Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-09-27


FEEcu CAvAnIAs CoSvlsTs In the proy
incc Of Qretcc Roman Csiholic fA.usrs have By
Law to Tsy tithes to their rarish rriests. name
". tie tveEty-siHth bushe Of sn grain and
p1ise that they may sise bu; Pro;oi:snts are
free irom this impost When alarm goes from
Protestant 20 a Catholic. the parish prizes, g.inl
iis tithes; rhCn 1t goes from a Catholic to
Protestant lie loses them; and hence Efforts are
msle By the pTissis. aided by the government.
10 fll up that province with Roman Catholics.
These 6ti1.ts, and the rSpd increase Of the
French Cansdisns, are 50 tucsessfll that Lower
Canada is daily becoming more SID more
Roman Catholic province. Whea Romvn c.
iholic farmer becomes e Protestant, bis farm s
free from the tiihes If he formally notifies his
parish prizes, Of bis having left his church. Such
notifications have been but feE, but Of late they
hSve been more frequent, aud the lAst number
Of F.frore (the Protestant French paper Of
Cau4Is Contains letter Of iemissi1n, - it ia
called. ,iguti BY seventeen French Canadians.
Ihe whole number Of converts from the Church
Of Rome il Lower Canada, the fruit Of forty
yesrl' missionary labor, ~oui by this time be
en- e, nea, Of soHe weight il the province, were
il not that they, for the most part, emigrate to
the United States or slme o. the other pIcvirces
to sscaqe from the saaoyaccCe To which they are
suaisctel At acue.
Tar Com GAxBlEni' CANE BLocEzD.--TLe
New York Tiass q Taur7lay, n reference to
the a..emp, to forIl gold corner oa Wednesday,
says The action Of Secretary D-utssu in the
rur-Lsse Of : .O0). 000 oi b5lis. Wednesday,.
thereby Jstskiag Tie g5ll cor1cr sni essirg tie
mercy market, VISA the occssion Of much f,vora-
BE comment roag TIE bankers 4ni brokers Of
Wall street, az Wei Is emlug The Mercantile
c3mr-uui;y IN every part Of the city. TIE busi-
ness mea Of tie country readily zee gu;E-
tie necessity CT checking power
to the operations oi bold Sui untcru-
pulcut gamblers. which threaten to Iuin
not oaly those with whom they deal
personally, bat ;h3se Wh1 have 10 interest
immeiistely St st.ke Tie courte Of Secretary
Boutwell,, then. in changing the routine Of bis
bond buyiug 10 sui; the wants Of the nation and
check gold gambling, eliciis the warmest appro-
hsti5n Of Sll classes Of the mercantile comma
nifty. sri was regarded IN Wall street, except by
the fsS Ehcse neisrious schemes for the denor-
aizst.cn Of trsfl, we're i5sar.el, ss az eminent
y wise au1 jui;ciccs preceding. Larger ssles
u gold ty tie Irestury tAar usual are pretict-
ei aI iC--ay, although many thiuk the clique
received ia deA;L blow en- Wednesday, AMI fur
tier ezorciss Of power by the government viii
be use'oss stPreseut
The CauuaEs's FUND 1t is gratifying to
find something discussed, a. ,hc prsEeat time,
te;il.s politics The Tino suns up 1t, eEsTi-
t.ble work =, E'l5rs:
The practical rciul,s which We have to sub
nit 10 the subtcribers Of the Chillrea's Fund in
return iJr their mercy are bri,ay these Total
amount received, Sl9. .296.75, Of which the sum
Of SIS Of has been expended for e1sur-
s;ons Sni the relief Of sck ohiiiren or their par
ents. thus leaving e caih balance IN hSnd Of S3,-
47S q. During nine weeks Of tie hot season,
eighteen excursions were given fer children, Snd
mothers having irfsn;s CT very Young children
under their care. The 1gml er OF hoys sni girls
who enjoyed holiday ca these p.oniCs was
1892, hetle ,7z3 sdul;a Geacaeis or moth
ets). The total expense Of the excGr;ions wss
SlO.G3i97, making TIE COS, for each individual
fity-tFo cents
Iu the relief movement rome very Interesting
details kre found. There were l79 visitors en-
csged in the work, under the contgol Of four
supcrntenderts Of districts They made visits
TO c.. .I5S families aud found 2,0G7 needing
relief. the numbsr Of indiviisls being 1924
There were l,77j medical visiis paid Tor, snd
i42 made erstuitously. The number Of patients
ATTENDED $50. The total smount expended in
this branch Of the fund being So ls3 %. or sn
average cost of IS Der patient We have to
acknowledge Gu. veigLty Obligations 70 the CO.
operation If m.ay Christian ntn sud Eomeu
wbo have given without stint -ai without Ie-
wsrd, theiT time and energies TO the task
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