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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-04-26

Mr. David A. Wells, ia the last Nation, takes
exception to the claim that the reduction CT the
public debt during President Grsnt's aiminif-
tratiOn has been unprecedented. he gives, N
support Of his position, figures showing that the
reduction-not of the funded debt, but Of clsims
due at the close of the war Tor bOunties and
other war expenses, which if not paid would
have been added to the debt-during three years
and seven months of Andrew Johnson's admin
istrstiou was, SAC. 2S6 900 Mr.. Wells il fur
ther Of the opinion that this prlisins any admin
istr.tion for paying the pzblic debt Is mere
/ political chcsnery." For. as he says:
/ OF TIE whole amount Of L" gris,," Congress
/ first determines what part shsl be used to keep
tie mil in Motion i. C., run the governments
and over the application (disburfement) Of Jhis,
1 the powers of every administration are excted-
/ inely guarded and limited. OF tie disposition
/ Of the sU.plus product, if there be any, three
courses, sni three only, are left open for suy
Executive, or lis isoal representative, the Sec
rotary Of the Treasury be msy steal it OF ST.
low others to do SO; he may hoard il IN the
/ vaults Of the Treasury; or ne may use i in the
liquidation of the states Indebtedness. To COM
/ pliment President or Secretary Of the IFeas-
ury Tor adopting sny other course thsn the latter
is. therefore, simply equivalent to saying that
they are neither fools nor knsyes, and that they
have adopted the only method consistent With
the possession OF common honesty and common
senle.
Its;ri1e5 Us ti.t M Wels chooses to misag-
prebenl he groulis On which the aiminisira-
;ion !, prsisei for its financial success. 1t is
something, indeed, to have president aud Sc
rotary who are neither fools nor kniges. bet sre
wiling - Use the surplus made possible by
heavy taxation, as il, should be, to reduce the
debt That !, more than we should be likely 10
get. if come Of the " liberal " gentleman, wiki
whom Mr.. Wcls works nowadays, had their
way in choice Of President snl Secretary Of
the Treasury. But the msIa credit jue TO the
administration. is thss without help from the
immense s.ios Of stores, SHIPS aud material
which, st the close Of the war. enabled the
treasury to NEE. the war claims falling Tue, to
the extent noted by Mr.. Wells SID .r,h great
Iy rc9acef taxation, by more careful AID honest;
collection Of The revenue. sad steady pressure
for reduction Of expenses. it hiss been enabled
to pay eff the debt st the rate Of million b: dol
lars IN every three working days, since Gen
Grsut took his oa,e The msnaseaen; Of The
fu.nces has been in the main, honest, efficient,
iudicious and successful, and slr. We'll, cannot
wipe out the fact
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-04-26

President Grants Civil Service order says :;
q The recommendations az herewith published
are approved, and the provisions will be er-
forced as rapidly as proper arrangements can be
made" OF courte scme little time Will De
needed to make the proper arrangements ou'
we hope soon to hear that the rules are IN
full force.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-04-26

Ga the eyeaing Of the 12,a, Holden Part.5B
vas run over by "a locomotive and MS left leg
smashed Just below the knee. D-s Aisms AMI
Robias11 smputs;cd the les sid he ~ doing e.
well IS could be expected, icing d years Of
sra
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-04-26

An Arm + Ill. "
The regular price Of this beautiful picture IS two
do1lsr.- and it cannot be obtained Of the print
callers for any less SUN. We thus give
rorR DOLLARS WORTH for TWO.
The Engraving is an exceedingly pretty one exc
,u,e in the bes. style Of the art from the pencil Of
che same artist who drew the well known picture
Prom Shore to Shore" and though in an entirety
diseren. style, is no less pleasing and desirable Than
that 1t is printed on heavy pate-Paper uieasarinS
2nr p inshes.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-04-26

B. Graft Brown, who originated, il good
part, tie Cincinnati movement, and who would
like to he nominated for Presii1r; is eosz-
inr diligently 10 that ems, though tle l.bar-
al 80 All the other Democrats hs7e remember
el the TrumJans and Gfee'eys 90 much that
they have nearly forgotten BIN T-is descrir-
ton Of Mr. Brown is from tla Cincinnati Times
and Chronicle.
lie is slim man, under the medium hight,
with pale frcoklei face, light gray eyes, sui =
largsh head, covered with l0cFs Of csrroty
hue, which, in : Governor, might he called Az
burn, II 2 lead comb we're used ID dressing them.
he is quiet in manner, snd has q COLI, s,uii1gs
ar but he cannot be sid 10 be more than or
binary iu appearance As 20 ability, De is pl-
lite and discreet, and speaks well, hut ia public
is sait 70 ain o. grsudiicqueDCe, using big
worls n this he IS unlike educated men 10
general. who use simple language, sni for jhis
he is said TO speak as If he had botlel a die
tionary.
In 1870 Grstz Brown vac one o, the THO wbo
lei the uot Of thLt period this trio consisting Of
~churz, Brown sn1 Mckee (of the DemocrGD.
Only two Of the three boilers noW pull together,
and they are sort Of Western Damon sui Py-
thiss The DemocrGt, not long after tie bolt,
Boiled back into the ranks Of its proper party
and its door IL nov never dErkened either by
Sehurz or Brown.
In Missouri. Gratz Brown Is popular, sni IN
his administration he has been ;olera0y
He is not personally like the Apostle Paul, but
he is "sll things to all men, - and may be called
2 sort Of democrat on the half shell.
Graft Brown, under his quiet manner, has
soaring spirit, and his ambition appears to be
unbounde1 Be it thst he hiss studied Caesar.
a small man with a big hesl. or the frs; Nspo-
leon, smother small man with 3 big head, certain
it is that he is az ambitious SO either Of them;
but he hopes to win HE way By the pen, and not
by thst more pointed instrument, the bsyonet
Graft it not ire-ester, but he hss nerve as well
as tongue, and no matter how lsrge ? crowd he
may sddress, or how many political loafers it
may contain. he does not falt5r in his speech
His voice is not like unto bull of Bsshan; but
he makes j; heard
Il is believed by all that Gratz Brown will
receive heavy vote for the presidency. His pat
ronsge is now being distributed TO that end, and
ne would re m,Te lavish of his favors if he bad
more to bectoS. The Germans Ike him better
thsn any other American, for the name Gratz
takes with them, and hesppears to them to be
',tome German
The subject of this sketch is not s rich msn,
but he possesses some means, being worth, per-
hsps. $4,000 TO SIS, goo
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-04-26
VERMONT NEWS.


A son Of T. J. Kendall OF Hardsick got one
of his thumbs chopped OF on the 18th last, the
result Of careless handling Of edge tools by
small children.
Last Wednesday At ST. Johusbury a man
namel Deviney, assaulted another nsmed R aeh.
De7irey vas arrested and fined Sc and costs.
A nan At the Avenue hotel in St Jlhnsburv.
l.-ely saved 80 cord, of hard wood three times
IN two in nine hours.
The new briize At Paddock Village is 50 ar
completed that it is psssab.e. will cost about
$3.50.
Auumber Of liquor protecutiozs Lave ia en-
plsce n Harlaick-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-12-13

A WIFE's COMMANDMENTS. Thou
shalt have no other wife but me, nor
shalt thou in thy sleep dream of other
women.
Thou shalt not take unto thy house
any beautiful, sly brazen image of d
servant girl to make love to when my
back is turned, for | am a jealous wife.
Honor thy wife's father and mother
wear smile when they meet thee.
Thou shalt not be behind thy neigh.
bors, but outshine them IN dressing
thy wife and bah es.
Thou shalt let thy wife have the last
word in every row.
Thou shalt not get drunk, nor 90 tc
bed with thy boots on.
Tn u shalt not say n,ce words "a
other ladi 5 in my presence, nor praise
them in our privacy-remember that
am jealous wife.
Thou shat not stay out after nine
o'clock at night, nor suore at my side
nor kick in Thy sleep.
Remember, oh thou Benedict, thes,
commandments, and keep them holy
for they are law md gospel.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-12-13
tSinen Cautioned.

Our sportsmen, in connection with
those of the state clubs. caution tho air.
regulars" that all violations of section
l, Of the Game Laws of 1871. will be
prosecuted. The paragraph Of the law
referred to is as follows: mo person
shall catch, kill or otherwise destroy
any gro iSc, prairie hen or chicken
partridge, ruffed grouse or quail be
tween the fifteenth day Of n Y nber
aud the twentieth day of August in
each year, under penalty Of ten dollar,
for each such game bird caught, killed
or bad in possession or exposed for
ss,s
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-12-13

4 WASHINGTON dispatch of the 9th
In$' says that Fred Douglass has an.
other at ack on the civil service reform
lie slYs The system is wrong in prac-
tice ana false IN theory. and bad its orr
gin not only with the personal as we'll
as the political friends Of the present
Republican party, but with corrupted
and unprincipled men. Reforml Up
IN the contrary, these latter were actu-
a'el spl ly by malicious motives, their
hatred Of the President, and treach
erous desire to injure the Republican
party"
Mr. Douglass wishes the whole mat
ter placed in the hands of the Con
gressmen again, and says: ain the first
place we have always believed that the
members Of Congre we're the test
iuiges Of th'se whom they recommend
for Office and that they had the strong
est possible motives for procuring ap-
pointme is only for competent and hon
est men. Bat we have a plan for test
ing their fitness which all shrewd bust
ness men pursue. aud which some heads
of bureaus at least acted upon before
the civil service rules were put in force
Thlt plan is an actual test of their ft.
ness by temporary appointment. One
months experience is worth all the COM
petitive examinations that could be
made IN lifetime"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-12-13

Some of the famous s,age.drivers OF
California are eDga red in controversy
as t. which Of them can perform the
most reckless felts of driving without
going to destruction Clark Foss the
proprietor Of the noted stage line run
mag to the geysers, mikes PROPOSE
ton to wager heavy stake that he
will beat the time claimed by the oppo-
sition party, of seven minutes down the
Old Geyser grade of two measured miles
from the Geyser house, with six horses
and loal of eight passengers He all
50 makes proposition 20 drive against
any other man with the same team and
load without reference to time pre-.
vious|y mqde This challenge has
brought ont several responses, and one
man proposes to bet Foss an even thous-
and dollars that he dare not ride down
the grale as fast as another driver. one
Charley Crowell, will drive. The road
designated for the proposed exh hitions
Of skill is the most dangerous N the
world, constantly winding, and in many
places so narrow that only about six in
ches is left between the line where the
outer wheels roll along and the edge of
precipices shooting down one, two or
even three thousand feet. II would oc.
eur to some minds that the most diff
cult condition to fulfill in carrying out
he tests proposed by the rival whips
would be the finding Of the eight pas.
sengers who are stipulated for in each
trial
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-12-13

A pumpkin, followed out, was US
ed as ballot-box at a recent Kan
sas election.
All Cheek is a reporter on San
Francisco paper. His name would
apply to the whole race Of newspaper
reporters.
How unkind parents are. A
father in Nashville the other night,
set a dog upon chap who had come
far the purpose Of clipping with his
daughter.
Chow many unfortunates have fall
en- in war;" said Il spinster to vet
eran general, who was also veteran
bachelor. "Not half so many, mad
am, as have fallen in love-" was his
testv reply.
Horses are playful creatures some.
times, even if they are not in train
ing. One # them bit gentleman's
ear of, in Coventry, Conn, the 9TH
er DAY, Just Tor tun.
Old Virginia never tires, because
she is so slow. A prisoner who had
been dead three months was lately
granted a pardon. lie didn't appear
to care snap for it.
ooh, grandma cried mischiev-
GUS little urchin, 81 cheated the hens
80 nicely Just now! / threw them
your gold beads, and they thought
they were corn. and ate them up
just as fast as they could"
1t rather hit the nail on the head
when lady, on being asked what
she thought was the meaning Of the
words, "thc pesulence that w'lketh
In darkness" answered that, in her
opinion. it was bedbugs.
A Western belle, who ia dread.
fully on her muscle, makes it point
to knock down any married man who
makes love to her. Either because
Of her beauty, or lack Of the fair
sex in her town, every marri ID man
has black eye.
A Danbury Conn. laiy was so
frightened at spider that she kick
ed her husband down stairs. The
husband says the next time his wife
gets frightened at a spider, he is go-
in to make it point to lie at the
foot Of the staws-or else get scar
ed at the spider before his wife does.
A freshman writes f ON Harvard:
81 went to recitation first time,
Tuesday; and on the way c1aght up
with a young fellow who, in answer
to my inquiry, said he was going to
the same recitation | was. It seem
ed ,uecr tia. SO young a boy could
have entered college. He asked
rae if ha looked at my lesson, aud
] SAID No with lau ii. He
He laughed, too. When the recita-
ton began. l noticed the same fol-
low was conducting it. ;" They have
tutors at Harvard
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-12-13
MOLINE PL0WS,

and the Excelsior Clothes Wringer, any an 4
all OF which articles are the best BOW in use
IN this or any other country. Store on
Main treet, next door North of JouRSAL
Office. pC16
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-12-13
SHIpwREcK is the ideal of impo

SHIPwRECE is the ideal of impo-
tence.. To be near the land and un-
. able to reach it; to float and be I'M
able to sail on; to have foot on
something that appears solid, and is
fragile; to be full of life and full of
death at the same instant; to be a
prisoner in extended space; to be
walled in between sea and sky; to
have the infinite above enc as a dun
geon; to have aroHnd one the inn
mense breakings-loosc Of gusts and
waves; and to be seized, garroted,
paralyzed-this weight of burden
stupefes and makes indignant.
That which holds you fast, is the
very same that lets 90 the birds and
gives the fish their liberty. You
are dependent on the air, that you
can disturb by breath; dependent
on this water, which you can hold in
the hollow of your hand. Draw
from the tempest a glassful, it is bu1
small embittered draught. A
mouthful of it is nausea, the billow
lis determination. The All-Pow-
er takes not the trouble to conceal
its atoms; it makes feeblencss force
and it is with the infinitely little that
the infinitely great o'erwhelms you.
1t is with its drops that the ocean
brushes you"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-12-13

a Detroit paper announces the
birth Of a pair Of triplets, in that
city. What kind Of arithmetic do
they have out that way, ANYHOW?
Out this way you can't find triplets
born in pairs without an odd baby
kicking around somewhere in the
vicinity wouldn't It?
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-12-13
Knsurancc Agency.

A MORSE has opened an Insurance o..
nee Ia connection with his law business
He represents the Chicago Lite, and somc
OF me best property Companies in til
country.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-23
A Word to Gardeners.

You must not forget that the garden
should be MANFRED and plowed before
the ground is frozen. The fertilizers
will thus have time to become thorough
ly incorporated with the soil, and, in
addition, render it loose and fine. Let.
tuce may be sowed proftably in the fall,
and the plants protected by covering
of straw. By this device the esculent
will be ready for the table in the spring
almost rs sooon as if raised in hot-bed.
The same is true of spinach, while as
paragus, horse-radish and all such
perennials if planted in the fall are GER
tain of much more thrifty growth
than if the planting is delayed till
spring. Trees, bushes and vines, il
planted as soon as they are ready for
their winter sleep, have the advantage
of having the soil well settled about the
roots and all things ready for the awak
ening breath of spring. Stiff sod lands
intended for cultivation next year, will
be greatly better for being turned ovel
before winter. The cut and grub worms
and other vermin are certain to be kill
ed by the exposure to which this sub
jects them, and the roots will be wei
| elecayed and brittle before spring.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-23
Execution of Sir Thomas More.

The scaffold had been awkwardly
erected, and shook as he placed his foot
upon the ladder. "See me safe up" he
said to Kingston F" for my coming down
l can shift for myself!' He began to
speak to the people, but the Sheriff
begged him not to proceed, and he con.
tented himself with asking for their
prayers, and desiring them to bear wit
ness for him that he died in the faith
of the Holy Catholic Church, and a
faithful servant of God and the King.
He then repeated the Miserere"
Psalm on his knees; when he had
ended and had risen, the executioner,
with an emotion which promised ill for
the manner in which his part of the
tradegy would be accomplished, begged
his forgiveness. More kissed him :
Thou art to me the greatest benefit
that can receive he said +; "pluck up
thy spirit, man, and be not afraid to do
thine office. My neck is very short !;
take heed, therefore, that thou strike
not awry for saving of thine honesty"
The executioner offered to tie his
eyes. will cover them myself" he
said; and binding them in cloth
which he had brought with him, he
knelt and laid his head upon the block.
The fatal stroke was about to fall, when
he signed for q moments delay while
he moved aside his beard "Pity that
should be cut" he murmured "that
has not committed treason ~ With
which strange words-the strangest,
perhaps, ever uttered at such a time
the lips most famous through Europe
for eloquence and wisdom, closed for,
This was the execution of Sir Thomas
MORGAN act which was sounded out
into the four corners of the earth, and
was the worlds WONDER as we'll for the
circumstances under which it was per-
petrated as for the preternatural COM
posture with which it was borne. Some
thing of his calmness may have been
due to his natural temperament, some
thing to an unaffected WEAKNESS of a
world which in his eyes was plunging
into the ruin of the latter days.
But those fair bues of sunny cheer.
fulnese caught their color from the sim
plicity of his faith and never was there
a Christians victory over death more
grandly evidenced than in that last
scene, lighted with its lambent humor.
History will rather dwell upon the
incidents of the execution than attempt
a sentence upon those who willed that
it should be.
1t was at once the most piteous and
most inevitable. The hour of retribu.
ton had come at length, when at the
hands of the Roman Church was to be
repuirad all tha riubtaou hi odd uh; oh
it had shed, from the blood of Raymond
of Toulouse to the blood of the last
victim who had blackened into ashes at
Smithfeld. The voices crying under
meath the altar had been heard upon
the throne of the Most High, and woe
to the generation Of which the dark
account had been demanded flames
anthony Foude.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-23
Sensonnble Suggestions.

The heavy mists and cold night dews which charac.
cate organizations, and in low-lying and swampy
localities they produce enormous crop of inter-
mttent fevers of various types and degrees OF in
tensty. At this very time there are probably half
million people in the United States suffering from
periodical fevers by masmatc fogs and exhalations.
deplorable is the fact that it might in all cases be
easily prevented Malaria and damp produce little
effect upon the system prefort fed by course
of Hostet,ers Stomach Biters Every fall and spring
hundreds of letters received from persons re-
siding in fever and ague districts who state that
that debiltating disease, they have been happily ex-
empted from attack by the regular use of the great
vegetable antidote TO miasma. As a chlologopic OF
specific for remtt"nt and intermittent fevers the
Bitters may be justly accounted infallible They
eradicate the complaints in their m st obstinate
forms but the wiser coarse IS to orestall attack by
taking the preparation preventive The amount
of productive labor withdrawn from active service
during several months in the year by malarious
maadies is immense, and the pecuniary losses to in
divduals, families aud the nation from this cause is
incalcuable Bear in mind that by toning and regu-
lating the 81 stem wi Hoseters Bitters before the
calamity comes ii may ways be escaped and let 1t
also be remembered that Indigestion general de-
biiity bilionsness, Conspa ion. nervous complaints.
and udeed almost all disturbances and derangements
of the physical stem comfortable by this genial
rest orativc.-( Com.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-23
A Race for Love.

When once the young beau among
the Koraks of Siberia becomes infatu-
ated, he makes known his passion to
the father of his affinity, and expresses
his desire to strive for her hand. A
kind of contract is Immediately entered
into, by which the young man binds
himself to the father as q servant for a
term of years, at the expiration of
which time he can have the pleasure of
learning whether the daughter will have
him or not. In this manner. if the
father be the happy possessor of beau
tiful daughter, he may have half a
dozen men ready to do his bidding at
one time. When the time of servitude
expires, one of the larger youths is Sc
lected, and all the old women of the
place, armed with sticks and pieces of
seal thon IS, are stationed in the pologs
suspended around the room. The
daughter then appears, thickly clad in
skin garments, followed by her lover,
when race ensues around the inclos-
ure, the contestants lodging about
among the pologs. To win his bride
he must overtake her and leave the
print of his finger nail upon her person
before she can be rescued by the old
women, who, during the race, impede
the progress of the lover as much as
possible by beating him with sticks, and
tripping him up by selling his legs as he
PUSHES by Them The advantage is all
with the girl, and if she does not wish
to become the wife of the pursuer, she
can avoid him without difficulty. On
the contrary, if she likes him, she man.
ages to stumble, or make known her
wishes to the old women, who then only
make show of impeding her pursuer.
Sometimes the lover is so desperately
smltten, that, ust after being foiled, he
returns to the father and binds himself
Tor another term of years for the priv.
lege OF making another trial.