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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-11-16
POLITICAL.

OF about 40 Democrats in the House
only Il are put down as in favor of hard
money and the execution of the Resumption
| act.
The Albany Journal pertinently remarks
that "in all the elements of substantial
strength the South is to the North as about
| to .. In the control of the important
Congressional committees the South stands
to the North more than as to /. Thus
Speaker Randall has shown more than 800
per cent. of discrimination in favor of his
Southern friends"
Gen. McClellan's majority for Governor,
by the latest returns, is II l23.
Senator Jones says the Silver bill will pass
the Senate by from four to ten majority. He
anticipates veto from the President.
The Republicans carried Cook county. ILL.,,
(Chicago) for local officers by from 900 to
10000 plurality. McCrca for treasurer hay
ing 2S,442 to 9l,i55 Democratic, 6,7O2
working-men's, and s07 Greenback, votes.
The total vote in Massachusetts will be
about lS5 1000, and Ricc'S plurality about
$1,000. The total vote is about 10 900
larger than in the last off year (IS15), and
greater than was ever before east at an cleo
Sion where neither President nor Congress
men were chosen.
Too much Importance can hardly be at
tachcd to the victory of the Republican party
in Wisconsin. 1t went into tine canvass
squarely on the financial issue, taking it4
stand in favor of Resumption and against
the rcmonctizatinn OF silver without cstah-
fishing the equality of the coins with
gold, ard forced concentration of those on
posed to that policy. On such platform it
won, showing that even in the West. sound
Judgment and common sense prepOndcrats
among the voters.
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L Too.
BY CONSTANCE FEsIMoRL wooLsos.

Let US spread the sail for purple islands,
far In undiscovered tTopic seas
Lei US track the slimmering artic hi ighlands
where no breath of men, no leaf OF trees
Fer has lived SO speak the elders. tellir=,
by the hearth, their list of iancies through,
Needless Of the child whose heart is swelling.
TIL he cries at last, 81 too too ~
AMI too. o Father Thou Inst made me
have life, ard life must have il way
NhH should love and gladless he galnsaid mo
Why should shadows cloud my LITTLE day
Naked souls weigh in thv balance even
Souls Of kings are worth no more than me
Why are gitts cen 10 my brother given,
While my heart ami together pine
Aelnest things that breathe have with no asking
Fullest ihys the One-day's butterfly
Finds It's rose, and, in The sunshine ha skiing.
Has the whole oi lie ere II doth die
Dove, no sorrow on thy wing is preying
it'll thy full conteutmcnt thou dost coo
Vet. must man cry iJr doves life SAVING
Make me as dove-l too too -
Nay ior something moves vithin-a spirit
Kisses IN bis breast, he feels it stir
Son l-loys greater than the doves inherit
should he his to feel yet, why defer
10 neAt worlds yeiled and far tomorrow
AL MS longings iOr present bliss
Stones OF hith are hard oh could he borrow
from that worlds great stores one taste Tor this
Hungry stands he by his empty table
Ihlrsty waits beside his empty we'll
Nor with all his stri wing, is he able
One iulI JOY To catch where hundreds swell
In MS nelshhor's bosom see, he siiteth
Ones again his poor life through and through
Finds hut ashes is it strange he lifteth
Up his cry, 70 Lord too | too.
-APgleton's JogrnaL
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-11-16

PAIN THE PENALTY FOR SuPERo RITY The
ideal perfect life that men imagine is always
one Of which pain forms no part yet curl
ously, in all the life wa know pain is ever
the penalty Iaid for superiority. The
higher organism in the sale Of being, the
greater its capacity for pain this is the uni
yersal rule Mutilation, such a. an insect
bears without apparo 1t incOnyen fence, will
killa reptile. A fish or a reptile dsregard4
injuries that would be quickly fatal to a
mammal through nervous shock. A savage
laughs at wounds that would rack the nor-
yous system Of civilized man with acutest
agony. Thus in every instance capacity for
pain il the measue of development. Evolu-
ti1n being attended by an ever-increasing
complo1ity and dclicacy Of nervous Organiza
tiun, it l. inevitable that increasing liability
to nervous arrangement must mark every
upward movement in the scale Of being.
Will the price Of elevation ever rise so high
as to put an end to progress in
this direction? There would certainly seem
to be possibility Of such a result, when We
consider the fate Of those most admirable
persons who are, as We say, too finely strung
for this rude world. The acuteness and
delicacy Of their sensibilities make them at
once the highest moral and intellectual types
Of humanity. and physically the most unior
tunGte And they rarely or never leave
behind them vigorous family.-Scicnt,t'r
Aweric1t.
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TuE ORIGIs OF PosrAaE STANFs.-The orr
gin Of the postage stamp has tlnge oil
romance IN it. 1t WAS 81 years ago that
Rowland Hill, while crossing a district in
the north OF England, arrived at the door
of an inn where a pOstman had stopped to
deliver letter. A young girl came out to
receive 1t. sbe turned it over IN her hand,
and asked the price Of postage. This was
a large sum and evidently the girl was
Door, for the postman demanded a shilling.
She sighed sadly, and said the letter was
from her brother, but she had no money /;
and so she returned the letter to the post
man. Touched with pity, Mr. Hill paid the
Dostage aud gave the letter to the girl, who
seemed very much embarrassed. Scarcely
had the postman turned his back when the
Young innkeeper's daughter confessed that
il was trick between her and her brother.
Some signs on tine envelope told her all sho
Eantel 20 know, but tho letter contained
10 writing. We are both 10 poor, she
added. that VIC invented this mode OF cor
responding without paying Tor our letters. ~
The traveller continued his road asked ham
self If a system giving place to such frauds
was not a vicious one Before sunset Rowland
had planned to organize the postal service
on a new bass-with what success rs known
to the world.
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Tue MEDICINE on SUNsHINE.-Ihe world
wants more sunshine in It's disposition, N its
huSineSs, in its charities, in its theology.
For ten thousand Of the aches and pains aud
irritations Of men and women, We recon
mend sunshine. 1t Soothes better than NOR
phine, it stimulates better than champagne.
1t is the very best plaster for wound. The
good Samaritan poured ont into the fallen
travellers cash more OF this than of OIL.
Florence Nightingale used II on the Crimean
battle fields Take it into all the alleys. on
board the ships, by all the sickhed-. Not a
yialful. not cupful, not a demJohniul, but
II great big hearty soulful 1t Is good Tor
spleen, for liver compliant, for neuralgia,
hysteria, rheumatism, fallen fortunes,
minds diseased and for melancholy. After
all, perhaps heaven itself il mere sunshine
as we are told there is mo night there
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The FEELING WIEN UNDER FIRE.-As a
contribution towards explaining how one
feels in going under FIRE for the first time, |
may here record a personal experience at
kars, which, though, believe, common
enough under similar circumstances, is per
haps not familiar to non-combatant readers.
This was my first exposure to either musket-
ry or cannon shot, and 81 am free to confess
that, although in excellent health and well
mounted and armed, as the moment of actual
conflict approached felt growing sense Of
fear as much beyond the power of my will
as the involuntary muscles, and which, as it
eliminated Just before the first shot was
fired, became positively physical in its in
tensity. \ complex cOunter-feeling of
half shame, half pride, kept me, however,
from attempting escape, even If this had
been practicable, through the serried battal-
lions behind. But hardly halfa dozen shots
had been exchanged before this emotion of
terror abated as inyoluntarily as it had
ar isen, and in less than a quarter Of an hour
it was replaced by an exhilaration and sense
Of positive enjoyment which more than once
during the day carried me through the thick
of the melee with absolutely unruffied nerve.
Afterward, before Sebastopol, a friend who
still carries glorious scars of Alma and In
hermann, told me that at Sobraon, where he
had received his own baptism of fire. he had
passed through much the same process of
sensation, and that he knew it to be, as
have said, common enough in the experience
Of Others. Mere animal courage, therefore,
after all. would seem to have less to do with
the moral of those who feel il than is gen
orally supposed. l. Fraser's Maqa.ine.
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IHE MENICANs IN SAN ANTONIO Every
where about the outskirts of tho town nro
innumernhle low huts built of stick and mud
and straw and ANY old drift, rooted with
thatch coming almost to the ground. and
presenting an appearance of the utmost
squalor. These nro the Mexican iuckals.
The chimney and its oven nro usually i'll IL
conc of baked md blnckcned mud little re-
moved, and under IL rude awning of Il trco
the whole family is usually To be seen, with
mules, donkcys. md horde Of dogs among
the hitter II hideous. hairless animal pro-
miscu"usly IntcrmiNcd. Dogs are largely in
the majority "i the population III San An
tonic, and then barking divides the noises
of the night with the cock-crowing that re-
sounds from house to meal, from farm to
ranch. and rises ON the ear in broad surgcs
oi sound like the waves of the sea. II you
should glance INTO one of these lacals. YOU
would find tn 'urthen floor cl'nnly swept, IA
bed neatly made and brightly covered, ind
the place Garnlshcd after its sort and ul-
though the general ldcn is TINT II is II nest of
filth, tn the casual eye II HrrIns clean and or
derby. but poor to the last degree Of poverty
lct the Mexican here can live on less than
amy. In the summer the corn and onion
nnd peppers of his garden patch meet his
needs IN the winter, even when he owns his
hit oi land hN'-l"nny soup bone and one
sweet potato comprise ms usual marketing.
But poor ns he may hr. hia daughters io not
20 out to service his mother wraps her
uhosa that remnant OF the Spanish muntllu
about her with grand i.ir and ho himself,
although III rags. salutc4 you on the street
with the grave courtesy of II Spanish don.
Making exception oi the proud old Mexican
families Of lineage and rcputo, who live III
scclusinn. 1t is not possible to feel that these
people who urc known M MoNirnns have amy
clam to the name ns We use IT They are
simply gontlrr Indian, accepting sort of
civilization. now aud thcp with ftiror tint
now and then with WAY" III then huir that
tells of darker blood, and always with II high
check bone, following them To the tenth gen
Grafton. The proud Cnstilinn has but small
part III them. the gentle Montczuma race
perhaps hrs less Hurp.
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ere we put off into the unknown dark, We
may find that We only leave, for IA little time,
the friends OF earth, TO go straight to the
embrace of those who have long been vnit-
ing for us to make perfect for them the no
bier life beyond.the grave? May it not be
that our very first dawning sense of that en-
franchised existence will be the rapture of
reunion with the beloved ones, whom We
have mourned as lost, but who have been
standing near, waiting longingly for our re-
cOgnition, as a mother may watch beside the
bed of n iever-stricken child till reason re-il-
lumines its eyes and with outstretched arms
IT cries. Mother p
There are some, alas to whom 1t must Le
very dreadful to think OF thus meeting on
the threshold OF eternity, the wronged, the
deceived, the fursaken. But for most of us.
God be thanked, no dream of celestial glory
has half the ecstacy of the thought that i'll
dying We may meet and meet at once, be
fore we have had II moment 10 I'LL the awful
loneliness of drnth-the parent, wife, hus-
band, child friend of our life, soul of our
soul, whom We consigned long ago with
breaking hearts to the grave. Their ''beau-
tiful' forms las that dying lady beheld her
brother and sister, entering our chamber
standing beside our bed of DEATH and come
to reloin us forever what words can tell the
happiness of such a vision 1t may be await
ing us all. There is even, perhaps, IA Ger
tam probability that II is actually the natu-
raj destiny of the human soul, and that the
affections. which alone Of earthly things can
survive dissolution, will, like magnets draw
the beloved and loving spirits of the dead
around the dying. | can see no reason why
we should not indulge so inetfably blessed
hope. But, even if it be II dream, the faith
remains, built ON no such an eynnescent and
shadowy foundation, that there is One Friend.
and he tho best in whose arms we shall
surely fall asleep. and TO whose love We may
trust Tor the reunion, sooner or later of the
severed links OF sacred human affection.
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SENATOR MoRroS's RELIGIOUS VIEWS

SENATOR MoRToS's RELIGIOUS VIEWS
Senator Morton Is not "a protesting Chris
tian. a- this phrase IL usually understood
by orthodox Christians. But those who
know him intimately know that he has
great respect for the teachings of the New
Testament. and that he has ever been
friend and supporter OF churches. During
the war he recognized the power of their
influence, and on more than one occasion
during the dark days of 1863, he conferred
with the clersymen OF this city. requesting
their earnest support. :" lie recognized the
efficiency of our prayers. said enc of them,
the other day, and often acknow ledged
that it was Il source of great encouragement
and strength that he had the sympathy of
Christian people The governor s mother
was Il Presbyterian, a woman Of mid and
and u benevolent disposition. u correct un-
derstanding and undertaking probity. His
fathers family were Meth Jdsts. The gov
ernor has mover expressed any especial pre-
ference for either, and since his sickness in
1865 he has been unable to attend church at
all. But the great principles which lie at
the base OF the Christian faith he has always
accepted In boyhOod and young manhood
his grandfather was very careful of his reli-
gIous training. placing IN his hands such
books as would impress their teachings iav-
orably on n mind that was even then reach
ing out and Inquiring Tor Il reason Tor the
faith that was in him. In later years,
and especially since his first attack OF par
alysis, DR.. Thompson has had frequent con-
versatons with HIM upon the subject Ui re.
ligiOn, and he has found him clear in his |
conception OF the truth as formulated in the |
gospels During tho progress Of the Ore |
gOn senatorial investigation he surprised as
n.ttE EnA h., L,.,. H..
his company. in showing an uncommon IA
mIliarity with the different religions of the |
world, ancient and modern. After weigh
ing their merits and dement's, he spoke of
the Christian faith as the fruit of all rell-
glOns which men are now plucking and
eating, because it satisfied a natural craving
after true and reasonable belief in AN un-
seen power who ruled the universe. Mrs.
Morton is Il member of the Christian church,
and woman OF uncummonly good Indg-
mcnt and strong Christian character. She
thoroughly understands her husband, and
has been to him a quiet but verv positive
influence for good Indianapolis Later.
The morning of the day Senator Morton
died, his wIle had private Interview with !
him. She asked him il he was aware of hi,
condition, and he told her he was They
thon talked upon religious questions for
briel time. in the course of which the SeDa-
tor avOwed his belief in the tonets of the
Christian faith, and expressed his accep-
tanco OF the idea and fact OF a Redcemcr
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Bf MIS-. RlcHA RD GRANT WHITE.
Ten little fat fingers, SO taper and neat;
Ten TAT Little fingers, rosy aud sweet
Eagerly reaching for all that comes near
Nov pOkinS YOUR eyes out. and pulling your hair,
Soothing and plttng with velvet-like touch
Then digging our cheek with a mischievous clutch
Gently waving goodbye with iniantile grace,
Then dra--iI : Your bonnet down over your face
teltlnS pat-a-c axe. pat-a cake. slow and sedate
Then tearing your book at a fdrious rate
Gravely holding them out. liko a king to be kissed
Then humping the window with tightly closed fist;
Now lying asleep, ala dlnpled and warm,
Ou the white cradle pillow secure from all harm
., dear baby hands how much love you infold
In the weak, cAreess clasp OF those fingers soft
hold
way
And bless with fond care our last weariful days
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Morals ASp CULTURE. The worlds his
tory nbundantly att,sts the snd truth that
culture without the aids of religious faith
cannot sustain pure and exalted system OF
morals. The golden age OF Greece wns IN
deed rude III culture, but II wns an age of
comparative simplicity and prohity But
with the growth of culture came also re-
iincmcnt of depraNity with the donation of
lusts and frauds and violence. The morals
of the early days of Rome wore commended
10y the ccnsurs and satiTists OF later times
while the manners "i the age of Augustus
tn" higbnu0n of konnn refinement pro
ducrd the originals from which nrc given the
fearful pictur,S at moul DEGRADATION found
III the cplst!rs at 81. Paul and IN the sntircs
ui JuNcnl Even then there nny hnyr been
Isolated eases OF purity and muml integrity
but tn" character ot such system must b,
Judged from its wider social influence, n;
So, II among whole communities, and extend
my over considerable periods OF time AMI
tined 10y TINT test It appears that the highest
culture, with nll the rciinemcnts of an AL
yuncod civilization. IN the nlscncc of u re
hgious faith that commands the common
convictions, can do hut very little for the
promotion ui the public morality. II comes
To- this nt the last. therefore. that the tnnI
results of those deep and broad studies of the
material universe, which are to swallow mn
or eclipse all other forms of knowledge. nrr
also To- remove the only sure grounds of yir-
tue, To- release men from the sacred obira-
tons of duty, and to mike the pleasures of
sense, and the highest enJoymcnts oi the
seIisu"us life, the most exalted form of Lu-
mnn wisdom. National Heprsi. i.JiV .ur Nof,Ht-
htT.
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True IlosPITAIITr.-Whe -hall We com
prchen1 that all hospitality consists in per
feet honesty, in freedom, ease, and subor-
dination of things to persons? Who Won ID
not prefer plaincst dinner or the humhleSt
entertainment, with bright, interested,
sympathetic host or hostess, to the most
elaborate table or preparations for which
he OF she had already hcen exhausted? A.
the host, 50 the company spontaneous, in
telligcnt, tactiul, or the company droops and
i disappointed To invite those We do lot
like or want is unkind to them and Injurious
to ourselves TO do what We cannot easily
afford is prctentious, and therefore vul gar.
To rank our yands above our personality isla
sorry compliment TO our guests and sor-
rier one to ourselves. Material entertain
ment can be purchased anywhere that
which should accompany it-sincerity,
checrfuness, esteem, benevolence, cores
pondencc of iceling-must he gained by the
right of desert, and, without these hcspi
tality, mask it ~ We may, is II misnomer,
" Y. IWhS
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\ NEw lORS despatch says: REV. Viii
liam II. Wvkof. secretary of tine American
Bible Union. dropped dead. Yesterday while
taking his customary bath" This shows
that habis of this kind will eventually de-
stroy its votarieS, however successfully they
NAV wrestle with it Tor q time Caeia.
nati Enquirer,
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WHEN II girl begins to take an inte.oSs IN
tho arrangement OF n young mans nccktlc
1t IL an Inialhble sign OF something more
serious than sisterly regard.
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Tea Droock. musing in his stall =,
" Neigh. but suppose | did have tho stom-
ach- ache I'm the iir,t horse that ever made
Congress adjourn. - LouisriLc Courier
Journal. But many an asS has won thnt
honor ahead OF him Boston Pou
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day, restored to its proper place in influences
and character -


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and character
TIE CIVIL SERVICE ORDER
"Do you think that the celebrated order,
| directing Office holders to abstain from all
political action, was also iltended to operate
against individual public men ?"
"UndOubtedly that celebrated reiormatOry
order was factional in its intent, made in the
interest Of enyious and rrcsumiDg little men.
Sherman goes out To Ohio and makes
speeches in defiance of it; MeCrary goes to
Iowa and manages convention despite the
order, and finally Devens-who is pretty
good sort of fellow, or has been IN the past
writes to Massachusetts q think Senator
Conkling said to Collector Simmons) and
says that the order meant itself to be dis
obeyed. and the way to obey it Was to yiO-
late il"
THE MASSACHUSETTS, VICTORY
"What is your opinion of the Massachu-
sets election, which the Hayes men are
claiming as victory for the policy"
"That election shows only how well real
party men behave. The men who dislike the
policy and could see no honesty in the
Presidents position on the Southern ques-
tiOn, nevertheless walked to the polls and
cast their ballots for the Republican can
didates. The Hayes men also voted in
Massachusetts. But in this State OF New
York charge that the llayes element was
not only indifferent to the election but voted
the Democratic ticket by hosts. The State
of New York is Democratic to-day by the act
of the supporters Of the President"
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DiJID GRtnfM's nTrEs.
Tho WIZ NJ Drum Major From Whom his
Vile had Obtained Divorce.

David Graham, an Englishman by birth,
WIS Drum Major Of the Seventh Regiment and
connected with the hostra Of Wailack's Thea
tre. At the time OF his death hc was about fifty
years Of age He i"ft three children. and two
women claimed u widow right Ia his estate.
Ills first wife was Caroline. the mother Of his
children. Caroline Obtained q divorce. md her
husband aiterwnrd married Delta Murphy.
Della lives AZ Franklin avenue and l7Olh street.
Norrisenia. and Caroline at 1857 Second ave-
nue. Tho thrcc children are Julia NJ Keenan,.
a married daughter; David Graham. and Alie-
reta Graham The father left house and lot
in Franklin avenue, Morr spnia worth about
s2O1O to his second W.T.. Dclin Murphy Gfl-
ham. feeling sure u" adds in IA" Will that
sh' viii never see my childr'n want while able
T. provide for than Two lois in Central
Mount vernon he i't - his son. David Gr,-
htn. also hi. mue Hai ina.ruu 'nts. and all the
t.-f Nl IL lcrsouul iron. riN T. Driia Murphy
g. bum. Hfllnr "rnt'"r than hHr who has no
lri u right 20 the n1 me she now bears"
TT wlil is cont - hy Caroline. her lam d.
terlulIt. ami her SON y vil. Caroline. haN ~
o.'HI n.'l % iivor %. contends that her husband
I. %. legal reNt O. marry again. Tho laws ol
y 49, NNts allow af nl '''' divorce. fIi .u.
'Hu-n only. AMI 81. ond marriage by the ,.e-
.uuaut in suo ID ,d~f Is lnNulid.