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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-12-26
NORTHERN NEW XoHn.

A man named TheOphOlis Ilurlburt Of Bel
mont, charged with firing y. Beman's barns
in Chateaugay, some time ago, has been ar
rested and Is now lodged in Jail to await
the action Of the grand jury.
Hon. Timothy Hoyle has been elected
President of the village of Champlain.
The money for the preliminary survey for
a railroad from Chateaugay to Chateaugay
Lake has been pledged
Work ut the railroad shops at Malone,
has been reduced to nine hours.
Petty smuggling from Canada is brisk
Several WatertUwn ladies were searched at
the Ogdcn.burg Custom House recently on
coming from Prescott, and had their goods
taken away from them. Thirty three w0-
men were searched, and all but four were
trying to Snuggle something over.
Patt>hurgh has two night watehmen
now
Amos Priest, residing some ten miles
from Chateaugay, at Franklin, p @, an
old AMI respected citizen. committed sui
eide recently. Cause, " temporary inSani-
ty."
David Perham recently escaped from
Malone Jail but alter an exciting chase of
about an hour, was taken nearly four miles
north Of the village Ia his flight he
wadel the riser three times.
4 Miss Wilson. who is teaching writing
school at Bangor, has been troubled Of late
by boys throwing sticks through the win
dow and otherwise making disturbance.
Last week ~he had eight of the guilty ones
arrested, and they were fined in sums vary
ing from three to ten dollars each, agcre-
eating fifty dOllar~.
Patent-right Swindlcr- from the East
made Chateaugay their headquarters year
ago. and extended their business into Hunt
ingtOn. p. O., forging a nUIaber of notes
and maxim. others from acknowledgements
obtained from farmers These they dispos-
ed of to parties on this side of the line. An
attempt to collect one Of them recently led
to an action at law, which was decided
against the holder at the Huntington Cir
cult two weeks ago. The note was proved
to have been forged.
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PETTY P6WosiH i am led To believe
that petty ponip0sity Is one of the most un-
endurable of the minor unpleasantneSses.
The mildest ease Of this kind which can at
this moment recall IS, at the same time, 50
obnoxious that, regret to say, | can hardly
bring myself to proper frame of mind for
it, calm discussion
| think ! must be peculiarly sensitive to
this style Of social nuisance, because 50 few
Of my friends fully sympathize with my an
tipathy Indeed there is so much difference
in the manner of the pompous gentleman |
have in my mind,-it is such gentle ira
gedy,-that there are many who do not per-
ceive. or else are not in the least discounted
bv. the thing that irritates me so. Perhaps
my own self-consciousness helps me 10 de
tect the same quality in others; and perhaps
the manner to which | allude Is rather the
outgrowth of large self-consciousness than
anything else. 1t may be this that affects
the tone Of his voice and conyersation.-to
whose murmurous c0mmon-places he seems
To be listening with a sweet content. lie
says thing, not in order to convey an idea
(surosing him possessed of such an an0m-
lD, but that the air may be burdened with
the soft and measured tones Of his utterance
as with n soothing song, bringing delight to
his own ears and incidentally, to those of his
auditors Thus his simplest question or re-
mark to the price Of huckleberries, or
the immnence Of rain, has cadence all its
own. The thing that maddens me is that
this fellow of no accomplishments arrosates
the subducd grandeur oI a hero he think,
to wear that fine flower of gentility which
has its roots only in chiyalrous life.-ScriJ-
ner's for Nor.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-12-26

Why WOMEN SHOULD SERVE on School
COMMITTEES s.-The trouble is that intelligent
citizens, competent to superintend the
schools. are too competent TO have time for
that unpaid service. And therefore the un-
Intelligent really determine the quality of
the instruction Thus the standard of
scholarship is lowered, the country school is
too often taught by girls who take up
teaching as they would take up chair-mak-
ing or straw-plaiting. The remedy, as we be-
lieye, largely lies in the appointment of wo-
men to school Offices. As n rule, in the
country districts at least, they have more
leisure, more culture, more direct and per-
sonal interest in children, and more admin
istrative faculty than the men who could
afford to take the positions. The peculiar
aptitude for details and quick apprehension
Of the relation of things would also stand
them in stead. Moreover, if it became their
duty to undertake this work, it would also
become their ambition to do it in the best
possible manner And there is hope that
not only the standard of scholarship would
be advanced, but the morals of the pupils
improved. Certainly, women Of culture and
of leisure, who would set themselves the
hard task might do much tostay well-known
influences Of corruption which poison our
schools, from highest to lowest, were it only
through insisting that the pupils should re
ceiye such thorough physiological instruction
as should make them respect their bodies.
In fact, sanitary knowledge is the crying
need Of the popuace, to-day. Its elements,
at least, should be taught in the schools and
it is women whose intelligent demand must
place 1t among the required stndies.-
Christian Uni0n.
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Smith, the colored caterer and politician
of Boston. Is a very fine specimen of the
better type of his race, with Moorish rather
than negro leatures-straight hair, which
was bluc-blaek until age whitened it. lie
Is still really handsome man, even in com
parison with his Caucasian associates. His
face and figure are among the most familiar
in Boston, where he has catered, for two gen
erations of distinguished people in public
and in private. He has never had his equal
here for excellence in this line, and, in view
of the very large business that he has done,
he should he a rich man, and presume is
very comfortably off in worldly matters. He
has always been respected. | have seen him
invited by company Of cultivated gentle
men to leave his kitchen, where he was
cooking in person (as he is in the habit of
doing on extraordinary occasions), TO take
glass Of wine and sit ut the board with
them. On an occasion of this character,
once heard him relate an incident Of his
early life. Some thirty wears ago, when Il
spruce young fellow, he dressed himself in
immaculate white from top to toe, on a
Fourth of July morning, never feeling
prouder in his life, as he said, and started to
20 toward the centre Of the city. On the
way, he had occasion to pass white man
washing of the sidewalk with long g-handled
brush The fellow could not bear to see
''darkey' 50 smartly attired, and, moved by
the mean maleyolcnce OF race 50 common in
those days among a certain class, he took his
brush, soused it thoroughly in the dirty
water. and then struck Mr.. Smith square on
the breast with it, bespattering him COM
pletely in every portion of his front. Mr..
Smith said he thought he must whip him or
die d; but he was unexpectedly spared that
hazardous qualification Another white
man. of different type, had been passing
and had seen the whole transaction. He
stepped instantly between the parties.
'.Stop - said he to Mr.. Smith Il want to
fight that fellow You can't do it ON fair
terms. If a black man undertakes to whip
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Once upon a time a local editor dreamed
that he was dead and in another world lie
approached the gate Of city before him,
and knocked for admittance. but no one
answered his summons. The gate remained
closed against HIM. Then he cried aloud
for an entrance, bat the only response were
| scores Of heads appearing above the wall on
each side of tine gate. At sight of him the
owners of the heads set up dismal howl,
and one of them cried - Why didn't You
notice that big egg gave you ?'' At this
horrid and most unexpected Interrogation.
the poor local turned in the direction of the
voice to learn its owner, hen another voice
shrieked, - Where's the piece you were
going to write about my soda fountain -
And close upon that was the awful demand,
Why did you write piece about old Ped
die : fence, and never say a word about my
new gate? " whatever answer he was GO
ing to frame to this appeal was cut abrupt
ly off by the astonishing query What
did You spell my name wrong in the pro-
gramme iOr?" The miserable man turned
to tlee, when he was rooted TO the spot by
this terrible demand, - Why did. you put
my marriage among the deaths p lie was
On the point of saying the foreman did it.
when II shrIll voice madly cried; =" W hat
made You put in my runaway. and spoil the
sale u4 my horse p And this was followed
by the voice of female Historically pro
claiming = This Is the brute that botched
my poetry, and made me ridiculous !"
WhereupOn hundreds Of voices screamed d;
'' W here my article? Give me hack my
article" And in the midst of the horrid
din the poor wretch awoko, perspiring at
every pore, and screaming for help. The
next day he resigned, and we had TO hunt
mp another local elitor-DdH5ury Nelcs.
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CURRENT NOTES.


The best flower for debtors to cultivate,
Glad-I-owe-less.
Bitter to Babbase, the Dubuque default
ing bank cashier, in his involuntary exile
from this native land, with about S2j7 900
Of the bank 5 funds in his pocket. oh how
bitter must be the reflection that, with all
hts opportunities. he left over 5000 600 to
be stolen by the president Of that same
hank.
The Illinois railroad commissioners are
going to prosecute the Chicago and North
western road for extortionate freight bills
Gen. Washington's family Bible is adyer-
tisei for sale Ii Is in three large quarto
volumes, and the public are grayely inform
ed that it was presented to zen. Washington
by the author.
The people Of Omaha are variously and
pleasantly alluded to by outsiders as "Oma-
hogs, d" Omaho-Ses, - Omahorribles,
etc.
\ Milwaukee man who was about 10 leave
for Chicago recently, and whose wife came
with him 10 the train to see him of, at
tempted to kiss her good-by without taking
his cigar from his mouth The effort was a
failure, and the unfortunate man leaped
from the cars, pursued by an infuriated wo-
man with hat in her hand, a patch of
ashes on her cheek, and a great deal of fire
IN her eyes. lie got a liyelier send-off than
he bargained for.
IL seems that the Indians Of Manitoba are
1galh giving trouble to the Dominion Gov
eIniient' and the halfbreels, as heretofore,
M Wl ins stisaung the malcontents to mischief.
oan.-l, " uen 'he Hudson Bay Company had full
p;er TGnero1 n IN Manitoba, then known as the Red
tl. aHoer territory, the factors of the Company
eAerci7ed hlgh-handed sway over the Indians,
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\ FASArIcAL BonEHAS-The Rev Cells
Burloigh, who was once a resident of Gin
cinnati and the wife Of Kellum, the larI-oil
manufacturer on Walnut street, has for
years been New Yorker, but has recently
accepted call to fill Unitarian pulpit in
Brooklyn, CT. Concerning kellum, here is
4 reminisccnec of the ante war-days of jour
nali>m of the Queen city George s. Ben
nett, then lo,al editor Of the Enquirer, was
wont, when news was scarce. to invent eX-
traordinary items for his department. One
of his lavOrite !ancieS was to have children
fall from the landing of the Newport ferry
boat into the river and have them heroical-
ly saved by some of his acquaintance
Knowing kellum very well. Bennett pitched
upon him as the imaginary reseuer of un-
fortunate innOcents, and at least three
times week Kelum figured in the Eaguir-
er a. the noble preserver of numberless
boys and girls who had taken an invOlun-
tary plunge into the Ohio. The lard oil
dealer did not object to this FOR the first few
weeks, hut when the thing became stereo-
typed, it had the effect of rendering him
ridienlous, and he threatened personal as
sault upon the local, if the latter persisted
in making him the savior Of the miScella-
neous juvenile population of Cincinnati.
- Con 'ound it. George" he sand, " you
know ever dragged anybody out of the
river, and If you say that have done 50 in
the future, we II have a row, that's all. D"
Bennett took the matter gOOd-naturedly,
and. the very next day after the menace,
mentioned in print that beautiful little
girl, the daughter ol a prominent citizen Of
Newport. had fallen from the ferryb boat into
the river. and that, though kellum had
seen her fall, and might have snatched her
from watcry grave, he calmly looked on
and refused to render the slightest assist
anee. lie gave, during the next fortnight,
several versions of the same story, in each
of which the lard oil man was represented
TO have shown a degree Of diSgraceful pol
trOOnery. At last Kellum went, boiling
with rago, into the Enquirer Office, and was
about to take summary vengeance on Ben
nett, who c0olly removed his coat and offer
cd to bet his excited foe that he would be
cleaned out" in less than thirty seconds
by the watch You're not bad fellow in
ycur way Kellum, remarked George, "but
| can't stand any interference with my do
partment. II make any statement in the
Enquirer you must not come round mere
contradicting it. That isn't journalism,
you see. and it must be put stop to at any
price"
Kellum discovering his disadvantage
with A man who cOuld print as he chose,
asked the local to tak@a drink and buried
the hatehet. lie afterwards sent q hand
some present To Bennett for the purpose OF
keeping the small ax in the ground. and
from that day until poor George's death
the lard dealer was never more compelled to
appear as the preseryer or neglecter OF
drowning ehildren.-N. Y. Cor. Cincinnati
Gdzetfe-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-12-26

WALT WHITMAN's PREFERENCES. The fol-
lowing gossip about the ''good gray bard''
will prove interesting think one reason Of
his fondness for ''the boys" drivers and con-
ductors and that like, is that they do not
pretend to be more than they are, and in
dulge in no pretence or afiectation. For Of
all things he hates mannerism and sham and
foppery. He positively hates it. 1t makes
him mad as the fellows says, to see it.
In literature especially, he despises every
thing fnical and affected. Much as he likes
Emerson, always inquiring about him, as he
does Of those who know him, he yet critic
ses him rs too ''natty'' in his style, as "too
dainty, -" and oyer-civilized for these demo-
cratic times GOod-natured and tolerant
as be is. vet he sometimes cuts off the long
diScourses which hieTah are wont to enter
tain him with, on style " on the literary
questions of the day Some years ago, The
odore Tilton was in Washington and over
taking Walt upon the avenue one day, he
introduced himself, and sauntered by his
side, possibly desiring to honor Walt by be-
ing seen rs his acquaintance, as it Is report
ell that he once sought to do to Frederick
Douglass. Il am not afraid to De seen with
YOU" said he to Fred. perhaps | don't
care to be seen with you,' was the proud
Douglass's reply Daring this walk with
Walt, Tilton took occasion to yentilate his
views Of literary style. Walt endured what
to him was a supreme infiction for a while,
bat very soon he took an opportunity that
was presented to shake him OF. Finding
himself in front Of beer saloon, Walt, in
terrapting the handsome diieHaaH, took him
by the arm and said, "Tilton, come down
here and have glass Of lager moment
later the gentlcmauly elitorof the iqdPeHd-
,,lt might have been seen hurrying down the
avenue alone, while the author Of "Leaves
of Grass was quietly partaking Of his beer.
In regard t1 certain passages in bis Leaves
of Grass, which have given the critics the
most offence, being, as they deemed vulgar
and immoral. Walt does not entertain the
shadow of doubt but that Vosterlty will
justify him Urged again and again to al
low them TO be eNpurglted, he has inyari-
ably refused One firm in New York offered
to publish an edition of his works, to use all
their extensive appliances in bringing 1t he
fore the public, and 20 guarantee him five
thousand dollars as his share Of the proceeds
of the sale, if he would allow them to omit
six lines. lie assured them that he would
ike to have five Thousand dollars very much,
indeed, but that the six lines must % in.
'Why," saij he 10 ne afterwards, Il wrote
the whole book 70 get in those SIX lines. To
leave them ont woali be- like leaving the
bones out ot man.
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WHAT BECAME OF CASTING \ SuoR The
practice which prevails at weddings Of
throwing old shoes after the carriage which
bears away the bride and bridegroom is no
doubt from ITS antiquity deserving Of yencr-
alton, bat it may be carried too far, and IN
deed is at times not only inconyenient but
dangerous At the wedding which took
place recently at bennington. England, a
serious accident occurred, and the lives of
three persons were nearly sacrificed by the
Observance Of this time-honorcd custom 1t
seems that as the bride and bridegroom were
taking their departure after the wedding
breakfast, yolley of old shoes was discharg-
ell at them, with the addition Of a quantity
OF rice. This evidence of kindly feeling,
however highly appreciated by the newly
married couple, was unfortunately misun-
derstood by the horse attached to the vehicle
in which they were seated, who showed his
disapprOval by boiling. The consequences
were not such as can be said to have added
much to the happiness of the occasion. The
driver was thrown from his box, and the
carriage passed over him. The carriage it.
self came in collision with a cab was cap
sized, and smashed to pieces. The bride
groom was pitched out of the window, re-
ceiyed a seal p wound, and now lies in q pre-
carious condition. The bride was Of course
terribly shaken, bat happily escaped further
injury.
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white one, sthere will be crowd around
in five minutes that will perhaps take his
life But they won't interfere with me, and
| want to lick that scamp dreadfully, too"
So Mr.. Smith stood aside, and the stranger
took off his coat and went in. He thrashed
the scoundrel till he roared for mercy, and
nobody molested him in the act. Mr.. Smith
did not tell US who the man was but he con-
cluied his remarks by saying that he had
never seen day since that he would not
have died for him, and few who realize the
service rendered will be inclined to doubt it.
-" TemPleion's" Bosto2 Letter 70 Hartford
Co,ropf
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hut generally with tact and judgment that
| kept them on the friendly side. The late
Sir George Simpson used to say that the In
dians never gave him trouble but once, and
that was when they stole Ills clothes while
he was bathing. There were several visit
ors at the fort then, including ladies, and
persons are still living who remember the
sensation created by the sight of the stout
Sir George walking through the enclosure to
his quarters perfectly nude and with digni-
fed gait.
Something original in suicide has at last
retrived that fine art from the monotony and
want of inyentiyeness by which it has latter
ly been distinguished. Near Hazel Hill,
Mo, Young man shot himself the other day
while riding to church on horseback-the
first instance on record, perhaps, oil suicide
in the saddle. Novelties of this kind are
apt to become epidemic, though suicide on
horseback Is less like to become so because
Of the expense attending it, a large majority
Of suicides being committed under the pres
sure Of poverty by persons wholly unable to
buy or even borrow a horse. This is a pity
because ones feeling for the aesthetic is
grossly outraged, day after daY, by long lists
Of self-killings executed on foot by means of
such vulgar expedients As bed cords and
Paris green. Dignity is one element that
has hitherto been wanting in suicide The
young man Of Hazel Hill showed a Just sense
of it when he took a horse for his long jour
ney, and his act will 20 far to confute the
iallacy prevalent among the supcreilious ar
istocrats of Europe that the Americans are
not an equestrian people.
The total number OF persons Of foreign
birth who, in the year ended June 80, 1873.
decided TO make the United States their
future home is 459. SOB of which 275,792
were males and lSl,0ll females, being an
increase Of 54,9g7, or Is u per cent over
the immigration Of the fiscal year 1872.
\ colored preacher, in translating to his
hearers the sentence, 1.-The harvest Is past,
the summer Is ended and we are not saved,
put il "De corn has been cribbed, dere
ain any more work, and de dehhil is still
foolin' wid this community
An exchange says that, in reply toa ques-
tion from the lecture committee of the chief
town of the district as to the subject of lee
ture to be given at the institution, the lee
turer telegaphci, ~ Taste Of Naples and
Rome" The telegraph made it read. "A
Taste of Apples and Rum"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-12-26

INTnPrRANCE II SwEnEN.-A waragaInst
brandy is the peculiar form the temperance
struggle assumes in Sweden. Your Swede
gets drunk on brandy, if anything, but Of
late years the incessant activity of the tenn
perance societies and the high excise duty on
this liauor have forbidden the lab0ring-man
the luxury of a spree, except at rare inter
yals. 50 that it had come to be foudly beliey-
cd the foe was beaten down for good. Re
Gently. however. there has been a universal
rise in wages throughout the kingdom, and
the inebriatinc cup has once more come
within easy reach of the poorest working
man And now the temperance folks are
reloubling their efforts to bring moral forces
into action. Societies have been formed
among the working men, which are widely
Spreading, the main idea Of them being, not
total abstinence. but the restraint Of intem-
pcrance Some of their novel provisions are
that no married man shall 70 into a public
house at all and the single man only at meal
times. when he is allowed To partake Of
liquor along with his victuals. The married
man, although put ont from public bars, is
not deharred from his glass Of brandy, which
be may keep stored in the cupboard at home.
All public treating Is also forbidden, and the
transsression of any Of these rules subjects
the delinquent to a fine The town Of
Gothenburg is the most original in its meth
ods for the suppression Of drunkenness.
Here the whole spirit trade has been confer
red upon a company of philanthropists who
run the business solely for the benefit Of the
town. 1t contriyes that the public houses u
which licenses are dispensed shall derive no
profit from the traffic in liquors, forcing the
hotel-keepers To derive their income solely
from legitimate hotel business. The re-
suit has been that the low and dirty drink
ing-shop~, formerly given over to mere guz-
zling and carousinr, have been transformed
into neat and tidy restaurants and hotels,
where unadultentcl liquor is supplied and
wholesome and tempting food. Drunken
ness has fallen of to remarkable extent,
for, with yearly growing population, the
number Of cases reported in this town in
ISL was but ! ,j33. while five years before
there were over > 900 recorded. The exam
pie set 10y Gothenburg has been followed BY
several other towns, and in each one with
satisfactory results.