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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-08-24

But the little torment would not be quicted
until she exclaimed
Cant agree Then why don't you fight
1t out as pa and ma do?''
Vengeance is mine, laughingly retorted
she visitor, after pa and ma exchanged looks
oil holy horror, followed by the inevitable
roar Chicago Journal.
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The Light of Stars.
~ II. ". LoNGFELLow.

The night is come hut not too soon,
And sinking silently,
All silently, the little moon
Drops down behind the sky.
There isno light in earth or heaven,
But the cold light of stars
And the first watch OF night is given,
To the red planet Mars.
Is it the tender star of love -
The star of love and dreams'
o no from that blue tent above,
A hero's armor CLEANS.
And earnest thoughts within me iise,
When behold aiar
Suspended in the evening skies
The shield Of that red star.
o star Of strength, see thee stand
And smile upon my pam:
Thou beckonest with thy mailed hard,
And | am strong again.
Within my breast there is no light,
But the cold light Of stars;
give the first watch Of the night
10 the red planet Mars.
The star of unconquered will,
lie rises In my breast,
Serene, and resolute, and still
And calm, and self possessed.
And thou, too, whosoe'er thou art
That readest this brief psalm,
AS one by one thy hopes depart
Be resolute and calm.
0 fear not in world like this
And thou shall know ere long,
Know how sublime thing it's
To suffer and be strong.
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Ar the marriage of the Earl Of Annesley
tn Miss Markham, at MafylebOne Church
in London, the other day. the bridegroom
tainted during the ceremony. and bad to be
laid out of the church. The bride stood
alone during the remainder of the ceremo-
nv. but Lord Ann esley recovered in time tc
sign the register.
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REMARKABLE ALTERATION A Scranton,
Pa. correspondent inquiries ''Cau You IL
form me where will find, what thought II
my youth. some 40 years ago. wonderful
piece of alliteration commencing.
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Nothing i. seen on the streets hut broad
trimmed hats of rough straw faced with
hlark velvet, turned up on one side, with Il
plain outside trimming of hand and plume
The dresses seen are the palcst and
thinnest wool materials, sky blue for Young
ladies, the lishtcst shadowy gray for
uuictcr uncS. and the inevitable black
gIcnadlnc Tor elderly ladies, robes made airy
with thin rlcatng and quilings of French
lace. Insertions oi embroidered grcnadinc
also .mc To suit the breton fancy. This,
hy the way, Is having the last oi its run,
and handsome suits ,mlroidct,d IN white On
blue cloth. which III the Spring brought
$50. are nov marked SIS. roluli>cS will
hc more worn IN the Fall than they nrc ln-t
now, when ladcs prefer the freedom of the
basque suit, of which the upper waist can
always he changed 10 a whlGc sncque iOI
coulne>s The polonnsc and the prlucessc
dress will still be ruling styles for :he next
change OF fashion. Yours,
AI1uN
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-08-24

Peter Moriss. of Newport C'ntre. WIS
driven from his hay field the other day by a
large bear.
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the labor troubles are not settled, and trouble
is certain to come. The busy season is half
over, and employment has been 50 scare and
wages so low that the workingmen have not
n dollar ahead for the coming Winter, and
they are organizing for some purpose. The
coaldockcrs have already struck, and are
making trouble. The wives Of the strikers
are more bitter than their husbands and are
more determined to hold ont. Ii a man
shows any symptoms of yielding, the women
assault him. and as they can't strike wO-
man, they are at a sad disadvantage. The
feeling is extending among all classes OF work
ingmen, and there is no doubt but there will
be wild work here within the month. The
railroad engineers are doing everything IN
their power to swell the flood, and the Com
munists are Ms busy as bees. Look out for
some ugly work very soon.
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are having trouble The enforcement of the
excise law has been put in the hands of the
captains of police, and they are going for the
rum mills severely. Last week over two
hundred arrests were made, and there was
trouble. Such thing had never been done
before The shops were entered. and if the
proprietor did not have Il license, he was
summarily arrested, no matter what time
of the afternoon it WIS. Very many
were taken in when it was too
late TO procure hail, and had To languiSh
all night in the tombS. The movement is
being made at the instance Of the temper
ance alliance, the object being to 50 harass
and worry the liquor-dcalcrs as to drive out
all but the strongest, and to make their con-
tinuance very expensive aiiIir to them.
The movement thus far has been directed
against the 'bucket-shoIs. to make the
sale of liuror to the poor UNI pleasant. The
best men in the city are behind it. The
wcrk is going right along, with cords of
money and any amount oi Influence behind
it. The societies are all very active, and the
temperance people are III ,aln'>t.
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THE RICHEST MEN IN THE WORLD; COMrAR-
IsoN OF THE INCOMES OF FOREIGN MILLION
NAIREs WITH THOSE OF GREAT MINE-OwS-
FRS
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Yours,


A MICRO IN ARKANSAS BURNED AT TIE STAKE
FOR RArE AND MuRpER-THE ExECrTlON-
ERS UNKNOWN.
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Our New York Letter.

THE TRUE INWARDNESs OF THE STREET.-THE
TROUBLE NOT YET OyER-TnE EFFECT OF
THE STRIKE Ur0N BusISESS-LABOR TROU-
BLES IN THE CITY-THE LIQUOR DEALERS
tRIME-TIIE FASHIONS
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George A. Quimby in the Boston Globe

Farming.
A FEW IDEAS ON THE sUBJECT, GOT ToGETHEl
WITH A COARSE HARROW.
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THE STRIKE UPON BusINESS-LABOR TROU-
BEs IN THE CITY-THE LIQUOR DEALERS
CRIME-THE FASHIONS.
NEw YORK, Aug. IL,
To the Editor Of the Free Press and Times.
went up to Ludlow street Jail. last week ,
to see Donahue, the leader of the strikers
on the Eric road. lie is n man of consider
able intelligence, ard was fitted by nature
for leader. lie is not one of the kind who
want their employers to divide with them,
bnt he does insist that business shall he
50 adjusted that the operative can live in
something like comfort. Donahue says that
the average that the men make is from S2j
to $50 per month, and that the cost of living
in llornellsyille is higher than in New York.
For instance, flour is from Sl0.j0 to Sli :;
butter, SIC; Eeef, 23c; brown sugar, l2c :;
coffee, IS and 10 cents, and any decent tea
from so cents to 81 % pound Rents are
terribly high there. Twenty-Five dollars per
month is extOrted for common frame houses
of from eight to ten small rooms Those
who, when wages were better, had pur-
chased property, were losing it by the reduc-
ton; and what ground them more, the
wages had been screwed down to such a
point that workman under the best cir
cumstances was debarred from everything of
a social nature. lie could not take news
papers or buy book, he could not pay dues
to lodge or a church, or so dress his wife
and children that they could attend church
or anything else improving. The company
had even gone so far as to charge the en-
rloyes with rent for the waste land beside
the track, which was formerly allowed them
as q pcIquisite. Donahuc admits that the
strike was a failure, but says that some good
will grow out of it.
THE TROUBLE Is NOT YET OVER.
for there can be no doubt that the working
men are suffering, and that the companies
have not dealt with the question in lib
eral spirit. 1t is true that the roads are
making nothing, and that the stock
holders are missing their regular dividends,
but that it is so is the fault of the man
agement. If they would keep up freights
to paying figure instead OF cutting each
others throats, and more especially if they
would drop all nonsense in style, cut down
the salaries of their officers and inaugurate
system Of economy in the management, there
could be enough Of a saving to make up for
the loss by reason of hard times. The work
ingman whose wages were ;S35 month,
doesn't like to be cut down to $50 when the
higher grade of officials are voting themselves
their old salaries.
THE EfrfCT OF THE STRIKE urON EuSINESs
was terrible. There were thousands of ear
loads Of perishablc goods allowed to stand
for ten days, and the goods that were not
perishable were so plundercd as to be almost
a total loss The action OF the companies in
cutting down wages and the method Of the
strikers in seeking redress has cost the coun-
try millions upon millions of dollars. The
direct loss can be ascertained the indirect
will never he known.
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The night is come hut not too soon,
And sinking silently,
All silently, the little moon
Drops down behind the sky.
Smyrna times., 1877-08-22
Buying Cheap Things.

One who knows what she is talking
about says this of a prevalent vice:
Don't be tempted to purchase things
because they are cheap. The shop.win.
dows and the counters fairly overflow with
a bewildering tide of loveliness, marked
down, every wave and ripple of it, to prices
which are amazingly low. But nothing is
really cheap to you if you are not in need
OF it. If in drawer or closet or wardrobe
you have a dress which little skill and
management can freshen up and renovate,
don't buy another. Some ladies never
have any rich and handsome dresses
because they spend their money con.
stantly on cheap fabrics or on the thousand
tempting trinkets, ties, laces and articles
OF ornament which are spread out in
witching variety in the fancy stores
Every summer brings with it quantities of
imitation stuis, which look very pretty
when first made up and which have the
eiiect, for a little while, of better goods
Alas it is only for little while.
The sudden shower, the insinuatipe
moisture of damp day or the inevitable
crowding of street car, does for them
Their tiimsy and forlorn appearance, when
the first gloss has gone, is an offence to all
people of taste. 1t is economical to bpv
the best you can afford. A good, strong
article in woolen or silk can be worn wear
after year, turned, redyed, combined with
something else, handed from mother 70
daughter and from sister to sister, remain.
ing presentable through all changes of
ownership, till it finally gladdens the heart
of the washerwomsn's little girl. If Won
cannot compass the means to procure n
really good material, eschew a sham. Let
what you do get be good of its kind. A
well-printed calico respects itself. A sleazv
poplin or berege is a begger on masoue
rade, and is soon found out. The tawdrv
the meretrieious, or the vulgar in clothing
is an index to the lack of refinement in
those who possess it,
Smyrna times., 1877-08-22
Something in the Bed.

Judge Pitman has habit of slipping his
watch under his pillow when he goes to
bed. The other night somehow it slipped
down, and as the Judge was restless, it
gradually worked its way downward toward
the foot of the bed. After bit, while he
was lying awake, his foot touched it, and
as it felt very cold, he was surprised and
scared, and jumping from the bed, he
said
" BY gracious, Maria there's a toad or a
snake or something under the covers. /
touched it with my foot"
Mrs. Pitman gave a loud scream, and was
out on the floor in an instant.
Now, don't so to hollering and waking
up the neighbors," said the Judge. "You
go and get the broom or something, and we
will fix this mighty quick.
Mrs. Pitman got the broom and gave it to
the judge, with the remark that she felt as
if snakes were creeping all up and down
her legs and back.
SO, nonsense, MariaI Now you turn
uO"H inc covers slowly, while ! hold the
broom and bang it. Put bucket of water
alongside the bed, too, SOS we can shove it
in and drown it,"
Mrs. Pitman fixed the bucket and gently
removed the covers. The judge held the
broom upliftcd and, as soon as the black
rib Of the watch was revealed, he cracked
away three or four times with his broom.
Then he pushed the thing off into q bucket.
Then they took the bucket to the light to
investigate the matter When the Judge
saw what it was he said
" might have known that! Just like
you women, 60 to screcching and making
fuss about nothing! Who's going to pay
me for that watch? It's utterly ruined"
" 1t was you made the fuss, not me, said
Mrs Pitman. "You need not try to put
the blame off on me-"
80 hush up and go to bed! I'm tired of
hearing your blathcr. Pears to me YOU
can't keep your tongue still minute.
Blame if amt going to get divorce and
cmigratc!"
And the judge turned in and growlcd at
Maria until she fell asleep.
Smyrna times., 1877-08-22

that peaches would prove for many years
to be a most profitable crop, and as
result every section of the Peninsula, which
comprises Delaware, the Eastern shore of
Maryland and of Virginia, is more or less
interested in the cultivation of peaches,
and it may safely be calculated that there
are now growing on that Peninsula upwards
of six millions of peach trees. The result
of planting this immense number of peach
trees has been most disastrous, and very
many farmers have been financially ruined
by it.
Smyrna times., 1877-08-22

branches. l could hear the silk ripping
and smelt the es Gaping gas.
"Very cautiously felt about. Getting
hold of tho larger boughs, found that was
in treetop. In short time l was able to
climb downward, and soon slid to the
ground. 1t was some kind of an evergreen
"a large spruce, | think.
"As soon as | reached the ground, |
shouted to Ned. No answer followed |
groped about, but could not find him.
Lighting matches-I always carry them in
my pocket searched beneath the trees
near by, and came upon the poor fellow
lying upon his side senseless, about forty
feet distant, where he had fallen.
GAS quickly as possible, l collected
brush and branches Of trees, and after
much difficulty kindled a fire. Ned was
breathing family.
" By chafing him and by the aid of cor
dial from my FLASK, brought him to con-
seriousness in about ten minutes. But he
groaned pitably, and now discovered that
his left leg was broken above the knee.
He was dreadfully shaken up otherwise,
having been thrown thirty or forty feet to
the ground.
never was in such quandary as to
what | ought to do. His leg should be set
at once; but if l started for help in the
darkness, was as likely to go further into
tho woods as to find settlement.
" We'll, sir, what l did do was first to
build better fire, then cut some splints,
and tear the Innings of my coats into
bandages, and set that leg myself!
"Of course l hurt him fearfuIly. He
cried and groaned in way that cut me to
the heart. | straightenod and got the
bones into position as best could; then
kept the fire burning brightly, and stayed
by him till morning.
" When it had at last grown light. I
climbed tree and tried to get some idea
OF the country. The Gypsy hung in the
tree-tops, wreck The gas had all
escaped and the canvass was badly torn.
" | got the hatchet from the car, and
4c"'lI9 Ned as comfortably placed as pos
sible, set of, blazing trees as | went. |
had seen something that looked like n
clearing, to the southeast, and started for
that, using my pocket compass. | thought
went at least nine or ten miles before l
came out of the woods to a house,
shanty of French Canadians.
" There l gathered company of five
men and went back for Ned We got him
to the shanty little before sunset. But
1t was not till the next afternoon that l
could get doctor from the village Of
Sagertown, seventeen miles below, to visit
him.
:" The leg was by that time so swollen
and sore that the physician did not think
1t advisable to reset it, and it never was
reset. 1t got well in time, and is now a
pretty good leg.
The Gypsy was an entire loss to me; |
never got even the silk and ropes out of
the woods. She was worth about n thou.
sand dollars. So, you see, did not make
much out Of that trip from Detroit y
Smyrna times., 1877-08-22
Never Forget Anything.

A successful business man told me there
were two things he learned when he was
eighteen, which were ever afterwards of
great use to him, namely; "never to lose
anything and never to forget anything"
An old lawyer sent him with an important
paper, with certain instructions what to do
with it.
but, inquired the young man, suppose
lose it; what shall do then?"
The answer was with the utmost EN-
phasis, ''you must not lose it."
" / don't mean to-" said the young man,
but suppose should happen to?"
But | say you must not happen to;
shall make no provision for any such oc
currence; you must not lose itr'
This put new train of thought into the
young mans mind, and he found that if he
was determined to do a thing he could do
1t. lie madesuch provision against every
contingency that he never lost ANYTHING.
lie found this equally true about forget
ting. If certain matter of Importance
was to be remembered, he pinned it down
on his mind, fastened it there, and made
1t stay. lie used to say, "When man
tells me that he forgot to do something, |
tell him he might as well have said, l did
not care enough about your business to
take the trouble to think of it again."
once had an intelligent young man in my
employment who deemed it sufficient
excuse for neglecting an important task to
say, 81 forgot it." told him that would
not answer. If he was sufficiently in.
terested he would be careful to remember.
1t was because he did not care enough that
he forgot. l drilled him with this truth
He worked for me three years, and during
the last of the three he was utterly changed
in this respect. He did not forget any
thing. His forgetting, he found, was a
lazy and careless habit of the mind, which
he cured.-COmtry Gentleman.
Smyrna times., 1877-08-22

AN IMPORTANT MovEMENT.-Informatio
reaches us of an important movement on
the part of certain leading Hebrews of the
country. 1t is proposed by them to form a
joint stock company for the purchase of
the Bedford Springs property, in Pennsyl.
vania, which would be owned and managed
by Hebrews, and made national place of
resort for people of that race. 1t is said
that the movements meets with considera-
BILE favor among those interested, and that
at the same time that the Springs are for
sale, nucleus fer the purchase money has
been obtained, the sum required being
about quarter of million dollars Cum
berLand [ Ma Meas.
Smyrna times., 1877-08-22

HOPE FOR THE HUMAN FAMILY.-The re.
turn of the slipper to the feet of the ladies,
supplanting the closely .buttoned boot of
the last few years, is considered by con-
temporary as giving assurance that the
next generation will show an improvement
in morals and manners. The slipper in
the maternal outfit during the youthful
and impressionable years was a handy
thing in the household, and it is aptly re.
marked that as the regulator of the family
nothing ever equalled it, and "now that it
is being restored, after long demoralizing
absence, there is now hope for the race"
Smyrna times., 1877-08-22

The Colorado beetle has appeared in
large force at Henford, England. The
Mayor, the Town Clerk and the Superin-
tenden of Police collected many specimens
in various stages of growth and concurred
in the belief that they had been imported
from America with seed potatoes. Forty
beetles were also discovered about the same
time in Mulheim, Germany, in potato
patch adjoining one which had been
thoroughly disinfected. Quantities of ben.
zoline were Immediately poured, not onlyo on
this field, but on the land round it for
some distance, and fire was then applied to
it. The soil is to be dug up and search
made for lava, after which it will be
ploughed up, drenched with benzoline and
set on fire.
Smyrna times., 1877-08-22

The Rev. Peter Lockwood, one of the
early pastors of the First Presbyterian
Church at Binghamton, N. Y, last Sunday
preached from that pulpit the same sermon
he had delivered when assuming the
pastorate of the Church, fifty years ago.
He was behind time in entering the
Church, but walked quietly up the aisle to
the pulpit, where he had a short talk with
the officiating minister. He soon afterward
stepped to the desk, and taking the time.
worn manuscript from his pocket, sur.
prised the congregation with the announce.
ment that he would read it. No one
present knew of his intention when he
entered the Church. Several persons
present were members of the Church when
the sermon was preached the first time.
The text was: "Her ways are ways of
pleasantness and all her paths are peace"
Smyrna times., 1877-08-22
What Allied Him.

One OF our dry goods clerks called round
to SEQ his girl the other evening. She OBJ,
served that lie appeared very restless, and
as he had been paying her pretty sharp at
tention she shifted proposal.
"George, dear" she said, in sweet
voice, whats the matter with YOU thi,
EVENING"
There amt nothing the NATTER" re-
marked George, twisting uncasiIy in his
chair.
" | should think there is she said: with
great interest.
"Oh no there amt, returned George
what makes you think SOP"
"You appear 50 restless, she exclaimed:
''you act as if something was on your
mind"
" 1t ain t on my mind, observed George,
its - and then he suddenly caught
himself, and stopped,
" What is it-whcro is it DEAR" entroat
ed the young miss won't you tell your
darling?"
" It's on my back, blurtcd George, with
an effort.
con your bacll?7 repeated the young
miss, in astonishmcnt.
" Yes" said George, desperately: 'Gt's a
porous plaster, and it itchcs so can t keep
still"
The young lady tainted
Smyrna times., 1877-08-22
The Hearts of the Lowly.

One day three or four weeks ago boot
black who seemed to have no friend in the
world, was run over by a vehicle in
Detroit and fatally injured. After he had
been in the hospital for a week, a boy
about his own size and age looking as
friendless and forlorn, called to ask about
him and to leave an orange. lie seemed
much embarrassed, and would answer no
questions. After that he came daily,
always bringing something, if not more
than an apple. Last week, when the nurse
told him that Billy had no chance to get
well, the strange boy waited around longer
than usual, and asked if he could 90 in.
lie had been invited to, many times
before, but had always refused Billy,
pale and weak and emaciated, opened his
eyes in wonder at the sight of the boy, and
before he realized who it was the stranger
bent close to his face and sobbed:
Billy, can you forgive a feller? We
was allus fghtin', and l was allus too much
for ye, but I'm sorry! Fore ye diewon't ye
tell me ye haven't any gcudge agin me?"
The young lad, then almost in the
shadow of death, reached up his thin white
arms, claspcd them around the others
neck and replied:
Don't cry, Bob-don't feel bad | was
ugly and mean, and was heavin' a stone
at ye when the wagon hit me. If ye'll
forgive me, I'll forgive you, and I'll pray
for bote O. usr'
Bob was half an hour late the morning
Billy died. When the nurse took him to
the shrouded corpse he kissed the pale
face tenderly and gasped
Did he say anything about-about
me?"
He spoke of you just before he died
asked if you were here" replied the nurse.
And may go-go to the funcral?'
You may"
And he did. He was the only mourner.
His heart was the only one that ached.
No tears were shed by others, and they
left him sitting by the new made grave
with heart so big that he could not
speak.
If, under the crust of vice and ignorance,
there are such springs of pure feeling, and
true nobility, who shall grow weary of
doing good.-Detroi Free Press