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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-01-12

Democratic Journals .spplaud Trumhull and
Schur1. and other renegsler ffou Republican
ism. From this tie people can see what it is
those renegades are about, and whs, they are
after. They are laboring to divide the Republ-
can party, and in thst way to restore the demo
cracy to power The democracy were hopelessly
testen in this years elections, ard csn make no
hght for themselves, jy themselves, mex; year ;
but it is possible for them to regain all they
recklessiy threw away in 1860, if the RepubH-
cans should be 70 enormously foolish ss to qusr-
rel, and 50 substlsct some thousands Of votes in
few Sts;es. from the the force Of that party
which tsyed the Union, and destroyed slavery.
Our national mode Of election ia such that the
withdrawal Of no very large number Of voters
from the right side might give victory to the
wrong side, at the next Presidential contest to
the democracy, to the men who deliberately did
the dirty work Of the ssveholaefs, TO the friends
and patrons and allies Of the rebels, 70 these
Mexicsnizei fellows who calmly brought civil war
upol the land, TO whom we owe the loss Of half
q million Of the flower Of our population, the
existence CT our enormous national debt, our
great and growing pensiOn list, our terrible tax
alton. and our high prices. The men who are
thus laboring to bring shout democratic re-
storation are animated only by hatred for Presi-
dent Grant. They would remove from the Presi-
dental chair the man who took Fort Douelson,
and Vicktbary. and Petersburg. and Richmond,
the ESn who defeated the rebels At ChsttsnOo-
"a. and who conquered them in Virginia, and to
whom Lee surrendered. in order to place there
in some sympsthizer with the rebels and approv-
er Of rebellion, and who would use the great
powers Of his Office 10 promote the interests Of
the disunionists. a. tbe last democratic Presi-
dent used those powers to forward the cause Of
disunion. The joy with which the democrats be-
hold the lSbors Of Trumbull, Schurz & Co, ard
the hope which has returned to their lately de-
spending minds because Of those labors, show
what the traitors are striving to do /; snd they
should wxrn the people to be on their guard
sg.iust fraud snd deception. and stimulate them
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TnE CAPAcIry OF THE PRESIDENT Take the
opinion Of men who are shout him. George S.
Boutwell,, Secretary o. the Treasury, says tbs;
General Grant is rasn greatly uaierestimated
by many. lie has stated several times that. in
cabinet, the President almost slways leads that
he has distinct ideas, AMI valuable ones, on all
the m1l,ifarious topics Of importance which
come unler consideration, sud thst, instead Of
being silent or in any way stupid man, he is
ready, quick and slmost slwAys well and even
minutey informed. Governor BoutSell is not
REGARDED a. 3; all enthusiastic, yet even he
warns when speaking Of the President Secre-
tAry Robson, very sbrewl and keen-s! GIFTED
man Of sfairs declares that Grant is the leader
Of his cabinet on all important topics. Ia the
main, he has taken the initiative all the prin-
cipSl features Of his administration Mr.. Robe
sons praise ia resfiirmed by others George
William Curtis has tsyeral times expressed sur
prise at not only the comprehension of the civil
service question shown by the President. but bis
very complete mastery its delSils. When Mr.
Curtis irst came, he doubtless expected he would
have both to convert aud instruct the executive
OF course that gentleman has rever said this,
but he stated that he wss very much grztifed.
as well as sstonished, to find Gen. Grant very
well ported. not only On our own, but the civil
service system Of other countries. Other gentle
men whom know, well Informed on distinct
topics, have at tiues expressed, 10 my bearing
their surprise to f6h the president 20 well in
formed on their peculiar specially. The matter
Of ku-klux outrages, and legislation thereon. is
another Of these exSDples- Senator Scott, or
Representative Stevenson, the two members OF
the investigating committee who may be deemed
most thoroughly informed thereon, have said.
over and over again, that the President under
stands the subject better thsr they DO. Senator
Scott stated last fall that he was the best inform
Ell man in the country this matter. | could
go on aud spin this letter out with eoncurring
testimony. tut forbesr. I know what will be
ssid-;hst theTe must be something lacking
when the President requires to be systematically
shown to be regarded as nsn Of large intellec-
tual sbisty. ! simit the force Of the suggestion
but demar to the natural deduction, on the
ground that Il has been rendered necessary By
reason Of the systematic undertaking OF him
which has been 30 marked feature in our
politics for the past two years No man has
been more thoroughly "set upon - or design
edly over Swallowed by the xeight and iegis Of
prominent personalities than has the Prssi lent.
= Washington Letter 10 Worcester Spy.
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VOL. xiv. NEW SERIES, VOL. XVIII.

"Will you-may trouble you to bring
me glass Of water ?"
l rose and made my way toward the ice
cooler with difficulty, for the train was again
under rapid motion. To my yexation, the
goblet was chained to the shelf.
''No matter said she, with winning
smile. Il will come myself"
drew the water, and held Up the oup:
but instead Of taking it as she approached,
she brushed suddenly past me, opened the
door, and rushed out upon the platform.
Stop her Stop her." shouted the Dc
tective, suddenly springins to his feet. "She
will he killed Conductor brakeman, hold
upr
There was a rush, tumult. hustle.
was first upon the platform bat it was
empty and deserted, save by half frozen
brakeman, who seemed horror stricken.
"She went past me like shadow, and
jumped off as We crossed Cairn turnpike
read, he stammcrcd.
Jumped of the express train l'' said the
conductor. "Well, - he added, Struggling his
shoulders, ''she must have been killed in
stantly. What mad folly -
its i've hundred dollars out of my pock-
ct, said til detective, ruefully. 81 didn' t
want row before We got to Bayswater, but
[ was a conlounded fool. i woman corner
ed viii Do anything, / believe.
"What?" I calculated, '.vou sursiy do not
mean that child"
IL mean, " sand the detective calmly. that
child as You call her, is Atilla Burton, a
married woman, twcnty-six years Of age.
who last night, murdered four persons in
cold blood. and was trying to escape 10 Cana
ca. That's what | mean
The tram was stopped, and party of us,
headed by the conductor and detective, went
back 20 search for any trace Of the beautiful
young creature whose lovelinCss and appaT-
ent innocence had appealed to my sympa
thics. Nor was it long before We found her,
living quite dead beside the track, lrightiully
Inangled by the force Of the heavy fall. and
mutiiatcl almost beyond recognition.
.'WcI. she's escaped Justice in this world
ii not 10 the next, said the detective gloom
lily, as be STOOD looking down upon her re
mains.
do yJu suppose she expected to be able
t1jump from the moving train without in
iury?' asked.
'-N i-hout much injury; most women are
uurcas3ning creatures. But never dreamed
OF such insane folly, or, you can reckon, l
should have taken prompt measures to pre-
vent it.
They lifted up tine dead fair thing, and
carried it to the nearest place of reluge-a
lonely farm house among the frozen hills,
and we returned to the train, reaching Bays
water only few minutes behind our regu-
lar time.
And when in the next mornings papers
read AN account of the murdere5-. l thought
Of the slender creatures blue eyes and rose
bad mouth, with a strange plying thrill at
my heart.
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DmN'T KNOW THE GENTLEgAN.-A corre-
spondent of the Cincinnati Commercial tells
the following
hearda good story told Of the coIOred ex-
Senator from Mississippi, the other day. Rev
els while in the Senate, was Iotted somewhat
By the New England people, and, fear,
somewhat spoiled. for he had no. bccn in the
Senate fortnight before he adopted the
practice Of Mr.. Sumner, Of never receiving
any cards while the Senate was in session
Every other Senator. if be gets a card from
n person, goes out into the hall 10 sec him
Mr.. Sumner instructed the doorkeepers never
to bring him a card during the sessions of
the Senate, and Mr.. Revels followed his prac-
tIcc, and became. Of course. 4 little unpopu-
lar. But that is nothing 10 the purpose.
Beyols received many invitations from New
England to lecture. OF course he couldn't
make decent lecture ana he was no speaker
but he was a colorci brother and a Senator,
and they made the most of him. He was. as
all know. in the Senate bus a short time: vet
he made it pay. lie was rarely in the city
and accepted all the invitations to lecture
that came to him. While being made the
most of in Massachusetts. by the olG ab0li-
tion element. he frequently heard the name
of Mr.. Garrison. lie finally asked some of
his newly-madc friends who this man Garri-
SON was. They answered in the greatest
astonishmcnt "Why don't You know VII
liam Lloyd Garrison, the great abolitionist ?''
81 don think know him. Where's he
from ?' -'Why, he lives here in Massachu-
sets 80 '.Oh. don't mean that, replied
the great senator; 81 mean where was he a
slave ?' believe the answer to THE question
was never given.
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:. Going. Galng. CONC :,

As o.toT a, ny leisure on the corner Of the street
Making notes to SUIT ny pleasure o: the men and
things meet,
on stay awhile and listen where the auctions
going on,
TO hear tie noisy vendor cry his "going, going,
All h.s elsnor thus reminds me- what the race is
that we run.
Caless we're marked &" Unstable ere life Is half
began.
some enter eager into ife whilst others follow On,
intii ~ last the goal is reached they're going,
gong sone!'
hhat world Of noisy cutlery would Cur little planet
f tie voice Of the di5posor could bo heard by yoa
ana mo
Al our loved ones, all cur treasures have their ven
due lxed upon
F-o we hardly learn 70 know them. they are going,
going gone
Al th4ts dear TO the affections aid cutwinei around
the heart,
is lJ-eyer moving onward TO tie worlds eIelt Guc-
ton MART
a.. must ieln their lot and sumber as their day is
fixed upon,
al aye moving to the auction, all are going going.
gone.
Saa Di,go tce'.) Unio-.
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Varieties

The Southbridge. Mass. journal says that
farmer wife in Dudley recently had foot
race with woodchuck, and caught him
when be had got half way into his hole;
And there she sat and held his tail,
And held his tail, and held his tail,
And there she fa- and held his tai,
for two hours, until her husband came and
killed the beast.
Missionaries are needed in Alstead. n. II.
There are FIVE churches there, but no minis
ters, and a man writes to the PeterbOro'
Transcript that two years ago he tried to buy
q Bible Tor his daughter, VINO was about 20
leave him, but could find none at the stores
in that town, and was directed to the minis
ter. That gentleman offered to sell him the
only one he had remarking that Il had been
Jm ucry Htiic used.
4 Detroit cow got her head in barrel,
couldn't get it out, rushed into the house de
stroved lot of furniture and finally got into
bed with the family.
Young Gent Might | ask You miss-ah
- Miss: Very sorry, sir, but am engaged
for the next three dances. G. 1t Is not
dancine-ah-it is, it's, beg your pardon,
Miss; you are sitting Oh my hat y
Some sensible advocate of good dinners
once said that as eating was a pursuit TO
which many years Of existence are devoted, it
is worth while giving attention to it, 50 that
one can dine delicately and well, and convert
q vulgar necessity into one Of the fine airs. .
1t is said that the most thoroughly mixed
obituary notice ever compiled was one in an
English paper on Daniel Webster, in which
he was alluded to as the great lexicographeg,
statesman, the author Of a spelling book, and
the broken hearted brother Of the murderer
OF Dr. Parkman.
An Irish farmer was told that a mustard
poultice on the back and bot water bath
| Tor the feet were sure cures ior bad cold.
lie had favorite pig suffering with the NAL
ady and he triedLthe remedies upon it. The
result Pat explained to a friend thus 4 put
the powris on the pig, SO | did; an he
I squailed bloody murther, to be sure; an the
wool came oa his back; an thin put the
swat baist's feet into hot water, an' beja-
bers in FIVE minutes the hools dropped of o
him intire!y, too, SO they did =
James Russell Lowell has invented what
be calls a new beatitude, which is; Blessed
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Poetry.
The Yankee Town Hail.

Note every ediice man has huilt,
Prom the cabin Tu1e 20 cathedral tall,
Pure home. or palace for zilded gui4t-
Some ruling senltu ent reared them all
AnC the eye 0fa though ful mind can zee
Ir the rising clay. or stone, or waOd,
Whist may the thousht Of builder be,
Selfish or generous, evil or coed.
Il Is not as a triumph Of thrift alone
Through the stately tower and the frescoed wall,
Or that neighborIng rivals may be outshone.
That the tankee raises his good Town Hall :"
II has naught Of the glory Of other lands.
AMI TO classic art is q type unknown
But the sign Of his power In the structure stands
For Freedom has laid its foundation stone.
No despot's word can its portal seal
For no royal fetes are It's arches hang
Where the people gaze and forever feel
Like palsiet arm or a baflsd tongue
But men pass iu I'd mea pass out
As iree as the air Ger the open sill,
while tho silent vote or the ireemau's shcut,
Unchecked, unhushsd, work peoples VIII
The ancient guarded with iFal0us care
The sacred temple his skin had graced,
For his guardian fei-ies dHelt there,
And all good or IN to thi' source be tracedi
Be our good Town Hall the temple now
Where Right anf Liberty love % dwell
BE the wisdom ours at their feet 20 bow
And ever orr glCry % guard them veil
j ; Aifssss0sI.
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SARDrSEs There are few deliclcies 50
well known and highly esteemed "a the sar-
dine. The delicious flavor Of the fish when
the tin is first opened and the sweetness Of
the oil always supposing a good brand).
print their charms upon the memory. 1t
viii be unwelc0me news, however, TO many,
to be told that anything good in this way is
exceedingly scarce this season. Unfortunate
". it was the same last year. Then the des-
trovinr demon of war took away the fisher
men from the villages, and, added to this the
fish were scarce, so that more were contract
Cd for than could be delivered. This year 1t
Is worse. Few fish Of any size have been
caught Except some very large). least OF ali
those of the finest quality. The consequence
IS. that the French manufacturers are again
unable to carry out their contracts. The
fishery. saws the London Grocer, is carried
on generally from July to November, all
along the west coast of France.-Tw0 Of the
largest stations are at Douarnencz and Con-
carncau. Fleets of boats GO out some few
miles and spread out their nets, by the side
of which some cod roc Is thrown TO attract
the fish. The nets are weighted on one end,
and have corks attached to the other so that
/ they assume a vertical positi0n-two nets be
/ ine rlaced close % each other, that the fish
/ irving to escape may be caught in the meshes.
/ Brough. to land. they are Immediately otfer-
/ ed for sale. as, il staler by few hours, they
/ become seriously deteriordted in value, no
/ hrst-class manufacturer caring to buy such
! fish. They are sold by the thousand. The
/ curer employs large numbers 0t women, who
cut OF the heads Of the fish, wash and salt
them. The fish are then dipped into boiling
/ oil for q few minutes, arranged IN various
sized boxes, filed up with the finest olive oil,
solde-ed down. and placed in boiling water
/ for some time. Women burnish the tin ; the
labels are put on, OF sometimes enam led on
the tins. which arc afterward packed in
wooden eases, generally containing 100 tins,
and then are ready for export. Il does not
always seem to be remembered that the long
CT the tin is kept unopened the more mellow
60 tie FISH become; and, if prepared, age I'M
proves them az it does good wine. But ii
they are too salt at first, age does not benefit
them-they always remain tough. The sizes
Of tins are known as half and quarter tins.
There are two half tins, one weighing eigh-
teen ounces, and the other sixteen ounces
gross. The quarter tin usually weighs about
seven ounces, but there are larger quarter
tins sometimes imported Whole tins, and
even larger ones still. are used in France. but
! seldom seen here. As Is well known, the
sardine trade is an important branch of in
dustry. very large quantities being consumed
10 France, and the czpOrtation to England
and America is truly wonderful.
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Warwick Castle.

Kyqr,ci.L Castle ortho bur,irs or which
v,, have l,relv boen informed Nv cable dis
ro+.b is s--r3+el mn tho Ian, a branch of
tbo ri,cr Avon and stand. vi+bio si,rt of
S-ratfirI where Sbakspears was born.
This vs.. tho ancient loicinr f.lacc of the
renowned King Maker. The last of the
B,r5ns " Vb, ind-in, fr,m tbe size of his
a-mor which is .tiII in rrese-vation Ct hay
ip, b,ep far q lon, +,r6 kent in a narte-'s
I,{-e and NOT in fhe castle itself the old
Earl must have been of s--raDtic PROPORTIONS.
In tl.i- r,-ts-'s l,3-e Is ais, Lert ..Guv's
runcb howl "a vessel made of beU-metal
and bi- -onou,b 10 hold one hundred and two
Gallons # was filed and emntied eigbt
times ON the occasion of the celebration Of
the rrcsep- Farl-s maiorifv OF the castle
rr,rcr and the rich treasures of art tbat were
/ DESTROYED bv fire. n writer In the New York
/ Ere7j1o Past savs.
..lroIli,.. f-,J, tho l.,l.,, ,,,r,rls tbe eos
/ a.. .,,,.,,ris95 ,r bs,r+y -9e- +lc r-,vo1sr a+
eycrv sfep. The rat6 was cat through the
s,lfi r,.t which VAS aI7n1-. covered with
trailing vines and brirht soft ra3sse-. There
were mounds of flowers and orchids every
where and the Garth WIS an elastic tare.rrv
of verlure Tall tfeez fnrerlaced their
branches ,t7vo and formed a learv arcade
svrer4ir, r, tho castle hall Ascending n
4irbt or Stone s-s-.s nnds-a majestic .-1ne
,,5-,b visitors entered tho Gothic Nan
which. tbe tele5ram saws. was ..completely
bn-ne5 on+ - 'rbi- beu was w,inl,3ttod
Win oal, d,rl-enei bv ave. an each ranel
was carved tbe emblem Of the house ..tbe
/ b5ar and rlrred staff" The doors were laid
with red ,rI ,rbi+, sl,l,- af Venetian marble
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SHOOTING ARRAY IN GLEN's FAILS -
Saturday evening Leland Sewel. Jamss NcFar-
land snd James Nugenr, vent into Mallsry X
Winslow's restaurant s1d denlnied liquor.
Mr. Mallery. Mrs. Wiaslow sui bro,her-'n-
lsR nsmei Shear, we're IN the restaurant At the
time-Mrs ". and Saesr standing behind the
bar. Mrs. VI. refused to let them have any
liquor, as IT was perfectly .ppareat they hsi
enough. Tne roughs then said they would have
some drinks, ami declared their iptention TO
clean out the nlsce. SeEel attempted 10 jump
over the bar, but MAS met By Shesr Who struck
him on the head with club. Pistols we're then
drawn and for = while firing WAS very general
between Maliery and Niasi'w (sho hai come
IN at thst momeuO and NcFsrlacl Some
eight OF ten shoE were frei. but strange to ssy
only three took effect, and those in the body Of
Mcfarland. producing very slight Injuries
TrOu Times
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to crush the Judsses, fellows who are working
for the enemy, as Benedict Arnold worked for
another enemy Of the country, and whose mo-
tives Ofaction are not in the least higher than
those that led Arnold TO forfeit his fame, aad to
become infamous, us,-selfshness, and desire for
reyenge.-B0sion Traucler.
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A STRANGE SroRY.-A pastor Of one of our
up-town churches was found the other morn
ing in one Of our police stations, where be
had been locked up for drunkenness, SO the
polioe said. HIS story was stranger than the
fact that he was in tie station house. When
questioned in the morning he gave a name
not his own, and announced himself as a
LAWYER on Wall street His story is this
On the night in question he had an impor-
tant appointment with life insurance gen.
tleman /; the place, Broadway, corner of an
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uptown street hour, eleven clock at night
Instead of taking the cars that would have
carried him to his appointment, he took one
that carried him way over to the extreme
side of disreputable New York. In walking
back, he was assailed by couple Of rufians,
who garroted him, took ten dollars from his
person, drugged him with bottle and left
him on the sidewalk, from whence he found
his way to the station house. Unfortunately
some Of the police attend church, and when
the gentleman gave the bogus name, one Of
them replied, That's too thin. I've seen
you too often in the pulpit" OF course the
affair makes quite sensation. The reason
given for the assumed name, was the con-
fusion arising from having been drugged.
Some believe his story, and some do not
" y. Cor Boston Journal
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Kic;l.ia WooiLull ieclurei ia Boston or '' the
Social Rslatilns." Weineslay evening The
Hc-ali describes Lcr rs "s small vousa o.
rather fral figure dressed in 8 short, plain
blsos die's, devoid Of q" Grsciaa bend" c-ino-
line sud all other t1ris Of msler- .' Eonselre,
hair oia dark, musty broTa, cut sh5r; Ike q
rchao. boys free Of an dressing, dry as fax,
evidently 20 intimate friend o.: brush OF comb ;
face D.. m5liam talinesz, With a considerable
ruiliaess Of t.ut, uot unpleasant TO look upon,
and sltcge;hera woman Of very pisia exterior,
apparently nc. over thirty-fve years Of age.
She said among other things lha. Be lee.u-
mate sr uencc 0f social freedom was ' lrle lose,
or freedom cf the aiiec,i ns. " snd to the ques-
tion, " Arc sou free lover ''' she would rc-
ply hat she was, and TO those who would te-
nouucs her for thi5 req y che would say further.
SO have az inalieuab.c. constitutional and
natural right 20 love whom ! may. % love IS
long Or s. sh7r. period as can; to change tlsl
love every lay If p,eGse, sul with that right
neither ycu nor s1y law y5n csn frame have any
right i1 Interfere AMI I ssve the further
right 90 demand fee sui uurostrictei exercise
Of tlst right. and it is your duty not only 20
scc0rl 30, tut. ss a community, % sge thSt ] Am
protected IN IT, trust that an fully under
stood, Tor mean just that sul nothing less
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PROGRESS IY JAPAE.-Thc lates; advices from
japan represent the socisl and political revolu-
ton, which has been in progress in the country
for come time, as making astonishing progress.
The government is noe considering the policy Of
extending the advantages Of IN American educ
siion to the young women SIS well as their broth
ers, and tslks of sending party Of q TO this
country for that purpose. The miksdO is also
discardng much of the exclusyeness which has
hitherto Characterized his intercourse with for
eigners He recently received 20 officers Of the
United States frig4te Colorado. snd promised to
return their call by visiting the vessel and wit
messing naval review. The Bhqddist priests
suddenly find their occupation gone, having been
informed that their temples will be closed, and
that they mast enter the army as soldiers or
earn their living in mechanical occupations, sud
there are other hopeful sigos of progress.