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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-16

\ COcENT RESoN.-Years ago there lived
in kceseville. n. Y, hotel Keeper by the
name of lIotlnagle - 4 man of infinite lest
and humor.' lie was of ponderous pro
portions. over six feet in height, and would
easily pull down scale of two Hundred and
fifty pounds or more. In those DAYS it was
the custom for citizens of Northern New
York and Vermont to do most of their trad
ing in Montreal, and many jolly royster-
ing time was had by them while Dn these
trading expeditions to that city.
One bitter cold evening, when the Patriot
war was raging, Hoffnagle and dozen or
50 OF his countrymen were clustered around
the stove in the bar-room of Donegani's
Hotel, and intently engaged in discussing
the state Of the markets and condition OF
things generally. They completely sur
rounded the stove, some on two chairs, and
all with feet elevated, a Ia Yankee. The
door opened, and in walked a British officer
covered with frost and snow, and chilled
through with the cold lie came towards
the stove, but could find no access to its
genial warmth through the phalanx of Hoff-
nagle and hls friends. After perambula-
ting around the crowd two or three times.
he stepped briskly up to the bar and some,
what testify remarked
" Landlord, give me something hot to
drink there's so many of these blarsted
Yankees around the stove that a feller can't
get warm any way" The crowd arose at
once and were profuse in their apologies for
their unseemly discourtesy. The officer
smiled blan1ly, and bowing gracefully.
said, . Gentlemen, what is tie reason that
you Americans always sit on two or three
chairs and keep your heels elevated so high
in Fthe air ~ :" Well," said HoffnagIe,
" the main reason is that we Yankees al
ways intend to keep our feet on all occasions.
at least as high as an Eaghshman's head ~
An nproarious shout followed this reply, in
which the officer joined, and then good na-
turedly remarked, - Gentlemen. have not
word to say what will you all take to
drink 2, and they all turned to and made a
jolly and hilarious night of it.
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Retired FX-CoufrdfrafPS.

Longstreet Is in a comfortable position in
| New Orleans.
Jake Thompson is living IN moderate cir
| cumstances at Memphis.
Beauregard is superintendent of street
railways IN New Orleans.
Joe Johnston Is leading life insurance
man at Savannah.
jeff Davis Is president Of the Carolina In
surance Company at Memphis.
Gen. Albert Pike, brigadier from Ar
kansas, Is practising law at Washington
| city.
Gen. Braxton Bragg lives at Mobile and
is superintendent of street railways.
Col. Carter of the rebel army is now
acting with Pinchback.
Gen. Hood isa cotton factor and insur-
ance agent at New Orleans, and makes out
tolerably well.
Ex-senator Robert NJ T. Hunter has 4
poor farm on the Rappahannock river in
the tidewater part of Virginia.
Gen. Cheatham, having made an unsuc-
cessful run for Congress against Horace
Maynard, has returned to private life.
Judah p. Benjamin has a good law prac
! tiee in London, England. but his clients are
nearly all Americans from the Southern
States.
Gen. John c. Breckenridge lives at Lex
| ington, Ky, and was given an important
place at one time on the Chesapeake 4 Ohio
railroad.
Herschel V. johnson, who ran on the
ticket with Stephen \. Douglas for the
Niee-Presidency, Is planter in Jefferson
county, Georgia.
Gen. d. II. Hill keeps school at the town
of HlllsbOrough, and meantime edits a
periodical, published once a month, called
' The Land we Love.
Ben. Hill. cx-Confcdcrate. IS practising
law at Atlanta, and i said 70 be the best
lawyer in the State. He was Senator Of
the Confederate States. and had a personal
collision with Yancey.
Forrest. the great cayalryman. has been q
railroad president and livery stable keeper
at Memphis, and sometimes appears TO be
doing tolerably.
Gen. Pickett, who obtained So, coo for
the smallpox documents which were pur-
chased by the War Department during the
last political campaign. huctuateS between
Washington city and Canada.
Mai Zen. Joseph Wheeler, commander of
Wheeer's celebrated Confederate cavalry,
and West Pointer, has married a rich lady
in northern Alabama, and lives at his ease.
Gen. l.. Pope Walker, ex-Secretary Of
War to the Confederate States, who avOwed
his intention TO plant their flag over Faneuil
Hall six mcnths after the war began. Is
practising law with some success at Hunts
vile, Alabama.
Joe Brown Is ifty-ive years old. and is
the Bismarck of Georgia. He is pretty
rich-is worth anywhere between $lOO, zoo
and 81 ,O0O, ,OO0-and il president of the
Western and Atlantic railroad. His state
railroad connection is thought to be the
strongest in the South. and Simon Cameron
i said to be interested in it.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-16

!" HE Is A BRICK. Many persons besides
schoolboys and college students use the
phrase, He is brick without the least
idea that it is supposed to be of classic
origin. 1t is said that King Agesilaus, be-
ing asked by an ambassador from Epirus
why they had no walls for Sparta, replied.
=" We have" Pointing to his marshaled
army, he said, There are the walls of
Sparta. Every man you see is a brick"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-16

A German florist says Z" 1 have 50 much
drouble with the ladies when dey comes to
buy mine rose dey wants him hardy, dey
wants him doubles, dey wants him moondly
dey wants him fragrand, dey wants hin
nice gouler, dey wants him eberydings in
one rose. | hopes am not what you cal
one uncallant man. but have sometime,
to say to dat ladies: Madam, never often
see dat ladies dat was beautiful, dat wa.
rich, dat was good tember, dat was youngs
dat was clever, dat was perfection in one
ladies. | sees her much not
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-16

WOMEN jurors N WYONING.-Judge
Kingman of the United States Court for
Wyoming Territory writes that the employ
ment of women as jurors has enabled the
courts to punish classes of crime where
convictions could not he obtained without
their aid lie adds
81 do not remember single instance
where a Jury of men has convicted either
party for shooting AT each other, even in
crowded room, if no one was killed or for
killing any one, if the victim had been
armed. But with two or three women on
the Jury, they have never failed to follow
the Instructions of the court. Again the
courts have been nearly pOweress, with
only men for Jurors, in enforcing the laws
against drunkenness, gambling, houses Of
ill-iame, and debauchery in any oft forms.
Neither grand nor petit iuries could be re-
lied on but few women on either panel
changed the face of things at once, and from
that day this kind of vice has tremhed be-
fore the law hnd hidden itself from sight,
where formerly it stalked abroad with
shameless front and brazen confidence in
protection from punishment There are.
comparatively, so few women here. and
those are so generally kept at home by do
nestle duties, that the courts have been
unable to obtain as many of them for jurors
rs was desirable But those who have sery-
ed uniformly acquitted themselves with
great credit
ENTERTAINING CoNPANY.-Tbe art Of true
hospitality has yet TO be learned in most of
our homes We fail to recognize the fact
that the poorest entertainment, excepting
positive neglect, Is, to be constantly enter
tained alike annoying to the guest and
irksome to the host. In our anxiety to do
our best for our visitors, whether friends or
strangers, we forget that it i luxury at
times to be let alone to have the privilege
of being silent, moody. even TO let the
world, and everybody and everything in it
jog along as though we had no personal in
terest in the matter. We need these res
pites every day they are hardly less neces-
sary than sleep at night. If We have been
more than usually excited or subjected to
an uncommon nervous strain, by putting
on our best appearance before those whose
attentions We are anxious to reciprocate,
there is all the more need of this indulgence
in social and mental diShd5iHe. 1t is hap
py thing for a lady to see when her guest
would be best pleased to be left to himself
to be free to lounge, to read, to walk, or, if
he must do it, to smoke. She, too, should,
in the meantime, unbend her solicitudes in
regard to the enjoyments of her visitors,
graduating her attendance upon them to a
compliance with the law requiring alter
nate action and rest even N social commu-
nications and enjoyments. - PrOrideAce Jour
ndl
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-16

PRESENTATION TO Hon. FREDERICK Bill
LINGs.-Last evening, at the Grand Hotel
the Hon. Frederick Billings was presented
with an elegant testimonial. Mr.. Billings.
one of the founders of the first Presbyterian
church in California, has returned to the
Coast, with other officers of the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company, and is thus able
to celebrate the twenty fourth anniversary of
his arrival in San Francisco. The occasion
was selected as appropriate to present him
with a fitting memorial of the generosity
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-16

This Is one Of the worst Indians in the
whole tribe. He was the leader Of the band
who committed the murders in December.
lie Is young not over twenty-one or twenty
two, but Is large and powerful lie Is not
a M7doc proper. but belongs to band of
Indians known in Siskiyou as the Como
Twashes. They are composed of remnants
of several tribes, and have long been re-
garded as thieves and murdcrers. Two of
them are in the lava bed-IIooka Jim and
the =" Doctors and even Can't. Jack was
said to he afraid of them. This Indian has
a bad face. lie, too. was one of those that
came out with Steele, and was the only one
that the Chronicle correspondent felt an
easy with, when on one occasion on the
route he was left far behind alone with him.
Ii was getting late in the afternoon. and
the party had got ten miles to ride when
they struck the " divide" a gap in the
mountain to the soGth of Little Klamath
Lake. There were five whites and fourteen
Indians. Steele and Fairchild led the party.
and came out of the trail and struck the
Lost River road. Steele put spurs to his
horse, and the whole party started for home
on a gallop, the Indians riding along heavi-
ly armed, with their feathers and iox-tails
flying like 50 many pennants. They yelled
and h0wled, and the party came down the
slope like flying Tam O'Shanters. some
thing getting wrong with the Chronicle
man 5 saddle, he stopped to fix it. which
took nearly twenty minutes Ilooka Jim
and Curly headed Jack. another Indian that
it would not do to trust far, seeing the cor
respondent stop, rode on few hundred wards
and stOppedalsO. When the latter mounted
he saw his own party fully two miles ahead
going like the wind. He started on 4 run to
catch them and the two Indians Joined him.
and all three went down the valley on a dead
run. The Indians rode their ponies one on
either side and seemed to be highly tickled
at the correspondent somewhat unskilful
handling of his horse Then they began a
series of movements, designed to friehten
the latter and make him deposit his precious
burden in the sage brush, and once Hooka
Jim, with yell, deliberately spurred his
pony directly against the horse, : a move
ment that nearly accomplished the desired
object. On the whole, it was an uncom-
Portable ride. and the reporter breathed
much lreer when he came up with Steele.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-16

A Memphis woman who out-Heroded
Herod and everybody else at the Mardi Gras
carnival by appearing in an open hack, en-
masquc, with one arm, shoulder and breast
bare, was taken with pneumonia, next day.
and died in less than a week.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-16
THE NEW GAME OF PUSH As PLAYED IN SAN
FRANCISCO.
From the San Francisco Post.l

thANNlSNb-
From the San Francisco Post
Since the partial suppression of faro, other
games of chances have increased to such an
extent that now nearly every other saloon
boasts its poker, seven-up and push game.
Almost everybody is familiar with the former
games, but the latter IS a recent invention.
which had its birth on the city front, where
it is played to an alarming extent, hundreds
of dollars nightly changing hands at the game
The manner Of playing is peculiarly simple,
and can be readily understood by even those
who have little or no knowledge of cards.
Yet this simple game, which is being 81 ra-
pidily popularized because of its simplicity.
is banking game and comes within the
meaning of the statutes that define what
constitutes such games. The mode of play
ing this game is this D.: 4 number Of men seat
themselves around n table with pack of
cards, one of whom deals Each man places
the money he desires to bet in the centre of
the table The cards, after being dealt, are
passed around and each PLAYER. including the
dealer, selects one. which is turned up and
placed on the table in front of him The
dealer selects his card last and places it face
upward on the table. lfhiS card IS higher than
any Of the rest. they each pay him the amount
of money they bet Should any or all of the
players hold a higher card than the dealer
he pays over the necessary amount. The
next man then becomes the dealer, and 80 on
ad RtHitHm. each man in turn becoming 4
dealer, and at the same time banker. Thus
each party who plays at the game Is liable
under the law rs principal, and not rs q
participant.
To TELL An IIoNEsT MAN.-Aletter writer
says " Talking with a hotel-keeper the
other day, remarked that, in large city
like this, he must loose a good deal by trans
lent customers who would 20 away and for
get to pay their bills. Oh, no: never
lose much by folks Of that sort | have
made it a rule in nv house, whenever a man
wants a room, and has no baggage, TO de-
mand pay in advance, as Is usual. If he
manifest no objection, and puts his hand
into his pocket for money, tell him that it
is all right he can pay Just a. well when
he goes away That kind of man always
paws But there i another sort of fellow
who. when informed Of the rule. pretends 30
he very indignant, insisting that he l. a gen
tleman, by -, and Is not in the habit Of
having his name questioned or his honesty
doubted. In such case invariably insist
on the production Of the funds. for know
if | don't get them then should never get
them in the world. Men who talk about
their honor, and assume 10 be insulted when
requested to pay, can be depended ON for
firSt-claS~ dead beats.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-16

the man who shot and instantly killed Rev
DR.. Thomas, is young Indian about twen-
ty-two years old. He is practically white,
and his complexion quite clear Hence the
name of - Boston given him by the In
dian-, which signifies white" lie has no
history at all, and gained No prominence in
the tribe until the peace negotiations be-
gan, when he acted a messenger. lie was
one Of the young savages who came out to
Fairchild's with Steele and party to talk to
Gen. Candy, about the lst of March. The
General treated them all very kindly. and
their return for this Is his brutal massacre.
" Boston was believed to be one of the
best dispositioned Indians in the tribe. lie
was good humorei, always laughing and
talking, and seemed to ike the whites better
than the Indians He was one of those in
dicted by the Oregon grand jury for the
killing Of the settlers, but he was known TO
have had nothing at all to do with the mat
ter, being on the west side of the lake at
the time
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-16

he has evinced in cancellng the debt of the
church. The testimonial was accompanied
by the following resolutions, unanimously
adopted
AT public meeting of the officers of the
First Presbyterian church in San Francisco,
held on the 5sh day of April, 1873:
Resofred, That we do hereby publicly and
most heartily express our qualification at re-
celying the Hon. Frederick Billings in our
midst, to the State he assisted to organize,
and the Church he aided so efficiently to es-
tablish.
ReSolred, That we express our grateful
recognition of the timely and valuable SER
wees rendered by Mr.. Billings, and especial
ly commend the courage, fidelity and zeal
which prompted him, when so many were
derelict in religious duties, boldly and un-
tiinehlngly to cast his great influence in be-
hall OF our Christian institutions.
Res0ired, that his personal zeal. his con-
secration and liberality move our warmest
admiration and respect; that we deeply ap-
preciate his noble and self-sacriicing gene
r0sity, and feel confident that his services
have been blest of God.
ReSoired That as an expression of our
gratitude to Mr.. Billings and in recognition
OF the benefits our Church has received at
his hands, we do hereby present to him in
the n anne of the First Presbyterian Church
OF San Francisco, which he assisted to
found, this Centre Piece inscribed with the
name of the persons who assisted in its or
ganization.
Resoired, That copy of these resolutions
be presented to Mr.. Billings by our Seereta-
ry, and spread upon the records of the
Church.-AhG California, April 6h.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-16

This is another of the murdcrers of the
settlers. lie isa tall, savage-looking fellow.
with a dark, thin face. lie is about thirty
years old, and is one of the most desperate
warriors in the band.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-16

MAEEEp MEV oN the SrRrEr.-Broad
street, where the Stock Exchange aud Gold
Exchange are located. i, the gieat money
centre Of the city. Property j. worth more
in this locality than any other. The leading
bankers Of the country are represented in
New York. The heavy banks of Boston,
Chicago, Philadelphia and Baltimore have
houses in this city. But the grand opera
tors are seldom seen. Their heavy business
is done through brokers. who enjoy their
confidence. Vanderbilt, who can produce a
panic in the stock market any hour in the
day, does not visit the street once a month.
\ hundred runners do his will. while he sits
musing, one leg over the other. in his little
Office on Fourth street. Uncle Daniel. as
Drew is called, can be seen daily. plodding
MS way down to his brokers Mt about | |
O'Clock. lie Is a small, spare looking old
man, with a mahogany face. and in dress and
appearance resembles an ordinary New Jer-
sey farmer.
1t is not easy to gain access to Jay Could.
lie comes down in his coupe and darts into a
private Office, where none but the initiated
can find him lie is an undersized. black
looking, heavily mustached man, all head
ana shoulders, WIN an eye Ol marvellous
keennesS-the only apparent bright thing
about him. The leadership of the street Is a
brief one Men don't last long on Change.
The " Head Pin as he is called. of the
market one day may be knocked down end
wise the next. However rich, successful or
influential men may be, they all 90 under in
turn. Men are millionaires on Monday and
cannot hire cab to ride home in on Saturday.
They dash up through Central Park four-in-
hand, and the next week the whole concern
is ratified off under the hammer. Successful
financcrs buya 100000 house, have their
carpets made in London, their furniture i'm
ported from Paris, give their house warming
dinner, when a hurricane sweeps along, car
rying everything by the board.-N. Y Cor.
RoSfOn Journal
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-16

The PERus or MAskrD BALLS. The ladies
and gentlemen boarding at the fashionable
hotel in Denver, Colorado. got up a very Sc
lect masked ball, the other evening. But
some of the walters considered it capital op-
portunity to enjoy themselves. 80 they bor-
rowed suitsand tripped gaylyin The ladies,
ignorant of tine social status of these Young
men, waltzed and polkaed, promenaded and
goSsiped and nirted with their unknown male
partners. One lady in particular found
gentleman who was especially gallant and
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-16

John Schonchin, brother Of Old Schon-
chin, Jacks predecessor in the office OF
chief. is a man about forty years old. He is
4 lighter colored man than Jack, but good
deal stouter, being broad shouldered and
quite corpulent. His hair i long and
straight, and his eyes small and expression
less. His face Is pleasing in expression and
he i much less determined in look than the
younger chief. Schonchin is a rival for the
place occupied by Capt. Jack, he believing
he has n hereditary right to the Modoc
throne. Consequently he and Jack have
not been on very friendly terms. though in
their horrible plot they seem to have worked
together. He Is the man who shot Meach-
am, and inflicted the wounds from which
Meacham i likely to die Schonchin in all
these peace negotiations has been more cx-
acting in his demands than even Jack him
self. On the occasion of Steele's first visit
to the lava bed, he was les friendly than
any of the others He even went 50 far a.
to accuse Steele Of wishing to '' talk with
two tongues, and Steele had to make him
a sharp speech in reply to preyen; reeur-
renee of the insult
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-16
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Portraits of the SayageS,

PEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF CAPT. JACK, JOHN SCION
CHIN, BOSTON CHARLEY, BLACK JIM AND
HoOKA jim.
The peculiar atrocity of the massacre on
Friday has awakened keen interest in the
savage perpetrators The following sketches
of them will. therefore, be read with inter-
est. The writer saw and shook hands with
every one of the monsters barely six weeks
ago in their own stronghold. They were
then apparently desirous ofpeace. and those
who visited their camp can only now realize
the anger they ran in reposing confidence in
sue merciless beings as they have since
prov Cd themselves to be. 1t is highly pro-
bable that they even then contemplated
their wretched treachery, and We're only
waiting to get the three Commissioners in
their power before beginning their dread
ful work. Hence they met on friendly
terms all who came to them until they could
entice the Commissioners within their grasp.
The night of the 2Sth of February the
writer slept in Capt. Jacks cave, lying
down beside the latter with feeling of per-
feet security. Since the dreadful news on
Saturday the reflection that he did that, al
must makes his flesh creep.