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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-06-20

81 The assessment of Pierce county
w. T., for 1874, foots up 81 ,O5O ,084.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-06-12
The Wants Of Old Age.

Lie insurance equalIzes the inevitable
/ mlsi0rtunes and losses Of life Il Il does
nothing Tor the individual who dies il doe
something Tor those who. without its aid
would have lost nome. hope and evervthinr-
else by his death. And vet Its benefits
might be enjoyed during ones lifetime as
wei. II the Insurance could be taken AZ a
reasonable expense with The privilege Of
ending II adyantageously az the time of life
When man capacity 10 earn money be-
gins 10 ian, when MS energy flags. his am
Dltlon troops, and he stands 10 need of
assistance
Although the Expectation fife isa,
unvarying fact when applied u 4 multitude
OF men. 1t i not 50 when applied to an in
dlvldnal- Thus man of temperate habits
descended from q l0ng-llved ancestry. may
expect 10 i've longer than Other men who's
personal habits and history are different
from his. unless he Is cut OF bv one of The
accidents 10 which ali are alike exposed. T,
MN as 70 others an ordinary life insurance
Is Indispensable a q Drecaution arafnst the
consequences of these accidents 10 the xii,
anu Children who trust to him for SIM
port. And yet, considering ms promise
OF long life. ne needs something more for
ne ne may oatliye ms wife and children
Therefore policy OF insurance " hich make
prime, and at the same time provides as-,irs-
ms becoming dependent upon Others If he
should live until MS life is unproductive i
a reasonable thing. Ii is adapted IN his
own expectation Of life
Out OF this condition of things has arisen
TIE 1Ontine plan of life insurance which l.
pracueed extensively by the Equitable Life 4
Assurance Society. This plan likes Iinir I
OF either ten. fifteen OF twenty wears at /
the end of which the character OF ire in
surance made when life was Younger. l.
changed. Up to the end of the limit. if the
premiums are regularly paid the insurance
eontlnnes-nniess II l. closed BY previous
oeath-and the insured then chooses either
TO give 1t up and receive for 1t consider
abe yalue IN money, or to continue it,with-
DRIVING ms snare OF the surplus in cash. or
converting II into an annuity. which with
subsequent Dividends, Will be likely % can
Gel subsequent premiums or. in place of
either. to exchange IT for wh0ie-liie policy
on which all the premiums are acknovL
edged to have been paid This plan seems
to present the mueh-desired ALTERNATIVES n
those who have any reason TO anticinate a
long life.
1t has been urged a. an objection IN the
ordinary plan Of life insurance that To- |
onger person lives vino is insured in an
PRIMARY policy- the greater Is the pronor /
lon OF his own money which ne i con-
rIDutIng TO eompensate the loss of the short
ives: ms objection Is exactly met by the
lontine plan OF the Equitable Life Assur-
nee Society; and the public favor h. ,
urned 50 strongly towards this Man he,
ne number of policies must increass W
'eciaiiy with those who appreciate wbat 4
he years OF old age viii need.-CIr,s, -
JnioH. May 2sh. 'NA
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-06-12
Reciprocity.

The man features of the proposed new
treaty with the Dominion. IL Is said. IN
clude the enlargement OF the Canadian
canals bgtw Lake Erie and Montreal at
the expense o. the Dominion. 50 as 10 a5-
NIT Vessels a5o ieet long and a feet broad
ana o. depth equal 10 the capacity Of The
lake harhors; tue equal navigation upon
the Canadian and American canals formin-
Iinks in the transportation routes between
last and 81 70 be open % both COUNTRIES
on toe sane terms. the navigation of the
81 C.Gir Flats Canal. 10 be maintained by
hoi1 countries 10 proportion to their re-
specIge trade, the navigation Of Lake
Michigan and The 81. Lawrence River. open
o. Doth nations alike. a ship canal from
the = Lawrence River TO Lake Chamnlain
ana the admission. free Of duty. to either
country OF the products Of the farm. forest.
mines, water, and also of animal meats and
oAIrS produce. 10 the other, as under the
terms Of the turner treaty.
IL IS possible. also. ihat manufacture Of
some kinds may also be placed upon the free
list
The proposition Tor new treaty Is ex-
eeedingiy popular at the West. mainly on
account Of the prospect 1t holds ont of 60
curing cheaper transportation 10 the sea
board. The idea does hot find universal tayor
however. The ogdsnsburg Journal desires 70
zee no treaty thss will not admit manufae-
sures as well as produce, free. into both
countries. II nysi
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-06-12

made appropriations for the survey of the
Isthmus of Darien several times. and yet
we never have embarked in the scheme OF
water navigation from ocean to ocean across
that isthmus, although we have spent con-
siderable sums of money for the survey
and il is well to know that the thing Is In
practicable. Under these circumstance.
while there are parts of this system that |
would be almost ready to vote money ior
to-day in q moderate way, yet would not
be understood at all TO be committed TO any
part of this grand scheme
And now. Mr.. President, let me say that
there can be no solution OF this question OF
obtaining higher prices for agricultural
products by any scheme of cheaper trans
portation. The whole transportation must
be avoided. New States without nanuiae-
lures. distant from markets. cannot over
come the losses of the transportation ae-
count. 1t will always be drawback /
mean that they cannot by anv new scheme
of transportation secure much cheaper
rates than those now prevailing. and II II
could be done the producer would not reap
all the profits, rs the produce would be
sold at a less price. The dlihculty can
only be overcome by progress and by the
increased growth of manufactures. II gen
10 that subiee. and establish manufacture.
30 that they will consume the bread and
meat at the door. making the consumer the
neighbor of the producer, then there viii
be a solution of the question, and not TIL
then. The grain-selling States are rapidly
receding Westward Illinois, Indiana. Iowa
and Missouri will soon furnish market At
home for all they produce.
In relation 10 railroads, / have eOnyIc-
ton with the Senator from ILLINOIS Nj.
Oglesbyl. that a scheme for freight rail-
roads alone would somewhat cheaper
freights; and vet | do not desire that the
government Of the United States itself
should embark in the railroad business. 1
should be perfectly willing to grant char
ter, but | would not have the government
undertake 10 furnish capital and run the
road. because as a whole the RAILROADS Of the
country are improbable. even when managed
BY private enterprise. / suppose that to-day,
if the matter were examined. 1t would be
found that three-fourrns of all the railroads
of the country are nOn-paying investments.
They are vastly in debt, many Of them Grip
pied. anu very lew except eastern and west
ern roads in fortunate locations are div
dend-paying roads. But ] have no question
that there Is capital IN the country that
would embark, If it could have a proper
charter. IN some large scheme extending
from the Atlantic 70 the Mississippi l
would be willing 10 give them the OppOrIu-
nifty and put the matter 10 the test: but 30
tar as this resolution Is concerned, / regard
u merely as an ordinary appropriation Tor a
survey that a committee OF this body have
decided to be OF some importance / think
II viii be developed that 1t Is not Of any very
great practical importance, OF that It Will
be too expensive but l an willing thGs the
resolution shall pas.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-06-12

The select committee on Arkansas affair,
Of which Mr. Poland, Of Vermont. is chair
man. Is TO start for Little Rock At the end
Of the week.
a Washington special says Gen Butler
reported an exceedingly important bill a.
if from the Judiciary committee. Tuesday
night. and it was passed. On Wednesday
his committee. after some very spicy ex-
pressions Of opinion il regard TO his con-
duct. instructed MN 10 20 into the House
and enter q motion Tor is recall from the
Senate. and TO prevent exposure ne did So.
The transportation committee rcsolu-
ton ordering the appropriations committee
10 amend the river and harbor bill by IN
Guiding appropriations Tor completing sur
yeys oi tie important internal water
routes recommended by the committee. met
with no opposition Of any consequences. but
was n0t voted upon wednesday. as nearly
every Senator. especially if he is from the
" est. desires TO speak on the subject
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-06-12

The Christian Union pays the following
high compliment to President Angel, OF
Michigan University. We have seen few
details of the college troubles at Ann Arbor,
but we should expect Mr.. Angel to display
exactly the qualities thus attributed to him,
in any such emergency. and we join the
Union in its congratulation to the
people of Michigan
The breaking out of rebellion" among
the students of Bowdoin College seems to
be q sort OF moral-or immorai-echo of the
recent instruction of students at the Uni
versity Of Michigan; and if the President
OF the former institution desires TO see
good example Of the wise way OF dealing
with such a phenomenon, he can do no
better than to study the course taken by the
President of the latter institution 1t has
been calm, just, friendly. and trm, from
beginning to end and the result Is that ne
has carried his University safely through
storm in which, had he lost his GOODNESS. or
vaciliated or in any way outrun moderation,
he might easily have got up very pretty
shipwreck. We congratulate the people OF
Michigan on having at the head OF their
grand University man who seems to know
how to be the Masser Of Whatever situstion
be happens to b in.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-06-12

The Army bill which ha- passed the
House, makes reduction ir the army oi
i've regiments of infantry. one OF cavalry.
and one Of artillery. The number OF men
Is fixed at $4,000 Ohcers may resign with
year pay a Board is provided TO Weed
out incompetent and inefficient officer. The
grade OF recImental Adjgtaut Quarter
master and company wagner. are abolished.
One major is abolished IN each regiment of
cavalry and artillery. The aids of the ten
era. OF the Army are reduced from 70 3.
The Adjutsnt General Department is IT
duced from 6to permanent officers. with
detailed ofhcers The Inspector General 5
Department is reduced from 10 .. wiki
privilege Of detailed officers The Bureau
Of Military Justice is reduced from 9 g. ..
The Quartermaster Office from . t. 40.
with detail O., 10 men additional. Tho
Subsistence Department from - TO J., with
detail of 6 additional The Medical De
partment Is increased N regular officers from
l55 20 2O9. The contract surgeons are d.
m.uished from l73 90 -. The Pay Depart
ment is reduced from 4 to 81 The Ord
nance Department j. reduced from . 90 t5.
wiki 10 additional detailed otHcers The
officers who have been detailed 10 DO duty as
professors IN colleges are hereafter To be per
United 70 do tina, duty as upon leave of al
sence. Asyacancies occur no appointments
sha. be made until the number is reduced
10 the regular number. and after thar the
promotions are t. 20 on as vacancies snail
Occur. The principal opposition 90 the bill.
WIS 20 that part of it which provided Tor
paving the army by drafts OF the Treasury
the reason given was that thesoidiers wouid
be shaved II uisposinr Of the drafts. The
reason giving lor putting this provision in
was the experience OF the Pension Office. by
which sixty pension agents pay Dr., 600 pen /
sicners four time year at an expense 10 I
the government of $4,000. while it takes 1
iorty-sIx paymastcrs to pay 10000 troops
SIX times year, assisted ny as many clerks.
at an expense oi S350.O00, the payment Of
pensioners costing less than s. head the
payment of soldier, and officers cost over
Sl2 head. The bI. had the support Of
zen Hawley. and General Coburn.aud Will.
If 1t becomes a law. effect large saving.
perhaps too large, IN the cost of the army.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-06-12

The working Of the old treaty demon
s,rated that there was no demand IN canada
for anv Of the articles on the free list, wnile
her producers found in the United States
market for their surplus. They had de-
rpands only for manufactured articles from
Us. and upon these they levied high duty
Thus 1t proved an unequal bargain, we re-
linauishing dutiss to the extent of millions
annually on what they sent 10 Us, and pay
ing them other millions on what we sent to
them.
The fact that our government served
notice of ahrogaiian at the earliest possible
dav. shows how 1t was regarded at that
time. and il died or was abrogaied without
a defender.
The Journal = however. does not object to
q fair treaty comforting equal benefits on
both contracting parties, and such we pre-
sumo the new treaty Will be, if one Is ne
initiated
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-06-12

LAN0ILLE COUNTY PoIITIcs. The Mems
dealer says that ii is generally conced-
ed that Major C. S. Page. of Hyde
park, viii be the Republican candidate
for Senator in that county. Hon. E.
P. MIDGET, of Cambridge, is the only
man vet named for Judge OF Probate. W.
Il. H. Kenfeld. Esq, of Hydepsrk, will
probably be the nominee for Stsle's 4ftor-
ney The same paper says For county
Judges we have heard the names OF T. r.
" ate, Esq, of Stowe, A. B. Smith, Esq,
and Luman Wheeler, Esq. of MorriSown,
j. NJ. Wilcox, Esq, of Cambridge, and
Earl Guyer. of Wolc0tt, IN connection with
the office, either of whom are well fitnd and
would credirably fill tine ofice. For sheriff
the candidates arc more numerous. n the
names of Mason Chaffee and S. z. Miller, of
Waterrille. d. C. hardy. Of Morrisylle, j.
". Parker. of johnson, and ]. I. Serens,
Of Rden."
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-06-12
The Great Berlin Hospital.
LETTER FROM DR. MIDDLETON GOLDSMITH
BERLIN, May 20, 1874

To the Editor CT the Free Press and Times;
Perhaps our neighbors at home may be
interested to know how the German Hos
pitfalls strike me. / have been to one onlT
in this place and that the " Charlie, the
largest and am told the best in the city.
On its staff are men like Virchow, Furichs
and others whose names are as familiar to
American doctors as are the names OF Mott
or Warren. In this large institution are
about 1900 beds mostly occupied 1 should
think. As monument, as large and
somewhat impressive building, 1t Is well
worth the seeing as school 1t cannot but
be an important one with its present staff of
teachers. As pathological school it stands
unrivalled. but as place for sick people to
90 to get well in, it does not compare with
American Hospitals except In It's Nursing,
and that is excellent. The men look sober,
clean and intelligent. Quiet, sweet faced,
gentle waved women, with kindly voices, 20
along thu rows of children's beds, with
words of motherly cheer to the poor little
creatures. They tend the children well
doubtless. but the air of the wards heaven
help the inmates The ventilation is mr.,
the smell all carbolic acid, with purulent
fiavoring. 1t needed but one look along
the line of surgical cases TO see that the
pyasnic element peryaded everything. 20
tomorrow TO attend the clinique of that
anon.
May 2Ist. The surgical clinique was q
sheer disappointment, only about 60 stu
dents in attendance and don't think there
Is a surgeon in Vermont who would have
called the transient delirium of erysipelas Of
the head and face meningitis, or treat it
with ice bags 10 the head-and beer. If
what saw was the surgery of Germany it
is a long way behind that of our country in
its practice.
l heard the great Vircnow. He Is a
slightly built, partly bald, near-sighted
man to appearance, who lectures without
animation or any evident interest in his
subject or his class lie looks weary and
over-worked. His talk is like that of
man who thinks solely upon his subject and
in the effort to make 1t complete and cor
rect IN It's setting seems To look rather into
himself than at the class before him
Berlin Is not the place for our medical
students in the study of practical medicine
or surgery. At the University, physiology,
ANATOMY and chemistry are very thorough
" taught
The Geological collections are very fine
Dr. Peters Is ehef IN that The agricultu-
raj museum Is magnificent. ! found IN it
all the Vermont potatoes pictures Of YER
mont sheep. Yankee farm machinery, 6c.
Very truly yours, NJ. GOLDSMITH.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-06-12

The Rutland papers Of Wcdnesiay are
filed with particulars Of the ho--i5 murder.
which took place II that village on Tuesday
morning From them we gather thelollowinr
additional information 10 what mas already
appeared IN our special despaiches
IHE VICTIM
Of TINS terrible crime was the widow OF Al
yin freeze and the daughter Of Mrs. Davis.
VINO resides N Rutland. she was l. years
Of age Al the time OF her death. she was
married some seventeen years arc at Lowell.
Mass. while az work n a factory there. and
removed with her husband soon after o.
Michigan. where they resided for eight
years Inev then returned 70 Rutland.an1
Nh Freeze was employed for Z time "a por-
ter 70 the Central House. when that hostel
re was under the administration Of Slim
son Mr. Freeze died IL Is6s Of conSump-
tlon- Three years ago MS widow built the
dwelling which was burned tuesday morn
lng. ana mas lived there ever since. The
house cost some one thousand dollars. while
II was furnished II good aEd even elegant
style Il l. known and has been for some
time II Rutland that Mrs. Ereeze
CARRIED LARGE SUI OF Moyrr
with hsr. while shc had upon her person
always q good amount of valuable iewelrv
II Is known to the victim : mother that she
had gold watch worth $50, with silver
ana Ieweiry 70 the value OF some $500 In the
house at the time Of the deed. al Of which
she usually kept up stars. In the room
" mere sne met her death. Ihis fact shows
good foundation for the belief that
PLUMBER WAS TIE DEFECT
Of the murderer. and that ne accomplished
ms he-llsh purposes Of murder and robbery
and then sought 10 cover ID all traces Of
nls crimes by adding the crime Of arson 10
lls still b.acker deeds
ARREST OF 1HE SUPPOSED MURDERER.
Wednesday morning Sheriff Drew arrested
lnomas t0y, notorious character from
on suspicion OF his being one
d the parties concerned IN the Rutland
murder. F0Y runs a candy stand outside OF F.
5a-num : show-the managers OF which have I
NED 10 get rid Of him. He has never been Z
4 Mr.. Barnum employ.
1t appears that abou. twelve O'Clock
iOnday night, three men were carried by I
hickman TO Mrs Freezes house. and. nave
lot been seen in Rutland since. Fov
nswers to the description Of one of them.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-06-12

OF the .ll4 cadets lately nominated for
West Point, 90 presented themselves for ex-
animation, 90 were admitted to the fourth
class, % failed to pass the examination and
? were physically incompetent. All the
colored applicants, four in number. failed
this year to pass muster, The nominees who
did not present themselves. as well as those
who failed. may try again IN September.
The graduating class Is now passing its
final examination. which will not be con-
Guided until the middle Of June.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-06-12

Considering zoe lack oia ans contest 10 the
a-ui-5 .t,r-l- nomination Joy Conrres-.
-i.r- WIS. r. excellent at-eu44uca az HYDE
tare. Weir.~.-.. A hundred or more de.r
-.a..- psrr prescott. Cli;ieai.n county alone
.aaala- ttr-,-si-H- Tho examination Ct
Governor held,e ur Congress Wa- made
Will absolute uuauimltF. and tas ou.T
rerrc. expressed was THAT be was mol present
o. receive the congratulations of histrieu--
The resolutions adopted speak i5- them
SERVES
D. '-raucesi-l. In ermon, wishes Gu be-
esteemed an organization oi a1etaGeIf farm
e--. 10 would devote Itsg.itl tuc faH4l s1e~-
~l.i 3d.. opposition Oh reciprocity. ln~tea- at
hanging away ai the foreign ISSUE Hi cheap
TRANSFORMATION tlol tlt ~ est. winch ccr-
IaIu.y docs no- mean any money Joy ier-
mont farmer Representative Heudee
speech Iu C1urrr~- sounds very lIEc an ar-
uumCut Toy reciprocity we can rcc0lcet
that Nh Iender. -7gcr44 wears ago, did
himself great credit lu tle ermun- Legs
latur1. ny making strong argument
against t1e very position that be is now
seeking To- establish. indeed. The figures and
argumen; of his late speech do NOT differ
muteria. Is 10 effect an- spirit from those he
attacked and opposed In the STATE LeEs-.a-
ture 81. 4 i1aAs AarTtise-.
We think that CHEAP tran-1llt4tlat.
when j., means the construction et the
Laurhnawaca Canal. asss mean money for
\ ermout farmer. Inc CauEhuawlga Cana.
means an immense impetus 90 every import
ant material interest OF oar >,a;e. 10 means
the lining of oar Jake Shores anu streams
with great manufacturing. establishment.
whose products wall give return ca-soe~ To-
the thousands To-. boats that VIII come ir1u
the West. laden with me wheat which Yer
mont doe u1t now produce DO Quau,s
enough 20 half feed hey farmers alone is
means increase f population, and increased
demand for The products of the farm. and
increased value to the farms Of ermoat
And though one poin- of the
proposed new reciprocity treaty l7t
winch the public as yet hardly
knows anything authorimtveIyl is -ai-tl
be provision Tor the construction of tl4t
canal. the subjects of reciprocity ana eHeap
transportation aren0J necessarily conuec,a--
We know nothing Of Mr. Hendee'- vievs.lz-
oept 50 Tar as they have been made puh.ic5
but if hy e reciprocity. the AarTiss~
means the sham reciprocity 0i the old
treaty, then We fan TO discover any arEu-
ment Tor IL IN NJ. Hendee' speech And We
can understand how man may favor the
opening of the great natural waterway
from the Northwest. which is sure 70 come
and for which we may as well all be prepar-
I'M. and be as stoutv opposed TO a renewal
OF the old reciprocity treary-wAi-H we do
not believe can ever be renewel-as Alr.
Hendee or any other man was of old or can
be nov
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-06-12

hHAT MAKES A BUsHEL.-The table pre-
viousiy published by Us of the number Of
pounds Of various articles to a bushel, was
maniiestiy 50 incorrect that we republish It
corrected form
Wheat GO lbs: corn. shelled. So on the
cob, "A rye. So oats. j. /; barley. A.
buekSheat. Al potatoes. 60 onions, 81
beans. 81 clover seed, 60 timothy seed,
A. hemp seed, 45.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-06-12

PAssuMrsIc RAILRoAD.-Quiney a. scott
and Eugene Gage are the conductors of the
two new express trains over the Passumpsic
Inc veteran conductor, Ben. A. GAGE has
been appointed station agent at s,apste,d
junction.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-06-12

Senator Alc0rn. of Mississippi, who wa
a general in the Confederate army made enc
OF MS best speeches in support OF the Civil
Rights bill. A number Of senators from
southern atates voted for the passage of the
bill, but they are all Republicans. Not
Democrat voted fo- it. thus showing what
the colored citizens of the country would
have to endure under the rule OF 4 restored
Democracy.