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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-01

Nv dear - If YOU are delegate to
the Republican convention at Worcester. or
can influence any one who Is, ! hope that
you viii not fail TO represent IN the most
emphatic manner the immense Importance of
its action. Massachusetts, Is the Mother
Republican State, and we are all looking
anxiously and hopefully to her for guidance
and inspiration. At this moment. when
the honest character and patriotic purpose
OF the party are recovering the ascendancy,
when Republican Ohio is waging 50 brave
and noble war with the mad demagoguerv
Of Democratic inilationists when Republi-
can New York has spoken 50 clearly and
strong y, there must be no Disappointment
from Massachusetts, Don't set us back.
* Judge Iioar said in Maine. send the
bummers 10 the rear Let your response
t. Us be such that the whole country nav
see the party of Lincoln and Of Andrew in
the Republicans of Massachusetts and New
York.
10 New England and New York there i.
substantially no difference in the platforms
Of the parties, and each must therefore give
unmis;akable proof that it i fully alive To
the hour. You Massachusetts Republicans
must not be satisfied with regulation and
routine party candidate. The New York
Democrats, understanding the situation,
have placed Republican At the head Of
their ticket by aeclamation Ii You would
awaken the old Republican enthusiasm Of
Massachusetts, nominate for governor man
whose name means to the whole country
what il wants You have such nan one
Of the i1Irlers Oi the Reuuhli,-iu uartv
one Of the most thoroughly trained and ex-
pcrlenced OF public men aai a most de-
voted aud efficient public servant 1t the most
difficult post and in the darkest hour of the
war. He Is not. and cannot be a ,;rict par
tl-au. - much the better. for he Is. and
always must be, spotleSSly honest and sin
cere.y patriotic, and the Republicans of
must show that they seek not
a partisan, but patriotic suece-> The
man in your convention who will lift it to
the nomination Of Charles Francis Adams,
will name the next governor of Massachu- |
sets, of whom every good citizen in the /
country, as well - in that State. will be /
proud, whose nomination would send back |
10 IL. in New York, the joyful assurance of /
4 spirit IN the party which will make it 4 .
renewed union of the conscience and intelli- /
renee ct the country against the party Of
nhatlOn and national dishonor The action
II your convention NAV seem 10 you 70 be u
'urely local consideration but 1t is Of the
cry greatest significance and Importance to
he whole country and to the result Of mex;
ear. Away, truly yours.
GE1. ". Crr7!S.
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Ihe NuIt AcnInsi Mr.. Park

The Rutland Herald announced the other fnor..
/ .nS that 4 suit has been commenced hy Commodore
Vanderbilt against Hon. T. ". Park. OF North Ben
ninston. ant that his property had been attached
Mr.. Para San and will unaoubtedly respond prompt
y q any claim Vanderbilt has a-aiust him. or @
ready % pay any Judgment that may be obta ned.
The public need have no fear O. the resp0nsihllrY
@. Mr.. PARK, gathered from such announcement ~
the press lie is abgndantly competent h make
good all his contracts OF any claims against D -m
Rutland Globe.
The suit above referred to Is the same one.
in another form of action, that has been
pending in the court Of Chancery between
Park and Vanderbilt, in the name of the
Union Trust Co, and other parties for sew
eral years. and which was brought BY Van
derbllt in his interest. to close in mortgage
on the Lebanon Springs railroad Ii there
l. any significance to this new suit. it /. the
Indication that Mr. Nanderhilt's ATTORNEYS
have not the fullest confidence in prospect
OF gaming their suit in chauneeTy. Ii either
case fails. both will. 50 We see no grea. aG-
vantage to be gained by this change in the
form of action. At all events, Mr.. Park will
not ieei in any way disturbed and his friends
certainly are mo-, this loud-sluuiing SAT-
for $500 0O0.' The question Ut issue any
way is whether Mr.. Vanderbilt shal! teke,ln
interest Of $500 900 in the Lebanon road at
par value OF the stock and bonds, as i, is
claimed he agreed to do. or BY closing the
mortgage in suit. take the road or money
and as Mr.. PARK : interest in thar road Is
worth much more than the sum in dispute.
Mr.. p. will not be embarrassed uecuniariy
or otherwise by the twin forms of LITIGATION
- BliniucigH Banner.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-01

Later reports regarding the Texas cyclone
fully confirm the worst reports received Of
the terrible sacrifice Of lie and destruction
Of property. At lndianola, Thursday night,
while the storm was at its height the water
rose over six feet in two hours, the wind
blowing s. miles an hour, driving the water
and breakers through the city at the rate of
10 miles au hour, weeping everything in its
way and covering the plain i'll the rear Of
the city for ten miles to depth Of several
feet Several small settlements, numbering
a total population Of $50, were also swept
oat Of existence, making, with the go at
lnlianola, total of 400 lives lost.
At Nelasca and the neighboring town Of
Qnintana, the wind commenced blowing on
Tuesday night from the northeast, changing
east, then southeast. BY Thursday morning
it was blowing a hurricane, 90 to 50 miles
an hour During Friday the wind blew
with the greatest force. The water from the
Gulf was driven with great rapidity and was
4 tidal wave and from low tide
it could be seen coming forward, and
soon the whole country was oyerfOwed
The ocean waves beat over the root of the
two-story house occupied by Judge Cook,
tearing up trees, eight miles from the Gulf.
The tide rose from II to II feet above low
mean tide, six or seven feet higher than ever
known, and six feet deep on the lands that
had never been touched by salt water.
The work of destruction twas, naturally,
iprinkled with miraculous escapes. of which |
The following is an example A number of |
persons were driven on raft through ship
'hannel at Morgan Point, promontory jut-
ing out into Galveston Bay, on Friday
afternoon. The survivors of the raft, Mr.
Post, Mr.. Pierce and one child, Mr.. West
md his wife had jus: got into the ship-chan-
lel canal when the roof of house swept
lown the canal and overturned the raft.
'lr. West rose, holding his wife, and seized
he roof. The flood struck it on the east
lde, striking the bank, and all we're thrown
nto the seething flood. Mrs. West was
Post was carried on the bank
enseless. On the other side of the bank
~ coal tug, driven there by the gale
'wo men who had brought her up from Red
ish, were on board. Means attracted their
ttention on the other side Of the dump.
hey found Mrs West and child, tho only
iryiyors, and carried them to the tug.
Within half an hour, Mrs. West gave birth
boy. The hardy sea;nen acted as pro
I'm nurses and some good women, who
ere soon upon the scene, though not
BE to get on board. gave directions which,
oubtless saved the mothers life. As soon
J the gale had abated, and the condition of
other and child would warrant it, Mrs.
est was carried up to the Morgan place,
here the occupant, did everything to make Z
,r condition beanble. '
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cave. Her friends were untiring in their
search for her, spending months in travers-
ing the primeval forests in all directions.
but in vain. Yet the Indians becoming
alarmed at the close approach OF the pale
lace to the place of secretion, murdered her
and left the body far within the reeesses of
the cavern, where it was long afterward
discovered. Fishermen say that as the long
shadows Of evening come on. her form Is
seen on the shore of the lake, and this
report having free circulation among the
snperstitious rustics prevents them from frc-
quentiug the solitary waters OF this dark,
sequestered spot.
Mempremagog Lake is coming more and
more INTO favor es summer resort,
aud new attractions are constantly being
discovered. one OF the last of which is at
Gibraltar Point. a few miles from the north
loot OF Mt. Ortord, where a large hotel and
cottage are going up the present summer,
and the place commands a very extensive
view OF the lake. both north and south.
There Is always a bretz, and on the whole
it Is q delightful spot
The summit of Mt Oxford ave1ares cpld-
er during the whole year than any other
locality south Of the St. Lawrence river. 1t
Is not covered with perpetual snow, but the
mercury rarely reaches temperate, "
and falls several degrees lower than is re-
corded on Mt. Washington, and with
brisk wind sweeping over the bare, smooth,
rocky summit, is is rarely even warm
enough to be comfortable. From tie sum
init more definite view is had of the 81.
Lawrence and St. Francis rivers than from
any other peak of the Green Mjuntain
range. The St. Lawrence is easily traced
from above Montreal nearly 10 Quebec, be-
yond which is a vast expanse of territory,
with the st. Maurice river valley stretching
far 10 the north. Fifty miles TO the cast
are tho head waters Of the Connecticut
river, which is definitely traced a. far south
as the White Mountains. The view toward
the south is the most delightful OF all, for
1t embraces great variety of scenery first,
at the loot OF the mountain, Is Nlemprcma-
COG Lake, reaching twenty-five miles, stud
ded with beautiful islands and walled in in its
entire length on the west with mountains;
then comes Owls Head, Jay Peak and
other mountains beyond, while at the east
OF these Is a fertile tract dotted with heauti-
tul villages and towns. Such Is Ny. Oxford
and its surroundings. combining more of
the sublime and beautiful, the romantic and
real. than any other mountain in the Pro-
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The semI-CentensIa. Of Raiiroading.

IL seems almost incredible that the entire
railroad system iof the world should have
been the growth of fifty years. Yet such Is
the fact. Fifty years ago. sept. p, 1879,
the first train was run upon railroad. This
took place on the Stockton and Darlington
Railroad, IN England. The cars were then
drawn by horses In the following year,
1876, French engineer, NJ. Seguin, success
fally introduced locomotives upon the rail-
vay from Roanne to St. Etenne. In lo29
the first locomotive, built by George Stephen
son. arrived in this country and it is stated
a a curious fact that, notwithstanding the
earlier use Of steam locomotives abroad, the
first roads constructed with view to their
sole employment were built in the United
States. These. then, were the beginnings
of vast agency which has changed the face
Of the globe, powerfully affected the de'ei-
opment Of all enlightened countries,
and extended its influence to every
shop and home in Christendon 1t
would be impossible to give within
readable compass, even an outline IT the
wonderful progress which has marked the
history OF railroads during these fifty years
"a progress which. in spite Of temporary
reyerseS ike that now resting upon our bust
mes interests in this country, l. continuing
a. rapidly to-day a at any other period In
England alone the receipts Of railway traihc
for 1874 amounted to $40, %, 135-more
than double the receipts OF $500. In e.
tiuating the advantages which Great Britain
ht- derived from her railways, Sir John
Hawkshaw ina recent address, estimated that
the e, dent ami constructive benetits-the say
iag ia tune and cost of conveyance, etc
amount To- IA money value Of Slo,00O,00O
Wcea Can il Ice that the next fifty years
will show an equal progress
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-01

The following summary of this case, given
by the New York Nation, mentions several
facts in regard to it that We have not seen
elsewhere
The Guibord case in Canada still excites
DISCUSSION, and the more it is discussed, the
worse figure the Church cuts in it. 1t APP
pears that literary society-the Institut
Canadien-got into quarrel with the Bishop
over their library. which he said contained
infdel or immoral books, one of them thus
objected to being something of Horace Gree
ley's on religious liberty. They appealed
to Rome against him but the Papal Court
took no notice of the matter until the
Bishop went over himself. and he was then
allowed to send home a decision in favor
of himself and against the Intitut in a
pastoral letter and he ordered his priests
TO reinse the members the sacraments, even
in the article of death, for having such
library, and for publishing or reading an
% Annuaire, - of 1SGS. The society, there
fore, gave up the :. Annuaire,n and deelar-
ed by resolution that :. they were a purely
literary and scientific body and taught no
doctrine of any kind, and carefully excluded
all teaching of pernicious doctrine" This,
instead of pacitying the Bishop, enraged
him for this resolution, he declared, 8. es-
tablished the principle of religious tolera-
ton, which had been the principal ground
of the condemnation Of the Institut.'' Gai-
bord died in 1869 without the sacraments
his wife sought to have him buried in the
cemetery, which was not then consecrated.
but was refused, ard after ueh vexation
she became insane, and died $50 but the
lnstitut carried the case ~ o the Privy
Council, which decided thai inder the old
French ecclesiastical law, :, which the
Bishop had appealed, and " ch had been
reserved by the Treaty of G. sion to Great
Britain, Guibord, if not communicated.
was entitled to barial in the Catholic bury
ing-ground and they decided that under
the canon law he had not been excommu-
nicated, as in order 10 deprive person of
bis ecclesiastical rights communication
must be formal and personal. and cannot
reach Il man as a member Of Il category
While the case was before the Privy Coun-
ell the church conSecrated the cemetery,
hoping thus to make its case stronger, and
since the decision the Bishop has tried to
escape is effects by declaring his intention
to curse that portion Of the cemetery in
which Guibord may he inferred. In the
meantime, it has been discovered that only
twcnty-ihree men Of the Montreal police |
can he relied on TO put dom a religious
riot. IL is worthy Of note that the Bishop |
ASSUMES n his controversy that Catholic |
has no right to belong to club whose IL
hrary may contain books of which he (the |
BiShop) pleascs to disapprove. even though |
he does not read them, or to society |
which agrees to exclude the teaching or
recognition Of religious doctrine
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l-ciai Despatch to the Free Press and LINES.
Tragedy in WeaihersneId.

MOTHER ATTEMPTS TO POISON HERSELF AND
THREE CHILDREN - ALI SAVED But ONE
cHILD-A SINGULAR CASE
RUTLAND, Vt, Sept. 27-The toxn Of
~eathersfield, in Windsor county. IS great
Is excited over a murder and attenntei sui
eide Ebenezsr Dunsmore, living midway
between DOwners Hotel and Felchville. on
Saturday last invited his wife to accompany
him to Forepaugh' circus. at Pfoct1rsville.
which She declined 10 DO. lie then
invited his daughter. some eight years
o! age. to accompany him bu. the
mother stoutly objected and he went
alone. lie returned at seven O'Clock
IN the evening, and on entering his home
he found his wife and three children under
the influence Of strychnine administered by
the vile and mother lie Immediately ad-
miuistered lobelii and spirits which bad the
desired effect, except in the ease OF the
youngest child, on whom tie deadly poison
had done its work The eldest daughter
says when the mother put them all 10 bed
she desired them &c take something that
would do them all good vt last accounts
ii was thought the mother, and the remain
lng children would recover The unnatural
action Of the mother IS hardly accountable
On the plea of insanity.
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tnfreqGenied Younlalns.-N Mount oxford.

Correspondence OF the Boston Journal
The highest and coolest land IN Canada
Fast is the summi; of NJ. Oxford, at the
head Of Memphremagog Lake Unlike
other Of the Green Mountain peaks, it is,
for the most part, devoid of large forest
trees, rising towards the sun q solid mass
Of rock. not abruptly, but 30 gradually that
it can he easily assembled by carriage, and
there is pH.sablc rad on the south side
where cafriaees sometimes ascend. The
mountain Is 80 far from civilization that
the traveller leaves it out in the cold when
visiting that part Of the northern country.
The steamer ON Lake Memphremagog makes
it quite accessible, and the summit can be
easily reached from Newport VI. ia one
day There il something about this noun
tain thai gives the impression thar il is old
er ana has stood the mighty commissions of
nature l"aeer than The surrounding noun
tiIns 1t looms up lar above The others.
and Is tar NJ. Wash nyroe Of Canada There
is nothing beyond il toward the north
which compares .th 1t in height. so it is
distinctly seen from points all along the ST.
Lawrence river Hom Montreal 10 Quebec.
making it sort of landmark
The mountain IS most easily approached
from little village on Memphremaeog
Lake called Magog from this a carriage
road leads to the summit. and all the way
along the road charming views are caught
of the lake and surrounding country near
at hand. The summit j. perfectly free from
ANYTHING like vegetation or soil, but con-
ssts OF q smooth, gray rock Of an oval
shape. from which views in al directions
can be obtained without moving from point
TO point. More lakes can be seen from the
summit than from any other have visited |
among the Grcen Mountains. Some TWEEN
tv-fye are distinctly seen on a clear day, |
with their iimpid waters sparkling in the |
sunlight. Among the most interesting OF |
at the north. Masswippi at the east, Mem
phremagog ut the south and Lake Oxford
at the base of the mountain. This latter is
entirely surrounded With forests. the shades
Of which give the deep waters Il weird and
lonely appearance.
This lake is not often visited consequently
it abound7 in trout. and the fisherman is
repaid richly for visiting it. But q legend
connected with it makes it rather IN
pleasant for the native Inhabitants to fire.
Iuent.
The legend runs as follows In the early
lays of the settlement Of Vermont,a beauti-
ul young woman was taken from her home
n the northern par: of the State by the In
iians and conveyed to this lake, where she
vas kept for several years concealed in
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Gen. spinner on the National BanA,.
lively LETTER FROM THE Ex-TREAsu RER.
MOHAWK. sept. l., $50.

A lively LETTER FROM 1uF ry-rrr,sl.err
-''''," n ~ i,'' a. io''
HAA& SiE y our letter OF the 18Th III
S'an' reached me on the day before yester-
Jay, i week or more 40 received let
yer rom M treasurer New, lncloslng sip
! cnt rom 10 W." l'r' Erf9tHg Fost OF the
ith instant. bearing Your signature. lie
a,ket me 10 answer The article. Tins de
/ eiined 70 40, as DO not wish t. he drawn
INTO newspaper controversy. however,
wrote nm, sustaining MN III hls acton IN
regard 10 the assessment made upon the Ma
ti'na. BANKS Tor the expenses incurred by the
/ people Tor the redemption OF their clrculat-
ing notes
ION -ay There seems u be general
.ndignatiaa throughout the country against
a. VI, not aware neiore that the banks
Had got quite - i4r Or to claim 10 be the
country = am tnc state sad the King
OF rance We are the country, say the
Ank-. Let them beware. History repeats
ltseh. tor more than twenty years was
the executive olhter OF a bank. Most OF
what litl!e possess th.S world Is invested
III National Banks. My interest therefore i
entirely Oh that side. bot hope that that Tact
VIII never warp my judgment 10 that degree
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le'il'- III liie introduction % your article
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as i'''''''' "i' M i'Il'1u MN money lor
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In Brief.

The Turks are maSsacring Christians in
Northern Bosnia.
Assaults on ladies in railway carriages
continue frequent in England.
There are 10000 horses sick in New York
city, with a milder form of epizootie
An Oswego billy-goat broke up base
ball match the other day by butting both
mines off the field.
The Democratic Brooklyn ring spend the
city's money 50 recklessly that all tie tax
levy of nearly s. 900, 900 i gone except
Sl5G, 500.
The British arctic expedition disappeared
behind the icebergs at Godhayen. on the eve
ming of July It, and nothing more will be
heard of them for one or two years.
The Pasha of Trpoli has made an humble
apology for insults to the L. S. Consul, and
his subjects that committed the offence are
to be punished.
A Trappist monastery is to be erected in
Maryland, which will be occupied in Deem
Der next by 206 monks from Europe
Barnum' 5 chariot girl. who was to have
married Donaldson, the aeronaut, has enter
ed convent in Canada She is pretty and
Miss Hulett, the Chicago lawyer, will not
work in a divorce case, believing that "any
woman who will marry a man ought to lie
forced to live with him."
A Milwaukee editor has hsd returned to
him book borrowed twenty-seyen years
age, and begins to have hopes of humanity.
The Philadelphia Press believes it to be
sadly probable" that Charley Ross is dead.
murdered directly by violence or indirectly
" cruel treatment"
The American colleges number 1913 male
'tudents attending the same. 25.0lO; female
students, 3,548. The benefactions to col
eyes and professional schools in 1873
to 81 go 900.
The rumor that pin-back trousers, wide
n the leg with anticipating on the side
nd valenciennes frill, are to be the leading
eature in gentlemen's fall fashions. was oc-
asioned by the first appearance of DIR. Mary
Walker on Broadway last week in her fall
ostume- Buffalo Express.
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De..ru..iv. Fir. in B.a,.,sboro.
wOaK OF INcESDIARIEs-L0ss $50. 00O-IN
suRANcE So, 600.

WORK OF INcESDIARIES-L0ss S0.uuU-lN-
suRANcE SIS, 600.
BRArrLkBoRo, w.. Sept. s7.-On Of the
most disastrous ilcendiary fires that
has visited Brattle boro since 1863, broke
out about l2 O'Clock Saturday night,
IN a large barn owned by j. A. Stevens,
on Elliot street, ia which were
twelve valuable truck horses, and 30
rapid YVES the spread of the flamc- thai be-
fore they could be got uaier control three
dwelling houses AID as many barns. with
four horses had been consumed, while
six families were lett homeless. The
houses were owned and occupied by j.
y Stevens, John NJ. Jay and Mrs. Electa
Allen. Loss about SEQ. 900. Insured for
$l2 coo, two-thirds in the Vermont Ma
tual, and the balance in the Phoenix o.
Brooklyn, and Lhamplain, Of Burlington.