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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-30

Mr. CoLF,x AT HoME.-The ex-yice-presi-
dent has some inducement to retire from
public life and settle down to business. He
owns fine residence on the cornerof Market
and General Taylor streets. The house is a
large, two-story. frame building, which has
a comfortable and prosperous look about it
from the outside, quite at variance with the
impecunious condition of the owner. 1t sits
in the midst of plat of ground about two
acres in extent, sparingly ornamented with
trees and shrubbery. Here MIR. Coliax pro-
poses to reside with his wife and little Schuy-
Ter. Mr.. Mathews, his aged step-father, will
also become member of the family. Mr..
Colfax is a stockholder in the knoblock
Brothers manufacturing company, of which
he is vice-president He will devote some
of his spare time to this business. The wood
en- bedsteads turned out from the establish
ment are said to be of a superior character,
and bear the COlfax coat-of-arms. All the
Hoosiers in the ninth congressional district
sleep upon them. No newly-married people
consider their outfit complete until they have
4 Coliax bedstead in the house. But the
best of all Of Schuyler's investments, l. the
stock he holds in the Birdsell manufacturing
company This company Is engaged IN the
manufacture Of "a patent cloyer-seed separa-
tor. Mr.. Colfax came into possession Of his
interest in this establishment about a year
ago, soon after some patents had been renew
ed against great opposition from other man
uiacturers. 1t was understood that Mr..
Colfax interested himself immensely in this
matter with the patent office department at
Washington, and carried it through foufe
force. He then became a partner in the
concern, which is said to be a very profitable
one, though innumerable lawsuits are now
pending against it for infringements made
upon other patentS.-S0uh Bend Letter 10
Chicago Tribune.
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Thcre Is No Death.

There Is no sieath.-what seems 50 is transition;
This life of mortal breath
i hut 3 suburb of the life eiys'an'
Whose portal We call death
KNOW we'll. my soul. Gods hand controls
Whate'er thou iearest'
Round HIM in calmest muie f"i's
Whate'er tnou nearest
What 70 thee Is shadow 10 Him is daJ.
And the end he knoweth-
And not in blind OF aimless way
The spirit goeth.
In life in death. in dark; and light,
Are all in Gods care $500
And he Is there.
All which Is real nov rcnsineth
And fadeth never.
The hand which upholds i now sustaineth
The soul forever.
Leaning on him. make with rev'rent mcekness
lis own. thy viii,
And with strength ,rom Him shall thy utter veal
ness
LIES task tulhl,
And that cloud ITSELF which now before thee
Lies dark in view, .,-
Be stricken through. ,,-..,,..-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-30

Joe Smith, the leader of the anti-poly-
gamy Mormons, and son of the founder
Is reported to have recently purchased the
first Mormon temple at Kirkland, o., and it
is supposed that the Mormons now living
in Illinois intend to return to their early
settlement.
Miss Anna Dickinson says that she has
received in the course of one year ? 200 let
tiers pleading head-need, hand-need, want
OF something to do, and asking her advice.
Miss d. objects to being turned into a living
intelligence Office without fee or reward.
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SPIDERS TRAVELLING BY BALLOON. A cor
respondent of the Scientific American relates
a singular incident. In company with other
persons he was crossing Seneca lake re
Gently. when a small wake was seen
near the center of the lake, caused by the
moving Of some insects. Upon investigating
the matter, it was found that three spiders
were gliding over the surface of the water,
and attached to them was a single thread
the size of knitting-needle, extending in
the air to the height Of 30 feet, at an angle oil
60 degrees, and terminating with an enorm-
Gus balloon-shaped web. This latter was
Judged to be eight feet long and FIVE feet
wide, with stays fastened to the main thread
something similar to those of balloon, and
it was managed apparently by an innumera-
| le number of the insects stationed at proper
intervals. The party attempted to obtain q
closer view, and but within few feet of the
wed it began to rise, though the last spider
which proved to be about the size off house
dy, was brought back by the stroke of al
oar. The balloon went onward and upwarC
until lost to sight.
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The London Spectator, in an article sug-
gested by the recent iorgcres on the Bank
OF England, SAYS
The world has had great interest for a
geart many years in devisins note that
cannot be forged. and has not found one yet
Special papers may, no doubt, be manulac-
turel for special firms, aS one is manuiac-
turel for the Bank of England but any
paper can be initiated. and we could hardly
protect private persons rs we protect the
bank by making 1t high penal offence 70
initiate or to possess their paper IL is
difficult to imagine a paper which could not
be initiated, unless II We're made ol SUD
stance procura5.e only by few persons. or
colored with dye the secret Of which had
been carefully preserved, and no such paper
or dye is yet before the world. The Mawar-
rees Of India use paper for their accept
ances which X very ingenious. but which
would scarcely hailie European skill 1t Is a
very fine silver tissue paper, and ITS specialty
Is this No one can write on 1t, Mawarree
fashion, without Mawarrec ink. any other
kind wettlnS the fine paper almost TO pulp.
No skill can overcome tins difficulty without
the INK, but in England the experts would
discover the secreto of the ink in an hour
and the Mawarree method of holding the pa
per and pen in day, and in week produce
- hoondee," or bill of exchange, that
would pas muster everywhere except will
the accepting firm. The paper of the Bank
of Bengal, too, Is very good, in that 1t i
entirely beyond imitation except by very first
rate engrayers possessed of tools As perfect
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SOCIETY HAmrs.-A New York paper, not
given to sensationalism, says in regard to that
city that the use of wine among gentlemen
at parties has grown to such magnitude
if it is not banished, decent women will not
attend them and that the pernicious custom
of furnishing and drinking is sapping the
foundation of social morality. :" Though it
young men are becoming blackguards, and
maidens forgetting how to blush" Taking
/" society," to mean the fashionable, the most
conspicuous, and in a large degree the most
influential portion of the community, this is
without doubt true Indictment No words
can add to the seriousness which falls upon
every sound mind, and peryades every pure
heart, when the truth is fully realized. That
in the social gatherings of the sexes, where
youth are in the " numerical majority y
where the buoyancy of every life should be
sufficient inspiration, and where every ms
tnct naturally leads to frank but normal
exhibition of ones self, there should be in
troduced fire as dangerous as unnecessary
speaks as i'll for the mental resources as the
moral sentiment of /" society,"
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EN q. It. slohhAhh.
CAN'T lie that Spring Is come
So the calendar doth say
March has clustered Of l know
And Wild April soon must %;
TLen-0h. then % will be May
-Twasa merry month % me
LONG a-o when ! was young
Tbgve dreams Of childish hours,
In ne meadow picking flowers,
And o. songs the robins sung.
Does the robin still remain
one. / mean, that loves and gr.eieai
AnJ-supp0sn that | could
Jalu The Children in the Wood
Would il cover me with leaves
flowers. ] see, can stiil be bought
And who Wil may buy, not l.
I wapt moro than these pouT rnWcis-
J demand tie dews, the showers
Wind. aud trees, and summer SKY
WHY not say. You poer old man,
You demand what is not mere
We're Il Stay, twice over MAY
You would sin he sad 70 day,
For YOU are not as before.
Nav IS only flr iht young;
Chu pc-emlas suits you best
rfIc1 leave. r f0s'-rs. for YOU POI
Nau have nothing len % do
sfgSa v0ur bed and take Ncur resi-
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for inattention when they really do not hear:
And there is nothing at once more cruel and
more hurtful to the character of children
than to be found fault with for what is really
their misfortune. Three things should be
remembered here Il. That slight degrees
of deafness, often lasting only for time, are
very common among children, especially
during or after colds .. That a slight deaf
ness. which does not prevent person from
hearing when he is expecting to be spoken
to, will make him very dull to what he is
not expecting and 8. That there is kind
ofd,lfne in which person can hear pretty
We. while listening, out is really very hard
of hearing when not listening.-Dr. Hinton,
an Popular Science Monthly for JHRe.
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TmEEs AND THE SOLDIER. An amusing
story i going the rounds of PARIS, said tC
have been told of himself by NJ. Thiers at ont
of his late receptions. lie was walking one
morning alone in the new camp which he
had established near Versailles at Nilleneuyt
l'Etang He saw soldier stationed on guard
and at the moment vigorously engaged ii
eating bread and cheese. - Good morning
mon garcon, said NJ. Thiers - Good morn.
ing. ma petite yieille' (my little old woman)
replied the soldier Eli bien, You don T
get tired, do you, of your camp life - THAI
depends on the hour. At present not.
am of duty and am eating my bread and
cheese. A. you see d" And the camp bread
it, good, isn't it?'' - find 1t far superior
to that they gave Us before '' '' ITEMS D.
you eat it? What are you then? Are You
an oil merchant ora hospital nurse - Better
than that, replied NJ. Thiers, " Bah Their
you re q second Lieutenant '' Better thar
that '' Captain - Better than that.
' General ?'' Better than that I'm the
President Of the republic " "You are Thiers
Narebleg! Then quick. hold my bread and
cheese 50 can present arms TO YOU
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4 COOP LAW. - Among numerous other
laws Of commendable nature, the Legisla-
ture of Michigan has enacted that, hereafter,
druggists or doctors who fail to write OF
print upon the labels Of each bottle or paper
containing poison, the most easily obtained
antidote to the same, shall be subject to a
very severe penalty. The object Is TO prevent
the " excitement ' which always occurs when
some member ofa family has - accidentally '
swallowed poisonous compound intended
to destroy rats and mice, by providing a rem
edy that can be procured from the nearest
druggist, without having to lose time IL
hunting up doctor to make an examination
and write preScription--a slow and tediou;
process, as nearly everybody knows who ha:
had experience Of it. The Michigan idea Of
prevention is, perhaps, not as thorough as ii
might be. 1t is practical, however, All
there Is little doubt, will be found to work
well
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Arm lay down and they placed the huge load

Arm lay down and they placed the huge load
upon him. He stirred it slightly.
q Can you move it?'' asked the Great
Chief.
Il think, - answered Strong Arm, % that
! could carry about one hundreda and twenty
six pounds more.
" Dear me - calculated Smile of Light,
. that's just my weight ~ and she sprang
nimbly into the chest, upon all the gold and
silver.
Then Strong Arm rose, as if he had but a
pack Of furs upon his back. In three steps
he, the treasures, and Smile of Light were
safely on board the Feather Canoe Ah-ra-
kee and the others of the crew followed. and
the Feather Canoe turned and fled swiftly
down the river, towards the Enchanted GATES
Of the Sunset.
XII.
The Great Chief and his warriors seized
their bows and arrows and launched the
other Feather Canoe to pursue the fugitives.
Then Ah-ra-kee commanded and the pri-
NAL metaphysician and patron of ward poll
ticlans went TO the stern Of the Feather
Canoe. They winked fog and thick dark
ness, and sneezed thunder and whistled
whirlwinds A terrible tempest came down
and settled around the Feather Canoe of the
Great Chief and drove it from its course
and wrecked it,
But never storm nor cloud came near All
ra-kee and his Smile of Light They sailed
down the river of turquoise. between banks
of emerald, and under one faint streak OF
saffron sky into the Golden Land.
Here the old halfbreed, my companion by
the campfire, as we lay on our elbows be-
meath our blankets, ceased took his pipe from
his lips and used his little finger as a tobac-
co-stopper
i. Wei. Andrea" said l.
" Eh hen, m sea-: that all"
'' And 50 they lived long and died happy
and all that sort of thing, eh?''
" Mans, non, m'aeu. those people there
never die"
1t is. perhaps, true that they who, through
love. attain unto the purest experience, ,nevel
grow old. nor change, nor pass away
\. World.
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The resolution adopted by the Rspubli-
cans of Ohio, in state convention, in regard
to the increase Of salaries, reads as follows:
E,ghth-When retrenchment is required
to tighten the burden of taxation and to
continue the reduction OF the public debt,
an increase of salaries is unwise. We con-
denim without reserve the voting for or re-
ceiving Of increased pay for services already
rendered, and demand that the provisions
of the late act Of Congress by which the
salaries were increased should be promptly
and Internationally repealed.
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\ hazardous voyage Is Just about to be
undertaken from San Francisco to japan by
five men in one Of the smallest craft atloat il
the waters of San Francisco bay. The slooI
Dolphin, by which this perilous voyage Is tC
be made, i a mere Cockle-shell measuring
only thirty feet from stern to stern. ten feet
beam, and three feet depth Of hole. She i
built sharp at both ends, and Is capable Of
carrying about eight tons. There are tive
hatchways in the deck one, the main hatch.
way. being in the centre Of the deck tn,
other over what Is intended to represent tn,
cabin. The cabin Is simply three bunk,
built in a triangle, the hunks forming tn,
sides of the vessel and joining at the feet
the bunk forming the base OF the triangle ex
tending from side to side Above the latter
there is still another bunk, between which
and the beams of the deck there Is barely
room for a mans body \ man-hole in tn,
deck Immediately astern Of the after hatch
way has been provided for the helmsman
Her cargo will consist Of provisions for the
cruise and implements for hunting the Sc;
otter and curing their skins, for which pur
pose the voyage Is TO be undertaken. The
members Of the crew are confident of maxim.
a quick voyage, though not little anxietl
i felt for them by their friends who hay'
tried in vain to persuade them from the bolC
undertaking
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VOL. XLVI.


" Who are you and what are You doing ?"
asked Ah-ra-kee.
" My name is Fine Ear, yes, it is-hush
it IS growing knew it,
. What is growing? you know what p
asked Ah-ra-kee.
g Nothing, only last week | sowed my
oats on my farm some fifty leagues from here
and felt convinced that this mild spring
weather would bring them above ground.
hear them growing as distinctly as if | Were
there" So Ah-ra-kee engaged him as one
of the crew.
a little farther on they saw man come
out of his wigwam, closing the curtain care
fully behind him. They hailed him and h,
answered thus:
My name is Fleet-Foot. II you want
anything particularly, speak. have an en-.
gagement at the Gulf ofMexieo at noon, but
! can spare you five Minutes
So they engaged him also, and the Feath.
er Canoe sailed merrily onwards.
A little farther on they saw man come
to the rivers edge and stOop to drink Wher
he raised his head the river was not half SC
wide as it was before This was Big-mouth
great hunter and still greater eater and
| drinker. When he was travelling and came
tot creek he found it quicker to drink it "
than to swim across it. In this manner he
left innumerable rayines and watercourses al
through Canada and Northern New York
which exist to this day. What we Of later
DAY should have done for water | really dc
not know. hut he lcould eat his buffaloe.
with the horns on and oneday be was choked
to the great JOY of the saw-mill proprietor,
and Good Templars. He, too, was engaged
at ten beaver-pelts a moon-and board
himself
Then Ah-ra-kee found two other men, one
Of whom was a metaphysician, who could
wink fog, and the other a politician. WHIT
could sneeze thunder and whistle tornadoes
and, with its crew thus complete, the Feath-
er Canoe sailed into the presence of the
Great Chief and his daughter, Smile o
Light.
And when the people saw the Feather
Canoe they rubbed their eyes and remarked
- Sho, now, it can't be-
But il was.
Itgenemlly Is
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A most susceptible young gentleman was
Frank Chandler, late of Fryeburg. Me.
First of all, he fell in love with his father s
housekeeper, and secretly married her. But,
upon the avowal of this union. old Chand-
Ter declared, we don't know by what au-
thority, that he did not approve of it and
so the wife went home to her family But
it is of no use to waste sympathy upon young
Chandler, for he straightway fell in love
with another lady, and wanted to marry her
To this the old gentleman naturally object
ed, which so discouraged the youth that he
took great dose of laudanum, and is no
more in the flesh The father is one of the
wealthiest farmers of that region.
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THE FEATHER CANOE.
tf.r>9. .or ruE 81. MAURICE RIVER, CANADA.

lF.r>a or rHE 81. MAURICE RIVER, CANADA.
j.
Once apon q time. a long while ago, when
the skies were nearer mortalS and the gods
wen. more familiar. when men were bravcr,
women ai.sr. moose fat,cr and marketing
cheaper than nowadays, there lived ON the
shores 1I the Netaber5utin two Young men,
Ah-r-kea and Ah-sa-ka. '' He who loves
children. and He who hates children.
Ab-ra-5ee was tall and slight. with a step
likes fox and an eve ike sunbeam lie
never moved through his village without a
train of dse- and children after him. while
In the woods the red squirrel sat on his
shoulder TO chatter to him hunting secrets,
and th. birds sang their Sweetestas he passed
by. Ah-sa-kee. on the other hand seemed
t, bring silence with him on the blithest
dav. ana vou could tell when he was coming
your way bv an advanced guard OF doss,
each with his tail between his legs and howl
u-m,rc di-maly than his immediate rrede-
ee--lr.
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MASTER OF THE NATIONAL GRANGE.-The
coming man passes under different names in
different States; in Iowa he Is known as
Dudley w. Adams. Mr.. Adams is a native
of this State, having been born in Win
chester in 1882 lie removed to Iowa in
Is55-apparently confirmed invalid. lie
devoted himself TO reconstrueting his con-
stitution and growing fruit. lie Is now the
proprietor of an excellent physique and the
largest fruit orchard in the State. He has
been for years a sort of western Dr.
Loring. so far as membership in agricultu-
raj societies and attendance upon agricul-
tural meetings go. lie is now head-centre
- master Of the national grange OF the
Patrons of Husbandry. and stands pretty
fair chance of being the next Governor OF
Iowa. A correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune, who has been out to Allamakee
county to interview him, says there Is no
one man to-day more . looked up to
by the laboring masses.-Sprinqfieid Repub-
Ic0U
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Siriklngly Beautiful.

Spreading rapidly through the Western
papers, under credit to the Literary Journal,
is domestic story in the very latest style Of
American humor, as the appended extract
shows
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A blind beggar at East Saginaw, Mich,
had his eyesight restored rather suddenly by
being pitched into mud-puddle, and it had
none of the properties ofthe Pool of Siloam
either. He showed his ingratitude by
chasing the man who did it.
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The increase Of church members in
Madagascar in 1871 was II ,95l, making an
aggregate of IS ,932, while the adherents to
Christianity amounted to 3l5,23l. Two
thousand native Evangelists are busy in
telling the story of the Gross The num-
Der Of children in schools is 30,0OO.-A
boy from Manchester, n. II only nineteen
years old, has been preaching for several
weeks at Hill, in that state.--fhe Pres
byterian Society of Port Henry have ex-
tended call to Rev. W B. Stewart, late
of Speneerport, n. y, to become their
pastor. A new and elegant organ is to be
presented to the church, the generous gilt
of Mr.. j. G. WItherbee, to cost 50 500.
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one DAY tbc Graat Chitl Of the Algon-
oHiu- 4l.ela council of his warriors and
made the GLOWING speech, which was pune
tm,el with puh- of willow-bark smoke and
mo,lI the auditors intla chronic state of
e.. U.l
Fathers and Young warriors, hear me {!
Ms daughter. Smile Of Light, must marry.
ann I'D. Aou must soon have a new Chief
t1 lead vuu 90 battle. 4 son must come to
my vig,fam tlat may be strong. Hear I,
r., the warrior who brings me a Feather
Canoe. Ike my Feather Canoe as berry on
the bush is Ike berry, will give my daugh-
ter. have spoken.
Having said what he had to say, the Great
Chief of the Algonquins said nothing more.
lie would never have made a popular
preacher
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Nature could not have laid down the Hud-
son river and Lake Champlain, without in
tending to suggest a shortcut from the st.
Lawrence to the sea- When the Caughna-
waga canal project is carried out at the up
per end of the lake, this short cut will be
opened. d.-Sprinqtieid Republican.
Steele and Walkoph constitute hard
ware in Evansville, Ind.
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LIBERAL CHRISTIAN.

The Broadway Universal ist Society
South Boston has raised the salary of its
pastor, Rev. J. j. Lewis, formerly of Viii
liSton, $500, to take effect from last month
Rev. DR.. Miner celebrated his quar-
ter century pastorate over the Second
Uniyersalist church, Boston, Mass. on
the ith inst. - Rev W. 7. Ross,
who has been pastor of the Casrleton Lib
eral Christian church for a number Of
years, has severed his connection with that
church, and will now preach One-half of
the time at Shoreham-Rev. Celia Bur
leigh, pastor Of the Unitarian church at
Brooklyn, Conn, viii soon resign her pas
torate on account Of serious ill-health, after
a very acceptable pastoraJe of two years
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rIrI- I'M. I-i,It Ma TI-T-,ir-- AI--,-tec
aa,., tisa,o .,,6- liz si,-,r-Isr t5,t , riece
..f ycn;s,g +, Li. I,r anj .innt inta rho
woods IT, ,,,s .,in, IN rry m bnild n
r,.,trer C9r.e Inf W -, s1fky and .9s,,;-
cj,us tbat bc diI mot wish anv one el.e to
know Ibis Whom he b,j e1ue ssne dis
lance into tbe y,,I. he saw. sitting Nv the
vay-.ide. a woman. old and meaDly dressed.
.. Good moruip,. INV SON ~ said She E. I
.,, L8nrry -ive me t5ear -
.. Ua5e1.t a bit of anvtbinr alout mi, &c
rsp'isl Ab-.a-kec.
b: Wbirber are Won coi1r and What t, d, 3.'
she continued
e. ,,5inr :, r',,p sn5v--b,rel. ~ he 70.
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