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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-03-23
A Little ChIllrs EancIes

think that the world was finished at night,
Or the stars would not have been made;
For they wouldn't have thought OF having Il
light,
Ii they hadn't first seen the shade.
And then, again, alter nv mind,
And THINK perhaps it was day.
Ana the starry night YVES only designed
For little child tired Of play.
And think that an angel, when nobody knew.
Vita window pushed up very high,
Let some OF the seeds OF the flowers fall through,
From the gardens they have in The sky.
For they couI Idn't think here Of lilies go white,
And such beautiful roses, know;
But wonder, when tsllns from such a heig ght.
The dear little seeds should grow
And then, when the face Of the gel was turned
l think that The birus heS by,
And sing NJ 10 US the songs they learned
On the opposite side ui the SKY.
And a rainbow must be the shining below
Ot "a plAce IN Heavens hoor that is thin,
Right osu to the door where the children 90,
when the dear Lord lets them in.
And think that the clouds that fo,t In the skies
Are the curta rs that they drop down,
For ear when Look We should dazzle our eyes,
AS they each o. them put On their crown,
do not know why the water was sent,
Unless perhaps, IL mi isht be
God waited Us all to know what il meant
When We read q the Jasper Sea"
o the world where we live is lovely place,
But il Uitentmes makes me sigh,
For am always trying causes TO trace,
And Keep thinking Wherefore ?" and Why"
All dear little child, the onging you feel
Is the stir OF immortal wings;
But intni'e love one day will! reveal
The most tilden and pulling things.
You have only your duty to try to do,
To be happy, and rest content.
For by being good and by being true
You will find out oil that Is meGni
Mrs. l.. c. WILSON, an "Eiie 1lcIke."
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AK EIIz, Ynt>o Rriyham Ynunv :.

Ann ELIZA YOUNG, Brigham Young di-
vurced wife, has home in Lockport. n. Y,
where her mother and two studIOus boy,
keep the latch-string out, and where she
hastens when worn and weary with lectur-
ing, to sit by hep own hearthstOne, without
lear or mOlestatIOn. independent OF BrIgha
and poverty. She will receive every cent OF
her alimOny. having already pnssessIon of
81 200, and the marshal is collecting the
prophets rents Tor the rest. Her case is
assuming very legal aspect. When Brig
ham admitted his marriage to her, he set up
the prior marriage with Mary Am Angel,
utterly Ignoring his other wives. lie was
married to his Angel in OhiO by Mormon
who had neither leave nor lawful license to
marry.-one Sidney Rlglun, who alterward
apOstatlZed because he could not become
president. So. ss Brigham loung's mar
rage to Mary Ann Angel WAS unlawful,
the legality OF marriage devolves upon Ann
Eliza, and her lawyers assure her of legal
divorce. Poor Brigham has been so tor
mented By the gentiies and the obstacles to
plural marriages. that he lately moved the
endowment house and all its accOutremeuts
(the center stake OF Xlon) to st. George, in
southern Utah. just as his arrangements
wore nicely started. the gentiles discovered
II new mine in that vicinity, and settled
there, of course Now the prophet declares
that his satanic majesty was the inst.gator,
and he intends to excommpnicats him from
the church,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-03-23

"SHALL PUNISHMENT PUNIsH?" is the title
of an article in the last number of the
GALAXY. The writer strongly advocates the
re-introduction of the "whipping-post." on
the grounds that many offenders against the
law purpOsely continue their offences for the
sake of enjoying the shelter and food that
the State furnishes its criminals, and also
that the punishment of deprivation of liberty
and disgrace are mental, and therefore felt
most by the least hardened criminals, and
that physical pain is the only real punishment
felt by u hardened conscience, a dead sensibil-
i:y and a determined laziness that prefer.
prison support to hard work in freedom.
The writer claims that because the whip
ping post has been proved cruel tyranny in
the hands of the slaye-owner, the absolute
monarch of a ships crew or the unmatched
master Of an old-time prison, is no sign that
physical penalties should never be inflicted
by carefully administered law.
There is much in this paper for thought
ful persons to consider. 1t is a fact that
sentiment may run into such excesses,
and through such channels as to defeat
its own ends. 1t is fact that physical
penalties sesm to be the only real pun
ishment for the man to whom
the prison has become nothing but
an easy place in which to get a living.
1t is fact that tramps who stroll through
country places in Summer, endangering the
life of women by their nameless crimes, and
robbing men of property, throng to the cities
in the Autumn, and often commit some petty
crime sufficient TO give them steady home
through the Wint1r, when travelling is not
comfortable.
After ages of Christian teaching, there is
no danger OF our returning to barbarOus
treatment of criminals, and it might be diff
cult to convince the public generally of the
necessity for corporal punishment; but still
the question, "Shall punishment punish ~ is
a pertinent one. When the sentiment of pity
for the criminal, high or low. in station,
seems to be stronger than for his victim;
when society, uncOnsciously to itself, seems
to Disseminate in matters of physical ease be-
tween the very poor honest and the very
poor dishonest man, in favor of the latter.
the question of duty becomes paramount to
any mere feeling, however lovely that may
be
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-03-23

The Supreme Court of the Dominion has
rendered a decision, which, in consequence
of its novelty and Importance, has attracted
very considerable attention. One Langevin
was elected a member of the House of Com
mons; his scat was contested bv one Camp
bell upon the ground that undue influence
had been exerted in favor of Langevin by the
Roman Catholic clergy, who had told their
people that the horrors of the French revolu-
tton would be repeated if the liberals sue
ceeded, and threatened them with everlast-
ing punishment if they did not vote for the
church candidate. Mr.. Langeyin. The oues-
tion resolved itself into two issues:
l. Was influence exerted by the clergy as
such in behalf of Langevin, and against his
opponent and
. Was such influence illegal.
There seems to have been no denial of the
use of the influence of the clergy. 1t was
held BY the full bench, that any intimidation,
any curse, any threat of communication,
used to secure votes was illegal and that
clergy of any denomination were. in the eve
of the law, no better than laymen. I.ange-
vim was unseated. Taschereau. one of the
judges who sustained the decision and main
tainsd that clerical intimidator is no bet
ter before the law than any other, is himself
a Catholic.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-03-23

lloT WATER FuR lNJURIEs. The New
York Ncdirai journal reports this ease The
patient was engaged in machine shop, and
while his hand was upon the anvil of trip
hammer. the Misunderstanding 200 lbs
fell. 1t 80 happened that file was on the
anvil, and in thl~ way the force OF the ham
mer was arrested about half an inch pcfore
it reached the bed. When the hand was ex-
amined it was found that the whole hand
was mass Of pulp. The metacarpal bones
were comminutcd extensively, , and there was,
apparently, but small chance of saving the
hand. 1t was, however, placed in hot water
and kept there for two or three weeks, an
then taken out and dressed In three month
the patient was sufficiently well to leave tn
hospital, and now-nine months after tn
accident-he is able to move his fingers an
has quite useful hand Bruises and iniu
ries do much better when treated with no.
than cold water. The temperature should h.
about lO3 degrees Fahrenheit. Another
case is reported of compound fracture ami
dislocation of the ancle JOINT. in which the
proximal end ct the first metatnrsal bone
protrudei from the foot The dlslOcation
was reduced and the foot placed in not wa
her. At the end of week it was taken out
and dressed in the ordinary manner. The
foot is now doing well and promises good
return.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-03-23

THE WINDHAN COUNTY MuRDER TRIALS
At the Windham County Court which be-
gan its Session at Newfane, last Tuesday,
two murder cases will come up for trial.
Though the particulars of the crimes were
given in the FRRg PRES at the time of COM
initial. brief recapitulation may be Of in
terest to our readers:
In April. 1875, three men, Lewis. Arling,
the name of the third is not given. came up
from Mortified. Mass, to Jamica, to drive
lot OF logs down West river The story
of Lewis and Arling, the two men held for
trial. is that on the second day after ar
irving and commencing work they in re-
turning at night to Jamaica village, lost
their way and after wandering some time
in the dark the third man became tired out.
and they left him there. Returning the
next day with others from the village, he
was found dead Ii was generally supposed
at the time that he died from exposure. but
after the authorities had sent the body
home, their townsmen, knowing of previous
difficulty between the three. relating to
some women. instituted an examination of
the body and other circumstances. which
resulted in the arrest OF Lewis and Airing
in Mortified, last summer; and an indlct-
ment was found against both by the grand
Jury of that county last fall. charging them
with having caused the death OF the de-
ceased by poison mixed with liquor. Lewis
has been confined in prison at Windsor the
past winter and Arling in Jail at Newfane.
The other case is that OF Solon A. wooley.
who shot his brother, Frank A. Wooley, at
Grafton. last October. A family feud had
existed between them for number of years,
resulting in Scion ordering Frank not to
come near his house at all. On October
25th Frank took an uncle and went to Solon's
for the ayowed purpose OF taking over the
affair and having an amicsble settlement.
SJlon seeing them coming, went to the
door with a pistol. and a. the party came
into the yard he ordered his brother away
lie not gong at once, SJlOn fired, the bail
taking effect in the abdomen. from the
effects of which Frank A. died on the 2Sth.
Solon was committed to Jail at Newiane.
where he has since been confined.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-03-23

President Hayes commences civil service
reform IN his own household. All the
clerical force, ushers, doorkeepers and pO-
llcemen employed by President Grant, are
to be retained.
MIR. Schurz is reported to be troubled that
the salaries of the assistants and bureau
officers of the Interior Department are not
large enough to attract the great talent of
the country which he had expected to call
about him.
Key. DR.. Neum is grieved because the
President did not occupy "the Presidents
pew, in the Metropolital Methodist Church,
last Sunday, but went quietly with Mrs.
Hayes to the Foundry Church, which is
nearer the'White House.
Senator Morton is to be Chairman of the
Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs.
fashionable people comment on the fact
that at last Saturdays reception the Presi-
dent met his visitors bare handed, guiltless of
gloves, and Mrs. Hayes wore dress high in
the neck. But it must not be imagined that
he and Mrs. Hayes are lacking in refinement
on the contrary, they are more thoroughly
cultivated than any of their recent prcdeees-
sOrg
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-03-23

In the caucus of the Republican members
of the Pennsylvania legislature, on Tuesday,
j. Donald Cameron was named as candidate
for the vacant Senatorship by vote of 1873
to l.
X. B. Hayes and W. A. Wheeler, lar
ceny, four years.-Lousrille Courier Jour
nal.
General Butler says he has no axes to
grind. Nobody who knows him imaglnes
he had. lie was never known to have even
little hatchet that was not sharp as ra-
zor.-Graphie.
Universal suffrage should rest upon uni
versal education. To this end liberal and
permanent provisions should be made for the
support of free schools by the State Govern
ments, and, if need be, supplemented by le-
gitimate aid from national authority y
President Hayes Inaugural.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-03-23

MRs IIAYEs.-Of Mrs. Hayes Frdnk les
he's says Mrs. Lucy Webb Hayes, the
new mistress of the White House, was born
in Chillicothe. Ohio, and is about 40 years
of age She is daughter OF Dr. James
Webb, and granddaughter OF Lieutenant
Colonel Cook. of the Revolutionary army. In
1850. while young IIayes was visiting his
mother ut his birth place, Delaware, OHIO,
he met Miss Webb, who was then at
tending the Ohio Wesleyan Uni
versity, Methodist female col
lepc. At that time she was noticeable for
her long, flowing black hair, dark eyebrows,
pearly white teeth, and beautiful eyes. An
introduction was given, and at love OF first
sight resulted i'll an engagement ol mar
riage. Rutherford had graduated at the Law
School Of Harvard University, and settled in
Cincinnati IN 1919. after having practlced
while in Fremont Daring the new Pre~l-
dents service in the field, rising froIl the
rank of private to that of Il malor-seneral,
his wife made frequent trips IL the scenes OF
carnage. and in the camp and field and hos
pital displayed the full measure oi heroi>m.
When her husband received hrs most danger
Gus wound, and was taken IL u house at
Middletown, Md, for the purpose OF sceur-
ing surgeon to amputate his arm, Mrs.
HAYES hastcnod Ia the town and nursed him
so successfully that the shattered member was
saved Her presence among the soldiers was
source of great pleasure To them. Mrs.
Hayes il lady Of large domestic tastes, un-
assuming, cordial. frank OF attractive man
ncr and address, oi hearty sympathy and
sturdy, old-tlme principe,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-03-23
The House that Jack Built.

The following is probably the finest gran
dlloquent paraphrase in existence. Observe
how the author avoids tautology-alwaysr re-
lterating the same idea but never repeating
the same language. Even the simple name
OF John is expressed in English, French,
German and Russian, while the poor COW,
dog, cat, and rat are rolled over and over
through the complicated verboslty Inc
whole picture is the work of scholarship and
patient genius 1t was written by Anon
that modest but immortal author who has
written some of the best things IN every Ian
guage:
Behold the mansion reared by dTdal Jack.
See the malt stored in many plethoric sack,
In the proud cirque OF Ivsn's biyouac.
Mark how the rats felonious fanss invade
The golden stores in Johns paVlIon 4aiu'
Anon with velvet foot and Tarquin strides,
snhii, t.finalkl IN to ms quarry SIIdes.
,:r'r,sl n iu .rim, that sle~ the fierce rodent
Whose Goota insidious Johann's sackcloth rent
Lo now the deep-mOuthed canine foes assault
mat veAed the avenger Of the stolen malt,
Stored In the halIowed precincts Of the hall
That rose complete at Jacks creative call.
Here stalks inpetuous Cow with crumpled horn,
Nhereon the rxacerbatIng hound was torn,
W no paved the feline slaughter beast that slow
The rat predacous whose keen fangs ran through
The textlle flores that involved the grain
That lay in Hans invioIate domain.
Here walks forlorn the Damsel crowned with rue,
tctierous spoils from vaccine dugs who drew
VI that cornlculate beast whose tortuous horn
Tossed To she clouds, in fierce vindictive scorn,
The harrosing hound whose braygart bark and stir
Arched the 1.-the spine and reared the indignant
Or Puss, that witt vermlncidsl claw
Struck the weird Rat in whose insatiate maw
Law eekins malt that erst in lyans courts We saw.
Robed in senescent garb that seemed in sooth
Too long prey TO Chronos' iron tooth,
beheld The man whose amuurous lips incline
Full with young ErOs's osculative sign,
10 the lOrn maiden whose lact-albic hands
Drew abu-latic wealth from lacteal glands
VI the immortal bovine, by whose horn,
Ihstort, to realm ethereal was borne
Tne beast caIulean, yexer Of that sly
Ulysses quadrupe1al who made die
The old nOrdacIou rat that dared deyour
Ale Ill Johns domestic bower.
L0, hero with hirsute honors doffed, succnct
o. sapOenous locks, the priest who linked
In uy mems golden bands the torn unthriit
Whose means exlgious stared from mary rift
Even ss he kissed the virgin ali torlvIn,
v no milk ed the COW with implicated horn
v no la hue wrath the canine Iorturer skied
] hat dared to vex the insidious muricide
WHO let the auroral eihuerce through the pelt
,, the sly rat that robbed the palace that JACK had
built.
The loud, cantankerous shanghai comes at last
hose shouts aroused the shorn ecclesiast
Who sealed the VOWS Of Hymens sacrament
% him VINO, robed in garments indi gent,
-xosculdtes the damseI lacry NOSE,
he emulator Of that horned brute morose
hat tossed the coz that worried the cat that kilt
The rat that ate the malt that lay in house that
Jack built.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-03-23

IT TAXES TWO TO QUAREEI.-A woman out
on North Hill, being counted out the other
morning ON the question, 'Who shall arise
and build the fire = got up and split her
husbands wooden leg rto kindling wood,
and brolled his steak with it, 1t made him
SO mad that he got hold of her false teeth
aud bit the dog with them. She cried until
she had fit of Mysteries, and then tipped
out his glass eye and climbed upon the bed
post, and waxed the glaring eye to the cell
ing with a quid of chewing gum Then he
took her wisp of f,lse hair and tied it to a
stick, and began whitewashlng the kitchen
with it. Then she started off to obtain di-
vorce, but Judge Newman decided that he
couldn't grant II divorce unless there were
tive parties to the suit, and there was hardly
enough of them left TO make one. [Burllng-
ton Hawkeve
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-03-23

ANOTHER VICTIM.
Come with me to the county farm" See
that old, old man in the chimney corner
Wife, and children, and mind are gone, and
the worn body totters on the graves brink
See that thin, pale, old woman, with her
everlasting knitting work, the sole comfort
left to her. See that great, hearty ''inno-
cent" with her merciless, chattering tongue
See that blind, delormed girl, who has never
known any other home. She is the one hu-
manizing element to her, all are kind and
gentle, for all feel and know that nature, not
sin. has brought her here.
Many others. the sick, the decrepit. the
old and ignorant are here, but we will pass
them by to stop beside tall, fne-looking
man, not yet thirty years old. How strong
and healthy he looks How intelligently
he converses! How sadly, too. for he has
no arms. Was nature 50 unkind No. God
gave him strong mind and strong body.
Did some careless conductor main him so ?
No? no railroad would be permitted or wish
to mutilatc and leave him. Did he offer his
life to his country, and she forget him when
he gave her his arms? Mo- no country 50
barbarous as TO forget her manned ones
His story is brief. His good parents
worked hard and lived frugally to pay for and
stock the farm to repair and furnish the
cottage, and to educate, not classically, but
well, their only child A handsome, bright
and good boy he was, but farm life and
iarm duties were not to his taste, and
Christian merchant took him into his store,
and he made fine and pleasant clerk. But
he slept, as country clerks do, in the store,
and, unknown to his employer, he Was en-
ticed TO the billiard room, and to the cafe
The mother saw and felt the change in
her boy, but he laughed at her fears and
sneercd at her counsels. And the father
died. And the lone mothers eyes grew
weary with watching, and weeping, and
then closed forever. The iarm was sold =,
and the merchant offered him a partnership,
but he thought he did not fancy New Eng
land country village for home. lie would
wait before deciding. And in balls and bill
lizards, dancing and drinking. tho uninvested
money Just scattered itseli-how, he couldn't
tell +; where, he couldn't find. Ilo had for
gotten that water will leak from sieve AZ
surely, if not quite as quickly, as it will pour
from bucket.
That night he had been playing billiards
and lost money, then drank glass to CON
sole himself, and then another, and 80 on
and on, and he, the quiet gentlemen, grew
uproariOus, and when they babe him 20 home,
threw of his coat and rolled up his sleeves
to fight. and the proprietor, fearing his place
might be as disgraced as it was and is dis
graceful, bade two Of his employees take him
home, and they took him to the back store
I,nr lnIt l., ba,a E.II
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-03-23

AMERICAN COMMERCE. 1t appears, from
published statistics, that our exports OF pro-
duce during the first seven months of the
present fiscal year exceeded that OF 1896
by more than SOB .00O, 900 and that Of 1874 )
by almost SGG 900 900. On the other hand.
our Imports of foreign merchandise were
S3S .372, l2i lew during the first seven
months of the present fiscal year than dur
ing the corresponding period Of 1873 e, 500,
81 $50 less than lS7475, and il compared
with the same period of 1873 (the months
upon which the financial panic first icll)
S75,2Il 900 less. Not less remarkable is
the change which has taken place in the
movement of specie. For the first seven
months of the fiscal year of ls1i-5, over
S3S 900 900 more Of specie was sent out oi
the country than was brought here. In
1856, the excess of specie exported fell
off to about Sli ,O00, 900. In 1867, how
ever, the tide has 50 changed that the
amount Of specie brought to this country
exceeded that sent out So ,35S ,O0O-a change
in favor of tho United States OF more than
S43 900 900 in two years. In view OF these
figures, the decline Of the premium on gold
is no longer secret.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-03-23

Charles Kelley, workman in the Argus
and Patriot printing office. at Montpelier.
had his hand caught in press and badly
lacerated, Tuesday
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-03-23

Freeman Webster, Of West Sheldon. had
his leg badly broken. while at work IN the
woods recently. and there il probability
that the limb will have TO be amputated.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-03-23

NicoLINI, the tenor, who has been 80 con
splcuous IN the Pattl-Caux scandal. is anx
iOuS that She should unite her fortunes with
his tor grand OperatIc tour through the
United states. and it is not unlikely that
such an engagement may he made. lt IS
said that the fleet oi the scandal has been
such as to shut the doors of fashionable
Parlslan society upon Patti.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-03-23

Mr. Rebecca Remington. of South Wal
Gppinrd. AN old lady over eighty years oi
aye, tell IN tho leo on Monday hsr, while
going from her home to II neighh1r break
ing her thigh and leaving her IN IL critical
condition.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-03-23
VOL. xLIN NEW SERIES. VOL. xxi.
Collar and Elbow.
From the New York Times.

WRESTLING FOR SILVER BELT-owENs OF YER
MONT, vANQUIsnEs MURPHY OF NEW YORK.