Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-31


Office at Baldwin Ranch? 1t would not d,
you any good. If any letters come there
you couldn't read them, you know and
besides, such letters as ought to pass through
with money in them, for other localities
would not be likely 10 get through, you musi
perceive at once and that would make
trouble for US all. No. don't bother about q
postothce ia your camp, | have your best in
terests at heart, and feel that it would only
be an ornamental folly What You want
Is a nice Jail, You kn0w-a nice substantial
| jail and a free school. These will be last
ing benefit to you. These viii make YOU
really eontented and happy viii NOV,
IN the matter a; once Very truly, etc
MARS TwNV.
"' For james " ~, |. 5. 5ena
tor
That is the way you answered that le.
ter. Those people say they viii hang me
If ever enter that district again. and sH
perfectly satisfied they lllH, TOO
We'll, sir, | did not know was dong
any harm only wanted to convince
them
"Oh Well. You 44l convince them, !
make no doubt. Now, here Is another
specimen. gave YOU petition from GER
tain gentlemen OF Nevada, praying that
get bill through Congress incorporating
the Methodist Episcopa. church OF the State
Of Nevada told you to say, IN reply that
the creation Of such q laW came more pro
| perly within the province Of the State legs
/ lature and TO endeavor 70 show them, that,
IN the present feebleuess of the religious
| element IN that new commonwealth, the
e1pediency Of Incorporating the church was
| questionable What did You write?
'WAsHNGToN, Nov. 24- Rel. Jota
HzlgaI and ot4srs-GENTLmES You viii
/ have to 90 to the State legislature about that
! speculation Of vours-C Congress don't know
anything about religion. But don vou hurry
to go there either because the thing you
propose to do out IN that new country isn [
| expedient-in fact, II is ridiculous. Your
religion people there are too feeble, in intel
4 lect, in morality, IN piety-in everything
| pretty much. You had better drop this-you
can make it work. You can't issue stock
on an Incorporation like that-or il You
could At would only keep rou in trouble all
| the time Ise other denominations would
! abuse it, and "bear' il. an sell it short,
and break it down. They would do with
| it Just as they would with one Of vour silver
mines out there-they would try to make
all the word bel eve it was wildcat -
! You ought not 70 do anything that Is cal
! culated to bring sacred thing into disre-
! pute You ought To he ashamed OF YOUR
selves, that is what think about it, You
close your petition with the words And
We will ever pray 1 think YOU had bet
ter-you need 10 do 1t. Very truly, etc
"'MARK IwAIy.
3" Tor jaime ". H.. /. S. Sena-
tor
&" Thai luminous epistle finishes me with
| the religious element among my constituents.
But that my political murder might be made
snre, some evil instinct prompted me 10 hand
| You this memorial from the grave company
Of elders, composing the board of aldermen
Of the city OF San Francisco, to try your
hand upon memorial praying that the city :
/ rights 10 the Water-lots upon the city front
might be establishment by law Of congress
! | told you this was dangerous matter 10
move IN told you to write non-commit
tai letter to the aldermen-au Ambiguous
! letter that should avoid as far a. possible
all real consideration and discussion OF the
water lot question. If there is any feeling
left in you-any shame-surely this letter
you wrote, in obedience to that order, on ght
to evoke it when its words fall upon your
ears
'WAsHINcToS, Nov. 21-1hs HJn.
Board Of Aldermen, efc-GENrInfsN
George Washington, the reverend Father OF
| his Country, is dead. His long and bril-
liant career IS closed, alas for ever. He
was greatly respected in this section OF the
country, and his untimely decease cast a
gloom over the whole commGnitY. lie died
on the l4th day of December, 1893 He
passed peacefully away from the scene Of his
honors and his great achievements, the most
lamented hero and the best beloved that ever
earth hath yielded unto Death At such a
time as this you sneak of water lots what
lot was his
"'W hat IS iame1 Fame is an accident
! SIR Isaac Newton discovered an apple fall
ing to the ground trivial discovery, truly,
and one which million men had made be
tore him-but his parents were influential,
and 50 they tortured that small circumstance
into something wonderful, and, 10 the sim
pie world took up the shout, and in almost
the twinkling of an eye, that man was ia
7 nous. Treasure these thou hts
"'Poesy, sweet poesy, who shall estimate what the
world owes to thee'
| Mary had little lamb, lts ueeee vas white 81
SNOW
AMI everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was
JACK and Gill went up.the h!4l
To get pail 9fwater;
Jack fell down and broke his crown
AND GIL came tumblng after.
For simplicity, elegance Of diction, and
freedom from immoral tendencies, regard
these two poems in the light Of gems They
are suited to all grades Of intelligence, 70
every sphere OF life-Io the I'D to the nu 7
sery, 10 the guild. Especially should nc
board Of aldermen be without them.
"'Venerable fossils write again, Moth
ing improves one SO much as friendly cor
| respondence. Write again-and if there is
| anything in this memorial Of yours that re
iers to anything in particular do not be back
ward about explaining il We shall always
be happy to hear you chirp- Very truly
etc, MARX TWAIN.
-" For james " A., {. s. sena-
tor
This Is al atroc.ous, rainous epistle
Distraction -
well, sir, am really sorry ii there /.
anything wrong about it-but-but-it az
pears to me to dodge the water lot quas-
ton"
Dodge the mischief Oh but never
mind As long as destruction must come
now, let it come complete. Let it be com
plete-let this last Of your performances
which | an about TO read, -nakea fuality
Of it. | am a ruined man. had my mis-
givings when gaze You the letter from
Humboldt, asking -ls: the post route from
Indiana Gulch to Shakespeare Gap and
intermediate points, be changed partly to
the old Mormon trail But told you il
was delicate question, and warned you t,
deal with 1t dettly-to answer it dubiously
and leave them little in the dark And
your fatal imbeoility impelled you to make
th1S disastrous reply. | should think you
would stop your cars, II you were not dead
to all shame
WASHINGTON, Nov. So Messrs. Per.
tiRs, Wagner, et ei.-GkNTLEuEN Ii Is a
delicate question about this Indian trail but
handled with proper deftness and dubious
ness doubt not We shall succeed in somG
measure OF otherwise, because the place
where the route leaves the Lassen Meadows
over beyond where those two Shawnee
chiefs, Dilapidated- Vengeance and Biter-of,
he-Clouds, were scalped last winter, thi'
being the favorite direction to some, but
Others preferring something else in conse-
quence of things, the Mormon trail leaving
Mosby's at three in the morning, and p=ss
ing through Jawbone Flat to Butcher, and
then down By jug Handle, the road pass
ing to the right Of it, and naturally leaving
it on the right, too, and Dawson's on the
left Of the trail where it passes to the left Of