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

The new election law of Canada provides
that IN counties no person can vote who
does not either possess lands to the value OF
$500, occupy lands at an annual rental OF
SEQ, or fill a situation worth S400 per year
In cities the qualifications are ownership OF
lands valued at Si0O, tenancy of house and
lands at rental of $50, occupancy of land
of the Crown valued at 800, with a pro-
mise of purchase, or situation worth 500
per year. In towns, the qualifications are
ownership of lands worth $500. a tenacy OF
a house and lands at rental of $50. Oecu-
pancy of lands valued at $500, under an
agreement 10 purchase from the Crown, or
a salary of 800 per year. Judges of the
Superior, County and District Courts are
disqualified, as are also revising, returning
and deputy returning officers, and election
clerks and women. \ property qualiica-
ton of &, 900 is required of candidates for
the House of Commons.
Sherbrooke is rapidly extending. New
streets are opening, and building lots are in
great demand.
The Waterloo Car Company seems at last
to be an established fact. The capital is
500, ,OO0-three Gourths Of which has been
subscribed
p. GOyette, late station agent at St. Alex
andre, having retired has been succeeded by
James McCambridge, from Des Rivieres
Station. 5. c. Hayes, from this State, takes
the vacant place at the latter station.
Francois Auguste Langelier, of st Johns,
and sole heir of the late F. Y Langelier,
recently committed suicide by shooting him
self with pistol through the head.
pine tree, cut on the limits belonging
to q. B. Hall, on the north shore of the ST.
Lawrence, gave six first and one second
quality twelve feet saw logs, the smallest of
which measured thirty eight and the largest
iilty-two inches ut the small end, and max
ing in all twenty-nine standard logs of
twenty-five inches in diameter or IL, ,023
board measure. This tree is one of the
largest ever cut in Canada. This one tree
would thus be worth at least 81 900 when it
left the mill
There was recently found in gorge be-
tween rocks on Sutton Mountain, seven al
ternate layers of snow and leaves, which
would indicate that the snow had not melt
ed in that place for seven years.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-16
Fscm the Chicago Railway Review
The Northern PaCihc's Plans for the summer.

Alta recent meeting of Directors and Off
GERS it was proposed to renew operations
with all possible vigor as soon rs the wealth
or iayor~. The line is TO he fully opened to
Edwintown. the present terminal point on
the Missouri. This portion will be com
pleted by the opening of navigation on that
stream. all the material required having
been placed on the ground last fall. and the
entire line 10 the Missouri 50 well advanced
last year. that comparatively little will be
required TO put il in good running order from
Lake Superior. or the Mississippi at St
Paul, to the Missouri
In anticipation of radical change in the
direction taken by the travel and traffic from
the west 90 the east, the company has de
tcrmined % operate two passenger trains
per day % and from Edwinton-one ex-
clusiyely for passengers. and the other n
mixed train. These will connect with n
line of steamers to make regular trips be
tween Edwinton and Fort Benton-a mill
tary post near the head of navigation on
the Missouri. When the steamers begin
their trips to Fort Benton, wagon trains
will continue and complete the connection
between Montana and the east.
West of the Missouri surveys will be
prosecuted until reasonable route Is dis
covered, the country embraced presenting
several difficult engineering features. Once
located. the line will be begun upon ener-
getically and prosecuted unremittingly
The theatre of hyelicst action will. perhaps,
be that portion Of the line lying between
Puget Sound and the base OF the Rocky
Mountains, 80 miles. Here will be con-
centrated as large a force as can be gather
ed together adyantageously. and the COM
pany hopes t1 have this entire stretch com
pleted and ready for trains before next
winter.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-16

The morn was bright q morn could De,
Blue -lowed the sky, blue laughed the sea
SunsH De and flowers were met together
Iu the Hy and glory oi summer weather;
But The old man pointed whore, Tar in the West
Law cloud. like sail. on the sky's broad breast
And hr said. as it looked at Is ominous white
.Thcrs' bee mist ere noontide, and storm ere night
The dream was a- bright as a dream could be,
lie Wa. So 20 liant, 80 fair was she.
A. clad as the sunshine they moved together.
Dr. their gracious love, through the golden weather,
TN atr.le Jared on the sensitive chords,
smiles that were mochins and idle words,
And the ola man said. 20 youth. take heed
The thistle grows from the chance-soWn seed
The aush ~ young lsve, and the break Of the day;
What is $50 .1ir or so feet a. they
Gather the buds while the deW-drOps shine,
Garner hearts love. in is birth divine;
From doubt and anger. from careless touch.
Who can guard the delicate bloom too much
For the love forgiven. The sunrise ocr,
Renew their first glory. 'h. never morei
-Tm.tfg's ulga-iHf.
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haps signal the iron train in time to save the
| lives OF the men on that. As the car neared
Fairbanks village he laid down fiat on his
face, cross-wise the timber, preparing to
meet the crash. Two cars loaded with rails
stood on the track at this point. and the
collision took place. The timber on which
he laid shot completely over the two cars of
iron, when he left the timber and was shot
over two piles of rails, going through the
air nearly horizontally over forty feet and
landed in n soft marshy place in u field, the
timber falling all around and over him, but
not so as to crush him. Several men who
had been loading the rails, Immediately
commenced removing the timber, expecting
to find only mutilated and mangled corpse
In about minute he was extricatei, got up
and walked out alone the engine then lust
appearing in sight, having followed with all
the speed it could command Mr.. Chad
wick soon began to feel g faint" but was
able to ride home in n carriage, and in a
few days was again on duty, fully recovered
The runaway ear ran a distance of four
miles and occupied only three minutes in
making the trip from the time the ear was
uncoupled to the collision, drerdging orer
ninety miles an hour for the'whole distance,
and the speed of the car at the crash can
only be likened to that of falling ball
The time stated is not a matter of guess
work, only that part of it occupied by the
men in removing the timber from Chadwick,
for the engineer looked at his watch when
the car was uncoupled, to see how long it
would be before the other train would come
up, and again on arriving at the wreck.
A DISHONEST CLOCK PEDDLER - Joseph
Beare Is a man some iorty-ive years of age.
4
afforded by the town of Barnet, Vermont,
where he has for several years pursued the
avocation of a mender of clocks. which he
was also accustomed to peddle in various
places. In the course of a professional tour
he reached the village of llOpkintOn, Mass,
about the middle of March last, with his
finances in 50 feeble state that he drew up
a note for $500 on the liopkinton National
Bank, signing thereto the name of Will
liam Lincoln. The note bore upon its back
the name of Ezra Walker a its indorser.
was discounted for nearly the full amount,
and Bearc and his clocks, after having
ticked as long as possible at IIopkinton.
ran down and lett the place.
Soon after the bank officials had their
suspicious aroused as 70 the genuineness Of
the note. and made efforts to arrest the
guilty party, but without success. The
case finally came TO the notice Of the Chief
Constable, and Detectives Bagby and
Smith were placed in charge of the matter.
the result being that on Tuesday last De
tectiye Smith arrested Beare at Barnet, and
last evening arrived in Boston with his
prisoner. who Will be examined to-day be-
fore Trial Justice Morse, of Natick Bearc
has hitherto enjoyed good reputation, and
has been much esteemed by the people of
Barnet and the vicinity Boston Journal,
Isl
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The Trailing Arbutus'
BY MARGARET E. sANssrER.


Wherever lift the solemn pines
Their fearless branches hiGh,
Wherever through their stately lines
Looks down the solemn SKY.
shall waken soon the dalnticst hover
That opens t. the Spring
Ere bird 10 nest or bee in bower
Their grateful tribute bring.
Nbere,futter moses, weird and sra..
In southern forests dim,
Where linger wreaths OF snowy spray
O'er Northern hill-sides grim,
When mornings break in blue and gold.
And tender grows the air,
The shy arhutus will unfold
Its petals, clustered fair.
Asubtle sense Of faint perfume,
From dewy eensers shed,
Shall hover DER the lowly bloom,
So fain 20 hide its head
From -azing ewes; its waxen white
A thought Of rose shall flush,
As II. lovc-lted 10 the light,
II felt ina.dcn blush.
Yet, brave and true. the timid thing,
Beneath its grading leat,
N0t once f1rgets to keep with Spring
4 trysting bright and brief
vestal at her altar bent,
With sparkling gems impaired
ID lives lis little lie content,
Uuspotied from the world.
The rose may he the gardens queen,
Iucarnadincd with dyes
That match in loveliness serene
The hues OF sunset skies
The lbs with her cavern cup
Man wait at Florl'- throne,
And The ,tar-cyed daisy, looking up,
Claim summer for her own;
But thou. wee daughter Of the woods
Fair birth oi frost and dew,
Thou hr|u-cst 10 our solltudes
A breath of sladness new.
And pure as novice in her vel,
or. babe on mothers breast,
Springs earliest darling thee We hall,
And sweet, We love thee best
-Har5sr's 3a-lr.
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sir, II you please, my brother jim
=, me one you gave the bill, you know
ne couldn't bring the money, Sir,
Because his back was hurted 81.

sir, II you please, my brother jim
me one you gave the bill you know
He couldn't bring the money. Sir,
because his back was hurted So
lie didn't mean TO keep the change;
lie got runned over, up the street,
ohe wheel went ight across his hack
ana tother iore-wheel mashed his feet
They stopped the horsesiiust in time
And then they took him up for dead,
And all that day and yesterday
lie wasn't rightly in his head
"They took him to the hospital
'ne OF the newsboys knew twas jim
And went too because. you see.
We two are brothers, / and him.
" He had that money in his hand,
And never saw it any more,
Indeed, he didn't mean 10 steal
He never lost a cent before,
' lie was afraid that you might think
He meant to keep il any way;
This morning when they brought him to,
lie cried because he couldn't pay.
He made NE fetch his Jacket here;
us torn and dirted pretty bad;
IL only 1t to sell for rags,
nut then, you know. it's all he had
When he get. well-it won't be long
II you VIII call the money lent
NJ Al NNrh us nngerS OH
But that he'll pay you every cent"
ana tnen he cast rueful glance
Al the soiled jacket where IL Law
NO, no, INV boy Take hack the coat
Your brothers badly hurt, you say,
Where did you take him, Inst run ont
And hail cab, then walt for me.
Why, would give a thousand coats
And pounds for such boy as hei
half hour after this we stood
Together in the crowded wards
And the nurse checked the hasty stems
That fell too loudly on the boards,
thought him smiling in his sleep.
And scarce believed her when she said.
smoothing away the tangled hair
From brow and cheek, I" the boy i dead
Dead dead 80 soon how fair he looked
One streak OF sunshine on his hair.
Poor lad! Well, II is warm in heaven
No need Of change and jackets there,
And something rising in my throat
Made il 50 hard for me 20 speak
turned away. and LEFT a tear
Lying upon his sunhprnded cheek.
Extract from a Poem by II. r. HuDsoN, in ~
~ Magazine for Nay.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-16

STEALING RIDES. Every spring large mum
bers of boatmen make their way to White
hall about the time for the opening of the
canals, for the purpose of securing work.
They generally are destitute of money, and
resort to all sorts of expedients for the pur-
pose of stealing a ride on the Rensselaer, and
Saratoga railroad. A few days since one of
these men was found in a freight car at Fort
Edward, and was put off the train. Before
it started up again he crawled down under
the cars and secured position on the truck
50 that his body rested across one of the
shafts of the wheel. In this position he rode
to Whitehall, where he was discovered and
taken out quite the worse for wear. The
shaft had worn through his coat, vest and
shirt, and was just making an inrOad into
the walls covering the mans stomach. The
fortunate stoppage Of the train saved the
poor fellows life. Some time since one of
the same class of men, having been repeat
edly put off the train, stole his way to the
front of the engine and rode upon the cow
catcher His cap'blew off, and the velocity
of the train caused his hair to stand on end ,
etc. Just then it began to rain and freeze,
and when the fellow got off at Whitehall
his head presented the appearance of mass
of icicles growing out of his scalp. All who
saw him laughed at his odd appearance,
though he himself was half perished with
cold.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-16

GEN. HAwIsY ON THE CURRENcY.-At the
dinner of the New York Chamber of Com
merce, Thursday night, Gen. Hawley of
Connecticut responded to the toast of legis-
latiOn upon commerce as follows: -
have been looking to the expression
of this body with great deal
of interest, and il had time | should
like to talk upon topic of so very great
value-a topic in which you are all, as mer-
chants, interested-the topic Of hard money
1t seems to me, from what study have been
able to give to the political condition of the
country and its legislative needs, that there
is no subject of greater importance to US
than that of our currency. | am hard
money man. don't believe in lying paper
currency. That which we have in our
pockets says the United States will pay one
dollar, FIVE dollars or ten dollars for it (; but
the United States has not done so within
ten years, and they don't try to do 80. We
are waiting it is said, for the country to
grow up to hard money. Meantime there is
not a branch Of the interest that IS not SUI
fering. The manufacturer suffers, the i'm
porter suffers, the western farmer suffers
and the mechanics and laborers suffer. We
need a fixed and stable currency. The in
terests of the industrious demand it. The
Chamber Of Commerce has said what is
right on the subject and the influence OF the
members can be benefcially exercised in as
sisting national legislation to bring about
the desired end"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-16

hung triumphantly above the waves, a bridge
OF gold running due north spanning the wa
ter between us and him. There he shene in
silent majesty, which knew no setting. We
involuntarily took off our hats no word
was said. Combine, if you can, the most
brilliant sunrise and sunset you ever saw.
and the beauties will pale before the gor-
geous coloring which now lit up ocean,
heaven, and mountain. In half an hour the
sun had swung up perceptibly on his beat,
the colors changing to those of morning, Il
fresh breeze rippled over the floor, one song
ster after another piped up in the grove be
hind us-we had slid in another day.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-16

The RELIGIOUS CENSUS OF ENGLAND.-ThC
census undertaken by the English Noncon
tormlid shows the relative strength of til,
Established and unestabished churches il
England and Wales. These figures include
eighty-iour town, Exclusive of LOndon)
having a population of 5,9l3,9l9. Tn,
number of places of worship is 1913 the
number of sittings is 9, 2,644 ,523, and the pro.
portion of sittings to population is A per
cent Adopting the old rule that only 5S
per cent of the entire population require
religious accommodation, by reason of the
necessary absence of children, inyalids, and
others, it would appear that there is def
cheney in these eighty-four towns of only II
per cent.
On basis of comparison the census oil
1851 is taken, which is not complete as re-
cards some of the towns. In the other sev-
enty-seven the comparison shows that in the
last twenty-one years there has been an in
or use of PSI places of worship and of S29,-
SO sittings. The population of the towns
has increased at the rate of 81 per cent,
while the religious accommodation has been
augmented at the rate of 40 per cent The
comparison as between the Established
InurcH anu tilt uhtSthpllsneu cuurcntS IOOt'
up as follows Established churches, sos
places of worship; l,Oi0,G72 sittings un-
established churches, 1885 places of wor-
ship; l.603, ,S5l sittings; in favor of unes-
tablished churches. ,S27 places of worship
563, ,l79 sittings.
Thus it appears that in these eighty -four
towns, with an aggregate population of near
ly 6,000,0O0, the Establishment provides
two-ffths of the means of public worship,
and the religious bodies outside of the Es-
tablishment three-ffths The increase of
the various religious bodies within these
twenty-one years is stated to be as follows
The Established Church, 81 per cent. the
Roman Catholic Church, so per cent. the
Unitarians, 81 per cent. the Wesleyans, 81
per cent. the Congregationalists, GO per
cent, and the Baptists So per cent.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-16

\ CHANGE OF NAME DEMASDED.-A large
number of savings banks have used the
word National" " They will see from an
act of the last Congress that they will not
do it hereafter;
SECTION 3. That all banks not organized
and transaeting business under the National
Currency Act, and all persons. companies.
or corpora tions doing the business of bank
ers, brokers or savings institutions, except
savings banks authorized by Congress to
use the word National " as a part of
their corporate name, are prohibited from
using the word '' National "as a portion of
the name or title of such bank, corpora
tion, firm or partnership; and every such
bank, corporation or firm, which shall use
the word " National - as portion of their
corporate title or partnership name six
months after the passage of this act. shall
be subject to penalty of fifty dollars for
each day thereafter in which such word
shall be employed, as aforesaid, as part of
such corporate name or title; such penalty
to be recovered by action in any court hay-
ing jurisdiction.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-16

Miraculous ESCAPE FROM DEArH.-Thc
Ne'csdealer gives the following thrilling ac-
count of a miraculous escape from death of
a Mr.. Chadwick, section foreman at HYDE
park during the fall of 1871
1t seems that the track had been laid rs
far as Danville, and one morning the gravel
train started out of St. JohnsburV with n
fat ear loaded with timber for Walden
trestle, intending to leave it above the
" Pumpkin Hill" trestle for the next train
which was soon to follow, with load of
iron, to take along. On reaching the point
designated the car was uncoupled and the
gravel cars backed on the siding. The
brakeman on the train was ordered 10 mt
on the brakes, as the car had by this time
began to move slowly backwards but the
man discovered that the car was without a
brake or anything to hold it, so he jumped
off and the men tried to stop it by THROWING
ties and stones under the wheels, which
however, had no effect. Mr. Chadwick
seeing this, got on to the car and signalled
the engineer to back down and re-eouple If
which attempt was made several times with
out success, Mr. Chadwick having only one
hand to use, the other being required to
hold himself on the car, and the engineer
sending the machine back with so much
force as to give the runaway an impetus
that sent it away from the engine every
time of course the speed of the ear was
increasing at very rapid rate and but once
was the engineer with full steam on, able 10
overtake it after they got below the trestle.
The speed was so great that Chadwick knew
that it would be sure death to jump off. and
expected nothing but death by remaining.
yet concluded to stay on the car, lust as
much expecting to die within the next min
ute or two, as he ever expected anything.
only having slight hope that he might per-
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sequently, the % Innocents,' copiously illus
trated, appeared after a few months, and SET
both sides of the Atlantic laughing. 1t has
sold at the present time something over
$50 600 copies, and Roughing IT, fully
100 900, with a still active demand for both.
The publishers think the two volumes will
have joint sale of half million at least.
and they anticipate very wide request for
q" John Bull. -
" Mark Twain = is, unquestionably, the
most popular writer and lecturer of the day.
No one can deny, with all his extravaganza
superlative burlesque, bad taste, and some
times positive eoarseness, that he has genius
for the comical, and is eminently qualified
to excite LAUGHTER.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-16

WnY JEfF. DAVIS WAS NEVER PROSECUTED.
The Charleston. :. e., Daily NsirS gives
the following in lis account of dinner
party recently given in that city, at which
Judge Clifford was present. who, il says, il
its authority \ few months after the close
Of the war secret council was held of the
mos; distinguished northern iurists, to de-
liberatc on the subject and counsel the gov
eminent There were present the attorney
general. Judge Clifford. VIM. NJ. Eyarts
and about dozea others. The confer
cnce,' says the account, twas long.
learned and profound. The federal
constitution. the law of nations,
the decisions of the supreme court in the
trial of Aaron Burr and other causes ceiebreS,
having more or less bearing on the ease then
under consideration. and the whole list of
state trials in the history of the civilized
world, were studied, weighed, analysed and
dissccted The council were divided upon
some points and agreed upon others. Some
were at first strenuous for prosecution,
Others who had weighed the subject more
carefully insisted from the first upon the
futilitY of such n course, and finally the
wiser counsels of the latter prevailed, and
the proposed prosecution of Mr.. Davis
was. a. will be remembered. sudden
ly abandoned, although it may be doubt
less news to many Of our readers to learn
that this sudden change of policy was
the direct result of this solemn conelave
After the council had adjourned. and
Judge Clifford had returned to his home,
Mr.. lloadlcy inquired the result of their de-
liberations, and Judge Clifford made a
striking and Characteristic reply in some
thing like the following language: Re-
markable as the fact may appear, We find
that the laws of the United States are not
50 constructed as to afford any certainty of
Furnishing high treason or rebellion, and
Mr.. Davis, if arraigned under them, cannot
be brought to conviction. Perhaps it is
that the men who framed our fundamental
law and system Of government, and who
were then lighting for liberty with halters
about their necks. did not pay much atten-
ton to the question of Furnishing in the
future the acts which they were committing
themselves