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TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
icozlmBUfEDB BY1HE Women S TrMPERAScE UsIoS

tCoai RiBufE by HE WOMEN SsTEhPERANCEUS s UNION.
TIE FATAL GIFT.
It is sad to think how often the kindness
OF friends is more fatal than the wrath of
the bitterest foes. Especially is this the
case when friendship leads persons in the
paths of intemperance and vice.
4 laborer in the temperance cause. while
lscturing among the islands of the Eaglish
Channel, was accustomed to hold meetings
at ST. Peters Port. One evening vener-
gave in substance the following recital from
his own experience
Several years ago, long before | had
heard of total abstinence, had occasion to
take q voyage in a sailing vessel from this
port to the coast of France. / was accom-
panied by my two daughters. In the ex-
pectation that they would be troubled by
sea-sickness, and in conformity with the
general opinion, We had provided ourselves
with bottle of brandy. to be used as q
ouieting medicine in the event OF illness.
Prior to our retirement for the night We
each took small glassful of brandy, and
as the captain of the yessel-a Frenchman-
happened TO be below just then, he was
asked to have little. He tossed of q draught
of the liquor with evident relish, then
smacking his lips. and bidding US "adieu' "
for tho night, went on deck.
1--WE had not rested more than q few
hours ere we were awakened by the trampl-
ing Of feet and confused noise of voices.
| hastened on deck. The night was cloudy;
the seamen were shouting to each other,
and hurrying to and fro. What is the
matter?' | inquired. Where is the cap
tain?'
Judge of my horror when learned that
he had been sent on TO drink by the brandy
which had given him, had got intoxicat-
ed, and had fallen overheard The boat
was put out, and the men rowed about in
the darkness for considerable time; but
alas all was IN vain.
"Sleep fjrsook our eyelils for the rest of
the night. and the captainless shipI drew
near the French shore Just as the sun began
30 show its face in the glowing East. When
we neared the desired haven ! took the
ships glass and began to scan the harbor
ant its neighborhood. | noticed, in par
ticular, on a neat-looking house. near the
landing place, an at upper window ofwhich
| saw woman, who seemed to be alter
nately straining her eyes and waving q
handkerchief in the direction of our vessel
| said TO one Of the crew, Some woman al
that house with a white front. near the
harb0r. seems looking out for the ship.
1.-The young French sailor drew the bach
of his hands across his glistening eyes. al
wet with tears. and said IN tone tremulon!
with emotion, An God help her hat'sfh
poor CCpfGiR' s lrlfe, Monsieur"
My grief was indeed deep and irving
but until light broke upon my mind, nev
er saw so clearly as ! have done since, thai
roy 'yiring and cJGing' strong drink to 1
I'll. no "a
this most real and distressing case. - CHRIS
nan NrniI
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VOL. XIX. NEW SERIES. VOL. XIII.

by which you can earn money, makes me
very glad indeed, oh my people! If you
trade in rum, or employ people to trade In
it, here in Antananarivo, or in the district
spoken of above, then, according to the laws
which were made formerly. consider you
to be guilty, because l am not ashamed to
make laws IN my kingdom which shall do
you good. Therefore. tell you that il there
are people who break my laws, then | must
punish them. Is not this so, oh my people ?
Says Ranovslomsnjaka.
QUEEN OF MADAGAsCAR.
August Sih, 1876"
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4 NOVELTY IN RAILRoADINC-THE vELoCIPEDI
PRINCIPLE UTILIZED AND ITS RESULTS.

4 NOVELTY IN RAILROADINC-THE vELoCIPEDE
PRINCIPLE UTILIZED AND ITS RESULTS.
California has one-rail-road in operation
at Norfolk, on Sonoma Creek, three and a
half miles in length, and intended to be ex-
tended Up the valley. 1t is called the Pris-
modal RailroadIand was forma lily opened on
Nov. "a. The track is a continuous prism
of bevelled boards, q inches wide at the
base and Is inches high, with the single
rail laid on the top The car which travels
on the line is supported by two wheels, one
at the front and one at the rear, with inde-
pendent revolving fanges. The locomotive
is the first of its kind constructed in the
State. The visiting party took their places
on seats which were ranged on each side of
the cars, the passengers being face to face.
The FIRST impression suggested was that
which ordinarily fills the bosom Of the novice
who makes his maiden effort to ride the
certain vieycle. A certain assurance
that the whole thing would topple over at
the first movement was the general belief Of
the uninitiated, But the engineer sounded
his whistle. the passengers gave their tremu-
lous cheers and the trnin moved off smooth
ly, and soon the pace was considerably aug
mented. Wonderful to relate, says the San
Francisco Examiner the oscillation was
scarcely perceptible, and the locomotive and
cars rode the single rail as firmly as the
trains on the broadest Of English solidly
constructed broad guages. The faster the
train proceeded the smaller in number and
extent became the lateral oscillations, beau
tifully and practically exemplifying the
great principles of tho whole prismoidal
system. that the greater the speed the less
the liability to oscillate, principle clearly
demonstrated by the gyroscope and veloci-
pede. To those making their first trip on
the new railroad the ease and comfort Of this
mode of travelling suggested itself most
strikipgly. The train was run out to the
end of the completed line, where As men
were found confusing the building Of the
prism onward. The construction of the
road has cost, for the present three miles and
and half. including the cost Of the road
bed over the marsh, about 81 500 mile,
one-half Of the cost of the narrow gauge
railroad, the most economical Of the two-rail
system. The road was commenced on the
10th of August last by the building Of the
rond-bed
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How 70 KILL CAT AND NOT HURT HRR
FEELINGS. Dumb Animals says that
when eat is to be- killed the following meth
od should be employed Place the cat IN
Il box large enough to turn round III and
not feel stited. Then, for grown cnt, put
two table spoonfuls of the best chloroiorm on II
handful Of cotton batting. Put III the cat
first. shutting the Id OF the trunk then
open the lid wide enough to slip IN the chic
reformed cotton, and Immediately close 1t. -
Now, asks the Burlington Hawk Eye, could
ANYTHING be more considerate or humane
BE sure and have the boz large and well ven
tilatsd, SO that the doomed cat "will not
feel stifled" Nothing is more annoying to u
ehloroformed cat than II close. sitting atmos-
phere. Cats have been known to die from
th. effects of chloroiorm administered to
them in tight. sitting box. Tho best box
for the purpose should have bay window
in each end, and should he ventilated by the
Rattan system aud there should be u large
hole cut in the side OF the box, so that the
cat could come out and get something to eat
aud drink when necessary. Then you should
hny,, the chloroform carefully deOdorized, so
ns tu Icmoya any unpleasant or noxious fla
vor, anl it should be dropped on bit OF
periumcd cotton and laid away in one corner
uf the box, within easy reach, where the
cat ciuld 20 and smell it when he felt like it.
In tha course of some ten or twelve years the
cat viii pass gently away.
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The INDIAN WAR.

PozsxAN. NJ. T.. Dec. % The agent Of
the Flarhead Indians has appealed To Ges.
Gibbons tor troops TO protect Llmselt ard
the government property nj the agency.
The agent states that at the breaking cut
vi the Sioux war the Flatheads have be,n
Insnleut anu disposed to make trouble. A
pio, Mas discovered to resort to violent
measures at an early day to drive out the
agent and saiZs the agent and property.
Gen. Gibbons telegrsphed to tho post com
m.nder Mt Fort Ellis to send troops at once
to the aid Of the agent.
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The Old Friends.

Where are they scattered now,
The old, old friends,
One made her dwelling where the maple glow,
And ml=hty streams through solemn forests flow,
But rtver rom that pine-cTowned land OF snow,
Aaessage sends.
Some meet me of amid
Lies common Ways;
And then, peTehsnee. word or smile declares
That warm hearts throo beneath their load OF
cares;
For love grows on, like wheat sm9ns the tares.
TIL harvest days.
But some are ,sll'n asleep"
The words are sweet
oh, friends at rest beneath that blessed sod,
Nv feet still tread the weary road ye trod
Ere yet your loving souls went back 10 God
Whom shall We meet.
Oh thou dvnest Friend,
When shall il he
That may know them in their garments white
And see them with a new and clearer sight,
Nine old amilar frends-rnade fair and bright,
Like unto thee
-S1nddy MIya-ias.
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THREE CARS FALL THOUGH \ BRIDGE--OSLl
ONE PERSON MUCH INJURED.

THREE CARS FALL THOUGH BRIDGE--OSLY
ONE PERSON MUCH INJURED.
The night express train from this city to
Rutland, Samuel Bowteli, conductor, met
with an accident which might have proved
an awful calamity, near Pitt>fofd, SatuE-
day morning. The storm delayed the train
and it was an hour and half late. When
in the bridge across Otter Creek, one Eile
south Of Pittsford. the locomotive left the
rails some way, soon breaking Through the
bridge (Which is about one hundred and
fifty feet long), and tearing down the entire
structure. The locomotive. baggage and
express cars, passenger car and bridge ali
went down twenty feet upon the ice in one
wreck. Fortunately no one was killed and
but one person severely injured. The only
person at all seriously hurt was Captain
Ford, of Montreal. lie with his wife oc-
cupied the sleeping car, being the only
passengers. When the ear te.l they were
thrown on the side and Captain FOrd's
back considerably injured. The car broke
luIOuSu tuc "SAS bVhh Al eA40
water when some passengers from the other
car e1tricated them through 2 window.
Mrs. Ford was uninjured. Z. 5. Herrick,
the conductor Of the drawing room car was
thrown through window or door, his foot
cut little. and his hands and face cut. not
severely. On the train were some
thirty or forty passengers. OF these
Ii. ID. Stevens, of Rutland, had sprained
arm; Mrss W. j. Chambers. Of Bingham
ton, N. Y, had an ear slightly cut: W. W.
Dswley, of Ludlow, cut face; others slight
" injured, names not known. Tbs engineer.
Moses Pratt, and fireman Charles Dewey,
mad the nrrrowest escape of all The en-
gine turned an exact somerssult and landed
on the ice. complete wreck. They were
10 the cab and crawled out in some almost
miraculous way with only few scratches.
The baggage man. Michael Leonard. and
the express messenger. were uninjured.
Tue cause OF the accident is unknown. In
meiistely after the accident the engineer
said the engine was OFF before it struck the
ridge, but later thought rail must have
been removed in the middle of the bridge.
An investigation is now in progress. a
train was II once sent to the scene Of the
accident from Rutland and the passengers,
baggage and mails taken to that village.
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The New Year.

The year that is gathered to lli1 fathers
like many human; friend, was alternately
tender and hateful. hopeful and despairing,
patient and captiOus, kindly and most
tyrannical. 1t were vain to weep over
its losses. There have been 80 many for
tunes to be gathered that were never reaped,
so many rare books to be written that have
never got beyond dream, SO many good
deeds to be done that we never been regis-
tered, so many heights 10 be scaled that
never were attempted, that it is more than
useless to stop and repine over the failures.
Happily there should come to each the
memory of something brave and good tha;
has been accomplished, and that bears the
imprint of his own hands. For 50 much let
him thank God, and take courage. Let
none, looking back, fail to recall the good
with the bad the successes with the fail
ures the JOYS with the sorrows. There is
no unmixed good or i'll. Even earth's sor-
rows tender grace to the heart, and its
graves bring bencdiction.
Amen whatever fate lie selt
Pray God the heart may kindly glOE,
Although the head with cares he bent,
Aud whtened with the winter snow.
Come wealth or want, come good or III.
Let young or old accept thor part
And how before the awful will,
And bear IL with an honest heart.
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MILTON SAYLER, Cha
JOSIAH q. ABBOT,
WV. LAWRENCE.
VERMONT NEWS,

Charles Smith, young pan of Victory,
had his lee, Sd badly frozen thar they were
both amputattd the other day.
Charles Libby. of Whiteiield, caused the
arrest OF 4. d. Hopkins, the st. Johnsburv
deiaulter, the other day. at his temporary
home ia Hereford, 7. Y. The charge
brought was embezzlement. II Mr..
Libby insists ON prosecuting, u hearing will
be had Ia fgw days, when 1t will ho de-
termInod wneth,r Mr.. Hopkins can DO ex-
tradiI,d or net. hopkins is in u bad con
dition. physically aud mentally, and his Mt
tending physician Is of opinion that he can
not he moved with safety.
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SwA~roS The sleighiug is excellc
....L. =. I.-...a ~. ,r.-.I..u-. II ..-.,.

Sw.>ToN. Tho sleighins is excellent.
with about elght inches of SNOW.
Exercises of singing and speaking were
had IN connection with the ChrIstmas trees
Mt the Methodist church. Monday evening
Some pieces spoken hy the younger portion
of the school were very excellent.
There ha been Il relief society iormed.
and an investigating committee appointed
To hook alter tho poor families. The Results
show extreme suffering IN many places.
Rev Mr. Ilyds preached stirring dis
cuur-e, last Sabbath. gu the poor OF Swan
ton. nud the cHu IS and remedy ut 10 much
suffering, bringing convincing procf that
rrm aud idlenes, were ut the foundation.
Tho meteor wa seun ia this town.
Patrick Quinn fell from the bridge
where tie Was AT work between Alhurgh
and Saantnn. Last week broke his leg and
was SEVERELY injured about the head.
There il Ia heu new drug store under the
bank kept by Nes,Il and Mason. 5.
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Is II Democrat of strong convictions, and
that the gossip which ascrbed 10 him the
intention Of making IL political change Of
base was without foundation But they
show also that he is ready to arqniesee in
the election OF Mr.. llayes, if secured by
"a fair, honest count of the votes of the
people" of course, 40 honest man desires
to see Gov. Hayes inauguratcd unless he is
-, ,lrstsl
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The SUB BcoSGaEssI1SAL COMMITTEES KEroRr.
CoLuaBUs. Dec 20 -Nles-rs Taylor.
Abbott aud Lawrence, the esub-cOngrossIonal
committee completed their work here to-day.
Their report from the returns - submltttd d
gives the state 10 Hayes and Wheeler by
abuu; 200 mnj"rlry. but snuws Hampton
and the entire democrat state ticket elected
by much larger msjUrity.
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BRANDON, Vt, Dec. 29.-The residence of
Phillip Ahn, in this village, was burned
this evening at ten o'clock. The fire was
caused by defective chimney. Loss about
$4,000; insured for S3,4OO.
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WATERvnLE.-On Thursday morning last
Simeon Giddings, OF Waterviile. went int
the room of Vernon Wiley, al insane young
man, to get him up. and received severe
blow over his lett eye, but Wiley was &C.
cured without doing further injury, and
taken to Brsttleboro the same day.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 25th. lSIt

ASUlNGTOS, Dcc. -OLl loi U
To the Editor Of the Free Press and Times.
History is the judgment bar Of nations
"a court from..which it is not permitted to
take appeal. Yet the malignant element
of the Democratic party reads no lesson in
the history of the past, but suffers itself to
be buoyed up by the chances of the present
and by vague and underlined hopes Of the
future. No calm and right-minded man,
who attempts to analyze the movements of
the Democrats for the last few weeks, can
fail to see their utter lack of hope and yet
the death-like tenacity with which they
cling to a cause STEPPED in fraud and
destined to certain defeat Had Speaker
Randall set himself deliberately at work to
defeat the object of the committees appoint
ed to settle the question of counting the
Electoral votes, he could no. have done so
more efectually. The committee on the
part of the House is, Hewitt, of New York
Springer. of Illinois Willard, Of Michigan
Hoar. of Massachusetts,; McCrary, of Iowa ;
Payne,yof Ohio. and Iiunton, of Virginia.
A more incongruous, disproportioped
and uncompromising set Of men
could not have been chosen. Springer
cannot reason for two minutes con-
secuti7ely, and the idea of his agreeing with
Mr.. Hoar is preposterous. Willard is
lukewarm Republican, and is more likely to
90 with the Democrats than the Republi-
cans. McCrary and Payne can possibly har-
monize in their views, while Hunton is de-
cidedly mulish and obstinate. But think Of
Hewitt, the right bower and exponent Of
"reform,'' and what can you expect?
Among the more hopeful signs Of the
times is the attitude of the Southern wing
of the Democracy, especially the conserva-
tive portion. They are not in sympathy with
any measure that will destroy their COM
merce or cripple their industries and as
| Tilden does not favor the Texas Pacific Rail-
way scheme, and is Free Trader, and
many of them want high protective tariff,
they are not over and above anxious to SEQ
him inaugurated.
The first State sociabls OF the season was
| given on the 22d instant, under the auspices
of the New England Society. Owing to the
inclemency of the weather very few notables
were present, but some appropriate remarks
were made extolling the virtues of our an
cestors. Here was displayed the same
sturdy common sense, cordiality and free
hearted hospitality that always mark the
New Englander. Indeed, almost fancied
was once again among the green hills OF
| Vermont.
The advent of Christmas here is heralded
in much the same manner that the Fourth OF
July or the entrance of a new class into col
lege is at home. 1t commenced Saturday
night, and the footing of horns supplement
| ed by fire crackers made the night hideous.
To a lover Of music and the pleasure ii
ffords, a visit to St. 1eloise's church
(Catholic) can hardly fail to awaken ii
one a sense of the beauty and grandeur oil
fine music The choir il not surpassed IN
this city, if, indeed, it is in any other. In
fact, musical critics pronounce the muslt
equal TO the best anywhere. As Tor myself
can only say it is magnificent. DoN.
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Ir is not easy to see by what authority
the Supreme Court of Florida could revise
the work of the returning board. The
laws of Florida make it the duty of the
State canyassers to investigate and determine
whether any election returns are $50 IT.
regular, false, or fraudulent that the board
shall be unable to determine the true vote:
and in all cases where investigation shows
the returns to he irregular, false or lraudu-
lent" the law expressly orders that the
board .'shall 50 certify, and shall not include
such returns in their determination and
declaration" The following extract of a
letter from Florida shows what the court
has attempted to do:
"The court orders Manatee county returns
to be counted, when the pretended election
was conducted with 10 more regard to legal
forms than the action of street mob.
jackson county is ordered to be counted,
where. at every precinct, the voters were
compelled to pass their ballots up. into
windows seven feet from the ground, and
where there is the clearest evidence that the
Republican votes cast were not counted. but
Democratic ballots were stuffed IN their
stead. Monroe county is also ordered to be
counted, when it is admitted by the precinct
inspectors themselves that they adjourned
the night of the election to place two
miles distant, in order to await the result
at other precincts, and ascertain how much
it was necessary for them to add to
give Democratic majority in the county.
Hamilton county is ordered to be counted,
where the inspectors, who were all Demo-
Gratis and not Republicans, as has been
asserted, deserted the polling places, and let
Others, some OF them candidates for the
State legislature, count the ballots and get
I'D the certificate of the result"
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NIIoLs.

By 4. E.r.
SSing lat gate vide. 'Postie Peter,
Kiu- de hlg bell. beat de gong,
Saints an martyrs den will meet dsir
Brudder, Reb'rerd Quake Strung.
Sound dat buzle, Angel Gabriel,
Tell de tlders, loud and long,
Clair out dem high seats oh heahenI
Here comes de Keb'Tend ouoko Strong"
Turn de guard out, 6ineral Michael.
Arms present de line along;
Let de band play Conkerin' Hero"
For de Reb'rend Qaako Strong.
Den let Moses bring de crown, an
Palms an weddln' gown along;
Wid percessiOn 20 de landin',
Here's de Reb'rend Quake Strong.
Tune your harp-strings tight. King David,
sllg your good Old Hundred song,
Let the serapns dance wild cymbals,
'kVuad de Reb'rend Quake Strong.
Joseph, march down wid yer bredderen,
Tribes an banners musterin' strong
speech Oh welcome from old Abra'm,
Answer, Re6'rend Quake Strong.
Angels, hear me yell Hosanner!
Hear my dulcem spirritOol song;
ualleluyer ! m cOmin'i
I'm CO Reb'rend Quake Strong.
Make dat white robe rudder spacious,
An de waist belt 'stronery long,
Cause twill take some room in glory
For de Reb'rend Quake Strong.
What No one TO do de landin'l
Peers like sBflin -ludder's wrong
ouess I'll gib dat sleepy Peter
Fits-fiom keb'rend Quake Strong.
How an dis, De gates all fastened;
Out oh all de shinin' ifong
Not a mulatto cherub even
Greets de Reb'rend Quake Strong.
What a narrow little gateway,
My dat gate am hard TO move;
Who am dat ;" says 'Postle Peter,
from de parapet ABOVE.
Uncle Peter, don't you know me
Me, shinin' light so long,
why. de berry niggers call me.
Coed Old Rsb'rend Qusko Strong.
Dunno me, de shoutin' preacher,
ReEla hull-hOg Wesleyan, toe
hhar in de woods you bin \ loafn'l
Some ole ROSTERS boddersd you,
reckon. Why, I've convarted
Hundreds o. darkIes in q song
Dunno ms, nor yet NY nfasser
I'm &c Reb'repd Quake etrons.
II lrk to dat ar curious roarin'
Far avav, but roliin' higher
See de drefiul dragon fyin',
Head Ike night, an mont OBJ Ere;
'Iis de berry king oh debbils,
An helm rush'n' right along,
OA, dear Peter, please to open
To ClassleAder 2 lako Strong
Ole N;ek's comm. can feel it
OettiL' warmer all about,
Oh, my good kind kurnsl Peter,
Let me in, Pm all too stout
To 20 long wild Msjor Satan
Into dat warm climate, 'mony
Fire an b,imstOne. Hear me knockln
Old Churchmenb Der Quake strong.
Dat loud noise am comm nearer
Dreful smell, ike powder smoke,
fudder scrceeh. Good Hebben help me.
Lor' forfiid dis pore old moke.
Alters wuz so hery holy,
Singin an prayin' e1try long,
Nov de debbil's gwine to cotoh me
Poor old niger, Quake Strong.
III dot gate swing back a little.
Nj ighty squeezin' to git froo,
Ole Apollyon howlin' louder,
Eberything aroun' am blue
lang! de gate goes, an BelIebub,
Bunch Oh wool upon his prong.
Goes loac home without dc soul oh
'N!sabul sinner, name OBJ Strong.
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News by Telegraph.


MIDDLKBURY, VT Dec. 2s.-The dwelling
house of Herbert j. Levey was burned, this
morning. Loss $4,000, partially insured.