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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-05

a new code goes into effect in Iowa on
the lst of September, by which the pardon
ing power is taken from the Governor and
given to the Legislature.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-05

The Whitehall Transportation Company
have added another steamer, the Quaker
City, to their fleet, which will ply between
that port and st. Johns.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-05
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So help me gracious eiery day
laugh me Wild 10 see der way
Nv small young baby drie TO play
Dot funny lectle baby.
When look Of dhem leatie toes,
Ind slw dat fanny leetle nose.
Iud heard der vay dot rooster crow,
! shmile like ! vas gray.
Und when ] heard the real nice way
phem peoples 10 MY wife dhey say,
. More ike his fater' every day"
Ivas SO proud like blazes.
Sometimes dhere comes little schquall,
Dot Is ven der windy Wind viii crawl,
Rigid in its lettle stchomack schmall.
Dots too bad for der baby.
p,i makes him sing 1t night So schveet,
Ind gorry barrie he must cad,
Ind must chumh slihry on my feet,
To help dot leetle baby.
lie balls my nose und kicks lay hair,
Und crawls my 0ier eieryvwhere
IuI shiohhcrs me--hut vat / carci
Dot vas my small young baby.
Around my head dot little arm
Vas schQuezin me 50 nice und warm
Oh may dhcre never COON some harm
To dot schmall icotlc baby.
Ia. 5.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-05

SADAwoA PoyD.-ThiS pond Is in the town
Of Whitingham, Windbam County. Vt,
which. By the way, is the town in " A;ch the
Mormon patriarch, Brigham Young, was
born. 1t is abouta mile and q half long BY
half a mile wide. The curious thing about
it, i the floating land, Of which there arc
one hundred and fifty acres. floating on ;he
surface of the water. y correspondent Of
the Troy Press thus describes It
This land Is composed 0frootsa and 5ccayel
vegetation Of many years growth and 50
thick has this crust upon the water become
that it Is now covered with cranberry bushes
and there are many trees growing upon it
which are twelve or fifteen feet in height. 1t
l. sufficiently strong to sustain the weight
ola man. and boys 20 upon it 20 pick cram
berries but it Is not very safe as they fire.
quenty fall in or through up 70 their arms.
There Is q dam q the outlet Of the pond.
where the water can be raised OF lowered;
and when the water in the pond rises all
this land. together with the trees upon it,
rises with the water. The old settlers say
this land has been increasing from year o.
year, and give it a~ their opinion that !.
first formed on the lily pads at the surface
Of the pond. Il affords lne shelter for fish
which are quite plenty, pickersl being
quite abundant and the most valuable. Horn
pouts and eels are also caught in grea, num-
bers. 1t Is common thing with the % na-
tiyes TO 20 ashore or rather embark upon
the - Swimming Land " and after making
a small hole down through. as you would
through the Ice on the ponds. 70 sit down
and holding your line in hand without
pole, pull up tie pouss as fast rs you want
to take them of the hook without being
" horned" The pond also Is called tie
Sadawda, the name Is spelled in various ways,
but is said to be derived from the name of
an old Indian chief who lived on the banks
of the pond nearly an hundred years ago.
| am informed by one Of the old settlers that
the real name Of tie Indian was Scejaddy,
but modern ears have devised the more
eaphoni0us name Of Sadawga.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-05

Tue NV Tuu CEST SHiNrLAsTER.-The
following is description of the new fifty
cent shmp.aSter Ii Is about q quarter
of an inch shorter than the old one and
quarter Of an inch wider The paper j. of
an entirely different texture, being much
sitter. Upon the front TO the left Is Il fine
steel en- craving under which Is the follow
inE-"Sam' Dexter, Sect. Ireas'y. 1901.
The stamp is green and octasonal in form.
ON the Old one it is round and red. Over
the stamp on the new one are the words,
&c nitel States Fractional Currency" On
the old one it read Fractional Currency
United S-ate-. in much larger letters than
ON thcnew. Under the stamp on the new the
words Fifty cents are nearly in O semi
circle. On the oil. Gents Is under the
FIFTY. and ;hc letters are much larger
and also. On tile old. 80" Is visible in q
medallion. On the new. $50 Is in water
lines stamped over the Fifty cents The
Receivable iar all United States Stamps"
visible on the front OF the old is not
on the front OF the new. On the
new % tdcTirht j. iuc line scroll engrav-
Ing. in the centre OF which appear the
words FIFTY Cents, in plain black let
tcr~- On the new % the right l. a green
medallion. with cx4gisitclY drawn lines Of
Kaleidoscope pattern, IN the centre of
which go stands out boldly.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-05

THE EsCArE OF NOUNG, THE MONEY ORDER
FoRGER.-The successful feat performed by
John W. Young, the party who was being
conveyed to Chicago for trial on a charge
of uttering forged money orders on the
Post Office Department, and who escaped
from custody by leaping from tine cars, was
one of the most hazardous movements in
the life Of the notorious adyen.urcr. One
of the United States Deputy Marshals who
had Young in charge has returned to Bos-
ton, and this is his version Of the affair
Young had suffered from extreme nervous
affection, brought on by his confinement in
jail, and on the day of his escape, which Oc-
CURED about one O'Clock in the afternoon,
he was suffering somewhat from dysentery
The prisoner and his two eGst0dians Occu-
pied seats in a Pullman palace car, in which
were also several ladies. Young feigned To
be extremely i'll, and his appearance excit-
ing the sympathy Of the female passengers,
pillows were brought from the sleeping car,
his head was bandaged, and ice applied to
his aching brow. So successfully did he
counterfeit extreme bodily suffering, that
one OF the ladies. who had served as nurse
during the rebellion. expressed tno opinion
that he was rapidly sinking. and could not
live to reach Chicago. The officer in charge
of Young did not take quite so much stock
in the case, and kept a sharp eye on him,
never allowing him to leave his seat with
out following him.
During a temporary repose which the
Deputy Marshal sought, after several sleep
less nights, and while Young, in charge of
another officer, was propped up on pillows
with his head bandaged, he called for
glass of iee-water. The guard had no soon
or proceeded to the water-tank than Young
sprang from his couch, rushed to the plat
form unseen by any one, and leaped from
the train, which was going az the rate OF at
least twenty-five miles an hour. The train,
which was within three and half miles Of
the Edgerton Station, and one hundred and
twenty miles from Chicago, was stopped as
soon as the escape ofYoung was discovered,
and the officers went back, expecting moth
ing less than to find him dead beside the
track But he was nowhere to be seen, and
although two days were spent by the Off
GERS, and about forty citizens in securing
the country, no trace of the man could be
found.-B0stoR Journal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-05

The last Blackw0od has an amusing az
ticle purporting to give extracts from
Journal kept by the Shah during his visit %
England. lie announces his discovery that
it Is not true, Us popularity supposed, that
England Is surrounded by clouds and mi>ts
arising from the sea. The mist, he SAYS, l.
produced by clever device of this ingenious
people as n means ofc1nc5aiine itc position
of the island from their wariike ue.-hhor~.
To produce this mist OF smoke is the Office
Of the huge iron ships Of which lie saw 50
many stretched in two lines like anayenuc
across the sea. When q S,rI ngG slip aq-
proacheS these all open fire. sending forth
such profus;on of black believing smoke
that the most accomplished admiral could
not find a landing 1t Is quite harmless.
however, ''aS Is the fashion of this strange
nation, which Is very fond of smoke. bat
shriuks from giving 4 real blow. On bis
approach 20 the coast, the Shah says, he
was himself somewhat disquietod by the
uproar. and his grand vizigr was thrown
into par0xysns of terror. assuring his royal
master that Gladstone Bcy had conceived
the intention OF blowing him and his suite
into paradise and taking possession of their
glorious country. But the Shah himself
controlled his fears and replied, BE COM
posed. Gladstone Bey does not strike. lis
ships do nothing but smoke" There isaiSo
a good hit at the Prince Of Wales, "the
noble O-uales, as the Shah Is made to cali
him. The Persian potenta.e understands
that his mission Is to SOW the seeds of civil
izatiOn in a country of inldel barbarianS.
On parting with the Prince he inquiries Il
he may not hope that his great mission has
been in part, at least, accomplished, that
the seeds he came to SOW have begun to
take root. To which the royal O-uales re-
sponds 80 come now. llama: hang it all 1,
civilization, YOU know" That is all the
Prince can be prevailed upon to say on that
topic, and with this imperfect assurance
the royal missionary Is periOrcc content.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-03-20

to come, not as adventures, but to be-
come solid and respectable citizens.
Our native mechanics have nothing to
fear from contact with them; they are not
the lily paid. half-starved laborers OF Eu-
rope. but men who command good wages,
aud would have their price here. standing
on the dignity of their profession, and un-
willing to perform good work without its
equivalent. 1t is OWING TO this kind of
technical education that European manu-
features are so excellent. BY the large
| population. they can. indeed. have more>p
work upon separate portions of manufact-
| ure than we, aud thus a workman can ac-
| quire, through long years, a certain kind
of skill; but that Is not the kind of skill
necessary to make a complete workman.
which comes only through education.
What is there in the way of our having
these schools? With our wealth and im-
proved machinery to experiment; On. and
noble hearted manufacturers who sincerely
desire the welfare and advancement of the
manufacturin. people as well as to have
our country first in every good thing can
we not move in this matter? \ grea. field
ofusefulness is open to Us a n manutac-
turing nation. and it may be well tor us
soon to take advantage of it.-Nrtc Jers y
Mechanic
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Too Poor.

Moore. of the RRral -Ns,r Yorker. was
sitting in his office one afternoon. some
years ago, when farmer friend came in
and said: -
Mr.. Moore. / like your paper, but
times are so hard | cannot pay for it,
is that 80. friend Jones: I'm very
sorry to hear that you are so poor if you
are so hard run | will give you my paper. =
"Oh no. can't take it as gift
We'll. then. let's see how we can fix it.
You raise chickens. believe
Yes, few. but they don't bring any
thing hardly"
Don't they? Neither does my paper
cost anything, hardly. Now l have a
proposition to make to you. well con-
tinue your paper, and when you go home
ou.may select from your lot one chicken
and call her mine. Take good care of her
and bring me the proceeds. whether in
eggs or chickens. and we will call it square, .
''All right, brother Moore and the fell
low chuckled at what he thought capital
bargain. He kept the contract strictly.
and at the end of the year found that he
had paid four prices for his paper. He
often tells the joke himself. and says he
never had the face to say he was too poor
to take a paper from that day.-Model
Farmer.
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miscellaneous.
The Destruction of the Sugar Maple.

One of the leading maple-sugar makers |
of Hampshire county claims that but very
few productions, in the entire system OF
New England agriculture, realize to the
farmer so large profit as the manufacture
of that commodity. As prices have aver
aged for the last ten years, it is certainly
feature of home industry well worthy of
consideration. Many of the farmers on
the hills who own and utilize large sugar
orchards, have become convinced by prae-
teal experience that it is one of their very
best paying harvests, tobacco alone yield
ing, perhaps larger net profit. Nature
has appointed this harvest at season
when the farmer can accomplish but little
other labor to advantage. and, unless he Is
engaged in this occupation. his time and
efforts will yield him but little remunera-
tioE yet, without taking this point into
account. even did the work come at any
~other time in the year, it would pay grand
ly. Maple syrup and sugar hold high
price in the market, and without doubt
will sustain their present rates. with pro-
In the face of these facts. it is certainly
somewhat a matter of mystery why large
proportion of our farmers should manifest
such au utter Indifference to the preserva
ton and perpetuify of the sugar maple. In
no other part of the country does it flourish
So naturally and vigorously as among the
Green Mountains. and wherever its deli
cious sweets are extracteditrepays the own
er thrce-fo.d for the labor. Still our maple
groves and forests are rapidly disappear
ing. and. at the present rate Of decrease
another half century will witness their
almost utter annhilation.
The process OF making maple sugar is
evidently destined to become one of the
lost arts" unless some special interposi-
ton stays this work of destruction. The
demand for breom-handles and other
articles OF utility, into which this wood is
converted, i Unsuitable. Thousands of
or grand old emerald-crowned monarchs
o. The forests are sacrificed to this demand
annually. and. of course, the aggregate
amount of sugar manufactured must de-
N-fiNf " IL ~ WIN tiiN htNitsi>S VI AAAN
material from which il i deriy ed. Il will
soon become a luxury in the market, com
handing price that must teach every
shrewd and sensible owner Of maple or
cAard> the eNpedency. even in pecuniary
sense of our New England landscape.
BY all means. then. let our maple forests
escape the Invasion of that dire energy
and cupidity which RI. 50 reckles,lv dis
nauting our lovely hills aud valleys of
their primitive grandeur and luxuriance.
The maple grove, once destroyed, cannot
b. replaced. Its reproduction i the slow
lingering work of time; and it behooves
the lumbcrmen TO remember this impor-
tant fact when he puts the axe to it, root.
The perpetutity of the delicious luxury
obtained from the sugar maple i not the
only incentive to the preservation OF that
tree. In 4 pictorial sense alone, with it,
wealth of unparalleled greenness and yer
dure in summer, and its marvellous mosaic
otleafy glory in autumn. it is worthy OF a
woodland Immortality Springfield Ee-
publican.
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Home Reading.

One of the most pleasant and noble du-
lies of the head of the family is TO furnish
it, members with good reading.-m the
times which are passed it was considered
enough 10 clothe and feed and shelter u
family. This was the sum of parental
duty; but lately it has been found out that
wives and children have minds. and so It
ha> become a necessity 10 educate the chill
dren and furnish reading for the whole
household: it has been founi out that the
mind wants its food as well a the body.
an / that it wants to be sheltered from the
pitless storms of error and vice by the
guarding and friendly roof OF intelligence
and virtue.
An ignorant family in our dag Is an an
tiquated institution. Il smells of the mus
ty past; it i a dark spot which the light
of the modern sun Of Intelligence has not
reached.
Let good reading go into home. and
the very atmosphere OF that home gradu-
ally changes. Il becomes clearer, purer
more cheerful. healthful and happy; the
boys begin to grow ambitious: to talk
about men. places. principles, books. the
past and the future, the girls begin TO feel
a new life opening for them ia knowledge.
duty and pleasure: and - the family
changes, and out from its number will 20.
intelligent men aud women 10 ill honor
able places, and be useful members of the
be lit in every household: let the old and
Young vie with each other in intr oducing
new and useful topics of investigation, and
in cherishing love ofreading. study and
impro yement.
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a WONDERFUL SToRY.-"An occa
sional correspondent" of the World,
writing from Paris, relates a wonderful
story of an unparalleled surgical opera
ton, the removal of the brain from q
dead mans head and placing it in the
skull of chloroformed condemned sol.
der The operator was Professor Null
er OF Weissnicht, and the operation was
performed at Leipzig, Germany. A
soldier who had killed his Colonel in
cold blood, was condemned to die. but
given over to the tender mercies OF the
surgeons and kept in close confinement
until an opportunity for vivisection was
presented. This came when beer sa-
loon keeper was brought TO the hospital
i'll with a fatal malady. He died, the
soldier was chlorofOrmed, the live mans
brain removed and replaced by that of
the dead man. The patient was kept
IN sound sleep for two weeks, but
gradully came to life. At the end of
the third week speech returned, but it
was hesitatiDg and stammeriug as a
child learning to talk. The soldier had
forgotten his military training and prat-
ed Of beer mugs and wine butts. The
soldier had been gloomy and taciturn.
but as metam0rphOsed he was the jolly.
garrulous saloon keeper. Evidently
case of change Of identity. Whatever
tax the story makes on credulity no
charge is made for believing it.
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offered in this Market. which will sell cheap
Will not be bea' on ~MALLW AXES. have
Il line a--nrtmcut OF lahic-', Cent? Misses
aud ,Ai.drcu'- UNDER CLOTHING
moor SKIRTS, LADIES and MI~>ts, BAL
MORAL SKIRTS, iMBpsSED, FELT, pru-
ted AMI IN fact, all kinds OF skirts. BusiIes'
eyety variety. tnrsets, t,loves and
Hosiery Ladies' Black ND G,oyes 80 a pair I.
t"l7Tci KID. Is. pair; Machine six and
TWIST Handkerchief, Edgugs OF all
kinds. Cufs and collars. ! have fine
assortment OF Hats AMI Caps, Ladies' Misses and
Childfcn's Fur-, OF all descriptions. a large lot
uf Lap Buffalo aud Wolf Robes. which |
viii EEL Cheap. Boot. Shoes. Kubbcrs
and Leather in ever variety. Groccuesi have
fine stock Of Groceries consisting Of Molas.
,c-. sugar. Teas and Tobaocns. Flour Beef
Pork, Lard, Cheese, Butter. Soaps and
Spices. Of all descriptions :Aupies By the barrel ;
and Pickles by the gallon; Rasins, Rice. Cof.
lee Roasted and RAW. Olls, Ltns.ei Raw
and Boiled; Kerosene and in fact al.
most cverythi that can be found in a hrst-clsss
Variety store.
The goods fer are fresh and desirable and
will viii be Ole Ell at the most favorable prices
trusting you will continue The Patronage which
has been heretofore 30 rheeriully bestowed 1 am
Faithfully yours.
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VOLUME 10.

A dressing
which is at
once Agreeable,
healthy, and
efectual for
preserving the
hair. II soon
restores .Jod 4
or gray liar
to its original
coyo. ,,'yI
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AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PATENTS.
r. II. EDDY,
SOLICITOR OF PATENTS.
For Inventions Trade Marks Designs
No. 10 State St.. Opposite Kilbv St.,
BOSTON.

BOSTON.
A FER an extensive practice OF inward a,
u Thirty years. continues TO secure Pa,ents liz
the United States: also in Great Britain, France
and other foreign countries. Caveats Speciica-
IONS, Assignments, and all other papers for Pa.
tents executed on reasonable terms, v It'll dis.
patch. Researches made to determine the validity
anu siilty ofPatents of Inventions, and le-aI
ana other advice rendered in ali matters touching
tne same Copies OF the claims OF any patent
furnished BY RENTING one dollar. Assignments
recorded in Washington.
No Agency IN the INIT. States possesses suse,, r
Necsascslor obtaining Patents, " ascersGinae he
pafenfdosi1y ofisrenfiOns.
All necessity Of a Journey to Washington 20
procure q fatent, and the usual great dc lay there
are here saved inventors.
TESTIMONIALS
regard Mr.. Eddy of the most capable and
ssceesysi practitioners with whom | have had
omeiai intercourse. CHAS. MASON.
Comm 1ssioner of Patents
:. nave NO hesitation In assuring inventors that
hcy cannot employ q man mare compefent aud
I,sUsst, fnA more capable of putti.. g their
aPyucauons in Q form to secure for them an early
~" 'a'oraoe consideration at the Patent Office.
EDMUND BURKE,
., Late Commits Toner OF Patents.
nr. Eddy has made for me over THIRTY ap
pncations for Patents, having been successful in
almost every case. Such unmistakabIe proof of
great talent aDd ability on his part, leads me to
rec commend all Inventors TO apply 10 him 10 pro
cure thcir patents, rs they may be sure OF having
the most faithful attention bestowed their
cases. and at very reasonable charges,
JOHN TfAGGART.
Boston JAM Is73-Iy
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Vessels.

II is anticipated that in 1873, 4 much
greater number of vessels will be built in
Maine than in 1872 and proposed vessels
are named. amounting to a total of 81 900
tons. mostly already under contract. The
aggregate of the year Is expected TO reach
5000 tons or 5000 tons more than any
ether year. The calculated differences
between building sailing vessels in the
ports of Maine. as compared with like
building in the British Provinces. are said
to have been illuSivc and to a great eXten;
unfounded in practice.-The same j. true
OF all calculated differences in shipbuilding
on the Delaware and on the Clyde in Scot
land.-When practical builders get 10
work. the asserted difference disappears.
Iron ships it is affirmed by competent au-
thorities, eau be built on the Delaware a.
cheaply as on the Clyde. and 1873 will see
larger contracts than ever before for the
construction of such vessels. \ prominent
statiStician SAYS that the >hipbullding on
the Delaware during ls.2 transcribed any
ratio of increase eyer known on the Clyde.
There is no doubt that the turning point in
the history OF shipbuilding in the United
States has been reached. and that We will
progress in a gratifying manner in this
department in the future.-Ne,c York Ship
ping Iisi.
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HEALTH! BEAUTY!
STEpNG AND PIRE RICH ELoon-fSCEEAsE
BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION SECU RED To ALL.
DR. RAILWAYS
SARSAPARlLLIAN RESOlVENT

ms NNNF THE NnNT ASTONISHING tTEFS
r., roT,iCCiKi. 80 RAPID ARE THE cMA!NGk5
LLLENCE. OF THIS TRULY WONDERFUL
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CALL AT THIS OFFICE
AND GET YOUR B USINESS CARDS
seAish cans0s Be sxeelled.
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Name the Leading Shipbuilding State
Of the Union.

From late returns it appears that the
amount of tonnage constructed there last
year was nearly equal to that of the most
prosperous year previous to the civil war.
Here il the comparison: