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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-07-25
PERSONAL.

General Beauregard is in failing health.
Berger, the champion French billiard
player, is dying in Lyons.
Jefferson Davis has been in New York re-
Gently and was interviewed by reporter OF
the Herald. lie was stolid and silent.
Ex-President johnson was one of the VIC
tins Of the cholera, but recovered.
Prof. John w. Fowler died at Pough-
keepsie last week. Twenty-Five years age
he had popular law school at Ballston
and was, at that time, one of the most pop
ular and eloquent orators an lecturers In
the country. The great and eloquent Hen
~ Clay declared when he heard Prof. Fowl.
or that he was the most eloquent man north
of Mascn and Dixon's line.
The Boston Post says that Western
College has conferred the following degree
upon a worldwide known citizen, Jubilee
Gilmore. p. S. Gilmore, Fiddle ID. ID.
When the Shah of Persia, was at St
Petersburg the Princess Dagmar having
said to him, by way of cIyility, that hi
diamonds were exceedingly beautiful, HI
patted her on the shoulders, and, with al
abrupt gallantry which was not quite Of th'
Oriental pattern, replied, Not nearly st
beautiful as your neck ~
joaquin Miller has accepted a challeng'
to ride to the hounds against noted Eng
| lish sportsman. He says he will break th'
Englishman's 5 neck if he can find countr,
rough enough.
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Schuyler Colfax GRATED at st. Joseph's,
Mo-, on the 4th. despite the rain and mud
several thousand people gathered from the
surrounding country to hear him. The
people stood in mud ankle deep, and a por-
tion of the time lin shower of rain, and
greeted him with enthusiasm, frequently
lnterrupting his remarks with hearty ap-
plause.
1t seems to be pretty well settled that
Bennett Of the Herald will commence
daily in London about the first of the year,
with John Russell Young as manager. Ben
nett is expected home very soon to make ar
rangements. 1t is believed that he will take
over about half of his present staff, so as to
throw into it American energy and spirit
Rumor has it that religious matters will
form feature of the new journal, and that
the services of Mr.. Spurgeon are sought
after by g young Jim," who values his
name and pen at $4,000 per year. Should
he fail in securing Spurgeon, he will pro-
badly transfer the present religious editor
of the Herald, Rev. Samuel r. Glen, to the
English metropolis.
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The Lords Prayer Illustrated.

Our FdfAcr-
By right Of creation
BY bountifui prov sion
BY zra-ious ad0ptloa;
'''so Di IN Hearen-
Tho throne of thy glory.
The portion fthy children
The temple OF thy angels.
Hai,o~sd Be tsy name-
BY the thoughts of our heat,
BY the words OF our lips
By the works Of our hands
Tsy Kingdom come
OF ofprovidence 10 defend us
of grace to refine US,
OfGlory % crown Us:
Thy riH Be done earfh as ii j. in Hsar,r
Toward US without resistance
By Us without compulsion.
Universally without exception.
Eternally without declension
Cine tais day daily Tread
Ofnecessity for our bodies.
OF eternal life for cur souls;
ind forgire tresrasses-
Against the commands Of thy law
Against the grace Of thy gospel.
d' rs foryire them that fresPa,s agaiasf rs
By defimn NJ our characters,
| ~ eInbexz-lng our property,
| hy abusing persons;
aa ',zd H' not into temptation but dsiirr' US from
Ot overwhelming affections.
O worldly euticcmeBts,
/ OiSatans devices
| OF errors ssduetinns
| Oi sinful affections.
For ",He as tAc siHgiom tae ro,rsr ,sf me gio,y,
| forcreT-
Thy kingdom governs all!
| Thy power suhlues atl
Thy glory is above alI
ia,rn--
As il is thy purpose.
So il i thy promise
20 be i in our prayers,
- 0 - -.
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Song of the Mystic


rw,,to5 down the Valley of silence,
down the dim. voiceless valley-aiohe
And tear not the fall OF 4 footStep
around ne-save Gods and my ON
And the hush Of ny heart Is as holy
As bovers where angels have h""h-
Ionr aro was weary OF voices
Whose music my heart could not WIN
Ionr ago was weary oi NOISES
That frettedlny soul with their an
Long ago was weary oi places
Where met but the Human ana oih'
walked thro' the world with the worldly
craved what the world never gave
And | said, ." In the world, each ldeal,
That shines Ike a star on Lilies WaNe'
Is toned on the shore Of the Real, :,
And sleeps like a dream in grave
And still did pine for the Perfect,
And still found the False with the Truei
sought mid the Human for Heaven
But caught mere glimpse Of its blue
And wept when the clouds OF the MorIH
Yelled even the glimpse from my view
toiled on. beart-,ired OF the Human
And moaned mid the mazes OF inen'
I'M knelt long 20 at an altar ~,
And heard a voice call me since 'ie"
walked down the Valley OF Sileh'o
That lies far beyond mortal KEN
Do Won ask what found in the valley
,Tis my trvsting-place with the ui'i"''
And | tell Mt the feet Of the HOY, ,t,ro,r
Ana sbout me a voice said, " Be Mlhe
And then rose from the depths oI ~ ny str'''
An echo. /" Ny heart shall be Ih'he'
Dsyou TASK how l live in the Valley ?
weep. aud ] dream. and pray
pnt my tears are As sweet as the de"-uI"pS
Thar IA n On the roses in May
And nv PRAYER. like perfume iren censeI'
Asccndeth % God, night and DAY.
IN the hush Of the Valley of Silence
dream all the songs that sing
And the music floats down the Jim NaueS'
TIL eaeh finds q word for wing,
That 10 men, liKc the doves ~ the il.iu-e'
The message of Peace they may bring
But far on the deep there are h.lloWs
That mover shall break ON the heAcH
And have heard songs in the silence
That never shall float into speech
And have had dreams in the Vale!
Too LOFTY lor language TO reach.
And have seen thoughts in the valley
An. uc. how my spirit was stirFed-
And they wear holy wells on their laees
Their iout.top. can scarcely be heard
Thev pa.s through the Valley, like Virgins
Too pure Tor the touch az a word.
po voua.k me the place ofthe Valley,
We hearts that are narrowed py eaIe
D. lieth afar between mountains.
And God and His Angels are there
And one : the dark mount 81 SORROW
Ana o-c the -ht mountain 81 FrHycr.
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Fighting flies is the most laborlous duty oi
the housekeeper in the summer time. This
warfare is pursued. however, by those who
are neat. and who regard the comfort and
cleanliness Of their homes. There Is nothing
so indicates l;.zy and untidy housekeeper as
a swarm of flies in the kitchen, drawing
room. or, in fact, any of the apartments ola
house. If, in early morning, flies are dex-
terouslv beaten from each room, and 1t Is
then darkened, they will not congregate to
any uncomfortable extent during the day.
There are few persons who understand the
art of 'Shoo, flyl' 1t is most exhausting
performance to drive them from the house,
and one that servants can seldom be taught.
There was one pun of Sidney Smiths that
Charles Lever never tired of telling. Mrs.
Grote. the wife of the distinguished histori-
an. appeared once at a soiree with queer
sort Of turban on her accomplished head.
Look at that, said Sidney, that's the
origin of the word grotesque.
One Of the ladies at a swimming establish
ment in London this summer slipped and
fell backward into the water In her indig
nation at the accident she burst forth into a
string of fluent oaths that led the auditors
to doubt the sincerity of her womanhooi.
They guessed rightly, and young man of
| distinguished family has one episode in his
life that he does not tell of
\ young lady who Is studying French late
| ly wrote to her parents that she was "invit-
ed out to dejeuner the day before and
was going to ''fete champetre the next
day The professor of the college was sur
prised to receive telegram from the "old
man. a day or two after, saying, ''if you
can't keep my daughter away fsom these
blasted menageries and side shows, | will
come down and see what ails her.
A liquor dealer at Niagara Falls last week
| thought TO make hit in the advertising line
by hiring peripatetic Hibernian to carry
about the street transparency setting forth
the goodness and abundance of his liquors.
\ Temperance party, however. chartered a
boy to follow with a transparency reading =
'Cursed is he that putteth the cup to his
brothers lips" 1t was the general conclu-
sion that the boy behind was ahead Of the
boy in front.
\ iackal who had pursued a deer all day
with unfiagging industry was about to seize
him, when an earthquake, which was doing
a little civil engineering in that part Of the
country, opened a bread chasm between him
and his prey. NOW here said he, sis a
distinct interference with the laws of nature.
But if we are to tolerate miracles there is an
end to all progress" So speaking he en-
deayored tocross the abyss at twojumrs. His
fate would serve the purpose of an impress
ior warning if it might be clearly ascertain
ed /; but the earth having immedia tie pinch
ed together again. the research of the moral
investigation is batiled.-[ Fables Of Zambri,
! the Parsee.
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written Cox the Frse Press and Times.

Wrapped in his mantle, the old monarch lies.
With face upturncd As if viewing the skies
Serene in his might he heeds not the storms
The winters rCfic blast. ard wilI y nd's alarms
The hurry g, labor. its hustle and din
Has no power ~ ruliu the sp.rit within.
Care, IL he feels IT, sits isht on his breast
Unwrinklod his brow, unbroken his rest
lie sleeps like a giant rejoicing in strength.
CONSCIOUS Of greatness. reclining at length.
The clouds floating Ger him earrssinsly fold.
The lcccy li-it Eantle with fingers of gold.
Above and about him, whilo watching from far.
On the hilltops Of heaven, peeps out a lone star
Anon and yet others look down from the height.
Until heaven is sparkling, and dazzling with i-ht.
Aiar D. the east. rubcd in scarlet and gold,
Nights gentle, bright Queen. sweet Luna. behold
She rises in splendor, with features aglOw.
And lnacesty looks on u jewellers below.
We gevercntiy gaze as she climbs the steep height
The cloud hills rcspieudently cleaning with zht
The crisp, snowy maptlc j. gistening Ike gold,
Which the mo untalu's bruad shoulders lovingly fold
Looking upward toward heaven. how calmly he les
Unheediug the turmoil of Earths elamorin. cries,
A lesson suggestive 10 moFtals j. given,
Mid LIES ceaseless cares. look upward % heaven
Jericho VI -f1iciiI-
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Ar THE ToHB-A noted c0urteZan Of this
city, who bears the name among the police OF
being veritahe tigress. and utterly lost TO
all sense Of shame. a few years ago had play
Ing around her house a pretty, faxen-haired
little girl 1t was the only pleasant spot in
the woman's life. the only thing on earth
that she cared for: but when the child came
to Il thinking age she was put away, and al
though the mother yearned for her offspring,
vet her love for her was too great 10 allow
personal pleasure and qualification to get the
better of her anxiety for the child's welfare.
And 50 the little girl went away from her
home Of sin, and was placed in n convent in
Canada to be educated. There she grew up
to he beautiful and accomplished young
lady. She never went home, a. did her
schoolmateS, and often, perhaps. wondered
mt the mystery surrounding her mother life.
Under the Christian teachings Of the plous
sisters the girl became as good as she was
beautiful but one day her mother was has
tily summoned t. Canada, for her daughter
was taken i'll. and in few days she died.
One of the finest monuments in st. Agnes
Cemetery rears itself over the grave OF this
pure and honored daughter Of the famous
courtezan. Nowhere do the flowers bloom
sweeter than upon her resting place, and
every day or two poor. abandoned woman
makes there weary pilgrimage to dampen
with her tears the grave of her much-loyed
child. Although she still continues her in
famous career, yet this simple circumstance
indicates a silver lining to the black cloud OF
her life, and gives hope ola future Magdalen.
Albany Express.
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\ SWIMMING RoNANCE.-Ihe Boston CORES
pondent of the Chicago Tribune vouches for
the truth Of love story Of real life. which
smbodies about as many improbabilitics a.
are often concentrated upon one anecdote.
About ten years ago n Boston merchant sent
his lovely daughter into Vermont for her
health. She STAYED few months and fell
deeply in love with a poor but promising ma
chinist there. Soon after her return the
Young man followed her to Boston and re-
quested her fathers consent TO a wedding
in the indefinite future. That party, how
ever. Indignantly rebuked his prctensions,
and the Young man went West with wounded
pride but vast ambitions. In short time he
amas-ed a large fortune. as usual. but did
not. as usual, fall in love again. The lady,
on the other hand, obeying her fathers wishes,
married and went to Europe to live. In two
years she was a widow, but having no call to
America she continued to live abroad. Recent
ly the Western capitalist was called to Europe
on business. He took a passage last Sep
sember in a steamer bound for Marseilles TO
Leghorn. \ sudden storm arose and as the
pitched about, a lady passenger was thrown
overheard. lie leaped after her, the crew
threw over chairs and planks, but nothing
was seen Of the two poor creatures in the
water. They were given up for lost. 1t
| happened, however, that they reached plank,
drlfted about until morning, and then were
rescued and carried to Malta. 1t IS needless
to say that she was she and he was he, and
they were married at-once in the English
chapel and are now on their way home tc
America. Moral learn to swim.
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uou To COMBAT TuE EpI>EASE-SANirAN cIhAN-
NfE,rANT>-rRINc!PIE AND DU-
TIES To EE TAUGHT
Circular o. the American Public Health Association
To combat and arrest the progress and
prevent the epidemic prevalence Of thi'
icoarre Of sanitary negligence it Is neeeSsa-
re- that the inhabitants of every city and
town should promptly resort to the most eff
fertual puriiication, and the best known
means of disiniection, and that this sanitary
cleansing and preparation should, as far a
possible, be undertaken before any cases d
cholera occur and that in the presence oI
the disease these sanitary duties should be
enforced in every household and throughout
the entire district. Experience has proved
that the best means to prevent both pesti
lence and panic Is to know and prepare fol
the danger 1t is the only way to deal sue
ceS-fuly with cholera.
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Several years ago, a certain divine resid-
ing on the Green Mountains, had an ap-
pointment one Sabbath to preach in the
neighboring town of Weston. While ab-
sent, his boys thought it would be good
time for them to visit place not far from
their residence, called the Devils Den.
On the return of the father, he was in
formed Of the violation of the Sabbath BY
his boys, and called them to account for it.
And So said he, you have been to the
Devils Den to-day?' They replied that
they had
And you found the old fellow at home,
didn't you?'
No. they replied, he had gone to Wes-
ton to preach. -LHdloi0 GG-cfte.
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yourself, and thereby acknowledge that you
can't smoke in moderation Your will is GER
tainly strong enough to resist any excess in
future :" lie is in bad state of collie now.
If he gives in, he will be smoking ten cigars
day within a week. But it's 50 easy for
him to quit smoking, if he only makes up
his mind to do so
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PoRr HgNRY.-The Port Henry Herald
will soon add an extra sheet. Under the
management of Mr.. Morris it has been very
successful.
The Sunday liquor law prevails here, and
consequently the thirsty ones feel quite
lonesome. Sunday carriage containing
three "bully boys stopped in front Of
where the new jail Is being built, and each
producing a bottle proceeded to drink
the health Of the new building. There
being no place to Pot them if they were
arrested they were allowed to go their way
Sunday some men went across the lake to
view the old fort, and one Of them digging
down uncarthed the bone Of a mans arm
and two large cannon balls. The bone was
a very large one and had evidently been in
the ground for years.
The young man who was injured at the
new furnaces. though considerably bruised :
will recover.
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maddened by the panicky gales blowing
through the stock market. He died leaving
ten millions. He had not an hours leisure.
His elegant mansion near Fifth avenue furnish
ed him with less comfort than the cell of
Stokes in the Tombs furnishes him.
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HIGGINs's DoG.-It was great many years
ago, at a camp-meeting, that Brother lIig-
gins, good man but passionately fond of
dogs, came in one day accompanied by Il
black-and-tan hound Somebody asked bin
to address the congregation, and he mounted
the stand for that purpose, while his dog sat
down on his launches Immediately in front,
looking at his master. In the midst of the
discourse, which entertained us much, an
other dog came up, and after few sociable
shifts at Brother lliggins's dog began to ex-
anime the hind leg of the latter with his
teeth, apparently for the purpose of ascertain
ing if it was tender. An animated contest
ensued, and one of the congregation came
forward for the purpose of separating the
animals. His efforts We're not wholly sue
cesful. lie would snatch at the leg of Ilig-
gins's dog, but before his hand got there the
yellow dog would be on that side. and would
probably take an incidental and cursory bite
at the deacon's hand. Brother Higgins
paused in his discourse and watched the dea-
con. Then he exclaimed, "Spit in his eve,
Brother Thompson spit in the hound eye ~
Brother Thompson did, and the fight ended.
"But lust want to say" continued Mr..
Higgins, % that outside of the sanctuary that
dog of mine can eat up any salmon-colored
animal in the State, and then chaw up the
bones of its ancestors for four generations
without turning hair! You understand
me?" The services proceeded War AIDE
/ icr
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SARATOGA Nurs.-rhe weather is very
hot and the big hotels are filling up, much
90 the JOY Of the landlords. who have thus
far this season lost money. Breslin. Card
ner x Co, of the Grand Union. having sunk
81 ,000 a day.
The new Grand Hotel i doing well.
Major Leland Is "a good-natared as ever.
even the hot weather failing to boil over
his spirits. lie attends the hops nightly.
and shows people how to dance as if they
/ enjoyed ii. Gilmore and his band draw i'm
mcn>c crowds at the daily concerts They
arc the sensation of the day, and of the
night too, for that matter; and the young
folks say that even an old man with the
gout would have tn dance if he listened to
such music.
There viii be an immense masquerade at
| Congress Hall tonight Several hundred
elegant costumes are to DO displayed.
Chester W Chaplin, of Springfield, the
Eastern railway king, is at Congress Hall -,
and 4. I. Stewart : family are at the Grand
Union. Morris Phillips, the genial editor
of the Home journal, is at the Grand Hotel
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BuRY1NG ONES VIcEs.-The Alta California
tells about man who is burying his vices !:
lie looks like an undertaken but it's so
easy to stop these foolish practices. you know.
The only trouble he has suffered in abstain
ing has been First, restlessness and a desire
to chew something second, sort of mental
thirst that seems unquenchable third, an
insane idea of doing two things at once, and
never feeling satisfied or at rest; fourth,
sleepless nights, waking up every fifteen
minutes and thinking each time that he had
oversight himself; tifth,a desire to tell every
one he sees that he has quit smoking and
.'smiling is done to brace up his fail
ing courage and commit himself and his pride
to the work of self-conquest sixth. he ina
gines he used to smoke whole box of cigars
day, and brags of his formers powers, while
insinuating his present fortitude seventh,
he is nov suffering from a tempting voice,
which says: ''If you take up smoking again,
you could restrain yourself to the moderate
use of the weed; why should you persecute
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ROUGn or OLD "SUNsET In April last
while the Hon. s. S. Cox was making fly
ing visit to the scenes of his boyhood in
Ohio, he attended church, as all good Coxes
do, on Sunday, and listened to sermon from
the following text, GAS servant earnestly
desireth the shadow job vii. .. The We
nerable preacher began by saying he had
seen picture illutrating the text, which ro-
presented a slave looking toward the West,
waiting for the end of the days work. 1t
was entitled "Longing for Sunset" How
he improved" that text lie called on the
worthies of both Testaments; pictured ia
cob's longing for Joseph, and old Simeon's
desire to 90, ''since his eyes were made
glad" lie impressed the thought that life
was struggle, and no man should desire to
go. Work was to be done. And vet we
should look and long Tor sunset When
the heart breaks, and sorrow is too painful
and suicide tempts, and the soul longs for
sunset, we should remember that sunset is
only the vestibule Of sunrise" But how he
perforated ''When the river is passed, the
swollen flood passed, and heaven attained
there will be unshadowed joy, for there is no
sunset IN hearen =" Rather rough on our
Congressman.-Harpr's Mqga>ine.
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RurLAND.-The tents for the Soldiers Re.
union have arrived.
Gen. Baxter has erected fine bowling
alley or his extensive grounds.
\. H. Danforth has had presented him by
Wv. Whitcomb, James Mclaughlin. Henry
II. Stone and Oliver j. Cain, nice suit Of
clothes for his successful management Of
horses these gentlemen were interested in at
the recent races at Bethel.
Charles Weatherley, of the Rutland and
Washington Railroad, than whom moro
popular conductor does mott live in this
northern country, was arrested at Salem,
n Y, on Saturday last, for assault and
battery on Samuel Robertson, Of Baxter
vile, \. Y. Weathcrley, il seems, put the
fellow off for refusing to pay his fare, and
We rather think the chap has tried it on the
wrong man to bother by court prosecu-
tion.
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man societies, and in response played several
airs superbly. 1t will make concert tour
OF the country beforeits return three months
hence.
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Poor Matilda Heron, once the much ap-
plauded and cnly " Camille of the Ameri-
can stage, but now broken in heart, spirits,
affections and future, has written terrible
book about men which no publisher is will
ing to bring forth