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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-03-12

When the long evenings slarting grow
In crystal rafters over ths beach.
The roofs of heaven are almost in reach
As ! think OF my sorrow Of Ion. ago.

when Tho long evenings slarting grow
IN crystal rafters over tbs beach.
The roofs Of heaven are almost in reach
As think OF my sorrow Of Ion. ago.
cnce more an old grief comes and wrestles.
IS Jacoo wrest.ed at Jaobok's ford
a dumb re~isience, with never n word,
tnt the shadow burdonins down the trestlesi
And a long !oreboding that seemed to grievs,
Like the soldier who over his pallets hears
The whisper of patient. suffering years.
Before he is used to the empty sleeve;
As kissed and cried over a cold, still face,
In her bridal robes, on her bridal bed,
And ever repeated. She is not dead;
She will come out o. her nesting place,
With fash of laughter ard wreathins arms,
The msiden's blush on the cheek Of the wife;
She will come back to me, life in life,
In the dover OF womanhOod's bridal charms.
Or a coming step. / whispered, is hers;
She sings the songs that she used to sing;
She comes, like the blossom exhalins spring,
Through violet bed and the clover furEe;
Ard the still sweet dream shall vigil keep
The whole night long that she nestles near,
Her warm breath tanning my cheek and ear
As lie in her loose, light arms Of sleep
Il seek her by day with the voice or hand,
Il ends in a coleful evil song,
Or a tale OF an ancient, forgotten wrong,
20 children who do not understand.
But after the twilight sheds its bloom
Far over the meadows about her home
The unseen angels can 90 and come,
And ro.l TIE stone from the mouth Of the tomb.
And she CONES in the dews of 4 paladlse.
A holy blessing around me steale;
/ feel her presence as one that feels
The .enltle i@ht upon closed eyes
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-03-12

\ CniNIsE S5loxCS The extraction .i
the truth ~ dis Ecst has always been
difficult process. In Nankin the other
dav the ancient device Of kias Sl.4-
mon had to be reSorted to 10 discover
which husband a lady belonged 10. The
first, whom We Will call \. she had lost. a-
she iaucied. in the Iaeping rebellion, and
after some years mad married the second, L,
with all the usual ioFmalitieS. Bat \ turn
ed up again, and instead of hiding himself
quietly away like Mr. +. Arden, he went TO
law to recover his matc. The magistrate
was greatly puzzled, and at length babe
the two men 70 away for ten days. leaving
the disputed property in his charge, while
he matnred his Judgment AZ the end of
the sixth day be sent for then both in great
haste to tell thea that the lady was dead.
and he begged y to take away the body aud
provide the funeral expenses. Bat de-
INJURED. said lie wanted a living wife, not
a dead one. and would have nothing 20 do
with the matter.
But one Of voL must remove .he body ~
said the magistrate turning to b ID" viii
gou? ?''
Well, -ir, am poor man, wa tie
reply. "but she has been good wi.a - me,
and cost what it viii, viii raise the money
to bury her.
There she is, thea, taae her away
said the Judge and drawing aside r curtain.
he exhibited the lady, all a live, who bad
heard every word of the conversation. She
did not dissentlfrom his way of looking at the
question but departed gladly with No. :.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-03-12

Lucy H. Hooper, in the Philadelphia
Press. tells the following story of a gold eat
er, who came near paying for his folly with
his life He laid wager one day that he
G. 4 swallow one hundred and twenty francs
il old. The wager was accepted, the mon
ey, in ten franc 1.-TWO dollar) pieces, was ab-
sorbed, and the foolish man soon became so i'll
that he was transported to the hospital.
There an active course Of treatment soon
brought to light eleven Of the twelve gold
pieces, but the twelth remained obstinately
hidden. An abscess forming in the larynx, its
whereabouts was revealed in a somewhat dan
gerouS fashion All efforts for its removal
proved fruitless. and total extinction Of
voice ensued. The other day, during vio-
lent attack of coughing, the abscess broke,
and the ten'iranc piece was cOughed up.
In the midst Of his relief the ungrateful
scamp was furious because the hospital au-
tEorities insisted upon returning the coin
TO It's lawful owner, and would not permit
him to keep il.
Henry Cort the inventor Of the pudding
furnace, was born at Lancaster, England, in
l7iO, and died in 1900. In 1865 he was
navy agent. ia Surrey street, Strand. While
conducting this business he found that the
navy required iron in larger masses than
could be made in England, and this led 10
the invention After years Of staly and
many expensive experiments in l115 he
erected Il forge and anu an iron mill near
Portsmouth. which was subsequently c0nfs
Gated by the government for claims against
a partner, and Cort, in accordance with the
eternal fitness Of things, died poor
In Dahomey, when two friends meet they
j)in their middle fingers together in such
way Jhat their joints crack. II they find a
hollow tree ia wlich wild bees have laid up
honey, they 1t once smoke the bees stupid,
and eat honey, wax, bees and all. The
children eat rats and field mice, which they
catch By means OF baskets woven in the form
Of long tubes The grown people feast on
the bodies ol their enemies killed in battle,
elephant meat, dried till it looks like Il log
Of wood. dog and the termites 1t horse
oT donkey j. III he is do-ed with raw pork.
hut human being has I,r medicine a few
verses Of thc Koran, made soft in water
some very mean ioke, are perpetra,el up
ON the medical profession. and we don't
wonder thar It's members take such pleasure
in administering nau,eou> doses to people,
and cutting of legs and arms as often as oY-
po:tunity offers They have proyccatiln
enough. golines- knows. See here. now,
what the Paris c1rre-r audent OF the CrGyi.r
writes in his last letter. We dcn c believe
a w1rdoi II, anl only copy tie >tul in order
that may be reproba,ed as it deserves \
lunatic was haried from the insane asylum
k0uwn as Vile E'ard Yesterday, whose
treatment Ir ID. orn-~~ a~H - re-nlf
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-03-12

4 District Court IN Texas has made a
decision worthy OF the sharpest days Of
special pleading The respondents were in
dicted for stealing onions. This fragrant
fruit vas concerted while growing in a
Garden. and had not been detached from
the soil previous to the taking. 1t Was
held by the Court that while growing the
onions were a part Of the realty and not an
object of larceny, while as soon as detached
they were in tie possession of tbs Eespon-
dents, never haying been in .he possessions
of the ocaptainant after becoming personal
property. Hence the respondents were sim
ply guilty of trespass on real property
less so. Judge
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-03-12

Ne are bEs fir0-the others sleep
Through deaths Cntroubied nj ght
we are but two-O let Us keep
The LAX, that binds Us, bright.
lem. leaps 10 he1r,-the sacred aooi
That warns Us is the same,
lnat good old fuan-his honest blood
Alike We i-ntlJ claim.
We ia lrc mothers arms weie Aet,l-
Loo- be her love repaid
- the same cradle We were rocked,
4 una the siue hearth w3 pla; ei
our toyi- sports were all tae saIne.
Each Lite JOY aua woe
LIST manhood Keep alive the 1ln'.
Lit Up 50 long agl.
~ lrs Bat .tsD--hs ts., the ban!
To hOid u I'll. Nc do;
shoulder 20 shoUide. let u -iaat,
TIL side ~ side We lie.
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r. tae discharge o: my duty ! have laid
before yol. gentlemen, much OF this case
as % the best OF my ability, could put into
words But the deepest truth that under
lie- it Is BEYOND adsquate expression by fee
BE word, Of iIiuc. There i i treasure at
stake in comparison with ~hich even the
coyd name OF one iDaocent man and one in
nocesi woman, however sacred and precious
these may be, /, Of trivia. WORTH mean
the principle of the value OF established
character What i the use Of an honorable
life if it is no barrier against false aecu
sation-if in the face Of fjdl conspiracy its
pray ers and iabors, generOsities and heroisms
are to be counted as worse than nothing
merely the designs Of rotten hypocrisy
Against this most dangerous inftelity Of
our time one great protest has been made.
Thee thousand mea and women Of Ply
mouth Church have presented 10 this COM
munity spectacle unparalleled of faith in
goolness and in God. These people are your
lellow-citizens, gentlemen, virtuous, indus
tricus. sensible rs yourselves. They love
their wives and daughters and they cherish
the purity Of their households. Foremost
among you in every work of charity earnest,
sincere, good friends, good neighbors, good
citizens. they stand and have stood through
out many months, mistaken in confidence
around the Pastor WHOM they love, and this
they do because they know bin, because for
thirty years they have looked through his
clear eyes iuto hi- Transparent soul, because
his influence upon them and their children
has been pure and Wholesome. because he
has taught them from lips that repeated
A ~. st...f
reflected the example Of the Ma .ter-to fear
God and to abbor evil. The multitude Of
witnesses bear testimony 70 the value Of Il
good mau's character as read in good mans
life, and it i the lesson Of the value Of char
acter, which you, gentlemen, are called to
im pres upon the world. frr vo4 1'.-
ask OF you nothing ior this defendant
bit that justice which you would mete out
TO the humble citizen. Yet you cannot bat
feel, as do, Sd overwhelming sense of the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-03-12

Here's d pretty dispute, a. IL stands.
ever the family silver A plenipotentiary of
the laudgraye Of IIesse-Rumpenheim has
appeared AZ Prague and claimed the silver
plate. valued at 900 ,OtO. thalers, which
the elector Of Hes.e had taken with him to
that place, and which was there left at his
death The landgrave, who would have
been heir presum?tiTe had Cassel not been
annexed to Prussia, and who, having made
his peace with Pras-il services, claims the
silver as forming part of the entailed pro-
perty of the family The Counts of Hanau,
sons Of the llte Prince by his morganatic
marriage, refuse to give it up unless the
property Of the late Prince, sequestered by
Prussia, and valued at 10000 900 thalers,
i restored u them.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-03-12
VOL. xLvIII. NEW SERIES. Vol. XXI.

comfort I left ofr my flannel waistcoast
one night. but was obliged to resume it the
next day On the 3Gth there was snow at
Barnet, within forty miles of London.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-03-12

real estate saw that this sort of thing was
wearing out the sidewalk, and went to work
to stop IL. So last fall they bored holes in
the covers and stuck them lull of of iron pegs.
Scarcely anybody sits down on them now.
Everybody goes around them. 1t is very
remarkable Invention .-Neo York Tribune.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-03-12

A piece Of General Washingron's pri-
Z vate carriage has been presented 10 the
Ohio State Library. But. II the haichst
story be true. tho Father Of His Country
always preferred 70 have hack.-N J
CbssHsereiat. hH hf
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-03-12

A little girl four years old created a
ripple by remarking to the teacher OF her
Sunday school class: ''Our dogs dead.
| bet the angels were scared when they
see him coming up the walk. He's cross
To strangers
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BYF.N.w.
Peace, leave thy dead
trcia out Hes casket falls a shell.
The angels Gather up the pearl
: pearl that glimmereth So white.
ii en- doth make deaths darkness ligst
Nom not, beloved above lis ciaY.
Peace leave thy dead and come 1xar
Yea leaye thy dead
us God Who pUtteth lives apart,
To feed the soul he starves the heart.
from out great grief new hope is rlven,
FROM chrg sails the spirits risen;
see; shining ha IDS from heaven reach down
To draw thee, loved one nearer home.
Make not thy moan above his CLAY;
Peace leave thy grave and come away.
Al leave thy dead.
- on the altar OF the Lord
.uis precious jewel Of thy love;
link not. dear one, Of lack OF creeds
.ir wrought his lie in noble deeds;
"a s ialth found centre eyervwhere-
jug 'orms are bot the shr1uding here
Through all Gods love he calls 10 thee
On leave ny grave AMI come 10 me-
So, Leavs thy dead,
i-- al enioldin- Lord snail come
ol soue white morn TO cali thee home,
AA' then h4'll solve thy doubts away,
A5 rising sun unveils the cay
And curtlined flte shall thee unf5d
ne miss4l- link O! Gods great whole.
''D.1! trust thy Fathers love 10 c4,.
th -aare SD graves and come away.
ga buy thy lead
ala seeds c2rtA-s0Wn shall spring in b.Cym,
iehavlA's breath snail touch the tomb.
Death suaiis be torn away from death,
Aad -hi through dark breaks into life
tia'... . .ram dust thou'>t wet with tears
q lit 's hl1om. Loves message bears
through earths graves If; ny head,
I've above slj an not deaf"
-WGskingf0n CL -J4u-'-.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-03-12

A Boston lady gave 4 dinner party on
the first Friday of Lent. The dinner was
composed entirely OF different kinds OF
fish. These were served in fifteen diner-
ent ways, and each course was an sseentin
the epicurean scale, being more novel and
delicious than It's predecessors.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-03-12

- ~ Ap-HEAD EDITORIAL ADVERTISING.
The following paragraphs will show
how one newspaper publisher deals with
this subject:
We long ago adopted the plan oi charg-
inar our regular reading notice price Tor
ali editorial announcements OF entertain
tainments to which an admission fee Is
affixed. We make no exception to this
rule. however deserving the cause or
beneficial the charity. In all these cases,
where a subscription appeal is made 10
our neiGhbors. we are very CAD TO sub
scribe om fair proportion, man-fashion,
ia cash, for the cause; but WE must, 20
far as our columns are concerned, use all
parties alike. In this position We lind
ourselves in harmony with the practice
of every sensible publisher in this country.
In the way OF news topics. we freely
and gladly insert sketches ofail entertain
ments after they have become matters of
history It is only the preliminary work.
looking to the drawing ont of increased
patronage from the public. for which we
expect ccmpensation Marlboro, haSs.,
Journal
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-03-12

~ PAU rAsrNyR
De- LAX 'twi1t ullike ihluE-
$50 -.r--e- merging q % touch
.... SD ...lt where t.treuce mottf
t.. r.. rcace ans is ua mQIe 2Icl
--. a..- 'ar .I.5. earth the ssy
la .i.-, tler weat la distance a-ius
.l. -Hlts JOB t-e chain
fl.a. .l..-t Ono 90 al.te .rAs.
-... r.- a.t. iiH-t wae~o lltreu'e ends
Ee- %. t. SNOW taat irving spot.
l-..l urn. q. % hold',- TIE f5ougtf 10, ta n- s.
Sd. --. 90 which taou tndes. not
4uI t-.l 7rt 4uEdi with other links
.ai lIr..- 80 a par; oi some great plan
.. ..s connect al could We uGce
fr,u t'.l. lls eul fa linked man
SD t..n..s-e '.ussa: SONS great chain
Chance a'-- I--oi .t, maa ne'er traced .I
grasp l-tl ttv ~ -hb1r's hand.
l-' ..., ,i'.l-'iNls G,t Uh- place .t
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Vt-A--s4E.J. TAI.h

..-.. ft-t- 10 llch mau ioIeclJsei "a
...---l-s aa g.. poor man. aud. with contempt
.Ia- words and s7SiaTe-- turned the poor
.a-n lltl tie street. The poor man came
H tai.l- and became millionaire the
g. .h man went a. 81. Louis ard bought d
aes-- re-. Iiua at ia-t made all things
DsUn. au! .ae S. iYuj- journalist came o
Chicago las. week VITA linen Igster. and
IS a..it,.t ug. his debtor Of many years
.-.. THE latter recognized bis helr;less
creditor. al. did uJt lter at his misery or
sela-e 90 lell Ain- 'Smith, ho said kind
iy, "lct bygouc5 he bygoneS. l VIII DO
what can tory you. Take thi. note to Mr.
Ne'a and he Will ''n' y'1 2 'e.th on tAe
.-n i'1rla ~-'.et 'a.- ts dfi'.r- ana Aii.
"ta' '''' -a- 'il'l." Ii'17 H'H9 ''' C'5I'
N-ci-' i"' mum Is, ms nose anu 'o'
'''h4' '-i' hI-'''- are -'''' "'' '''e''@'''
-'4' -.-
l.e .... .a.a- adj taey were fair
tai. o., ti-, is rlrc-ani they loved
.. other very. very mach 4 clergyman
..sf,. and ehar.nin, cirl was she-at
...-- ne remarked .hat She was such. She
g..sl-. the niece of his landlady. and sLe
tss ,,.~..,s- declared that she would we'd
I.. The .,r ..ua II affection ri;tterei
....... ..5.. ami an expression as OF spoons
.-t,l rf.. their seraphie faces when. the
..,ir- I4v lc and She went out for a walk.
Down tic village street they passed, and it
ls highly probable that he had Just inquired
.Wr... tide duckums was She D." when
Che voauz .ajv's aunt appeared. She car
rles' q manner of deep Indignation, and like
n-ca huge umbrella. wiki which shs pro-
..lei D. .sau.1a. hcr iutarc nephew ike
.Ii-s Htt-.v Tr0;w1ai At the 'umble riah.
called {. answer fo, this assault, the ycnera-
il. lady presented theological reasons, con-
...liut le- explanations with a vigorous and
Ii.tar, ,lac dcllaciation of the poor young
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-03-12

Bishop Doane, who recently ordered
special prayers for rain, says in a card in the
Albany Times
1t seems little shortof irreyerent triding
with great mystery, and irrevereur ingrati-
tude for grea, mercy, to question that the
abundant fall of snow, followed by the past
gentle and gradual thaw, Is truly Gods an
swer to the many prayers-some worded one
way and some ano;her-whch have been Of
fered to the throne Of grace. FOL
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-03-12
GOSSIP OF THE DAY.

gave my wife little cheek,
A little check 10 change for gold
Because she loved to dress hersel!
In costumes rich and manifold.
And in return what did my wife,
Ofall the meanest tricks that he.
She spent tho gold cutie otherwise,
And gave her bills unpaid to me.
gave my wife q word Of wrath
a word Of wrath to DO her good
Because she had not spent my gold
The way | told her that she should.
And in return what did my wife,
fall the dreadful things that be,
No gold or word Of wrath gave back,
But she divorced herself from me
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-03-12

We must respectfully decline the pathet-
ic poem. entitled = Cannot Tell Lie"
1t is too late--and would of been too
late II it had come earlier.--RocAester
Cnioa. fs
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-03-12

snow storm prevailed in the southern
section of England Wednesday. -a
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4 SOul.EIie.

lAI-a iAEING Or a MEDIUM-AN IDEAL Ba9kES
WITH MAGIC LANTERN SLIDE.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-03-12

Recently a man fell depth OF 10 leet into
Il chasm in the Swiss mountains. lie was
unhurt His escape was attributed to the
miraculous intervention Of 4 saint, whose im
age he wore. One Of the newspapers ridi-
culed this fancy, and the government authosi-
ties have proceeded against the newspapers
for attacking the conscience and morals OF
the public and for gross and gratuitous IN
suit to the persons protesting the church re-
i,i,r,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-12-17
fouad Dead.
A Stock Gambling Bill.

Some lunatic is about TO present q bill
10 tho Legislatursl 10 prevent "Stock
gambling and its resultant evils" II
this succeeds. he will doubtless be en-
couraged to frame q bill 70 prevent the
development Of the Comstock Lode, or
restrict Consolidated Virginia from pay
ing dividends. There Is q class Of per-
sons who never seem to realize that the
prosperity which the State enjoys Is due
70 the steady stream Of bullion which,
for years past. has been pouring out OF
the Comstock. and that some Of tho
magnificent buildings which adorn our
streets have risen up on the substantial
foundation Of tho dividends Of Crown
Point, Savage and Belcher. Without a
Stock Board. hundreds Of mines now
paying splsndidly would never have
been in operation. A Stock Board 10
like any other exchange. aud taking al.
vantage Of the sudden fiuctustion OF
values, Is denominated "Stock gamb-
ling" while . man who bought q sand.
hill years ago In San Francisco for $500,
and sold Il last week for 500. 600, In
not called q real estate gambler. There
10 q class Of people who think there is
no honest way Of making money, except
in the slow and tedious process OF tsrn-
ing out ten or twelve per cent. OF in.
vested capital each year. The Trainer Of
the bill Is probably some fellow who
hung round q brokers Office for weeks,
boring the very existence out Of him for
q point on Ophir. and wa advised 70
shorten 1t just before last years rise,
and 20 was landed high and dry. with
his venture q failure. No California
Legislature will pass such . ridiculous
bills. y. Uiisg Hsruld. Dec. l3h.
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GRrMBl.rNa AT THE CENSUS.

Tho Carson Tfi1W.e u growing at the
census report. It says Ormsby county
has 5000 population. whereas the man
who counted the noses Of its inhabitants
could ind but 3.162. A q remedy for
this trouble tho Tribune proposes to have
recount made. the expense 10 BE- borne
by private parties. Parkis has evidently
been studying the methods pursued BY
the rival cities Of 81. Louis and Chicago.
Evsry census taken in either Of thoss
cities shows q large gain over its neigh
Dor. But after all the number Of in
habitants remains the sa,ns. The 7fi-
soe makes the curious assertion that
lit requires q very intimate aequaintAue.
with and . long residence in q county
10 enable . person to net as census taksr.
What particular virtue there is in init.
mate acquaint;rss or long residence is
not explained. To an outside skeptic
it would appear just as easy to coun
strangers a. intimates. and a stranger
Who can enumsrats would seem just rs
Of taking a census as an ''old
But not. perhaps, on the Chi
caRo or st. Louis basis. Communities
are always liable to overestimate their
numerical strength. Perhaps this is the
Isult with the Tribune.
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Eureka items.

Prom the Eureka sentinel. Dec. ISL
A poor fellow who has lost the greater
portion Of both his feet, and who earns
q precarious living by peddling apples
and prize candy, came to u Office last
night and informed rs that a. he was
standing in the aisls Of the theatsr. near
the door. at the close OF the perform
ancss last evening. . fellow came along.
and. apparently from . spirit Of pure
hsllishness. jumped upon his basket,
containing his stock In trade which was
setting on the isor beside him. and up.
on being sxpostulatsd with. repeated
the Outrage. 1t the same time applying
to the helpless owner . most opprobri.
u spithet. Tho eowardly cur deserv-
ed to be treated 10 . hfty.mile ride on .
cross-eut saw. and then beaten to death
with the butt-snd Of . wooden leg.
A brakeman. whose name We did not
learn. employed on the Eureka and
PalisAds Railroad, vas seriously injured
last Friday while switching car at the
Palissds station. He Was thrown BY
the switching rope on the track. and two
or three cars passed ovsr him. inficting
wounds which Il was feared would prove
fatal.