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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-01-23

LAWYERS MASrsoRrPr.-A nice piece of
manuscript (says the Nashville UnoD, was
sent to this office lately. 1t was prepared
by the skilful hand of member of the legal
profession, and consequently its meaning was
as clear as mud. There were short marks
here and long marks there, while dots, ink
splashes, ensures, and things of that sort
were scatteredabout with reckless profusion.
The paper resembled a map of bleeding
Kansas, a plan of our proposed new water
works, a pen-and-ink sketch of the burnt
district of Edgefeld, or, indeed, anything of
that sort The printers yearned for that
manuscript the moment they saw it, and the
one who was given the largest portion Of it
was looked upon with envy by his fellows.
Finally one of them came to a couple of long
words, that he couldn't decipher readily,
He went out and borrowed n telescope, and
looked again, but still failing to make out
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\ SAnoR's DESCRIPTION OF ms BRIDE.-A
sea;aring man. who was recently married,
gives the following description of his
bride and her apparel, which We think will
put some Of the society papers to the
blush.
My wife is Just as handsome a craft As
ever left a millinery dry dock. is clipper
built, and with fgure-head not often seen
on small craft. Her length of keel is five
feet, eight inches, displaces twenty-seven
cubic feet of air, of light draught. which
adds to her speed in ballroom, full in the
waist, spars trim. At the time we were
spliced she was newly rugged fore and aft,
with standing rigging of lace and flowers,
mainsail Of Naleneiennes. Her frame was
of the best steel. covered with silk with
whalebOne stanchionS. This rigging is IN
tended for fair weather cruising. She has
also set of storm sails for rough wheather.
and is rigging ont a small set of canvas foi
light squalls, which are liable to occur in
this latitude sooner or later. She can rnr
down the helm beaut fully, and car
turn around in her own length if handsome
craft passes her"
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A Paris letter relates the story OF the
Young American. u~tanck der Martarantz,
who calls him-elfa prince, and about whom
tie Paris journals sare now very muchexci
\ irw years asoa boy came from Turkey
10 hc educated, passed through the uniyer-
~;y aui graduated number one, then enter
ed the agricultural college at Grigon. He
was ,erg rich and very studiou>. lie took
the highest honor~. 4 year ago he began to
order models of agricultural machines. and
when demonstrated with on account Of the
cost, which he paid cash down. he laughing
iy replied "Oh. / amanother Monte Cri-to;
ami it is necessary for me To learn these de
iliie. for am to bee minister of agriculture
lie studied with great diligence. always had
large sums oi money, and spent them freely
There was never the slightest thing against
him at Crisnon. although. in any but an
EI-tean prince. the rich presents he made
would have been thought strange. lie had
models ol all sorts of machines made AT p cost
of 2uu ,0oh francs. and paid for them.
some time ago he came To Paris and took
rooms at the t'rand Hotel, paying for him
~-lfhi~ horses and servants about 500 per
u'l- ne alu na MS 'in1 reSuialIy, ne
''Isn' s'"''"" ~'Ith 9l ulaih'nl' ana ~ pau
''- I'r mem anu ,iieh 5s'h 20 give uiil,lg'S
10 WHICH r-in,ie l'e '''''r1ih' Lenioli'' no
invited lie continued his studies ON agri-
culture. worked hard five or SIX hour a day.
anu NI''1 Il II''!' ',A'- liiAlIY 'u' lolte
'e''ii''f 'nN'ou0 Il. A"'N "H'r' "e E9' IN
money 'h inquiry III 'he '''oiii.'h en- ,'l77H
tAry were i'id 'hai the Armenian ifih'e
n't'nicS was Il r~'al' an ,S''''' hui Wiere
he s'' h'- money was NOT known he wa
MOI !HN',ed 10 ''r finl!97l IN al inli'li'I
'l H'-sl'-'' lli' 1e''''''e9 'i7i,eu NM aliu
one LOOK service as a n9,l'45''' hiiuihs ''ia.
me Young man WorAeu h'f"' l'lG '"'n i'r
every lihS ana una, 'ere "'l- r'aiy h9'.lls
10 III, o'>',r'll'- ne IIeluTn'y ,n "rigIeu Ie"-
cry n1t always li'iu 'ne olli' NO matter p no"
hish '"e sum whenever presenter. hr' d
l''i'.' age "' '''' '''U'1'i 'II ',''
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"WHo Par DAT MoNn oN DNr Aor'''-
The recent plan Of our enlightened secretary
Of the treasury for reSuming specie payments
with teapotful of silver halves and quar-
terS. to be paid out in sums not exceeding
five dollars 10 each hill-holGer as long As they
lasted. reminds uS of an incident said 10 have
occurred at a small faro bank kept 10y a
colored gentleman in St Louis at the begin
ming of the war The proprietor. naughty
old house-~eryant from Virginia, who had
somehow got his freedom and had Strayed
westward, although his capital was small
and his banking house humble Shanty in
the suburbs. inspired immense awe in the
crowd of blacks who came to Woo chance
under his roof 10y wearing terrible irown,
"A suit of seedy black, vast shirt collar. and
a ruifled shirt, to which last garment the
ho,dest African mind surrendered at dScre-
ton The stakes. A. NAV be imagined. were
exceedingly small. being nicely Vroportioned
to the meagre capital of the bank. and rang
ing from half-dimeS to quarter-dollars, the
last being the highest single bet that was
permitted. The son Of the proprietor acted
a. dealer. while his dignihe1 sire placed the
room during the evening sessions and kept
4 general oversight of the gamesterS. One
evening, couple of army officers induced
their black servant by the present Of 4 small
lee to smuggle them into this temple of luck
where whites were not commonly tolerated
and, providing that lacile menial with ten
silver dollars, instructed him to put them on
the ace. The proprietor, who was absorbed
in spelling out the news from the evening
paper. had not observed the entrance of the
strangers nor the queer turn the game had
taken. Presently however, he lifted hi
eyes and eSpied the fabulous pile of specie
glittering over the painted cards For a
moment he was struck dumb, but recovering
has voice, he cried out in a voice Of thunder
Who put dat money on dat ace - There
was dead silence The trembling darkie-
were all afraid to answer WHO put dai
money on dat - repeated the outraged
on oil 1uinea. There was still ao answer
ahu ne went on Whoever put dat none
on dat ace had better take dat money off dar
ace and be dam quick about it. too. You
niggahs mus think thah's some of desc her,
Rohehiles roun' dis bank .''-Nao Yori
SuR.
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consolation from the remark. - II things
were left where they were put. explained
Mr. FORBES. now thoroughly exasperated,
.'they could be found again Whatever
observation Mrs. Forbes contemplated ven
turing in reply to this was abruptly eut off
bv the advent of neghbor who wanted to
consult her in regard to the trimming OF a
cloak Mrs Forbes hastily adjourned to the
sitting room. and Mr. FORBES passed into the
pantry to explore the shelves. Bits of paper
peepimg over the edge of the upper shelf i'm
mediatcly attracted his attention, and he
proceeded to take them down. Now wo-
man would have taken q chair for this pur-
pose, that she might better see what she
was doing, but a man rarely descends to the
weakness of woman. As long rs the
contents of shelf can he reached he does
not care to see the shelf itself And 50 Mr..
Forbes stood on his tip-toes, and reaching
up, began to drag down the paper parcels.
Mrs. Forbes in the sitting-room with the
neighbor, and completely engrossed in the
particulars of the new cloak. was startled out
of her chair by partly smothered oath and
a fully developed bound, and ont of her sen
ses by a piercing shrek and terrible crash
and flying into the kitchen found the break
fast table tipped over, and the portly and
conservative Mr.. Forbes prancing in among
the ruins of crockery and food, madly rub
bing his eyes, and sneezing most vociferouSly.
The poor woman was Immediately made
aware of the cause Of tire mishap His pas
sionate reference to pepper in paper pack
ages, to the awful stupidity of the female
sex, and to future world, all of which
most singularly jumbled together. needed no
unravelllng to make them more explicit
She dragged him to the sink, she dashed
cold water in his face and down his back
and bosom she rubbed his ears, and pound
ed him between the shoulders, and besought
him with flushed face and fearful eyes "not
to carry on and make such an idiot of him
SELF But it was sometime, even under her
skilful treatment. before he could stihe his
screams and profanity, and venture to open
his bleared and inaamed eyes; and it was
not until she had said eight times that il
''he had only told her what he wanted this
might have been saved" did be feel sufficient
" recovered to dash into that pantry and
demoli-h that shelf Ddn5ury Neics
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WASHINGTON BEAUTY.-The Graphic $
Washington correspondent says The pret-
test new face, some say the prettiest wo-
man in Washington this year. Is the wife of
the Few Arkansas Senator, Dorsay. She is
Spauish-looking beauty, with very long
black lashes, dark eyes, and rather small
tidy figure. lie is heavy, material look
ing character. like an Indian trader or
something that way.
Another ine-looking woman is the wife
of the new Florida Senator, Conoyer, who
Is darkish blpnde-that is, with 4 chest
nutty and maple complexion, morning and
twilight, either, 50 it be inviting. She has
a tallish figure, fine red color, modest ad-
dress. and comes from the Quaker psrts Of
Pennsylvania.
Another unusually fine girl here this year
Is Miss Anna Fisher, daughter Of the Dis
trict-AttOrney, Delawarean, with queer
and taking King Charles look. real cavalier
like, Is il you were 10 sec John Dryden be-
gin to quote poetry to her.
The celebrated Mrs. Williams, wife of the
mOOted Chiel Justice, is very noble type
Of merely physical beauty, like Lombard
Italian or hungarian of Lombard descent,
such as Garlbaldi welded in his Anita. She
j. large but not fat, with very white and
creamy arms, bust and neck, which makes
one recall the stanza of Wordsworth
Nv heart leaps up when behoI
rainbow in the sky.
50 wa it when first Uegan,
50 SIN i Is that an man.
50 shall 1 be when grow o!l.
W let me die
Mrs.. Dorsay was formerly OF Benson. in
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ABoit Always In order.

Souills declares that his wife is always
taking some kind of mean advantage OF
| him. THE best woman in the world, sir,
says Squills. ''but now and then she will act
mean. and she can't help it.
Last Saturday at breakfast, says Squills,
"she was as smiling as a bundle of chips.
''Are your chops done to Your liking,
Squills, dear?''
''Deliciously, nv love-
Il broiled them myself, dear
IL knew it was going to be hot" said
Squills. land when | ~ot into the hall to
leave, Mrs. Squills was ere with my hat in
hand and my oyercoati the other
''Squills. dear" she began.
Il thought it time TO pitch in here, said
Squills, " so | said quietly
''IIow much. Mrs. SquillS? out with ii.
my love"
:" Mr.. Squills,' said she, Don't be un-
manly, sir, / beg: not to say ridiculous.
Gussy wants silk dress to 20 To church in :;
the poor child really isn't decent-you are
very sorry, well YOU ought to be. Let
her say her prayers at home ? No. Mr..
SqnillS. she shan't stay at home. and she
shan't say her prayers, and Mr.. Squills,
you re enough to aggryate n saint, and your
conduct is disgusting, and It's enough to
drive woman to bolt right off to Chicago
and get divorce. -
II thought this was good time to lire oil
my pet Joke, said Squills 40 said, Mrs.
Squills, bolt is always in order Then |
bolted myself, for MrS. Squills comes OF 4
fighting family
when | went home that night, Gussy,
dear child. played all my pet Offenbach music,
and | knew | was in for the dress, only
wanted to hold out till morning, just Tor
the looks of the thing
For five years after We were married,
said SquillS. Mrs S would persist in lock
ing under the bed for man. suppose be
cause they all do it, Well, failing to find
the man, Mrs :. finally gave up in disgust
and took to something else. | suppose,
said Squill-. they'll all take to something
else after they can't find the man under the
bed Mrs. Squill, weakness is boiling the
the door Mr. SquillS have You bolted the
door, is always the last thing at night
This particular night said Squills,
.'Mr~ ). was very dignifei and distant. No
iamiliarities. Mr.. SIuills. il you wounded
my feelings in their tendereSt poirt this
morning. and cannot forget, though YOU
did, that am your wife sir, and the mother
of YOUR children Mr.. Squil~."
This was pitching in uncommonly strong
You know. said Sluill>. land was about
To surrender, when Mrs.. Sluills turned of
the ga- md then coiled herself up in q pet.
somewhere ON the outside bedrail. Not even
good night Squill-' / felt pretty had about
it. can tell Won, but | went to sleep, for
] L. Lao
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-01-23

Tua ipENnzATIoN of LoNK-Nery beau
tiiul it Is To- remember how women idealize
those whom they love and thus heighten and
raise noble natures 1.-THE very nobility which
they first but imagined. II do love YOU,
dear. 50 much, " said one, As she passed her
arm around her lovers neck, and looked into
hi~ eyes. "Nouare So clever. 50 handsome, 50
true-and. o So much more than this, 50 gen
crous, 80 brave. So tender hearted. 81 noble,"
The two lovers came 10 a fall stop. There
are periods in life when the heart stands still,
whatever Psychologists may say about that
busy organ, and when the eyes. looking from
the window of the soul, grow dim with love,
and the body, feeble. leans against another
body for support And he who heard all
this, knew that the woman soul had touch
ed her tongue with eloquence and placed at
the windows of her ewes the finest colored
glass in the world, and that She believed him
all She said, and saw all that in him. And
WHY gasped he with a sudden revelation,
why should not try to he all that she
thinks me-" Why should let that be ideal
which can make real ? And he vowed a VOW
and rose to the very height which she had
imagine .-Ihe Broa9icag.
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A CENTRE RUTLAND ADvENTURE.-On
Sunday morning Emmett Rowe, living al
Centre Rutland, became unccmmonly pug
nacious and engaged il a quarrel with his
wife, while unnaturally excited by rum or
some cheerful equivalent. In the course of
the engagement he pushed his helpmeet
Violently on hot stove and seriously burned
her wrist. She sent at once 10 this place
and Emmett was arrested in the afternoon
and lodged in jail. On Monday morning
he was brought up and fined Sl3 81 for
drunkenness. the charge of assault on bis
wife being dropped. On being questioned,
he revealed the name of Phineas Gleason as
the person who furnished HIN the liquor.
The latter was accordingly fined Sl75 and
took an appeal Rutland Herald.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-01-23

The SALARY BIIL-There is no doubt that
the adoption of the Kasson amendment,
carrying the effect Of the bill back to the
beginning of this Congress, was the begin
ming of the defeat Of the committees bill
This proposition was unpopular and against
the Judgment OF some of the best Republi-
cans of the House, who ioresaw that it
would very likely prevent a substantial re-
peal. Some bold men, like Hawley Of
Connecticut, who always vote their convic-
tions, without regard to policy. and who
were earnestly in favor of q substantial re-
peal, voted against the Kasson amendment
because they thought it wrong. Many
voted for it against their Judgment because
they were looking anxiously for record.
IN. Y. Tnnes's Special.
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the two words in question, he propped his
copy up at one end of the room, stood on his
head at the other, and viewed it in that posi- !
ton for a time. but yet without success.
Then he carried tine copy to every man in
the Office. begging their assistance, but none
were able to help the unfortunate typo.
Then he became desperate, pulled his hat
down with firm grasp, ignored the undeci-
pherable entirely, and substituted therefor
"copy-books. ten cents each, " rema-king con-
iidently to brother compositor. 'Won't
that chap swear when he reads his proof"
And he will. Of course
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The newspaper is more feared, to-day, in
congressional halls and the high places of
corruption and villany than laws and courts.
the stings of conscience and the thunders OF
Divine wrath. God is great way off, and
the judgment waits but the ubiquitous
reporter thrusts his sharp gaze into all CO.
vert and hidden schemes-an unerrirg de-
teetive. The pestilent spy will tell all he
sees-tsll it on the housetops; print it for
nation Of readers. Good Give us more of
this Long live the reporters. Let every
public man who meditates IA little piece Of
gainful fraud understand that he is shad-
owed" at each step by this unbought es-
poinage. and, though he may not Be- con
yerted, he will be restrained.-Rev. DR..
Stone Of San Francisco.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-01-23

Coop GAG on GRANT.---A young gentle
man 5 remark concerning the opera savored
of the comical. - like II Troyatore best
OF all the operas. says he, - and like the
chorus OF demons in the tower scene best of
all the opera he meant the prisoners
chorus. This reminds US of being once at
the performance of Hamlet by Booth in
New York, and sitting behind two opulen,
HobOken butchers, we should Judge from
the crimson glory OF their ecsties and the
ten pounds of watch charms dangling from
their chains, not to speak of such minor OBJ
jects OF suspicion as an oyerpOwering blast
of - jockey club which had been used as
literally as though it was disinfectant ;as
literally as the " Board of Health uses
chloride of lime and carbolIc acid in the
cholera season. Those carnal youths listen
ed to the play, and spoke of it as if they
imagined themselves listening to Il local
drama ike - Under the Gaslight." or The
Streets of New York. and for a long time
mistook Laertes for the courtly Hamlet.
Finally in the dialogue with the :" Grave
Diggers" when Hamlet asks How long
Will man last you IN the ground" ;" and i
answered - that it depends on what sort of
a man, that n tanner, for example, will
last you nine years. the Jersey boys now in
their Democratic enthusiasm took in the
situation and fairly writhed with delight
At last one Of them could stand it no longer
and said to his friend - tanner will last
you some nine years. By Jove, thar's a
good gag on Grant. ~ Adams idperti-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-01-23

A simmer OF white robes-a pail Just af,cr,
Then bits of song and victors' shout, anon
Now fast now slow-with mingled wall and laugh
ter
The motley. weird procession moveth on
And still from out the shadowy, dim - To be
Another-and another year gliies stealthily-
% phantom train. Your child breath dulI- vur
pleasures
Yaur footprints leave the furroNs and the .f"'t
NIth ruthless hand We gather up our our treas"ies
TIL in the mist Of hye-gones' they are lust
And darkening windows closing portals sho"
The daughters OF sweet harmony bowed 10"
And vet, . passing years grim procession
A lavish store ye tossed into our hanus- 60.
Rare gems tried gold-ah yes we make coniessloi'
Your gifts we'll balanced all Your stern lelhah1''
And many an offered prize our Idle hn-ets Lost
Because, all heedlessly, we slumhered a' our Pos'-
Then fair. fresh. laughing year, with light steps
gliding
ont OF the mystic shgde the velled Unknown
la chlldlike faith, in patient hope abiding,
We place warm, welcome hands within thine own
Y1ur touch may thrill and brighten-or may loose
the silver cord:
lt ..stters not-we know thee in envoy from
Lord
b +. T., an Boston firsrft'sg.
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An inebriate, some little time back, got
into a car in Boston, and became very
troublesome and annoying to the other
passengers, so much so that it was proposed
to eject him but genial and kind-hearted
reverend doctor, who was also a passenger.
interposed for him, and soothed him into
good behavior for the remainder of the
Journey. Before leaving, however, he
scowled upon the occupants Of the car. and
muttered some words of contempt, but
shook hands warmly with the doctor, and
said, Good-day, my friend see you
know what it is to be drunk
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some agricultural statistics by Mr. k-i-
logg .irom the Rutland Hrad
Accommodation county produces the
most, ,076 pounds rae State. ,,:35
pounds.
Spring whcat-The STATE grows i3o, lj5
bushels. Orleans county produces the most. .
20, lis bushels.
Winter wheat-The STATE is credited
with l0,jio bushels, aad Addison county
wnh SOS bushels.
Rye-79.3l6 bushels are grown IN the
State. Addison county leads wiki = POI
bushels
Corn-The whole crop is l.6g9. .ssa bush
els. Windsor county exccl- with 27s, 736
bushels.
Oats-Washington county lead. the list
with 395 ,i2i bushels of the 1902. .30 pro-
duced in the State.
Barley-lI7, 1893 bushels are grown. Or
leans county producing the most. u ,376
bushels.
Buckwheat-Th State crop is lI5, ,O96
bushels. Orange county produces the
most. Sc ,S2l bushels
Live stock-The total State valuation is
S23. SIS .s35; that Of " indsor county Is
i, ,i99, 1870, the largest
HorSes-There are % ,0l5 in the Stat. OF
tneSe W lnuSpT county mas .95i.
Mules and Asses-252 in the State. Frank
lin county showing 202.
Mich Cows-lo0 ,2sj in the whole State
Franklin county has the most, or - ,63I.
Working Oxen-There are - 500 in the
State, Windsor county leading with 1 .G32
Other Cattle-ll -, al in the State " ind
sOr county has the most, II 1896.
Shecp-5sO, ,3l7 in the whole State IL
~ in Wind dSOr county
Swine-i6, ,3j5 in the STATE. and / .slj in
Windsor county.
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A slng far the baby, sweet little Bo-peep
-aHe. wee While Minkle, and sing her 10 sleep
me tUs. her high up, and tr0t her l"w down
This b, the road 10 Brlnkiepeeptown.
,.inc. pres, down her eyeids. aud sin- hef ear
The wonderful songs that 10 dreaminhI We hehi
The ch ne u. the waters, the drune OF ihe bee
lhe tal les that tne blossoms are telling The bree te
F.r. spite oi the growing and cooling, csc
Tue baby sleepy ~ sleepy can he
l,5sz+, Huttsr the e,elids dear little Bo-peep-
S5si r. willie Minklo, she's cone fast TO sleep.
LIN. Cofps-a
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-01-23

The Supreme Court of Indiana Ina knock
ed the bottom out of the temperance law of
that STATE. \ section of that law fines
man for getting drunk and compel> him to
state where he got the liquor. The court
holds that this i unconstitutional, a 1t is
in tie nature of compelling Il man 10 Grim
mate himself.
The same point was before the Supreme
Court of this State at the recent Chittenden
County Term. in the case Of Emna Poirce,
hu; was not passed on.
SNAIL-PoN-O the Vermont shore Of
Lake Champlain, at the elbow near White
hall there are several families that have
been afflicted with smallpox during the
past two months Whcn It became known.
George Yule, OF Whitehall, circulated Il
paper and thrty-six dollars were raised in
aid of the families The Whitehall IimeS
says As an example of the misery of pest
and poverty, we will mention that IN one
family of seven, in two small rooms, the
FIVE children have the disease, the mother is
soon 10 be confined, the iather Is not per
mitted to work. even If he could get away
from home. There are twenty-nine persons
unable to help themselves. IL viii be four
weeRs before they can be fully purified of
the cOntagiOn. meantime there Is no doubt
that the benevolent. people Of Whitehall
Will continue their gifts and raiment most
worthily