prove very i'm
portant and highly remunerative branches
of industry in that State. when carefully
and inteIigently pursued. Fruit trees of
nearly all descriptions thrive luxuriantly
in California, and as more fruit is now pro-
duced there than there is any market for,
the producers are becoming dIsgusted with
the business. But in time the trees that
have been planted will yield profitable
return, 1t will doubtless crafty Mr..
Burgh to know that IN some parts of Cal
ifornia they feed their pigs on Bartlett
ppars
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-06-21

THE INFLUENCE OF ELEGANT CHURCH
Es.-The age of fine building has GER
tain advantages. The house goes far to
make the congregation. People love to
look at and to sit IN nice churches. 1t
lends to them certain air of taste and
respectability, and L think good people
have an inherent love of a clean and new
place of worship where for an hour they
seem to be separated from the hard and
dirty world At least such a place will
attract people of taste and those who have
enterprise. The new house will, iu most
cases, secure the full congregation.
1t may be true that people love to sit
in fine house better than they like to
pay for it, and yet those who have pletho-
ric pockets will deplete for churches soon
er than for almost any other good thing.
You talk about soaring people away by
an obligation in the shape of church
debt, but it IS only the narrow men. Those
of courage and enterprise never 90 among
dead-heads but are sure to fnd house
with a people undertaking something
They love the bold. and hence it is often
easier to do a big thing than little in
these ecclesiastical enterprises.
4 debt often does more for a church
than anything save grace. 1t is hostage
to the future for their good behavior.
True We often groan under such burden
but it does no harm to groan little.
Patience Is tried the soul gathers muscle
and force to dare and do other great things.
If it be a source of temptation, it often
saves church from other and sorer temp
tations More of US will reach Heaven
from under burdens than any other way
the burden holds Us down SO that we are
not able to run into the fire.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-06-21

y BEwITCHED HERMIT.-David TOnk-
cry, better known as Old Tonkery, the
Hermit, formerly lived in a hut situated
in wild ravine, or mountain slope, near
Mt Riga. in the neighborhood of Amenia,
y. Y. Where this strange character
came from no one knew. He brought
plenty OF money, and settled on a tract of
land containing about one hundred acres.
The thoughts and conversations of this old
hermit were always about witches, and,
like most hermits, he was a woman hater,
not allowing one to enter his dwelling, as
he always kept a gun loaded with a silver
ball ready to shoot any witches that might
moiest him. At night he always placed
his gun across two chairs, the muzzle
pointing direct toward the door. He own
ed Il fue strawberry patch, and would
allow school girls to pick all they wanted
except the back-eyed ones; these he
would march off his premises instanter
lie was never known to harm but one
person; that was a poor widow woman
BY the name Of Mrs Hamblin Her COW
had wandered from home and she went up
the mountain TO the old mans farm Just
before dark, and, climbing upon = fence,
looked over his farm Tor the lost COW The
old hermit saw her. and it 50 happened
that there came "A hurricane or very
heavy wind that night and blew down
grove OF fine chestnut timber for old Toms
cry He thought at once that the poor
woman was a witch and had been up the
night before to see where she could do
him the greatest damage. y few days af-
ter he met the woman in the road. He
caught her, and with sharp stone cut
cross on her forehead between her eyes,
to kill the witches in her, he said. But
this proved a dear witch to old Tonkery,
for she sued him aud recovered damages
to the amount of 5000. and the man was
Obliged to sell ten acres of his best wood
land to pay suit and costs.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-06-21

How 10 MAKE A Place PRosPERoUs.-
There can hardly be better sign OF pros
perity in a community than disposition
to help one another, to lift little when n
neighbor's wheel gets set in the mud.
[ knew a place where a mans barn with
all his winters store of grain and hay,
was consumed in the night. Immediately
all the men Of the country side mustered
and hauled up timber for a new barn, and
then a big raising came off. After that
the sound Of twenty or more hammers was
heard until the whole was shingled and
shielded. But their deed of kindness was
not done yet; one and another offered to
take head or two Of his stock and winter
them for him, and thus greatly reduce his
loss, and assuring his heart of more dura-
able riches of brotherly love and neighbor-
ly good wilt No one can compute in
money the value of one such example of
noble liberality in community, especially
in its influence upon the young. Where
this spirit prevails there is sure to be prog
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-06-21

PHoToGRAPas PRINTED oS a Power
PREss.-One Of the chief drawbacks to the
employment of the photograph in illustra-
ting books or other letter-press matter, has
been the necessary slowness Of sun printing,
and the necessity Of printing the photo
graph upon peculiar paper and pasting
upon the space lett for 1t in the printed
page. But by a process now attracting
attention, photographs can be printed in
dependently of lignt, and in permanent
style. 1t may be thus briefly described :;
The photograph is taken on u sheet OF gela-
tine; this sheet Is fastened down upon a
p ate of metal, and after little prepara-
ton, in which sponge and water play a
part, can be printed from it as if it were
an engraved block. Ordinary printing ink,
laid on with u roller, is used and the
sheet is printed in an ordinary printing
press, and with a remarkable preservation
Of the lights and half tones. OH paintings,
engravings, chalk drawings, and anything,
living or dead, that can be photographed,
may, by this process, oe reproduced and
multiplied in permanent form; and when
a sufficient number of impressions has been
taken, the sheet of gelantine can be lifted
f:Om the plate and laid aside for future
use. This is obviously very important
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-06-21

Why WOMEN ARE NOT MAGNANIMOUS.-
What women in civilized countries mostly
want Is magnanimity Men of high minds
are constantly disappointed when they find
this lack of the magnanlmous revealing it
self in the character of some woman who
otherwise seems so admirable. But men
themselves have hitherto, in Europe espe-
clally, so shaped and limited the moral
training of women as to render magnanim-
ity virtue Of almost impossible attain
ment. The errors of women are In their
degree always the common errors of servi-
tude. But there IS something more than
that. The whole training of womanhood
Is directed to the culture merely of one vir-
tue. 1t Is not Indispensable or even neces-
sary to wOman's honor and repute that
she should be truthful. or generous, or mu-
nIfcent, or brave. She has no need or in-
ducement to cultivate magnanimous quail
tiles. Society only asks her to be chsste.
If you II cultivate but one flower, YOU
cannot have parterre. La days not far
called on to be brave and truthful-he
might be as ferocous and voluptuous as be
chose; therefore his common vices were fe-
rocity and profigac Women are COM
monty trained even now to believe that so
long as they are 8 virtuous," it is not re-
quisite that they should be sincere and
magnanimOus therefore their common de-
fects are insncerity and meanness.-Mc-
CartRy'S - LAZY Juduh.'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-06-21

PRovIDENTIAL CARE.-Who is it that
waters fields of corn upon the Sabbath
morning as upon the Saturday night t?
Who is it that makes the grass to grow
in Sabbath sunshine as we'll as amid Sat
urday's rains ? Who is it that hears the
cry of the raven on Sunday morning and
feeds it? Who is it that keeps up the
pulsation Of the heart, from which if God
were to withdraw his finger for moment,
each heart would be still and life would
instantly depart? In our hospital wards
and sick rooms in the broken limb where
the bone is gradually united in the sever
ed muscle, where mediatorial substance
is put forth that rejoins it; in the health
that returns to the withered frame-in all
these our Father worketh, hitherto, on
Saturday, and Sunday, and on all days
CuDqBliug.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-06-21

velop only the germs already present.
Can we hope it will make practical reason
ers and genial, gracious gentlemen out of
the material it mas there to work on? The
most violet of lenses did not turn his swine
into grapes. The barrow pig Offers US a
significant hint. It's greed and viciousness
increased in proportion with its muscle.
Let us be cautious The slight want of
suayity, for instance, perceptible in Gen.
Buffers character might develop. in the
space Of time needed to make butting OK
out of the calf, into a character unpleasant
for the country to deal with. Imagine.
too, Mr.. Carpenters personal graces and
powers of speech unfolded under the prism
for six months The nation may carry its
debt, but there are som" weights under
which it would totter and fall.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-06-21

addition to the resources or art; from 300
to 400 impressions can be taken in day,
quite independently of weather and, if
required, the picture can be printed along
with type in the pages of a book. Speci-
mems were exhibited at the conrersa7i 7io1e
given by the President of the Royal Socie-
ty at Burlington House, including chalk
drawings by the old Italian masters, land
scapes, buildings engravings, sea pieces,
maps, and number of shattered and
wounded bones from the recent battle-felds
in France, intended to illustrate a work
on surgery. All these specimens were re-
produced with such skill that in many
cases, it would have been difficult to dis
tinguish them from the originals.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-06-21

4 letter from Father Iyacin,he ia the
Gallois acknowledges the sympathy that
Italy feels for France and advises union Of
the Latin races, as the balance Of Europe is
menaced by the preponderauce of the Ger
man slaves The nineteenth century IS the
age Of working men, says Byacnth the
second empire treated social questions IN the
spirit Of the Caesars, instead Of seeking to
solve them by the dissemination Of educa-
ton Moreover it imposed prolonged celibacy
Of soldiers, and legalized the prostitution OF
women. The church also failed in its mis-.
sion it was too much occupied with dog
matte questions and too little with the in
structi0n Off flock. Father Hyacinthe con-
cludes Paris is ia ashes the work of peo-
pie who have no God Or say it is Impossible
for them to believe in or love Him Let
rulers, with their whole heart and brain.
consider the problem Of the restoration OF
France to faith, prosperity and peace.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-06-21

Homer used, they say, to nod some ines,
and a streak of fun now and then shows it
self in very great and grave places. They
say that while the Chancellor Of the Excheq
uer was making his financial prospectus
speech in Parliament the other evening
when he reached his proposition to put a
new tax on matches, somebody passed along
the smiling benches to Mr.. Giadstone's seat,
a slip Of paper containing the following
Fiat Lux "-diXit Deus
(i3eata est vOX);
't Fiat TaX'-diAit fsObcrtus,
'aIipenny box.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-06-21

Shallow waters are easily muddied.
After night of storm, the waters of the
bay along the beach, stirred by the winds,
are foul and black with the mire and dirt.
But look beyond. out into the deep water
how blue and clear it is The white caps
on tho surface show the violence of the
wind, but the water is too deep for the
storms that sweep its surface to stir up
the earth at the bottom. So in Christian
experience. \ shallow experience is easi-
ly disturbed the merest triEes becloud
and darken the soul whose piety is super
fcial while the most furious storm OF nfe
fails to darken or perturb the soul which
has attained deep experience of the
things of God.