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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-11-06

4 CnANcr TOR On UATs.-Wc find tine
following in the London Acadmg. The
group OF Islands known As Nicobars, situated
about one hundred and fifty miles south OF
Andamans, has been hut little explored,
though the manners and customs OF the IN
habitants of these island offer interesting
peculiarities. One Of the most noticeable,
and one of which seriously affects the trade
of the Islands. Is the passion for old hats
which peryades the whole framework !. OF -
ciety. No one Is exempt, and young and
old endeayor to outvie each other in slngu-
larity of shape, no less than in number, OF
the old hats they can acquire during lie
time On fine morning at the Nieobars 1t
Is no unusual thing to see the surface OF the
ocean in the vicinity of the Islands dotted
over with canoes, in each of which the noble
savage. with nothing whatever on hut the
conventional strip of cloth and tall white
hat with black band, may be watched
standing up and catching fish for his daily
meal. Secondhand hats are more in re-
quest, new hats being looked upon with sus-
pieon and dislayOr. The passion Is 50 well
known that traders from Calcutta make an
nual excursions to the NIcobars with cargoes
of old hats, which they barter for cocoa nuts,
the only products of the islands, good tall
white hat fetching from ffty-five to sixty
five good cocoa nuts. Intense excitement
peryades the island while the trade is going
on. When the hats or the cocoa nuts have
come to an end the trader generally lands
cask or two of rum, and the whole
population in their hats get drunk, without
intermission. until the rum also comes 10 an
end. 1t is curious that in those far away
regions 50 profitable a market should be
found for east off specimens of one Of
the most disagreeable symbols of civiliza-
tion.
The same yearninss after better things, il
a more advanced stage, may be observed ii
Madagascar, where no official is content if he
cannot deck himself out in the tarnisheC
plumage of some long-defnnet admiral, gen
eral or ambassador.
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4uE FERRIS OF PROSPECTING N NORTH rAR'
From the Denver Col. World.

lHE FERRIS OF PROSPECTING IN NORTH PARK
From the Denver Col. World.
Me~-rs. y. ;. Perkins. Joseph Straley and
John f. Stienrack party of Chicago tour
lsts, returned yesterday from three
months trip through Park, Summit, and
Grande counties Tney fitted ont an outfit
at Simpson, coral last July. and drove down
southwark and prospected from Granite to
Fort Steele, on the I MON Pacific.
These gentlemen relate most horrible
snake story. which Will bear repeating
They were encampcd in Elk Head noun
tainS. in the North Park. on the lOth of
last September. when they meet with a mis-
fortune which cost one of the party his life.
The party arrived in camp late one night
after days ramble over the hills. After a
hearty supper the party lay down in their
blankets around the fire, which had been
built in the cleft Of some large quartz rocks,
and all were soon fast asleep. Mr.. >traley
was awakened in the night by heavy weight
upon hi. chest. At first he supposed it was
his brothers hand, bat. as it did not move.
and becoming nervous and alarmed. he raised
his head and was horrihed to find noun
tain rattle>nake coilcl upon his chest, with
IL uttl Ht@AlttA hNMi III tAt AthtAf ~ ttiN
coil. ItWas nearly daylight, but Mr.. Straley
was so paralyzed with fear that he could
not make 4 noise and dared not move. lie
recovered his presence Of mind - far a. to
be able 70 draw the blankets over hi, face.
Thi, movement startled the reptile monster,
which glided from him to his brothers face,
when. in Il fatal moment, Henry Straley
raised his band To tear it away. There was
a fierce rattle and a loud cry from the half
awakened boy. and the monster buried it,
langS in his right hand and a second time in
his cheek There was a horrible scream from
Henry Straley as the poor boy jumped to his
feet, while the snake gliled from the blank
cts to / large fiat rock near the emberS oi
the fire Mr. jenkins fired his revolver at
the horrible creature, and at the second shot
brought it down.
Poor Young Straley was soon suffering the
most fearful agony His brother at his re
quest, cut ont a large portion of the cheek
in hopes that the poison had not penetmted
very deep, and a tight li-ature was bound
around the wrist OF the bitten hand, which
was bathed with cold water But nothing
tine Mortified young men could do walled to
save Stralev lie died in less than two hours
in the most terrible agony. Had the party
been supplied with some whisky, his life
might have been saved, but they had none
with them The body changed color with
in three hours after the accident. The
young men conveyed the corpse to Fort
Steele, whence it was shipped to Chicago
for burial. The snake measured four feet in
length and had nine rattes, which where cut
off, and which were shown to our reporter
at the corral last night.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-11-06
A NoBLEMAy VINO DoN'r LIKE FINER

A NoBLEMAy VINO DoN'T LIKE FINER
ALs.-To say that his grace the duke o.
Bedford has been making an ass of himself
is to express mildly the opinion which Lon.
doners at this moment entertain of him. lie
has been exercising feudal rights with a
vengeance. and commencing with the cab
man, has brought down upon himself the
| disgust of all classes. Readers of Dickens
will call to mind the air of decayed greatness
which hangs around Russell and Fitzrov
squcr res Ranged around the sooty shrub
bery and smoky ratings of the square,
wherein dreary nursemaids drag fretful
children about, shivering under the dismal
influences of leaden sky and northeast winds,
are the houses owned by the duke of Bedford.
They are like the shrubbery, smoky and dis
nal externally; like the square, they are
dreary and gloomy inside. The greatness
has departed from them. The silence in
them is funeral, broken only by the veil of
the milkman and the rattle Of the butcher 5
cart over the cobble-stones. The sparrows
chirp on the sidewalk, scarcely ever disturb
ed. Here batchelor curates, school-masters,
and INDECENT gentlemen board. And on this
the light of other days shine but feebly.
DAAi anu tht-t tNO
and several others adjacent, the occupants
find the solitude too noisy Their landlord
of Bedford therefore prohibited the passage
of cabs and funerals through his property.
This covers nearly square mile of faded
greatness in the heart of London, the main
division being entered by Gordon street OFF
Euston road. His grace put up gate,
with burly lodgekeeper to guard it against
cabmen and funerals. Recently a cibby
tiled to force his way past the gate. The
lodge-keeper assaulted him. a battle en-
sued, in which the cabby was worsted. and
received wounds which carried him to the
land where servants cease from troubling
and poor cabmen are at rest. Then came the
row. The papers were dull and on the look
out for sensation. They seized upon his
grace of Bedford, lampooned him, ridi-
culed him, charged him with providing a
funeral merely for the pleasure of know
ing that his tenants in Fitzroy square should
not see it, and 50 on " u. CoqraY's
I.If.rS
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MADE One SrIElr HEAD Too MANA
Canadian coroner's jury is just row investi-
eating the case Of the death of young man, ,
which involves an interesting disclosure. as
to the method by which spirit heads are pro-
duced The deceased had become interested
in the subject of Spiritualism, and fell in
with professed medium by the name of
Walker. He attended several seances, but
didn't feel satisfied with the manifestations.
and finally induced Walker to hold Il private
seance at which he could examine further.
The circle was formed, the lights turned out
and soon a spirit head appeared, but the lips
were strangely like Walkers. The spirit
retired and soon after heavy breathing was
heard, proceeding from closet, quickly
succeeded by groans. The door was opened
and Walker was found nearly smothered
and fire upon shelf. Saunders, the de-
ceased, seized the burning substance, which
proved to be phosphorus, and was fatally
burned. 1t seems that Walker by the aid
of this substance, had, for weeks, succeeded
in deluding the most prominent citizens Of
Toronto into the belief that he was gifted
with supernatural powers. He cleared oui
very suddenly when his trick was discover
ed
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-11-06

\ lloRRIBLE ArFEIITE.-An unfortunate
lunatic who died in the prestwich Asylum
on the 18th ultimo, seems to have lived not
wisely hut too well. \ post mortem exa-
minati0n led u the discovery Of no fewer
than ,oil articles in his in>ide-namely,
$50 shOemakers' Sparables, & iour-inch eat
nails, - inch-thrcc cut nails, two and a
halfinch cut nails, l. two inch cut nails, 40
halfinch cut nails, 9 three-quarter inch cut
nails 80 tacks. brass nails, brass brace, but
tons, ~ pieces of buckles, | pin, II bits Of
glass, 10 small pebbles, 3 pieces OF string
| piece leather three inches long, | piece OF
lead four inches loag, and one American
pecrinr awl-the total weight being l l
pounds 10 ounces 1t seems strange that
any man state of mind should be such that
he could take as much pleasure in eating the
contents OF a rag-and- d-bottle shop as Of a
butchers or rastrycook's : establishment 4;
bat the story shows that if, as often alleged.
the equilibrium of the mind i a great extent
dependen. on the digestion, - the converse
/, true. and the appetite Is, more than we
are aware Of, dependent on the condition Of
the brain. This poor lunatic. who gorman-
died on rusty nails. broken glasses and
otheF ru"pI>I- WIS Il''"'''s 4it'c iH'i 'i-''''
than many other persons who hahitually eat
food. if not unfit for human consumption,
at least SO injurious to the constitution that
it causes premature death. If al Alderman,
for instance. were really in his right senses.
he would not live on turtle and punch it i
because he i, guided by appetite rather than
reason that he Is 80 often afflicted with gout,
and dies, universally respected no doubt, but
still before his time. The guests at any
large dinner party are, As rule, equally
" cTazed" They do not, il is true, swal-
low their knives and forks, or feed in quite
such an extrayagant fashion as the Prestwich
luuatic. but the difference between him and
them in the matter of insanity A. regards
their appetites and diet i mere question
of decree. Pal Nal Ga-ctc.
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\ most unnatural murder, accom-
panied by an attempt at suicide, has been
the sensation in Cincinnati. the last lew
davs The wife OF Charles l.. Perkins, Il
wholesale sadder. after her husband had
gone to the store, one morning last week,
murdered her child, three years old, by cut
ting its throat with 4 piece of glass, and i'm
mediately made an effort to take her own
life with the same instrument and in the
same manner. When discovered, she was
unconscious. but, under the influence Of re-
storatiyes, she soon revived sufficiently to
give some account OF the terrible affair, from
which it appears that she and her husband
and man named Clare had had a long
quarrel, the night before. in the course of
which her husband accused her Of improper
intimacy with Clare, and threatened to shoot
both of them ii they did not leave the house
at once. They were permitted to remain
until morning, however, when Clare left for
his home in Berlin, O., and she began pre-
parations for the commission Of her terrible
crime by dressing her child in its best
clothes. In regard To the real cause of the
trouble there are conflicting reports. In her
testimony before the coroner's jury, Mrs.
Perkins said that she and her husband had
not lived happily for several years, and that
she had thought of committing suicide be-
fore She said that, if Mr.. Perkins wanted
to give the public an account eff their mis-
understanding. he could do so, but she would
not. She denied repeatedly and explicitly
that anything improper had occurred be-
tween herself and Mr.. Clare. Mr.. Perkins 5
testimony was evasive and unsatisfactory
He charged his wife with committing a
wrong, but he would not state what he meant
by the term, and positively refused to give
the name of the third party connected with
the case In subsequent case of the coro-
ner, however, he directly charged his friend
Clare and Mrs Perkins with adultery. Mr.
Clare, who is 50 years old and church
member, declares himself innocent. Hi
story, if true, place Perkins's conduct in a
very bad light, and makes it appear that
Perkins has used him as n tool to bring
about long-desired separation between him,
self and wife. Two days after the murder
the second act of the tragedy was enacted BY
another attempt of Mrs. Perkins to destroy
herself by piercing her throat with pair o.
scissors, while her aged father and the nurst
were absent from the room in which shs
lay. She declares her purpose to starv,
herself if she cannot end her life in any othel
| way.
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SENATE.
THURSDAY, October %.

THURSDAY. OctODtf -
Bills introduced and referred--By Sem
ator Proctor OF Rutland, an act in addition
to chapter 20 of the general statutes, entitled
'.of the support and removal of paupers and
the relief Of insane persons to committee
on the insane asylum.
By Senator Howe of Rutland, an act re-
Iating to the collection of non resident
taxes to committee On grand list.
By Senator Wilson Of Windsor. an act in
relation to divorces; providing that 1t may
rest with the discretion of the court to say
whether either party in ease OF divorce, may
or may not marry again and parties marry
ing contrary to any decision ot the court
shall be deemed guilty of poly gamy TO ja-
dietary committee.
By Senator Wilson of Windsor, an act IN
amendment of section 20, chapter 81 of the
general statutes; to committee on Judiei-
ary.
By Senator King of Washington, an act
to authorize the making of chairs a. the Re-
form School making an appropriation not
to exceed SIS, 900 for the erection of suit
able buildings for that purpose - COM
mite on reform school.
By Senator Howe oi Windham. an act
directing the treasurer of the State to remit
10 the treasury Of the United States the
sum of "a, 300 SO This sum Is the amount
of the Morrill, money /; tn committee on fed
eral relations.
Reports of committees From the general
committee, IN favor Of ii. 7S. an act to
legalize the grand list of the town 0t JAY,
for the year 1874; third reading ordered for
Tomorrow morning.
From same. in favor Of Il. 68, an act Ia
amend an act approved Nov. 26, 1872. re-
lating to the grand list; third reading or
dered.
From the committee on finance. adversely
to 5. 70, an act to appropriate the Morrill,
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\ regularity of the residents OF Montreal
j. thus referred to in a letter from that city 10
the Vermont ChroHr'e You will find many
cities in which greater number Of languages
are used than this. bat few were - many
persons can speak fuentiy, two. One the
streets and in the outskirts in all factories.
shops. and on the public works: in all
pabic Offices. hotels and stores. you hear
constantly two languages. But aS there are
ALWAYS in the throng that can speak only
one. it Is necessary for all public officers,
bookkeepers, clerks, etc, to be able speak
both. Step anv day into the courthouse
Ono witneS, gives his testimony in French,
the next, perhaps in English, and sworn
Interpreter Is at hand to translate from one
language to the other. \ lawyer gets up
and makes a plea in English, speaking 1t 80
well that You would not think his organs OF
speech accustomed to any other language :.
but. all at once, he delivers himself as ele-
cantly in French. The Judge speaks to this
one in French, to that one in English and
addresses the Jury in both. In all assem-
bie- where political questions are discussed
or questions of a public interest are eXamln-
ed, the two languages % side By side IniS
postal card could pass along TO You almost as
readily IN French as in English. have
known little children learning the two 50
equally that they did not know one from the
other and would frequently begin sentence
in one and finish it in another. As they
grew mp, of course, thew learn to distinguish
between them, but will continue to Use both
as mother tongues. The English predomin-
ates in commercial circles, the French in
domestic
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VOL. XLvIII. NEW SERIES, VOL. XXI.

Any keard choose to pick ont - asked
the drover
q" les, any card in pack" reiterated the
Well-dresSed man from Cincinnati and al
acute and unpreiudiced looker-on might have
noticed that his eyes began to be as bright
as the big diamond that sparkled on hi,
bosom; which was very strange. con.
sidering that he was so drunk and
that his tongue was 50 thick. Bat the
countryman failed to see this. and the one
with the money was particularly blind
Said he
9" Say here, stranger you bet $50 that
You kin cut any kcarl | name in that thar
pack -
" Yes'r," replied the stranger. and MS eyes
began to crow sleepy again d" I'll bet you
hundred dolr can.
" Well now. stranger returned he from
the country, Il We just sold my hogs and
/ got five or six hundred dollars right here in
my pocket -slapping that locality in his
breeches-" an iii bet yol that pile you
can't do it.
Then the ewes Of the well-lressed stranger
IRON Cincinnati gave just one more fash. and
were dead again. Then he seemed very
drank and about to 20 to sleep.
" Wha' SAT vou say Bet five hundred
dol'r? Take you, an 90 you five hunered
bett'r
The droyer from the country he~itaiel a
moment, while the Cincinnati man spread
out his roll of money on the counter There
was more than a thousand dollar, in IT,
Then he turned 70 his friends, and there was
a transfer Of divers bills from their pockets
t. his hands
D-nme, if DO Mt take YOU. - said he,
if you'll let me shuttle the kearl~ first"
Damfcare, replied the Cincinnatian.
and be had evidently got very drunk
Then the countryman counted out his
thousand dollars, and. after considerable
trouble and pokins up of the Cincinnati man.
his Thousand dollars were counted ont. 700.
and both put in the bar-keeper'- hands.
And the c1untryman took those pictorial
piStehoar3s, and the way lie Shuliled them
was a sight to see. First he could MT get
them to mix at all. and then he d spill half
OF them on the floor. The har-keeper asked
If he " had MT better take hu~hel basket
for them cards bat the Cincinnati man
seemed to he fast falling to sleep. At last
they were shuiiici o. the satisfaction of the
dealer in ~wine-Who was from Shelby coun-
II, by the way-ani De laid them on the
table.
Now. stranger" he said. " tie under
stanIin' Is that yol cut the 6clui | name
the fl~t time. or else you lose thc money
and if you da cut the kearj | name the ll>t
time, then | lose the money. Is that what
you bet them greenhacks on 2'
The well-dresscl man from Ciucianati
reused up sufficiently to say. " That 5 what
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N T. z. ALnRICH.


Al sad are they who know rut love.
Bur, far from passions tears and sn les
Dan down the moouless sea beyond
The slvery coast OF fairy ISLES.
And sadle- they whose longing lips
AS empty air, and never touch
The dear warm mouth of those they lose
WAITING, wasting, suffering much.
But clear rs amber. fine as musk,
is lie 90 those who, pIlgrim-wise,
Move hand hand from dawn o. dusk,
Each morning nearer Paradise.
Oh. not iur them shall angels p-ay
They stand iu everlasting light
They walk "a AllAh's smiles by day,
And sstle "a his heart by night.
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The voice Of the new prima donna
Madame Albani, is thus described She
rises with ease to B-hat and c. sustaining
each note with uniformly good effect for
considerable time, and can proceed upwards
to E. fat without making apparently any
very great effort her countenance the
meanwhile retaining its habitual pleasing
expression. The quality of the voice is full.
liquid and undulating in character.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-11-06

Mr. Chairman Ladies and Gentlemen
On an occasion like the present II Is duty
on my part to bear testimony to the great
and good qualities of the patriotic man
whose earthly remains now rest beneath the
dedicated monument. Ii was not my for
tune to make the personal acquaintance OF
Mr Lincoln till the beginning OF the las;
year of the great struggle for the national
existence. Duringlthose years of doubt and
desDOndeney among the many patriotic men
of the country, Abraham Lincoln never for
a moment doubted but the final result
would be in favor OF Peace. Union and
Freedom 10 every race on this broad land
His faith in an all-wise Providence direct
ing our arms was the faith Of the Christian
that his Redeemer liveth. Amidst ObloquY.
personal abuse and hate undisguised, and
which was given vent q without restraint
through the press, upon the stump ami IN
private circles, he remained the same
staunch. unyielding servant OF the people,
never exhibiting resengesul feelings toward
his traducers- lie rather pitied them. and
hoped TOR their own -ake anu the good name
of their pos;erity they might desist. Fora
single moment it did not occur TO him that
the man Lincoln was being assailed. but a
reasonable spirit, one waiting 10 destroy
the freest government the sun ever shOne
upon, was giving vent 30 itself on him, a.
the Chief Executive Of the nation, only be-
cause he was such Executive. As lawyer
in YOUR mids: he would have escaped all
SANDER. for his lie was 4 pure and simple
one. and he. no doubt, would have been a
much happier man. Bat who can tell what
might have been the fate Of the nation. bdi
for the pure, anseifsh and wise administra-
tion OF Lincoln? ? From March, 1864. to
the day when the hand of an ASSASSIN open
ed a grave for Mr.. Lincoln, the President
Of the Unitsd States, my personal relations
with him were as close and as intimate a.
the nature Of our respective duties would
permit. To know him personally was to
love and respect him for his great qualities
of head and heart and for his patience and
patriotism. With all his Disappointment
from failures on the part Of those TO whom
be entrusted command, and the treachery
on the part OF those who had gained his
confidence but to betray it. never heard
him utter complaint nor east a censure for
bad conduct or bad faith, Ii was his na-
ture to find excuses for his adyersaries. la
his death the nation lost its greatest head
in his death the South lost its most just
riend.
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One Of the most striking features OF the
imposing dedication Of the Lincoln mOnu-
ment was the earnest tribute to Mr.. Lin
coins momery paid by President Grant 1t
was one ofthe Presidents longest speeches.
and one Of his best