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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-02-21

TuE ACE or Fisk.-A civilization Of
planters and builders. hoeing and hammer
ing in competition and strife \ nation Of
kleptomaniacS. mad TO be rich atany sacri-
fee Moral worth dreaded A. q fanatic, or
patronized a. q milk->op; every material
success wor,hiped as god. Trade, 4 corner
in grain that staryes the poor a parley Of
two foxes each lying fora goose game of
euchre to set gamblers on edge. In mil
lion of people one Astor, one Stewart. one
Vanderbilt. thirty thousand women 30 cheap
that their bodies are on sale, thirty
thousand men 50 cheap as to eat the bread of
such earnings. Politics swill-trough, at
which the greelieSt swine gets soonest fat.
The church iashion-plate, Law a thing
that help, a man steal fifty millions of dol
lars. then, if he leaves two millions behind
at death. calls it his own property. Justice
80 poor a farce that this man : dandy mur
derer becomes public benefactor, and his
wanton iilt a general blessing. Did | say
all this was a nightmare? Yes, the age Of
Fi-k.-E. H. q. Clark, Of Troy.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-02-21
For the FREE Pres and Time
Wonders Of Vegetation.


On a iavorite rose bush that belongs 10
DIR. B. d. Eldrilge and Is kept in the Office
of e. y. Munsell, NJ. D.. Harwich. Mass.
a very singular and astonishing sight ap-
peared this winter over which the wonder
ran high.
1t was the Vision Of two bright green per
fectly formed little baby buds bursting
right out Of the inner core Of the great
mother heart Of full blown Carnation
Rose.
From the large bud rising up in the midst
Of the encireling leaves like victor's head
above its eoronal, two aesimiles of this in
form start out of the golden haired apex
somewhat as Pallas is labled to have sprung
from the head of Jupiter after the pains
and travail of an aching brain
We may yet find the germs of all that
pretty Greeian mythology in the revelations
nature makes to us from time to time. Who
knows2
Conceive now two delicate, tiny rose buds.
exact miniature of another full sized one.
and these complete in every part and func-
ton, so strangely, might say miraculous
ly, born and 50 exquisitely beautiful, Jour
Imagination sees pair Of vagrant fairies
nesting down in the fragrant beruffled
depths Of the maternal bosom or rather
twin children Of Flora breathed into being
in some mysterious way by some occult pro-
cess that links the overflowing Of love and
thought with the generation Of new light
from the lips, as God Is said to have spoken
4 world into existence by the creative power
Of the word that issued out Of His mouth
Day after day these marvelOusly-begOtten
rose buds grew in grace and beauty side by
side till their stems were about half an inch
long, and then they came forth in the glory
of bloOd-red colors and purple robes, 4 trim
ity in unity-sOme within Soul-three in
one and one in three Not a cluster, :" not
a species of - double" flower or anything
Of that kind, but single separate individual
bud, the womb and the heart Of two other
distinct personalities like itself, the blending
of vital currents and the interhOw Of a
triune principle o. life.
Verify there Is more in nature than We
find in our philOsophies whatever we may
- dream Of
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-02-21
FELr RON.

The strange growth described by orT cor
respondent We understand to be not IN
known to florists, though in eases where
rose or roses spring from the flower instead
of the stalk, the petals of the secondary
blossoms are commonly green, like the
leaves, instead of red. In this case. We see
(for our friend has ScLt Us the specimen,
preS>ed) that the later blossoms have the
full color Of the parent hower.-E F. p. J
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-02-21

One OF the most horrible affairs that ever
came to light in any city was revealed in
Brooklyn. last week. by some parties going
to take possession of an Old tenement they
had leased 1t had been occupied by
German named Jacob Knoop, a strange,
miserly old fellow, whose sole friend was
large dog There had been no sign OF life
about the old house lor two months, save
the bowling of the dog, but as the neigh
bors concluded knoop had shut himself up,
as he sometimes did, they made no attempt
to investigate. When the lessees entered the
building, they were met by the dog, who
seemed overjoyed at the prospect Of liberty,
but acted as if he wanted them to 90 up
stairs. Following him, they entered q
poorly furnished chamber where, eOnspicu-
Gus from its position in the middle Of the
floor, lay ghaStly human head, the eyes
deeply sunk in the sockets, and the flesh
torn from the cheeks. while the body had
been entirely devoured There was nothing
to indicate murder or suicide, and it is sup
posed that the old man died in a fit, and the
dog, having devoured everything else in
the house, was forced 10 attack the body Of
his master to keep from starving. How he
lived without water is mystery, but he
was in good condition, though somewhat
weak from his long confinement.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-02-21
Who knows the secret OF the rose
Deep in her silent heart il gl0ws;
The sun alone from upper air,
Dscerns the heavenly mystery there,
Is there one human soul that knows
The sacred secret OF the rose 80

The sun alone from upper air.
Discerns the heavenly mystery there,
l. there one humsn soul that knows
The sacred secret Of the rosee"
MesSrs. Savant and Scientist why do you
50 pettishly and dogmatically exelaim to
all this - Oh, 4 freak ofNature Are YOU
in a hurry?
This Is not ease Of overgrOwth or para
sitical growth or Of any normal growth, nor
yet a mOnstrosity.
1t is not case Of '' short legged sheep"
or six fingered families, - or = Adirondack
bucks with one single spiked horn," but
fact Of sovereign Will and higher law break
ing through all our limitations of Divine
working .shaming boastful theories and vain
pride.
60 Who waits with passions patient strength
For passions peace that comes al length
lie only eonqueTs, for he knows
The sacred secret Of the rose"
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A BAzAR OF ALL NATIoNs.-Boston has
hardly gotten free from her jubilee and
coliseum investment before another novel
project is broaehed-this time by the Young
Mems Christian Association, and for the
avowed purpose of money-making. The
building which has just been opened by the
association at cost of $l25 900 is but
partially paid for. the fire precluding many
subscriptions and leaving the society $685.
600 in debt. The proposal is to inaugurate
Bazaar Of all nations" in Music hall on
the 2Sth Of April, to continue "a days, in
which shall be reproduced and illustrated
the architecture, costumes, both civil and
military, the street scenes, shops and some
what of the domestic life Of l2 different ma
tionalities, including the German, Swiss,
Chinese, Italian, old English, Venetian,
French, Russian, Scotch, Swedish, Turkish
and Syrian. Architectural plans have
already been prepared for a complete trans
formation Of the interior of Music hall, by
which full sized houses with some 30 feet
front will be presented to the visitor as he
would find them in visiting these various
countries, decorated with the trade signs,
banners. draperies, balconies and awnings
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-02-21

POPULATIONS OF FRANCE AND GREAT BRIT
AIN.-France, by her last census, shows
falling off in the population from 3S, ,067, !,
09i to &c, l02 ,92l since 1866. OF this loss
,5g7 ,23s 1as by the cession of Alsace and
Lorraine, leaving 366, 1886 unaccounted for.
This is n great loss Her war was short
and, compared with ours, little destructive
of life, yet our population increased one
third in the last decade. The steady in
crease of England, every decade, is II or IA
per cent, notwithstanding the immense drain
of emigration. France, on the contrary,
sends out almost no emigrants. She is the
only country IN Europe with a stationary
or retrograde population. The recent CEN
sus of India makes the number of imme-
diate subjects of the queen lS6 ,037 900.
The dependent and protected tribes also
number 50 $50 900, or more than the whole
population of this country is likely to be in
1850. Taking both classes, the population
of India is one-seyenth Of that of the whole
world,-a significant illustration of the
vastness of the English possessions in Asia.
Altogether, the subjects of Queen Victoria
number 2S6 ,OOO, 900. But the Chinese beat
even this, coming up to 400, 600 900.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-02-21

RpnRkABIE LONGEVITY The parents and
grandparents of ten. NJ. d. Leggett, United
States commissioner Of patents, are remark
able instances of human longevity All of
the grandparents of Gen. Leggett died over
ninety years of age. His father and mother
are living, and their united ages amount 10
over l70 years, the former being over ninety
and the latter more than eighty years Of age.
Notwithstanding the great age ofthe former,
he enjoys good health, and attends to his
business as thoroughly and inteligently A.
he did fifty years ago. lie is at present exec
utor Of three estates, and, on account of his
integrity and business ability, is frequently
requested to act in that capacity by his neigh
bors in Ohio He mounts n horse as briskly
a a young man Of twenty, and rides for hours
without apparent fatigue. The only import
ant particular in which he exhibits the effect
Of age is in his memory. which is somewhat
impaired. His consOrt possesses all her fac
ultie- unimpairei by age, her memory reach
ing back three quarters of century and
embracing every political episode within that
period Both bid fair to live for many years
To come u aSlfngfOH Star.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-02-21

Susan B. Anthony's attorney before the
[. ). District Court of New York is the
venerable ex-,Iudge H. X. Selden of Roches-
ter, and his plea in her defense holds, first.
that Miss Anthony had committed no crime
second. that, if she had, it was without
criminal intent. The second point he de-
clined to argue But he affirmed her right
to vote under the constitution of the United
States in the strongest manner. The nth
amendment says - No State shall make
or enforce any law which shall abridge the
privileges or immgnitieS of citizens of the
United States" The right of voting is the
most essential privilege and immunity of
the citizen This section was designed to
secure this political right. Webster, Wor-
cester, and other deiners define a " citizen, >
- in the United States, as one who has the
right to vote Judge Selden then quotes
the opinions and decisions of the courts,
showing that these are the constitutional
provisions that secured the franchise to the
late slaves. andalleges that, if they do not
apply to the case of women, there is no
reason why they should apply to the ne
grOeS
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where shall Baby's Dimpie be.

Over the cradle the mother hung,
Softly grooming slumber song;
And these were the simple words she sung
All the eyeninw long
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-11-27
EASTERN & MAINE CEN
TRIAL RAILROAD.
COMMENCING NOV. ~, 1873.

Passenger trains leave Portland dai.
for Portsmouth and Boston, Sun.
--- NJ. 1910 A. Nj, Hs15 PM. ts.ooP. NJ
Leave Bangor for Portland, Portsmouth and Bos-
ton at 1880 A. NJ, =7.00P. NJ.
Leave Boston tor Portsmouth and Portland Mt II 20
nS.30A. NJ. go, 1890. .s.09P. NJ.
Leave Boston for Portsmouth, Portland. Bangor
Houlton, Calais and st. John at $500 p NJ
Leave Boston for Portsmouth. Portland. Bapco,
and st. John at le.3 A. M.
Leave ! Portsmouth o. for Portland at t1ooO n1os5
Leave Portsmouth for Portland. Bangor, Houlton,
Calais and st John at 1905 P. M.
Leave Portland for Lewiston. Bath, Rockland ana
Augusta at II co A. Nj.
Leave Portland (via Danville) for Lewiston, Far
mington, Waterville and Skowbegan &C tICo 7. M.
Leave Portland for Bath. ewisten, Rockland, Au-
gusta, Skoxhegan, Belfast, Dexter and Bangor at
h1.05 P. NJ.
For Lewiston via DaEville at 1918 r. Nj.
Leave Biddeford tor Portland at 1880 A. NJ, re-
turning at SIS P: NJ
Portland. and the 500 A. NJ. train from Bangor
make close connections 30 New York by one or
other of the routes from Boston, Passengers ticket
Cd through by either route
The 6 is A. NJ. train arrives in Boston at 10 40 A
NJ, connecting with train for New York via Shore
Line at lilo A. NJ. The $40 A. NJ. train arrives in
train for New York. all rail also with The 5sc p nj
(seamboaD trains for New York via Far River.
Stonington and Norwich Lines. The BIZ p M train
arrives jn Boston in season to connect with trains
for New York via Springfield at p M "'
The $40 A. N. and ol5 p. NJ. trains from Portland
connect at Conway junction with theGreat Fails and
Conway Railroad. '"'
The 100 A. n. train from Boston arrives IN Port
land season tc Passengers to take tie cars of the
p, & O. Railroad. " ~
The $50 A. NJ. train fro, Boston connec.s with
TIE Grand IIunk hallway for Montreal, Quebec and
Through tickets are sold in Portland opd T,,ggaco
checked through to Houlton. Calais. st. John Hal
flax, Dover, Foxcroft, Rockland Sc
Pullman s.eellne car express IRAN. n. 3. This
<y1n
morning.
Accommodation train
gFast Express.
j. PRESCOTT.
surt. Eastern Railroad,
| l.. LINCOLN,
Snpt. First Div. NJ. G, r. r.
GEO DACHFLnER,
General Agent Eastern s. NJ. c. X. r., Portland Me-
po17 n
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POETRY.
PRAYER a la Node.


Give me an eye to others failings blind ,o,,rdn
miss Smiths new bonnet's quite aiisn' "
Wake in me charity for the suffering poor
,There comes that contribution box once moreD
Take from INV sorl all feelings covetous-
I,Il nave a shawl like that or make IussD
TT Iove sor all my kiud my spirit stir
Save Mrs Jones! III never speak to herO
I.t me in Truths fair pages take delight
1,iI read that other novel through to nightD
Make me contented with my earthly state
II wish I'd married rich. But it's too lated
Give me heart OF faith in all my kind,
(siiss Browns as big hypocrite as your hnu"
Help me to see myself others see
Cribs dress is quite becoming unto meD
Lot me act out no falshood, appeal
II wonder If they think these culis are reai'
Make my heart of humility the feun.m
(How glad am our pew's so near the.irohtD
FIJI, me with patience and strength to wait
n know hell prea n until our dinners lateo
Take from my heart each grain OF self-conceitE
Q'm sure the gentlemen mustNhink me sweetD
let sanity wisdom be my daily food
n wonder what they'll have for dinner goodD
lot not nv feet ache iu the road to light
1Vohodv knows how these shoes pinch and biteD
In tbis world teach me to deserve the next
(Church out! Charles, do you recollect the text?)
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COASTlNG IN THE STREETS

SAMUEL +. MERRILL.
Bv Bradbury & Bradbury.
Oc7d3m his Attvs
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BOSTON.
American House, Hanover 1t. L.fic
Proprietor.
Parker House. School 80. III. ID. Parker q
Co., PrOprietOrs.
Revere louise, BOwdoin Square, B mi nc b,
Bingham. Wrisiey & Co. Proprietors
st. James HOTEL. p. M. SteisOp, Propri
ef0r.
fremont House. fremont St. Bingham
Wfisley & 90. Proprietor.
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Portland. Nov. 49, 1873.
Your attention is resps ctfuIIy invited to
the following City Ordinance which il is
my duty to enfOree:
"fhe tenant or occupant, and in case there should
De no tenant, the owner, or any person having the
care of any building lot of ond bordering not more
than one hundred and fifty feet any street, lane
conrt. square or public place within the city, where
there is any foOtway or sidewalk, SHALL after the
eeasing to fall of any snow, If in tie day time within
three hours and if in the night time, before ten of
the clock of the forenoon succeeding. cause such
snow to be removed from such footway sidewalk,
and in defanlt thereof. shall forfeit and pay a sum
not less than two dollars, than ten dollars;
and for each and every hour thereafter that the
shall remain on such footway sidewalk, such ten
and pay sum not less than one dollar nor mo- e
than ten dollars. Aud if such building or lot should
extent more than one hundred and fifty feet on any
street land, il shall be the duty of such tenant
occupant, owner or other person, to remove such
snow from the footway sidewalk for the space of
hundred and fifty feet, according to the provis-
1ons and subject to the penalties aforesaid"
The provisions of the preceding sectiau shall also
apply to the falling of snow from any building"
"Whenever the sidewalk, or any part thereof adj
Joining any bu luing or l0t of land on any street,
shall be encountered with ice, it shall be the uly of
the occupant. and In case there is occupant the
owner any person having the care of such bu ID
ing or lot to such sidewalk to be made safe and
convenient, by removing the ice therefrom or by
covering the same with sand or some other suitable
substances and in case such owner or OCCUPANT or
other person, shall neglect to do or the stce of
six hours during the day time he shall forfeit an
raw less than two than five liars and
like sum for every day that the same shall contin
ne so encountered.
The above ordinances will he strictly enforced
f GEO. W. PARKER,
no2Otf City Marshal.
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WHEREAS William Parker of the City of Port

WHEREAS William Parker of the City of Port
w land IN the County OF Cumberland and State
of Moline on the twenty-fourth day of March A. ID.
1873 by his mortgage deed of that date orded in
the Cumberland Registry OF Deeds Book 800 Page
226 conveyed Samuel F. Merrill of Portland afore-
said certain lot of land with the improvements
thereon situate in the town Of Cane Elizabeth IN said
County OF Cumberland and bounded follows 5fz:
Beginning at the most South Western corner of
Thomas Roberts homestead lot, thence running
south Al degrees west, ninety -Dine rods by land
which the said Parker sold Slas Skilns to other
land owned by said Skillins; thence suth-easterlv
by said Silas lana to the hurry road thirty rods:
thence north rs degrees east by said road seventy
rods to land sold by the SAID Parker sold to W. H.
Skillings; thence north 10 degrees west ten rods:
thence north ISL degrees east by said w. II. Skiins
land, eighty rods to the Long Greek road thence
northery by said road Silas Skillins mill priyi-
ege thence by said mill privilege to Thomas Roberts
land; theme westerly by said Roberts land to the
first bounds; containing fifty five more or less.
with authority of breach of the condition in
said mortgage to sell said premises at auction and
from the proceeds to pay the debt secured thereby
and all expenses incurred in the collection of sa,d
debt; and whereas the condition of said mortgage
has been broken by said Parker.
This is to give notice that said lot with the i'm
provements thereon i'll be sold at public auction on
sail premises the 10th day of January A. d. 1874
at II O'Clock in the forenoon for the reason and pu
pose aforesaid
SAMUEL f. MERRILL
Bv Bradbury & Bradbury
oc7d3m his Atty1s
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Fall River,
StOuingtOn and Norwich Lines.
PORTLAND & OGDENSBURG r. r.

PORTLAND & OGDENSBURG r. r.
CHANGE OF TIME.
On and after Monday, Oct. 20, 1873
sassssaaassssstand until further notice trains will
- - leave, AZ follows:
-- Portland for North Conway at IA A.
NJ and 80 P. M
Portland for Upper Bartlett at 1.3O P. M.
Upper Bartlett FOL Portland at TOO A. M.
North Conway for Portland at 8.15 and Il 80 A. NJ.
The 745 train from Portland and il 30 from North
Conway Will be Freight trains with Passenger car at
tached.
The 1.3O train from Portland and SIS from North
Conway will have the following Stage conuections:-
AT Baldwin for Cornish, Porter, Kezar Falls and
Freedom.
At Brownfe1d for Denmark and Bird ton.
at Fryeburg for Lowell and North Lowell.
Ticket office in Portland Bos ton & Maine R. r.
Station where all trains of F. e. O. II. Il. arrive and
depart.
j. HAMILTON, Superintendent.
Portland, Oct. IS. 1873. aug3Ou
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PORTLAND & ROCHESTER RAILROAD.
FAIL ANGEMENT.

FALL ARRANGEMEN
Eassssaaasssss7 Passenger trains fsave Portland
fF rg@Hassor Rochester and intermediate stations
at 7.S0 A, NJ, and 1.30 P. NJ. making
direct connection at Rochester with trains for Boston,
over Boston & Maize and Eastern Railroads. Also
connect at Roclestss with Dover and Winnipiseogee
Railroad for Alton Bay, and with Portsmouth, Great
Falls and conway Railroad for Conway.
Leave Rochester for Portland and way statopa at
7.20 A. NJ. and IL NJ.
The II o'clock train making direct connection at
Rochester with trains from Boston, leaving Boston
via Boston ~ Maine and Eastern Railroads.
Leave Portland for Gorham at 400 P. NJ.
Leave Gotham for Portland at 4.I5 p. NJ.
Leave Portland for Saco River $40 z. M.
Leave Saco River for Portland at $50 A. M.
Stages connect as follows:
AT Gorham for West Gorham. Standsh, and No.
Limngton. daily
At Buxton Centre for West Buxton BonnY Eagle
and Limington daily.
AT Centre Waterford for Limerick, Newield, Par
sonsfeld and Ossipee, Tuesdays Thursdays and Sat
uIdays returning alternate days.
AT Centre WATERFORD for Limerick Parsonsfield
daily.
WILLIAM H. TURNER. Superintendent.
Oc6tc
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NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber baa
~ been duly appointed nd taken upon himself fins
trust of Administrator of the estate Of
LUCY ROWE, late of Portland,
in the County of Cumberland, deceased, and given
bonds as the law directs. All persons having de-
to exhibit the same and all persons indebted to said
estate are called upon to make payment to
JOHN w. CHASE, Admir-.
Portland, Nov. IS, 1878. no20d1aw3 Tbs