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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01

Vermont Life Insurance Company.

The firth annual report. which We publish
Ia another column. shows that this well
iv ,ndrI Nuuaa. company alr,sliy exhibits the
tccumnl tive force uf that law ut accrctinn
" hich ensures the Development of all
healthy, we.l-n1uri~hel organisms. From
the nucleus of $1,000 guarantee capital
the Nerm"nt has reached an accumulation
$50 .9OS %. The measure of the progress
and success ri the company must he taken
relatively. due regard being bad To the cir
eum~crihed sphere ni it, operations Bur
linston i a very picturesque but d very re-
tired city-away from the great centres Of
capital and enterprise, hut possessing, In d
social sense nanv Of the best conservative
characteristics ul M old settled New Eng
land community. They make haste slowly
up ia the Green Mountain State, but their
productions are of fine fibre and capable of
great endurance.
We know tie chhract. of the gentlemen
who :,ase reared this Young company thus
lar. and we have complete confidence in
their determination "a make 1t respecta BILE
aui useful IN all respects Feeling their
way carefully they confined their operations
to their uwu vicinity tor the first four years.
Now they are prepared t. extend their work
and a. the iittest fell fer Young New
Eng land company 10 cultivate they have
entered Massachusetts this year and will
seek share ot business in the solid circles
OF Boston. Admission - the old Bay State,
under the strict rules of the Insurance de-
partment there, gives ample evidence of the
perfect relative strength 0i the company
We trust the Vermont will obtain such
business in Massachusetts this year ss will
largely increase its volume without at ali
impairing its compact character. We under
stand that Hon. Russell S. Taft, President
of the Vermont, who is the present Lieut.-
Governor of his State. is tde favored can
didate for the Governorship this year. We
shall rejoice to see this fresh evidence of
his tollow-citizens' appreciation Of Mr..
Taft's excellent personal qualities. 1t is
saving thought that in some of the States
the people still select their best men Tor
Govrrnor-N. Y Uaderorifer
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01

WATERBuRY-E.I H. Hayes has leased the
Waterbury Hotel, which he will open u
the public in few days Mr.. Hayes IL
well known to the travelling public "a
keeper of the house on Mount Mansfield last
season and formerly of a hotel at Troy, n.
Y.
The Picket Brothers have just opened
boot and shoe store in the Arms building
on the corner OF Main and Stowe streets.
Cad Crossett was fined IS and costs for
strikln. Mr.. Lawrence, wood sawyer of
Drxbury, in dispute about maple sugar.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01

\ BRILLIANT WEDDING IN MILwArSEE.-
For many weeks the fashionable circles of
the good city ofMilwaukee have been great
ly agitated over an event that took place
there last evening. and which resulted in
making large number of people happy for
at least one evening aud two of them, we
trust, blest for life 1t was the marriage
of Mr. Rufus b. Kellogg of Gree Bay, Wi$,
to Miss Ellen Z. Bigel1w, the accomplished
daughter of DR.. Biselow, now of Mhwau-
kee but late of Burlington, VT. The mar
riage ceremony tool place at ST. James,
Church. after which II grand reception
was given by the brother in-law and
sister Of the bride, Mr.. and Mrs. ii. ii.
Camp, at their elegant mansion where the
guests were entertained in style befitting
the OCCASION About thousand invitations
were issued, and the beauty and siashioD of
our Western cities were most pleasantly
displayed. The bridal presents were 50 nu-
merous and elegant that it is believed they
will have tendency to encourage matri
mony throughout the West Mrs. Kellogg
has many friends in this city, and is a sister
of Mrs. Esek Cowsn. The happy bride
groom is prominent Western banker.
Troy Press. 22d.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01

NEW INFANTRY Tactic. There can be no
doubt as to the fact that one result of the
great struggle of lS10-7l has been that its
tactics have heen looked upon as q complete
ly fresh starting point for further reforms in
that branch of the art of war 1t is not sur
prising, therefore, that the Germans. in or
der to keep their place in advance of other
tacticians, have already modified their drill
practice. The tactical unit of the future
will be the company-column. In the ex
perimental drill of last year the two wing
companies advanced in the normal divisions
of skirnishers and supports, but the latter
opened out; and these were followed by the
other two, acting together As I half battalion
in a section drawn up with increased dis
tanccs between its sections. These new
formations of line and column are now alb
so,utely condemned, rs rendering move
ments slow. and forming needleSSiy huge
marks for distant fire. The day Of battalion
movements. it is contended, are entirely
gone by, and in future, except for parade
purposes, the real aim Of drill masters must
be to make the soldier perfect in the school
Of the company And although it is admit
ted that for the practical working in the
l-'lA 'i tHt utN Hull more lNttl4i-SANS WAL
he required of those who lead it, component
parts of sections AMI groups uI.der the cap
tain, As frcer scope viii be given To them,
Yet the idea Is strongly combated that the
day i arriving when an infantry battle Will
be the contest of mere hordes Of active in
teliigont skirmiShers. fighting altogether
independently. though influenced by some
general direction. The idea of company
cohesion under the captains command must
always he distinctly preserved.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01

SHERRY NINE.-People who imagine that
it Is an easy thing to procure wines from
abroad may he interested in the result of
various tests applied to sherry 10y Dr- llar-
rail-, an eminent English authority in such
matters. Having examined and analyzeI
nineteen samples Of the hest sherry that
could be procured, the doctor communicates
the results 10 the London I,u,S. aS fol-
lows.
l. The whole ol the Wine. without cx-
ception, were fortified with extnneoH- spirit
to a large extent This spirit, doubtleS-, in
nearly all cases, and probably in every ease.
l. derived either from corn .beet-rpot, or pOta-
to. and not from the grape while the aver
age amount of proof spirit furnished by the
must from which sherrics are made at NercS.
according to the best authorities. is about
nineteen per cent, the lowest quantity
found was 29.723, AMI the highest I 29l,
the mean being 81 per cent
> Seventeen Of the - samples were de
cidedly "plastered The quality oi sui
phate of potash found in the wines after de
dactins three grains per hottle-this being
the utmost amount ever met with in natural
sherry ranged from lj.O to j.l6 grains per
bottle. These quantities give Jd.0 grains
aS the lowest, and 5000 grains as the high
est, amount Per gallon
%. In addition To the fortitving and pa~-
tering. five Of the wines contained con~idera-
hle amounts of cane sugar. the presence Of
which affords, of course. clear evidence ot
adulteration.
l. Two of the >herrie--t those dcnomina-
eel 'lambro" ,herrie>-contained very little
wine at all but consisted chiefly of spirit.
sugar and water, favored in fact, these mix
ture> could hardly be said to have any claim
to be regarded a. wines at all
All the sherry imported into England is
''pa,tcred" that Is. busted o:sr with sui
phate of lime The record cannot hc very
pleasant to drinkers of this wine in the
United States. 1t is not to he supposed that
the wines imported into this country are
more free from adnlteration than those sent
to England on the contrary. it is probable
that they contain even greater amount Of
dectcriou~ matter.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01

We are sorry to spoil this. the story that
Jim Fisk's father attributed his son 5 ruin To
whiskey but Jim Fisk. Jr.. was never a
drinking man. lie seldom il ever drank
even glass Of champagne. lie was one OF
a very large class Of cool-headed- acute.
sober scoundrels. The report Of the post
mortem Of Fisk is sufficient evidence that he
was not an intemperate man. Ills whole
body was marvel Of perfect health. the
only variation being q very slight tendency
to fatty accum ulation about the heart. The
elder Fisk has been ~ shattered In mind for
years that his testimony Is worthless. .--As-
vsrsissr.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01

The MAIDEN AUNr-An aunt Is not u he
found on every bush. The ignorant may
perhaps suppose that the quality of aunt
ncS> inhercs IN every sister ol a parent. In
form. possibly. but in substance, not nece~-
-arily hy any means. IN aunt i 4 being
who can only exist for children. Grown
persons caunut (unles> they are childlike)
have r,H aunts For those who can, the
amt is a delightful per-onase, who has all
the merits OF a mother, bat in a more ex-
allied degree, and none of those effects Of
harshne-~. discipline, infiction, pcrempt
oriness. and the ike, that 50 often and sadly
mar the natural sweetness Of the flio-par-
entail relation. The aunt, you see, can per-
INIT. hut cannot forbid. She j. Il heautilied
mother And any person claiming to be an
aunt. and falling short OF these attainment>,
s aa impo-tor-trfd y. Perkins.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01

" ebster Democrat remarked to-day of
the veto message, that all things considered
il Wis ths noblest act President had COM
mitte,i tor twenty years.-Bos;on Journal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01

EERATIC STICKS AND TnINGs.-The Green
Vile South Albanian has a correspondent
who writes in this style On the 18th
DAY of December last. about O'Clock p m.
Mrs. Ward, an old lady living with her son,
being in the house alone, was surprised to
see corn-stalks, sticks, bark, &c, strike the
door-shutter and fall on the floor. She
arose, went to the door. but seeing no one
She became alarmed and called her daugh-
ter-in-law. who was some PAGES from the
house in the field, saying to her To run
there, for an evil spirit was there-or the
devil. TO use her own word Mrs Ward
on reaching the house and witnessing the
phenomenon, was 50 much frightened that
She was Immediately seized with an ague
Mr.. Ward. who was some distance from the
house, with another man, at work, was sent
for. Pieces of wood, bark, corn-stalks, and
light-wood (pine) striking against the door
shutter still continued. lie sent for several
of his neighhors who witnessed it through
Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, till or 9
o'clock, when it ceased. Pieces of wood
eighteen or twenty inches in length and two
or three inches in diameter, were brought
from the woods, a distance of 100 yards or
iitit- " ouA llsittA iltdl Alit hlf iNt liSlA
ing purposes for the family. was taken up
in their presence and spirited to the same
door-shutter. Mr. Wards daughter, vino
was washing the tableware, had all the tea
spoons forced from her hands by this unseen
power and forced to the same place \
carIenter'S chisel was found, which Mr..
Ward says is not his. and no owner in the
community can he found. \ rumbling
noise on the house top attracted their atten-
tion, and ON examination bushel or more
of dirt or earth was found lodged there,
which had the appearance of having been
burned in the fire. Some of the earth *
still on the house Mr. Editor, if curiosity
should carry YOU there soon, you can see it,
\ large bar-plough, weighing fifteen to eigh-
teen pounds, was seen by some of the family
to rise up and settle on the top of the house
end YOU can see it there when you 90 after
the earth 1t stands hiring witness of all
the other incidents here recorded, for ~
man could throw it where it i> -
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and the coat is covered with thousands of
little eieyations, which doubtless produce
some chemical change in the newly-received
food. From this first stomach the food pass-
es into the second, which is much smaller
and very complex in its structure. 1t is
covered with multitude of small cells. from
which Is often called the honey-comb bag.
In this second stomach the food takes the
form OF round. compact masses, which are
returned through the gullet to the mouth by
the muscular action of the stomach. Now
begins the process of ruminating. during
which she seems to enjoy the very perfection
Of animal bliss. As each portion of the food
Is properly masticated, it passes direct from
the mouth to the third stomach. This is ae-
complished by the closing of the tube that
leads to the first and second stomachs. The
third stomach is very small and called many
plus, from the numerous folds of which it
is composed, arranged like the leaves ola
book. Between these active folds the food
rests short time, when it is passed into the
fourth or true stomach, where the process of
digestion is completed, and the food passes
into the organization
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01

How a SMART Boy WAS BEAIEN.-in MS
b9yhood, Henry Chase prided himself on
his physical power, and, a n Jamplst,
claimed the championship OF the town lie
had a young brother, slow mounted and
l0gy, who, by accident or otherwise, would
occasionally accomplish s1me wonderful
ieat Tor the very purpose "i surprising
Henry Under np consideration could
Henry endure to be outdOne by his
brother Fully eOmPrehendIng this weak
point III his disposition, The brother
devoted >inis portion of each day 10 tho
execution of plans Tor subduing his pride
On one nrc;l>ion when wandering upon the
hanks of II stresm Tanning through his
fathers meadow. he discovered an eddy
xb.r, the saw dus: had collected several
inches thick upon the top of the still water,
giving it the appearance OF solid founda-
tiop. Pulling uff his boots, the brother, by
means of a pole stamped them into the saw
dust at the distance of good round jump
fruin the bank
To complete the deception. he marched
the boots in various places over the saw
dust. making tracks enough to Indicate a
safe place lor travel Meeting Henry soon
afterwards he touched his pride by the an
nouncement of n jump which he couldn't
''come up to" show me the tracks"
said the champion, triumphantly. HIS
brother led him him to the bank of the stream
where Henry gazed in astonishment at the
unusual leap. But he never would surren-
der without struggle. Pulling OF his
coat, he gave the usual swing OF the arms
for several moments. then, with tremeu-
dous spring he rose in the air, came down
several inches beyond his brothers tracks
and disappeared beneath the saw dust. On
regsininx the shore, had he found some
suitable object to pound the champion
would have fels much better, but the
brother had asd before the wrath whish
Vas q come W out Of the erssk. - x0N-
dow Uhisa.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01

Buffers JOKES N NEW OLEANs. - Col
c. c. Fulton, writing from Ne" Orleans to
the Baltimore American, says:
General Butler has left engraven in endur-
ing granite several pungent iokeS he perpet-
rated whilst in command of this city. One
of these is on the base of the equestrian
bronze statue Of General jackson. One
morning, when the curses of the people
were loudest and deepest, stone-cutter.
guarded 10y file of soldiers, was observed
in jackson square commencing work with
his chi>el. No one knew in what way he
would desecrate the monument Of the hero
of New Orleans, and each letter was watched
as it appeared on the base until that deelara-
ton which made him famous, "The Union
must and shall be preserved" was spelled
out by the indignant people.
\ short time aiterward, the same work
man. similarly guarded approached the
bronze monument 10 Henry Clay, on Canal
street, and soon was cut deep and distinct
in the granite block. Immediately under the
foot of the statue, the following extract from
one Of the greatest speeches Of the dlstn-
guished Kentucky statesman If ! could
be instrumental in eradicating this deep
n-sayery-lrom the character of our
country, | would not exchange the proud
satisfaction which | should enjoy for all the
triumphS ever achieved by the most success
ful conqueror." Little did those who
erected these monuments even expect To see
such inscriptions upon them, bat although
they CRASHED their teeth at the time, they
now regard the inscriptions is not altoseth-
er ont Of place, in view of the changes that
have been wrought by laternal war.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01

We believe ''Mexicsn Bonds was once
the pet measure of Vsrmontsr that has
ceased to be u Congrsssmsn.-&. Albans
AdsSsissr.
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- ANt frl lsNhNNf DO \ lft.l4ii- it u
Nashville IaVer, whether original Herewith
or not. aud credited Q, one j. Hltcmau
smith. is Tremendous romance of ilct- in
Fayetteville. from which TIE appended
cha-te descriptions or the lovers concerned
may bee a>tcinily guotci
lie was Young. be- was fair, sud he parted
h- laii. Ike the average helg. in thr mid
DE hc was proud. be- was l-'ll, hat the
truth must be told hr played Ike hrnd on
the fiddle. But. aside from thi, Wee, he
was everything uice. and his heart Wa 80
loving and tender. thar be always turned
pale when hc trol on the tail ot the eat ly-
ing down hy the fender lie clerkei in
store and the way that be- tore oil calico,
leans. and brown ~heciinr. would have
tickled calf and made tie brute laugh, in
the face of % quarterly meeting. lie cut
quite a dash with a darling m'u~tachc,
which be- learned 20 adore and to cherish
Tor one girl had said while She drooPei her
proud head. that t'woull kill her 10 see the
thing perish On Sunday he'd search the
straight road T., the church, unheeding the
voice of the ~r,rncr and dcmurely he sat
like Young tabby eat, with the saints in
the far amen corner Tie sang ike bird,
and his sweet voice WAS heard fairly ting
gng away at long meter, AMI We ~reak but
the truth when W. say that this Youth could
uutsinc a hungry mos,wito.
She was Young, she was fur. and She
scrambled her hair ike the average belle Of
the city she was pToud. hut not sold, yet
the truth must he told that the way she
ehewed wax was a pity. But, aside from
this vice, She was everything nice. AMI the
world much applluded her hustle; and the
Fayetteville boys. being calmed by the noise,
walked miles just to hear the thing rustic.
She cut quite swell, did this wax-chewing
belle, and the men hockcl in armies to meet
her; but She gave them the shirk for She
loved the young clerk who sang Ikea hun
CRY mosquito So She hemmed and She
hawed. and She sighed and She 'chawcd,
till her heart and he inws we've both hroI
en- then she walked hy his store, while he
stood at the door awaiting some amatiye
token She raised up her eyes with pret-
ty surprise, and tried 20 enact the proud
scorner, but, to tell the plain truth, She
Just grinnej at the youth who loved the de-
vout amen corner
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Visible Speech.
TALK AND ANY ONE TO SPEAK DIFFICULT
LANGUAGE.

NEW METHOD or TEACHING DEAF MUTEs TO
TALK AND ANY ONE TO SPEAK DIFFICULT
LANGUAGE.
4 most interesting lecture was delivered
at the Boston Institute of Technology, a
few evenings since, by Professor A. Gra-
ham Bell, upon the science of Universal
Alphabetics, and presenting an unusual sub
ect The science is one which it was
proved will enable persons To pronounce at
sight with perfect accuracy the words of
any language whatever, when written in
the characters of this alphabet These
characters represent positions of the lips,
tongue and throat. Every sound Is pro-
duced in mechanical way by combina
ton of these positions. These positions
being learned, and presented to the eye,
on the experimenter placing his vocal or
gans in the position indicated by the char
acter, will inevitably give vent to the pre-
else sound which that character indicates,
and no other \ language. even the Ger
man or Chinese, heing written in these
characters can be pronounced with perfect
accuracy by one who understands these
characters, even though he never in his
life heard word of either of those Ian
guages, and did not understand word of
what he was saying The application o.
this system of alphabetics to learning Ian
guages was shown, and it was SAID OF the
Chinese language that it would be eSpeci
ally valuable to the missionaries in China.
The Chinese language is exceedingly diff
cult to learn the learned natives psuSs years
in learning to read only few thousands
Of the hundreds OF millions of people in
China are ever able to read; teach them
these characters and the use Of them, and
Chinaman will read his own language in
six months perfectly. This would lead TO
the abolition Of the Chinese system in the
end and the adoption of new one. Al
ready missionary in China has taken up
the subject, and is making arrangements 10
teach his flock, what otherwise they could
not learn, To read and write the Scriptures
in their own tongue. The system i now
being taught ut the Boston niyer>ity, in
one oi the departments at Is Beacon street
This system, however important it may
become. in itS application e. all the IAN
guages Of the earth. WAS originated only
ten vcars ago by Prof. \. Melville Bell, |
for the purpose OF teaching the dumb To
speak. There aye only ten elementary !
symbols and hr the combination ot these |
all sounds are represented Before enter
Ing into an explanation oi lis system in !
detail Mr. Bel proposed To- give some prac- |
teal results Deaf mutcs. he said, are |
only dumb because they cannot hear. be |
cause mo- sounds have entered the closed ror- |
tals of their ears. The reason they do not |
talk Is because they do not know what To
do to form the sounds. There arc now |
between thirty and forty teachers Of the |
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01

In ls5j NJ ) tiamhic. c. f., acting uu-
der instructions from the Department vt
Public Works. reviewed Mr. jarvis ca:,-
illusions, and advised the adoption ~ the
LAKE Chamyina ierel proposed by Mr.. Niii~.
and that the locks should he the ~amr -
those used on the Lachine Canal.
Mr. ". II. Swift, C. f.. nt Bi>t'n. wsS
consulted, and in his report, dated June,
1850, recommended the 'Champlain level
line" proposed by Mr.. Mills
In January. lsj6. NJ Gtmhle, {. L. Wa
instructed to examine the country above fhe
Beauharnoi~ Canal. Wing hciScru LIk- -
Francis and lake Cha'nPlLin tho rtp'rt''i
that the formation ut tir srnHni va
not favorable Tor a canal.
Ia 1870, an act of Incorporation vas
granted 10 a company, Tor ;he purpose ni
Constructing ''>hip canal to connect the
waters OF Lake Champlain and River St
Lawrence. The said canal t. leave the St
Lawrence 1t 4 point On Lake So Louis. and
terminate NJ such a point un the River
Richclieu. Lake Champialn. or tho Cham
bly, Canal, Il MAY De found ho>t suited Tor
public interests Capital stuck, 50 Oo0 coo,
with power tn increase to ioO0 WN Canal
20 he completed tige year.
The adyaatnS,> aud Disadvantages ui
these respective routes will he fully dis
casSed upon their merits inSuccee,lins let
terS. j NJ. VERNON
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Montreal, March. ls1i.

MoNrrELIER.-lIall', B,St,n orchestra .
with Miss Ridgway, will give concert
Wednesday evening, May 6
The First National Bank Of Montpeiisr
Of which State treasurer Page is President.
are fitting up new and elegant banking
rooms in the business block recently erected
by James T. Langdon, E-q. 1t is the in
tention OF the officers to have the hest rooms
inr banking purposes in Eastern Vermont
Charles W. Porter. lately adpiitted t. the
bar of Washington county. has formed Il
co-partncrship with Clarence II. Pitkin, aS
attorney-at law. Mr.. Porter l. son
of Hon. John Porter. of Hartford
and Mr.. Pitkin is the eldest ~an oi Gen. 7.
u pitkin