Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-07-10

How TO MAKE MIscmEF.-keep your eye
on voar neishbors. Take care of them. Do
not let them stir without watching. They
NAV do something wrong il you do. To DO
sure, YOU never knew them 10 do anything
yerv bad. but it may be on your account
they have not. Perhaps if it had not been
for your kind care, they might have dis
| graced themselves long time ago. There
fore do not relax any effort to keep them
where they ought to be. Never mind your
own business-that will take care OF itself
| There i a man passing along-he Is looking
over the ience-be suspicious Of him; per
| harS he c0ntemplateS stealing, some of these
dark nights there Is no knowing what
queer iancies may have got into his head.
If YOU find any symptoms of any one pass
ing out of the path ot duty, tell every one
else what You see, and be particular to see
4 great many 1t Is good way to circulate
such things, though i, may not benefit your
self or any one else particularly. Do keep
something going silence Is a dreadful thing;
though it was said there was silence In
heaven for the space of half an hour, do not
let any such thing occur on earth, it would
be too mach for this mundane sphere.
! II. after all your watchiul care, you can
not see ANYTHING oGt Of the way in any one,
YOU NAV be sure it Is not because they have
not done anything bad perhaps in an un-
guarded moment YOU lost sight of them
throw ont hints that they are no better than
they should be. that you should not wonder
if the people found out what they were, after
a little while, then they may not hold their
heads - high Keep it going, and some one
else may take the hint, and begin to help
YOU along after a while, then there will be
music and everything will work with IA
| charm.
| ANEcDOrE OF OLD llICXoRY.-Gen. Angus
tus Jones, who served under Gen. Henry
Dodge in the Indian wars of 1872, says the
| ST. Louis Democrat relates the following
characteristic anecdote Of Gen Jackson On
one occasion Gen. Dodge (then captain OF
mounted scouts) wished To send a message
to some trocpS on the east side Of the Missis-
sippi river in Illinois. Nothing in the shape
of a boat was at hand, and it was necessary
| that one of the volunteers should swim hI@
horse across the broad and turbulent stream,
an undertaking Of no little danger, Jones,
then hoy Of sixteen, and weighing only
eighty-iiye pounds, volunteered, and was en-
trusted with the message, which he safely
delivered and returned in the same way
with the reply. Twenty years aiterward
Gen. jackson, President OF the United
States. received from Senator Linn an ae-
count of the bold feat of young Jones, and
expressed his admiration in his emphatic
style. About that time the Office OF United
States Marshal Of the State of Missouri be
came vacant Col. Benton, who had become
a warm supporter of Jackson. recommended
a friend of his. suppOsing the President hail
no preference for any particular party
Jackson asked DR.. Linn if Jones was still
! living. and being informed that he was, he
said to Old Bullion, "Col. Benton. | shall
appoint Augustus Jones as Marshal Of Mis-
souri," Col. Benton disliked Jones. AMI
reconstructed against the appointment. 1.-The
matter is settled, Col. Benton" replied
jackson. Jones swan the Mississippi on
horseback when boy, and by the eternal
he is the man for the place ~ Jackson was
right in his estimate of the man, for Jones
made most efficient Marshal, and broke mp
one of the most daring and dangerous bands
of counterfeiters that ever infested the State.
lie Is now seventy-eight years Of age. and
fas served as volunteer in three war;.