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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-03

GorxG To HouREKEErIxG.-1lr and Mrs
Fullwidth took Il wedding tour to all the
best watering places, and just came home
and commenced keeping house on the lst of
September Fullwidth was tired ont with
his Summer vacation. and insisted on com
mencing housekeeping at once, because there
is no comfort in b0arding-hoUseS. lie want
ed n quiet time. For two days he went
down town in the first ear every morning,
and home in the last car every night, with
baskets full of queensware. and bundles Of
oi-cloth, and rolls Ofpaper and carpet papers
of tacks, packages of s rews, sacks Of yegc-
tables, and arm loads o. roasts and boils and
chops aad steaks, and be never missed 4 car
all day. going up and down with loads of
furniture, upholstery, cooking utensils and
things to eat. At the end Of the second day
he found they had all the rooms in the house
filled with miscellaneous goods, and no place
10 put them, and he couldn't turn around"
in the cellar. 50 fall was it Of assorted meats
and vegetables Then he asked Mrs. Full
width if she had everything she wanted,
and she said ''ycs-all but some tomatoes,
green corn, lima beans. cro0k-necked squash,
egg plant, asparagus, green peas, and few
varieties Of watermelons to put fresh in cans,
and some grapes, plums, peaches, pears,
ounces, bananas, pineapples and strawber-
rie- to preserve. some crab-apples and red
currants for iellies. some blackberries for
Jam and few bushels Of elderberries to
make wine Of in case of-that Is in case /
rather in case we should need it: ma always
kept a little elderberry wine in the house, -
Mrs. + said, with dreamy smile. Full
width was never married before. and had no
idea how much business there was connected
with it. lie had filled up his cellar with
potatoes, turnipS. cabbages and shclled corn,
and now found he didn't have anything he
wanted. He went down to market and
bought few bushels Of everything he saw.
Then BE had no boiler to cook them in and
no cans to put them in, and had no idea how
many they would want. lie engaged tin
smith to 20 to the house and make an esti-
mate. The tinsmith made an estimate, and
set up shop in the hack yard, where he
had two men and an apprentice hammering
on tin cans all day, and some extra time at
night The kitchen was blockaded with decay
ing fruits and vegetables. and the back yard
was rendered impossible by all kinds Of dia-
bolical machines for scanning, folding. bend
ing and growing tinware. Mrs. +. got
headache from the noise ol the tlnsInlths.
and had to sit in the parlor rocking-chair all
day with the window blinds closed thehired
girl was tight" at all hours Mr.. F. had to
engage a couple of colorei men to put mp
the fruits. and they left the cans out doors
all night, andin the morning they were gone
and at last Mrs f. 5 mamma had to 20 up to
set the house to rights. She told Mrs. W.
how she was imposed on by hci unleeling hus-
band, who was crowling her to death with
oyerwork. and now Fullwidth takes his
meals down town and sleeps ona lounge in
the hath room. and wonders who in the world
invented housekeeping PiTsia9g LCo'1.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-03

INcENIoUs RASCAHTY - Briefly Hill. y
small village on the outskirts of the BLACK
Country. (London) has just been the scene
Of a robbery which for lis impudcnce and
ingenuity would do credit to the most ac-
complishcd of Whitechapel thieves. \ lad
entered the shop of provision dealer in the
place, and purchased a penny roll. Having
done 50. he besought the shopkeeper (who
was alone in the premiSe>) to stuff it down
for him behind his ''smOck,' alleging that
he wanted to hide it from his mate. who was
lettering outside, ard would be sure to take
it from hlm if he saw it in his possession
The complaiSant tradesman did as requested.
with reiterated and urgent requests from the
lad to stuff it down as far as he could that it
might not be seen. While the roll was be-
Ing slowed away in this anomalous hiding
place the purchaser managed to steal the
tradesman's watch. \ minute or two after
the former had left the shop, enter another
lad and said, " Do YOU know what that chap
has Just done? He's prigged your watch =
The shopkeeper looked in horror his watch
chain was dangling, his watch gone. There
he goes, said the last conner, pointing to 4
figure Just disappearing round a corner. Of
started the shopkeeper in pursuit, leaving
the shop unguarded. When he reached the
corner the presumed thief was out of sight.
By the time that he returned from the fruit
les chase his kindly informant had also dis
appeared. and the till was emptied to its
last copper. No trace of either thief has as
vet been discovcred.-PaH Mall Gazette.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-03

FuN AMID DIsrREss.-WalI street brokers
could never get along without their Joke.
On Saturday peripatetic cornet player
stopped on New street, opposite the Gold
Room, and commenced to play "Cheer up,
boys, well known air. The brokers soon
hiled the street and windows, applauding
the minstrel at every stop. A policeman
appeared and was about TO walk him of.
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but the brokers insisted that he be allowed
to continue playing. The minstrel i'm
me;dIately commenced the tune, "Up in a
balloon, boys" amid shower of fractional
currency and uproarious applause.-N. Y.
Despatch 10 Boston Post.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-03

An exchange says that one of its sabseri-
bers. rcw weeks since, concluded he would
stop his paper, thinking he could not afford
n newspaper investment. The paper had
ceased its visits two weeks, when he came
into the Office and said he wanted it again.
lie had lost Sl00 the week before for want
of information he could have obtained
from the paper. The worst economy in the
world Is stopping your local paper.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-03

NotE Having photograph
taken is one of the great events in q man
life The chief desire is % look the very
bc~t. and on the success of the picture hinEc-
in many eases the most important epoch in
life. To work mp proper appearance, time
enough is used In which. II devoted TO catch
ing hea~ for their PHOSPHORUS, would cancel
the entire national debt and establish New
York daily paper When you have c1mplet-
el your toilet. vou 90 To the gallery and
force Yourself into q nonch3lance of cxpres-
sion tLat is too absurd for anything Then
yol take the chair, spread Your les c-ace-
fully, appropriate cllmandindlicrcnt look,
and commence To perspirc. An attenuatcd
man with pale face. long hair and soiicd
nose. now comes ont of the cavern, and ad-
iu-ts tie camera. Then he gets back of You
and tells v0u o. sit back a~ far as you can in
the chair, and that it has becna remarkably
backward spring. After getting Won lack till
your spine iatcrlcreS with the chair itself.
he shoyes Your head into pair Of icc-tong-,
and dashe~ at the camera again Here, with
a piece Of discalorcd velvet over his head. he
bombarl- YOU in this manner '' Your chin
out a little. please The chin is protradel, ,
" That's nicely. now a little more. The
chin advances again. and the pomadc c1m-
mcnceS 90 melt and start for freedom. Then
he comes back to You and slaIs one of your
hands on your leg in such position a~ 20
give You the appearance of trying 10 lift il
over YOUR head. The other is turned under
itself and has become so swcatv that you be-
gin to fear that it will stick there permanent
lv. \ new stream of pomade finds lis way
out. and starts downward Then he shakes
your head in the tongs till it settles right.
and saws it looks like rain, and puts Your
chin out again, and punches out your chest.
and says he does not know what the poor are
% do next winter unless there Is q rcactiye
change of affair. and then takes the top of
vour head in one hand and your chin in the
other. and give Your neck a wrench that
would earn any other man a prominent p0-
sitiou ia q new hospital. Then he runs his
hand through your hair and scratches your
scalp. and STEPS back % the camera aud the
injured velvet for another look. Ey this
time new sweat and pomale have started ont.
The whites of your eyes show unplea~antly.
and Your whole body feels us II IL had been
visited 10y an caomou- cramp, and another
and bigger nc was m.mcnHrily expected.
Then he points at something for You To look
at tells ven 10 look cheerful and composed.
and Snatche- away the velvet and pulls out
his watch When he feels tired. and you
feel rs if there wa~ very little left in this
world 10 live for, he restores the velvet, says
it is an uniayorahc day for picture. but
be hopes for the best. and Immediately dis
appears to his den. Then Won get up and
strcch yourself slap on your hat, and
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-03

means of subduing very dangerous pro
pensity intimated that it IS practised in Mex
leo and South America in the management
of wild horses-N Y. Commercial Adre--
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To drive away ants.-If they are married
ants, borrow some money of their husbands
If they are single, let'em take care of the
baby for the afternoon while your wife goes
to a matinee.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-03

Not longago in the court of appeals, a
certain lawyer, Of Celtic extraction, while
arguing with earnestness his case. stated n
point and then proceeded 80 And if it
plaze the coort, if | am wrong in this, |
have another point that Is aqualy con-
elusive"
\ Young New Yorker, spending Il month
with his uncle in New Jersey, wrote thus
to his mother Sc The peach trees here are
too slippery for me to climb uncle won't let
me sail boats in the milk pals; there's no
birds nests around that | can see Sallie
Law spit molasses on my best pants; n
smaller boy than | am, who plays with me,
wears a cold chain, and lwant TO 20 home. =
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NUMBER II.

The MONETARY PASIc-PREsIpESr GR,xr
HEAVY LoSER-Ex-PREsipExr Jouysov
RENDERED PENSnEss.-A special despateh
from Washington to the y. Y. Triblrqe saws
that the most prominent depositor in the
First National B-nk, next to President
Grant, was Andrew johnson. In the First
National he has always kept his account
since he was made President. At the t,ne
Of the failure of the bank, Mr.. johnson
had S60,O to his credit, on which he was
receiving per cent interest. which was
his only revenue. Should the bank be nm
able to discharge its obligations, a contin-
gency by no means improbable, ex-Prc,i-
dent johnson viii be almost pennileSs. An
other case winch will excite sympathy is
that of Mrs John g. Wilson. whose hus-
band, member OF C0ngress-elect from
Oregon, recently died. Mr.. Wilson
had one thousand dollars on deposit in the
bank when he died, and arrangements were
making by Judge Williams and Senator
heIIey to obtain the money for the widow.
who Is wholly without means, and Is now
teaching school to support her family. The
Smithsonian Institution had SO 900 on de-
poslt; the Children's Hospital. a beneyO-
lent institution which has done great good
IN Washington, had S19, 600 Judge Near
thur OF the district court lost $40 .OOO: Sen
ator Patterson Of South Carolina. it is said.
had Sll 600 in one Of the suspended banks
Admiral Rowan had $4,000; Mrs. VIM. II.
Scott, widow Of former navy agent, had
Sl7 900, the proceeds Of the sale of all the
property she had and it is said Gen Hunter
had large balance to his credit Even Mr..
Knox, the comptroller Of the currency.
whose money was in the bank. said he bad
not money enough to 90 to market with the
day after the suspension.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-03

\ recent letter Of NJ d. Conway from
London gives some interesting information
regarding the present condition Of the sect
generally known as lrvingitcs, or, a. they.
call themselves, - the Catholic apostolic
church The sect was founded. about the
year 1880, by Edward Irving, a Scotch
preacher. \ woman named Campbell began
to discourse in wild, mcomprehensible
way, and her hysterical rawlings. were de
elared to be a revival of the gift of tongues
and OF prophecy. Irving became believer
in the supernatural origin Of these phenom-
ena, and was expelled by the Scotch church
ln'consequenee. lie then collected around
him large society Of enthusiasts, who es-
tablished seven churches, on the idea of
strict and literal retnrn to the forms and
formulas of the apostolic age. From this
mOyement-which most people in this eOun-
try supposed had died, long ago--a large
denomination has grown up. NOminally,
there are but seven churches, those outside
of the original seven being termed branches
In Great Britain there are now thirty 81
cleties. in Germany fifty, one in Paris, six
in Scotland, two in Ireland, and two or
three in this country. The church at large
has twelve apostles and seven angels; indi-
vidual societies have deacoas and deacon
esses, elders. evangelists, and pastors, To
1dJ HOtEih- VI pIplutt~s WIN AAN AuAhtihu7-
as any member of the church may be moved
to prophecy The different officials wear
robes Of different eolors the evangelist.
red Tin token of the blood of Christi, the
pastor, white (emblem of purity, the an-
gel, purple and gold purple meaning au-
thority, and gold, truth), the elder, purple,
the prophet. blue (for skyey influence. the
heavenly mind, inspiratiOn). These four
primary colOrs represent the four-iold con
stitutiOn of man-reasOn, Imagination, will,
affection. The service is modelled much
after that of the English church. Two ser
vices are held on each Of the week days, at
six o'clock in the morning and at five in the
afternoon. Their idea Is that they thus
fulfil the plan of the tabernacle wherein
Aaron trimmed the lamps, and in the even
ing they were lighted. For similar reasons
every member contributes to the church
funds onc-tenth Of his means-Chicas
is investing 81 600 600 in new churches.
"A Sabbath School Teachers Convention
is to be held at East Berkshire, October
oth. The schools in Berkshire, Montgom-
cry, RIehiord, and Enosburgh will be repre-
sented."At a meeting of the American
Board of Foreign Missions at Minneapolis.
papers were read by Rev N. g. Clark, oil
Boston, on developing the power of the gos-
pei, and by Rev. l.. B Treat on the present
duty of the board to its missions. The lat
ter was urgent in requests for more money.
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\ srqrzl-The Christian raioa give,

\ SE2UEL-The Christian Taioa gives
the following description Of an ecclesiasti-
cal complication which has grown Jut Of
the celebrated Cheney case at Chicago:
THE almost forgotten Cheney case in
Chicago is proving something Of an ecclesi-
astical whirlpool SO far rs it has dragged
in another rector and another Bishop. The
Rev. Mr.. Tucker, WHO went T. that city
from Brooklyn to be Rev. Mr.. Cheney's as
sistant, finds Bishop Whitohouse St.u there
- iuhilit him also from di-charsine any
ministerial functions in Mr. Cheney's
church. Di-regarding thi-, he Is next
taken in hand by his former Bishop, Dr.
Littleiohn of Long Island, % be tried for
diS0bedience. But these summons are like
wise unanswered. and rector Tucker goes
on preaching, whcrcupJn he J., lcpOsed
from the ministry. Even this does not dis
compose him, and that be- j. little irIshter-
ed By the two august Bishops, with thC Ca
non, OF the church behind them, Is very evi-
dent from his own defence. God called him
to Chicago, he says, and, >ecii being the
case, 1t would be an ung0dly act for him to
cease his lab9rs Furthermore. a- 1t w0uld
be ungOdly for him TO stop, To admonish
him 70 stop must be an unCodly admonitoSy
act, and therefore he Is right in dIsobeyins
both Bishops. his certainly is logical il
not can0nlcal-'
THE CHOLERA IN EUROPE TO ,0eJ YIcTIvs
IL IIUNcARY.-Thc outbreak Of ASiltic
cholera at lIayre, France, las proved very
serious, having been the cause Of Il panic
which extends to all classes. OF twenty
one civilians treated in hospital nine have
succumbcd soon after admission with grave
symptoms. OF twelve soldiers attacked
during the week, five have died Ia the IA
tai eases the rapidity Of the onset, the short
duration of the affection. and the violence
of the symptoms have been remarked IL
was imported by ships arriving from infect
Cd ports in Germany. The disease has also
appeared in Rouen, where. according to a
medical Journal, on the 25th Of August
there had been seventy-four cases, with
thirty-nine deaths, in the two hospitals.
In Hungary and Transylyania the cholera
has made fearful ravages. According to
Official accounts 10000 people have died of
IT. Vienna Is said to have spent already
200, 900 nOrins in improving the drainage;
but, notwithstanding, I.IS5 persons were
attacked from the 18th Of July to the 2lst
of August and 929 died Accounts from
Germany state that on the eth and 25th Of
August 1877 persons were taken i'll at Madgc-
burg, Of whom III died. In Munich, of
i07 attacked up to the present. Isl died. In
KOnigsberg li6 died out Of 3l5. In Stcttin
fOrty-ivc were taken i'll and thirty-six died.
In many other towns there were numerous
victims.
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IluNoRs OF TIE PANIc.-"On to Wash
ington," was the cry Of the New York bulls
and bears, but they did not succeed in cap
turing the Capital. General Grant was
- too many guns for them.
Correct spelling of panies-pay nix.-N.
Y. Commercial Adrerfiser. The man who
could be guilty of such a pun as that is a
Paynm,. which is another word for pagan.
Boston Journal
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-03

\ BAD WETrE.-On Friday evening last
a Young lady of this village. SAYS the S1rG-
fogiGH, received letter out of tie post of
fee. Hastily opening it, Sic attempted to
read its contents, but it was puzzle, as She
ioand it an impossibility to decipher many
of the words and sentences; and those that
she did. seemed to convey no intelligence or
to have the slightest particle of sense in
them. She asked Young gentleman friend
to assist her in reading it. lie looked at
the mysterious miSsiye and smiled Her
curiosity was aroused, she snatched the let
ter from his hands and attempted to read it
and smile, but it was of no use She hand
ed it back to him. lie gazed at it and
smiled a little BROADER, but said nothing.
Now she was vcxed, and thought it real
mean in him to laugh and not tell her what
about. After laughing till he grew red in
the face and bis sides shook and aohed. he
handed it back to her, saying: "Why,
that's your own letter returned from the
dead letter Office
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-03

lie AMERICAN Board. - The American
Board Of Commissioners for Foreign Mis-
sions commenced their annual meeting at
Minneapolis, Mimi, on tuesday. The year
just closed has been one Of marked prosper
ity TO the missions of the Board The sur
vcy Of the field shows AZ increase during
the year Of twenty-five churches; ten ma
tive pastors; about eight hundred church
members sxty-six students for the minis
try; cighty-six more girls and young women
in the boarding schools; and sixteen hun
dred more children in the mission schools
The work in nominally Christian lands
Austria, Spain, Italy and Mexico-is full Of
promise, and calls for increased endeav0rs
and contributions The work in Central
Turkey has been impcdei by the interfer-
ence of the English High Church Mission
aries. In other portions Of Turkey sub
stantial progress has been made. The mis-
si0ns IN India were never in more hope
iul state than AZ present. China opens
slowly. but there arc encouraging signs.
The mission in Japan is working success
fully; and in the Microncsian and Zulu
missions there have been important reyiyels.
The whole number of labOrer> sent from
this country j. now So; native pastors
and helpers 9li; churches l97 church
members 9,l35; pupils IN schools lS,6li.
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lIowLs 6 Macy have been regarded As Il
strong house, but it * said it has been
heavily engaged in railroad operations.
Mr.. llowcs stated to reporter that the
firm had been paying ont between $jO, ,OoO
and 500 600 day since Jay Cooke x Co :
failure. They continued to pay out funds
as fast as called for until their cash balance
became exhausted, and then they stopped.
Mr.. Ilowcs said that they had not borrowed
a dollar, and did not intend to borrow one.
We have plenty of the very best Of securi-
ties, he added, "hut We do not propose To
sacrifice them at the prices now current.
The lact OF the matter is that general su,-
pension Of the large banking institutions
has become a necessity. and the sooner ii
take place the better The small houses
can afford TO hold out, perhaps. but the
larger ones must suspend or 20 under
People who bring their money to Us. and
expect to get3 per cent interest must not
think that we put it into a corner to look
at. No, we invest it, and we cannot con-
vert our Investments on the jump without
great damage to ourselves. At anv rate.
VIC don't purpose to be the authors Of our
own ruin SO 0ur dep0sit0rs viii have to
wait "
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\ NoNu-k>rL STORY The OGle llalia)
Ele,'oor p-iif- the story following
Very recently a native, having ornaments
on her person worth four or FIVE hundred
rupees. accompanied by her daughter. who
also wore ornament, worth about two hum
dred rupees, aliEhtcd from the train at lIur-
dui, and hired an ckka 20 convey them 10
their village. On arriving at lonely spot
about six miles from Ilurlui. there being no
villages within miles. the ekka drew up at
the side of the road and the driver Suddenly
demanded the whole Of the iewc.ry 70 be
given up % him. Ou being refused, he tied
the woman and thc girl mp to the ekka, and
colliy diye~,td them of every article. He
then drew @ knife with the intention Of MUIR
desing them. but in the excitement Of the
moment let the weapon fall into ditch about
three feet deep. lie jumped down, and was
lust in the act of clltching at the knife,
when black snake dartel from hole and
Fixed It's Eue- in lis hand. knowing the
snake 70 bc an extremely vcnomous one, he
fell down almost ~cusclc~> with terror. and
died in few minutes.
The woman and girl remained there about
two hours. when, seeing some villagers at
distance. they screamed for assistance. and.
on bein. released. gave information at the
nearest thannah. The police came TO the
spot and found the corpse Of the ekka driver
and the snake still there. The corpse was
taken to the nearest station for an inquest to
be held the snake WAS blocked in Il hole
with large stone, as the police had not the
courage TO Kill il The ornaments were
found tied up in the kummerbund of the
corpse. and were restored to their owners.
The foregoing facts were related to Us by one
whose ycracity We have no reason To doubt.