Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-02-16


Noral-get drunk.
II Is ,.ia that At New York club house
lately, party Of come half dozen young men
we're assembled in the psrlOr, when one rather
excitable looking person wac accused of carrying
concealed weapons. He acknowledged the isci'
and offered to bet ten to one that every man pre-
sent was armed in like manner. The wager was
taken. and sure enough, every man was protect
ed with six-shooter Of improved pattern, aud
one or two Carried sung shots in addition
The continued excitement in England in re
gard to the Alabama claims, and the feeling OF
anxiety on the London Exchange. is repre-
septed TO be so strong that the market is de-
moralized and American railway shares unsslea-
| BE The English consols declined three-eghths
Of. one Ter cent Wednesday, and United States
bonds have fallen Of fully one-half per cent.
The effect Of the news on this side is seen in the
rise of the gold premium to 10 "a, and de-
cline of about ona-half per cent. in the prices OF
fve-tweuties.
We find in Boston psper the astounding
statement that Massachusetts, for the last three
years, has paid for legislative and council ser
vices lust about the same average sum which the
screen States Of Maine, New Hampshire, Yer
mont. Rhode Island, Connecticut. New York snd
New Jersey have unitedly paid for the services
Of nearly five times as many legislators, repre-
.eating combined population more than five
times az great The sessions Of the Massa-
chusetts Legislature DO hang on " consarnedly.'
The counsel Of the cAr-hook murderer, tosier'
in New York, argued their motion for new
trial. The Court reserved its decision. 1t
seems now, says the Tribune, that Fosters IL
tention in smashing Mr. Pltnam's head to
Jelly wss merely to main him and leach HIN
not to speak to gentleman in liquor That
death resulted was due simply to fact IN
physiology for which Foster was not responsible.
II Mr. Pu,nam's skull had been an inch or two
thicker he would not have died
There is probably no such thing at honest
gambling The other day The police in Boston
seized = number Of deal-boxes used in he'll for
PLAYING faro, and they we're all found TO be
cheats" having a wide "slot " through
which two cards u CHI be pushed a; orce Al the
will Of the dealer The superior kno9ledge
which long practice gives to the professional
gamblers il not enough, but the pigeon in
Thousands Of csscs. il skinned by supplementary
sEirlles
/ Mr.. Terviilizer, clerk Of the Senate at Albany.
owns that he took % per cent. commission On
certain lots Of printing done for the State, from
the printers. Weed, Parsons & Co. lie sent the
printing to the shove named firm tecsu'e the
members Of it were old political and persanal
friends. and when they handed it $1,000 he
considered it as grstuity, and accepted, 90 not
thinking there Was any improperly in it." The
only excuse offered by NJ Terwilliger, is that
/ this kind Of thing had become custom st Al
I bany; previous clerks having accepted similar
rratuities from the printers to whom they gave
( State work.
At the late State Temperance Convention in
Massachusetts,, Rev. Henry A. Cooke, the sue
/ cessor Of the late Rev Phineas stowe, in the
BAPTIST Bethel. Boston, ,ail he hal visited Yer
mont lstely, AID the bad influence Of Boston had
I found its way even among the green hills of that
State, and he found liquor for sale 10 sill the
towns there. He was surprised to 6nd so much
LIQUOR there. The Green Mountain State needed
hard, earnest work lie rejoiced to know thst
/ there we're few true temperance men faithfully
at work there, Mr.. G. C. Juison, Of Brookline,
abiding to what hsd been saii about Vermont,
thought that State the banner State Of the
Union in the temperance cause and it would
lake csre OF itself.
It. stated from Washington that Secretary
Fish sent q cable dispatch, on Wednesday, in an
sve7 to the note Of Earl Granville, in which he
explained that the objso; Of the United States in
presenting the claim for indirect damages, BY
confederate cruisers, to the Geneva arbiirstors,
was to place the whole question before the board
and leave nothing unsettled that might be pro-
ductive Of future dtcori between the countries
II only the claims for direct damages were con
siiered, it might be urged thst the question was
.tin open for dispute, snd it WAS thought best to
present the whole case to the Arbitrators and
leave it to their discretion. This explanation
ought to be satisfactory to England
Halifax despstchcs say the report Of secret
treaty between Englsnd and the Dominion Gov
ernment for separation and independence is a
caaard, started by the Chronicle, the LEGAL
government organ, for political purposes The
Halifax Reporter says ~ Il is well known that
the position now is that the Dominion may be-
come independent if it thinks best, but if it |
thinks otherwise all the power Of the Empire |
will be put forth in cur defence if there should
he OCCASION
1t is added and we can well believe it to be |
true, that disruption of friendly relations
between the two countries would be deplored by |
the people of the Provinces
Education does cot commence with the alpha
be-, 1t begins with mothers look; with
fathers nod Of appreciation, or sign of re- |
proof with sisters gentle pressure of the
hand, or brothers. noblest act of forbearsnce /,
with hsnifuls OF flowers; in green dells, on hills
and daisy meadows; with birds' nests, admired /
but not touched with creeping ants, and al
most imperceptible emmett with humming bees |
and glass bee-hives; with pleasant walks in |
shady lanes; and with thoughts directed in
sweet and kindly tones, and words OF nature, TO |
beauty to acts of beneyclence; to deeds of vir-
tue, and to the tense Of all good; to God |
himself.
NEW ENGLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. -
The ninth annual meeting of the New England |
Agricultural Society wss held at Boston on
Tuesday. The officers were reelected with these |
exceptions In the trustees from Vermont, q.
L. Chandler of Montpelier takes the place of
John B. Mead Of Randolph, and o. s. Bliss of
Georgia, takes the place of Lyman o. Bliss Of
Brsttleboro Ia the trustees from Massachu-
sets. A. P. Peck of Northampton, takes the
place Of William Brnie of Springfield. and Ma
ior S. B. Finney Of Bsrnstable, replaces S, b.
Noyes of Canton, and the name Of Thomas San
ders of Salem is dropped from the list because Of
the excessive number Of trustees chosen last year
Among the vice presidents. George B. Brown Of
Framinphsm. takes the place Of William s.