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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-07
WOMAN ITEMS.

Mis- Lena Clark Is cashier OF an Iowa
bank. Recently she missed train, and,
determined TO fill an appointment, walked
seven miles when the mercury was thirty
degrees below zero.
Mrs. Edwin Forrest has given notice to
the executors OF the Will OF her late nus
band that She viii apply for her legal dover
IN the estate. As Mr.. Forrest was never d.
yorced from her, although he made an effort
90 'lg' emu III 1e 'i'li's ll'i'' - ''' '''ie
i'eI o'''''i' j. i''i' 10 '' '''i''.'
Concerning the question Of women wages,
the Minneapolis IT7tUne states that women
who have had the pluck and genius to learn
to surpass in those things which men have
generally done, receive as hish wages asany
man elle'' ny ''1A VIZ 80 NJ Tl
WIN H.' ',In 'lie 9''og-i'i', MI II I .'
natter Il 'ne uyer :, l.' i''igl = ,s ~
Hef : 'iig eIllAgl = ti.e "H'olilii,lNst I -
~, A,'o". IL -.
.'iV ioN.i vi ,''V Sa -,a'-i % ,rrect, anJ
tbeir Ionier iauntlv poised in authorization
of that illpstriors arrival IL seems TO Us il
would he better for more voung Girls. espe.
cioIv the donrhters of the moor to learn
sone trode-some mans trade not now
90 hardened with worlers-and thus
alwavs he ready to drive the wolf from the
door The laws of trade cannot be scoded
down; they can only be tanned by being
complied with
Miss Jennie Collins. Of Boston. proposes
to start 4 cross between hoteland a college,
where cooks may % through special courses
and all classes of domestics graduated in
their several degrees.
While the Fmnress Eurenie was in the
height of her beauty and position, some one
addressed her a. :. the most enyiable of
mortals. The Empress answered, on
yes, very happy, until one line morning they
will throw us ont OF the window INTO the
street
Miss Nellie Grant is to pay visit to her
friend. Mis- Borie Of Philadelphia, next
month, where grand reception and ball
will be given IN her honor. 1t Is stated that
Miss Grant will accompany the Borie family
to Europe in May
Elegantly dressed ladies are continually
calling at the Tombs to see Stokes, Foster
and other murderers, and many Of them are
gratifed. They invariably, it is said, sym
pathise with the unfortunate men, forget
ting every y'hIhs ouI the iacV 'ilat tneir hechS
are IN danger ana 60 away shedding tears
Five thousand girls have graduated at the
young ladies seminary at Leroy. y. Y. 1t
was established in 1873.
4 San Froncisco widow keens the skull of
her deceased husband in n class case She
once re7,a i,ed to a friend Iybo ,vos Viewing
the remains " Alas how often have |
banged these bones with broomstlck-
am sorry for 1t now.
An Alabama woman has Just won her case
in court. which she argued herself.
Sallie Al, Vorc. has talon cbarc,e of the
.l;tor;al de,,,rtTnent or tho eTeviDe,to9 Mis-
49,. c. n pro,,+;, ,',a1 - ,olI
-, +l,, Ir;,.l,+,>t = :, +I,a r.. er,,,a
ment of the South
Tho O,oer of Fnclond in od5;-;or 70 ber
otber or,.,,nat ions 915 accomnI;sbments i
oe of tb. nat evters;re stoct hraodnrI IN
tbe kingJom Fortv of her oven latelr solJ
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-07
ABOUT CHILDREN.

A smart little boy of five, in Pittsfeld,
Mass, whose father was sick, the other day,
told his uncle. who took the head of the
table, that, if he was going to fill his faith
er's place. he must ask the blessing. The
uncle not being accustomed to that duty,
declined in favor of the boy, whereupon
Freddie. slowly, and with dignity, repeated
the whole Of the Lords prayer, and dinner
progressed.
The father of the boy whose yeracity is
not 50 marked as his back, asked the teacher
why it was his son didn't have n better ac-
quaintance with figures, and was considera-
bly, electrified when the teacher tenderly OBJ
served, 8 really don't know. unless it is
because figures won't lie
\ lady has Sunday school class in one of
the churches. Two brothers attend it alter
nately One Sunday the lady asked one of
the boys if he would be there on the follow
ing Sabbath. "Oh, no, = said he. :. can't,
its my turn to saw wood"
e. Pa said little seyen-year old fellow.
- guess our man Ralph is good Chris
tan" - How 50, my boy?" queried the
parent. 81 Why, pa, read in the Bible
that the wicked shall not live out half his
days,-and Ralph says he has lived out ever
since he was little boy
&c What is a smile?' asked q man of a lit
the girl " The whisper of laugh" said
she
'' Darling, it is bedtime all the chickens
have gone to bed. - - Yes, mamma. and 50
Ia, the old hen
A boy in Carlisle wished 10 cares the
Asiatic lions. which in turn caressed him,
leaving thirteen little holes.
&c Mother, father won't be in heaven with
Us, viii he?" " Why, my child2" " Be
cause he can't leave the store
\ little girl wanting fan, but not being
able to remember the word, said she '' want
ed a thing to brush the hot off with
\ little girl sent out to hunt eggs, came
buck unsuccessful, complaining that lots Of
hens were standing around doing nothing.
" If YOU don't give me dime said
young hopeful to his mamma, - know
boy who's GOT the measles. and I'll 60 and
ketch them.
1t was a brilliant Fon du Lac boy, who,
seeing dog with muzzle on for the first
time. exclaimed " Mamma, mamma. bet
five cents the dogs are going to wear hoop
skirts there goes "a dog with one on his
nose.
\ clergyman was preparing bis discourse
on Sunday, stopping occasionally to review
what be had written and 10 erase what he
dislpproyed. when he was acco>ted hy his
little son. who had numbered but five sum
mers " Father, does God tell You what TO
preach ?'' q. Certainly. my child " e. Then
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-07

j. W. Rogers of Ferrisburgh has taken
the contract for the building of the new
furnaces at Crown Point Centre Some
forty men are now engaged in excavatlng,
hauling stone, etc. Piles are to be driven
for foundation for the stacks. The COM
pany propose to erect some sixty dwellings
and a large hotel near the depot, the coming
season.
TicOnderoga is soon to be supplied with
water from Lake George. \ bill is now
before the New York Legislature, having
that for its object.
Several factories were erected at TicOn-
deroga last season, including a mammoth
cotton factory. This year another cotton
factory is to be built which will be about
four times the size of the other.
1t is reported that the ''old brick store"
property at Ticonderoga, has been sold to
New York banker, who will expend SAC, 900
in building hotel thereon.
DR.. III. A. HoughtOn, of Keeseville, is
President of the New York State Homeopa-
thic Medical Society, and delivered an inter-
esting address at its recent annual session
at Albany.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-07

At the late International Prison Congress
in London the opinion prevailed that
- ee-fourths of the crime that shock and
startle mankind are to be traced to the bane-
full influences of strong drink" As the
cat : of the increase of crime are coming
to l. paramount questions in our social
economy, our Statesmen and legislators will
soon be compelled to grope at the roots of
the matter That they will find there
drunkenness and misery, 1t Is unnecessary
to state. 1t will be sad if this nation wait
till drunkenness, by its crimes, becomes so
monstrous as to threaten the national in
tegrity and the very foundations of society,
as did negro slavery, before adequate meas
ureS be taken to check its progress. But
this course seems to be the one that's destin-
ed. Men may storm against criminals and
the juries that fail to convict them, until
the crack of doom, to find at last that men
cannot rise higher than their circumstances.
And when rum has decided those circum-
stances, making the crime possible and then
the punishment impossible through fellow
ship, society must wait he.plessly or assert
itself. We are glad to know that it Is be
ginning to assert itself. This is not to be
done in the John-BrOwn style Of crusade,
which must always miscarry, but by calm
and dispassionate consideration. Statistics
Will do more to squelch the monster thana
library of inyectiye. If the statistics of
liquor-drinking and the crimes Of drunken
ness should be forced into the public notice
as are the losses by shipwreck and boiler
explosions and railroad disasters and sui
cides, the world would be appalled,. The
waStelulness of the most gigantic of public
robberies, the Credit Mobilier not excepted,
will not compare with the utter loss made
every year by liquor drinking. 1t is true
that government draws an immense revenue
from the liquor traffic Ii is also true that
heavier revenue is expended to suppress
the crime and help the pauperi-m that 1t
entails.
Senator Wilson is on the right track in
introducing into the United States Senate a
bill providing for commission of five per
sons to examine into the whole subject of
the result of prohibitory liquor laws in the
states where they have been enforced. This
bill has already passed to a second reading,
and II Is hoped Will become a law. Statistic
and facts are the first steps to intelligent
action IN any case. If Congress proposes %
deal with the liquor traffic in the Ierrlt1-
ries and the District of Columbia the result
Of the proposed investigation will be inyalu-
able. If in any event. the Washington
grog shops can be closed or restrained, a
work Will have been accomplished approach
ing Hercules labor in cleansing the Augean
stables. The temperance question has been
a very fashionable reform for half reform
ers, and even under their labors it has pro-
gres-ed somewhat But reform that shall
reach it must carry the force Of general
sanction. 1t is more vital than the tariff or
the taxes when considered in its ultimate
bearings upon the well being of the nation.
Troy Tunes
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-07

NORTHERN NEw YoGE-Two benevolent
female members Of the Presbyterian church
at Mooers, surprised the parish and them
selves mutually, the other day, by both at
tempting TO present n silver communion
service. all suitably engraved, to the church
on the same day Each had kept her plan
a little too sly.
st. Lawrence county elects y republican
to , democratic supervisors.
Ogdensburg Is agitating the matter of 4
free public reading room.
The Engineer Corps on the Plattsburgh
and Malone survey have found feasible
/ line. and can construct a road with maxi
mum grade of eighty feet % the mile. Be
| tween the State dam, on the Salmon river,
and the Rodgers ore bed, at the head of
Chateaugay Lake, for a distance of ten
miles, the magnetic attraction was 50 great
| that the needle was rendered useless.
The Malone Palladium, remarking upon
the subject Of gymnasiums, says the best
and cheapest gymnasium Is a saw and
| horse. - The Ogdensburg Journal adds
/ This is true; it enables you to balance
on one leg, bend the other knee and while
| going through those peculiarly artistic
motions there Is steady development of
muscle, and general Improvement Of the
| digestive organs. IL Is very fashionable,
| here. with the Doorer classps' IL i even
| better tban billiards.
The Charity Ball at Ogien-burg, netted
$5l3.75.
The directors Oi the St Lawrence Valley
I Railroad Company. met at P0tsiam June
| ton. February 9th. 1t was aScertained that
the amount of stock required by statute was
subscribed and ten per cent. thereon paid
y STRANGE LOVE >Io&l--Ihe Duluth
tMInn.) Hfr0ia oi the 17th MT, gives ro-
mantle account ol the hhdInS IN the pine
forests on OIoyn net i'iyeF' TWO weeks ago, 9i
young man. formerly " e.erA IN Il broau-
way JeWeiFi store IL aPPearS lnd, party
Gi explorers Whne at supper heaTu melo-
ulouS VOICE Singing ~" one ." i''e' uone
10 oGareS-.
tor q le" In'hents l"ey were At 4os5 70
discover whence tAe neiouy came out
on PeeIlHS eAL"us" = t"I. NJ "uiou l1l %
'"e h'rtH ol tnTli' 'iicy "isyo' eieG youus
man, apparently S.ou' ~, T4e am AM t"eIy
years o!I' aPProi1ciIlils' ilg taIl' 9lelueI
anu IdtheI soou looAIis 'cltV"' NVi0 a
haeAliiao coat lut cap anu Nellli"H so'An ~
anu hioteiSli7- oH coli'irs up 70 mem ne
passed 'he comp pI4ineiit9 OIL 'he e'e anu
wa apGu' 70 PaISI, Nien .uo , eApioIei asAeI 7t
MN III II ne NoulIn S'yp ai'I liAo .it q CO =.
coffee Al nrst ne uee-lilel tue el'lilly, oui
the reiue9' "eli'= ur7eu''e Hl'a''N 'on'en'eu
10 TS TSeeis, III. t.......-,..,
Ihi7 slilsu5aI Iv''us., on oeihi pIe19eu 1.el
lor Ie''N''' ''' 'N'' S'''''7e H'''7 Vi ii'e'
S't.fu
D'-'ns I'll -Ne" l,,. Ip.A Wy any ny
parents no" I'I'-1 Iu il'lI ~ 'e:Iue -aDJ.''
SNo AJ'll- ls' i'ii'le .Le az. i'tli1e y,
Miss ilehuyI'oH' '' Iy'It'9 VINO pay ullie. .
an GS7u'ii l'''Hy 'ue wa "o9u' al S"eet
slIl - i'' 'ul' a. &, J1eI -, ,ne -"
SiloLe uIou It ) iie;,'i'' 20 .ei. SoJ ~
aileI e'' ''''I 1I.e 70 .e
my VIE an SAe prel ions lor our mar
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-07

duties, and so probably cannot hold out long.
1t was mistake for her to leave the spin
ming wheel and the cooking stove, for they
seem to make people wOnderously long lived.
No one was ever known to die 50 long as he
or she kept on spinning or chopping cord
wood.
Among the curious female ay0cati0ns we
find recorded in the tables of the recent
census, independently of women in the ag-
ricultural districts who assist in the field
work, there are 4j female stock herders, e
female apprentices to BARRIERS, 81 women
dentists, > female host =, female profes-
sional hunters and tral lers, she LAWYERS,
525 she physicians and surgeons, O. female
clergymen, > women scayengers, female
sections, 10 female /" cGnalmen, ," 1856 women
draymen, female pilot, 6 female guano
laborers, she gas stokers, SO women gun
smiths, female gun-powder makers and lG
female ship riggers.
4 Tolland. Conn. woman was born.
married, and died in the same room.
There Is a Miss Fay, missionary travel
ing in the West, who can take care of her
self under all circumstances. The other
day. while passing along a very narrow side
walk in Chicago. She saw before her great
lout of a fellow who had made back"
for - leap-frog." and not wishing to step
into the muddy street, she made short run
and took the leap in regular boy style, land
ing some distance beyond the human OBJ
struction. This done. she moved gracefully
away, amid the applause of the specta-
tors.
4 Maine woman ate four quarts Of oys-
ters at one sitting the other day, and won
800 by 50 doing, which, after deducting
her burial expenses. eighty-tiye dollars, left
her fifteen dollars to commence the next
world with.
The long and somewhat bitter contest over
the City Physicianshipof Springfield, Mas,
in which the respective merits Of male and
female doctors have been freely discussed,
was ended last week in the Board of Health
by the election Of DR.. p. LeB. Stickney.
The vote stood, Stiekney 5, Mis- Sarah J.
Williams, present incumbent, /.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-07

The OLD TmEs.-From 1870 to ls3O-a
full century-intoxicating drinks were in
general use, with rarely a word of rebuke
from pulpit, press or philanthropist. Per-
haps a clearer idea of the drinking habits
of the people two-thirds of century ago
can best be given by an extract from Kid
der's History Of New Ipswich, Mass. This
town was one of the most staid and Pnri-
tanic in the State Its historian says
" At the commencement of the century
the industry and energy of the people of
this town had enabled them TO overcome the
destitution occasioned by the Revolutionary
struggle Afuencc, however, introduced
dissipation. In a moral point of view the
first ten years Of the century Will not bear
a favorable comparison with other periods
of our history. The great bane % the wei
fare Of the town was intemperance Iav-
crns. and places where liquor was dealt out,
were very numerous The quantity OF
rum purchased. aS shown 10y some of the
old store account books of that day, IS al
most beyond belief. The exhibit of bad
debts j. in correSpondingproportion. Every
body drank more or less. from the minister
on all occasions The doctor cothd not yi>lt
a patient without being offered his dose Of
stimulus when the patient died the mourn
ers stihed their grief with liberal potation-.
After the death Of the truly lamented pas
tor in 1909. We find a vote of the town TO
pay the funeral expenses viz, dinners,
liquors, etc. No one thought Of making a
friendly call, or doing his shopping with
ont enioyiup the rites of hO-uita!itX In the
shapeof cider, toddy. sling OF flip and on
all working occasions, such as raisings and
reaping. haying and highways, the eleven
O'Clock and four clock were absolutely
indispensable to man and boy. While this
state of things lasted. the consequences both
10 body and estate are easily conjectured.
The great majority were in a condition
which nowadays would be called ques-
tionable, but which then was considered
legitimate, because it was thec1mmon level,
and all saw the same horizon.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-07

The Great Mogul, called BaDer,
In solemn court, sat he,
Beneath the state umbrella
Obese in maie>ty.
Ottoman fat
Doing he sal,
With courtiers srounl linn
On dais and m1t-
This monarch So dospoic
Invoked the drowsy god
Bv putting fumes narcotic,
TIL al began to nod.
Opium full,
Day-.iream!ng dull.
They all sat a-neddinz
Around the Mogul.
Il chanced while they were haskin-
In this sublime repOse.
A Hindoo fly came buzzlnE
About the royal nose.
Would You not die
Catch me the fiyin
Remarked the Mogul O.
Nizier nigh.
Just then. soft slumbcr coming.
His highness ceased 20 speak
Again the fly came hummins
And fastened on his cheek
Never WAS seen
Saucier mien
Shown by gn llscct lu
Features serene.
IN rose The Nlzier, yaWninS.
And dalhed al0it his hsii
.Naw. by the Prophets camel
aiv loyal ain I've missed
-On, what a null
Woe on my skull
Ttemi issei the hlue-bottic
And hit the Mosul ''
The great Mo-ui went keeling
Almost upoa his side,
And c1lorcd up with feeling,
TIL nearly waking vide
Slowly he spake
When I'm awake
Some Gentleman head from
his shoulders ] II take
A-a,n the spell narcotic
Upon the monarch s1uA
For sentence So dcsp0tc
The Nizier'- seif tO thauA-
Cause the old guy
XII would the iy,
When plan was the order
10 catch lt o. try
PiusbBrg Ctroni-ir.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-07
The SNOW.

showing again. showing again,
winter is having Jolly reign
i'inlen arc running with skates and sled
.'ud ali tppei. and stockings Of red
-" y NJ merf y. on they 20,
I.au-h'he the.r way through the d.ifted snow
"a. tne iun these little ones see
IN the breezy winter Of seventy-three
lurrah ipf the snow HuTrah for the snow
Falhn- So 50 softly on all below:
wrapping the fields, which we're hare and brown
In robe Of the soitest whitesf down.
Under it. mantle dead flowers WING.
Folded and hushed in dream OF spring
Never a bud or blossom seem
Nothing can thrive but the evergreen.
Softly il falls Softly il falls.
On the earth-scooped grave with frozen walls
There they viii lay my love TO rest,
With white bands frozen across his breast
To the throbhing head and weary feet
The snow, toni -ht, VIII be son snd sweet
But my tears and sobs. be they loud or low
Never can reach him under the snow.
showing tonight! Snowin. tonight
Oh the hunger and want and blight
The desperate need and cruel pain,
lhdt comes with the falling snow, a. gain
inS children laughing and full or glee
Dhly the irllic and fun can see
ut Dut We, who are sadder and wise-, know
'hit hearts must ache with the coming snow.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-07

MODERATE DRINKNG.-The person who
persists in occasionally drinking glass o.
brandy, and says that he i not in any
danger of ever becoming an inebriate, re
minds Us of a deaf man walking on the
railroad track The whistle Is heard, and
friends admonish, but he has confidence in
his agility, aud thinks that he will have
time to leap from the track when he feels
the lar. The cars come rolling, leaping,
bounding from beam to. beam, but he hears
them not on he goes One instant he
feels the voluminOus, laundering jar, and
then there lies upon the track crushed
and shapeless mass. We wish that the ter
minus of the moderate drinker's career was
never lise this. lie risks not only his prop
erty but himself on the road where the To-
eomOtiyes of destruction are constantly
running. lie has learned by observation
that this way proves fatal to many, but he
believes that he is stronger; he is confident
that he has ability to escape from the de-
structiye power Of habit control, to
bind or to break at will the iron bands of
appetite. And 50, on the thread of bare
possibility, he hurls himself into the maxi
mum of probable ruin Vermont Farmer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-07

The FUTURE OF THE NEGRo.-A New Or
leans correspondent of the Worcester Spy
writes:
am not one of those who fear the infiu-
ence of the negro element. Too much was
put upon the negro too much was expect
ed of him. But yesterday an ignorant
slaye-to-day freeman, elevated in dizzy
moment by the act Of war to assume the
highest duties of a citizen, and called upon
to solve problems that would confound the
wisest; it Is no wonder that he has fallen
under the practice of inscriptions knaves,
who using his docile ignorance to obtain
power have plundered the South to the verge
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-07

ILL TDPER-A single person of sour.
sullen mper,-what a dreadful thing it Is
to have such one in a house There Is
not myrrh and aloes and chloride of lime
enough in the world to disinfect a single
home of such nuisance as that. no riches.
no elegance of mien, no beauty of face can
ever screen such persons from utter vulgari-
ty. There is one thing which rising
persons hate the reputation of more thana all
others, and that is vulgarity; but trust me.
i'll temper is the vulgarest thing that the
lowest born and illest bred can ever bring
to his home. 1t is one Of the worst forms Of
impiety. Peevishness in home is not cnly
sin against the Holy Ghost. but sin against
the Holy Ghost in the very temple Of lore.
Theodore Parker
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-07

REFORMED ARD-PLAYNG.-We were
shocked beyond measure, last evening, on
going into the reading-room of the Young
Mems Christian Association, to see a COM
pany of immortal beings ranging in age
from l6 to 35, playing game Of cards
Yes. they were genuine pastebOards. But
our surprise grew intense as we saw in
place Of the Jack-that little devil-and the
queen, and his piebald majesty the king,
such prosaic creatures as John the Baptist,
John q. Whittier, Miles Standish and 9TH
ers. 1t panied us to see John the Baptist
whose raiment was of camel's hair and
whose meat was lOeusts and wild honey
ministering to youthful dissipation. All =,
we sigh for the past, when we used to retire
from the too close observation of our fond
parents to enjoy good game Of High-Low-
Jack in the hay NOW. Out upon such calls
over the table as . Tales of Two Cities, 3"
- The Last of the MOhicans,' etc. Give
us the sweet old sounds, " beg, =" Ipass,"
" Make it ~ But the boys did seem to en-
joy themselves over those regenerate cards
last evening.-SpriHqfeld Republican.