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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-15

a COMMITTEE ON Manners NEEDED. - \
Committee on Manners. to instruct mem
hers in the rudimentarv PRINCIPLES of good
behavior. is much needed in Congress A
number of honorable gentlemen could profit
greatly by studying code of simple ruies to
he drawn up by such committee. and neat
" printed in a pocket volume at the Con-
eressional Printing Office. A certain .'gen-
tleman'' from Tennessee. who is member
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-15

CLLyElAND's Firth AvENUE.-A passing
traveller, stopping in Cleveland, o., for the
first time, the other day, thus writes US of
Euclid avenue, on which are located the
houses Of the more aristocntic citizens
Looking from the little central park of the
city, my eye was directed to q noble avenue
that drew my steps as it were irresistibly.
Walking leisurely along its broad stony
sidewalks, with their still broader belts of
grass Just beginning to be seen, and admir-
ing the varied, picturesque, elegant dwell
ings on either hand, and still walking on
ward to reach the ever receding distance, we
met, some two miles from the city's centre,
a very gentlemanly policeman and inquired
how much farther this line of beautiful res
licences extended. about six miles, was
the answer. "Indeed what is the name of
this street ?'' Euclid avenue, sir it ex-
tends on the high lands Just as YOU see it,
and curves with the lake, keeping Just about
the same distance from it all the wav.
have been in 10 cities, sir, but never saw so
beautiful an avenue as this anywhere vet
When was little fellow we boys used to
come out here hunting rabbits and the
folks at home thought they'd lost us. This
is beautiful city, and this portion We think
the most beautiful of ALL" By and by we
speak with another gentleman on our way
He also talks of the beautiful avenue, and
he asks me to notice that the residences on
the south side are not quite equal in gran
deur to those on the north or lake side.
"There IS droll saying" he added, THAT
the bobs live on this side, and the nabol,s on
that The ''bobs" and ''nabobs" there
fore have "a local habitation and name-
in Cleveland
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-15
New HAxrsurRE's On Volcano

New HAMrsHIRE'S 0LD VOLCANO. - The
volcanic symptoms in North Carolina, which
have lately attracted 80 much attention are
singularly ike some exhibited nearly hun
dred years ago in New Hampshire. in one Of
the hills Of the Connecticut valley. The
scene of this curious phenomenon was West
River mountain. which rises to the height Of
nearly a thousand feet, on the east bank OF
the Connecticut. in the towns of Hinsdale,
and Chesterfield, in Cheshire county, in the
southwest corner Of the State, and few
miles from Brattlehoro, Vt.
The fullest account of the matter which
we have seen is to he found in the once IA
nous but now nearly forgotten Travels in
New England and New York, of Rev. DR..
Timothy Dwight. who was preident Of
Yale College from 1875 till his death in
lSl7. DR.. Dwight states that in 1873 he
made journey on purpose to West River
mountain to investigate the reported erul-
ton. which he states occurred twenty-three
years before his visit He reports as the re-
suit of his inquiries on the spot that in l115
the people of IIinsdale were suddenly
alarmed by a loud noise, resembling the
sound of cannon, proceeding from the noun
tain. One of the inhabitants, Mr.. Bar
rett. went to investigate, and found hole
forced through the side OF the mountain,
near the top-evidently, as he thought, by
the action of internal fire. The hole was
about six inches in diameter. y pine tree
which stood near it was in great measure
covered by black mineral substance, forced
violently ont of the hole, and consisting
chiefly of melted and calcined iron ore,
strongly resembling the scorie of black
smiths forge. If was forced out in a state
PARTIALLY liquid. and driven with such yiol-
ence against the tree as not TO be separated
without difficulty. The tree stood several
years afterwards but was cut down and
carried away before we visited the place
The same calcined and yitrifed substances
were, however, still adhering to the rocks
and earth in several places, and could not be
broken off without a violent effort. From
the whole appearance it was evident that II
was driven against the cliffs in the same
LIQUID state The cliffs were of the common
gray granite of the country, and exhibited
no appearance of having been heated DIR.
Dwight goes on to say that he brought away
some of the vitrifed ore and deposited it in
the cabinet of Yale College. He adds that
he saw two holes near the summit of the
mountain, which, on inspection, he was con-
vinced "must have been formed by a blast oil
air from the bowels Of the mountain"
The only other statement of this eruption
which we have been able to find is contained
in IIayward's Gazetteer of New England,
under the head of Chesterfield, n. ii. y
Hayward says: "West River mountain
lies in this town and Hinsdale. 1t is sup
posed to have been once subject to a volcanic
eruption, and there is at present a consider
able quantity of lava near its crater. 1t is
said by those who live near the mountain
that it frequently trembles, and rumbling
noise is heard in its bowels. ."-Nelo York
Erening Post
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There Is a counter crusade-a men : mov

There is counter crusade-a men 5 move
ment-up in Michigan, called the g." calico
movement" which is designed as COM
panion piece to temperance, q reciprocal
pledge signing. The men form praying
clubs and pray the women to abstain from
the use of stimulants as beverage, or ex-
travagance in dress. They have drawn up
pledge which is strong and double, and to
be signed in couples, one part by men and
the other by women. The mems pledge
binds them to abstain from the use Of in
toxicating liquors Jas beverage The wo-
mems pledge is to wear only their own
hair, and to discard all counterfeits or SUBJ
stitutes for that appendage to the head, ex-
cept in cases Of badness to dress in plain
material, cheaply. discsrding iewelry. PAN
iers. bustles, corsets, stays. hoops, switches,
chignons, &c. The obligation is mutual,
and every violation by one party releases
the other Of each couple signing the pledge.
Strenge as it may seem, some OF the resi-
dents OF GsoIgia object to the employers Of
State convicts granting occasional iurloughs
to their help.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-15

... q uufh the heart may bear, and yet not break
U.Em much the flesh may suffer and not die
NEST On much II any pain or ache
fsaal or body, brings our end more nigh.
us,th chooses his own time, till that is worn
All evils can be borne.
MI. shrink and shudder at the surgeons knife.
cb nerve recoiling from the cruel steel,
vi se ell q seems searching for the quvering life
y-t o. our sense the bitter pangs reveal.
gis+ sill although the trembling flesh be torn,
THIS also can he borne.
,.- SEQ q s., rraw rising In our way
And tn tu dee from the approaching III
q. eek -dne small escape. we weep and pray:
tJt when the bow doth fall our hearts are still,
NftI7t the pain is Of its sharpness shorn.
Eui vet can be borne.
,.- y nj our life about another life.
N4AulI Il closer, dearer than our own;
Ann o "a MS and falls in deadly strife,
Iesf'u. u sad, stunned, sckened and alone,
pufsb We do not die withIhuse we ts0urn
This also can be borne.
s-sad we 1--we through all hings-famine, thirst,
Here's genent. pain, all grief and misery,
A., woe and misery; life iniilcts its worst
UU soul sni hOdy-hut we cannot die.
III Lid % We he sick and tired and faint aud worn
h. ail things can be borne.
Lincoln ma Herald.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-15

QUITE PERsoNAL.- What will Boston s
"blue blood" think of the "immortal George
Washington" when it reads the folio wing
extract from private letter written by him
to his distant relative and the superinte nd
ent of his estate, Lund Washington, recen tly
printed in the Southern Magazine of Balti-
more, and dated from the camp at Cam
bridge, Mass, Aug. 20, 1775, about two
months after the battle of Bunker Hill -
81 have already broke one colonel and five
captains for cowardice, and for drawing
more pay and provisions than they had men
in their conn mpanies-there are two more
colonels now under arrest, and to be tried
for the same offences. | dare say the men
would fight very well (f properly oficered) =,
although they are exceedingly dirty and
nasty people. Had they been properly con-
Quoted at Bunker's Hill ION the 18th of
June), or those that were there, properly
supported, the regulars would have met
with shameful defeat, and much more
considerable loss than they did, which is
now known to be exactly 1857 killed and
wounded-it was for their behavior on that
occasion that the above officers wer e broke,
for never spared one that was a. ,cused Of
cowardice, but brot 'em to immed iate try
al"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-15

How THEY RIDE AT WAsHINGroN.-A
Washington correspondent Of the Chicago
Inter Ocean writes
The Presidents foar-in-hand seli III ap-
pears ne prefers to drive in = light single
buggy, picked out in yellow. lie always is
alone. Yellow seems to he Il iavorite color
with the Grants. for the high Belmontina in
which Mrs Grant and her father used to
ride last fall, is panelled with the same.
Miss Nellie has phaeton that she shares
with friend occasionally, but most frequent
" uses alone. while preternaturally small
tiger perched behind presides, with folded
arms and immeasurable gravity, over the
turnout. Senator Stockton has snowy
white livery, AMI Senator Robertson. dash
ing team of fine gray horses, harnesSei To an
open buggy Secretary Robson drives dog
cart Williams, of Indiana, has Il very con-
spicuous calico team Chandler, of Michigan
has the handsomest turnout in the Senate ;
and Burleigh of Maine, and Gen. Butler IN
the House. 1t is sign of democratic SIM
nlieity that neither the Speaker nor Vice
President own carriages. The equipages OF
the diplomatic corps are characterized by
that studied simplicity. that ostentations
humility which the devil loves, according to
Coleridse. Another little coupe, answering
to this description. rolling leisurely along,
has a handsome old gentleman inside, W
W. Corcoran. the richest citizen of Washing
ton. and the most benevolent. Mis- Porter
drives PRETTY phaeton; Mrs. Spragne's
children have a Shetland pony team Miss
Barnes, daughter of Surgeon-General of the
army. has prettier horse than any young
lady in Washington, and both horse and
mistress have plenty of spirit.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-15

80 SOCIAL LIKE. Powell, Of
Kentucky, was never an editor, but his
conversational, storytelling and social quail
ties were remarkable His great forte lay
in establishing a personal intimacy with
every one he met, and in his way he was
powerful in electioneering. lie chewed i'm
mense quantities of tobacco, but never car
ried the weed himself, and was always beg
ging it of every one he met. His residence
was in Henderson, and in coming up the
Ohio past that place gentleman heari Il
Characteristic anecdote of him. A gentle
man of Henderson, coming on board, fell
into conversation with passenger, who
made inquiries about Powell. ''He lives in
your place, believe, don't he? ''Yes,
one OF our Oldest citizens" ''Very sociable
man, amt hep" Z" Remarkably 30. !"
swell. l thought so think he is one of
the most sociable men ever met in my life
wonderfully sociable. was introduced
to him over at Grayson Springs last sum
mer, and he hadn't been with me ten min
utes when he begged all the tobacco ! had,
got his feet up in my lap, and spit all over
me-remarkably sociable."
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-15

ln Bangor Maine "A short time ago, stand
ing at a point where three streets before
me diverged at very acute angles, met au
lrishman some forty years old and asked him
if he could direct me to Mr. Shepherd Hum
phrey's. He replied And sure can
YOU 20 straight ahead and turn to the left,
and when yo1 come to the hOuss. .you II find
it, and when you find it's ysilOw store"
This reminds me of another incident, re-
lated u me, some twenty years ago, by
Capt. Richard Sherman, of the old steamer
Burlington: Two lrlshmen, wishing II 70
south, came rushing to the wharf at Bur
lington just as the boat wa- pushing off.
One of them jumped over the rail and got
aboard. His coIupanion dared not jump
The one who had got on the boat, not wish
Ing to leave his companion, rushed up /,
Captain Sherman. exclaiming: - liallO.
Mr.. Captain, will you please stop. there
man aboard that's ashore -
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-15
Old and Blind.


,:.ll,nt GRAY heard, can't you see
Vnu upeonscionahle bat, you
,,i,.le you play the devotee,
Thqt the girl is laughing st You
var, handsome in your dav
V,.B are we'll preserved ani thri "a
,.'t ysur manners, one may sit.
Arr surera, hat-y0u are hitt
,.r,t he foolish. now you're odd,
Flrtin.-i in this feeble fashion,
.rr,in- on the hearth grown cold
fo re-light boyish passion.
v,u have had your day Of youth,
with It's tender freaks and fsncies;
V.,n have known a roman's truth,
And have lived loves sweet romsnces,
Az know her lips are red;
True her curls are black and glossy
Va she hears a dainty head,
And her eyes are sweet and saucy,
Pot she knows you act part,
While You try TO tease and please her
EnoWs. Old Make Believe, your heart
/ as dead as Julius Caesar;
knows u, though a simple girl,
And is laughing while You linger -
L1oEs L we'll. and, like a curl,
" nds { round her jeweled finger.
puf if vou must act part
Ityuu cannot drop your ieigning,
Fs. ~ Won have not in your heart
Su,h 4 thing as love remaining.
,.us and stand with me, my friend
she'll permit yOu-neyer doubt her
ID. IS DO. and pretend
Nj t. care a fg about her.
-Seri5Eer's Magazine.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-15

PATENT RAT-TRAP-The local editor Of
the Burlington, Iowa, Haickeye says man
has invented patent rat-trap that does not
require any bait, and will fetch a rat every
time it reaches for him. 1t operates on the
principle of a stomach pump-the inventor
is '.retired physician, the sands OF whose
life have nearly" etc.-and the trap is
placed at the mouth of the rat-hole. When
it is wound up and the suction begins the
rat comes. He may hold on to the ground
with his teeth, and hump his back and paw
dirt, and weep, and yell for the police all
he wants, he comes out of that hole back
ward. is dragged into back compartment,
where steel glove drags his hide of and
lays it aside for a kid-gloye manufacturer,
while the carcass is pushed into little fur
mace and incremated.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-15

Arthur Cheney's new Globe theatre at
Boston will be larger than the old one, hav-
ing capacity of about 1900, and he has
already leased several estates adjoining the
old lot.
The theatrical critic of the Galveston
Cirilan, n gentleman of devotional turn
of mind, thus notices recent dramatic per-
formance in that city: "This elfn star
Miss Kingsbury) twnkled in the theat-
rical armament last night, and had many
worshippers. In speaking of 'Fanchon,
which she played, we Will omit reference to
the whole Of the third and larger portion OF
the fourth acts, being at that time engaged
at the prayer meeting.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-15

Il Gors NuFF Mir SucH FooLisHNEss. =
1t is pleasant to become parent twice as
pleasant perhaps to be blessed with twins ;
but when it comes to triplets, we are little
dubious Now there dwells in Jefferson
county, Wisconsin, a German, who, a few
years ago, was presented by his wife with
son. Hans said to her:
katrina, dat ish goot.
A couple of years later the good wife
placed before his astoEished eyes pair OF
twins.
"Well," said Hans, ''dat wash peter ash
der odder times; thinks more ash ten
glasses of peer on dat"
But the good woman next time gave birth
to triplets, and that made him 'sPhoke nit
his mout liddle.'
'Mein Cott, Katrine vat ish de matter on
you Peter you shtop dis business, fore der
come more ash village full. | cots nuff nit
such foolishness.'
No later returns have been received.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-15

Phillip Phillips, who gave festival of
sacred song at Middlebury, recently, has an
engagement to sing one hundred nights in
Australia.
American actresses will be surprised to
learn that the salary of the late Mdlle
Desclce was never over 81, 500 year. and
she was the most popular actress in Paris.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-15

Thou Who hast died for ue,
Jesus Of Nasereth,
tiear me, Imm,nuol

Thou Who hast died for ue.
Jesus Of Nasereeb.
ttear me, lmmsnuei.
Ming over seath
H."c u W INV Comforter s.y:.t ~ rba oxr
- 81 ~ iiith Ia thee never e,e,,rr
A. 'h' ha- Eh.d for ma
i'a IT bluoi ,.,,uy
THRIFT 81 uctts- name.
Comfort ny heart
Thou who hast lived FOR me
Jesus of Nazareth,
Hear, Star OF Bethany,
What my heart saith:
Thou who hast done what never NAV d.r.
Thou who hast borne what never can b,,r
Help, or faint and die
Only 10 thee cry,
Son Of the Lord, most high,
U, hear my prayer
o, how long for thee,
Jesus Of Nazareth
Blessed Of Golgotha,
Give me yet orezh.
rhat ! may sing for thee, Fisher OF Galiiss,
nt rnAt l may speak Of thee, U Lamb OF Calvary
anst may weep for the B ,by OF Bethlehem
"eieofned OF children, 0 King OF Jerusalem
U, let me see thy face,
Always in every place,
Thou only Grace OF grace,
Ever-Amen.
-Wdtetnan and Rsfse;s'
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-15

Miss Emily Faithful has written letter
to an English parer regarding the education
al and industrial interest Of ladies, and
states. as the result OF sixteen years expert
ence on the subject. that She has failed 10
discover any royal road for women, who
must not only accept the sane conditions as
men. but must abandon that truly feminine
notion that they can jump without any pre-
vious trimming into any kind IF employment
the moment they need it. Hundreds Of
women" writes Miss Faithful. 'apply at
the Industrial and Educational Bureau in
Praed street each week. When asked
What can you do - they answer Anything
Won can give me. This report of themselves
when tested means they can do nothing at
all. At this moment could send any mum
ber Of unframed and, therefore, unqualified
women to fill any posts which may be offer
ed. but have considerable difficulty in find
ing those really fit for the few positions
opening out in various directions. Miss
Faithful speaks almost despairingly OF her
sex when she states that out of the "hun-
dreds" Of ladies seeking for situations she
recently found it difficult to find one com
petent to undertake the management OF
business supposed to be in their special
sphere-dress-m making.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-15
Holmes Ode 10 Simmer,


=, Ine following hymn. written by Oliver Wsnds.
,1bes' lor the occasion, was sung before NJ
scnur1 address. at the Boston tribute to Nr
sumner;
Once more, ye sacred towers,
o. four solemn drses sound;
suew, loving hands. the April flowers
once more 10 deck his mound
nation muurns its dead,
It's sorrowing voices une
rs israel's monarch bowed his head
And cried My son My SON.
Why mourn for him.
. The welcome angel came
Ereyet his eye with age was dun
Or bent his stately frame;
HIS weapon still was bright
HIS shield was lifted high
To slay the wrong, to rave the right
What happier hour to die,
Thou orderest all things we'll;
my servants work was done,
uc Lived 10 hear Oppressiun's knell,
The shouts for Freedom wOn
Hark. From the opening skies
The anthems echOins swell
% mourning Land, lit up thine eyes
God reigneth. All is we'll 3"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-15

HK,RT DIsEAsE.-In the course Of a lee
ture recently delivered in New York, DR..
LYMAN said Heart disease among both
ladies and gentlemen, is the one most in
vogue a present \ synonym Tor pseudo
heart disease i indigestion. False modes
of dress, by crowding the heart, cause it to
beat irregularly. Remedy the dress and the
heart viii healthfully perform its functions.
The heart is almost the last organ to become
diseased, because it has great work TO do.
Nature made it strong and supplied it with
as few nerves as possible. Women who
faint. a a rule, have too small cavities for
heart and lungs. Painting Is provision of
nature for the reinstatement of the body, by
allowing the heart brief respite. When
the stomach is unduly distended by food,
the heart is crowded and complains. Good
straight shoulders are highly essential to a
woman If she possesses an erect form, a
woman's heart has a better opportunity to
beat evenly and healthfnlly.
MANY mistake palpitating sensation Of
the muscular wall of that portion of the
stomach nearest the heart for an affection of
the heart Adipose or fatty accumulation
around the heart will often render its beat
ing labored or heavy. The heart is not,
however, diseased-it is only working under
difficulties. Prostratlon also affects the
beating of the heart, causing it to beat more
rapidly. Strength will remove this difficult
tv 1t is theory with some physicians
that in a natural life the heart beats only a
given number of times. If this De so, run
ming up and down stairs, intense excite
ment, hurry, by increasing the number of
heart-beats in a minute, diminish the length
of ones life. 1t is a well-known fact that a
race horse is not long lived, because, having
such demand made upon the action of its
heart, the heart muscles wear out sooner
than they otherwise would"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-15

VINO THEODORE PARSER WAS LIKE.-Mr.
rockingham is fond of comparing Parker
with Luther, although he does not think
him ike Luther in being the founder of a
new age. But Parker had little of Luther :
tremendous sense of the objective reality of
Christ and the church little of his disposi-
tion to lean upon secular dignities, and moth
ing of his slur at good works in comparison
with faith. He was more like George Fox,
and, in his trembling. glowing denunciation
of the hollowness of popular religion and his
urgency for practical righteousness. he was
the founder Of the new Quakerism which is
now becoming more powerful than the old
As our spirit-prophet he was George Fox
cone again in fiLe cloth and with many
books and with no objection to swords and
muskets As our nature-prophet he was onr
Puritan Rousseau, stronger, purer, less elo-
auent, less revolutionary, but very much IN
Boston what Rousseau was and is in Geneva
the champion of nature against etiquette :
of men and women above gentlemen and =
dies. and of the essential rights of man
against all tyranny-the enemy of the oil
superstition without being master of the
eternal truth and its exalted and catholic hui
manity Rer Samuel OsgOod.