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MonoY Obtained OF a Quincy Bank on
Il Forged ChAck.

Specfdt UtSpdtdh 10 The EHtrdFo Tribune,
QUINCY, ILL.,, April 4.-Tho First National Bank
Of this city was loaten out Of $500 today on q
forged check, purpo1ting to hayo boon aignod By
tho firm OF Brown, Bros. & Co. Shortly after
tho money was paid, suspicion arose as to tho
gonuinonoss Of tho check, which. upon being
presented't to tho firm whose signature II, lore,
was pronounced a forgery: It appears that m
individual unknown to tho firm won't to their
store this morning, mado purchase and ten
dored . bill in oxceBs Of tho amount,
and asked for q check for tho bal
ns ,nahar Tn gy9 It also apeaSa
firm, stepped into their storo, yesterday, and
asked politely for blank clcok, which was fur
nlshod. 1t Is now aeon tlRt the two men we1o
contederatos, and that tho check obtained yes,
torday wus the one filled up and presented to-
day, the chock for tho difference In tho purchase
having been procured in order tllat tho signature
OF tho firm might DO had for imitation. Tha
samo operation Was attempted on anothor NOR
chant without Hucceas. The signing Of tho
check was evidently tho work Of MI accomplished
fdrger, who haB thua far elndod tho police. It
Ia said the polce wero on tho track OF tho rascal
at the time he committed the swinlle.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01

BEEcuER AND PARKEE.-Mr. Beecher is
undoubtedly a more popular speaker than
Mr.. Parker was, , he is more eagerly sought
after, more widely known among the com
mon people more potential through his
work Yet Bcecher owes much of his popu-
larity to qualities that gave Parker his
fame-to his humanity, his big-hearted-
ness, his feeling for nature, his simplicity,
his independence, his humOr But the OBJ
stacles he has to contend with are nothing
a. compared with those that stood in Park
er's way; in fact, he has no difficulties at
all He is not 4 reformer, an innoyator. a
teacher of new or unwelcome truths, n
champion OF unwelcome principles. The
popular drift beiriends him His equivocal
position as minister of an orthodox Consre-
gational society makes him attractive to
both conservatives and liberals Not being
radical enough to shock the former, nor con-
servative enough to displease the latter, he
retains people OF all descriptions, much as
the English broad churchman gathers Epis-
copalians and Unitarians alike into his fold
Such persons a. Theodore Parker assembled
persons whom he culled from the un-
churched, the unbelieving, the protesting
are minority in Mr.. Beecher's congrega-
tion. Such "A ministry is not for them; they
want more knowledge, more courage, more
devotion to reform, more holiness of specu-
lation, more incisiveness of speech, more liv-
ing vigor of address Parker, while fully
Beecher's equal in humor, wit, viyacity,
playfulness, was greatly his superior in
wealth of mental resource, in depth of feel
ing, in force of emotion and in moral earn
estness he was SO vastly before him, that
the two men cannot be spoken of in the same
breath. Beecher is the Spurgeon of Ameri-
ca; Parker was its Martin Luther. With
a wealthy congregation like that OF Plymouth
Church, what would not Parker have done
for mankind Beecher entertains the coun-
try Parker instructed and nodded it. The
former is an object of interest and admra-
ton; the latter was an object of love and
fear Where the former causes Utilization
ON the surface Of the community, the latter
ploughed deep farrow in its soil.-O. B.
rockingham.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01

WHAT Has BEEN DECIDED. - Congres
has been "and gone and done it." Done
what? Why, by solemn vote in both
houses, by majority so large that there is
no hone of a reconsideration, it has decid-
ed
|. That Alexander Hamilton was an old
fool.
> That Daniel Webster was an old fool.
3. That Salmon p Chase was no better.
4. That Gen. jackson, Lewis Cass.
Thomas Jefferson, Thomas II. Benton and
all re old Democratic statesmen of the past
knew nothing whatever about the first prin-
ciples of finance.
s. That Henry Clay, John Quincy
Adams, Peleg Sprague, John j. Crittenden
and the Wing statesmen of the past knew
nothing of finance.
&. That Charles Sumner, Charles Francis
Adams, William Pitt Fessenden, Horace
Greeley and Abraham Lincoln knew nothing
about finance.
I. That all the scientific writers on I'm
ance, Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill and all
between them, did not understand the ques-
ton upon which they wrote.
8. That Senators Logan, Ferry, Morton
and Bogy are the true apostles of financial
science e.-Prori9noe Star
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01
Simon Shorts Son Samuel.

Shrewd Simon Short sewed shoes. Seven
teen Summers, speedy storms, spreading sun
shine. successfully saw Simon's small shabby
| shop still standing staunch, saw Simon's self
same squeaking sign still swinging, silently
specifying ''Simon Short, Smithfield's sole
surviving shoemaker. Shoes sewed, soled
superfinely" Simon's spry. sedulous spouse,
Sally Short, sewed skirts, stitched sheets,
stuffed sofas Simon's six stout, sturdy sons
Seth Samuel Stephen ,Sanl, Shadrach, Silas
sold sundries Sober Seth sold sugar,
starch, spice simple n sold saddles, stir
rups, screws sagaciou- Stephen sold silks,
satins, shawls skeptiesi Saul sold silver sal
yers. silver spoons, selfish Shadrach sold
shoe-stringS, soap, saws skates; slack Silas
sold Sally Shorts stuffed sofas.
Some seventeen summers since. Simon's
second son, Samuel, saw Sophia Sophronia
Spriggs somewhere. Sweet, sensible, smart
Sophia Sophronia Spriggs. Sam soon showed
strange symptoms. Sam seldom stayed,
storing, selling saddles. Sam sighed sorrow
fully, sought Sophia Sophronia's society,
sung several serenades slyly. Simon stormed,
seolded severely, said Sam seemed 50 silly,
singing such shameful. senseless songs.
Strange Sam should slight such splendid
Summer sales - said Simon .'Strutting
spendthrilt scatter-brained simpleton
"Softly, softly, sire" said Sally, Sam
smitten-Sa Sans spied some sweetheart"
Sentimental! school-boy - snarled Simon.
''Smitten Stop such stuff ~ Simon sent
Sally's snuf-box spinning. seized Sally's scis-
sors, smashed Sally's spectacles, scattering
several spoolS. 'Sneaking seoundrel Sans
shocking silline.s shall Surcease - Seowlinr
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01

Twas saturday night and teacher sat
Alone. her task pursuing;
She avera sed this and She averaged that
pf all that her class were doing.
Sne reckoned percentage, so many boss.
And so many girls all counted.
AMI marked all the ttrdy and absear-es
'ud to what all the absence amounted
Names and residences wrote in fu.l.
over many cOlums and pages:
Yankee. Teutonic. African, Celt
And averaged all their ages,
Aud date ui admission OF every one.
And cases Of ageilstion;
And prepared list Of the graduates
For the coming examination.
Her weary head sank low on her book.
And her weary heart still lower,
For some Of her pupils had little brain,
And she could not furnish more
She wept, she dreampt; 1t seemed she died,
And her spirit went to Hades,
Ana they met her there with question fair.
state what the per cent. Of your grade is"
Ages mad slowly rolled away,
Leaving but partial traces,
And the teachers spirit walked one day
Ia the old familiar places
A mound OF iossilized school reports
Attracted her observation,
As high as the state house dome. and as wide
A. Boston since annexation.
She came to the spot whero they buried her bones,
ANA the ground was well hulii over,
But laborers digging threw out skull
once planted beneath The clover.
disciple Of Galen wandering by,
Paused % look at the dggers,
And picking the skull up. looked thrOu "a the eye
And saw il was lined with figures.
Just as / thought said the young NJ. D..
How easy il is 70 Kill EN-
Statistics, cssiied eyory fold
OF cerchrum and cercbellum.
It's great curiosity, sure, - said Pat,
by the bones can yuu tell the creature7'
oh, nothing strange, said the doctor, that
fAai wis "a neIeentl century teacher"
-Aurdrus4 JssFa.4f.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01

Biz TREE-TnF YOSEMITE EcursED.-
The Brisbane. Australia Courier. of Dec. 80,
1873. publishes the following official tele-
gram from Mr.. Walter Hill, the Govern
ment botanist, dated from Carlwcll. on the
eth, and received by the Queensland Sec
retary for Lands
.'Snce the Goth of November we have ex-
aInined the hanks of the Mulgrave, Russell.
Mossman, Daintrec and Hull rivers, and
have been more or less successful in finding
suitable land for sugar and other tropical
and ~emi-tropical productions. The ascent
of the summit of Bellenden kcrr was sue
cessfully made hy .lohnStone. Hill and eight
troopers. At $500 feet in height we oh
served an undcscribed tree with crimson
flowers. which excelS the Poinciana regla.
Colvillia racemos.', lagersstroma regia, and
the Jacaranda mimositolia. At I 100 feet
a tree fern, which viii excel in grandeur all
others of the Alboreous class. \ palm tree
at the same height which will rival any Of
the British-lndia species in graceiulncSS.
On the banks of the Daintree we saw palm
tree cocoa. which far exceeds the unique
specimen in the garden of the same genera
from Brazil in grandeur and graceful
ness. While cutting given line on the
banks of the river Johnstone. for the pur-
pose of examining the land, an enormous
fig-tree stood in the way, far exceeding in
stoutness and grandeur the renowned forest
giants of California and Victoria Three
feet from the ground it measured $50 feet
in circumference at 55 feet, where it sem
forth giant branches, the stem was nearly
50 feet in circumference. The river John
stone, within limited distance of the
coast, offers the first and best Inducements
10 sugar cultivation.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01

TuF MATTER WITH THE CHIMNEY We had
quite an exciting time over at Chubb's the
other lay. His chimney wouldn't draw, and
he sent for man to examine it. The man
went out on the roof and tying broom to n
rope, dropped it down to see if the flue was
clear. Meantime Chubb got inside the fire
place for the purpose of examining the fiue
below and Just as he did 50 the soft end oi
the broom touched his head two or three
times. as the man jerked it mp and down
Chubb jumped out into the room in a eondl-
ton of frantic excitement. lie was certain
there was wild animal of some kind chok-
ing it up. lie seized his gun and determined
to kill it, So holding the muzzle in the hue
he pulled the trigger. While he was getting
the gun the man on the roof completed his
Investigations and sat down on the chimney
to rest himself and enjoy the scenery. As
soon as Chnbb's gun went of, the man knew
about it, and he did not wait for further
suggestions lie suddenly slid to the roof
and thence to the shed, where he rolled
about in agony. He weighed one pound
more when they took him home than he did
when he came, and the doctors consider It
doubtful if they can dig all the shot ont oil
his iesh. The next man that comes to
examine Chubb's chimney will probably have
him locked up somewhere with his gun until
the experiments are econcluded.-MdI Adeler
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01

AZ one who climbs a mountain sr.ep.
And pauses on the wav
WIN backward xisnc- Ia tash iatst
~ "su4i ,.ause t.. "a.
ds'i--s.
uEl;-wsy ani l"k,n -.i...,, L., rs,s
'h~ -tans- taat Lu.l a,. 1T
fh- way dc ti.ern- g., 3. ..,sts al
haA- The -aoit r,-t ,=e.u west
iisif~',
Halfway hare obscures nv sigLt
My eyes grow dim with tears
As, looking downward from this height.
count my buried years
Halfway.
All, me how bright and happy some.
Their graves are strewed with flowers;
But others shroud me in their gloom
And bring back heavy hours
Hallway.
How many treasure from my grasp
Has dropped along the wav.
Father thy strong and steady clasp
seek anew to-day
Halfway,
Halfway along | look above,
But nothing can | see
Wy Fathers guidance and his love
Are all and all to me
Halfway
Halfway! and I may never count
My three score years and teu."
and looking down On LIES rough mount
Think that this might have been.
Hallway.
Ave, looking down If ere my feet
May tread the Mount of God,
hln would stop for rest so sweet
And drop life's weary load
Halfway
Christian Union.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01

BY NORA rEREv.
t. iug her bonnet under her chin,
She tied her golden .let- in
But not alone in the sIlken snare.
~ q she Itch her lovely Healing hair,
For tying her bonnet under her chin.
she tied young mans heart within.
They were strollins together ~ the hill
Who're the wind comes blowing merry AL chll
Aud il blew the curls irulicsome race
Al over the happy peaeh-coiored face,
tn seoidn- and laughing She tied them ih.
Under her beautiful dinpled chin.
And it blew a color bright as the bloom
ui the pink .cst iuchsia's tlss NJ plume
All over the cheeks o. the prettest = o.
That ever imprisoned r1mpiug curl.
or. IA tying her bonnet 1ndcr her chin.
Tied Young mans heart within.
Sleeper and sleeper grew tho hll,
MIdder, merrIer. chilIlrr still
The western ind blew down aui played
The vs. idest tricks " IN the little maid,
A, u M her bonnet under her chin.
size tied o young man, heart within.
a. western wind du you think It WI fair
To play such tricks ~ ia her fllatia- hair
TO gladly. -Ieeiuily, DO your best
IT, blow her ~ u,t the young man'- D. east,
Where Doe. as gladly. folded her d.
Aud .s,el her mouth and d.mpled chin
o. Flery Nane You little thought
An hour ago. when you hesought
This country lass 90 walk ia You,
A,tcr the sun lad dried the dew.
What per. Ions danger you'd hc ia
y She tod ler bonnet under her chin.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01
HORSE NOTES.

Turnhull. n green trntting stallion, with
record oI 32ls, sold recratly f'r S2u.-
600.
Forty entries are recorded for the Ford
ham stakes. twentysIx for the We~tche>ter
Cup. and thirty-twO for the Juvenile AXE.
at the coming Iaces at jerome Park.
Col. u. Mcdaniel has arrived at Sarato-
"a with eight of his hest hur~t~. aud will
soon nut them in training Tor the summer
campaign. Among them are Sprin9buk,
hattie pease. Cora Linn and Others who
made 4 reputation last year.
At Oakland Park. San Francisco. recent
Is. the California parc. Lady Mac. made
what j. said to he the hest time on record
in five mile trottins race. She trutted
against Jara and Omaha. She sold in the
pools at two dollars against twenty. and
sixty dollars respectively, and won the race.
Time - minutes.
The Louisville Courier JOHrna! says that
W. II. Wilson, n well-known horse-trainer
of Cynthiana, Ky, has invented Il very
ingenious bit, to he used on the trOttin.
horse. 30 neatly arranged that 4 driver can
give his horse liquid nouriShmeut during
heat without changing his position.
rubber tube runs from the bit 10 the scat ut
the Sulky. where there l. attached Il rubber
hag Tor water or spirit. from which the
lightning trotter can drink relreShment ON
his fiery track without pausing.
Eph. Simmons offers to match his raan
gcding Walter and running mate against
any horse mare or gelding in the country,
Tor $40 coo, mile heats. best three in five.
Voltieeur, the celebrated English racing
stallion and double winner of the Derby
and st. Legcr. was 81 BADLY injured by the
kick of another horse receat'y. that re was
shot by order of his owner.
Lowell will back American Girl against
Goldsmith Maid to the extent of 81 900, if
the Maid will carry fifteen pounds extra
weight. He will trot the Girl against any
other horse in the country on even terms.
The celebrated trotring horse Ed Fat
on. owned by Benjamin Cowan. of Gales
Vile. n y . died recently of spinal menin-
citIS. MIR. Cuwan had refused sic 600 for
him.
The famous trotting mare Princess,
now owned by Robert Bowen. was raised in
Middleton. Rutland County. by l.. Il.
Adams. and by him sold to j. NJ. Dens-
more. of Hartiand. VI Mr.. Adams re-
ceircd for her two-hOrse lumber wagon
and paid SEQ boot in the trade. William
Cowdry, OF Hartford Vt, was present when
the trade was made This was in 1852, and
the next year NJ. Densmore snapped her
for another horse with Rev John G. Ben
nett, Of Hartford. VT, who sold her soon
after To \. NJ. Billings, of Claremont. n.
|! In Mr.. Billings hands she began to de-
velop her speed and attract attention among
horse ianciers, and in 1855 he sold her to
Mr. Gage for 5000. She rose rapidly after
this and stood for time queen OF the turf
\ VI webster Democrat remarked to- day of
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01


Not many weeks ago a wealthy and mid
dle-aged bachelor of san Francisco e~pouSed
one of the iairc~t daughters of that city. and
the wedding was celebrated in one Of the
most fashionable churches. and in the pres
encc of an assembly VT the orene q, 10 cr,la.
of San Francisco society. The bridegroom
was a Forty-niner. and he had once been
anything but 4 s0bcrand industrious citizen.
There had even been rumur- to the effect that
when he made the overland journey he left
behind in ''thc State a wife and two child
ren, and these rumor~ were awkWardly re
yiyed when hi~ recent marriage was first an
nounced. Bat nothing came of the gossip.
The Forty-nincr was now nudeaiahly rich
and respectable, and people were generally
disposed 10 pas over hi~antecedent- without
subjecting them TO a scrutiny that might
prove disagrceahlc. And 50 the wedding
day arrived.
When the Forty-niner and his bride turn
ed from their places in front Of the altar,
after the clergyman had pronounced them
man and wife. the spectators were aston
ished to see a tall, smal-,ooking, and 81
ble-habited man rise from place in one Of
the front pews, approach the bridegroom,
and gently tap him on the shoulder. The
effect of this proceeding on the Forty-niner
was rather singular, for his countenance as
sumed CHASTITY expression. and he quickly
resigned his newly-made wife to her friends,
and turned anxiouSly To the stranger, who
simply remarked, Il wish to talk with vou
moment privately, sir" The Forty-niner
struggled hard to conceal his emotion. and
finally said; II assure YOU, sir, that-that
what in thunder did you come at such a
time as this for?' Il moment will sul-
fee, replied the funeral-looking gentleman
firmly. please step into this pew" The
Forty miner did 50, while the assembled
company busted itself in wnking and whiS-
pering, and looking alternately ut the faint
ing bride and the agonized bridegroom
when man gets married. sir" said the
dismal gentleman, at is necessary for him to
look with prudence upon the future and he
cannot begin too soon. Now, sir, lot in
the 0akdale Cemetery, which association
repre-. The sentence was never fin
ished. There was chorus of female
shreks, and n general rush of gentlemen. as
the Forty-niner was suddenly observed to
seize his interviewer by the collar and kick
him into the aisle The enterprisng Gem
etery agent was quickly disposed of, the
trembling bride reeained her color and com
posure. and thereafter all went merry as
marriage bell.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01

How GEAss Is CHANGED To BFEF. - The
OK is a ruminan t-and all raminants masti-
cate their food the second time, or rather
first swallow and then after some time com
mence the process called = ruminating," 3"
popularity called ."chewing the eud." Let
us trace this proc ess in the COW.
The tongue Fl st collects mouthful of
grass into bunG lie, when it is nipped of hy
the teeth of the ,wer jaw and the grasping
power of the mu scnlar lips. She does not
pause to masticat now, but swallows 1t
whole 1t descen. l. to the first stomach or
rumea, which is OIL jy store-house in which
the food is kept till wanted. This first
stomach consists Of four small Subdivisions,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01

joe JOHNSTON on NORTHERN SOLDIERS
My own operations. then and subsequently,
were determined by the relative forces OF the
armies, and Il higher estimate of the north
ern soldiers than our southern editors and
politicians We're accustomed to express, or
even the administration seemed to entertain
This opinion had been formed in much ser
vice with them against Indians. and four
or five battles in Mexico--such actions, at
least, as were then called battles Ohserva-
ton of almost twenty years ofseryice of this
sort had impressed on my mind the belief
that the soldiers of the regular army of the
United States-almost all northern men
were equal in fighting qualities. to any that
had been formed in the wars Of Great Brit
ain and France therefore thought it rur
policy to stand on the defensive, to spare t, ,e
blood of our soldiers by fighting under cover
habitually. and to attack omy when bad
position or division of the enemy's forces
might give us advantages counierbalancng
that of superior numbers.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01

SUMNER AND THE SUPREME CoURr. - SAYS
correspondent of the city press Soon
after Chief Justice Taney's death, he showed
me card from the President, upon which
was written "IIon. Charles Sumner The
vacant chief justiceship is placed at your
disposal A. Lincoln" lie then said
There was a time when this Office would
have been the realized dream of nv youth ::
but now it must not, it cannot be. The
breach between Mr.. Chase and the President
is growing wider and wider, and this will
close it. No personal sacrifice is too great.
nor can anything tempt me to deser my post
The Republican party must remain intact
until its mission is fnlflled.' 1t is well
known that only the great senator, persist
ency accomplished the appointment of Mr..
Chase, after a tedious delay from October to
December Mr.. Chase through life remain
ed unconscious of Mr.. Lincoln's offer and
Mr.. Summers refusal. Such was the delie-
acy of feeling that pre-eminently character
lied his acts and efforts for his friends. The
simple sutogaphic card alone remains
witness that ambition was not the inffrmity
Of bis noble mind.