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will flock into it and keep it well stocked
with brain and energy.
But how is agriculture ever going to be
developed until the educated young men do
put their brains and energy into it? All,
Mr.. Editor, there is the hard problem. Ny
friend will not educate his son lest be edu-
cate him away from tie farm. and the con-
sequence is that but few young men are
educated at all. Suppose. now, that all our
Young men were educated, not according to
the whims of their parents, but in such
way as to bring ,out whatever Of talent
there is in them, and let them indicate their
:. calling" Is there any fear that few of
them would be called to agriculture? By
the necessities os the case the most of them
would be. Some of the professions are full
TO oyerfowing, now. There would. ia this
case, be redistribution of educated men,
and the industrial occupations would get
almost all the excess. Send your boy to
college. then. my friend, and persuade your
neighbor to send his. and you will have
done something toward making it certain
that educated young men-ifnot your boys,
then some other mems boys-will put their
education to the service OF agriculture
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-05-05

preston of disgust, mounted his barrel
and rs We took our leave, promising to
spend day with him when the big Exhi-
bltion opens, we heard him crying out
All alive now, Only twenty-five cents
Pass right in Skeleton jist-a-going t.
swallow another snake Hero you are
Heres your great Centennial Exhibition
Here's your Main Building Now's your
time ~
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-05-05

We are now informed that the life-size
portrait Of Gen. George ii. Thomas, which,lt
mas been positively asserted, was refused q
place in the Woman's Pavilion at Philadei
phia, lest it might be " offensive to some Of
our Southern BRETHREN" was probably re-
jected by the ladies in charge for another
reason. A correspondent who is likely to
be well informed writes US that the pant
ing in question has been often pressed upon
the Committee on the Library Of Congress,
for purchase for the Government, and mas
not been so purchased because it Is 80
totally deficient in every respect that belongs
to art" Our correspondent adds: 81 have
no doubt that the refusal to admit II 70 tne
andennisl Exhibition arises from that cause
Cent not the one suggested"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-05-05

The GREY Nun ASYLUM, MOSTRRAL.-No
les than seven hundred and twenty year,
OF two a day. on an average, miserable little
foundlings, gasping for life. are brought 10
the Grey Nun Asylum, on Grey street, for
protection. OF these hundreds, only eigh hty-
eight survive the first year, and less than
forty live TO engage in the active scenes OF
life. About fifty, or one q week, OF these
abandoned children, come from the States
During the first year, forty-three or fer ty
four Of them are deposited in as many name
less graves in the Catholic cemetery. and
say three OF them come to maturity in Cath
Ollc homes. The children, on arriving at
the nunnery, are Immediately dispatched
into the country around, going as far as ti-
teen miles away. 1t Is not TO well-to-do
families they are taken, but to desolate.
miserable homes. Three dollars month Il
paid 10 keep them drugged so they may not
cry themselves to death, and for placing,
from time to time, disgusting. sour sop IN
their mouths, to be drawn upon for Dourisb-
ment. Many families get their whole sup
port in this way. having several of these
children at a time. those that die being at
once replaced by Others soon themselves TO
pass away. No medical aid Is ever sought
to help tide them over the first few critical
months Of their existence. the old women
having them in charge Icing left to care for
them tenderly if they please, or neglectlng
them in the most barbarous manner II 80
disposed This whole subject of farming
children out has lately been prominently
brought before the public, by the following
painful circumstance A young man. hay-
ing lost his wife, came on from New York,
. bringing with him healthy child. seven
months old. lie got work in the city, but
finding no one to care for his child, took 1t
to the nuns, asking them to see to It Tor a
few days. when be would return for it. pay
ing them at the time for their trouble. lie
went back in day or two to see 1t, but
could not, being told it was sent into the
country. lie returned several times during
as many days, but could not find where 1t
was. Finally, threatening to take legal
proceedings against them, he was sent, with
, Il couple of nuns, fifteen miles into the
! country. when he found his child, in mis-
erable nut. dying. He at once got a doctor
/ but of no use he brought hack the cOrpes
/ of his child the next day.-Montredl Cor.
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A man who can't love Fernando W ood me.
DIR Sayre in New York, just after his recent
performance of difficult operation upon
politicians throat What fee" he asKeu'
'.did you charge Fernando for cutting NJ
throat ?" about a thousand dollars
answered the son of Asculapius. s. thou,
sand dollars - CALCULATED Fernando 5 OLD
enemy 81 know dozen fellows in town town
who would be glad to cut his throat for nity
cents :" and he smiled sardonic smile anu
moved on
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-05-05

At the Division Court in Toronto wit
ness was nnder examination. Judge Boyd
asked: "Whst is your occupation ?" The
witness did not seem to understand the
meaning Of the word Occupation" and
answered with .'Eh :" The Judgs-"What
do you do for livine?" witnsss-"0h. ny
wife's drsssmaksr %
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-05-05

GOLDEN INK.

" Mddiemarch. - Is generally considered,
up to the present, her best work. 1t has
been predicted that . Deronda" will excel
1t but it is yet too early to hazard an
opinion. For " Middlemarchi its writer
obtained Es, 900 tSiO, ,OO0) on the delivery
of the manuscript, and | hear its publish
ers have already cleared Ei2 coo on it,
while the sale continues to be large and
steady. am told, by one who claims to be
correctly Informed. that she received for
Z" Deronda" fl2, 900 ($60, ,OOO), with an
arrangement as TO the future percentage
that will be likely in the end to yield her at
least a 600 more. Who shall say that lit
eraturs is unremunerative when single
work is capable of bringing $50, 900. the
interest of which would be an independ-
ence in the United States. and something
positively handsome over here?
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-05-05
An ACTUAL ROMANCE.

George Eliot has had quite romance in
her life. and still has it Ia full force. When
she published " Adam Bede,' if | remem-
ber rightly, it attracted the attention Of
George Henry Lewes, among other critics.
lie pronounced it work Of consummate
genius, and was surprised on inquiry, to
learn that it, author was poor and very
shy, retiring persou, who was averse to re-
ceiying anv OF her many literary admirers.
The intelligence piqued his curiosity He
was more deslrOLs than ever TO know her,
and he sought an introduction. but in vain.
He wrote to her and profiered her any prac-
tical assistance that lay in his power-in-
fuence with reviews. publishers and the
like She thanked him kindly. and this led
to correspondence in which he display cd
such delieacy and chivalry that she consent
Cd at last to meet him.
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A COMMUNAL DILEMMA.

At this time Lewes was legally husband
and actually widower Then nearly for
ty-two, he had married, a number of years
before, a handsome bat eccentric woman.
who soon wearied of the conjugal yoke and
eloped with lover. b. coming contrite,
she begged to be restored TO marital favor,
and Lewes, with great generosity. forgave
her usually unparjonablc offence. Their
second matrimonial experience was not un-
pleasant until, with ickleness she could
not control, she ran away with another
man. Her husband then wanted divorce :;
but. having condoned her di.logalty and de-
sertion once. he was by the English law (it
is the same in the States, think) debarred
from anything more than u separation. la
other words. ne could not marry again while
his wife lived.
Mrs. Lewes was alive and 10 robust health
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-05-05

The President, in conversation with a
gentleman, on Wednesday, alluded to the
madman who has recently given such ro-
mantle testimony before the Committee on
Expenditures in the Interior Department.
The President says that for many weeks he
could never leave the White House without
finding this maniac turn upon him at some
street corner and lower upon him with his
raving eyes. This espionage became intol-
erahle, and the President one day stopped
the man and told him that it must cease or
be would have him arrested. The madman
still continued 10 haunt the White House
grounds, and was finally taksn to the asy-
lum. lie had been there but short time,
when his friends told the authorities that
they would take him to his home in Ireland.
if he should be released. The request was
granted, and he was sent to Ireland. How
he came back to this country is mystery.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-05-05

London society has adopted a new amuse-
ment-dancing quadrilles without accompan-
iment of instrumental music-the dancers
themselves singing their own music, general
" simple nursery rhymes for instance,
Lift Bo Peep" "Old Mother Hubbard, "
and other old-fashioped tunes.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-05-05

a pREmsToRIc RyEI.-The Connecticut
river must have been an immense stream
during the melting of the great glacier
which formerly overspread southern New
England According to Prot. Dana's latest
Investigations of the geology and physical
history of this region, the Connecticut was,
at that period, river one hundred and fifty
feet OF upward in depth between Middle
town. Ct. and Springfield. Mass, with an
avera.e bredth of fifteen miles from Hart
ford l. Turner's Falls.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-05-05

The merchants of New York are in h
state of mind about the grain trade Sta
tistics recently collected show that Bilti-
more receives nearly twice the grain that
New York does. and Philadelphia .bOut the
same, while Boston, which was supposed
to be dead. is working up very closely to
both. The papers are all discussing the
matter. and begging the merchants to take
steps To bring back the trade. The trouble
ism { with the merchants, though the loss
falls on them. The fact l., the bloated rail-
road monopolIes have done the work. There
are no f4cilItles in New YORK for handling
grain, cheaply. quickly, or safely. That by
the Central has 10 be hshtered 10 the YES
sells and very much of II Is moved in trucks.
The system l. one Of stealing, extOrtI0n ana
Inconvenience lnstead Of running grain
into an elevator aud trOm thence into yes-
sells al merely nominal cost. there are
tolls, charges. costs. delays. and every thing
else that is vile. Till bu>hel OF wheat go
lng through the city Is load; d 10 almost Its
value. Consequently shippers prefer other
markets, and they have iuund them Balti-
more IL taking the lions stare, and the
prosperity Of that ciiv and the decline of
New York attests the wisdom "i the one
and the stupidity Of the other. Vanderbilt
has been compelled To take steps to hold
the trade OF his road Tie i building big
elevator at Sixtieth street. and the Erie will
do likewise, 50 there i, reason 10 hope that
some portion of the lost trade may be
brought back The Western graiu-gr0wer
will feel the good effect OF this at once New
York l. the natural market fIr the West,
and II Ii II pity TO see IT. facilities thrown
away Yours, ALTON
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Ex-Gov. Dingley says in an editorial n
.Lo Cbx,sf,o, N,rrov.

the Christian Mirror:
" Our own observation. as well a. the
very general testimony of others. satisfies
US that the cause of temperance has made
much greater progress IN Maine than In any
other State, and that Its condition to-day IS
more favorable than at any previous period
in our history. Not only is the law which
prohibits drinking-h0uses and tippling-
shops more generally and effectively en-
forced, and the number OF suspected dram
shops less than has been the case at any
time since prohibition became :he policy OF
the State, nearly twenty-five years ago but
also, as would be naturally expected as a
condition of such state OF things, there IS
a livelier temperance work. and fewer lndi-
cations of intemperance than have ever ex-
isted here before, and very far In advance
OF anything we have ever observed else
where"
Governor Connor, Of Maine, in his mess
age, commended the prohibitory liquor law
as the fixed conclusion of the people. and
stated that it was generally enforced.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-05-05
Disenchanted

eruel years NOT great the burden borne
IN IN uut your number. yet what gifts sublime
nave Ie not robbed me, leaving me forlorn
LIKE poor barren tree in Winter time.
Iike leaves the whrling winds have scattered vida
- ~ isna creams and hope and joy have flown
;AnI ~nit ui love the withering storms de6ed
Emo" Out by its bitterness alone.
ll bll y g az these mourn not-hope and bliss
lo9th ana It's dreams, Willingly forgot
AuH even love perchance my heart piSht r,;s,
- 'Nos- '"ee' u never knew, and perish not
"eep the thrill Of rapture that isaad
Was wont 70 start so swift the gusbin-,o
Inc sacred iiames whose fires are ouencbsd "a a,
iAAl stirred my pulses in more youthfuI vaars
tAe generous ardor that would FIJI the blood
IT. IT. SiAi,"he leaps through every uuiyerin0 vain
a. i'3 li1lhS iAlth tnat brought me near To God
''1e 'a''n seem lar, and heaven not hard To va,n
WHO now shall ian TO vital GLOW onca ,no-a
The spark ct lingering meath tbe asbas .ois,
~ i" NAl 4ulehen now, to warmer heat restore.
ih' s'u=s sa tArobhings OF my heart grown old,
Aaai pass NJ marvel now, what magio hand
H' FeIel Slorles once again make whole
N'W cetjuTe up the sunken fairy-apd.
1i' iunS las lost my disenchanted soul,
o would that had died that early borr
p the iuil Hush % some deep ecstasy
zen LAu my spirit in unbrOken power,
pAeAiA- sV1red T. Immortality,
lr .,len wings uut1 the heights sublime
iN'H me uud d-nimed splendor Of the skies
"-.lNeI now ,n ustec pathways climb.
" .-1 weary -eet and uneelighted eyes
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-05-05
An5 Pos; 60 HIS Mistress

FREDERICK LOCKER.
l'l-l"it4l Verse Is M ne the strain
" last and live As ages wane
hil one he found 70 twine the bavs
ans praise mc then as you now praise
.ll there be one 20 praise All, no.
MY laurel lea. may never grow
hN bust Is 10 the quarry yet
"'--Fipn weayes my coronet
Immortal for month"; week
le sariauds wither as speak:
THE song VIII die, the harp Z unstruur.-
b-i' s.n=. have vainly sung
lud te.-n'l o. lend an car the while
tr.ll.d my lay. ! won your smile.
Now. let L die. or let Il live
''9 verse was all ! had 10 give.
De met flies On wistrnl wings,
Ana hnt= bower, and lights, aud SINS
L1pu-h % my poor verse endures
le .-ht aad liye-:l die in yours.
-CornhiU Mg4I.tse
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-05-05

The delegates to Cincinnati from w S.s =.
mia sxpss:s = rrssersnss fOs Ssn''" 70
Blaine.
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A Statcsman's sufferlHgs.
Max Aaeler in Philadelphia Bulletin.

IHk fATE oP Mr.. STRETCH, WHO RAN FOR OF.
ficE, AND FOUND ALL ABOUT HIS PAST RE
CORD.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-05-05
HER FIRST STORIES

The iir,t work that attracted any general
attention here was - Scenes from Clerical
Life She was something over thirty when
the " Scenes were published. They made
the name of George Eliot familiar TO a num-
ber Of cultured people. but the sale was not
large. The author disposed of the contents
of the volume outright for Glj0 $3.50.
Two or three years later she produced
Silas Mariner, 80 marked an advance
upOn her previous work that many Of her
admirers. even 10 this day. consider It one
of her very best stories. She realized from
.' Mariner" have been told, $3.50 Isl ,5JO)
exclusive. OF course. of what she has re-
ceiyed, since -Ie achieved great fame, iroui
the sale + her collected works.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-05-05
A Holy HindO0.

THE RELIGIOUS DEyoTIoNs OF BELUcHIus JAM
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS UPON ONE
LEG FOR slXTY-sEyEN YEARs-PITCHING
BABIES TO THE SACRED cRoCoDILEs-KXgR-
cIszs UPON TIE SACRED SWING.
The Portland daily press., 1876-07-20
To Let.
TO Let.

A PLEASANT rent Of six rooms in perfect order
q q n 1as gas and Sebago. Rent $3.50. Apply to L.
TAYLOR, 17S Commercial street. my12-tt
The Portland daily press., 1876-07-20
THE GREAT REPUTATION
Which VEGETINE has attained in all parts OF the
country as a
Great and Good Medicine,

and the large number of testimonials which are con-
stantly being received from persons who have been
cured by its use, are conclusive proof of its great
ecaries. As a Blood Purifier and Health Restorer,
it has no equal.
VEGETINE is not prepared for fancy drink made
from poor liquors, which debiltates the system and
tends to destroy health instead of restoring it.
Are not the many testimonials given for the differ
ent Complaints satisfactory to any reasonable persons
suffering from disease that they can be cured? Read
the different testimonials given, and no one can
doubt In many of these cases the persons saw that
their pain and suffering not be expressed as
cases OF Scrofula where apparently, the whole body
was one mass Of corruption. If VEGETINE will re-
leve pan cleanse, purify and cure such diseases,
storing the patient to perfect health after trying diff
ferent physicians many remedies suffering for years.
is it not conclusive proof if you sufferer you
can be cured? Why is this medicine performing
such great cures? 1t works in the blood in the cir
culating fluid. 1t can be truly called the Great
Blood Purifier The great source of disease origin
ates in the blood; and medicine that does not act
directly upon it, to purify and renovate has any just
claim upon public attention. When the blood be-
comes lfeless and stagnant, either from change of
weather or climate, want of exercise irregular diet
OF from any other cause, the VEGETINE will renew
the blood, carry of the putrd humors, cleanse the
stomach, regulate the bowels and impart a tone of
vigor to the whole body. The conviction is, in the
public mind well in the medical profession that
the remedies supplied by the Vegetable Kingdom are
more safe more successful in the cure of disease,
than mineral medicines. VEGETINE is composed OF
ROOTS barks, and herbs 1t is pleasant to take and
is perfectly safe to give infant. Do you need it?
Do not hesitate to try it, You will never regret it.
The Portland daily press., 1876-07-20

When Tilden was elected Governor of New York
the taxes were sixteen millions. Under his admin
istration they have been reduced eight millions
Boston Post.
The New York Times contends that such
statements are entirely unauthorized and de-
ceptive. 1t says that the average taxation in
the Empire State" for the years 1872, 1873,
1874, "during the last two of which General
Dix was governor, and in all three the Legis-
lature Republican, amounted to no less than
S19,7O3,OS9 per year, of which about seven
million dollars were to replace the money alb
stracted from the sinking funds while Hof-
man was governor, Tilden chairman of the
Stale committee, and the Tammany Ring in
complete possession of the State Govern
ment." 1t further asserts that hereafter the
entire $4,500,000 required on account of
bounty and canal debts will be Saved to the
people, and the funded debt of New York
State will be less than nine millions of dol
lars. Governor Dix has the honor of restor-
ing during his administration the seven mil
lions which had been pillaged from the sink
ing funds by the Hoffman, Tweed and Tilden
Democracy" The Times alleges that Gov
ernor Tilden ''has the distinction of having
endeavored in a State paper to rob Governor
Dix of this honor"
The Portland daily press., 1876-07-20

AND now the weekly Democratic papers
in this state are telling their readers about
the monster" Democratic meeting in Port
land Saturday night. 'Ladies and gentle
men" said the Snowman, the "huge elephant
in this tent is the largest animal on this con-
tinent. He required four large ships to
transport him from his native jungles TO this
land of freedom. He measures thiIty-six
feet, nine and three. quarters inches from the
tip of his trunk to the end of his tail, and
forty-one feet and five inches from the end OF
his tail to the tip of his trunk, making sew
enty-seven feet two and three. fourths inches.
Walk in; only twenty-five cents" Had that
Snowman taken lessons of the Democratic
reporters who made the Tilden meeting a
monster" he could have announced very
much larger elephant.
The Portland daily press., 1876-07-20
Political News.


1t is said Prof. Seelye will refuse re-nom-
ination to Congress, preferring the presiden-
cy of Amherst College.
The Lynchburg Virginian thinks it is hu-
initiating to contemplate the possibility that
the Republican candidates may possibly carry
Virginia, as Grant did.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says that in the
West Mr.. Hendricks will be voted for upon
the idea that he is somewhat impregnated
with greenback principles.
The Boston Globe says that the Prohibito-
ry politicians in Massachusetts are meeting a
strong opposition from the organizations of
reformed men, who generally do not believe
in carrying the temperance fight into politics,
and it is expected that this will find express
sion in tbs coming Faneuil Hall Convention.
The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, speaking of
the Hamburg atrocity, says: Gin the de-
plorable affair of Saturday night, it is well
known that many Georgians assisted in the
attack, and that the piece of artillery was
taken from this city to batter down the ar.
mory."
w WlSCOuSlu late ICiOIu OOVGIuOT, LAY
lor, has been declared by the Investigating
Committee guilty of pocketing 5000 of the
States money, and of other eccentricities,
including the payment of his travelling ex-
penses inside OF the State out of the contin.
gent fund, "which was improper being for.
bidden by the Constitution and the laws"
The Boston Adoertiser says: SIT is OF nc
use to cover up such iniquity and make be.
lieve that it is not. While the Sonth makes
| bloody shirts, the North must take notice o.
the fact. 1t is not our fault that the horrible
story is true and must be told. But it is
| worth while to remember that, in the debate
in Congress last Saturday on this affair, IL
Democratic member had word of condem
| nation. Mr.. Cox of New York was partlcu
larly groveling in his effort TO make light o
| it,n