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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23

1t is reported that Alaska i already
proving a good pecuniary investment. The
salmon fisheries are very productive, ana
the yield Of furs is far SURPRISING the eA-
pectations of those who gave attention 10
the matter at the time Of the purchase Ihe
London Globe has lately published the re-
suits of some inquiries made by an English
man familiar with those regions, which lead
that newspaper to the conclusion that our
government in purchasing Alaska made
bargain in every way creditable to that
Yankee shrewdness which is supposed to
animate all our public transactions. 1t
appears that two of the Aleutian islands,
St. Paul's and ST. Georges, alone rent to
the Alaska Commercial Company for
SIS. 900. and that 4 tax of three dol
lars Is paid to the treasury of the
United States on every seal skin which
is carried away from the islands
the number being about q hundred thou
sand q year Seal hunting, no doubt, will
soon be proftably carried on in other Islands
Of the Aleutian group, with corresponding
revenue to the government. 1t Is also sug-
gested that the sea-cows which were former
ly found in these islands, but were driven
away during the Russian occupation, may
with proper care be brought back from be-
You'd Behring Straits and made once more
to frequent their ancient resorts, where the
enterprise of our Northwestern fishermen
and whalers could reach them.
But it is not alone in special productions
that Alaska gives promise Of becoming
highly remuneratiye investment to the gov
eminent and people Of the United States
The resources of the Pacific States are stu
pendous beyond all anticipation, and they
are developing with extraordinary rapidity.
They are already vastly more accessible than
when this purchase of Alaska was made,a
the completion Of the Northern Pacific rail-
road viii open up new and very important
channels Of intercommunication IfAlaSka
at this early day is beginning 10 be pay
ing investment, we may well anticipate that
the time i not distant when it will be very
highly prizei by the people Of the country.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23

"DARNFIcARE." - We interviewed the
darnfcare boy again on Pottery street the
other night. This time it was tin pail of
molasses, capsized and spreading. That
which the cover caught was clean. We
suggested that there might be sand and
pebbles in the portion he shoveled up with
his hands from the grayelly walk, and
dumped back into the pail. Darnfcare, :"
was the pronunciation that oozed out
through the mud and molasses he was lick
ing from the edge of both hands at once
From personal observation We calmly re-
mark that it was mathematically impossi-
boys face without setting his ears back.
Benningt0a Bonner.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23

NATIONAL ExcmPrENT OF THE G. A. R.
On the second day an attempt was made
by comrade from Texas to have the Con-
vention recommend an appointment of
member Of the Order to the Government
Office in Texas so as to assist in organizing
the g. A. r. in that State, but it was
promptly ruled out Of order The reports
of the various officers of Gen. Burnside's
staff showed the Order in a very fourishing
condition throughout the country. Col. C.
g. Atwood of Boston, Q. NJ. General, re-
ported the assets of national headquarters
as over four thousand dollars.
The following officers were elected Com
mander-in-ehief, General Charles Deyens of
Massachusetts senior yice-commander,
Comrade Gable of New Jersey junior vice
commander, COmrade Ferguson of WiscOn-
sin: surgeon-in-chief, Comrade Power of
New York; chaplain-in-chief, Comrade Au-
gustus Woodbury. of Rhode Island; council
of administration, Comrades Geo. l.. Beal
of Maine. William Pitt Moses of New Hamp
shire. j. H. Goulding of Vermont, William
Cogswell of Massachusetts,. ii. Clay Trum-
bull of Connecticut, Irwin Metcalf Of Rhode
Island, Henry A. Barnum of New York,
Richard II. Lee of New Jersey, Robert L.
Orr of Pennsylvania. William Thatcher of
Virginia. T. Lubey of Potomac, c. L. Rus
sell Of Ohio, John Macarthur of Illinois,
Geo. W. Northup of Kentucky, Geo. A.
Ilauaford of Wisconsin, James George of
Minnesota, James Cory of California, 5. B.
Grafton of Texas.
General Devens was introduced to the
convention and made an eloquent speech,
accepting the position to which he had
been elected. A new form of burial service,
recommended by the department of Massa-
chusetts, was adopted, and new devices for
badges of department officers and post CON-
manders.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23

JUDGE POLAND ON CAKES AMEs.-The
Washington correspondent of the Spring
field Republican says that Judge Poland
kept up his personal friendship with Mr..
Ames to the last, and heard him 1.-THE
Judge) say privately on one occasion :
1.-The facts compel me to move a vote of
censure on Mr.. Ames, but l had no idea
that he was conscious of wrong doing, and
in watching his course carefully through
this whole Investigation have come to the
conclusion that he is wonderfully honest
man, and he certainly is kind-hearted and
generous"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23

In thoughtful article on Cakes Ames
and James Brooks, the Chicago Tribune re-
marks There is no disposition on the part
ofany one to follow them up after death;
but their deaths rather than their lives show
the hollowness of public careers that have
no higher aims than personal advancement,
to be attained at the sacrifice of everything
that presents itself in the shape of an OBJ
stacle. Society must estimate its own share
o. responsibility for the practices, in
Auences, and education that help to model
such careers,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23

Some who have felt anxious over the
probable fate of the native Yankee element
in our population, may be encouraged by
taking note of the increasing proportion of
European immigrants of the better class
now coming across the water. English
Journals note the number of mechanics and
skilled laborers who are attracted by our
broad fields and numerous openings for
business. Many such are coming over,
bringing with them a good supply of ready
money and Of common sense. Of course
such will make desirable citizens almost
from the start, and the more Of them that
come the better for u.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23

MeSsrs. Pattee & Locke have opened on
Church street, opposite City Hall, what
has long been needed in our city, viz: a
market yard, with sheds and stabling con-
nected. Here, at a moderate price. farmers
and Others can have shelter for their horses.
and be allowed to feed their own hay and
grain. The yard will also make handy
place for trafheking in cattle, horses, farm
produce, etc. Tie proprietors also propose
to do commission business in all sorts of
property. We are sure the new enterprise
will be a public convenience, and trust it
will be pecuniarily encouraged.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23

The survey for railroad from Marsh6eld
to Hardwick, by way of Cabot, is in progress
and there is no doubt that the road will be
built soon. 1t will connect at Hardwick
with the Black River railrosd.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23

The mission to Russia has been rendered
by President Grant to Ex-Governor Marshall
Jewell. of Connecticut, and the Springfield
Republican says he accepts it. Governor
Jewell is a first class man and more unex-
ceptionable appointment could hardly have
henn made
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23

The Globe says that an encampment Of
all the Vermont soldiers in the war Of the
rebellion is contemplated to take place dur
ing the summer, ct Rutland.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23

q. \ R.-General Burnside, Commander
IN Chief of the Grand Army Of the Republic,
has issued an order TO all the Posts, re-
questing them in places where Decoration
Day Is observed to see the various clergy
men in their respective jurisdiction, and
ask that appropriate sermons may be
preached on the Sunday preceding the day,
which will be next Sabbath.
Rev. Samuel " Field, of Providence, r.
l., formerly Chaplain Of the Twelfth Regi-
ment of Rhode Island Volunteers, will
preach g memorial sermor,' at the re-
quest of Post Robert. 6. \. R., at the Con-
gregational Church, Rutland, on the Sun
day evening prior to Decoration Day. The
members Of the several churches in the vii
lage are expected to unite in the commemo-
rative services.
We arc glad to see that Lieutenant J. H.
Goul1ing, of Rutland, A. A. G. for the
Department OF Vermont, was made n mem
Der Of the " Council Of Administration -
at the late National Encampment Of the
Grand Army of the Republic. By his IN
selfish labors for the order in this State, as
well as for his high reputation as a man
and soldier, he was fairly deserving the
honor.
The Post at Montpelier has been named
after General Brooks. 1t has every pros
pect of large membership.
Col. W. G. Veazey, Commander, and J.
II. Goulding, Adjutant of the Department
of Vermont. recently instituted Post Skin
ner, at Factory Point, of which D. X.
Simonds Is Commander The Post is named
after son Of Hon Mark Skinner, who was
killed in the battle Of the Wilderness.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23

DEATn OF SIR GEORGE E. CARTIER.-SIr
George f. Cartier. late minister Of militia and
defence of the Dominion of Canada, died of
lung fever in England, on Tuesday. lie
was lawyer of remarkable ability, and has
been intimately connected with Canadian
politics for over thirty years. He was for
many years premier, and through his instru-
mentality the confederation was accom-
plished He was descendent off brother
of Jaques Cartier and was in his fifty-eighth
year Upon the announcement of his death in
parliament, eloquent tributes were paid to his
high qualities by Messrs. Mackenzie and
Dorion, the leaders OF the opposition
4 letter 30 Commissioner Douglass from
an agent of the Internal Revenue Office,
says have just returned from trip
among some of our New England collectors,
and find but one expression among them
in reference to the new stamp law. They
all say they are collecting more taxes, and
doing it in a much easier and more satisfac-
tory manner than under the old system.
The Troy Wig, in an article on trans
portation between the west and the sea-
board, says there must lie a ship canal from
0swego to the Hudson, and one from the
Hudson TO Lake Champaign, and from the
lake 10 the St Lawrence, ten miles west o.
Montreal. The Oswego route would be the
shortest. but would be the most expensive.
The route by Lake Champlain would re-
quire thirty-fve miles Of canal and no locks
between the St. Lawrence and the lake
and about 80 miles Of canal between White
hall and the Hudson at Sandy Hill, and
slack water navigation for the rest Of the
distance. The 0swego route would require
about one hundred and eighty miles Of
canal, while the Champlain route would
require less than one hundred miles.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23

Postmaster-General Creswell has decided
that, after the LIST of July, letters contain
ing fractional or other currency, sent
through the mails, to or from the treasurer
of the United States, may be registered
without charge; bat the postage on them
must be paid as on all other mailable mat.
Ter,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23

1t is stated that Mr.. Grinnell and others
propose to promptly send an expedition in
search of the Polaris. now supposed to be
cruising in the Arctic regions, and the gov
ernment is expected to cooperate. Inc
employment of a Newfoundland sealing
steamer is suggested.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23


A Mr. Lille Of Randolph, recently became
bald in singular manner. He had heavy
head Of hair and heavy. full beard \
few weeks ago, in taking off his hat. he
was surprised to find a large amount ofhair
loosened and ready to fall off, and the rest.
together with his beard. followed in about
a week Mr. Lille Is strong. well man.
and it Is difficult 10 account for this wonder
fnl freak of nature
The Vermont Copper Mining Co., at Yer
shire, are building up quite village at
that place. Their monthly pay roll Is from
$4,000 to $1,000.
There Is al epidemic among the sheep.
nearly every large flock having lost from ten
to twenty-five or thirty.
Some wretch having placed considerable
quantity of gunpOwder in the furnace Of
the Baptist church at East Corinth. when
the sexton lit the FIRE he was nearly blinded
with ashes and smoke.
H. n Moore of North Orange. lost a
flock of valuable sheep, seventeen in number,
by dogs.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Irasburgh Jail has only one solitary in
mate.
in Albany this spring.
Judge Parker, Of Coventry, about eighty
years Of age. has been camping out for sew
eral weeks, hunting muskrats, of which he
kills twenty per day on an average.
S J. Bowley, of Derby, gathered his sap
buckets on the LIST, being compelled to use
snOw-shOes. the snow being some two or
three feet deep.
Dr. c. L. French, of Glover, has a cow
that gives by actual weight forty-three and
one-half pounds of milk.
The Newport Express says: " A short
time since, as Rev G. Tabor was called to
attend funeral in the town Of Charleston.
the roads were 50 nearly impossible BY snow
he was obliged to go on foot several miles
to the place where the services were held
and it was found necessary to carry the
coffin by hand to the cemetery. no teams
being able to pass upon the road. About
this time Mr.. Gray, of Sheffield. was
Obliged to make the entire route home on
snow-shOes."
Hosea Oyitt, of Jay, who has been sick
and deranged for some time past. came 10
his senses few days since, and declares be
has been in heaven all winter. He does not
give favorable account of that region and
says that Re would rather have been here
shoveling snow. The Monitor saws - II
living in this country during the last winter
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23

The New York Times of last Friday
published letters from General Van
Buren,, recently removed as chief commits
sioner to the Vienna Exposition, addressed
to President Grant and Secretary Fish. He
says For ten months | have spared no
exertion or expense to make our part of the
exhibition success, and am utterly unc0n-
cious of doing or authorizing TO be done a
single wrong or unworthy thing, and
the person who asserts or intimates that |
ever received, asked, have been promised
or expected a single cent on any consider
alton or any advantage whatever, directly
or indirectly, from any appointment, or any
concession, or by reason Of my position, or
in any way connected with this exhibition
Is cowardly knave and liar. The aecursed
malignity and unhallowed ambition and
vanity of John Jay have for months been
employed to destroy me and my
commission. that he might obtain some
notoriety himself. The letters. Of which
the foregoing Is the pith, are accompanied
bya sworn statement to the same effect
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23

The Press says party of lads in Troy use
the postal cards to play penny-ante. They
say it seems so much more stylish to stake
hie postal card instead of little nickel.
One of the boys has one hundred postal
cards on hand and thinks be is wealthy.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23
CONTEST FOR THE PRESIDENCY.

The contest for the Presidency was very
spirited There was viya-yoce nomination
of General Franklin, then of General Nc
Dowell, and then of General Hancock;
Hearing his name, Hancock came forward
and Withdrew in favor of franklin This
was distasteful to many, the Ninth Corps
especially, on account of certain events
connected with the famous muddy march,
and Burnside's REIMBURSEMENT OF the COM
mand of the Potomac army. Electioneer-
ing was brisk, General Hancock taking an
active part in General Franklin's favor,
and several prominent Ninth Corps officers
working zealously against him. Hancock
walked up conspiouously and voted for his
fayorite; but Sheridan took the other side,
to the great glee of the Mcdowell men.
The victory went as usual with Sheridan,
and the vote for Mcdowell was declared
unanimous.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23

Hon. Edwards Pierrepont of New York has
accepted the mission to ST. Petersburg
This is an appointment that will meet with
general approval lie is, as the \. Y. Times
says, fgentleman Of ability, amply qualified
for the duties of the position of high social
standing, and universally respected for his
pr''hiry Of character and his public spirit.
and will make in every way a creditable and
desirable representative of our country
abroad.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23

General Sehofeld has written a private
letter to General Sherman, giving a full ac-
count of his recent visit to the Sandwich
Islands as the guest of Commodore Pennock,
in which he says that the people of the
islands are ripe for annexation and anxious
to become part Of the territory Of the
United States. This sentiment is held to a
large extent by the American residents.
The fine harbor at Honolulu is very desirable
as coaling station for Pacific steamers and
naval vessels. He hopes the President viii
not be deferred by the failure, Of the San
Domingo scheme to favorably recommend
this subject to Congress in his next message.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23

Moses Mcfarland. Of Wateryille, has now
the original record book kept by Zachary
Taylor during the Seminole war. lie has
also a sword taken by himself from a rebel
officer in a skirmish, in which his company
Ot only 81 men. We're engaged alone, against
so rebels, and took - Of them prisoners.
The "Messer Boy" who few years ago
figured eonspicuously in the county court.
Is at present stopping in Hyde Park. He
is Just out of the New Hampshire State
Prison, and had previously served terms at
Windsor and Dannemora.
A little son of Willard Balch Of North
HYDE Park. while at play with his little SIS
ter, got a sharp axe and completely severed
all the toes Of one of her feet.
Alta recent .'old folks dance at Morris
vile. the best player Of the orchestra was
Dwight Marsh, 30 years old. and he played
upon a fiddle two hundred and fity-two
years old.
The hotel property at MorriSyiIie las
changed hands, the BoyntonS having leased
it TO B. ;. Wilson OF Greensboro.
Stowe has 2.Oi9 inhabitants. and there are
living in town Is men who have had three
wives each IS who have had two wives.
and 20 wid0wers. There are thirty-tve
women that have been married twice. and
- thae are widows.
Mormonism seems 10 be gaining strength
in North HYDE Park. There l. a man there
who has three wives living, having been
married to the third one last August. They
gave parted three times, and have now
given up trying TO live together. lie de-
clares he will have another wife before the
LIST of June.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-10-22
The Bright Side.

r,oro ia many q rest in the road OF life,
Jf we ONLY would stop to take 1t,
,,d many 4 tone from the better ianu,
If the uuerulous heart would wake 1t
ro tho sunny soul that is is full OF hope,
And whose beautiful trust ne'r iallcth
The grass is green ana the 1io"cis "i'
bright, n;,o,,,
Though the wintry storm prcvallcth
Better to hope, though the clouds hang
And to keep the eyes still lifted;
For the sweet blue sky Will soon pccl
through r;rtoa
yyban the ominous clouds are rllteo
There was never night without u''S
Orap evening without 4 morning
And the darkest hour, as the pro'erl
Js the hour before the d01caing.
41s,ore ;s many gem in the path of life
Which we pass in our idle pleasure,
That ;s richer far than the JeWellet
Or the miser's boarded treasure:
It NAV be the love of little chiio'
or n mothers prayer to heaven,
Or only bcggar's grateful thanks
For cup of water given.
BETTER to weave in the web of life,
a bright and golden filling,
And TO do Gods will with ready hear
And hands that are swift and willing
Than to snap the delicate slender threat
OF our curious lives asunder,
And then blame Heaven for the tanglct
ends,
And sit, and gricvc, and wonder.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-10-22

The VICE OF THE AeE.-The Rev
DR.. Holland, who was for some time the
pastor of Trinity Church, Madison Ave
nue., Baltimore, is now in St. Louis,
Mo. A Sunday or two since, this gen.
tleman preached in that great Western
metropolis, on the "Vice of the Age,
and in the course Of his remarks said
'sThe middle classes spend their IN
come in keeping up false appearances.
They, too, must wear dove colored pan
falcons and shiny boots. They must
wear diamond studs and seal rings, and
carry young ladies to the opera in hired
carriages at the rate of three hours use
for three days wages. They must take
a turn now and then at billiards, stand
treat to the cocktails, bet upon their
veracity when called in question, and
last of all, lest they should be deemed
timid, must demonstrate their nerve by
fighting the tiger until it claws the
last dime out Of their pockets, and
claws lasting scratches upon their
souls"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-10-22
Notice, },

OFFICE OF TIE G.. & G. RAILROAD, |
=''..'' 'CoLUMBIA, August 26, 1873. !
FINDER u resolution Of the Board Of
q . Directors, the Interest Coupons OF
the State guaranteed bonds and of'sucll
other bonds Of this company as are reg.
ularly recorded in. the office Of the com.
pany, matured between the first. day OF
January, 1872. anil the first day of July,
1873, both inclusive, will be funded in
bonds having ten years to run, as pro-
vided for jim the compapy's proposals to
the bondholders of date. oflAugust II,
1873. Holders of the above obligations
are requested to send in. statement of
them to this office, to facilitate the eX-
change, which it is desired to. complete
without delay, and enable the necessary
arrangements to be made for the re-
sumption of regular interest payments
on 1st January ensuing.
w. J. MAGRATH,
President.
Sept. 3, 1878, If
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-10-22
The Pulpit and the Panic.

Parson T. Dewitt Talmage, the at
tributes Of whose style had gained him
some notoricty, but who, as the conduc-
tor Of the burlesque marriage and the
pork and beans supper was made still
more notorious, has seized upon the
panic as q topic on which to make one
! of his characteristic fights. 1t appears
that this gentleman took a walk in Wall
street the other day, and was much
amazed at the panic. How didit strike
his mind? Let the worthy parson tell
his own tale:
ave bethought ourselves why there
was not a panic in another direction,
So many failures every day for eternity,
so many heavenly treasures lost, the
government bonds of heaven thrown
away on the street. We wonder that
men do not get excited about Gheir eter,
nal possessions, and that they do not
make "a rum on the bank OF heaven
Oh! men immortal! What is the mat
ter with you? What will become of you
when you are dead? Whose sign will
then be run up on your store? Who
will drive your fine horses? =
Better settle up with God. * * Mer,
chants, bankers, artisans and farmers
Look out that you do not lose Heaven!
That will be worse than the loss OF
Northern Pacific bonds. That will be
a declaration for eternity"
The ingenuity with which the slang
of the street is brought into the pulpit
to describe sacred things quite justifies
the critical estimate Of the New York
Commercial Adrertiser, that as boss
conductor of hapdoodle Talmage has no
living equal.