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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-04-13
Spring In Town,

Hail, gentle Spring! In town as well country
Thy balmy presence calls for recognitioni
Thou art the same wherever thou art found
It's only we who vary in condition.
Although, Spring we boast no ics-bound brooks
To leap to lite at thy mild inca ntstions,
No willow-buds nor May-1owers, yet we fnd
U! thy bright comm. some sure indications.
Let rustic poets babble of green Geds"
And tune to songs OF birds their sl0w,ns stanI's
Our earnest welcome comes to thee, Spring
chorus OF catarrhs and inhuenGas
The organ grinder. earliest bird OF Spring.
An unwashed mi igrant from Milan or Florence -
With SImian comrade now inyades the streets,
Joy Of small boys, to all else an abhorrence
The peanut-yender pipes a tuneful lay,
The orAn Ange-sellers through the byways" "hollor,"
'Here's where yer get yer nice fresh oranges,
All fair an sweet, three for quateyadollar"
On orange peel the careless walker slips.
And slipping, falls with oaths and great velocity;
Ga crossings foul is seon the frequent sight
oftripping feet and cardinal skirts monstroslty.
The "double-rpper" now Is laid aside
with other juvenile engines OF calamity
Marbles "ior keeps" and pies OF mud succeed,
Ani frequent fights disturb tho general anlV.
In grateful pools the boys rejoicing wade.
Or burrow in the earth like active weasels'
Regarding not tho woes the future boards
In hand maternal, or in mumps and measles.
ForerunnerS certain Of the bamy season
Who seekcth other harbingers than these
In Natures eyes is guilty of high treason.
Come then, Spring Cast Winter from thy lap
Wherein he SHOWS prepensities to hnger,
And bring IN new born summer with thy train
c.ingns half ffighte ned to thy rosy anscr..
Thee lines wrote upon the yesterday
Mhen halmy zephyrs made tho wanton pulse
stir.
But coming out this morn to post the ssmo
iuund blue-bird shiverlns in an ulster.
A wind so fierce it tore up cobblestones.
and hurled them broadcast as the farmers SOW
Was howling loud. and all the flowers saw
lell irou tie buildings in tie shape OF snow
drops
Therefore. lot all men By these presents know,
That for these same and other pregnant reasons.
MAY ali my life be one New England Spring
II e'er again eulogize the seasons.
wItten for tho Free Press and Times.
Sing, Bird.
NJ o.G.w.
Sing.
Sweet bird,
On the wing.
The golden word.
Set to silver song,
Borne by the winds along,
Lifted through the ira grant air,
Like rain or sunshine. let ii fall,
Stealing shadows from the brow OF care.
A. David harped the evil out Of Saul,
Let thy sweetness drive the bitter cut OF life,
And sing tAe temper out OF hot fraternal STRIFE,
Curb the lions rage, and save the trembling lamb.
Replace the tears that linger on the cheek,
Late sorrow. drenched with sunlight calm,
TIE hidden pain of mortals seek,
Make the ruffied plumage smooth,
The troubled spirit soothe,
Warble grie, away,
While the flowers pray
-silsntly;-
Sweet bird.
Sing.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-04-13
AThoroughIy Practical Joke.

A young man OF eighteen or twenty.
student i'll university, took walk one day
with professor who was commonly called
the students friend. such was his kindness
tn the young men whom it was his Office to
instruct.
While they were now walking together,
and the professor was seeking to lead the
conversation to grave subjects. they saw 4
pair OF old shoes lying III the path which
they supposed belonged to n poor man vino
had nearly finished his days work.
The young student turned to the professor,
saving. Let us play the man a trick. We
will hide his shoes and conceal ourselves be
hind these bushes, and watch TO see his per
plexity when he cannot find them
My dear friend, answered the professor,
1--WE must never amuse ourselves Mt the cN-
pense of the poor. But you are rich. and
may give yourself much greater pleasure
by means OF this poor man. Put II crown
piece, if ycu have them, in each shoe. and
then We will hide ourselves"
The student, luckily having two crown
pieces, did so. and then placed himself with
the professor, behind the bushes hard hy.
through which they could easily watch the
laborer, and see whatever wonder or joy he
might express.
The poor man soon finished his work. and
cliillt htfoSS inc utlu 10 inc pun where t-t
had lett his coat and shoes. While he put
on his coat he slipped one foot into one Of
his shoes. Feeling somethinghard he stoop-
ed down and found the crown. Astonish-
ment and wonder were upon his countennnce.
lie gazed upon the crown. turned 1t round.
and looked again and again; then he looked
round on all sides, but could see no one.
Now he put the money in his pocket aud pro-
ceeded to put on the other SHOE but what
was his astonishment when he found the
other crown, Ills feelings overcame him.
He fell upon his knees. looked up to heaven
and uttered loud and fervent thanksgiving,
i'll which he spoke of his wife sick and help
less, and his children, who by some unknown
hand would be saved from perishiny.
The Young man stood there, deeply affect
cd and with tears in his eyes.
"Now." said the professor, "are you not
better pleased than If you had played your
intended trick"
"Oh. dearest SIR" answered the youth,
'you have taught me lesson now that
will never forget. | feel now the truth of the
words which never before understood 1t
is more blessed to give than to receive. -
S,Lsft,,L
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-04-13

JAPANESE GoLGoTmA. The .j,iyin Gd-st.
says that some years ago the authorities dug
great hole. forty feet wide and sixty irct
deep. near lobe. into which the bodies of
decapitnted criminals were thrown. Between
four and five hundred bodies were thus
thrown into the pit. Last year the roof be-
gan to decay and the sides of tho iosse To fall
in and the place was abandoned ns burial
ground Some two months ago the author-
ties determined to ill up tins receptacle ol
load men's bones, but before DONG so they
caused to be extracated all the skulls "i the
dead. The hole wns then filled up and the
skulls gathered together and placed over the
site i'll II heap, where they still remain, PIE
senting such Il spectacle as one might *
pect to find in the King of Dahnmtys do
minions, but winch one would not unrtason-
ably he likely to consider as inconsistent with
the boosted civilization of country like
Japan. Some OF the skulls have the mlr
still adhering 10 them.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-04-13

QUELE DETICIIoS OF MuknEH That
''murder will out Is IL proNerb IN every
tongue Schiller Inns celcbrHtcd the cranes
winch aided IN the discovery "l the nssnssns
of Ibycus the poet Now W. hear OF Algeria
that II cake of bread has been the means oi
bringing home their crimes To some robbers.
The house of the Caliph of the Benz Oualcn
was entered 10y II hole in II mud wull, and II
box with 2J 900 francs stolen. In their haste
to escape. the thieves Ind. however, left be
hind them an Arab cake bearing n peculiar
marx, which one of the bakers of the town
recognized as the sign used 10y Ben Acmias
each family, in sending their bread to the
oven, marking 1t so as to distinguish tho
loaves. The police in consequence descend
ed upon the hut, and caught the thieves
asleep, with n portion OF the plumber still IN
their possession, The obvious moral OF
which is thnt thieves ought to take supper ut
home.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-04-13

TnE Theory of many ardent Democrats il
that the doubtful election, the returning
board certificates, the 5 by Commission,
and the acceptance by President Hayes Of
the Presidency with disputed title. are the
sure death of the Republican party. The
recent elections do not sustain this view OF
the case. In nearly all the localities where
elections have been lately held, the Repub-
leans have had special cause Of salts
faction, despite the frantic calls Of the Demo-
cratic press upon the peOPl, tn come out
and condemn the conspiratJrs, who declared
that Mr.. Hayes was legally chosen to
the Office of President. In Michigan, the
Democrats made strict party nominations for
the express purpose Of maniicsting their op-
position to the Administration, and in Rhode
Island and elsewhere the contests have been
marked by more than ordinary Democratic
bitterness. But in Michigan the Republi-
cans maintain their supremacy and elect
their ticket by more than the average ma
ioritv at the Judicial elections Rhode
Island, for the first time in three years,
elects the entire Republican ticket by the
popular vote, notwithstanding the fact that
the Democrats put forth their most strenu-
Gus ezertions, and in spite of serious dissen-
sion within the Republican ranks. In fact,
the Democrats were pretty confident that
Little Rhody would wayer and be carried
over into their column. Democratic papers
boasted in advance that such would
be the result Yet the Republicans
came out of the contest largely
ahead. Tney carried their whole tieke. at
the polls. instead OF having to go 10 the
Legislature to elect part Of it, as during
several prcyioCs years; and greatly in
creased their majority in the law-making
body. And all this they did in the face of
dlssensions which nerveI the Democrats to
unusual effort.
Turning to municipal elections the result
Is no less gratifying. Last October at the
DtltC tltttluH, uii! -NuNtlupCl NJ TUT
Presidential election, the Democrats carried
Cincinnati by large majorities. though by
fraud in both eases. Now, the Republi-
cans elect the entire city ticket bv majori-
ties ranging from 600 to 1000. Chicago,
which was carried by the Democrats in
November by nearly 5000 majority, now
elects Republican Mayor by 900 MAORI
ty over straishtout Democratic competi-
tor, result unparalleled in the politics of
the city. In St LodiS the enntes: over the
mayoralty was 50 mixed as to indicate the
strength OF neither p; rty, but the Republ-
cans elect the balance of tine ticket and
MAJORITY of the city codncii. lhH returns
from other localities in the West also show
large Republican gains. Kansas City, Lin
soln, Minneapolis, and other places, record
ighy pleasing results for the Republicans
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-04-13

TGE Montreal Heraid of wednesday says
"a report comes from Moulinette that the
body of the late Capt. Joe Bockus. so well
known Tor twenty years previous TO his
death in this city, hal beea stolen from its
last resting place. The friends of the de-
ceased are taking active measures to secure
the body, if it is brought to this city.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-04-13

The appointment, by tie Governor, Of
Walter &. Dunton, Esq, of Rutland, to be
the Sixth Associate Justice Of the Supreme
Court of Vermont, announced from st.
Johnsbury yesterday, will accord with the
general expectation. Mr.. Duntcn was
candidate for the iudgc>hip before tine Lcgis-
lature, when Judge Powers VIZ elected,
and received highly complimentary vote
lie is an excellent lawyer. worthy citizen,
and a man Of irreproaehable character. lie
was very strongly recommended f'r this
position by the bar and hy other citizens
anil il he sustains himself as creditably on
the bench us there is every reason to sup
pose he will. he viii doubtless be retained
in the iudgeship by the next Legislature.
As Judge Wheeler stooi third in TIE list
of judges, Judges Red6ell, Ross, Royce and
Powers are each advanced one step in rank
upon the bench.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-04-13

TURKISH PROGRESS AND TURKISH IuNoEILITY-
TURKISH POLITICS AND PREPARATIONS FOR
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-04-13

After an absence and sickness of nearly
five years. the 'old gray poet has returned
| temporarily to his
Mast hemm' d Manhattan,
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-03-08
REAL ESTATE, ETC.


KANSAS CENTRAL LAND AGENCY
RealEstateHouses ohnW. Berks
ESTABLISHES 1899,
Salina, Saline County, Kans
WE OFFER FoE. SAID
ALI the State Agricultural College Lands;
All the State Normal School Lands;
All the King Bridge Company Lands;
ALI the Amos Lawrence Lands;
All the Scotch Colony Lands,
100000 Acres Owned by Private Parties.
Waterd by three Rivers and 800 named Creeks and mbered
to meet all requirements.
1 " ss F ' .:f si . ss' s a. a ss r. an s
so Sections Of Land Of GAO acres each for $3.50 Section.
49, ,.nasu
@ oanna
We Offer for Sale about one half Of the Town
of Brookville, i'm this County. Whole
Blocks of Lots, and Lots Any.
where.
We offer TOR safe 800 lots in the of Sana Improved
property Of erery description.
fP If Y 6E VENT SD E CATE
you WISH TO BUY LAND AND 02Y SSG SH0 Ows CALL
We hare about od' Of c"ha
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-03-08
SOME NOBLE LAW MAKING.

Those who believe the Legis ativc.
biennial-session plan to be q fraud and
that the old annual plan was best, should
read the following section of an act
which is in our statute book, and then
tell US if there is any necessity of our
LEGISLATORS meeting any oftner than
they do:
"Tbat hereafter the weight of castor
beans shall be IL pounds, as weighed by
the ordinary scales IN this State; and
that the weight of fax seed shall be 81
POUNDS; the weight OF barley shall be
5O pounds, the weight OF sweet potatoes
shall be 80 pounds.
A Kansas Legislature is generally
cheeky enough to do most anything.
But we never for moment supposed it
would attempt to regulate and establish
ed the weights of the products OF Ma
turf. In tact-make products on the
scales vie in rotundity aud "corporos-
ity" with those represented in the IA
nous picture of "Drouthy Kansas"
We are glad 10 learn that this law, after
standing upon the statute book tor two
or three years, has been changed by the
present Legislature.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-03-08
THE BOUNTY BILL.
Ba1lHn. .RaxMa

Last Saturday Senator Logan called
d, tho House bill to equalize the boun-
ties of soldiers who served in the late
war for the Union. This gallant friend
of the soldier made an eloquent appeal
10 tho Senate TO pass the bill, saying
among other things that he supposed
there was not Republican who would
refuse TO vote for this bill, and be did
not like to see men attempt to kill it by
loading it down with amendments he
made an earnest effort TO save the bill,
saying 1t was probably the last appeal
he should ever make in tho halls of
legislation he bad estimated that the
cost of the bill would not exceed Ii mill
lion of dollars, but it would take ten
years TO comply with the law and dis
burSe that amount. He spoke for the
rights OF the poor soldiers and said if The
country got into trouble again, it would
call upon these same men 10 protect aud
defend her honor. After considerable
discussion the bill was indefinitely post
poncd, and thus the soldiers will have
TO watch and wait for the action OF the
new Congress.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-03-08
TIE EyD.-HiYES Is PRESIDENT.

The "obstructionists' opposition to
the count all last week was sulen and
determined. 1t was not until Friday
morning, after one of the most exciting
scenes ever witnessed in the National
Capitol, that Hayes was declared Presi-
dent. While the Democrats as rule
wcro disposed to fight the count and
make Its results abortive, it was impos-
siblc for them TO defend such action be-
fore the country. The Commission was
of their creation. Ii was their boast
that this arbitration was intended as u
means of settling difficulties unprecedent-
ed ia Presidential elections-and settling
them without the least chance of a re-
sort 10 arms. Whether these gentlemen
were really patriotic and loved their
country so ardcntly as to desire TO avert
any possible chance OF fratricidal con-
test, or whether they suggested this ar
bitration hoping that the magic figure
"S" would be in their favor-has not
been fully established. Leastwise the
Commission was their child and the
path of duty and policy for them was
10 submit to its DEGREES. We will say
that many of them nobly submitted, and
have throughout the trial shown a dis
position TO be consistent and in no way
block the wheels of the count. We GER.
tainly have reason TO be proud of the
fact that though seemingly destructive
"war clouds" may hover around US in a
political contest-this Republic, no :aat-
ter how close, exciting or full of comp'i-
cations Presidential election may b.,
can choose is ruler without a resort e.
arms, and that the wheels of its govern
nent will move on just as smoothly du-
ring the storm and after il, as before it.
This is highly gratifying to our national
pride. This fact has been thoroughly |
elucidated by the late contest, and es-
tablishcs beyond doubt in tho eye of
foreign nations the stability of our in
situations and the possibility of our self
government.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-03-08
GFEW w0kDs ABOUT KIILaOA DS.

There is no question but that "Ialk,
to a considerable degree, helps push for.
ward railroad building. "Agitation" is
AN important factor in railroad, as Is all
other enterprises. But capital "makes
the mare co. And for the lack of this has
there been so little railroad building in
the west of late. Eastern capitalists no
longer listen 10 paper railroad enthusI-
asts, and look for an investment where
there is an immediate prospect of SUR
and profitable returns. Neither will
people be humbugged into voting aid ~
bobtail railroads. A 'frunk line" mi BIT
catch them a branch commencing on
the prairie and ending on the prairie has
no moro charms for them. Agitators
who expect 10 be benefited pecuniarially
as well as politically by their ardent Ell
forts to "help build up the county,
speaking from railroad standpoint, re-
ceivc no encouragement from he tax
payers who possess the "open sesame to
the rich treasure of bonds. The latter
have learned little sense by the expert
ences OF the past and are in no hurry TO
"bulld up the country" for the benefit OF
rascally railroad rings. Railroad building
in Kansas is at an end for the present.
When rich and powerful companies see
that there is profit in putting q line
through our State ia any dire ;tion, they /
will do it and build it just where it will
pay hem-twU-tor-a-penny railroad ORA
tors representing this or that hamlet off
on the distant prairie to the contrary
Notwithstanding. We have about con-
cluded that Kansas is nearly as well |
supplied with railroads as she can sup
port. When her cities become larger;
when her farming population becomes
denser; when her manufactures bcgir
to turn out something of value to out
siders as well as her own people-th, n
may we see fair prospect of more rall
roads. Till then-dear railroad build.
ers-we must wait.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-03-08
CABINET MAKING.

cabinet making" on the part of tho
" outsiders goes bravely on. Of course
there are number of conflicting rumors
regarding its construction. The latest
intelligence is that Gen Chas. Devens,
of Massachusetts,. may be Secretary of
War; Richard W. Thompson, Secretary
of the Navy Carl Schurz, Secretary of
the Interior Gen. Key, of Tennessee,
Postmaster General. IL seems TO be gen.
orally conceded that VIM. NJ Evarts xil!
be Secretary Of State and John Sherman,
Secretary OF the Treasury. Tonight or
night We shall undoubtedly
hear definitely concerning the eonstrGc-
ton of the Cabinet.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-03-08
Tile LEGIsLiIIRE.

The Kansas Legislature closed its la
bors Tuesday afternoon. The net pro-
viding for concert of action by Senator
ial districts for the destruction of grass.
hoppers Gn substance the same that we
published two weeks ago. passed, in the
closing hours. Some other acts of i'm
portance, since the last issue of the
JOURNAL, have also pissed. When they
are published we shall give the sub.
stance of them. The bill preventing
railroads discriminating in tho matter of
freights did not pass.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-03-08

dence of the American people. Its de-
ciSIons have been patiently waited for,
and accepted legally conclusive by the
general judgment of the public. For the
present, opinion will widely vary as to
the wisdom of the several conclusions
announced by that tribunal. This is 10
De anticipated. In every instance where
matters OF dispute are made the subject
OF arbitration under the forms of law.
human judgement is never unerring, and
is rarely regarded as otherwise than
wrong by the unsuccessful party in the
contest.
The fact that the two great political
parties have in this way settled dis
pute, In regard to which good men diff
fer as to the law, no less than as to the
proper course to be pursued in solving
the question in controversy, is an occa-
sion for general rejoicing. Upon one
point there is an entire unanimitv in
public sentiment-that conflicting claims
to !he presidency must be amicably and
peaceably adjusted, and that, when so
adjusted, the general acquiesence of the
nation onght surely to follow. 1t has
been reserved for n government of the
people, where the right of suffrage is
universal, to give ID the world the first
example in the history of great nation
IN the midst of q struggle of opposing
parties for power, husti'.g its party tu-
mults, TO yield the issue of the contest
to adjustment according TO forms Of law,
looking for guidance TO that Divine
Power by which the Jesiinies of nations
and individuals are shaped.
call on you, senator's, representa-
tives, judges and fellow citizens, here
and everywhere, to unite with me in an
earnest effort to secure to our country |
The blessings, not only to material pros
perIty, but OF justice, peace and union
. union depending not upon constralnt !
or force, but upon tho loving devotion
Of free people, that all things may be
20 ordained and settled upon the best
md surest foundations, and prosperity
nay be established among Us for all