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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-21
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BY MRS. OLIVE E. THOMAS


BY MRS. OLIVE Z. THOMAS.
Blessed sweetness ofthe Ills Of being
TsrTy with Us long we would invoke thee'
Lest for need Of thy dear infuenoe, All the
Noblest charlie the holiest ties
OF home grow dim, the music OF Their pure
And secret fountains hushed in silence deep,
Come with thy power benign. 10 dwell BESIDE
our hearth from silver morn 70 deWy eve
Be there when trial falls, when friends grow cold,
When chill Adversely howls round the door
When arms Of strength are palsied at nigh noon
When ewes whose beaming was our daily pride
Look sad iarewells upon Us, with glanees
Reaching far nt0 the unknown
De there to bind the restless human heart,
To keep with s0itoned tone and tender smile
Stlll perfect and more bright the chain OF love-,
Lent from higher sphere, binding warm souls
10 bonds Of mutual peace and trust Ia God.
BE there To hsllOw every scene OF LIE, W-th
True Philanthropy each avenue OF
Heart and mind 10 fill Then shall the golden DAY
With amber ! ght enfold our path, dropping
Their sands W th such molodlous fall
No quiyerinE echo viii 90 wandering by
To cloud the brow with sadness or regret
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-21

An OLD SoLDIER.-Died, at Marks Bay.
in Burlington, February 10th, ult., Joseph
Boudaillier. or Butler, in the s9th year of
his age. The viciSsitudeS of this mans life
were very strange. lie was born in
L'Oriente, France, in June, 1888. He en-
listed in the French army in lsO0. and
served mostly in Italy and Germany with
Bonaparte's army. lie participated in the
battles of Marengo, Australitz, Eylan,
Friedland, Eckmull. Ratisbou. and Others
of less Importance. Afterwards he was
sent to Spain, and fought in the battles Of
Espinosa, Vimeira, Medina, Del Rio, Boylon
and SaragOSsa. lie was then sent back to
France. and fought in the battles of Dres-
den and Leipsie, and was in the battle of
Waterloo with BOnapar;e, after serving if-
teen years as n brave soldier He alter
wards went to England and enlisted in the
British army, and was sent to Canada where
he was discharged after serving seven years
under the British flag. He was a man of
much natural ability, possessed, until the
very last years of his life, 4 remarkable
memory, and his narrations of his expert
ences were intensely interesting, c0rr0horat-
ing as they did historical events. with ro-
mantle detail and adventures.-Dem0c
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-21

The clergymen of Lebanon, Ind, are in
dignant because the girls of their congrega-
tions eat peanuts in church. The cracking
noise often destroys the most beautifully
rounded sentences.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-21

IHE VERMONT Central RAILRoAD.-A
despatch from Ogdensburg, n. Y, SAYS a
decision has been rendered in the Supreme
Court against the Trustees and Managers of
the Vermont Central and Vermont &
Canada roads. The suit was brought to re-
cover abort 81 ,4OO-for supplies furnished
the Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain road.
leased by the defendau, roads, and property
on the road was attached \ motion was
made to dissolve the attachment, which
motion was granted, on the ground that all
the property was held under authority of
the Court Of Vermont, in trust, and for tho
purpose of the trust, and could not be at
taehed on a suit brought against the Trus-
tees in their official capacity; but that John
Gregory Smith, W. C. Smith, Joseph
Clark, b. p. Cheney and Lawrence Barnes,
Trustees and Managers, were personally Iia-
bic for all debts and contracts made by
them.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-21

MORE CUsroNs FRAUDS. 1t Is currently
reported that the Great Western RAILWAY
OF Canada has been. for years, in the habit
ot bringing IN rolling stock manufactured
IN the United States without paying any du-
ty thereon. The amount of defalcations are
set down at three hundred thousand dollars.
II Is impossible to believe that such a state
OF affairs could exist without the customs
authorities at the Suspension Bridge h, inc
aware OF it.-&. John IN. B. Globe.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-21

A Cleveland father didn't like the son-in-
law chosen by one of his daughters, and he
welcomed him home by striking him with
an axe.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-21

COMMERCE OF NEW YoRk. The imports at
tins port from foreign ports for the month
oi January have been larger than for any
previous January in the history ofthe trade.
The total, amounting to nearly thirty-eigbt
millions, Is not as large as for some ot6er
months OF former years, for three times in
lo42 the monthly aggregate exceeded forty
two millions, and in April it was over forty
SIX millions; bat it will necessarily attract
no little public attention. this being the first
month OF the year, and no previous January
standing on the record for so large a total
Y. v JOnrnql Of conlnerce
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-21

PoRr HENRY.-J g. Witherbee and fam
lily sailed from New York, on Saturday for
savannah. Mr.. W. goes south for his health
and after visiting the principal points of
interest in the Southern States may extend
his trip to Havana
II. B. Willard has returned from Cleve-
land, Ohio, where has formed a cO-partner-
ship with Mr.. c. f. Bingham, for carrying
on the business formerly conducted by the
late firm of Sherman Il Witherbees, dealers
in Port Henry iron ore, dissolved BY reason
of the death Of Mr.. Kinsley Sher nan, of II
conderoga, a short time since. The new
firm will be known as the firm Of Willard L
Bingham.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-21

At Buffalo, y. Y, during an unusually
pleasant and beautiful day in the fall of
1871, a despatch from the Chief Signal Office
in Washington was received by the observer,
directing him to up signals" The sight
Of the caGtionary signal flag at such time
caused some to smile at what they were
pleased 10 term the fOOlishness Of the
observer. The sky. they said, was never
more beautiful. Not cloud, except a very
small one away over, as it We're. in Canada.
could be seen, and even some Of the old
Lake captains half inclined to doubt "Old
Probs preknowledge for once. Many
Of them had intended to sail the same even
ing, but having learned from experience
that they would do well to heed the kindly
warning, the most Of them concluded 10
await change in ''Old Probs' - advice.
\ few, however, disregarded the warning
and yentured ont, but during the night one
of the most terrible storms ever known
passed over the lake, and not one of the
crews who yentured from their harbor re-
turEed-ali had been lost. That those who
rejected the warning were lost, and those
who needed it were saved, is Of itself suffi-
cient proof that the signal Service reports
are OF immense benefit 70 the whole country.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-21

The rehabilitation of Senator Sumner in
the matter Of the battle-iags' inscriptions is
the great question of the day at the State
House. Let it be left to the Massachusetts
soldiers in the seces, ion war To decide, and
the people would be satisfied with the decis-
ion made. They are much better able to
speak to the purpose in such a matter than
are Quakers and poets, lawyers and politi-
clans, SeceSsiOnists and sentimentalists.
Men who fought at Antietam and Malvern
Hill, at Petersburg and Five Forks and VIII
mingtOn, and IN many other battles. and
who biyouacked under wintry skies, and
were half starved half the time. and were
badly paid all the time, are much better
judges of military matters, and particular
ly of the military virtues, than are gentle
men who stayed at home, and from their
nice fre-sides opened a sputtering fire from
press aad pen against the Confederate cause.
How much would tOngue-and-talk work
have ayailed to stop the grim SOuthrOns' ad-
vance at Gettysburg Precious little, every
one knows.-nothing at all ,as all are aware.
1t was artillery not argument,-it was the
sword, not sentiment, it was powder, not
poetry, it was balls. not bawllng,-it was
fighting, not iooling that did the work on
those July days, and on that Pennsylvania
field, that saved the nation, and destroyed
slavery We should like to see our senta-
mentalists massed in Meade's position, and
exposed to the fire of the hundred pieces of
cannon Of Seminary Ridge, Then,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-21
Faint Of heart and limb,
They'd know something Of the inner III
That v,fvw ta than Il din,

Particularly as relates to the effect of a tre-
mendOus eannOnade on the human stomach
and the human mind. There would be no
dispute about inscribing the name of thar
victories on flags and monuments The enc
my would take them and their standards,
and so have something to inscribe on their
memorials of war-BOst0n Trareller.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-09-26
The Protection by Smoke Against Frost.

The efficiency of smoke a a protection
against early frostS in the autumn and late
frost> I'm the spring. has long been known
10 horticulturists and market gardeners.
Last season. numerous experiments were
made under the auspices of the Society of
Agriculture of France for creating artifi-
cial clouds by burning coal tar and other
substances in suitable vessels. ut short lis
tances from each other. to the windward Of
the plants 10 be- protected and sufficiently
distant that the fumes be evenly spread.
In the South of France the greatest sue
cess has been reported in the protection of
the grape yinas. by lighting the fires as
soon a. the grass shows signs of frost. and
allowing them L burn until an hour after
sunrise. While this means would apply
To plants rising some distance from the
ground. those nearer the surface should be
protected before the frost po'nt is reached
nj the surface. As Dol ~ the SunS fully
upon the earth. the smoke may be discon-
tinued.
In the autumn. we i'm the West often
have one or two killing frosts and thcreaf-
ter fine weather for several weeks. and we
have cheaply protected melons. tomatoes.
cgg-plantS. okra. and other very tender
plants by means of moist litter placed near
and in the direction from whence the wind
comes. lighting the heaps toward morn
ing and allowing them only To smoke.
Tender flowers and foliage plants. rs
dahlias. Ricinus. etc. may also be kept in
full beauty and will pay well tor the
trouble. In this case. vessels must be- had
and gas tar or some such substance used.
since blackened spaces. occasioned by burn
ing ON the ground are not highly orna-
mental. The philosophy is clear. The
SmoLp like lieL elnuI. AZ Uraafar haiorht
simply prevents the radiation of heat.
Wind. also. has the same effect of prevent
ing the action of hoar frost. unless the
temperature 90 below 300, or actual frcez-
ingpoint. This is due partly to the pre-
vention of the formation of dew. and part
~ To the fact that the wind mikes the
warm and cold air. In still weather il is
well known that along a hillside there will
be- a streak where there is no frost. while
above and below the frost will collect
Western Rgrdi.
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were fully supplied by the Howard Associ-
alton ofNew Orleans. and money contribu-
tons were being transferred by telegraph
from various cities.
A Little Rock dispatch of sept. 10, says
that the yellow fever had reached the
smaller towns in Northern Louisiana, ten
circus men having died with il at Vernon.
The Shreveport Times of sept IL gives
the following account OF the yellow fever
IN that city The epidemic exhibits but
little change, while the number Of new
eases Is les. greatly owing to the want
fearful to contemplate. The mortality
IS beyond precedent, and ii looks as
though but comparatively few would
get well. Thus far very few have got
about. while some linger long between
life and death. In some instances whole
families have been swept out of existence
in the short space of one week. The sud
len change in the weather last SUNDAY
night sent scores 10 their beds. which ac-
counts for the large number of interments
in the last day or two. In the language of
n of the New Orleans physicians. they
dropped of like sheep dying with the rot.
Medical treatment of the most skillful kind
does not appear TO do any good in a great
many cases; whereas. in many others,
the temporary relief afforded j. quickly
followed by death. Our stores are all
closed. and all our dwellings turned into
hospitals. In fact, Shreveport is one great
hospital-one great charnel-house-and
the Times merely a dead record" The
same journal says the number of inter-
ments since the first of September sums up
226; the number of sick Is %variously esti-
mated at from five hundred to eight hum
dre,l.
The Mississippi Democratic State Con-
yention met at Meridian. Sept. IL, and
adopted a resolution declaring it to De
"inexpedient in the approaching State
election 10 nominate a State ticket"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-09-26
On the Brink Of the Chasm or the Colo.
RADIO Canyon.

As soon rs we had eaten lunch. after
our arrival az the last mentioned pocket,
we proceeded To the brink of the canyon.
cur view was INSTRUCTED by cliffs or
gulches till We arrived almost AT the very
edge of the abyss. So hat our first sight OF
il revealed IL in all is mighty grandeur.
We had looked across and seen the top of
the wall ON the opposite side. We had. in
deed. seen rs much as that when we Mere
at Pipe-not the wall at To-ro-weap. but
further up the canyon. But we had no
view which gave usany idea ofthe yastness
OF the chaSm. When we were one hun
drcd yards away a sharp bendin the course
of the stream appeared before Us. and the
gorge suddenly opened, almost Il, ii the
very crust Of the earth had been instantly
rent asunder. We stop and gaze IN awe
stricken silence upon the wonderful spec
tacle. But still we do not yet comprehend
in the fullncss of its power. the grand
scene. nor have we all of il before our eyes.
We 90 forward to the very edge, aud,
creeping out ON Il projecting elf, look di-
rcctly down upOn the river. raging i'm its
rocky bed three thousand feet beneath n
standing place. Although the river has a
volume equal at least 10 the Ohio az Gin
cinnati. so distant Is il that we see but Il
mere ribbon of sheen. like "A little riyulct
or creek. An object the size OF a man by
the waters edge, | am told. j. invisible
from u point. except n a spcck before
the eye. which cannot be distinguished as
an object. Yet the water PUSHES along
with such force that its motion can be
seen. and what appears to be- only ripples
on it, surface. Mr.. Killers, who came
through the canyon in one of the boats.
tells me are huge waves and swift rapids
that hurry along with tremendous speed
n a deafening roar that Is terrible 10 the
navigator. This is easy to believe, for the
roar of the dashing torrent bounds and
echoes from wall 10 wall. reaching the
point where we stand. intensifying the i'm
preston on the sense of sight. We seem
To stand directly over the river. but when
we come 10 consider and examine. we find
that we are at least 800 or 100 yards back
from the waters edge. The opposite wall
rccedcs in the anne manner. The walls
do not. however. rccede by a regular an
gle. or inclination. hut by a series of steep
terraces. some very narrow and some quite
wide. Between the terraces they shoot up
perpcndicularly hundreds of feet at a single
leap. We Judge the chasm to bc l.SOO to
1000 feet across at the top from where we
stand. 80 il caa be perceived that the angle
of inclination from bottom to top i very
We spent the whole OF the after
no0n wandering about the verge OF the
canyon. selecting the most favorable points
of view. receiving momentarily new revc-
lations of magnitude. and new impress
>ions of grandeur.-Cor. Neic Tori Times.
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SOUTH.

The Texas Editorial Association met al
sherman. sept. 10, the press Of the State
generally being represented. 4 business
meeting was held during the day and Off
GERS elected. and in the evening they atten-
ded a grand banquet and ball rendered by
the citizens of Sherman. An excursion
over the TransContinental Railroad fol-
lowed on the 18th. and on the morning OF
the 18th they left for Denison. en- route for
~. Louis.
shreveport. Ia. dispatches of sept. II.
report the yellow fever a. being on the III
erase. and the inhabitants a terror-strick-
en- by the fearful ravages of the disease.
All who could were fleeing for their lives.
There had been thirty deaths the day pre-
yious. All business wa suspended. The
latest dispatch announced the closing Of the
telegraph office. the operators having all
been stricken 10y the disease.
The Memphis Board of Health have Off
eially announced the appearance OF the
yellow fever in that city. They state that
it has 30 tar been confined To a few blocks
in the northwestern part of the city. and
trusted that il would not become epidemic.
The number of deaths reported up to sept.
l3 was thirty.
A Galveston dispatch, sept. IL, an
nounces the establishment of quarantine
of all the chief ports on the Texas coast
against New Orleans. with a view of pre-
venting the introduction of yellow fever.
Mails are also placed in quarantine.
The number Of deaths from yellow fe-
yer at Shreveport. Sept. IL. wa twenty
three; on the 18th. thirty-four. The dis
ease is pronounced by the New Orleans
physicians TO be the genuine yellow fever
In an epidemic form.
4 Shreveport dispatch of September Is,
says: The fever j. still raging: weather
%unfavorable. Sixty per cent. OF those at
tackled die. There is great suffering in
all circles of society for want Of nurses.
The surviving citizens are doing all in
their power to check the disease. Inter
ments yesterday. twenty-five. The
Howard Association Is greatly in need of
assistance. The Southern Telegram news
paper has suspended; the Times still
makes its appearance. George y. Rae.
manager Of the Western Union Telegraph
office here. died to-day.
Lieutenant Commander 4. y. Mitchell.
commanding the T.. ;. steamer Pawnee.
at Key West, died. sept. II. of yellow f.
yer.
A Memphis dispatch Of sept. Is, says
that a terrible panic prevailed there on ac-
count Of the yellow fever which had made
its appearance in various parts Of the city.
The inhabitants were fleeing in all dircc-
tons.
The yellow fever wa slightly on the de-
crease at Shreveport on the 18th. and the
weather was cool. Physicians and nurses
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-09-26

Try Ir.-A Tonic and Alternative M,
cine. the invigorting and regulating pr,
critics of which actually lcngthen lie' N
add to the capacity gifts eioyment. is wif
In the reach of every member of the co,
munity. No invalid who has had recon-
to DIR. WALKERS VINEGAR BrTERs NJ
hesitate 10 concede 10 il these inyalnab
qualities. Ii Is n stomachic and corr
tive of unriyaled efficacy. vet being #,
from alcohol, IL is NOT an ercitaat. lt.an,
bilious operation is more direct. speed
and certain than that of any of the da
gcrous mineral salivants, and as an are,
ent. 1t gently removes any obstructio,
that may have accumulated in the low,
intestine, without producing either irrit
ton or pain. In fact. it, wonderful rem
dial effects are Uaaccompanied by am drq,
back. OF all the medicines. it is the mo-
harmless and salubrious. Asan appetite
II is far ahead of any of the alcoholic mo-
trums that momentarily stimulate the ia
ate: while a. a mean of rcnoyating wea
and torpid stomach. it stands alone anon
modern remedies.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-09-26

a banker Of that place. A difficulty had
occurred between the parties in a billiard
room a short time previous "a the shooting,
In which Wintermui had been thrashed by
tine General. The former then went home
and procured a pistol, and afier finding
MeCook. fired three shots at him, n OF
which was fatal. Wintcrmut is in Gus
toby.
The Mississippi River steamer James
Howard. Captain Pegrm, bound from
II. Louis 10 New Orleans. was discovered
10 be- on fire while lying nj the wharf at
Commerce. Mo-. sept. II. The passengers
and their baggage We're all removed, and il
having becniound impossible to eXtingnish
the fire. she wa scutilcd and sunk.
samuel &. Freeman. City Clerk OF Fort
Wayne, Ind. committed suicide by hang
ing himself al his residence ON the night
of sept. l3. Domestic difficulties. which
eliminated in the application by his wife
for a divorce, are stated to have been the
cause.
The steamer Ironsides. of the Milwaukee
and Grand Haven Line. one O. the largest
steamers on the lakes. foundercd and sunk
during a severe gale. seven miles oil Grand
Haven. Mich. Sept. Is al noon. The pas
sengers and crew all put of in boats. but
some of the boats were capsized and their
inmates drowned. Up 10 the night of the
10th. thirty-two passengers We're reported
saved and fourteen dead bodies had been
recovered. Ii was feared that the boat
containing Captain Sweetman and wife and
five passengers had been lost. a they had
not been heard from up 10 dark.
The Illinois state Fair opened AT Peoria.
Sept. Is.
The Kansas City Mo- Exposition
sept. Is. Governor Woodson de-
livered the opening address.
The remains Of the late General f. ;.
McCook were buried with Masonic honors
at Cincinnati. September l6.
Captain Dena:e Chapman. a member of
the Chicago Board of Trade. committed
September Ii. by shooting himself
through the head. in the wash-room of the
Chamber of the Board of Trade building.
Embarrassment in business matters was
supposed 10 be- the cause.
The German Savings Bank of Leaven-
worth has temporarily suspended payment.
but the directors claim their assets suffi-
,ient to pay all obligations.
Another large fire occurred in Chicago.
IL. II originated in the hay depot of
he Chicago. Burlington ~ Quincy Rail-
road. on Newberry avenue. between Eff
and Sixteenth streets. in the West
Division. and extended towards the north
consuming sixfy-four buildings. prin-
,ipally small wooden houses and shops.
The total loss is estimated at S2jO.0OO.
The National Association of Spiritualists
leld their annual convention in Chicago.
IL.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-09-26
Matrimony.

All young men and most young women
interested in this subject, a. il l. a cond',
IN life to which all look forward, an1hor,
obtain. but IL a young man Is wise NJ
not take upon himself the responsibili,is.
married life until he is in a concition n (,
VIDE to "A certain extent for his Viz |.
children when no is called away from m,
In all cases this can be done by means \
policy OF Life Insurance. "A maderate ann
payment giving the family OF the insm
comparatively u large amount at hi, des
one OF the safest and best of these Com
MES Is . Penn Mutual Life Insurance q
pany, of Philadelphia. Policies may NJ
tanned, or agencies secured BY applie,,
10 the home office, or to i. ". Irelell
superintendent Of Western Aeenric.
W est 81 street, Cincinnati. Ohio.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-09-26

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY OF
LoUIsvILLE.-We give in another column
the announcement of the medical depart
ment Of the University of Louisville. This
is one of the oldest. best established and most
renowned medical schools Of our country.
physicians are graduates of the University
Of Louisville.
IT. faculty is able and its means ofinstruc-
ton very ample. We cordially commend
this school 20 all medical students who
would avail themselves Of a first-cIass insti-
tuition in a delightful city.