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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-01

The following story. which is going the
round of the Fgench papers, ought to serve
as useful lesson to practical jokers Two
diners. who were unknown to each other,
were sitting at the same table in restau-
rant in the Place de Chateau d'Eau. One
of them, joking with the mistress of the es-
tablishment. said, Il must have some fresh
lobster. otherwise | shall kill you. His
neichbor, young man of about twenty-five
years or age. then drew from his pocket
small revolver, which he handed to him,
SAVING in fan, - Here is something which
will enable You to accomplish your crime.
The revolver was examined and returned to
its owner. who, had scarcely time to remark
that il was loaded, when, owing to some
defect in its construction, one of its cham
bers exploded. fortunately without injuring
anv ore A crowd, however, collected out
side tie restaurant as though some tragedy
had iust occurred, the agents Of the police
came I'D. and the unfortunate delinquent
was carried off to the commissary OF police
TO give some explanation of the affair. In
the meantime, an individual present, who
had up to this time kept in the background,
but had perfect knowledge of the hero of
the adventure. ran to the lodging of the lat
ter. declared to the landlord a murder had
been committed by his tenant, and that he
himself was an agent Of the police come to
make thorough search of his rooms. The
doors were accordingly thrown open to him
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-01

POWER OF COxPRElIEN ON.-lt was said of
Thoreau, we believe, thet he could take up
any given number of leld-penciis without
counting. a celebrated trapper once assured
us that he could tell how many balls he had
in his bullet pouch by placing his hand on it,
and without stopping to count them, and
added, - | can tell the number Of bullets in
stantly, without stopping, as you pronounce
a word without spelling it" SoUthey was
accustomed to take in the substance of a
bcpk in turning the leaves oyercontinuously,
glancing down the pages. Houdan, the ma
gieian, trained himself to quickness of per-
cebtion, when boy, by running past a show
window at full speed, and then trying to tell
what is in it. We once met man on
canal boat who was amusing himself by 90
ing from passenger to passenger and telling
almost every one where he had seen him be-
fore, on such train, in such a hotel,
I'M such a street, giving date and
place to people with whom he had never ex-
changed word. This training of the fac
ul.es in particular directions Is carried to a
marvellous extreme by backwoodsmen, trap
pers, and men who guess the weight of ami
mails. Perhaps the most remarkable inStan
ces are the markers who leap from log to log
at the mouth of a boom, standing on the
floating log and translating instantly an old
mark into new one, remembering what
equivalent TO give for each of hundred
marks, and chopping it upon the log in the
time that it floats its length. 1t is said that
Thoreau knew the relative order Of flower
ing of all the plants in the Concord woods,
and knew the note of every bird, and a
thousand out-of-the-way things heSides.-
Hearth and Home.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-01
Summer Days.


A little nook Of wilderness
Between the meadow and the river,
When two erewhile together came.
And one will como 20 more forever
The rustic bridge, the narrow road.
The seat upon the fallen pine,
The whisper Of the Summer woods,
S. sweet, but not so sweet as thine.
A Little Wild-aower long ago
Among the tangled grasses grew
81 many things are dead since then.
How should not that be withered too
Here where we sat I sit alone.
Watching until the sun goes down.
For though tits summertime to-day.
Tomorrow viii the woods be brown.
Year after year, the poet sang,
Tea- after year the spirit sighs,
And summer-days will come again,
And suns viii set in Summer skies
But to his bourne Of wilderness
Between the meadow and the river
VIII sny come because We came.
And say,-they come no more forever,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-01

To HIS Eaceiiency, the GorcraOr IF Vermont:
The Trustees of the Vermont Reform
School present the sixth report of this insti-
tuition, with the several reports of the Super
intendent and Farmer.
The officers and employees and the salaries
are rs follows.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-01

Tie apple-trees up in the orchsrd,
This breezy autumnal morn,
Are tossing their heads in q frolic
And laughing the year to scorn.
Around Us the years are fading.
And grasses and leaves decay
But those merry groupes on the uplands,
What in the world care they
Children are picking the wind-lalls,
And shouting in pure delight,
While the trees nod this way and tina; way,
Plainly enjoying the sight
You would say they were playing at pastimes; =;
And look at arms length they hold
The bubbles they blow, all shining
In russet and crimson and gold
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-01

Princess Helena, wife of Prince Christian,
has Just become the happy mother OF an M
fant daughter, but such little events are e 50 80
common in the English royal family, that
this is hardly worth mentioning.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-01

A Georgia editor refuses to support uree- e
ley on the ground that it Is as mucn as he
can do TO support himself.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-01

All The time of the officers Of the school.
the work of the boys. and the whole of the
appropriation by the Legislature. have been
employed on that which was absolutely
necessary to be done at once
The fencing and grading have been passed
over to a more convenient season. And to
this matter, as one in some measure of taste
and ornamentation, we ask the attention of
the usual Committee of the Legislature a~ to
style and amount OF expenditure.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-01
CONDITION OF THE SCHOOL.

We insist that our Institution has been
and is school, and not prison We re-
eeive boys that are sent us, feed and eiothe
them well, instruct them to the full extent
of their capacity, set before them good ex-
amples, surround them with all possible in
ducements for good conduct, stimulate their
hopes and make their stay at Waterbury
compulsory only till they have received a
fair common school education, and have ac-
quired sufficient moral strength to resist
temptation. In every case the attempt is,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-01
Report OF Trustees
REPORT.

Of the Vermont Reform School for the tlro
Years ending august l, 1872.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-01
NUMBER Is.

u. 81, to Gil vacancies in the Senate and
House of Representatives, with amendments
(making its provisions applicable only to
the Senate, as no power is vested in the
Legislature to fill vacancies in the House, y
which were agreed to; third reading or
dered
Bills introduced and referTed.-By Mr..
Lance of Cabot, to repeal an act to amend
an act to incorporate the village Of Cabot :;
to committee on corporations.
BY Mr.. Butterfield of Wilmington, reia-
ting to qualifications of voters in school dis
triet meetings (allowing females to yote) /;
to committee consisting Of five members Of
this House.
Various petitions praying for an act
creating State police were presented and re-
ferred to committee on Judiciary.
On motion Of Mr. Smith of St Adams.
adjourned.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-08-08
A QUESTION FOR SAYASS.

from the Iuyo Independent, August sd
During the past four weeks the water
in Owens Lake has been rising quite
rapidly ; sometimes as much as o or
five inches In 4 night. During this
period the Water In Owens River. It's
main aud almost only source Of sup
ply. has been constantly diminishing.
while the loss by evaporation has GER
tsinly not been less than usual. Fora
short time after the earthquake the
waters of the lake fell several feet, and
then became stationary, remaining nc
about. the same point until b tune
mentioned above. Previous to the
earthquake the lake had been steadily
rising tor ten Years, the wagon road,
opposite the Swansea furnace, then
travelled, being now under about nv
feet OF water and some two or three
hundred yards from tue present shore
line. Innumerable springs have broken
out all along the foot OF the hills tor n
mile or more west Of Swansea. render-
Ing the low lands next the lake
swampy aud entirely impossible for
vehicles this ground was perfectly
dry before the earthquake. The only
stream of water or spring existing
along here previous to that occurrence
was II very small one la Docwller's
cellar. For = time this went entirely
dry, but in about ten days after the
biz shake. and simultaneously with
all the others alluded to, this spring
commenced ten times its former vol
une. At no great distance from the
sarface the underlying ground here Is
Il stiff clay. This was opened in deep
cracks running parallel to the foothills
snd lake shore, and we presume that
the surface earth and sand falling into
these cracks damned up former under
ground channels and forced the, water
TO tho surface. But TIL. theory affords
10 satisfactory clue to the extraordin-
ary aud sudden rise Of the lake itself.
1t would seem as though some subter-
raneau outlet had become suddenly
and entirely closed, for large as the
river Is. it would require almost the
whole amount Of water II carries Into
the lake, with no allowance for loss By
evaporation, to increase the depth OF
water three feet or ~thercaboutS In such
u short time over q surface of II BY az
souare miles, :
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-08-08
Union Republican Ticket.
FOB VICE PRESIDENT,
HENRY WILSON,
NORTH CAROLINA.
or MasRehusetts'

-
When the report came that this State
had been carried by the Democrats.
we, In common with most Republi-
cans, felt somewhat grleyed. but as the
smoke of the battle cleared away we
a~scertxined who were masters OF
tho field. and that the sun Of Republi-
canlsm was shining with unwonted
splendor. Now, that We have had
time to 90 over the whole field Of bat
tie, We can but offer Up thanks to Him
who rules the universe for this most
signal victory yer al! the odds and
ends which were combined for the
avowei purpose Of beating Grant.
What a noble ambition! When We
see men Of ability with no higher as
piration than to defeat a man who has
done so much for his country as Grant
has, We can but have q low estimate OF
human nature. Reflect tor q moment.
Democrats, on his services; Of the
hard fought battles in which he was
victorious; Of his magnanimity to Lee
and his army when they surrendered ;
Of his prudent and very successful adj
ministmtion /; OF taxes reduced; OF
civil service reform ihaugurated Of
our country respected abroad Of our
bond. rapidly appreciasing In value
Of 300. 900. 900 Of our national debt
paid or since he was elected President,
und then vote against him II you have
the heart to do so.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-08-08
PARTISAN RAI.1RAP.

The following Is said to b. the means
used by tho professional rat catchers
Of Paris to destroy the vermln: They
take = deep tub with water on the bot
tom, aud u little elevation IN the mid
die like al island, on which Is only
place for one rat to sit. The top 10
covered and has a large balanced
valve. opening downward ; OH the
middle OF this valve a piece Of fried
pork or cheese Is fixed, and when the
rat walks OIL 1t to get the cheese. tho
valve goes down, drops tho raj In the
water, and moves back In position. A
road Is made from a rat hole to the top
Of the tub, by means Of a piece Of
board rubbed with cheese, 40 as TO
make the walk attractive for the rats.
In the course Of a single night some
ten or twenty, or even more, rats may
60 down. and II the island was MOI
there they would be found almost all
alive In the morning, quietly swim.
ming around but the provision Of the
little island saves the trouble Of killing
them. because their esotlstlG Instinct
Of self-preservation causes them to
fight for tho exclusive possession OF
the island, Of which, In the morning,
the strongest rat Is found In solitary
possession, all the others being killed
or drowned around him.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-08-08
MAHaLED BY A REAPER.
The subjoined Is from the Boise City
of August lst:

Tho subjoined Is from the Boise City
Statesman Of August lst:
George Ellis, who owns a farm a
mile west OF town. was Oh Tuesday
morning last drawn under a reaper and
horribly cut and manglcd. Mr.. Ellis
was driving four mules to his reaper,
and In going through n thick bunch Of
sunfiowers some Of the stalks fell In
his face aud lap and he threw out his
left hand TO push or throw them OIL,
and as his arm was extended the rake
came ov, and caught q tooth In his
shirt sleeve OH the wrist. IL was a
heavy WOODEN shirt and didn't give
way, but dragged him down so that he
fell before the sycle, striking In such a
manner as to cut his thumb and two
tiugers Of his right hand off-nlso a
heavy cash IN II arm and leg, and 4
slight cash across his bowels. The
mules stopped suddenly OH Ellis cry
Ing whoa, as he fell, and the binders
near By came to his relief aud pulled
HIN out. He was brought to Mrs.
Spafford's house In town OH a bed. and
DR.. Stevens, assisted by Or. Bunner,
amputa,ed Ills right hand where 1t was
so ruanglcd and cut. 80 rs to save the
two lower fingers and a portion OF his
hand-but lie loses the thumb and two
first fi~ngers-snd dressed his wounds.
He was resting very well yesterday.
and 1t IL thought his injuries will not
prove fatal. The cuts In his thigh aud
arm arc horrld gashes.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-08-08
eeYWooD.

What Horace Greeley knows about
the cultivation Of forests Is not fully
demonstrated by his farming expert
ence at Chappaqua, as the following
communication to a distinguished State
Senator Of California testltes:
1 New York, Feb. 10, 1872.
SENATOR B-r-aE-Desr Sir: see
BY the San Jose Mercury that you are
endeayoring to Induce the Legislature
Of YOUR State to take immediate steps
toward the cultivation Of forests. and
although my advice has not been soiI-
tied on the subject, l feel 1t my duty,
to make no delay In informing you OF
what I know In regard to this natter.
Most of these projects fall 0ecause ,ile
projectors do not know what KIND OF
trees to cultivate. My advice Is to
ulant the box. People do not know
half tho profit thefe Is In TIL: tree. BY
proper cultivation you an have your
tree producing a good article Of cigar
boxes In two years, and In three years,
II taken care Of, a good. crop OF dry
goods boxes AN be gathered. The
fruit will increase In size each year un-
ill the tenth year. when you VIII DO
able to harvest the largest sized pack.
Ing boxes. The method OF cultivation
consists mainly In mulching the roots
with old scrap iron. In order that the
nails In the fruit may be plenty II OF
a good quality. | have seen some fine
spscImens In the market, In which the
screws took the place Of nails. was
informed that this WAS accomplished
BY turning the tree round once IN a
month, but although was always no
ted for turning aud have made, com.
plete revolutions as often as once a
week, I have never been able to ac-
complish much. I am making an ex-
tensive twist juat now and will inform
YOU OF the result next November. when
[ harvest my crop. LII selecting your
seed, take care to select a good article.
as there Is much worthless stuff In the
market which will produce only small
boxes, which ART very undesirable. |
have been In many small boxes myself
and they are very tight. l had intend
Ell 10 ask for n protective tariff OH
boxe., but I think I will leave the mat
ter to the people Of the different Con-
g-essional districts, until | see the re-
suit Of my experiments In producing
screws. I shsll have some cuttings
from these trees at Cincinnati next
May, and would like to supply your
State with CRAFTS.
Yours truly, HORACE GREELEY.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-08-08
4 WALKING MACHINE.

The SIN Francisco Call Of yesterday
says: II. B. Martin Il Co. have built,
for Wolf & Co. Of Santa Clara, q Gu
rious .machlne-the invention of Mr..
Elam Dye Of this city. II has ordinary
wheels and axles, to which are attached
a heavy frame work. There are four
traverse bars of ten feet each, which
work In the frame work In tracks
which carry rollers to support the bars.
The bars are impelled by connecting
rods direct to the engine. 80 adjusted
as to give any required longth OF step.
There are forty legs attached to the
traverse bars, on a pivot, at angle. OF
forty-tive degrees, with shod cast Iron
feet, similar to horses feet. The bars
travel alternately, as n horse steps.
The bars are connected to a rock shaft,
steered by screws, to give a man per-
feet control OF 1t. There are Two
wheels. which are used simply In car
ryiug It, not In p~ropelling II. The
boiler u 4 common vertical tubular
boiler. rhis machine will be used for
threshing and ploughing at present,
but 1t Is built for hauling.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-08-08
TREASURE HuH1lns.

from the San Francisco Bulletin, August 7th.l
The Inauguration Of the Arizona dia-
moud excitement Is evidently the pre-
Jude to a perfect whirl OF treasure
hunting enthusiasm. The Cocos lsland
chimera still affords the light Of faith
aud hope. and another expedition Is
now preparing to renew the search for
devils wealth existing according
o tradition Of dubious c%haracter) on
the lone isle. We have still another
project maturing, more brilliant than
all, Of which only a few Of the main
points have yet been revealed. But In
due time, no doubt, California street
will be afforded Ri opportunity OF
taking stock. This latter tradition OF
great promise relates that once on a
time, several hundred years ago. the
early French settlers of Louisiana sent
an expedition into the region Of
country now designated as New Mex
leo. They founded a city In a fertile
region, OH the banks Of q beautiful
stream. and which became quite popu:
lous. There the precious metals, gold
and silver, abounded profusely, and
the good people, in their religious fer
vor, erected a magnificent temple and
endowed 1t bounteously with wealth.
Among It's decorations were life-size
figures of the Virgin and Of the saints
OF their preference IN solid gold and
silver. An earthquake occurred, which
turned the current Of their river-or,
indeed, erased It from the face OF the
earth. and left the city ~untenaole from
the absence OF water. The inhabitants
who survived the calamity, lew IN
number, gathered together their I'M
mense treasures and deposited them In
Il pit, which WAS excavated on the
plaza In front Of their splendid church.
They then attempted TO return east
ward. but mostly persisted by pIiva-
ton or at the hands of hostile Indians.
A record Of the treaSure-6urying, how
ever. purport' to have been P'eServ.d,
la the hands Of the Yuma Indians, de.
scribiug the precise location aud Ind
eating the amount to be many MIL
lions. The ruins of this city arc said
to be observable Oh the banks OF q
dry river, IN New Mexico, the most
convenient point Of access thereto be
ng Albuquerque. A frontiersman wfo
has spent the greater portion OF his
life upon the Plains and In the Terri
tory claims to have gained procession
of the all important document referred
10. which Is said to embrace u diagram
indicating the precise spot where this
enormous treasure Is to be found.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-08-08

.TuE Court Of Investigation, sitting at
Lille, have developed some curious
facts about the army Of Napoleon dur
the late Franco-German Their
clothing and other equipments cast
our own shoddy contracts In the dark
est sort Of shade. Shoes lasting from
two to ten days, and clothing which
fell apart after one rain. storm were
poor protection against the rigors Of
campaign service. Some ofthe soldiers,
on crutches, who had their toes ampu-
tated from frost.bites, occasioned o.
their ill.shodden condition, were wit.
nesses OF the effects of tho rascality.
giving dangerous but truthful evil
dence.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-08-08
JEALOUSY At EUREKA.
from the Eureka Sentinel, Angus. Sth.l

lEEOEu tuC A@AANA1 =
There lives In this town u family
named Goulett. Some years since
Mrs. Goulett applied tor and obtained
a divorce. She also was intrusted with
the keeping of several bright children,
the fruits Of the union. Mrs. Goulett
has been residing Ia Eastern Nevada
for the last three years. and during the
last six or seven months she has been
stopping permanently In Eureka. Not
long since, her divorced husband put
In an appearance from California.
Since then there has been frequent
troubles in the house Of Mrs. Goulett,
that was. On Sunday last the thing
got red hot. Goulett called aud Ia
sisted that the old relations should be
renewed. As the story goes. both par
ties We're In their cups. a row ens,isd,
In the course Of which Mrs. Goulett re-
ceived n severe wound In the hand In
flicted by a dirk knife. A pistol was
also fired In the melee. A large crowd,
accompanied BY officers, gathering
about the premises, Goulett smelling a
mice, made oil the back way minus his
har. He was subsequently, arrested,
aud OH a hearing yesterday before
Judge Adams, he was fined $50. AT
lares, advices quiet reighed supreme
la the house Of Mrs. Goulett.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-08-08
SCIENTIFIC VENGEANCE.

A terrible scientific revenge vas re-
Gently taken by = young chemist In
Venice named Orlando Farnerinl. He
loved a young lady, but she loved
another, who was a tailor. Orlando
owed him money and sent word that
he would pay it II the tailor and Ills
betrothed would visit him III bis labra-
tory. The Invitation was accepted,
aud Orlando slyly got them to take
part In electrical experiments. He
babe them give him their hands, put
one pole Of a Rumkorf apparatus be-
tween the girls fingers. and the other
Into the tailor's hand, and then Joined
currents. The lovers fell to the ground
IN convulsive fits. but Farnerlni only
ltuyhed. Amer trying to disengag'
themselves from the apparatu, In ntuI.
In five minutes they brcame dis'orttd
corp<es. Farnerlnl with the utmost
sdnq froid reported the matter TO Ito
police and gave himself up.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-08-08

ISprAS HsAT.-It appears from the
Bombay Gazette that the heat continues
to be exceptionally great In India. At
Allahabad it has reached lis deg. 10
the shade, and at Iyberdad ll6 deg.
At the latter place 1t caused the death
Of an officer; four men and twelve
children among the Sixteen Lanciers.
In aud around Poona, In the Deccan.
the wells are dried up, the cattle are
dying and people are thankful II they
can only obtain a jar OF water BY no
greater trouble than that Of walking 3
number Of miles for It, The Bombay
Gazette says that the prospects would
Do very gloomy were not the monsoon
at hand,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-08-08

a CooI. PERroRMANcE.-An odd cir
cumstanee has just occurred In Mil
waukee. While a funeral procession
was following the remains Of a child to
the grave the other day, the asonizcd
parents suddenly conceivins a strong
desire to secure a Photographic like
meas OF the corpse. Their wish was
communicated to the other mourner.,
aud the procession was t~hereupcn
stopped In front of the studio Of pro.
fe.tor Of the art. and while the desd
babe was subjected to the action Of the
camera, the sorrowing friends sought
RELAXATION In 4 cooling glass Of lager.