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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-12-14
Washington Notes.

Senator Blaine took his seat again in the
Senate, on Thursday, and was warmly vel
coined by his friends on both sides of the
Chamber He is in excellent spirits. and
his health is improving.
Attention having called to the fact that
wines and liquors are sold in the restaurants
of the capitol, the Speaker announces that
the Vice President ahd himself have deter
mined, so far as they can control it, that
none shall be sold hereafter.
A Washington letter SAYS there was a
New York Democratic Congressman-ne is
| less of Democrat since it happened-who
! went to the White House last week with
| his little daughter of eight. The two were
shown over the White House in the usual
fashion, and in the conservatory met Mrs
Hayes She won child and Congressman
together, and nearly changed the mans
politics on the spot.
On Saturday, Pinchback met Judge Spof-
ford, kelloggs late contestant, in the lobby
of the Senate, and, shaking hands with him,
said Judge, you and will pair for the
rest OF our senatorial experience SpofOrd
did not relish the Joke. He came here sup
posing that the doors of the Senate were
yawning l'r nm and was even surprised
when he learned that Kellogg would make
contest Washington SPeciai.
The House Committee on Education and
Labor have decided to report adversely upon
the bill for the establishment in the District
of Columbia of a National University for
women.
The D,mocrats or ,hc Uouse Committce
nm Revolntionarv Pensions arc nrcr,r;n, a
hin m rcstore IN rho roII Tersnns stricIcr
off who had encouraced or aided the Con.
tederacy. The new bril will orlv REQUIRE prcof
Of ten davs' service instead Of si1tv
-, - .,r,' S--,,,.p.,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-12-14

Burlington, n. j., celebrated the tw'
hundredth anniversary of itS settlement, Fri
day.
The growth OF California has been mar
ycllcus it, population il now placed Al
$40 900.
Thomas Mast says he will never again
enter the lecture field. lie is bashtul man
The Jail at Pcntnchoula, La was set on
fire " Wednesday night, and a school teacher
named Narney imprisoned On charge OF
drunkenness, was burned to death.
The British Bible society reports an aston
i-hing demand for the Bible among the Cos
sacks over $4,000 have been distributed
within the last few weeks. The linen paper
makes the best Of gun waddng
Thomas DOYLE, Republican. was re elected
mayor oi Providence, Thursday, for the
twelfth time, by oVe= ,On0 majority.
\ mid was made upon the low groggorics
IN New York. Thursday night. Over 3OO
dealers were arrested by officers who visited
the saloons in citizens dress. The station
hou.c, were full OF these offenders
\ Georgia ynung lady, who has resided in
Syrarusc, y Y. the past two years, and
who has returned home, has since written a
letter To friend IN Syracuse, in which she
says "uur people still cling to the idea
thus labor Is dcgmdmg. | could Obtain a
position rs teacher IN the colorcd schools
but il | should accept such position
would not he allowed to commune with any
church in the city except the colored one. "
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-12-14
From the New York World.
Thirteen Inches Of BABY.
A MITE THAT ONLY WEIGHS OSE POUND A
OUNCES AND YET LIVES.

blNtfA MD 1El ilNtS
James Collins, u hack k-driyer. lives with
his wife and mother ln-lnw ON the top hoor
OF the tenement house IN Tompson street just
below Spring. very unusual event was re-
ported from Mr.. Collins's room yesterday
and, making an inquiry concerning 1t. the
reporter asked OF Mrs. Collins mother ::
'llnve You any objections TO showing me the
baby -
Lord. sir, no Walk right in" As she
said this Mrs. Kong, the grandmother OF the
baby, moved her rocking chan around II little
and began 10 uuroll large bundle OF cotton
batting which she held ia her lap.
Il hope there Is no danger. said the
II prH reporter ''Wiil II break -
This was ~ natural question. but nobody
saw tit to answer 1T and while tho grand
mother rocked herself and nimbly unrOlled
the cotton batting the reporter glanced over
the apartment. II was not much to glance
over Three quarters of it WAS taken up by
II bed, IN which lay Mrs. Collins, II plump,
pretty black-eyed woman of five and twenty,
who giggled and said she didn't know how ii
came to Ice "such little one.
How much does 1t weigh inquired the re-
porter the grandmother continued RAPIDLY
unrolhng the cotton batting.
One pound and ten ounces, sir, and she s
just thirteen inches long when We pull her
ont straight
The grandmother iirclessly rocked
and uurolled. The reporter never suspected
that the cotton batting had II baby nj the core
aud hls next question wus "Whcro Is 1t p"
"In here, said the grandmother.
dear me- said the reporter didn't know
It was dead
''lt isn't, " said the laconic grandmother.
The reporter was ashamed of himself, ani
asked 'What color is 1t ?"
Red. said the grandmother. "Lcok for
yourself
The midget lay unrullrd. No wander II
WAS red. The ccntrlpetnl force provoked ia
At hy the mmhle grandmother must have
sent It's comprehensive blood whirng To- the
surface. 1t looked like the stuntcd offspring
OF alilputlan. Its head wts about the size OF
It hen, opg and covered with thick crop of
black hair. A. her grandmother had said
the nahy was all red She was sttircd in
bib. which exposed her legs 'and arms and
neck, oi size, and uhont as large ABOUND rs
the drum-iick ut "a turkey after dlnIHr. still
the httlc Collins had streuth to curl her toes
and to put up her arms above her head
though Size could not open her eyes. The
reporter hId finger uu the child and fonnd
the skin OF normal temperature. When hc
had done looking the grandmother rolled
her up again, and perhaps she * no Longer
alive.
This remarkable child onts ieaspoontul of
milk and water and sugar three times day
and can cry Justify when 1t is hungry. The
doctor thinks he can bring IT up. II lsa five
months and eighteen days child, and Is the
first Mrs Collins has ever had. The mother
is an American Of German descent, and the
father is nn Irishmun Mrs Collins Is doing
we'll AS could Boz expected
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-12-14

HOW TERRIBLE SCARE SET A PARALYTIc UPo
HIs FEET.

HOW A TERRIBLE SCARE SET A PARALYTIC UPON
HIS FEET.
In letter received few days since from a
| person in New Hampshire occurs this sen
tence "Old Simon Love stopped here yester-
day on his way home. He is almost ", and
Is hale and hearty"
And that brought to mind an incident
which happened tive-and twenty years ago
Yes - years ago il was the autumn OF lslo.
| The same Simon Love, then 63 years of age,
| and living with son-in-law on the Great
lnteryale road under Mote mountain, had
been laid up for more than q year with what
the doctors calle "A species of lumbagO. lie
could not arise from his chair without as
! sistance, nor could he move from chair to
bed without the help of strong man, Tor
he was himself very heavy. There seemed to he
a sort ofparalysiS ofall TIE muscles of the lum-
bar regions, and when the pain came it came
| furiOusly. | don't know how many bottles of
liniments and patent unguents had been rub
bed upon the outside, or how many barrels
of swash he had poured down his throat. He
seemed to grow worse instead of better, and
with the prospect OF another hard, long
winter before him, he didn't think he should
survive it.
Well, one day i'll early October, while the
pigeons were very plenty, Mr.. Hammond,
Loves son-in-law, was fixing his double bar
Tel gun ior a snot AT theh, ne i"u luSt vui
a piece vi inul" wheat ho' ini a""s, "n.
'heie Tue pigeons ""ul' os sur u -
% nn't ns meant 70 pe ,en,! ioi nm ii''' ,na
io'i''eu potii pUiieie n'h',i!' anu pu' o
Pf,n Peieu'1iol ~ .np' uu. az 'ne ~, -,
'illsii ai ioi 'iie 'uoes ae mn " PieS H.
hammer down upon them.
Old Simon sat by the fireplace bolstereu
up IN his great easy chair win pauIihs o'
piiIows ana blanket lor MS pach' anu 'ush-
IONS ior his ieet
=, LOOK out Nathan : he cried' as ne saw
the uoupie muZZle pointed uheohllot'aplE
near to blm.
room ther am no danger dad, returned
Nathan pressing ;he hammer down upon the
cap
But the cap was very sensitive one, and
he pressed little too hard, and
Mercy what crash land what II howl
Inc night barrel OF the gun was discharged
with report th.t SHOOK the house from lllSe'
poie TO ioundatlon, anu lew oil the shot
grazed simon Loves leg lie, poor man,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-12-14
An Aboriginal Chant.

What tune the glittering rays Of morn
Ger hill and valley steal
Chief Joseph's squaw. with dog and corn
Prepares the Indian meal
And il, with wild. rtbellious shout,
The pippoose shall appear,
The chieilain leads the had child out
Clutched by the Injine ear.
The breakfast o'er, the daughter strOlls
Down glen and shady dell;
While gay Young braves. IRON wooded knolls
Look out for the lniin belle q"
Each stricken brave she turns and leaves
Her cOyress to bewau
Her dragging blanket stirs the leaves
The wril-snown Indian trail.
Black II Ills miner, scalped and dead
Upon the ground is found;
Grim speaks the chief, There's been, I'm afraid
An Indian Summers around.
What time he riieth forth to shoot
HIS siavurito horse the dspple is
And, when hs wants little fruit,
6oes where the Indianapolis.
When finished are his warlike tasks,
With brazen incOngruity
For overcOats and food he asks,
With charming Indianuity.
At hight, before his bed he'll seek
VITA cOuutenance fOrlorn
lie takes his scalpng Knife, and eke
lie trims the inuian corn.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-12-14
The day had gone as fades dream;
The night had come and ram fell fast
W hlle DER the black and sluggish stream
Cold blew the wailing blast,

1he day had gone as fades dream;
The night had come and ram fell fast
hlle Ger the black and sluggish stream
Cold blew the wsiling blast.
In pensive mood idly raised
The curtain from the rain-splashrd glas-
And as into the street gazed,
saw two women pass.
One shivering with the bitter cold,
Her garments heavy with the rain.
Limped by with features wan and old.
Deep iurrowed by sharp pain.
A child in form, child in years.
But from her pitrous pallid face,
The weariness OF life with tears
Had washed all childlike grace.
And Is she IA ssrd me, faint and weak,
| heard her slowly say, as though
with throbhins heart about TO break,
Move on! Nhefe shall got"
The other. who on fur- reclined.
In hroushan was driven to the play,
No thought within her vacant mind
y! those in rags that day.
With unmoyed heart and idle stare.
Passed by tbs beggar in the street,
Who lifted up her hands in PRAYER
Some charity to meet.
Both vanished in the murky night,
The outcast on a step to die Z.
The lady 10 a scene OF light,
Where Joy alone did sigh
But angels saw amid her hair
What was by human eyes unseen.
The grass that grows on graves was there,
With leaves Of ghastly green.
And hough her diamonds dashed the light
Upon the fiatterers gathered near.
The outcast's brow had gem more bright
An angels plying tear.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-12-14

THE Albany Erening Journal, which ha'
had rather rough time in recOnciling it,
faithful allegiance to Senator Conklihg with
its desire to think well OF President HAYES
is disgustei by the denomination 81 the New
York custom appointees. 1t says:
Senator Gordon, Of Georgia, goes to the
President and gets him to make and unmakC
marShals at pleasure, The whole New York
delegation goes to the President with re-
commentator, and they are told that there
must be no Congressional interference with
appointments.
New York can be saved to Republicansm
by two things First. by bold, earnest,
uncompromisng Republican championship OF
national honor, honesty and safety against
Democrat, dalliancc with dishonesty, repu-
diation and Southern treasury raids; second,
by the earnest, Jealous enlistment and
equipment of the active working Reputli-
cans of the State.
Mere responsibility will not carry the
State. Good principles alone are not enough
They are, indeed, Indispensable, but they
must be yitalized and encrgized by the work
ing forces which Dring out the full organic
strength. If the working power of the par
ty shall be in full, free play, the State can be
saved if not, it will he hopelessly lost. The
thought at Washington seems to be to drive
the active commanders to their tents, and
put the army under dainty figure heads. 1t
appears to reason that the true way to give
an organization strength is to deprive it of
all strength OF organization. With the
whole future depending en- New York, the
true policy is to unite and consolidate its
Republicans but the theory ut Washington
seems to be to distract and disdrm them.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-12-14

According to the Agricultural Report Of 1868,
We find that Vermont excels all other States
in raising corn, excepting California a. e,
she produces more bushels TO the acre. Cal
ifornia excepted, Vermont raising thirty
eight and one-half bushels per acre, while
Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. the three great
corn states. only produced thirty four bushels
per acre.
On oats We are only beaten by Minnesota
and Iowa CA patatoes, only by Louisiana
aud Minnesota, while on rye. buckwheat or
barley. We are more than an average. ON
wheat We average with the best wheat-grow-
ing states.
There is no reason why Vermont should
not raise enough grain for her own consump
tion. All that is wanting is plenty of man
urc. and every farmer can make Il hundred
extra loads OF manure every year with little
expense. w. 1gri-ti'YIsL
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-12-14

Oryille Robinson. ESQ. who recently died
at Newport, was yery corpulent man ,
weighing "a Hltle over 300 pounds After
his death all attempts to procure n coffin or
casket of sufficient dimensions were futile,
and as last resort box was made aud
covered with broadeloth and lastly trim.
med, in which he was buried.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-12-14

She was an innocent servant gITl. but she
had presence of mind, and when she broke
the stoye-wr'nch III attempting to shake the
Kitchen stove she promptly explained to her
mistress who came M ut the instant, that
the cat did 1t Rome S-Hilue
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-12-14

An exchange wants to know how the Turks
happened to learn to fight SO we'll Why
man, most OF the Turkish officers have over
half-a-dozen wives Tuners FpH, Repotc,.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-12-14

In breach OF promise case at Milwaukee
the lover WAS convicted Of writing. Mi hart
beets oanly for the, mi darling huney.'
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-12-14

SwTu taiter telli.g "whoppcr'0 a.
sure you, Jones, II hadn't seen it myself |
wouldn't have believed it ,lones ua-
h M W.li, you know, didn't see it
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-12-14

1t is strange how crowded two young men
make the largest parior seem ON Sunday
evenings.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-12-14
AGRICULTURAL.

The calves were taught yesterday to eat
pumpkins in five minutes. They were fed
no salt for week, and the pumpkins were
carried to them in the field and being broken
open, salt was sprinkled on the halves, and
without delay the calves began to lick and eat
them, and never stopped until they were all
gone. To-day they are eating them without
any salt We expect TO keep the calves IN
good growing condition on the pumpkins
and grass until the frost Injuries the latter,
when they must be brought up nights and
fed some sort of meal with little hay.
Ground oats is the best single grain to feed
10 calves ; but mixture of corn and buck
wheat. or corn and wheat bran will do well.
Never feed clear corn meal. 1t is too heat
ing for such animals. and will surely break
down their digestion. one part corn meal,
two parts wheat bran and lalt Il part of oil
meal. is a very healthy aud nutritious feed
tor Young calves. This mixture contains ali
the elements required for r vigorous and
wholesome growth. The calves may be
taught 10 eat meal by sprinkling Il little salt
on It, Put the meal in a pail or box with
the salt on 1t, and place 1t by the calves.
Their curiosity will lead them to smell of it,
and tasting and eating will soon follow.
Calves should never be allowed to run down
in the fall. as they surely will. if not housed
and fed extra when the cold nights and windy
days come T. u. GHtiS, IN R'udi Netr
I1rltr.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-12-14

A married man of 30 and maid o. 4
eluped from Hardwiek, last week. attended
Thanksgiving ball at plaintield hotei, and
spent the night and part ut Friday there
The next night they procured l9d2 2ine at y
farmers house in WiIhamstowE, pretend
ing t. be husband and wiia. In the mcrn-
ing the man returned 10 Plainfeld, to re-
cover something LETT behind, only 10 iall
into the clutches of Woodbury. deputy
sheriff. who was on his track. The otice,
returned with his prisoner to Williamstown,
fOund the girl. and returned home with the
spamoursd pair.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-12-14

We are all aware how careful our horses
are not to drink cut OF even a clean pail that
has held soap-snds how they prefer soft
water that Is, water free from even the salts
of lime-to that which, holding these salts
solution, Is hard : and how they reject all
waters tainted with animal matters In fact
as II Is well observed by an eminent yeterina-
ry surgeon, OF all the articles OF diet neees-
sary 10 a horse, the most important is water
lthree-fourths of the entire body of a horse
is simply wateGl Pure soft water is best for
him hard water Is apt to produce cole and
calculous disorders in the intestines. The
sheep, when living in state of nature,
drinks but a little water, and that of the
purest kind, such as that OF mountain tarns,
and other upland springs. 1t is only when sheep
become doncsticated, located on the richly
MANFRED soils OF our valleys confined TO
damp meadows and marshes full OF impure
stagnant water, that they become diseased
We see then, that the construction of our
house drains is a question which involves
not only the purity Of the air We breathe,
but also that of the water consumed by our
household and our live stock. Ctdhb,t ".
johnson, f. Il. :, Ia Mrk Lane Express.
writer who says that one good COW gives
all the milk thai was needed in family of
tiBul ltIsbEAs anu lfbH4 WHICH "" "tis iiiaue
26L pounds OF butter last year, gives the fol
lowing his treatment ''lf you desire to
get large yield of rich milk, give your COW
every day water slightly warm and, slightly
salted, in which bran has been stirred at the
rate Of one quart to two gallons of water.
YoI will find If you have not tried this daily
practice, that your COW will give % per cent
more Immediately under the effects OF it, and
she will become so attached to it that she
will refuse To- drink clear water unless very
thirsty but this mess she will drink most
any time and ask for more. The amount of
the drink necessary Is an ordinary water
pail fall each time, morning, noon and
might Southern Eg1Hsr.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-12-14

los, IS often the result Of using an in
ferIor or common animal 10 breed from.
when a Thoroughbred could he used at u
moderate expense. Ordinary COWS are too
frequently kept with small returns, when by
a judicioua selection from good milking
strains, the profits might be doubled. A loss
is often met with by not feeding cows one or
two quarts of meal each day, when the pas
tures get short and dry. The profits would
in general prove greater If farmers would
raise then own COW 5, us the value of a COW
depends largely upon the good care and good
feed they receive when young. loss is
sustained by not putting in an acre of sowed
corn to use in case OF a drought, as one acre
then will produce a much greater profit than
ten Of dry pasture. A loss is the result
where twice the yielt. might have been Sc
cured 10y the application of more manure to
the crop. BY not providing suitable feeding
arrangements, boxes, racks. etc. great
waste and loss occurs by the trampling of
good food into the dirt. serious loss is
often incurred by letting grass stand and get
too ripe before beng cut and in this case
the damage is two fold first as regards the
stock that eat it, and second, the greater ex-
haustiou OF the soil Chatham fourier.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-12-14

THANKSGIVING POLITICAL LIFE INSURANCE
AND SING sISG-TuE BABY sHOw-THE
TEMPERANCE wAR-BCsISEsS.
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RLsINESs

continues good for these times The South
is buying very largely. and merchants report
good payments, and everything sound and
serene Cold weather has Sc; IN in earnest
Yours, ALTnN
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-12-14

Senator Blaine took his scat again in the
Senate, on Thursday, and was warmly wei
coined by his friends on both sides of the
Chamber He is in excellent spirits. and
his health is improving.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-12-14

unrcaSOnaUIU u1IHaru' IUr cUIII III 0I1IU~ q
unforeseen stringeney.
The Secretary, ior the sale keeping and
profitable employment OF small deposits for
the people, recommends that authority be
granted to issue certificates ''r small depos-
u.s. con'ertoie on ueihatu mo iOur per cent
bonds the proceeds 10 Il; rsed solely Tor the
redemption ol notes ee'.ring higher rate of
interest. The SILVER dollar, the Secretary
thinks, would Re convenient coin, bat II
made sener.l legal tender It would neces-
saruy dep.onetize gold and depreclate our
paper ~.oney and would have other evil effects.
he sLrnestly urges upon CongreSs theserIous
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-07-19
Attracting the Public Eye.

Jim Brown, worthy German, died
in Franklin recently, and his next
FRIEND. also worthy German, was ap.
pointed administrator to settle up the
affairs of his estate. The administra-
tor called at printing office the other
day to have posters printed announcing
that the goods of the late Brown would
be sold at public auction.
81 want you to write up dose bills in
some kind of sthyle," said the admins
TRAITOR, whose mind runs much to busi-
ness;"I want somding dat will attract
de public eye, und pring in der peoples
from der koundry."
The printer asked for a suggestion
or two.
MRS. Brown und mineself haf dalked
it over" continued the business man,
"und we want you to head dose bills
somdings this vay,"-and he marked
on the wall with his cane to show that
he wanted big ''Hoor-raw!
hoor-raw! Jim Brown is dead!"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-07-19

Chinese women have no sense. Every
night they pray to their gods to change
them into men. o foolish woman! By
the time you had walked mile and a
half out Of your way in the hot sun,
and dove down eleven alleys, and ram
bled through three lumber yards, on
your way to the Office, in order to keep
out of the way of men who are looking
for you to dun you, you would be happi-
ly content to sit at homo, behind closed
blinds and locked doors, in an upstairs
room, and sew all day. Want to be
men, indeed!