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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-17
LssoILLE COUNTY NEWS
WATERVILLE

| The members Of Golden lIarves. Gr4Brs
/ held thalr last meeting on W einesday even
/ ing Of last week. and elected their officers
for the coming year. Henry Manchester was
chosen Master, and Dexter r Pierce. Over
| seer.
| A series of meetings Will be held al the
/ Union church, in this village, commencing
| on Friday eyening'of the present week anu
continuing Ove- the Sabbath The quar-
terly meeting of the NJ E. Church Will b5
held during the meetings. and II Is expect
ed that the Presiding Elder vii! be pres %.
q part or the whole Of the time.
Truman Tillotson, who lives IN the c1-
treme north part OF the town. has had ths
misfortune. during the past year. Of hayln-
serious disease OF the eyes This Winte.
they are very much Worse ami 1t Is tearat
he Will lose the sight of one 1t not both ID.
them. Last week his neighbJrs dubbed 10
gether and drew him and his family a t1-
pile OF wood, all fitted for the stove sIJl
acts Of kIndne=s aud expressions Of ~ymus
thy speak well Of any community.
Mr. Betsey " Fletcher has erected. TIL
iaI, building near her house which b.
now bein. used by her for photograpli,
or picture gallery. She has been fitting her
sell Tor thu business, the present year. ami
kinds OF picture making
Edward Conant. State SuperintsuJea.
Education. will deliver a lecture Al Tie
Union church. in this village. on the eesa-
ing OF January ~, 1876. All are invited
A Christmas tree and some literary sx-
efeises Will be held en- Christmas evening
al The church. Preparations are Row a--
rag niajs by old and young
Foxes arc quite plenty in this town All
surroundings. Two were killed near IT,
village on Saturday last.
STOWE
The Stowe Dramatic Club will r.re..
Down by the Sea- here. next Thursisy
evening. andplay the same az Morri-yiis
Friday evening.
Mr.. solomon Allen has Just Returned
IRON Rome, N Y, where he has had ~
eahesrs removed tie is doing we'll
Dr. ide Is slowly improving from 4 severe
sickness. 1t Is thought that he l. out OF
danger now.
Rev " Waibridge has decided to re-
main in Stowe another year. His choice !
very satisfactory to all OF our people
Young colt owned by Mr.. SANFORD War
rem got ITS leg broken last week and has
since died lie had another colt badly
bruised by getting crowded into the stall.
A0RRlsFILLE
George j Slayton 4 Co. shipped to Bur
Iington ","s3 pounds of fresh pork, las,
week
At The quarterly meeting at the Metho-
DIST chapel IN the l2th inst, several PEG
pie received the ordinance of baptism. The
-srviees were conducted by the ,Presidng
Elder, the Rev. Mr.. Cooper
Carlos Moves, Esq, formerly OF hyde
park, has, after thoroughly repairing the
otoughton House. moved in and j. nova
resident ut this village. All Hydeoarkers
|. III Do well TO follow suit.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-17

>;anse malignity seems begoiten by
the cruelty OF the times. A boy Of sixteen
tried 10 burn his father and mother in bed
by pouring kerosene round them and setting
fire to it, kerosene, Tor once, failed to e1-
pode and kill the user A Jersey couple
were arrested for killing their little boy of
-ix, by cruel treatment. His stepmother, a
southern woman OF frightful temper, told a
neighbJr they were going South before win
Ter, but She meant to bury the boy first.
liis arm was once broken By rough treat
ment al home. and he WAS an object Of pity
among the neighf0rs for tie continual beat
ing by which he wRs tormentei About two
week ago le went Ia school trightfully
bruised. and seeminy -tupii. instead OF
bright and active, As usual When ques-
TONED he SAID he didn't care to tell what
had hurt him liz LITTLE sister said the step
mother Lad knocked him down with piece
ut board. AMI kicked han about the house.
\ neighboF took him 10, bit his brutal faith
er came for him. ~eoldlng the child for not
going homr. \ bed was made for him on
Two char, before the tire, where he lay
lew day till lie died When his poor little
body va re-~cI tor the grave, II was cover
ed With Welt and brulse4 from the waist to
the lvet The story Is but ole Of the dark
and narrowing taie~ that might be told OF
The lonesome ,o-ntry districts within twenty
mile u tAr metropolis, where brutality and
Low passion 20 unultirei Ia the eity they
cam be hidden.
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L. +. CHlTTENDEN.
I. W PARK, ESD. . Nassau street.

The Tribune explanation Of this matter
i, substantially, that the contract between
Gen Srhenck and Mr.. Park, which it pub
lished. WAS not part Of the deposition, aud
So not covered by its promise to publish the
whoie VI none.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-17

Many of our readers will remember the
Hon. D. W. Mum, of Illinois, WIN made
funny speeches hereabouts during the last
presidential campaign. He was arrested at
Chicago, on Wednesday last, on charge Of de-
frauding the revenue, as supervisor Of in
ternal revenue for the southern district of
Illinois. The man whom be worked SO hard
to help elect says, " Let no guilty man es-
cane -
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The New York Herald has special from
Bremen saying that it is reported there that
one Thomas, passenger on the steamer.
Mosel, had confessed to the intention Of de-
stroying the steamship Mosel for the sake of
the insurance he held, and implicated
others in the plot. This Thomas i, said to
be an American, who had been residing in
SaIony for some time. To avoid personal
danger, he had booked himself merely for
the passage from Bremen to Southampton.
If this horrible story Is true, n o punishment
vonld be too severe fo- such q wretch
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FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER IL 1878.

bay windows to passages Of doll life. Ono
window has 4 baby show, doll mammas
dressed in the latest fashions in miniature.
The babies are in every position after azure
one wee girl sits in a satin easy-chair, two
mites in lace caps lie in bed Sucking at the
tubes of iva impossible nursing-bottles,
while an African nurse carries of the very
Youngest specimen that is able to open its
eyes. The dolls ~kat ing party is about two
dozen figures, t. represent ladies and gentle
men, dressed in the height of the mode with
yelSets and iur- AMI tiny skates strapped
on tiny French boots, posing OF glazed
door n If the skating carnival were at its
height The expressions Of eagerness and
coquetry are delicious satires upon those
who are dolls u larger growth Yet an
other scene Is : lne lady gong to ride IN her
landau Her velvet train flows 0ut st the
door Of the e1ach, where page stands
ready to close II she holds natural tou-
quet, and her escort opposite. raises his hat
with an air Of exquisite good breeding while
tue liyered c0aehman and the PAIR OF spirit
ell dark horses are marvellous nimicrv OF
lie There Is always crowd round the
Windows, and children are ty NJ means the
largest part of them
The LACE OF wOgk-
A. brisky as possible before hitter weather
sets in again The number O. poor locking
to the city from the neighboI g country is
pitiable The farmers want elp no longer,
there is no work to be had the country
OF any sort, and men and N,men walk in
from thirty mi lies around in dr1yes, in hopes
Of finding something to DO that will give
them food and shelter The manager of
Booths Theatre lately advertised for five
hundred men six feet high to act as soldiers
in the play of Julius Cesar tor thirty cents
Il night apiece lie feared that it would
not be possible to ind men enough Of the de-
sired height willing to take such poor pay,
but at the hour appointed the street was
filled with applicants absolutely fighting to
be nearest the door, and get the best chance
fora position. Heavens what pitiful
background that five hundred will make to
the glittering pageant for every spectator
who knows the facts There Will be more
exciting scenes in the city before winter is
out Thefts are daily committed simply
out ot hunger. In one case a tramp broke
into the basement Of house, where all the
Thanksgiving eatables were set out in
tempting array, but left them untouched
and carried off plate of cold meat scraps
The wine-decanter was on the mantel but
instead Of using the glasses beside it, the
bottle was carried to the kitchen and the
wine drank from tin cup. Nothing else
was disturbed, showing that starvation must
have led to the deed. A respectable me-
ehanic was arrested the other day for steal
ing something outside Of store to get his
wife and three children food to eat, as he had
been unable t. get work for weeks
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70 reign correspondence free Press and Times
The Financial Crisis In Turkey.

To the Editor Of the Free Press and Times.
Long before this reaches you, news OF the
financial struggle of the Turkish govern
ment will have spread to the farthest cor
ner Of the earth. 1t is not TO give yon that
news that write, but to give some oil the
reasons of the crisis, and the probable eiii-
cacy of the means employed to avert utter
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At the regular meeting oil Chltteli41
Grange No. Sc. Patrons OF Husbeutr,
Dec 10th, the following officers were illy
sleeted for the ensuing year: " VI, y. l.
Miller W. O.. VIM. II. Darling W J.
g. W. Whitney ". s, c. d. Warren. vs.
A. s., VIM P. Woodruff W. C.. JAM,
Marsden W. T.. Henry JOslin. " : ~
j. G. Talcott W. G. R., Willie Couno7
W. Ceres. Marion Whitney " Pomona
Mary A. Miller W. Flora Laura Nara
more W l. A. S., Maria Walston. BUS
ness Agent. j. 2. Taleott.
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fAMuaNY HAIL--CHRISTgAs CifTs-T HE LACK
OF wOsE-CRUEITY-THf EsciPF or boss
TWEED.
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when the train is moving at the rate of

when the train is moving at the rate of
sixty miles an hour.
In view of these marvellous develop
ments, we may well irqu1re whether
steam, coal and fire will not lose their
value as motors in travel, transportation,
manufactures, and all other industries.
A gallon of water in globe no larger
than mans hat, will dU the plowing OF
ten mules, and consume 10 more in
value than one mule +; giving bread and
meat to the million at prices never
dreamed of in all the past ages.
Another curious fact. The metal tube
which connects the two globes IN Hoo
tors vapor machine is soon covered with
hard ice, because heat is absorbed so
rapidly by the within expanding vapor,
How wonderful are the operations of
nature In steam engine heat is the
great generator of force, and aqueous
vapor it's product. Here is anotner va
por which, unlike inclndescent steam,
cools iron down perhaps to the point of
freezing carbonic acid. Cold things
have their Significance in all industrial
economy as well as things that are hot.
The hot water that bursts steam boiler,
cooled down in a common plantation
pot will burst that with expanding ice.
II travelling IN the air in the face of
whirlwinds is devisable, it may now
soon be very common. Rut man and his
aerial ship must displace air enough to
be lighter than the atmosphere whose
place they occupy, else they cannot rise
from the ground. Once up, to contract
the balloon is to bring the frail ship
down perhaps into stormy lake or sea;
not to contract it, is to let the tempest
or common wind drive ship and passen-
gers to destruction. Better keep on
terra frma, and be content to travel
600 miles in ten hours, for a cent
mile, drawn by the Hoctor motor.
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The Last of the Ex-Presidents.

Writing of Andrew Johnson, the most
observant of chroniclers, Charles Dick
ems, said in 1868: 81 was very much sur
prised by the presidents face and man
ner. 1t is, in its way, one of the most
remarkable faces [ have ever seen. Not
imaginative, but very powerful in its
tirmness (or, perhaps, Obstinacy),
strength of will and steadiness of pur-
pose. There is a reticence in it, too, Gu
riously at variance with that first unfor-
tunate speech of his. A man not to be
turned or trifed with. A man, I should
say, who must be killed to be got out of
the way. His manners perfectly COM
posed. There was an air of chronic
anxiety upon him but not a crease or
ruffie in his dress, and his papers were
as composed as himself" When John
son went out of congress in 1858 he was
pale-face black-haired man, brusqe
in his speech, abrupt in his mien, and
of nervous movement. As he grew older
he gained in self esteem, and his ad-
dress improved. During the last ten
years of his life he carried himself like
one used to command, and, though often
decisive, was not wanting IN a very fine
and rare possession. Originally it
was easier to stir him to anger than to
move him to laughter. He made many
efforts to overcome this tendency, and,
toward the end, his outbursts of passion
were neither frequent nor conspicuous.
His mirth, however, was never violent,
expressed for the most part in a grim
humor about the lips and in the eyes.
Dickens does not exaggerate his person
mel. It was altogether marked, and but
for a certain sullen shadow, which at
times darkened his countenance, it
would have been unexceptional. No one
could meet him without receiving a
distinct impression. He was the last of
men to be slapped on the back or treated
with levity. Even when a poor, up
country politician he was scrupulously
neat in his attire, punctillious i1tekact-
ing courtesy for himself and meeting
no one half way.
The death of the ex president may be
said to have come to pass at an oppor-
tune moment for his fame. It was
hardly possible for him to realize the
expectations of the country in the re-
newal of his senatorial career. He would
certainly have disappointed the hopes
of those who regarded his temperance
in the national capital as a partisan ad-
vantage. His triumph last March was
measure of poetic justice but with it
there hovered menace which he was
little like to heed. The grave cuts eff
the danger. He sinks into his last re-
pose battles SCARED and care-worn, the
flag of his country folding his wasted
form and waving above his resting
place. It may be written on his tomb,
" He was the poor mans friend"
Every pulse of his heart kept time to
homely music. He had nothing in COM
mon with the rich and great, and will
be lamented chiefly by the humble,
over whom he exerted an influence I'M
equaled in our annals.
GO2ITieY. TOllT7lnL
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A Northern GirI's Opinion of EOuthern
Girls
[NIiss Constance FenimOre wolston, in the C,eve-
land Herald.

Misc Constance FenfnOre wolston, in the C,eve-
land Herald.
You can tell a southern girl at once.
She is rounder than her northern sisters,
indeed she is never thin or lank she
walks with a langUid step, and all her
movements are slow snd indolent she
is never alert. She has fiue soft eyes
with a serene expression, very different
from the quick, keen eyes of the north ;
she has not the beautiful red and white
complexion of New York and New
England, rather is she saliow, with a
few rose tints you might call her
cream color. She never looks anxious,
no matter what happens she does not
think she can help matters by her
advice or interference, but sits back
camly and leaves everything to "broth-
er," or pa" pronouncing the latter
word in q way l defy northern girl to
initiate. The word might be used as a
shibbOleth it is not exactly ''pay," but
half way between that and the sound of
ga" in ''cat." Our southern girl dresses
picturesquely rather than trinity, and
has brighter colors and more floating
ends and curls about her than northern
belle allows. She has pretty, plump
hands, but she is not particular about
the gloves, that cover them-I mean
particular compared with Fifth avenue
rules. In short, she is more volu-
minous sort of a girl in every way, and
cares less about "the fashion" She
has one decided advantage over the
northern girls however, and that is her
voice; it is sweeter and lower, little
trainante, perhaps, but essentially
gentle and WOmanly
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Wanted a Weed.

He felt of some factory piled on the
counter, glanced up at the shawl swing
ing from the top shelf, and when the
clerk got down to him he said he wanted
a weed for his hat.
"a weed? All So you have lost a
near relative 2"
Yes, my wife,"
Well, that's sad" said the clerk as
he handed down the box of grape.
death has never entered my happy
household, and trust he never will.
"You don't know how 1t crushes a
man down." said the farmer, with quiv-
ering chin. "How much apiece for
these?"
GA dollar"
"What dollar I"
why, that's cheap, my dear sir."
"I1l give you fifty cents, and not a
penny more :" exclaimed the widower,
losing the quiver to his chin.
Couldn't think of it; they cost US
more than that"
Well, I loved my wife as we'll as
any man can love" continued the wild
over, as he started for the door, "but l
won't invest in a weed. I'll have lots
of time after harvest. and / can sit in
the house and cry all I want to without
costing a cent.-DGtroit Freo~PreSS.
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wonder what that big ring cost-two
cents ?" and the speaker Uttered.
We'll, I'm glad if she's got COM
pany," said Mrs. Coonton, kindly.
'tShe's made efforts enough to get
some enc, goodness knows"
"I should say she had," conceded
Emmeline "She's got on one of them
Victoria hats, see. If I had drunken
father, I'd keep in doors, I think, and
not be parading myself in public
Just then there was movement on
the lounge, and the ladies began to
take off their things.
Hello, folks" said Mr.. Coonton,
rising up, and rubbing his eyes. ''Is
church out ?"
eyes," said Mrs. Coonton, with, a
yawn, which communicated itself to her
daughter.
"Did you have a good sermon ?"
/" Pretty good" accompanied by an
other yawn all around.
'See many good clothes ?" was the
next query.
"I suppose you think Mr.. Coonton,
that is all your wife and daughters go
to church for, to look at peoples
clothes" said Mrs. Coonton, tartly.
''That's inst like pa, Said El-.D cline,
with a toss of her head. "He is always
slurring church people,"
Pa sloped to bed.-Danbury NeaOS.
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What They DO at Church.

1t was after the evening service. Mrs.
! CoontOn and the three Misses Coonton
had arrived home. They sat listlessly
around the room with their things on.
Mr.. CoontOn was lying on the lounge
asleep. 1t had been undoubtedly an i'm
| pressive sermon as the ladies were silent,
busy with their thoughts.
Emmeline, said Mrs. CoontoD, sud
| denly addressing her eldest, "did you
see Mrs. Parker when she came in ?"
eyes, Ma" replied Emmeline.
"She didn't have that hat on last
Sunday, did she ?"
"No," sal Emmeline, "it is her old
hat. noticed it the moment she came
down the aisle, and says to Sarah, what
on earth possesses Mrs. Parker to wear
such hat as that p says T."
Such a great prancing feather on
such little hat looked awful ridiculous.
thought 1 should laugh right out when
l saw it," observed Sarah.
" don't think it looked any worse
than Mary Schuyler's, with that faring
red bow at the back, said Amelia.
Sc don't see what Mrs. Schuyler can
be thinking of to dress Mary out like
that" said Mrs. CoontOn, with a sigh
Mary must be older than Sarah, and
yet she dresses as if she were mere
| child"
She's nearly year older than 1
am, asserted Sarah.
Did you see how the widow Mar
shall was tucked ont ?" interrupted En-
incline. " She was as gay as q peacock.
| Mercy, what airs that woman puts on,
1 would like to have asked her when
she's going to bring back that pan of
| nd ii
ciously.
"She's shining around old McMas-
| ters, they say" mentioned Amelia.
"Old McMasters % calculated Mrs.
| CoOnton. "Why, he is old enough to
be her father"
"What difference do you suppose
that makes to her?" suggested Emme-
line. "She'd marry Methuselah. But
I'd pity him if he gets her. She's per-
feet wild cat."
"Say, En-, who was that gentleman
with Ellen Byxby?" inquired Amelia.
"That's SO" chimed in Sarah, with
spirit, "who was he ?"
"What gentleman?" asked Mrs.
| Coonton.
"Why 1 don't know who it was," ex-
planned Emmeline.
"They came in during the prayer
He was tall fellow, with light hair and
chin whiskers."
'It couldn't have been her cousin
John, from Brooklyn" suggested Mrs.
COonton.
Bother, no." said Sarah, pettishly.
''He is short and has brown hair. This
| gentleman is a stranger here. I wonder
where she picked him up"
"She seems to keep mighty close to
him, +" said Amelia, ''but she needn't be
scared. No one viii take him unless
they are pretty hard pushed. He looks
as soft as a squash. Did You see him
tumble up his hair with his fingers? I
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IMPENDING STARVATION IN THE oOUAl'
Should the drouth continue, SarvR-
tion will stare this eectiOn in the face,
as crops will be ruined. Cotton Is shed
ding as last as it can, corn looks as II It
had been boiled until all the life had
gone ont. Small trees are diving for the
want of moisture. A gentleman who
rode into the country Sunday says he
saw at least 1--WE hundred dead trees;
in coming out OF the.court house yard
Yesterday leaves twisted and Drowned
were falling as thickly as during the
fall Farmers are very gloomy. For
three weeks, now, no ram has ialien'
and the heat has been more intense than
any summer since the war.
We are told on good authority OF one
one hundred acre field near Snorters 9
depot on the lire Of tho western rail
road. in Alabama, which was planted IN
cotton between April lst and 9th. The
drought has been 30 bad that not a seed
has come up.
In every quarter in Georgia and Ala
bama planters are duplicating for rain;
Some very little must have fallen around
Columbus last afternoon, but hardly
enough TO wet the top OF the ground
Columbus Ga., EHqCircr.