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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-04-11

usque reourret." are against the axioms
which teach that As the twig IS bent the
trees inclined, and dogs bark as they
are bred" Don't scald your tongue in
other folk broth = - Keep your fingers out
of other folk pies - Drown not thyself to
save drowning man." and Put not thy
finger into the fire. tell Us to t,e wisely sell
fish and prudently unsympathetic. ''Crumb
not your bread before you taste your por-
ridge" is also proverb of wise warning :;
something like - Try your skill in gilt first,
and then in gold - Put not all your eggs
into one basket" and the like. = Better
late ripe and bear, tn; early blossom and
blast, teaches patence with slow begin
nings; and, under the head of III weeds
grow apace," the same doctrine NAV also be
found in another form. - Contempt will
sooner kill an injury than revenge has n fine
echo Of pride in it-that pride which helps a
man through life far better than angry energy
or active fighting. Yet this is not the pride
which . breakiasted with plenty. dined with
poverty, and supped with iniamy;" not the
pride which is never in one place with
grace, but the nobler instinct Of self-re-
spect, which elsewhere - lives it down"
Against women there is no lack of bitter
words. - Deceit, weeping, and spinning,
God hath given to womankiud by which they
may live; - "NOmen conceal all they know
not" - Women, wind, and fortune are for
ever changing - Womcn in mischief are
wiser than men - d" Women and dogs cause
much strife - - Wits are most wilful when
women have wits another proverb puts Il
tag to this, - which curtly cometh upon them
by fits = - \ womans mind and winters
wind change often, and that most abomin-
able Of all,
\ spaniel woman and a walnut tree,
The more they are beaten the better they be.
After this, the makers of proverbs had the
audacity to put forth gravely. without sign
of the satire lurking behind - England is
the paradise Of women
' Don't have thy cloak to make when it
begins to rain - for it is only D." fool who
''vants his cloak on a rainy day" The typ
ical fool" indeed, Is hardly dealt with in
proverbial estimation. He parts soon with
his money he ' lends and loses, 50 play
fools - his "speech is bubble Of air. -
Though his boli may sometimes hit the
mark, his '' heart dances on his lips - and,
truly enough, he " may throw "a stone into
a well which a hundred wise men cannot
pull out. His tongue Is long enough 10
cut his own throat - and. being a fool. he
will not be iolled." Like woman, -
'' fool when he hath spoken hath done all; 80
he " loseth his estate before he finds his fol-
ly :" he " viii laugh when he is drowning
poor fool he might do worse. Bat even
he, fool rs he Is. may chance to put some
thing into a wise mans head" and again.
- 4 fool may give wise man counsel. w
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NUMBER IL.

The mice are making sorry work among
the .apple-trees, 7. F. Butterfield, of the
Springfield nursery, having lost over 30
900 young trees. Scarcely young orchard
IN the county has escaped their depreda-
tons
D. NJ. Smith, Of Springfield. has invented
a practical little adding machine, - simple
that lazy schoOl-boys can operate it.
Sylvester f. Munger. prominent business
man OF Woodstock, died suddenly in that
village recently.
Mrs. Betscy Howe. mother Of Henry H.
Howe Of this city died at Ludlow March
18th at the age of seventy years. She had
been for over forty years resident of Lud-
low, and was one of the constituent members
OF the Baptist church in that village.
\ colored person named Mason of Que
chee, has been placed under 500 bonds.
for his appearance at Court to answer the
charge Of threatening and as-aulting lis
wife.
The recent Library Benefit Of Whitmore
S Clark's Minstrels, at Felchyilie. made a
handsome addition to the library fund. the
net amount being $50.
\ son Of Hiram Allen Of South Royaitou.
fell from the high beams Of barn recently.
severely injuring him
For aSSaulting John Gilman of Wood
stock, John Bean paid fine and costs amount
ing to S2j.
IL Is announced that several filmilie~ who
who went from Ludlow last Fall and set
tied in Minnesota and Dakota are about TO
return, having seen enough of winter in
the Northwest.
Pleuro-pneumoaia Is prevailing TO an
alarming extent in Chester. ana in many
instances it has hafIed the skill Of the best
physicians, and terminated fatally.
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Home.

v-l,sn daily tasks arc done and tired hands
lie still and folded on the resting knee,
Wien loving thoughts have leave TO loQ-e thei
hands
And wander over past and future nee
When visions right OF love and hope fulfilled,
I,rinr weary ewes spark OF golden fre'
ono castle flirer than the rest we build,
one blessing more than others We desire;
A home. our home, wherein all waiting past
We two may stand together, and alone;
Our uatieut task-work finished, and at last
Loves perfect hlessedness and peace our own
Some little nest OF safety and delight, IN,
Guarded by Gods good angels day ana h'=H'-
We cannot -uess IF this dear home shall lie
In some Green spot emh0wered by archinS Hec5'
When bird notes joined with brvok-holes -'D'ii7 -
Shall maxi Us music As We SIT NJ easo'
or ifamid the city's busy din
Is bnIIt the nest for which we look ana ion-'
so sound without shall mar tne PeAo, y .til-t
Tbrcalu of love that time has prov ca 50 sliuh=.
orr AM solemn thought, this home OF ours
nm l-e bc,oud the worlds confusing h'-se
Al stfg nest Doe built iu Eden bowers
WHAT ds we 81 %. hut sIlently reJoice
~, iaTs a home but of its happy state
We Know not Vet. We are content ~ walt
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-04-11

WouEN's CLOTHES. Miss Elizabeth Stnart
PHELPS saw that - Women's wits 90 into
their Clothes We quote from her timely
words as follows;
- The average young woman expends
enough inventive power, enough financial
hrewdness. enough close foresight, enough
T, p,,rturbation of spirit, enough presence Of
mind enough patience of hope and anguish
of regret upon one seasons outfit had
almost said Gpon one single street suit-tO
make an excellent bank cashier or a com
Portable graduate of theologc n semin-
ary-
- once saw a young lady ride tn whole
way from Portland to Boston, in th ears,
without once leaning back against the cush-
ioned seat, so that she should not tn mble
her black silk sash
d" \ barber told me that he 'curled a vo ing
LADY, for n ball, and she had two hund. ed
and forty-seven curls when done-and
began at ten in the morning, and ney er
got through with her until O'Clock 1t
night
. DIR. Dio Lewis tells of being who pu
four hundred and twenty-five Il think J
yards of trimming upon single dress.
Four hundred and twenty-five yards Con-
ceiye of the Hon. Charles Sumner or Prof
Longfellow in four hundred and twenty-five
yards of trimming Imagine the speech on
San Domingo, or the Psalm of Life, written
with black silk sash tied to the authors
coat tails, he pausing at every classic stanza.
to see if he had tumbled himself behind.
Fancy Brown-Sequard at consultation in
two hundred and forty-seyen eurls. Picture
| ,im timing the pulse of dying man with
ne hand, and tightening his hair-pins with.
ii le other
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One of the new cables is thus described
Two thousand FIVE hundred and sixty-seven
miles of the new cable that is soon to con-
meet Old England with the Dominion OF
Canada is now on board the Great Eastern,
at present anchored in the estuary of the
Medwav. where.she will lay until about the
Goth of Nav. This cable will start from
Germoe. on the north side of Mounts bay,
Cornwall. The bay is sheltered from the
heaviest seas. The shore is also suitable,
forty fathoms of water being reached in
about four miles. The descent INTO the
tho nd-fathom bottom IS also much less
abr It than on the Irish coast. The cable
will be landed at Freshwater cove IN Hall
fax harbOr, on piece OF land IN the occu-
patton of the English war othce. There
will then be laid branch cable from Fresh
water cove to and around Montauk point,
Long Island, landing on Hog island, and
from thence to New YORK city by land
line The line is to be put down by the
same comnanv now owning what Is called
the French line. and as they have work
ing arrangement with the other lines, the
public are not likely to derive any mme-
diate advantage in the shape ofcheaper rates.
The new cable differs somewhat from any OF
those hitherto laid. There are seven No. Is
gauge copper wires twisted in spiral and
weighing 300 pounds pei, nautical mile,
and these are covered with four coats OF
gutta-percha with thin layers of Chatter
tons compound, this amounting to 400
pounds per knot. The diameter Of each
wire is about O.i8 inch, Of the strand O.ll6;
and of the wire and gutta-pereha compound
0.46l inch. This core Is served with hemp,
and the hemp is again protected by ten
wires drawn from homo geneous iron, each
wire being swathed in fine yarns OF manila
hemp laid on spirally with tarry com
pound to preserve it. So far the cable Is
not dissimilar to those of 1865 aud ls66, and
is almost identical with that of the French
cable of ISIS; but it Is sensibly larger, and
the difference is owing to two servings OF
iute yarn wound on in contrary directions
and covered with two coats OF Latimer
Clark preseryative compound. The cable
weighs about 200 pounds per knot more
than the previous cables, but j. even stronger
in proportion and is calculated TO last at
least twice as long under the same condl-
tons
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-04-11

The FATHER oF his COUNTRY SwEAEs.-
The President was. ike Othcllo. per-
picked in the extreme. - II we may believe
the exaggerating memory of Mr.. John
Adams. vast multitude of the noi-ier part
of the population of Philadelphia sided with
Genet at this moment Years after we find
him writing TO jefferson of the terror of
1893. when " ten thousand people in the
streets Of Philadelphia. day after day,
threatened 10 drag Washington out of bis
house. and effect reYolution in the gov
ernment, or compel it to declare war in
favor Of the French revolution and against
England" The Republican newspapers,
too, were all that Genet could have wished.
The President was no longer spared, either
in prose or verse, and there was even
burlesque poem in which he was represented
as being brought to the guillotine. At one
of these cabinet meetings, irritated by Knox
reminding him OF this pasIuinade. he lost
his seli-contr0l for a moment. Noltaire
wickedly remark that Newton " consoled '
mankind for his unapproachable supremacy
in the realm of science by coming at last TO
write on the prophecies. George Washing
ton occasionally solaced the sclf-l0vc Of his
admiring friends by getting into a good,
honest passion, like an ordinary mortal.
Bursting into speech, he Gefed any man TO
produce a single act Of his since he had been
in the government which was not done from
the purest motives. lie declared that he
had never repented but once Of having
slipped the moment Of resigning his office,
and that was every moment since. " By
Cod" he exclaimed, using the familiar
oath of the period, - would rather be in
my grave than in my present situation |
would rather be on nv farm than be made
emperor Of the world and yet they are
charging me with wanting to be n king -
james Parton.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-04-11

CURIosITIEs N THE Flow OF SAF.-Mr.
Edward Phelps, living near Burlington, has
lust given Us the result of Il discovery, re-
Gently made by him, of some facts which are
probably new TO most if not all Of those who
work among trees. The experiments fire.
quently tried by him are as follows In
the time of the flow of sap. take n fresh
green sapling or limb of birch, or some
wood which flows sap freely, of about the
diameter of the auger hole made in tapping
a maple tree, and clear of the bark for half
an inch from one end, aad drive or press 1t
into the auger hole, 80 that the shoulder of
the bark of the green stick will fit against
the bark of the tree, as in grating Then
set a bucket under the other extremity of
the limb or sapling, which is also cut off,
and the sap will be found dropping from
the end farthest from the tree. almost in
simultaneously, no matter what NAV be the
length of the stick and it will continue to
run as long as that days run of sap con-
tinues. and as fast as through a common
spout. In this way he has brought sup
from different trees into the same bucket
In using a birch stick, and tasting the first
which was yielded, he found it to have a
birch taste. and concludes that the maple
sap. when commencing to find its way
through the stick, as soon as it is inserted
in the tree. instantly moves the whole body
of the birch sap till it is exhausted. when
the maple sap runs As freely thro' its new
medium as it did in the original tree
| UlfnPSS
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sunday

Not dread cavern, hoar with damp and mould,
Nbcre musf Green. and in the dark and cold
oHer some awful incense at a shrine
That hath no more divine
Than that It's far from life, and stsrh' anu "''
But bright hilltop in the breezy air,
Fuil OF the morning freshness, high anu c!eat'
When may climb and drink the pure Nc" u1s'
And see where winds away
me path that God would send me, SHINING ialr'
= r. Sfifl, an ChristiGlt UhioH
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-04-11

We ask our readers to overlook imperfec-
tions in to-day's issue, as the editor has
been absent halfof the week, and sick the
other half. The prospects are now favor
able for continuation of the same, as he
has gone into partnership with Job in
raising "comforters." He has good crop
started. We are anxious to have Job run
the business alone, but he won't agree to
dissolution Of the tirm.-Fon Edlcard
Gdzetfe
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The Pefrined FERN.

In valley. centuries AGO
1rew Little fern Leaf. green and slender
Netning delicate and hhers tender
"a'ins when The wind crcpt down 80 low;
tslsues tili. ami moss. aud grass crew round IT,
ii7yiul sunlcams dlrtcd in and found liz
i'i.r- "l dew stole in by nj .ht and crowned Il
ut %" ie's 'f mar e'er trod that Way.
EaFth was young and keeping holiday
Monster fishes swan the silent main;
Stately t"rcsts waved their giant branches.
MoUnia ms hurled their snowy avalanehes:
Mammoth creatures stAlked across the plain.
Nature revealed in grand mysteries.
But the little fern was not OF these:
DID not number " tn the hills and trees
only -rew and waved .ts sweet. wild way
Nc one came 60 note il day by day.
Eirth. one time, put on a frolic mood.
Heaved the rocss, and changed the Mighty mo
ton
OF the deep. strong current ul the ocean:
Moved the plain and shook the M ghty wood
Crushed the little fern iu soft, moist clay.
Covered it and hid it safe away
the long, long centuries since that dayt
q, the -uny %. LIES bitter cost
Since That useless Little fern was Lost
Useless! Lost. There came a thoughtful man.
searching natures secrets far and deep
FROM q hssurc iu rocky steep
81 "tlAife" q stone. o'cr which ran
t...il lrne -iiu Is. quaint design;
se.-.t--' -clhu-s, hlers clear aud huc,
anu tiir lern- l.,- l1y in every line.
- tiilA- 1ol hides some souls away.
S"ceily O. surprise us the las; day.
-futNc Opinion
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-no,y--tarm was simply tremendous,
and tbe baby weighed twenty-five pounds
r,ary. .e,iI has its attendant good, and
blessings often visit us in deep disguise.
U,Jirn.- lee, fur fine ~now--torm might
,,e,e- have ID.. tb, baby and bat for the
I,irI ,,i.-1- never have been the happy
man lam.
...,..a.... I bgf,d laLics. Their very
n,,8. ,,,- -5r-,-ti,c OF nocturnal tours
- H.. ,.,re1taI bedroom. mouths un-
,T.,.s,+i. ,-'.i-- q, D., kissed 40 regular in
ls~,,I. f.rn I,iks. broken cr5ckery, a long
,.....l ..r ,.,+l,-..ut+inr AGONY. and a host Of
-..-.',I. - enumeration is more ap-
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4 world IF wi. dom lies crystallized in
proverbs. though hey are not all consistent
with each other, 50 me advising one course OF
action. while other 90 on the contrary tack
and insist on exact the reverse. BY which
the puzzled studen Of proverhial philosophy
finds himself rankc d as a fool on the one page
if he obcys the pre-, 'eptS set forth On the 9th
er Trust begets truth" is one axiom, and
a noble one-pity We do not all determine to
live up to it in our own lives but, Try
before you trust - Sudden trust begets
sudden repentance; 50 Treat friend as if
he would some day be your enemy - He
who trustcth not is not deceived" are surely
not of the same spirit. Neither does - a
fault confessed Is half redresse d. run on all
fours with - Sin that is hidden is half for
given nor :. 1t is better to have hen to-
morrow than an egg to-day" with " \ bird
in the hand Is worth two in the bush" Con-
tent with ones present portion, however
small, is, nevertheless, taught in proverbial
philosophy oftener than the restless discon-
tent and striving of ambition. - Better half
a loaf than no bread. and the other version,
- Better half an egg than an empty shell -
- Better little fire to warm I Is than n great
one to burn :" - Enough is as good as n
FEAST - lie that is content. with his pow
erty is wonderfully rich" an others, all go
to being satisfied with ones present portion
and letting things alone. Following ad-
monitions TO content come IL ose to save. "A
pin day is "a groat yea r." - Saving is
getting = - \ fool and his money are soon
parted = . Save for the m IN on the white
horse (old age);
''scrape and pare, and tho n shalt have:
Lend and trust, and thou shalt erave;"
- He sups i'll who eats up all at dinner =
- He that spares when he is young ay
spend wien he is old - . Penny and pen. ny
laid up viii be many 90 lie that regar, /
not penny will lavish pound - and " A
penny saved is penny got" which is the
concrete Of the advice whereof ''saving is
getting j. the abstract. But - Better sell
than live poorly" seems to point another
way.
The need of educating your child as you
would have it grow up is again circum-
stance that has many proverbs at its back,
though the saying about :" what is bred in
the bone will out in the flesh,'' and the Lat
in version, Naturam etpeiias furca, Hcef
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\ device for making flour without the use
of millstones is being put to a practical
trial in England. The grain is crushed by
one thousand little trip-hammers attached
to the proper machinery to produce the re-
suit desired The machinery is said to be
very cheap, doing up its work in most
scientific manner, and the flour produced is
said to be far superior to that obtained by
grinding. \ pounding mill of this kind,
costing $1,000, is found to produce as
mn ch flour as an ordinary mill costing five
time that amount. The simplicity of con-
struct ion characterizing this new arrange
ment is one of its most valuable features.
and the expense of replacing hammer is
very sliglt.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-04-11

Pom lIENRr.-S. l. Morrison Of this vii
lage, has been appointed Inspector of Boil
crs for the Champ.ain District.
The Young Mems Christian Association,
have taken the only dancing hall in the
place and cut it up into rooms for their ae-
commodation.
Simon Doctor, an old and respected resi-
dent of Port Henry, fell Monday, injuring
his spine.
\ Young Mems Temperance Society has
been started by the Rev. Father Ilarney,
with VIM. Finn as President, and James
". Sheehy, Secretary.
According to the figures given by the
Temperance men at their meeting held re
Gently something over 200 barrels Of whlS-
key have been drunk in Port Henry in the
last year, a quantity sufficient To keep two
thirds of the people intoxicated from MAY
till Nav"
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A clerk in the indianapolis post-oHiee Is
IN the last stages of drouth, oecasioned by
his gallantry in volunteering to lick post
age stamps for all the girls who put in let
ters.
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The bill which passed Congress at It's last
session TO encourage the growth of timber
on the Western prairies provides that any
person who shall plant and protect. aul
keep in a ihealthy condition for ten years,
forty acres of timber thereon, not being
more than twelve feet apart each way. on
any quarter section of any public lands of
the nited States, shall be entitled TO a pa
tent for the whole of said quarter section at
the expiration of the ten years, on making
proof of the fact by not less than two credit
able witnesses. The bill further provides
that each and every person who, under the
pre-emption and homestead laws, having
homestead. and who at the third year of his
or her residence thereon shall have had un-
der cultivation an acre of timber trees
thereon. not more than twelve feet apart
each way. and in good and thrifty c0udl-
ton, for each and every one hundred and
sixty acres of homestead shall on the proof
Of two crelitable witnesses receive % patent
for the said homestead. and that none Of
the lands shall become liable for the >atis-
faction of any debt or debts contracted be-
fore
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-04-11

The kind of 'poison'' that Foster swal-
lowed still maintains its popularity at fifteen
cents poison.-N. Y. CoHH'erelai Adrer-
User.
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OVER THE AEE.-EiizIbetht0wn, Is
furnishing village Once in while the
mail brings two letters at a time TO that
place This was the amount OF mail matter
received at Elizahethtown, March 18th.
At the annual election for Directors Of
the KeeSeville National Bank, Messrs. y.
King-land. +. kingsland, Richard Hoag,
Willis Mould and samuel Ames Of kceSe-
vile. and Abram Bu-sing Of New York,
were duly elected. Alta subsequent meet
ing Of the Directors the old officers Of the
Bank were re-appOinted.
\ library and scientific association has
been established in keeseyille, with Henry
y. Hewitt as president, and a handsome
building adapted to the accommodation Of
all popular meetings, lectures, concerts, and
other public uses, and also embracing an
appartment devoted to a library and read
ing room, will be Immediately erected.
The Crown Point Brass Band have reeeiv-
ell new and elegant instruments, and are
holding nightly rehearsals.
The railroad from Crown Point to the
iron mines will be completed by Septem-
Der next.
\ large Iron Manufacturing Company
has recently been formed in Essex County.
The Association Is composed of Messrs. Jay
Cooke, Morehead and others, and articles Of
incorporation were filed in the clerk ) office
at ElizabethtOwn, under the act incOrporat-
ing manufacturing companies, with a capital
of two million dollars.