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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-10

The Graphic balloon got As far as Canaan,
Connecticut. on its way to Europe. Donald
son was up in her long enough to announce
by carrier pigeon express, that the dream
of his life was at last realized" Not long
after he found both dream and life in danger
Of sudden ending The last he saved by
Jumping, with his two reckless companions,
from his unmanageablc air ship, as it
swooped to the earth. And now We hope
we have heard the last of this business OF
balloon voyages to Europe. The farce has
been well played, butt has become tedious
and might now be allowed to stay played
out.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-10

For the sweepstakes purse of $500 in the
afternoon, F. b. Flanagan entered d" Yer
mont Boy" Joseph Rounds. ' Billy Bow
legs. W Il. Wright, Royal Mike and
r. Bailey Belle of Pawlet." Three straight
heats made d" Royal Mike the winner.
Billy Bowlegs" was Withdrawn at the
sernnd heat.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-10

Some Of the n Y. Trijune's financial edi-
torials are noticeable for stupidity. The
main idea of its latest effort i that the l.
5. Treasury must be lal-ilyius and conceal
ing facts and figures Units published month
lv~tatement>, because the amounts reported
as expended on the army for the last two
months. do not make exactly sixth of the
total expense Of the army last year The
whole article is an insult to the intelligence
of the Trilpae'S readers.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-10

/ have heard the sentence and know what
It is. but | feel that ! am more innocent than
BOGUS Charley. Hooker Jim. Steamboat
Frank and Shacknasty Jim that these men
planned and instigatcd the crime OF which
am accused When | look into nv heart
/ see no crime there. Young men started
these murders. i- is hard 70 RID them of
their savage habits. was also in favor of
peace. and Bogus Charley wa the first o.
propose the murder Of ten. Candy and tlc
peaec commissioners. These young men
were with him. ] said no, but they hal The
power and carried me with them. We
came near q personal difficulty. Ny life was
in danger when Bogus Charley proposed
killing zen. Candy. Boston Charley was
the one who first sanctioned IT, Bogus
Charley said. il yOu fIil 10 help me ] DO ll
myself / feel while these four men aye o.
liberty they have triumplct over me, AMI
the government should feel more salts
fed il they were brought to trial.
as thew were as guilty. IL not II ore 50, tllg
lam. ! say that Bogus Charley was She
only man who influenced me he was
traitor 90 both sides. He told lies O. che
Mol0c-. and lied 10 Gen. Candy. / ~auu.l
like To sec him brought here Hooker Jim
and Bogus Charley were the men that a-l-
tatci the murder. want now o. tell
the truth | want 10 see those men
/ know that Shackuasty Jim killed ten
Candy and shot Meacham, and Boston
Charley killed DIR. Thomas. That is a.l
know about the massacre Boston Clar.-,
savs Shacknasty helped to kill Or. Thomas.
and he wants 70 see him tried Us q MURDER
or. Shacknasty told me that he t1ld Gen
Wheaton he killed Gen. Candy, bur liI
not believe him. lie said So after the
massacre. Bogus Charley told me he knew
blood was on his hands. and ! would uat
be held accountable, as he was the rcl.
criminal. Bogus Charley wanted O. kiL
both Gems. Candy and Gilem. and was very
S1ry tnat Gen. Gillcm did NOT come ont
that day.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-10

STOVES on RMLEo,Ds-Public opinion
has long demanded Of American railroads
the disusc Of the murderous store. Many
ROADS, We 9-e glad to say, have hogun OF
CARED out reform in us respect, heating
some or all u thelr trains By steam, to the
saving Of their passengers lives. and -i,,eir
own rolling stock. Other roads r,,.r.ist in
the Old atroe'ous custom, in cnt arc disregard
Oh the horrible disasters ,het every winter
result from is. rheexpression of the public
Reputation Of the practice of heating ears
ny stoves, should DO - unmistakeable that
railroads Persisting Ia it shall appear to be
deliberately taking upon themselye5. in
spite OF reprl0! and warning, the risk Of
the most terrible species Of disaster to W ,,eb
railroad passengers are exposed. ,Sor can
such course he regarded p, les than
criminal. II 10 Is attended Sisb IN, results
1t invites. the culprit companies must ex-
pect to be hardly dealt with BY the public.
,or excuse OF lgnoranceor iuattention 10 the
S s., beet iaey will nave e.-Slriaqfsld
Cnioa
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-10

The people of Connecticut have at last
put an end to the long and bitter local
struggle between the two capitals Of the
State, by sensibly voting henceforth to have
but one. At their annual town elections
Monday, the constitutional amendment
making Hartford the sole capital, received
a large majority in its favor. The Hariford
Erening Post estimates it at 5000.
The report of the condition of the Union
Trust Company shows its total liabilities to
be Sc, 273 SIS and its total available assets
arc shown to amount to 81 ,19l ,296, lcav-
ing a balance Of 81 ,I2l, IN over and above
its liabilities The confident hope is enter
tanned that the receiver will be able to
realize from the assets funds sufficient to
meet its liabilities and enable it to resume
business at an early day.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-10

Jack begged for a repricve. lie Wa ,.ll.
by order OF ten. Wheaton. thar the great
lawmakers of the government had cl-cil.-
~ considered his case, and that the Ple-i-
dant's decision was final. Later. he renew
ed his attack on Gen. Wheaton. urging thar
it would be quite proper for >araeli
Charlie 10 take his place, and then his val
liable services would be saved for his FAM
lily and his tribe. Cen Wheaton then asked
if any of the others had anything T. say.
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Timc. . r. 2.H, 2 ill.
\ special despatch 90 the Rutland Globe
has the following "Gr~t-rla~," notice Of one
TON" Coon of Winoo-ki, which viii be
quite readable in this locality.
The officers of the Addison County Horse
Fair may well feel pleased with their first
exhibition. They have lahorcd hard to
make the enterprise a success and they have
succeeded, pcrhap, beyond their expecta
tons. They advertised To do everything on
the square, and TO pay promptly all pre-
miums, and they did. They even went 50
iaras to pay SIS on an old coon that was
not entered even for premium. 1t was
two legged fellow from Nin0o~ki, T. j.
Coon he is called at home. He Is a real
hairy fellow and with more CHECK than
cOons are supposed To have.
During the racing said Coon perambu
lated the broad walk Of the grand stand,
which is about four feet from the ground,
and somehow he managed TO poke his legs
through defective bit Of flooring, and in
the operation, tore his "bost Sunday 20 to
meetings." little rent, triangular in shape,
about two inches long. lie thought it
worth SIS, and blandly informing the Off
GERS 50, said they cost him in Burlington
Sl7. As before stated the SIS was prompt
ly paid and the Coon went home happy
with more money than when he came.
The officers now propose to get these very
valuable pants and keep them as Il relic OF
the First Addison County Horse Fair.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-10

The latest number Of Harper's Itestly ha'
a picture by Mast which Is quite a. striking
in its effects as the very best Of the produc-
tions of this artist. 1t represents Uncle sam
sitting near the national treasure box, and
beside him lies a Watchdog with the letter.
" [. ;. &. e. ON is collar The dog Is kept
in place hy chain labelled Law" and
over it are given the words of President
Grant, declaring that he cannot violate the
law. Rcyerdy johnson, backed by Wander
bilt, stands by, asking for money, and Uncle
Sam tells them, " Look out, boys, they say
he's Caesar (seiz-er.) "
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-10

The Modocs have paid the penalty of their
horrible crimes and four of them were
SWING into eternity on Friday. The execu-
ton was witnessed by a large namber Of
Indians, and it, moral effect may do some
thing to deter the Preparation OF like out
RACES by remaining tribes in the future
The result Of series of interviews with
the murderors, just before they were hung,
is given in the New York Herald. From
these interviews it is plain tina Captain
Jack was urged to the preparation OF the
assassination by the fear that his rival
Sconchin would commit the murder if he
did not, and thus supplant him as chief Of
the tribe
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-10

The COMPTROLLER AND THE BANS
Thus far only three receivers have been APP
pointed for national banks by Comptroller
Knox. They are for one in Washington
ono in New York, and one in Petersburg
Several notices Of voluntary liquidation on
the part of banks have been received, anu 1t
cannot be known for some time jnst how
many OF the banks will have been destroyed
bv the panic when all Is over, but the
number will he small. Unless bank is ac-
tually insolrent. it is regarded by the Comp
troller as quite as well that it should settle
its affairs itself, a, to have a receiver ap-
pointed.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-10

The Washington Chrom.'e considers ball
loon asccnsions pablo nui~arccs, and wants
a law made to prevent them.
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Il gjIH
Balance ON hand

The permanent fund OF the convention l.
81 .560l3, of which only the interest car
be used. The treasurer stated that there
were sufficient demands upon the amount in
hi, hands to exhaust all but between three
and four hundred dollars
Brother Cummings reported an accident
that occurred TO Rev. Mr. Edison, agent of
the American Board. at Fairfax. whereby
hi. leg was broken and an ampuution was
made. The speaker had lately been inform
ed that second ampuation would be ne
ccs,ary. which. the speaker said, would
probably result in ;he death Of the patient.
Mr. Edison was poor man and needed help.
\ contribution was at once taken up in tho
convention in aid Of the worthy object and
over sixty dollars was the liberal result.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-10

TINS MmDLEruRY lIoRsE FAIR. - The
turnout on Wednesday, the first day Of the
Addison County Horse Fair. was not large,
owing to the cold breeze that swept over
the grounds.
The following entries were made for the
SIS purse
Fannie. W. : Stewart. Tc1uitroga
" Maggie" W. b. Wright. Briiport
" Golddust." j. Layigne, Crown Point
Spruce. Joe Bacon, Burlington
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the window, the passer-by would some
times stop and gaze, attracted by its
beauty, and then proud and happy was
Mary; nor did even the serious and
careworn widow notice with indjffer-
ence this tribute to the beauty of their
favorite.
But IittlaIulid Florence think, when
she bestowed the gift, that there twined
about it an invisible thread that reached
far and brightly into the web of her
destiny.
One cold afternoon in early spring,
tall, graceful gentleman, called at the
lowly room to pay for the making of
some linen by the inmates. He was n
stranger and wly-farer, recommended
through the charity of some of Mrs.
Stephens, patrons. AS he turned to 60,
his eye rested admirinly on the rosetree,
and he stopped to gaze at it.
Glow beautiful = said he.
YES" said little Mary, land it was
given to us by lady as sweet and
beautiful as that is.
"Ah," said the stranger, turning upon
her pair of bright dark eyes, pleased
and rather struck by the communication;
San how came she to give it to you,
my little girl ~ Oh, because we are
poor, and mother is sick, md we never
can have anything pretty. We used to
have garden once, and loved flowers
so much, and Miss Florence found it
out, and so she gave us this.
"Florence p echoed the stranger.
"Yes-Miss Florence L Estrange-a
beautiful lady They say she was from
foreign parts but she speaks English
just like other ladies, only sweeter.
els she here now is she in the city?
said the gentleman eagerly. ono; she
left some months ago" said the widow,
noticing the shade of disappointment on
his face "but, said she, "you can find
out all about her at her aunt's Mrs.
Carlyle's No. 10-street.
A short time after, Florence received
letter in q handwriting that made her
trembIe. During the many early years
of her life spent in France, she had well
learned to know that writing. This
letter told that he was living, that he
had traced her, even as hidden stram-
let may be traced, by the freshness, the
yerdure of heart, which her deeds of
kindness had left wherever she has
passed. Thus much said, our readers
need no help in finishing my story for
themselves. -MayfoUer. .' -s
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The Shah Of Persia and His Jewels.

Among the many notables whose
presence is expected at the opening of
the Vienna exhibition, not the least in
tereating to Erlrnpsafls will he the shah
of Persia commonly known as Nusser-
ed-Deen, but whose real name, on the
authority of Mr.. Eastwick, is Nasiru'd
div Kajar. To most persons eastern
personages and affairs are enveloped in
sort of traditional haziness, not with
out certain charm. The present shah
is about "A years Of age, well educated,
speaks Arabic, Persian, French and
English with ease, and is endeavoring
to bring his kingdom into sympathy
with the states system of Europe. He
left Teheran, few days since, was con-
veyed across the Caspian by a Russian
escort, has by this timelanded in Russia,
and will proceed by train to st Peters
burg, where he will be the guest of the
czar till the opening of the exposition.
After spending some weeks at Vienna,
he will proceed to London, as the guest
of the British queen. Hewill doubtless
be feted at both courts, and perhaps
subsidized by one OF both ere he returns.
Mr.. Eastwick, who has seen the shah's
Jewels, estimates their value at $50, 00O,-
900. This is, no doubt, by fair the
most valuable collection of precious
stones in existence. Among these is the
Darya Nur, the sister jewel to the
famous Kuh Nur, which according to
Persian tradition, was with it in the lrilt
of the sword of Afrasib 1000 years before
Christ. Rustam took it to Persia,
Timour carried it away and Nadir Shah
recovered it when he conquered the
great mogul, took Delhi and carried
away its treasures. The casket of jewels
of the mogul was taken to Meshed by
Nadir Shah, and continued in the pos
session of his descendant, till Aga
Mahomet, the founder of the dynasty of
which the present shah is the fourth,
overthrew the reigning monarch, and
carried off his treasures to Teheran. It
is not improbable that some of the most
famous jewels Of antiquity in this collec-
tion, and among them the sacred gems
that once adorned the breast-plate of
the Jewish high priest.
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Pies.

The pie is almost an institution in
America A single New York bakery
claims that it produces nine hundred
pies an hour from one of it's ten capa-
cious ovens, and total Of fifty thou
sand pies daily, the year round, forcing
the supply occasionally up to sixty-fve
thousand-probably on Fourth of July,
or other festal occasions. Let the read
er busy himself with imagining the to-
trl production of pies by this and all
other bakeries of the country during a
twelve-month Nevertheless, these fa-
cilities would be inadequate TO the pop
ular demand, were the majority Of our
oountrymen of stomach as unbounded
as that Of the Dundee laborer, whom q
Scotch journal commentaries. This
extraordinary person, having not long
since eaten nine large two-penny pies
at Dundee pie-shop within fourteen
and half minutes announced his pur-
pose to eat, on the following Monday,
twelve pies within twenty-five minutes ;
and, in fact, when the delicacies were
put before him in the shape of six
ponnd pile, fourteen inches high, he
consumed half a dozen in five minutes,
the next three at the end Of eleven
minutes. and the last three in six min.
utes more, having ended his repast
eight minutes sooner than he designed
possibly owing to the pangs Of hung.
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY.

straight line. 1t is not more true with
us that the Gulf Stream turns to the
eastward, the Polar Stream to the west
ward, and the equatorial currents to
the northword, than that every air-cur-
rent, in obedience to the same law,
should turn to the right of tho line
along which from any cause it Is called
to move. The mcteorist has therefore
only to ascertain by observation where
the barometer is lowest, to know at
once the direction of the wind from the
circumiacent districts, far and near, or
Mt least to test the mathematical law by
a grand experiment.
TRANSMISSION or BLOOD. The follow
ing is from the Popular Science Month";
II for April The first experiment was
tried on a man aged twenty. 30 was
beheaded at 8 o'clock in the morning !;
eleven hours later all traces of irritn-
bilitv had disappeared from most OF
the muscles Of the body. Injection in
to the muscles was begun at ten min
utes past 8 in the evening ; the Quantl-
ty of blood (which the operator took
from his own veinsl was enough for n
limited part Of the body; he therefore
confined his experiments to the hand.
Injection was made by the artery in
which the pulse is usually sought, n
little above the wrist, and of course, in
the direction of the fingers it was urged
at first quite fast, then slowly. The
blood, which went in bright colOred,
passed out dark from the vein, as is the
case in life. The operation continued
thirty-fve minutes, and, ten minutes
after that time, irritability had return
ed a movement in tho muscIas of the
hand could be artifcially excited. With
the second subject, injection Of the
blood of healthy dog was made; the
blood had been first deprived Of it's CO.
apuIablc matter, and beaten up in the
ar . there was aDDuJ ppuIu Vi H.
The subject was a strong man forty
years old. Death had occurred at 8
o'clock in the morning; at twenty-five
minutes past 1Oin the evening rigidity
was complete, without trace of con
tractabIity under the influence of slim
ulus. The arm was amputated, and at
twenty minutes past IL Brow4-Sequard
effected injection by the brachiaI artery.
The skin at first took a livid color, but
very soon the roots of the hair grew
erect, giving the effect of goose-fiesh,
rs it is called. This artificial circula-
ton wasso entirely successful that the
veins on the back of the hand presented
BLUSH tinge; a beating like that OF
the pulse lifted the main artery OF the
wrist, muscular life revived the fingers
soon lost their stiffness, and forty-five
minutes after II irritahility had reap
peared in the muscles of the arm; it
was still perceptible at 4 in the morn
ing of the next day.
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cr, ancG he expressed u willingness to
occupy the spare moments with devour-
ing another half dozen pies.
With this item of news in fresh re-
membroncc, we CHARGED to read in Il
very old English newspaper the supper
eaten many years ago, by Mr.. Oakley,
of Stanton, Dcrbyshirc-a repast which
makes the Scotchman's Just recorded
rather frugal by comparison. His first
dish, says the report, was two quarts of
milk, thirty eggs, half pound of but
ter, half a pound Of sugar, three penny
loaves, a quantity of ginger and nut
meg, and au ounce Of mustard, all boil
ed together his second course was ga
piece of cheese and pound of bread
to it ;" the third was q half pound of
bacon, penny loaf and quart of ale,
followed by three half-pennies' worth of
gingerbread and a pint of ale; his
fourth dish was q custard of two pound,
an ounce of mustard, some black pep
per, pint of milk and three pints of
ale to it. This banquet he finished in
an hour, and then ungratefully com
planned of not having had enough !; so,
after running three hundred yards by
way of an appetizer, he sat down with
the rest Of the company, who had wit
messed his prowess, and drank pretty
freely. Yet even this exploit is hardly
equal to the marvel in digestion report
ed in the same ancient newspaper of n
Truro porter, who, for bet of five shil-
lihgs, ate two pairs of worsted stockings
fried in train oil, half pound of yellow
soap into the bargain. The losers of this
wager might have been more cautious
had they known that the same atrocious
glutton once undertook to eat as much
tripe as would make himself a jacket
with sleeves, and was accordingly mea-
sured by tailor, who regularly cut out
the materials, when, to general surprise,
the voracious fellow ate up the whole in
twenty minutes. Compared with these
performances, some Of the current prod
igies of gormandism which the papers
SO often report are surely as trifing in
amount as they are tame and uninven-
tive in the character of their details
Lippincotf8 Margarine.
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GLEANTNGS.

JOSH Billings is getting up a book
of $40 pages with 100 illustrations by
Mast.
CHICAGO hasn't cent. in the till, but
mugt meet little bills amounting to
S64O 900 within the next 20 days.
DURING the prevalence of the epizoot
ic San Francisco sports drive their
regular ten n-Chinamen tandem teams.
A PITTSBURGH witness couldn't tell
his exact age, but thought he was
Younger than his mother. .....,
IT is q poor alligator hunter that can't
make $15 day in Florida, at present
prices of the "pelts."
THE Minneapolis Tribune thinks the
only objection to Nebraska is that there
are fully six weeks in midsummer when
the sleighing is poor.
Brick Pomeroy sunk about $3.50, 900
in his efforts to establish himself in
New York. Yet the New York edition
of his Democrat still lives.
THE Chicago papers are down on the
medical students because they cut up
subjects" I" and throw the pieces into
the river, OF anywhere into the streets
and bitches.
PAUL DE CAssAosAo, the famous fight
ing editor of the Paris Pays, who has
killed Is men in duels and has another
one to kill next month, has been offered
a place on the weekly Montanian, "
a sheet published in the wilds Of Mis-
souri,. Six editors of that paper have
died with their boots on during the past
year, and the proprietors confidently
expect that first-elass salamander like
Paul will be little more durable.
A DISASTROUS rice famine prevails in
the island Of Java, and the poorer class
es are dying in great numbers from
starvation. Some cases have occurred
in which women have offered their chill
dren for sale to Europeans, 80 that, if
they died, their little ones might be
preserved from starvation.
WE have Fagins even in America. An
old reprobate named Wolf was arrested
in Cleveland, recently, for receiving
stolen property, and several little chill
dren testified that he had been teachine
them to steal, and that under his tuition
they had already acquired considerable
skill. But, instead Of being sent t.
| prison for life, he was let of with a fnD
Of $50.