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Ono writing abont the transit Of Venus from
NnEaHakt To- tho Boston Adccftiser tolls III pnrn-
lug how odtl'v thoy melnanago n t!ro Ia tIat
country, as follo"s: Wc arrived at tho lire owl.
tho stroota fnll at people. Ill with lautorns.
Hero all reraons roqu rod to carEy auterpa at
night: having tainted Vi, tho outp!do ut tho bot
Lon ihe bcarors business. For instance. this is
Tho top sl.e rank indicated bv the number Of
horizontal ssrlpes. Tho nar.ow streets were
tsll Of mon looking Mt ths fire, but not moving.
tlre.s engines. They nro n'Ade throughout Of
boz. Nunnng parallel WITH tho length
Of this boam worhod IN aud down.
CARRYING on each side Of IT'S central
arc connected with &lu bamboo nozzio about live
foat lonR wlIch is fastened by Yllde universal
1olns 70 TINT 1t may 10 turned In atly direction.
This Iaachino ls bronYl,t on whce[a. and put
down IN . convenient place buckets Of water aro
brought aud poured Into this box aud five or nix
men work tho boam wh,io another ntanda OH tin
bux aud DIRECTS the nozz'o. Tho houses ara all
low. ahout ono mud hait story. aud made OF
wrod. except, tho heavy, Tiled ,oof. Whom wo
first saw tho filo, they had ono Of these sqlrts.
but no water. 30 VIC josuel the croAd IN yelling,
"m.szcc." Finally Fon,o was brought Il, large
buckotA aud roured iuto the box OF The aprala-
tuH, aud they began to pump: but, bong too fur
from tho iiEo, did not 40 much With tI,or w.ter,
SO three Of uB persuaded them by veey energetic
gesturod to move nearer. Th'B thoy did bit al
soon Oh 1t became a little warm they wtthlrew
aud tgkn played from \ distance. Ws next
tried to got tholn to uss axes and cnt through tho
poBta OF tho houses. ThH they did TO so!uo OK
tent but did not bcgfn sufficiently far from The
fire, aud wern too late. About tiiis ttiuo somo
Russian sailors appeared wlth roped and buck
cts. The ropca wo tied to beams, and number
OF men pulling on tlacso threw donn Eo,no OF tho
lioupcs which had tcon partly cut away. For
fow minutes NO stopped actlyo work, and / tried
to nla!o soma OF the Jhpaneao who were there in
Uniform understand tic advantages Of cutting
down Tho h0nnes In front Of tho tire. took ouo
q them, who foanl Rfor tho lire was tin Chief
EnKlueci. by the arn1, htla wa!ked him mp a lad
der to tho top Of 4 house, aud tried 10 point ont
to him tho adv!sabslity Of Ieye!ns hosno Of tic
houses in certaiu dfrcctiou. lie took all Of 1t
very qni.tiv, and seemed to like tic plan. Wo
noxt rasHad lnckots Of water and throw them on
tho flo, there l,si poninR by good luck 10 be a
csseFn noar bJ. Tbere appeal Ell 1T this moment
asEnall iron forcc.punp Which had on It about
40 feet OF hose. Tho nozzle Of thIA was passed
up aud played Glenau by directing 1t. Before
tong VIC lad cleotod tho fro IN QUO direction,
anu Tetlted to auullltr putt HI,crO NJ found tup
Nusstan rai!ors bud shu tia nearly ,,ntlor con-
troi. Went llonlo nt 3 n. tn, tired and wet
TIL ough. In case OF flro, tho man WHO lives
IN tho house Hhero tho fro originates must pay
for tls't hot1ac. II tu1 poM to DO 70. lla Aas to
60 " ptlBou ind work nntil 1t IL paid for.
, 1875-06-04

Special 1tspateh to The Ca,eaao Tribune.
HIoUx C11Y, a., Jnno 3.-1ndaua arrived at
Su'iy tc-iay say that the country in tho vicinity
OF The DiAckaII Hills is fun OF grasshoppess, but
c uld not tel1 &hsther moving III thls direction
or not.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-15
The Crime of " Burkins."

On the 10Th of November, 1927. an OLD
man by the name of Donald. died in West
Port one of the pIrlieus of Edi nburgh
He lodged with an Irishman named Will
liam Hare. and died owing him four
pounds. His creditor saw but one way of
relmbursinT himself. and that was bv dis
posing OF the old mans body to the doe
tors. Hare found 4 willing accomplice in
lillian Burke, another Iri~hman. and
also one of his lodyer>. The body was re-
moved from the coffin. and a bag of tan
ner> bark substituted for it. The Ind WAS
screwed down and the little funeral went
Oft as usual. The same evening. Hare and
Burke, ,>tcathily repaired t. the university.
and meeting a student in the var,i. asked
for the rooms of DR. Nnnrpc.r -, ,sor
of Anatomy. The student liza ."i., , be
a pupil of knox'>. and. u,,un n : rim.
their errand. he advised them 10 try hnvN :
place III Surgeons Square There thyy
sold the body for & 10. Il large sum for
them. and Very easily obtained. They had
not courage 10 90 into the regular business
of boLyStealing; and SO Hare. the vilest of
the two. suggested a fresh stroke of buSi-
ness, which was TO inveigle the old and
iniirm into his quarters and "do for them. =
Hare started in search of a victim: and
prowlin~ through the slumS. met an Old
woman half drunk. and asked her To his
house. He gave her whi>hcv until She be
came comato>r. and then with Bun ke's as
>i~tancc >,ran"led her. The body brought
tln.
The appetite Of the vampires was now
sharply whetted. and they entered svste-
matically upon the work of murder Va
grants. s,reet-walkcrS, and imbeciles were
allu:ed on various preteNts to the house cf
Hare. made dead drunk. and suffocatcd
EmbpldcneI by their successes, they he
gan 10 pursue their thuggish practices
even in daylight. Awoman named Doch-
erty was stitied. and her body, left half-eN-
posed under some straw. was seen bv two
lodger>. who notified the police. Thirteen
victims hal been secured in eleven months
and all taken to the same place and sold
The prisoners were tried December ~.
| lS2S, when Hare. the blackcst of the vii
lain>, WIS let off by turning - state evi-
dcnce." and Burke WAS convicted. hanged
and di>Sected.
The effect produced upon the public bv
this horrible disclosure is indescribabe
A new and unheard-of crime. that of
BurkinT. was added to the list of atroc-
ties of which human tiends are capable.
A>toni,hmcnt and terror spread through
the community. Households gathered
! their members withn-doorS before dusk
workmen walked home from their night
toll in groups. rs if in fear of being wuv-
laid The facts were appalling enough
but Il thousand cNaTTcratipn> and inven.
tion> filled the air, AMI III cn>itied the uni
ver>al exciiement,-Ppulu Srinre Month
| In for .Sptt DlGtr.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-15

verses alone, then he prayed wonderful
They did not sing in the gallery tha:
night. When he finished preaching. old
Deacon ID. said, Dow preached more to-
night than ever heard in all my life
THE Congregationalists came next.
They sent up 4 nan from Connecticut
He brought his Credentials as they did
in those days. This was how his read ::
We, the undersigned. believe that the
Rev. Mr.. F. is good Christian man. and
Il suitable man to preach, particularly
in Il new country You see, the folks
down in Connecticut thought we up here
was heathen, and they must send Il mis-
siOnary.
g He was Il good man enough, but |
would not have put that in about us, if Ia
been them. Here was Il long -remem-
bered lesson to furnish Il hint to all who
have the missionary spirit.
. The first campmeeting ever held in
these parts was on my ground. 1t was Il
maple orchard and beautiful place it
was. We had about twtnty tents. Old
Mr.. Burke had daughter who was :.
Methodist. She WAS IA very nice girl. and
her father set 4 great deal by her. SO he
built her a tent Of half-inch boards, ana
put it on two long carts, and made aXles
large enough tohold it up. Then he drew
it down to the camp ground, and let it
stand for her during the meeting.
John Clark was Presiding Elder. l
think it was in the year 1927. We had
som3 smart preaching. l remember one
sermon-the smartcst one l ever heard in
my life. Noah Levings preached. His
text was in joshua Prepare your Wet
uals. for within three days We shall p,ss
over this Jordan Three days were the
three stages of life. The youth might 90
over, and so they should prepare; the mid
dle-aged M ght, and the old must soon
pass over. My conscience, how good he
preached. 1t had powerful effect. and
1t was great time. Yes, they used to
fall down in those days, and loose their
strength. Most Of that, though, was in
the prayer-tents."
Those We're good days. were they not?'
we asked, AS the aged pilgrim began to
lapse into the silent depths of memory.
30, indeed they We're blessed days"
Then through the riffs of the long-aCo
came memories of the loved ones who had
been with him in those scenes. but whose
faces would gladden. his heart no more till
the coming meeting on the shining shore
His first wife and two children had died
in one day. They We're buried in one
grave, and the children in one coffin. All.
how many trials had he gone through be
fore he was to be called to pass over Jor-
dan.
Let Us not call these lives among the
beautiful green hills of Vermont unevent-
full. Like the wonderful scenery of this
hill county. they hide Il succession of sur
prlSeS, rich with treasures Of wisdom
The cultivated preacher who is stationed
20 dwell among them for 4 season has rea-
son for self-congratulation in the opportu-
mites to discover most interesting and
profitable studies of character while he
seeks to SOW beside all waters. and he NAV
also furnish his taste and imagination with
the resources Of nature such as Il foreign
tour of travel cannot disclose to half
trained eyes.
+. T. H. HARVEY
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-15

Thinking only ofmy former fear of guns,
replied that doubtless they would be sur
prise1, but my husband had taught me
how to shoot since we left Vermont.
IN tell you what they would think" "
said Mr.. Blush, they would think you
were greatly lemoralized" How instinc-
lively my thoughts turned to the tired
teachers of my native State, and l wished
all of them had the same rare chance of
being demoralized."
Having heightened our stay two weeks
beyond our allotted time, we made our last
shot at the antelopes and turned our faces
eastward. BY the time we reached home
we had accumulated five hundred batanical,
geological and geological specimens for the
college, and thirteen pou nds avoir,lupois
for ourselves
Entering our house, after a months alb
sence, our enthusiasm was suddenly check
ed, by finding it ransacked, and the con-
tents of trunks and boxes left in chaotic
confusion on the floor When the few
silver pieces that were stolen were found
the next Sabbath in the contribution-box
we were reminded of Gnthc's Mephisto-
pheie>i who said,
The Church alone. beyond all question
Has for il'-sotien gools the right digestion
NErTIE HILL KNOX.
Baldwin City, Kansas, Sept. 81. 1875
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-15
"Reminiscences OF IraSburgh.

Nearly thirty Years ago in the mourtIin
town of Ira>burgh, near the Canada line
the Vermont Conference held its annual
session. under the pre>idcnt>hip of the
venerable and beloved Bishop uedding.
1t was before the iron roads had begun to
wind along the bases of either the Green
Mountains or the White Mountains of
New Hampshire. To reach this " shire
town of Orleans county. from Boston,
required the romantic bat tedious coach
ride from Lowell Uhc end of the railro I'd
track towards the north y through Con-
cord, (uver fine roads, indeed, with IA
nous teams and drivers. requiring one TO
rise between four and five in the morning
and permitting rest only at about nine)
to Montpelier, VT. and thence over the
hills, through St. Johnsburv Plain, to
Irasburgh. What 4 shaking up that last
thirty or forty miles. over \ continued
mountain road, gave the passenger in the
leaping coaches or mail wagons, There
WAS no novel or newspaper reading on the
way i'll those days. which WAS happy
fact for the eyes. The lost art of intelli-
gent conversation was then necessarily
cultivated by these long spaces of time re-
qured f,r the journey, bv the close rcla-
ton in which passengers were brought to
each other in these small coaches, and bv
the absence. of al other resources for
willing away the time.
The Conference met in Il small. uainvi-
ting cliiice. The Congregational church
/ in the place was bit slightly lis superior
in size or comfort During 80 -. -er
of Il century since then neither F., . m
have improved, in appearance o. 80. at.
mcnts, until of late. The spiritual ali
/ ton of the town seemed to follow the f,.e
OF the church buildings. until its floatinc
population became proverbial for impicty
! A few wears since the Congregational
brethren took courage, and erected fine
and convenient house of worship. The
movement seemed to be the signal for :
new religious awakening in the old town
The Metho list brethren, although few r
number. and with limited pecuniary ,bil
ties, caught the inspiration. To no one
Individual more than to Hon. E. p. Cotton
(whose guest we were so happy to be {;
few days last week-a vigorous busines:
man, and an intelligent student in natura
science) does the church owe more in Sc
curing the erection Of a remarkably taste
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-15

ICELAND> CALAMITIES.- ES.-t1lamiiy seems
10 be mounting high on calamity in Ice
Land. The reports of volcanic eruptions.
earthquakes and dire distress consequent
upon these violent expressions of Natures
Internal wrath. which came to US some
time AGO. did not tell the whole story.
Later tidings bring material for more Woe
ful pictures. The more nprtherly of the
two cra:erS has been pouring molten
lava over summer pastures. but the more
>outherly eruption. which happened in
March, has done the most damage The
two most fertile valleys in Iceland. cover
ING an area of about 5000 square miles.
have been entirely covered with pumicc-
stone and ashes. which choke all veget:.-
ton. This makes one of the drcarieSt
winter prospect that the people ofthat ice
bound country have perhaps ever had 10
face. The PASTURES and hay crop failing,
the greater portion of sheep and cattle
will have to be killed for food, and barely
enough COWS will be left to supply the
children with milk. Scorbutic diseases
are threatened. while the usua! antidotes
or remedies will be lacking. Even if fam
inc is averted. the inhabitants will have to
he satisfied with short commons. The Ice
landers are brave and self-helpfn 80 far rs
they have the power. Denmark and Nor
way have been furnishing them lid. and
England Is moving in the matter. SO it
would not be an ungraceful thing for the
United States To join in the contributions
Perhaps by another year emigration move
ments will gain strength in consequence of
the islands misforIuneS.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-15

| fnl and convenient church edifce. although
| himself not 4 member of its communion,
save rs allied to it in the person of his cx-
cellent wife. In this higher spiritual fcl-
| lowship we trust they may not long be
separated.
In such :. country town it was IN era to
have two fine churches erected within a
few months of each other, and opened for
Divine worship Al very great sacrifices
the amonnt necessary to finish the new
Methodist editice was subscribed. As it Of
ten happens, at its completion the eXpen-
Ses very considerably outran the original
calculation, and some tw I've hundred
lollarS We're required to enable the society
20 offer their beautiful temple. free from
debt unto the Lord.
We hnd the pleasure of uniting with
them, in company with a goodly number
Of rare Vermont Ne hodist preachers and
quite a large representation from th. Con-
grc~,tional and Baptist bodies. at their
lelcatorv services on Wednesday. the
18th. The journey is now simply de-
ightful pleasure trip. requiring only nine
or ten hours of riding. in the finest ears,
through the great manufacturing towns of
Massachusetts and New Hampshire. by
the ch'rming shores of the Winnepesau-
kee. permitting delay for dinner in the
delightful village of Plymouth, where the
diocesan Methodist sub-bishop, Dr. Bar
rows. with his proverbial wisdom and good
taste. has planted his ecclesiastical seat,
through the lower spurs of the White
Mountain range, across the Connecticut.
Just above the delightful and dear old
Newbury to the hearts of SO many of our
readers, up the valley of the PassumpSic,
l,1-S -. T I T
ton landing. An invigor;itng ride then,
in Pastor Curriers' buggy. for four miles.
over "A frre>t-shaded mountain road and
higher hills, upon which Ira>burgh is sit
uated
On dedication dav we were spared the
suffering from intense heat and dust bv an
impetuous fall of rain. but no diminution
in attendance upon the public services was
occasioned by this condition of the atmos-
phere. The last possibility of seating an
individual within the walls of the new
temple was reached. and with marvellous
patience the audience remained until every
dollar of the indcbte lne-S was raised. and
the house given with appropriate words
and prayers To God How all this was
done: how much praise is to be righteously
distributed between Rev II. +. Forrest and
wife, and Rev 5. b Currier the late and
present pastors of the church; how dark
the prospect looked for raising the money;
how wonderfully the cloud finally burst
and the sun of hope broke through; how
happy every body felt who had given more
than he believed it possible for him to do;
what Il good sermon Presiding Elder Puffer
preached in the evening; and how the
whole scene closed with a tender doXology.
A shaking OF hands. and a common leclara-
ton that the happy result was. after all.
the work Of God. and marvellous in our
eve>-i> il not all to be told by that rare
scribe. the Vermont correspondent of
Zi0n'S 5 Heral?
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-15

him away, but he coull ask heaven tc
call him. and he did
1t Is we'll worth while to see Just how il
all ended, and how he was brought around
t" a better feeling. First, he was put to
sleep. Then an angel woke him up and
ted him. Then what did he do? Hold a
PRAYER meeting? Not at all. He did lust
what thousands administers and merchants
an lawyers and editors ought to do this
vacation. he went to sleep again. Just
how many times he repeated this we don't
know the Bible only tells us of twice. But
he kept it up till he felt like a new man
again and went off about his business. God
did this first, then healed the prophet :
mind. lie Is told that all his f,ncies about
his own Importance are not true
There are still seven thousand in Israel
who are good for Gods work. He is told
that he can do good work Yet if he VIII.
but if be wants to give up, why they can
get along without Linn. So the false queen
Is destroyed. and in the end Elijah. instead
OF sneahing out Of the world, goes up
trluinphantly in a chariot of fire.
The lessons to Us from all this are to bid
us to take care of our bodies. When the
organ Is broken You can't get music out of
1t. 1t is OF no avail TO have clever brain
II the stomach is out of order. One must
be well to do we'll A sick man will do
sick work. Neither can YOU cheat YOUR
self by turning from one kind of work to
another
DO Us Elijah did, 90 to sleep under the
trees with Il good angel ready to give You
good food when you wake up, and keep it
till You are well enough for work again
The true secret of life lie down at the bot
tom of things, and mems plenty of sleep
and angels food If rr 1t. AMI then more
sleep and plenty of it.
Next we are to learn that we are none of
US of very great importance. We shall
not be missed very greatly or very long.
If We are missed by few it will be be-
cause a sweet memory has grown ont of a
sweet and cheerful life
Finally, we must not count the gloomy
days, when they come, rs of anv great ;,c-
count, save rs they drag Us back to cheer
fulness. They are only the dissonance in
IN instrument out of tune. 1t m;,v Seem
sometimes rs if hell had opened at our
very feet, but We may be sure that the
gates of life are still ours for the winning.
We my want to die. but live we shall,
and find by and by that what seems to us
the end WIS only the beginning
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-15

PAYING HI FARE.-Capt- Nat kimball
was an old flvorite captain of steamers
that once ran between Boston AMI the
kennrbec river If ever there was a man
cut ont and built up for running steam
boat. Clp;:lin kimbali was that man, ana
everybody felt Just aS safe when he was in
charge however the winds might blow or
the sea run high. rs though they were on
dry lanl. In those days it was something
Of an object with some travellers to save
the passage money they We're expected TO
pav for being carried and MANY eNpedientS
We're resorted to 10 save the money. On one
trip. the New York Mirror tells us. the
clerk ofthe boat informed Captain kimball
that there WAS Il passenger who dee AIRED
he hal paid his fare. and would not hand
oyer the money. Captain kimball walked
:i~tcrn Ia the deck whcac the man sat and
looking at the man a moment. said: On,
vc-. Mr. Vale. think its all right Ior
paid vo',r fare IL me, didn't ynu. Sir?'
- It>. The passenger answered. hesita
tinly.
9" And gave me a five dnllor bill and l
gave Won hack six >i.ver half d"llar-?'
oh. yc~. answered the passenger,
1ra>pjng al he help he was having in get
ting ont of trouble
:. Well. lei me see the half dollars" and
Captain kmhnll spoke deliberately.
The man WAS caught. He did not have
he half dolllrs about him, an his fare
had 10 he paid
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-15
THE ORIGIN OF SPELLlNl:-BEES.

THE ORIGIN OF sPELLING-BEEs.
To Jove, Olympus -throned, from lunch hrefraining-
Ambrosia o'er-Minerva came, complaining;
My Gracious Liegep she said, @ this is my mis-
siOn,-
10 bring you to sense of your position.
You over -eniency, dyspepsia breeding,
Allows the gods too much of er.feeding,
by which their paates check their brains progres
sion,
And dull their intcllects by retrogression.
And seeing this, o Jove, crave permission
To counteract it by direct attrtion;
In order thus their intellects to strengthen,
Their minds to polish and their memories lenghen.
fermisson given, straight Minerva took
Out OF her pocket Webster's Spelling Book.
Around the circle test twords quickly hied,
Which each Immortal missed as soon as tried.
On trousseau," Juno weakened; Mars on foes ,
While pouting Venus came to grief through 'beaux ;
On "occut," Pluto; Vulcan on "crescendo."
While gray'beard Nuptune caved on "innuendo."
Bacchus with "reeling" made perfect funk.
At which Minerva tartly cried, You're drunk"
One IS" in t. messenger" gave Mercury trouble,
And Cores, weeping, bit the dust on " stubble,"
Apollo stoutly tried his luck on" rooster"
And then, appealing, said he spelled by Worcester
On which the Graces held, as referees,
He was $50 nice" he might spell as he pleased.
Jove, last of all. but than the rest no better,
In spelling empty" lost needed letter.
Then the whole circle begged her to give o'er;
The gods all called her spelling bee bore.
The ladies' SAID "blue- -stockirg! and d" q fright"
And the three Judges held such language-right.
Pluto SAID; "Nervy. let's to IIades go.
And try this latest torment down below.
Straightway Minerva rssc, and closed her book,
And round the circle cast whitening look
Immortal Godsl" she sad " "henceforth the
schools
Shall better call you all Immortal Fools!
Olympus 8" here she wept." glorious once,
Is now fit only for the dullest dunce.1
Down to the earth I'll go, and gu ckly mass
The suffering nations in q spelling class.
Thus I'll reform he world, and as for you,
Degenerate Deities, for while, adiru!
shall return, and til that tme-ah, welll
Tll leave Ollmpus for little spell"
50 saying, she turned, nor longer deigned 10 stay
But gllded swiftly down The milky way.
Minerva thus her eaTthward journey took,
Aud from her pocket drew her awful book.
America soon gave the chance she sought,
And q new " Battle of Lexicon " was fought:
Fierce grew the conflict, quick the test words few,
Ponderous siX-syl abies an puzzlJngtwo
And thus We w-estle, while, serene and still,
NJ mel va sits enthroned on Learnin9'5 Hill.
And til she wearies thus. fear. shallwe
Still be a-spelllng at a spellIng Gee.
Scribner for August.