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National Republican., 1873-03-05


Warrington, 50 far as It's population was con
earned, made It's appearance upon the Avenue
Iast might. Washington, outside OF our broad
ana sttIactlye boulevard, was deserted, without
reference 70 EeI. Everybody was on the Ave
nua or IN the houses that line II. The hotels, at
each OF which band played, from one end u
the other, contaiaed EuTging crowds Whlch
swept through the corridors as II everything
pbout the establishment belonged 10 them' ano
couItesy and the hospitality Of our people madt
them welcome TO do Just what they pleased. IL
The enthusiasm Of the hour, the usual polltenest
was dropped, as something suPernuous; and thll
being the established rule, everybody observed
Il generously.
The Avenue, especially tho middle Of II, was
alive with gay lhOngs, wandering about IL
eouples aud email crowds seeking and md
ing pleasure In everything that was seen OF
dId along It's immense sweep. Indeed, Rikert
ridge for once was favored stroll-lt never was
before, and probably never will 20 again. MOI
Uould'It have been this tlmo had not the crowds
upon the sidewalks driven people to IT, The
bright illumination Afforded oy the eleetile ngnts
-seatteriug silver rays on one side and the other
Of { 10 sweeping bouleNhu US 'neJ haPP0n'u w
be turned-made
Tug SCENE uPos THE AVENUE
. .,o.os,nsly bhllant one. beautifully blended
vitb An ,so pIcturesque rays were he fireworks,
which a,cended from either end Of he Avenue
with lahtning velocity. The blight W ht anord-
ed by th ,se auxlllalirs made the rec' gn uon OF
aeauaintAnccB an easy matter, and a. the eI0"us
surRed ~ and down the broad foaInAy! ioitu-
ns,sIy dev Ild Of any I I'D Of vehicle ~ the Or
ders OF So rel ltendent Richards, the peetulgs
~ ,re AZ plentiful aH they were cordial Although
M lfly every Dar-fOon was made huTa'us "
a as' lllum nations and jovIal crowds That gath
ssd ABOUT them, yet there was very notlssaoh
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SAY here, however, that do not share IN the
apprehension held by many as 70 the danger oi
Governments becoming weakened ana uestioyeu
by reason OF their extension OF territory. Coh
meIce, educatio >, and rapid transit Of though,
and mA'ter, by telegraph and steam, have ehanseu
all this.r
But something more than the mere hcquisltlon
Of terrtor, was seen and felt in this utterance OF
the
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FuILP 4 BoLoMoSs

built roomy balcony In front OF their store,
which was covered with muslin Of the national
colors and decorated with Gags and banners.
The entire face OF the building was also made to
appear gay by the bright colored decorations
with which II was nearly covered. The balcony
was crowded with ladies' and gentlemen during
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which has done 40 much to cultivate the fayora-
ble opinion they have received. At the kirk
wood the festive Burgess Corps Of Albany, under
command Of Colonel Henry D. Beecher, swelled
the numbers OF the crowds that constantly
passed through the halls during the entire even
ing. About each Of these very popular hotels
old codgers, who claimed TO have witnessed every
Inauguration for the last forty years, exchanged
opinions as to the respective grandeur Of each,
and all agreed that the one yesterday was by oil
oids The lnest
National Republican., 1873-03-05

was also made to look very pretty by scores OF
small nags and Chinese lanterns, which ex-
tended iIom each side OF the windows facing
the Avenue. In its vicinity were also number
Of finely decorated buildings, including tlal
occupied by Charles HeTtzog. The drug store OF
Kldwel was decorated with evergreen weathes,
In the centre Of which, fastened to the wal,
were ANAL shields,
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although shOTn OF portion Of is decontions'
nevertheless presented a very beautiful appear
ance. Old Boreas had torn nearly all the nAgs,
shields and other decorations from the front, but
on the ThlEtcenth-strcct side tho wind had been
unable to wrench them from their places, ana
tho tasteiulness OF Mr. scherbles designs was
there TO DO seen nearly as complete as when
they were 1rst put up. 1t was without doubt
the nnest decorated building on the Avenue, anu
was greatly admired during the day by hundreds
OF people, who stopped to gaze upon Its gala at
tire. The Chesapeake and Oyster Bay were also
noticeable for the tasteful manner In which they
hal hnnn drnaanl.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-21

THr WEALTH OF OUR PREsIDENTs.-N ash
ington left an estate valued at S3UO,OoU.
jefferson died poor, and had not Congress
purchased his library his estate would have
been unable to pay his debts.
Madison saved his money and was compar-
atiyely rich. The fortune of his widow was
increased by the purchase of his manuscript
papers by Congress for $500, 600.
James Monroe, the sixth President. died
so poor that he was buried at the expense Of
his relatives, in 4 cemetery between second
and Third streets, near the Bowery, IN New
York city.
John Quincy Adams left about $4,000,
the result of industry, prudence, and small
inheritance He was methodical and econ
omical.
Andrew jackson left a valuable estate
known as The Hermitage, about twelve miles
from Nashville, Tenn.
Martia Van Buren, died rich. His estate
was estimated at nearly $500 900.
james X. Polk left about Sl50,000.
John TYLER was bankrupt when he be-
came President. He husbanded his means
while in Office, married rich wife, and
died wealthy in worldly fortune.
Willard Fillmore is a wealthy man.
Franklin Pierce saved $780, 900 during his
term of service as President
James Buchanan died bachelor, and left
an estate valued at $4,000 at least.
Abraham Lincoln left about !S75 200.
johnson is said to be worth about $50, 600.
President Grant was poor before the war.
By careful husbandry of his salary and
through the generous gifts of his friends be
fore he became President, his fortune is a
handsome experimentation Historical
REGARD
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-21

CAN BUILDINGS BE SET on FIRE BY STEAM
PIPEs?-The recent destructive fires have
raised the question as to the safety of the use
of steam pipes in heating buildings, and, as
in some instances the true cause has been
enveloped in mystery (Which is quite natural
as fire destroys all evidence, the Fire
Marshal of New York has found it most ex-
pedient to throw the blame simply on steam
in those cases where the buildings were
warmed by that agent.
As steam may be considered to be the most
safe, healthy and economical Of all modes of
heating buildings, such a suspicion is to be
deplored, as it is apt to raise a prejudice
against it; hot air furnaces may be con-
sidered dangerous, as proved by the well es-
tablished evidences of the fire records but
not 50 with the steam heating. In fact
there Is no well authenticated record wherein
pipes through which steam passes have
actually set fire to wood work, and no one
experimenter has vet succeeded in igniting
wood with such pipes. We maintain that
any man Of science who has studied the sub
ject Of steam, or any practical engineer of
common sense, knows thatal that steam can
do even when superheated, is to make the
wood work hot and dry, and to predisposc
it to catch fire. The spark must be sup
piled from another source the steam tubes
can never attain, outside the heating appa-
ratus, the high temperature Of 600 or 900
Fahrenheit, required fer the red heat which
is necessary to set wood on fire.
In this city many Of the steam heating
apparatuses are worked on pressure not
above ten pounds per square inch, which
gives a heat of al degrees F. for the water
in the boiler, and somewhat less heat, OF
course, for the steam which circulates
through the pipes. In the majority of the
buildings heated by steam common boiler
is used, from which steam pipes are carried
through the premises, and an ordinary pres
sure for such boilers is forty pounds per
inch, which gives heat of 2S9 degrees f.
At pressure of 100 pounds above the at
mospheric pressure We have heat oil 800
degrees. 1t will thus be seen that at pres
sures far above any, that are used for heating
purposes, the heat circulated in steam pipes
is much below that required for the ingni
ton of wood.
That steam pipes predispose wood work
To combustion, and even may assist the
spontaneous combustion which is apt to com
mence in rags soaked in any animal or vege-
table oil, cannot be denied hut then any
heating apparatus will do the same, and
steam is in this respect not so dangerous as
draft Of hot air proceeding from furnace,
in which leak may carry a spark upward,
while a leak from steam tube Is utterly
harmless. In regard to spontaneous COM
bustion, any danger from oil may be avoided
by using for lubricating petroleum. This
material is not apt to oxidation or spontaneous
heating. as one our esteemed correspondents
discovered and published in ourpaper several
years ago, which valuable property is now
also being publicly recognized in Europe
Scientific american
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WOMAN ITEMS.

The shot with which Laura Fair killed
Crittenden. almost rs suddenly turned white
the hair of daughter Of the deceased. The
young lady, who is but twenty years old, is
described as beautiful and intelligent. but
overcast with a cloud of melancholy which
will embitter all her future life.
Ruth Russell, Of New Bedford, writing to
the New York Tribune concernining schools
for the instruction Of girls in cookery and
household management, saws
1t is easier to establish the schools than to
find the scholars, as has been proved. For
two years a school has been opened here,
and five pupils have been instructed. There
has been some diminishing with letters and
calls about terms, but there is no desire to
learn anything pertaining to homework
said a young lady, on the point of being
married - | know nothing of cookery. and
| do not wish tsJlnow anything, then | shall
not he obliged to cook" This sentiment is
common to all classes-that ignorance on
this subject is merit rather than discredit
Froude's wife is a daughter of the editor
Of the London Times, Mr.. Delane.
Pale, pulpy and peaceful, are said to be
the adiectiyes that best describe the maiden
Of the period when dressed for party.
The pert misses of San Francisco Gram
mar School have mutinied against their
principal. who, to do them Justice, would
seem to he an ignoTamus generally. The
girls grievances are summed up in this
frank confession of one of them to a report
er - We hate him. He don't know any
thing-he's not neat-he's fool, and | told
him so-he didn't smell good
\ La Crosse (Wis.) girl rubbed her cheek
against her sister shusband's beard to get up
a healthy glow for a ball, and she has been
turned cat Of the house for it.
Madame Ia Aiarquise de Noailles has much
esprit, ami has piquante way of expressing
herself which is altogether delightful. Said
an American gentleman to her at ball,
g All, madame, if spoke your language
what graceful compliments ght pay you -
- Tell me them in your language" She an
swered, " should understand and the
rcguish twinkle Of her bright ewes implied
that the language of compliment she always
Miss Julia 4 Seeley, daughter of the old |
Postmaster has been nominated by the Presi- |
dent for Postmaster at Great harrington.
Mass.
Two young ladies of Rochester, n. Y,
sisters, named Cordelia and Emma Bull, |
to nurse the families of some |
neighbors during an attack of a contagious |
disease Both took it and died, and they
were buried In common grave last Friday,
Leaving behind them the fragrance of
noble act.
A Milwaukee, girl stayed away from the
opera and paid the family pew rent. !
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-21

commenting learnedly upon the news brought
in by reporters and the wires At one end.
with a mass of foreign papers and periodicals
covering his desk and lying about his chair,
sits the foreign editor, watching for details
of intelligence whose outlines only have been
transmitted by cable. Near him is the ex-
change editor with stock Of domestic jour
mails reaching nearly to his head beside him,
each of which must be carefully examined.
Opening door the privileged two enter the
library, where sits the literary editor sur
rounded by the latest magazines and books,
OF which he is doing his best to say some
thing kindly. Passing by the door of the
managing editors room, and that of the edi-
tor-in-chief-to which none are apt TO gain
admission unless urgent business requires 1t,
but whose occupants the guide might ex-
plain are engaged much in the same way as
the generals of an army are supposed to be
on the eve Of battle; and entering another
department-supposing the hour to be late
in the evening-the busiest scene of all is
met with. The men at the different desks
are the night news editor, the summarizer.
and editor whose duty it is to comment upon
intelligence received up to the hour of going
to press, and one or two others to be on hand
in case of emergency. The night editor
desk is covered with proofs, which he ponders
with no little perplexity, endeavoring to per
form the difficult task of putting twelve
columns ofmatter into six columns Of form.
For, full as the Massachusetts, are OF unlm-
portant news, and carefully as condensation
has been performed, there is always too much
which must 20 in and the - turtle" are
not elastic.
At the night news editors desk dispatches
from all over the country are being constant
" received, written in all sorts Of styles and
chronicling all sorts of events, which need at
once the most careful and the most rapid
preparation for tie printer; for no mistakes
can be tolerated, Of course, and at frequent
intervals the Office boy comes in from the
foreman of the composing-room with the
news that the copy-desk IS oat Of copy and
the insatiate nav Of the compositions cannot
cease its grinding BY the time the tour has
been partially made, and hastily made with
al. and before the cOmpOsing-reom or the
rress-room or the foliing-room or the mail
inc-ronn has been visited, the visitor will
hardly fail u recognize the justice with which
the force Of daily newspaper Is compared to
an army. priyatcs and non-commissioned Of
fcers oheying lieutenants and captains, these
receiving the orders from colonies which the
latter receive from generals, who in turn are
commanded by the general-in-chief. He will
be ant. too. to realize that a newspaper does
not appear by magic, bal. by means of work.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-21

MATRIMONIAL lNC0MPATIBILITY.-The Rev.
DR.. Peabody. in a late essay, touches upon
this delicate subject after the following
fashion
The truth is that the greater proportion of
the so-called incompatibilities and uncon-
genialities Of domestic life, which are so
often made the ground for the disruption of
the matrimonial bond, are admissible as
justifying ground for any such dissolution.
and could be readily overcome and blOtted
out Of existence if the parties most con-
cerned had ouly the will to do it. A counle
are no sooner married than they find that
differences Of opinion and mutual Jars. ensue
and all is not gold that glistened and then
one or both straightway imagine that there
is no remedy but in ruthlessly breaking the
solemn, sacred tie that binds them. \
vague, restless feeling seizes upon one or
both, producing discomfort, engendering a
certain thought of present bondage which
exists only in fancy, and creating feverish
desire for other associations and spheres
which are supposed to be more fitted and
proyidentially designed for the mind and
heart.
No escape, it is said, but in cutting the
knot. 1t is a delusion. The marriage rela-
ton, in all its history, was never expected
perhaps, to be entirely free from misunder-
standings and discords Foolish to think
that the whole mutual life can flow on
like the early stream, without ripple or
eddy. Home is a school. a discipline.
whereby husband and wife are to grow into
each other, getting rid of their angularities.
harmonizing their peculiar characteristics,
and more and more becoming one in thought,
sympathy and life. The true bessedness of
welded souls is not insured BY a simple ex-
change of plighted faith. | comes through
and after many selfdenial, many cruel
fxion of the will, many scourging of the
resentment, anger, pride, vanity and passions
of the heart. 1t is true here, as in other |
relations, that who saveth his life shall |
lose it, and he that loseth his life shall save
it.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-21

Rev. W. S. Studley, of the Pacific street
Methodist church, Brooklyn formerly OF the
fremont street church in Boston, intends
visiting Europe this spring to spend the
season on the continent.
The Providence Annual Conference begins
its next session at East Greenwich on the
18th, the first of the series of New England
conferences this year. The New England
Conference 1.-THE mother of them all) sits
at Lynn (St. Paul's church,, April ., at
which Bishop Wiley is to preside.
ROMAN CATHOLIC.
Bishop Wadhams was at St. Joseph's
church, Malone, upon a recent Sunday, and
after services made an appeal to the parish
toner's to subscribe Sl2 900 to clear the So
ciety from its floating debt; some SIX
thousand dollars were subscribed immedi
ately, and one or two thousand dollars
have since been pledged.
A new Catholic cathedral has been COM
menced at Green Bay, Wis.
Bishop Cretin, the first Catholic bishop
of Minnesota, died the 22d OF February,
1857, and solemn services have been per-
formed in the cathedral ever since for the
repose of his soul.
The Catholic college, to be built at Du-
buque this year, is. the work ot.the order OF
1.-The Lazarus Brothers" The Du buque
Times says the college is to be equal, in all
respects, to any in the west.
The Pope, though in other matters he de-
clares he will have nothing to do with the
government of Victor Emmanuel, has asked
that government to suppress a series of ar
ticles on 1.-The Life of Christ" now ap-
pearing in one of the ultra-radical newsPa-
pers Of Italy. The encouragement has
made reply that in state governed by
principles of liberty, it is impossible, BY
prosecutions, to silence those who choose to
promote discussions which the law does not
forbid.
Bishop Purcell, of Cincinnati, has issued
decree forbidding Roman Catholics to be-
come members of trades unions.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-21

Coon ADvIcE.-Let the boys be gathered
into the temperance fold and pledged into
the temperance cause now let the founda-
ton be laid in present and thorough edu-
cation to total abstinence let the buds of
power and political influences now forming
in the persons of these who will then make
up the caucuses and hold the ballot, be
thoroughly inoculated with the principle of
prohibition, and then the future will be safe.
What we SOW now somebody will reap then.
On the foundations now being 1aid,
structure will thus rise to beauty and to
completeness. Success will reach fruition,
and victory will be followed by capitulation
and lasting peace. This consummation must
be reached some time, and that time will be
when people learn that "eternal vigilance
is the price of it, and that the duty of the
present generation is to make the coming
generation wiser, purer, stronger, happier
Nars.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-21
Three.

I.
There dwelt in one wide city people three;
A man whose lands,-an emerald sea-
Ran east and west Who, clothed in purple line
From ieweled goblets drink his amber wine.
woman like the morning. wOndrous fair,
With rays Of 'prsoned sunshine in her hair;
Whose life ran Ike river, strong and sweet,
While hearts, like autumn leaves, dropped At her
feet.
III.
A drunkard with blear eyes and bloated face,
Who on Gods earth had no sweet resting-plaee
Who ate with swine, in filthy cutters slept,
Forgot his own. and neither smiled nor wept
".
When, over the wide city ran breath
OF fell disease, and those three slept in death;
Fear-stricken, awed, the world forgot it pfiue'-
Wealth, beauty, beggary, lay side by SIDE
Y.
And Mother Nature took them to her breast,
Wrapped her strong arms about them N their rest
Her children all Then DER each lowly bed
Her coverlet Of grass and daisies spread,
-Kansas Magazine for Nareh-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-21
The Receipted Bill.

q fling not this receipt away,
Given by one who trusted thee;
Mistakes viii happen every day,
However honest folks may be.
And sad il Is, love, twice TO pay;
So cast not that receipt away
All, yes; ife'er, in future hours,
When we this bill have all forgot,
They send II in again-ye powers -
And swear that we have paid Il not
How sweet 10 know, on such day.
We've never cast receipts away
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-21
Ina NeNSnaner nmrr.


The interior ola city newspaper Office sat
certain hoars Of the day busy place. A
correspondent who straved into New York
Office tells Us the following story In the
city editors room are some ten or fifteen or
twenty deskS-as the case may be. At half
Of theSe are men, notebooks beside them.
scribbiing rapidly and busily. One. as the
guide points ont. Is tranScribing his short
hand notes. He has been attending the
meeting of the Bar Association, and after
standing in crowd for an hour or two. I'M
able u obtain a seat, and forced to take his
notes as best lie could, is preparing the
speeches which were delivered. to be read
connectedly on the morrow Another is en-
gagged in apparently the same employment.
lie is one of the law reporters. has been ut
the General Term from ten A. NJ. until f,ur
P. NJ, taking phonographic notes Of the eyi-
denoe and the legal declamations in the case
Of the People. VS. Edward : Stokes. and is
just finishing his report. " Merely matter
of time and drudgeTy, presume?'' saws the
yi~i;or Well, yOu know" the reply Is
I'm order to report legal technicalities. il Is
necessary 20 have some acquaintance with
them beforehand. And though Il LAWYER. or
even !iadge, sometimes err4 from misunder-
standing, report must not contain n his
take. just beyond are two Young men
Lard al work as the rest One is describing
tac scene vt the ruins of the terrible fire in
Ceatre street, where excavations for the
buried Victims are in progress; the other is
" wiring out the testimony taken a. the
COroner's inquest on the single BODY which
had been foand
10 an alcoye adjoining the room are two
desks. The larger IS covered with manu-
scripts. At the left is a tall iron spindle on
which are mpaled the various reports which
have come IN during the dav which are not
already in the hands Of the clmpositors.
Large sheets Of f5olscap written closely with
an account of the proceedings Of the
Chamber Of Commerce large sheets Of
yellow - manifold tissue-uaper containing
the reports of the City Sanitary Inspector
and the Fire Marshal smaller ones of white
from jersey City and WesteheSter and Lone
Island; reports Of the meetings Of the Rroot5
lyn Bridge Company, and the trial If DR.
Irish, and so on seemingly interminabiv Re-
fore this desk sits the city editor ,,e,c;I :,
hand, deep in mass Of - cow which ~
the visitors surprise the Guide s,vs 80
times appears in quite different share fro,,, |
that in which il reaches the desk - W. |
see, be explains, ''ail reporters are not
thorough journalists, and biassed or nartis,n |
statements might creep into their reports. So |
it has to be edited withsOme care. Besides
its importance has to be calculated. not all, |
stractly merely, but in relation to the rest of
the matter which the morrow's paper is TO
contain, and its length and prominence de. |
tsrmined accordingly. Then it has to be |
headed and subheaded' and made attrac- |
tive in that way" In another room are |
number Of sags and ssdsts editorial writers