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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-07-03

The practical working Of the system of
cumulative voting in vogue in Pennsylvania,
is not enthusiastically admired by the Pitts
burgh Commercial. 1t gives an instance
thus, as lately shown at an election held for
directors of a corporation in Lancaster
county There were seven directors to
elect. and the holders of a majority of the
stock, suspecting nothing of what was going
on, gave one vote for each share of stock to
the seven men agreed upon by themselves.
The holders of a minority of the stock took
the other track, and ''cumulated" their
votes, casting seven votes for one director
for each share of stock. By judicious
combination of their forces, they We're enabled
to give more votes for 4 majority of di-
rectors than either of the seven men had
who were voted for by 4 majority of the
stockholders The minority thus captured
the board and obtained control of the cor
poration To show how this matter was
worked, let us suppose there were 900
shares of stock and that the majority held
Goo of them They voted these GOO shares
by giving COO votes each to 4. b, c, ID, h,
+, and G. The minority, holding only 400
shares, divided them as follows The holders
ol one HuiuItu Silaito gave oC''h N"'N' ~
each share to II, thus securing him 700
votes the holder of another hundred did the
same for |, giving him 700 also; and the
holder of the other 200 did the same for X
and L. Thus Ii. |, X and L. representing
only 400 shares, had 100 votes each, while
the other seven, representing hut COO shares
had but COO votes, and only three of them
could be elected The minority was thus,
by this supreme bunder, rendered superior
to the majority. This is cumulative voting
and minority voting Is 40 better. Cumu-
latlve voting makes 400 superior to coo, and
minority voting makes the minority equal to
the majority in eases where there are bnt
two to elect
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TIL, following beautiful tribute to Father Prout
.,ancis Mahoney appeared originally in Dublin
inrnaI soon after the death OF the author OF The
gells Of Shandon. IT IS says cories~ponaen' ~ ~
80 /, Memoriam efusions which remenher read
- at the time OF the demise OF the irish wit,
scholar and poet
20 THE MEMORY OF FATHER PRoUr.
Fl, 5aep detection, butiwith affection.
az ,len think of those pleasant times,
In the days Of Frazer, ere teuched razor,
How read and reveed in thy raey rhymes
,,isn in wine and wassail we to thee were vassal.
1S Water-srass hill. o renowned F. p
" NAV the bells ofShandon
Toll blithe and bland on
Tim rleasaut waters OF thy memory.
r,l many di;ty, both wise and witty,
In This social city have heard since then
with the glass before me- no" 'he ureaih coines
,e,l,ose attic suppers and those vanished mem
M no song hath woken, whether sung or spoken,
az hath left 4 token Of such joy in me,
As the bells Of ShandOn
That sound so grand on
The pleasant waters of the River Lee.
-r,., s,,-s rnelodious, which-a new harmonious
aV0qns Ireland" wreathed round its rebel sword,
l,Htl the deep vibrations aud aspirations,
ii, NJ a Glorious madness Ger the festive board,
rut o. me seems sweeter the melodlous metre
~ The simple lyric that we owe 10 thee
uI the bells OF Shandon
That sound so grand on
Tie p.eas4nt waters on the River Lee.
1. are. A -rave that rises on thy sward Devices
Where Moore lies sleeping from this land ala
80 Nbite stone flashes Ger Goldsmiths ashes
IN tbe guiet cloister by Temple bar
81 ,,berecr thou seepest with love that's deepest,
s,,Il thy land remember thy sweet song and thee,
while the bells of Shandon
Shall sound grand on
rae pleasant waters Of the River Lee.
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Stranger. pause and shed a tear.
For ! was very beautiful
Eut sickness came, | had to deg
And have cone 10 MAY yitlfthe n

And have gone to play witfthe ANGELS.
Onc of our good little boys, says the
Marquette Journal. read the story about
that other good little boy who got 4 situation
in hank. and became rich and respected,
and was enabled to give money to the FIJI
islanders. and have his wood sawed for a
dollar day, and make the wood-sawyer
wait ninety days for his nav, all through
picking up pin when the banker was
looking. Our little boy went to one of the
hanks and asked for work. and didn' t get it;
so, Just before he got to the door, he stopped
and made believe pick up pin. But the
cashier, who saw him, thought it was money,
and Jumped over the counter like lightning
and collared the good little boy. and shoe X
him, and called him thief, and finally went
through his pockets and raked out - cents,
which the boy had found in his fathers
pockets while the old man was asleep. This
he contiscated, and kicked the boy into the
street And our good little boy says he
thinks in a few years he can fog the man
who told the story about the other good
little boy.
\ New Orleans school-boy. who swallow
ed his slate pencil the other DAY, is sure to
make his mark in the world.
Athol, Mass, has strange case of de
PRAYED youthful propensity in foar year
old child, that, from its very cradle. has
eyinced constant desire to bite. or rather
gnaw, his fingers and hands, until an indul-
gence in the appetite seems to he almost his
only source of qualification. If left alone he
would lie on his back for an hour at a time,
chewing his fingers and tearing ont pieces
of flesh and bone with the voracity OF a
savage animal. lie has pursued this habit
with such fatal persistency as to reduce all
the fingers of both hands to raw and bleed
ing stumps, while of the thumb of the left
hand nothing whatever remains.
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IN GENERAL.

Father Prout, or more properly Francis
Mahoney, one of the wittiest and most gentle
poets Of Ireland, was to have monument
raised to his memory in Shandon churchyard,
County Cork, but the project had to be aban-
dOned, because only 800 was raised. The
author of BELLS of Shandon" deserves bet
ter treatment than that at the hands of his
countrymen.
''My dear boy said 4 fond aunt to a
very fast-living nephew, ''don't you know
that in leading this irregular life you are
shortening your days?'' ats quite possible
that may be shortening my days. but then
look how lengthen my nights" was the
reply.
The greatest depth of the ocean between
Honolulu and Yokohama is 3 81 miles.
There are six submarine mountains, from
1000 to II 600 feet high.
One-half the fruit of Michigan will have
to be picked green and thrown away in order
to save the crop this year. The trees are 50
full that otherwise the whole would be
ruined.
One of the most promising men admitted
to West Point Academy for years is said to
NC 'coiS Sc W DeIDy, sun VI poor oohl
Phoenix late Capt. II. Derby, U. S.
Engineers.
One of the Chicago papers says the State OF
New York wOnld honor itself and confer a
favor upon the country by making George
William Curtis the senatorial successor Of
Mr.. fenton. lie would fill the place much
better than he would fit the company
Graphic.
St. Louis reporter, who rode on the
train that passed over the remarkable bridge
at that place few DAYS ago, seems to think
that ride over the new structure is preiera
bic to being hanged. He says; 1--WE can
almost realize the thought of suspension in
the atmosphere, without the sense of hazard
usually associated with 50 unsubstantial 4
support as the incorporate air
Professor Goodwin Smith. after living in
America and studying our affairs critically,
has arrived at the conclusion that suffrage is
not right that woman should have. lie
says in Macmillan that there can be little
doubt that in all cases if power were put in
to the hands of the women, free government,
and with it liberty of opinion. would fall
and that it is morally certain that if French
women could vote now the first result would
be the restoration to power of the Bourbons,
with their rcactionary priesthood. and the
destruction of all that has been gained. The
question whether or not men wOnld submit
To this sort Of thing brings the Professor to
another consideration-the enforcement of
law. lie thinks that il any law were made
exclusively in the interest of women-as it
probably would be by feminine voters-and
if that law were in contradiction to the
masculine sense of justice, men would refuse
to carry it into effect Hence tumult and
disorder in Government
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The SCISSORS EpIroR.-Some people eSti-
mate the ability of a newspaper and the
talents of its editor by the quantity of
original matter 1t is comparatively an
easy task for frothy writer to pour daily
a column of words-words upon any and all
subjects. His ideas may flow in one weak
washy. everlasting flood, and the compound
of his language may enable him to string
them together like bundles of onions, and
yet his paper may be poor concern. In
deed the mere writing part of editing u
paper is but small portion of the work.
The care. the time employed in selecting, is
far more important, and the tact ofa good
editor is better shown by his selections than
anything else; and that, We know, is half
the battle. But, as We have said, an editor
ought to be estimated and his labor under
stood and appreciated by the general conduct
of his paper-its tone, its uniform. consis-
tent course, its aims, its management, its
dignity, and its propriety. To preserve
these US they should be preserved, is enough
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0phmning.


'rras va In the leaf-hung days Of Spring
That my spinning first begun:
The birds new by on balanced wing
Like other spinners in the suu
The land with sun and song vns bri yht.-
MY spinning wheel turned 1.-the and ligbt
As drew out the glisteniny thread
True eoaieH de ross,-true lovers red,
Through all tue long, bright April days
Through May time, blossoming fresh and svee,
mnsed wrapped in golden haze
While Love sat, smiling. at my feet
His tender voice and wooing words
Blended with sweeter songs OF birds
As drew out, strong, fair and fne
Those precious threads-my loves and nina.
Midsummer days came, sad and still;
The green fields all were parched to broyu-
My tired hands moved with feeble will
My spinning wheel turned slowly round
My heart hung heavy with its fears =
MY work was wet with many tears
As spun out, thread after thread,
The sacred memories OF the dead.
And now, in ages gray winter land,
sit in silence all alone all alonei
The threads drop from my trembling hand
My eyes with film are Overgrown.
Oh, lonely work to sit and spin,
ANA weave whole lifes memories in -
Love. hope and health heart of mine,
Ihread alter thread Of dreams divine.
Golden Igs.
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The WONDERS OF CHEYESNE.-To say that
the scenery is grand and sublime but half ex-
presses the reality. To stand beneath the
falls and gaze upward seems grand, but when
you scale the dizzy heights and out on some
crag of rock hang your pedestals over and
watch the surging stream as it dashes from
rock to rock down the seven falls until the
lower level is reached, l 900 feet below you,
and then winding its way down the canon
dashing in and out under the cliffs. the lar
reaching. lawn-like paths for a background
while still above you are towering majestic
piles Of rocks-then it is that words will not
express what you feel. You can bat SIT In
mute astonishment and awe, and drink in
the glories of the scene before, behind. above
and below you.
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Daily Work.


Iu the name OF God advancing.
SOW thy seed at morning light.
theerily the iarrows turning.
Labor on with all thy might.
Lalk not to the far of future,
pu the work which nearest lies.
S.w thou much before thou reapest,
Resi- at last in labor's prize.
Standln. still is dangerous ever.
Toll is meant for Christians now
Let there be when evening cometh,
Honest sweat upon thy brow
And the Master shall come smiling.
At the setting Of the sun,
saving, as he pays thy wages,
Good and faithful one, well done
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lueFe l. Il character ye, |" "e u''s leo
typed ny our hU'tllS'9' II s'liuH Vu' NiTli-
ly MARKED py al tl'e "ll' queer allu lV'tIl-'i
marks when eht'ue II 10 'ie name oonit
day LAeT-'H "i t"e SioIe9iuo ava 'iiN VI
humAi!ilS' h11iliS 'E a"ou' '''i 4 ne q" m
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relrr I'Alil HAVING ~ - Llui IA
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An''ie. 'i i'l,''i'' c - Is
'auul' 'Il"'i V'' 'li'''''' ~. ~
gentlemen urilate room" of beer cellar.
whore he strut, and caperS and smiles
.srque'y at ..what might have been had he
l.,t consented to tie his genius down to the
lrn1,erv pr journalism. The tramp" is A.
1ou,6 a necessity TO the country printing
'ff,e a., i the Bohemian to the metropolitan
jailr lie nearly alwav, happens in at the
-;,Lr time with n sort fan instinct that the
.lT,e +. short ar helm. and for brief term
a. -.r,ctirpe. actually seems an angel sent
Tram. ,ri1ter-' heaven 10 heIp the distracted
,.,Yrfry editor out of his troubles.
What c,,r fry editor has not known odd
.re,iulens or that odd class. trampins
r-i1frr. We have one In memory now
an IA fellow who ha, probablv "stuck
-. n, ,e.-e th,n a hundred printinr
ab,.. he G.,..5t ON both sides during the
,,,r md T.. rril a. incidents of the straits 10
which o1r S.uthern editorial brethren were
5ri,e, ,ben r.re- Na- exhausted and uriu-
fer. were imIrr>>el lie ha, a singular
acupaip,aurc with an the distinguished
r.,Iiriei,p. and editor, If ria ,,untry,-that
Ie + lsmili,r fiti, their manu.,rints and
I'm. .o.,,'. H.. h. ,.risr rLs LrIiar tb,t l,v
,i-- ,,..ii,,, ts lq- c-t,ll;.bai , s,rt If
r.r65ertjai intr~r,a--e with them. Yon
.bonlI hear HIM dilate nm the obominable |
,,rv cold Dam. 81. a. he in the confidence Of
lii, yaoDli,r friendship calls the immortal
We{..tsr nssl +, furnish when Il vas nm |
,be al - II, knq,y Greelsy cbiro.-r,,,li-
only and 5,te-te5 Iim trrorr9nbi,.,iIy vet
Ie yirl admit 10 Won c,nf1entiallv that after !
All "oII Horace ,v,- a clever fellow
.tr9nre M. doe, the tramp lead lie i
,1,,.,,.. ..,,,..,i,,., ~, o. retrlas. ~ ,Lo
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RAILROADS, RIVERS AND CANALS.
There are in the United States over o7.
O00 miles of railroads These roads exceed
in mileage the railroads Of all Europe com
bined. The tonnage of the railroads of the
United States amounts to about 225 200 900
Of tons per year. The capacity of the rail-
roads to move to the seabOardS, to all the
different points. Is estimated at about 30 900
tons per day. The capacity of the water
routes. by canal. the 81. Lawrence and Mis-
sissippi rivers. and other water cOmmunica-
tiOns u the seaboard, is equal To about
10 900 tons per day; 80 that if the bust
ness was equalized it makes a capacity to
move if it was equally distributed over the
time. equal 10 l05, 900 tons per day. Taking
that for year, We have tonnage equal to
u tons for every man. woman and child OF
the whole United States west of Buffalo.
There are in operation in Ohio, Michigan,
and Western States and territories north of
the Ohio river and east OF the Rocky Noun
tain> Missouri, Kansas and Colorado, and
north of them, -, ,1SS miles of railroads.
owned and controlled by about two hundred
different sets of men A. stockholders,
represented through their boards of di-
rectOrs These roads. with their equip
ments. have cost an average of $50 $50 per
mile; the total earnings, less actual work
ing expense. gave an average OF , 50 per
cent. on all the capital; but nearly one
half of the entire cost Is represented by
bonds bearing from : to 10 per cent. inter
est. which of course should he added to ths
earnings of the roads. Many OF the roads.
however. pay no dividends, and some of
them do not even pay the interest on
their bonds The grand total cost OF
these roads in the West alone, at the rate
given above would be : ,i5i ,677 900.
The Mississippi river and its tributaries
float annually upon their bOs0ms more than
S3 900 900 900 of commerce, which is an
excess of more than 81 l.0O0,OO0 over our
foreign commerce. and nearly i, O00. .000.
900 in excess Of oar carrying trade, coast
wise and foreign. We have no means of
estimating accurately the magnitude Ot our
internal trade but its colossal proportions
may be inferred from two or three known
facts The value OF commodities moved by
tue railroads IN 1872 Is e-tiina-
ted at over 5000 .OOO. 900. aud their
gross receipts reached the enor-
nous sum of Si73, ,2iI ,O55 The commerce
of the cities of the Ohio river alone has
been carefully estimated at over 81 600,
900 900 per annum Some conception OF the
immense trade carried on upon the northern
lakes may be formed from the fact that dur
ing the entire season of navigation IN 1874
an average of one vessel every nine inmates,
day and night, passed Fort Gratict light
house. near Port Huron. lt l. probably sale
to say that the value OF our internal COM
merce j. ten times greater than our trade
with all foreign nations, and that the
amount lnnually paid for transportation IL
more than double the entire revenues OF the
gOy eminent
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Mafhacs. "Gred Conrrsers.'

Tmr MAIN OBSTACLE To THE RIGHT Cox
DUCT OF EDUcArIoN lies rather in the parent
than in the child. 1t is not that the child is
insensible to influences higher than that OF
force. but that the parent is not virtuous
enough to use them. Fathers and mothers,
who enlarge upon the trouble which filial
misbchaviOr entails upon them, strangely
assume that all the blame is due to the evil
propensities of their offspring and none to
their own. Though on their knees they
confess to he miserable sinners, yet to hear
their complaints of undutilul sons and
daughters YOU might suppose that they were
themselves immaculate. They forget that
the deprayity of their children is repro
duction of their own deprayIty. They do
not recognize in these much scolded, often
beaten little ones, 50 many lookIng-gasSes
wherein they may see reflected their own
selfshness. 1t would astonish them to as
sert that they behaved as improperly to their
children n their children do to them. Yet
A little candid selfanalysis would show them
that half of their commands are issued more
for their own convenience or qualification
than for corrective purposes. 81 won { have
that noisel'' excaims disturbed iather to
some group of vocferous juveniles; and the
noise ceasing, he claims to have done some
thing toward making his family orderly
Perhaps he has but how? BY exhibiting
that same evil disposition which he seeks to
check in his Children determination to
sacrifice to his own happiness the happiness
of Others. Observe, too, the impulse under
which refractory child is punished. Instead
of anxiety for the delinquent's welfare, that
severe eve and compressed lip denote rather
the ire of an offended ruler-express some
such inward thought a., ''Iou little wretch,
we'll soon see who is to be MASTER uncov-
er its roots, and the theory of parental au-
thority will be found to grow not out OF
mans love for his offspring but out OF his
love of dominion. Let any one who doubts
this listen to that common reprimand, "Iow
dare YOU disobey me?'' and then consider
what the emphasis means. No, no, mo raj
force education is widely practicable even
now, if parents were civilized enough to use
il But of course the obstacle is in meas
ure reciprocal. Even the best samples oil
childhood as we now know it will be occa-
sionly unmanageable bv suasion and, when
inferior natures have to be dealt with, the
difficulty of doing without coercion must be
proportionably great. Nevertheless patience,
selfdenial. sufficient insight into Youthful
emotions, and a due sympathy with them,
added to a little ingenuity in the choice oil
means. will usually accomplish all that can
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be wished. Only let parents actions and
words and manner show that his own feeling
is thoroughly right one, and he will rarely
fail to awaken responsive feeling in the
breast of his child Spencer.
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to occupy fully the time and attention of
any man. If to this be added the general
supervision of the newspaper establishment.
which most editors have to encounter. the
wonder is how they find time to write at all.
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There is little girl in Tioga, Pa, who
says there must he great difference between
God and her uncle ,Iohn, for God made the
world in six days and her uncle John has
been two weeks working on one hen coop,
and has not finished it.
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Give lost my portmanteau.
tt pity your grief
C.-All my sermons are in il
II pity the thief

Some Of the Oxford epigrams are not bad.
An alteration in the statutory exercises for
divinity degrees, by which two theological
essays were required in future from the can
didates, drew forth the following
The title u. d. t is proposed to convey
To an A double for n double s A.
The honorary degree of ID. c. l.. having
been declined by distinguished officer on
account of the heavy fees at that time de
manded, his refusal was thus set forth
Oxford, no doubt you wish me we'll,
But prithee let me he;
can't alas be ID. {. L.,
Because of L. 5. ID.
Sidney Smiths description of Lord Jeffrey
mounted ona donkey, is decidedly classical ;
Witty as Ioratius Flaccus,
As great q Jacobin as Gracchus
Short. though not SO fat as Bacehus
Riding on a little jackass
happy epigram was made on an old
gentleman of the name of Gould, who, hav-
Ing married very young wife, wrote poet
ical epistle to friend to inform him of it,
and concluded thus
So you see, my dear sir. though Pm eighty
years DID,
A giri of eighteen is in love with old Gou.d,
To which his friend replied
girl of eighteen may love Gould, it is true:
But believe me, dear sir, it is gold, without L.
The following lines to lady, who had
published a volume of mediocre poems, ap-
peared many years ago in The hniekerbocker'
Magazine:
Unfortunate lady, how sad is your lot
Your rinylets are red-your poems not.
of one of Young's deadlest thrusts, Vol
taire, the Coryph:eus Of French epigramma-
fists, was the victim. The French wit hay
ing in Young's presence decried Millions &C.
MUS, and ridiculed particularly the personii-
cation in Paradise Lost, Of Death, Sin, and
Satan, the Englishman, indignant at the
Frenchman's irreverence 'and levity, lifted
his finger, and pointing at him, said
Thou art 80 witty. wicked, and so thin,
Thou art at once the Devil, Death, and Sin.
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EPltstAMS.

In the chapter on "Epigrams' in Prof.
Mathew Great Convcrsers'' the author has
collected several of the most piquant both OF
ancient and modern times We give below
few of the most pungent. though perhaps
dialogue between a clergyman and travel