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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-14
VOL. L. NEW SERIES. VOL. XIII.

foreign bodies 10y a..calcaro GUS growth from
the shell itself A clam shell doesn't do any
thing like that. An oyster hasn't II leg oi
even foot. SO he doesn't need but one gar
ment, but his natural instinct shows again III
the matter of clothing. You'll never see an
oyster go anywhere, even down to market ioE
Sunday dinner. without mantle. and each
oyster will have a double fringe on that man
tie Iou can't put him of with any cheap
trimming He doesn't care if it costs twice
as much yard, he'll have it double. And
the female oyster is not pretentious at all.
She isn't even what you would call tidy She
doesn't even brush off the outside of her
shell, hut she is one of the best OF wives.
She doesn't scold and cry and 20 complain
mt 10 her mother every time her husband
comes in late with the marks of billiard
chalk all over his coat, and she's "vovivlra-
rous every time. Tisn't everybody that 5
that.
The oyster belongs TO II good family, too
He Is no paryenu. He wore his mantle when
Adam and Eve sat around patching up fig
leaves. He belongs 10 the Ostreadae family
The process Of cooking, to an oyster is not
pleasant one Lobsters have been said 10
ENJOY it. but the oyster differs from the lob
ster and is never the same pleasant person
after being cooked that he was before. The
best way TO cook an oyster is to eat 1t raw.
V !. IVmld
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-14

A wHooP-BANG sort of boy. with feet as
broad and fiat a. pic-tln, trotted through
the Central market yesterday till ne reached
Il stall kept by single woman about thirty
years old. Hating there. he yelled ont
Say say Your little boy has been run
over and killed, up by the city hall :" ''Oh,
oh lleavens-oh OH" She sereamsd d
a. she made dive under the counter. came
up on the outside. sad started to follow the
boy After going ten feet she halted. look
ed verv foolish all of n sudden, and remark
cd What goose | am Why, | ain t
even married ~ Detroit Free P-fsS.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-14

IHE FAms GAEriNs. Amongst the places
of day ANUS, m,ut the JnTdIn dies Plants and
Jardnn ii 'ArclmatatIon are the most inter
esting. Animals. birds and flowers of every
description and variety are here bred, cult
waited and sold. Thanks to III" Jar,lin a. Ne
cllmatntion. which IL Indcf,tiluhle IN finding
cut curious and useful things. our wonderful
breed of hloodhnunds. known ~ St Hubert,
has. to the delight of many u passionate
sportsman who remembered tins excellent
dog in the days oi his youth, hut which has
strangely disappeared from France IN halter
years, been discovered IN some unknown
Scotch hunting dog, propngttcd, and ls now
the very accessible delight Of our sports
men
Once Year there il dog show. pril,s nnd
medals nro distributed, and lovers oi the can
Ine speeches r.vcl III bark and h,nuty.' The
collection of monkeys X remarkable, ami III
spite ot the rcpulslon which this ci,rlcaturr
uf humanity usually inspires, there nrr some
nt tIny dimensions which nr- the puctti-st
httlc old men aud women m the world Dur
IN particular needs only the gold sprrincl.s To-
dcudc us INTO hclIr,Ing We see Monsieur
Theirs through the small end ui our OPEN
glnss In the chalet or monkey Residence Is
one ntrrluprr. The to ms unpleasant odor
and heat oi this tropical retreat is necessary
to the existence oi Lady Vampire Her lord
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-14

Two American missionaries, the Rev
Messrs. Bond and Marsh. with their wives
and five small children were IN Eski Saghrl
during the sacklng of the place. I.hnve eccI
them, and they tell me that at one time the
sheltered some poor wretches who were IL
danger at the hands of the Bulgarian mob
ard that when the edict prohibiting the sal,
of food to Moslems was in force, they alsC
fed some of their Moslem neghbors In
consequence of this and other kindncsses,
their Moslem ncIghbors rallied around Tia, N
during the destruction of the city, and saved
their lives. The Turks then got word To the
Governor of the city. who at once came ID
see the missionaries. and provided them
with guard Of regular soldiers. which kept
of all marauders, and thirty or more Bulga-
mans were saved from death in their house
These missionaries lost everything they pos
sessed. however, by the fire. escaping to the
railroad with only the clothes they had on,
and on the road sleeping for three nights on
bare ground. and living or raw wheat.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-14

One OF those excreseences on life-a female
slsnderer-went into neighbor's house the
other morning with her tongue loaded with
new venom. There were several women
present, and the slsnderer's eyes glistered
in anticipation. Throwing herself in chair
she sighed and said "One-hslf the world
don't know how the other halt lives"
THAT amt your fault quietly observed
one of the company. The slanderer turned
yellow DsnJrry Ndrs.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-14

drawn. We are the original crowd. and
We don think of weakening. In a month
or two now all Mr.. keeiy's tests will be FIN
ished. and We will show the world whether
he is the greatest inventor or the greatest
humbug of this age. Scientists. machinists
and learned societies are invited to come and
make every test they can think of. -
Philadelphia Times.
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What thrice double ass
Wa ! 10 take tnis drunkard tor god,
And worship this dull fool,


And how his homage To Temperance is dclin-
Gated i'll his fine picture OF old Adam the
faithful old forest servant i'll "As lou Like
It:
Though look old, Yet am strong and lusty
For il my youth never did apply
Hot and rehelluus liquors in my blood
Nor, did not with unbashtul forehead WOO
The means OF weakness and dehlnv,
Therefore my age IS as n lusiy winter.
Frusty--but kindly.
And these denunciations of intcmperance
and examples of the opposing virtue were
uttered IL time when, as it has before been
snid. our national drunkenness was the ms
tonishment of surrounding nations. As
Shakespeare said ''ln England they are
most potent III potting your Dane your Ger
man. your swag- -bellied Hollauder are moth
ing to your English, Your Englishmun
drinks with facility your Dane dead drunk
he Swcats not To overthrow your Alsatian
he gives your lIollandcra Vomit ere the next
bottle can be flied One thinks had Shakes
peare lived now, and heheld our naphtha-
lighted whlskey palaces glazing along all our
streets, like the spectre haunted palaces of
Pandemonium, he would have said some
cheerful words Ia encourage Sir WIlirid Law
son and his iellow-labourers who seek to di-
minish what is still our great national plague
spot and pestilcnce.
Honest Water" There nre more who
chnnt his praises than keep his company. |
was i'll small town the other day where
think they told me there were about thirty
public houses of all sorts tn four bakers and
four butchers. | thought in whnt part of
England may not think of that scene III
which the Prince Henry examine the papers
Of FAlstnfl and says
What hast thou found
f"ins Nothing but papers my lord.
Prince Henry. Let's ser what be they =;
read them.
ioins. (ltcml \ cnpon, p. II.
tltcm) Saucc, i'll.
iltoml Sack tuny Dry Winr) tw" gal
Ions, rs sd.
tlteml Anchoyies AMI sack after sup
per. Is. I'D.
tltem) Bread, III.
Prince Henry o, Monstrops But one
half penny-w"rth of bread To this lnocrublc
dra luf sack.
And the sane reelection might be- mi,de
still
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-14

WmTLIAII- A EuGrs rIIEsr GETs DErNk,
ANp SPENDS THE NrcHr IN ALuck-Ur Tues
day afternoon II Young man made his appear
ancc III whitehall, and seeking certain citi-
zrEs who espouse the Roman Catholic faith.
stated that his name was Charles Mckay,
that he had been lately ordained as II priest
that he was lourneying from Montreal To Al
hany. had fecom" Unexpectedly short of
funds, and solicited the loan of enough mon
~ {" carry HIM Ia the latter place As he
todd very plausible story, three, dinrlcut
persons advanced him the amount necessary
Tor TINT purpose. His representations were
suhstnntlatcd 10y his personal appearance,
which was rtmarhahly neat and that be- Was
also clothed ia the customary mhilmcnts ct
the priesthood. Having collected about SD.
Mckay proceeded to lmhIhc whisL,y III as
tonishing quantities until he became elori-
ously drunk. when his money gn,, ont. the
hyIothetIrnl pi.st. attempted To secure "a
new supply 10y similar means. Lawrence
Corhctt, II village druggist. who had been
dnp,d To the extent "i several dollars con
irontod the msc1h and dtnuunccd hlm ns -
fraud whrrcupun Mckay walked up To Corhctt
nnd gave hlm u sharp slap On the NOSE. \
warrant was made out ly trThctt aud Cunsta-
hl, kusscl lodged the puEIlIstIc y"uni, man
IN the lock up. There he remained until
Thursday. Mckay stated that hIs cousin had
charp" uf the Cnthuiic college at Point ST
Charms Montreal, and requested the onciis
to Telegraph To- hIm. Tins was done when "A
reply wns received that they could do moth
In,, i"r thu youul' man, us hIs drhurhprIrs
hnd already dI.plnc"d the denomination he
yuud endurance, Justice Smith released Tia,
prisoner on hIs promising tu leave th,. place.
Erlug provided wiih - through ticket To-
Albany, hr ngrrod I" Nacitc at once. hut h,.-
tore boarding the tram managed to obtain
another supply ot liquor. and presented II
pitIiul picture rs he staggered uhnut m his
pricstly robes. which were all hcsmcnrrd
with dirt. when near Font Edward. "a Iipr,v
representative cnd,aN"rod t" ,guir some m
formation from the h-iudl,d prIcsi. whom 1t
wns n~crrtuiu,d lGd been r,luridcd ~ the
best colleges ct lrrnudund France. hut being
unable to- resist the temptation for drunk had
been sent To- Montr'nl IA the VAIN hope ."
causing his reformation. Not upprcrmiinr
the cur.rhisIug "i tl" reporter. Mckay sud
Il, ulN turned uu his lu,s,ti"ner and ,nd,.tvor-
ed To- choke hiu. lh,sr demon. tintiuus
wcr" repaid hy the ii'milcr doubling his as
sIlnut over one ot the cnr seats. Ait,r tins
inrns the pu'llistic fraud proceeded quietly
on his way To- Albany, Trey lines LnL
3lSk
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-14

The accounts of the fight at Moses Pier
sons house, March -, l77s, known of old
by the rather sounding title of The Battle
of Shelburn," given by Lyman Thsver and
Rev. e. F. Sutton. in Miss Hemenway's
Ga-eteer, mention the number of the at
tscking party as 81 some being Indians,
and some supposed to be tories or British
soldiers disguised as Indians. Mr.. Thayer
says that British officer. taken captive and
brought to Burlington in the war of 1912,
told Ziba Pierson that his (the oficer's)
father, named Larama, was killed in the
Revolutionary war, in the British service,
at Persons, in Shelburn. 1t is also related
that the British authorities. exasperated by
the repulse of their party. offered large
reward for the body of "The notorious rebel
Moses Person. dead or alive. An order
OF the Vermont Council of Safety, directed
to Captains Ebenezer Allen and Isaac Clark,
is extant, which alludes to the affair as
Capt Sawyer's late signal victory over the
enemy at Shelburn," orders them to 90 to his
relief, to secure the wheat at Shelburn, and
to remove all the inhabitants they could not
protect, within their lines on Otter Creek.
The removal of Moses PiersOn and his family
to Orwell was probably in consequence of
this order. ED. F. P.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-14
shakespeare on Temperance.
BY REV. =. PAXTON HOOD.
Honest water never LEFT any man in mire -

| Honest water never lelt any man IN mlre.
| like that phrase, "IIoncst water" Il
know no doubles and subterfugeS. There i.
no deception i'll water, but 1t needs firm
hand to he saved from the deceptions OF "tht
invisible spirit OF wine.
There arc Ill the works of Shakespeare
| texts enough to furnish forth course o
temperance lectures. And i'll nothing is ouI
writer more evidently retormer and III ad
vance of his age 1t was an age of eXtraordi,
nary and disgraceful intemperance. He is
constantly rebuking and satirising this sin.
He says;
II is a custom
More honored in the breach than the Observance
This heavy headed ieve-
Makes us traduced and tax'd of other nations
They tclepe) call Us drunsards, and with swinlsh
Soil our addition. and indeed it takes
Prom our achievements, though performed at
height,
The pltn and marrow of our attribute
And again he says
81 could wish courtesy would invent some Other
custom Of entertainment
He must have had II keen and clear percep-
tion of the mischieis and miserics ot inteIn-
perance, who makes the issues Of one OF his
most affecting tragedies TO turn upon the in
ordinate cup. and bids his victim, i'll his
tthNt vi utprutlhlltll, tAthllll Ill his lhllpr
at his sin
Drunk and speak parrot and sIuubble,
swngger, and swear and discourse iustian
with ones own shadow Oh thou invisible
Spirit OF Wine. If thou hast no name to be
called by, let us call thee Devil Oh that
men should put an enemy in their mouths
to steal away their brains that We should
with JOY, pleasance, reyc, and applause,
transform ourselves into beasts To 'bc now
II sensible man, hy-and-by II fool. and pre-
sently beast. o strange Every inordi-
nate cup is unblest and the mgr, dient is
devil.
Elsewhere he makes one of his characters
exclaim over the drunken Sir Toby Belch-
Olivia What's drunken man like?
Clown Like II drowned man, II fool. and
Il mailman one draught above heat makes
him II tool, the second mnds him, and the
third browns him.
Olivia Go. then, and seek the coroner,
and let him sit ON my COUSIN, for he's in the
third degree of drink, he's drowned 60
look after him.
And it is noticeable that it is into the mouth
of the willy and tendish tempter Iago, the
greatest villain Shakespeare has drawn, he
puts the pleasant excuse that Good wine is
good, familiar creature if 1t will he well
used. What cont, mpt he pouls upOn his
sots. and the sots OF Shakespeare alone might
be subject for u temperance lecture. Judg-
ing from this contempt with which every
drunkard is treated by Shakespeare, for his
sots always move this feeling, they are not
merely grotesque and humorous they are
loaihsome We may suppose he believed, AS
one has said, that the sight of a drunkard is
II better sermon against that vice than the
best that was ever preached upon that sub
Ject II is always the same contempt for the
sot, whether Bardolph's nose. or Jack Fal-
staiis intelleciualised sensuality, or Cassio's
remorse. or Stcphano, over whom even Cali.
ban eSclaimS
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-14

(lIERR PuNrERNICKEL, having Just played
composition of his own. bursts into tearsl
chorus OF friends oh, what IL the
matter What can We do Tor you2 Herr
Pumpernickel-Ach nosslng nossng
But ven hear really coot music. zen must
| always weep l-PuHch.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-14

Chicago has young ladies " Dicken.
Club"
Thcrs's father was humble Marseille,
locksmith.
In matter of religion Thiers WAS always L
Sceptic.
Hon. Kenneth RaSner, Solicitor of the
Treasury, was fined S20 for assuulting Mr.
Satedo.
The Turks regard the discovery of tho
satellites OF Mars ns being good omen fol
them.
Secretary Eyarts has returned to Wash.
ington.
Brigham Young was the largest dcpostor
but two in the Bank of England.
Brigham Young has three sons now in
New York and one at Willctt's Point, a
Lieutenant OF New York Engineers
Western moral philosopher and casuist
calls attention to the fact that some men are
good because goodness pays best, and some
are good for nothing.
Some human bones found IN the ruins
on the Straits of Muckinac are believed tu
he those Of Father Marquette, the celebrated
Jesuit Missionary, who died in 1913 and
was inferred under IL chapel.
Brigham ionng didn't put on historic
airs when 1t came To the "last words" His
son asked him If he knew him. 81 should
think ought to, respor ded the indignant
candidate for an obituary.
Irene \. '. House, who murdered her
husband, has been released from the New
jersey lunatic asylum. completely restored.
1t Is II remarkable mct that murdcrcrs are
cured oi insanity quicker than any other
class.
Lord ialmcrStun once sand, in speaking Of
the Turks "W hat energy can be expected
oi II people who have no heels To their
shoes 7" Well, it doesn't make 81 much
difference, since they do not manifest any in
cInation To show their heels
In lN1G. no less than = 3,Gil children under
sixteen years OF age were committed tu
prison Tor various offences in New York ami
t., 81 persons between the ages oi sixteen
aud twenty. This Is irehtlul showing.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-14

PAY your mechanic II good price if you
desire good Job, and be sure that you pay
1t to your home mechanic. DO not send
abroad Tor AN article that can lust ~ we'll
he manufactured by your ncighbor and Eel
low townsman, the Industrious and worthy
mechanic. lla has right To claim YOUR
patronage. lie pays taxes. helps to sup
port schools. assists To sustain preaching
and build churches. and i4 live, active
member oi th community. lie hghtenS
your burdens, spends the money he earns
by honest industry for the support oi hrs
family. among thuhe who patrunizs HIM
lie has right, II he Is good workman and
citizen, to expect your and and patronage,
lOr you are each dependent upon tho other
~ citizens OF the same place. .- Brocifon
Gd-eHe.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-14
NUMBER 12.

shed by their friends at seeing them again,
Tor they had imagined that they were killed
by the Indians.
When the war was over, Mr.. Pierson re-
turned with his family to the place in Shell
burn that he had left afterwards occupied
by Judge Meech).
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-14

EXPERIENCES OF MOSES PIERsON-ONE OF THF
PIONEERS OF SHEIBURN-AND HIS FAMILY,
IN EII-S-A BLOODY CONFLICT WITH TIE
T0RiES-CAPTUR OF TWO sOSs-THEIR
E~CAPE FROM CANADA
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-14

4, the following JeH d'ssprf was read as "a Bret
hHfte unpublished poem" at social meeting Of
Sea-wanderers on board the ocean steamship Brit
tame on recent voyage, by one OF our towns
men whose initials are thereto appended. In a
h"'e enclosing II, the author says Though the
IoclI HITS VIII noI he by your readers 1t may
anus some OF them as a sample OF seaside mus
lugrS
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-14

Justice Bradley of the United States Su-
preme Court has addressed the following let
ter to the editor of the Newark (N. J) Ad-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-09
Quackery I'm the Professions.

The novel spectacle was presented in the
Marine Court on Thursday last Of plaintiff
nonsuited through such gross neglect of
his case that the Judge on the bench
thought fit to administer to the attorney q
severe rebuke for his alleged incapacity.
There is a lesson in this incident We are
altogether too lax in our admissions to the
Bar, as we'll Us to other professions. Ex-
aminations are in some instances considered
such mere matters of form, or in others
made such farces, that almost any incom-
petent person may get through. A great
deal Of mischiefis done through legal quack-
cry. People are led into litigation need
lessly and hopelessly, or defeated in just
suits owing to the incapacity Of the lawyers
they consult or employ. We have too many
practitioners at the Bar who would not be
there if they had to pass thorough ex-
animation before admission. The evil is
worse when it affects the medical profession.
It is not unusual to see batch of four or
five hundred young practitioners turned
out from the several New York colleges at
one time, and let loose to hang out their
signs if they please, and armed with their
diplomas, to practise on unfortunate hui
manity. 1t is bad enough to lose law
suit through the incapacity Of legal quack :;
it is much worse to lose life or health
through the ignorance Of a medical quack.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-09
Some Ohio Politics.

Governor Young, Of Ohio, has written q
letter explaining his reasons for refusing
another nomination, which almost makes us
sorry that he has declined. He says he
is too poor and the Governors salary too
small to allow him to take the place for
another term. That shows him o sensible
man. If only all our fellow citizens who
cannot afford it would 60 out of political
life great number CT helpless women and
children would be saved from disagreeable
struggles with genteel poverty, and good
many ambitious men would preserve them
selves from inevitable disappointment In
this country of small salaries for political
services no prudent man can enter public
life unless he has ut least moderate COM
petence.
Governor Young phases us also by recog-
nizing the fact that sin the next mpaign
there will be none OF the old time issues ="
The rag baby, he says, is dead; the Hayes
Southern policy will be enthusiastically ap-
proved by the Republican Convention" he
adds and "the dolla. of our fathers" he
asserts, is favored ty both parties. We
wonder if ''the leading men of both parties"
remember that the silver s'dollar of our
fathers" was worth generally about three
cents more than gold dollar, and
whether they intend to give it the value
which ''the fathers" give it?
OF course the Governor gives the dem
ocrats slap for their impudence in
being pleased with tie Presidents policy
We do not quite understand, however, what
ho means by saying that the Southern
policy il lat present deemed success. "
But, rs it is to be Endorsed" by the Con-
vention, this does not matter. Mr.. Young
thinks the campaign will concern men
rather than measures, and in that case we
make our compliments to both parties, and
ssMay the best man VIM"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-09
Senator Jon bee.

Two weeks ago 'ur Washington corre-
spondent reported that Senator Jones, of
Nevada, favored a lew financial plan pro-
posing an irredeemlble paper currency and
the total abolition d gold and silver com.
The story seemed $, improbable that it was
not generally credited; but it is now re-
ported that Mr.. Jores has prepared a con-
stitutional amendment, to be submitted to
Congress in October. providing that ire
deemable paper money shall be the only
currency OF the country. and that it shall
be issued ut the rae OF twenty dollars per