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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-04-26

Certainly enc of the most remarkable men
OF this generation. for varied and extensive
learning for broad and deep thinking. and
for that power of speaking that can hell
the attention Of a scholarly audience, is
Rev Joseph Cook.
lie is lust closing his fourth course OF lee
lures given in Boston on each Monday noon,
for six months in the year, one hundred and
ten lectures in all. For two years past they
have been given in the fremont Temple, to
large and increasing audiences. His topics
have been the creates. themes Of inquiry in
the realm Of science. literature, politics,
morals and religion, all treated as bearing
on the welfare and destiny Of man. His
hearers have been most largely the Chris
tian ministers OF all denominations. with a
good proportion OF scholars and other pro-
fess;Onal men. His manner has something
OF the positiyeness and assumption oi con-
sciouS power and knowledge. And those
who disagree with him, Ut across whose set
tied opinions he pl0ughs his deep burrows,
often think him pOmpous and 0verbeariDg.
Some of the newspaper writers have taken
up this view, and are fond of presenting the
sayings or dOngs of Mr.. Cook in u very Of
fensive light. Tho report OF recent
lecture OF his ut Montreal. and OF
his talk to the customs olhcer
near St. Albans, are samples OF
this. Mr.. Cook denies all that form
cd the spice OF the St. Albans mans re-
port. And the reporter reasserts the sub
stantisl truth of his first statement. The
| " dan phtlaaa nt thngp that
capable of being made to appear one thing
or another, according to the way in which
it is put We have no idea that Mr.. Cook
used language either coarse or untruthinl; !;
but that he used words and manner that
could be so put as to appear unbecoming an
unaSsumIng gentleman, Is quite credible to
one Tho has heard him address an assembly
of applauding clorgymen, lawyers, profess
ors and hOn0rables.
The spirit and sway OF the man sometm es
appear iorcibly in one of his interjectcd
paragraphs, when he gives some explana-
ton, side remark, compliment to his audi
ence, or the like, while he takes breath al
ter an impetuuu- Outburst OF orat0ry: OF
pauses for briei respite between some OF
his prOiOundest propositions. An example
OF this is given in tho Boston Advertisers
report of his last lecture. April 10Th. Ii
will illustrate the man, and sucg cgest the way
in which he may he reported a. pOmpous
or oif-nsisc. llo said
"Were it policy here 10 90 into unessent.al
detail. | might fill up an hour with the il
lustration of that single proposition but
in this presence one can put loot only on
mountain tops The difference between an
essay and Hn Grafton is that the essay goes
into tho valley and fingers in the hooks and
corners the Grafton puts foot only On sum
mits You never have been able here to bear
that SHOULD deliver an essay" +.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-04-26
The Third District.

GOOD WORD FOR CONGRESSMAN HENDEE,
The question of Gov. Hendee's successor is
just now agitatiug the Third Congressional
District of this State. While the District
has many valuable and deserving Republicans
who would do credit to the State if sent to
Congress. it is an important consideration
whether. under all the circumstances, the in
terests Of either the State or the Nation
would be enhanced by change. Gov Hen
dee has proved himself one of the most use
iul of our Representatives, and his legislative
experience and watchfulness are particular.
ly needed now while so many covert attacks
are being made on the treasury by the De
mocracy. under specious pretsxts, carefully
disguised and well designed to deceive the
uninitiated. The honorable national repu-
tation won by Gov. iendee will not be over
looked bv the Republicans of the Third Dis
trict- IerQennes VermOnfer
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-04-26

Jere Black sues ex-Secretary Belknap to
recover $4,000 for services in the impeach-
ment trial.
Messrs. Morrill,. of Vermont Sargent, of
California Cameron, of Wisconsin Mat
thewI, of Ohio Davis. of Illinois; Herman,
of New York. and Morgan. OF Alabama, are
special committee of the United States
Senate to report plan for taking the next
census.
Mr. Jerome Hopkins, in note to the
Tribune, remarks that his "Orpheou" music
schools "yet flourish, but being influenced
by the corruption of ecclesiastical propinqui-
ty they have gotten into debt"
Mr. Colburn. the Washington cOrrcspon-
dent of the New York Times, who was
nominated for consul-general at the City of
to II, Matthews and Patterson leading the
opposition, because he has criticized them
severely at one time or another.
Another daily newspaper has gone under
in Washington The Uuion has been swal-
lowed by the Post. and there are now hut
two morning journals at the capitalize
Post, (democratie), and the Republican.
Up 20 the hour of going to press Mrs.
TiltJn had not rctracted her conicssion.-
Springfield Republican.
The President has nominated William II
Hunt, of Louisiana, to be Judge Of the
Court Of Claims, vice Peck resigned.
The Ways and Means Committee, al.
Washington, has decided that if the income
tax is reported to the House there shall be II
prov isiOn that it shall not 20 into effect
until 1879.
The Senate Military Committee divided
six and six on the question of reporting the
nomination of President llaycs's friend. I.
q. ii. Smith, for paymaster in the army.
A Washington special says that leading
Democrats there admit that the action of
the Republican Congressional caucus will
make the campaign an exciting one and ne
cc,ssitate extraordinary efforts on thci: side
TO retain control of the House.
The IIolahan excise bill-pcrmitting sales
of liquor to be drank On the premises of Ii
censed dealers as well as at hotel bars-was
defeated in the New York Assembly, recciv-
ing 63 votes, two less than the number re
auired to pass it.
During the last few days seven thousand
editors. more or less, and several thousand
clergymcn, have felt it incumbent upon them
to deduce moral from the life and
death of the late Boss Tweed.
When the bill granting pensions to the
survivors of the war of lSl2 and their
widows was pending, it was stated in the
Senate that it would embrace no more than
three hundred persons. The Commissioner
of Pensions says he has already received
sworn applications from sir thousand persons
entitled to relief under the provisions of that
act, and new applications are constantly
being received.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-04-26

Tribune despatch saws that the Presi
dent called the attention Of the Cabinet, or
Tuesday, to a late number of the Cleveland
Herald which contained platform of prin-
ciples suggested as proper one on which
the President and Republicans everywhere
could stand. The President read it to the
Cabinet md remarked that he had seen moth
ing of she kind which 50 entirely met his
views. The platform was as follows:
Fra-Resumption of specie payments in
gold and silver.
Scond-Rcsistance to all schemes for in
tlating the present volume of the currency.
Third-A fair and moderate tariff
FOrh-An amendment to the Constitu-
tion prohibiting the use of money raised by
taxation for the support ofsectarian schools.
FJh-A speedy completion of the public
works, and liberal pelicy for the improve
ment of the great national channels of COM
merce.
Secretary McCrary suggested that there
ought to be clause added declaring opposi-
ticn to the payment of claims of disloyal citi-
zens tor damages growing cut of the war and
to the payment of pensions to persons dis
loyal during the war. With this amend
ment, which the members of the Cabinet
present accepted, the resolutions we're pre-
nounced very proper and complete pre-
sentation of the views of the Administration
This platform is more remarkable for its omis-
sions than Tor its contents. Its planks, with
one exception, the doubtful one relating to
completion of the public works, were all
parts of the last National Republican plat
form. Of course. they will be, as they have
been, acceptable to Republicans generally.
But the National platform had one plank
which this platform does not contain, and
which We should be sorry to see lett out Of
any declaration of Republican principles. 1t
is the one embodying the principle of Civil
Service reform Has the President aban-
doned that principle? The fitful and incon-
sistcnt way in which TIE Administration has
thus far conducted its attempts at reform of
the Civil Service have indeed done much to
make the reform odious but the principle
remains sound one, and We trust the party
will not relinquish it, though the Admins
tration may be ready to.
Then there is nothing in this platform
about national pacifcatiOn. Has the Ad-
ministration forgotten the policy of cOncilia-
ton?
The platform, though incomplete, is made
rp, as whole, of propositions upon which
Republicans can unite. If the Administra-
tion accepts them as the basis of action. the
Republican party has also long since accept
ed them, and there is no reason why the two
cannot move forward with more harmony.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-04-26

Beecher thinks Conklins i making mis-
take, ard fears that he will find himself a
very large rat in a very small trap"
The best joke yet abcut the House door
keeper squabble is the discovery that Field,
the cx-Confederate whom the Democrats pre-
ferred to Shields, was Grant man IN
1872.
The man who reported the Conkling inter
view went out at the beginning of the war as
a chaplain of the Second Maine regiment,
but he absorbed more rum than was consid
cred proper for chaplain and lost his place,
and soon after was degraded from the min
istry.
1t is stated that Vermont clergyman,
who used to live in Louisiana, says that a
former parishioner Of his. the somewhat nc
torious J. Madison Wells, one day said to
him, "Mr. -, | should come and hear
you preach oitener, but every time | come
yol preach personal sermon, and do not
like to be attacked in that way every time
attend church" To this the reply was
Major, you are so seldom at church that
could not know when TO prepare n sermon
personal to your case, and that relieves me
from your accusation. But the truth is,
Major, it would be hard for clergyman to
preach sermon against any sin forbidden
in the decalogue. and not make it a sermon
that you might think was intended for you
personally"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-04-26

The REVISION OF THE BIBLE.-The British
company OF New Testament revisers have
completed the first revision and have sent it
over to the American committee. The latter
have revised all except the Revelations and
four Of the smaller Epistles and have sent
over the larger part of their work. 1t is
stated that there continues to be II remarka-
BILE coincidence of Judgment on the part of
the Tcyiscrs ON both sides OF the Atlantic nS
To the changes recommended. The enter
prise comprises seventy-fve of the best
scholars of England and America, and it is
said that the work laid out will he consldera-
bly, greater than that expended upon the
King James version. The grand rhythm of
tine rich old English will everywhere be pre-
served and only words changed that have
lost their original meaning or which do not
conform to the most authentic text of ancient
manuscripts. The expenses of the enterprise
III England are paid by the Oxford aud Cam
bridge University presses III tins country
by private subscription. IL is hoped that the
work will be finished within three years.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-04-26

The St. Louis Journal advises young men
to choose wife by the music she plays and
the way she plays it. II she manIfests pre-
dilection for Strauss, she is frivolous; for
Beethoven, she is Impractical; for Liszt,
she is too ambitious for Verdi. she is senti-
mental for OHenbach, she is giddy; for
Gounod. she is lackadaisical; Tor Cots
chalk, she is superficial Tor Mozart, she is
prudish; for Flotow, she is commonplace /;
for Wagner, she IL idiotic. The girl who
hammers away at "Maiden's Prayer, "An-
vii Chorus" and '-SIlyery Waves" may be
depended upon as a good cook, and health
ful and il she includes Battle OF Prague"
and the white Cockade" in her repertory,
you ought to know that she has been relig-
iously and strictly nurtured. But, last of
all, pin thou thy faith upon the calico dress
of the girl wSo can play "Home, Sweet
Home"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-04-26

"Ir MAY not generally be known, but it is
nevertheless true, that Of all the wheat,
corn, oats. and rye produced in the States
and Territories of the United States, more
than 70 per cent is grown north of the Ohio
River. Pennsylvania produces so per cent
more grain than New York, and consequent
ly requires less of Western products for her
own consumption than New York. The
States bordering on the lakes of which the
Erie Canal is the outlet, not including
Pennsylvania and New York, according
to the Agricultural Bureau report of crops
for 1875, (f this is not the latest pub
lished, it is the latest can obtain. and
| understand the crop returns for 1877
are even larger than for 1879 from 81 ,S74.-
AIS acres sown to wheat, corn. oats, and
rye. produced sl9, 9,055,OO0 bushels, while
three other States, with direct rail eonnec-
tions with Lake Michigan. from ID, ,SS5 ,3S7
acres sown, produced 479 9,020 900 bushels,
or a grand total production of l 29S ,075,-
900. All Of this vast product, which is only
a minimum of producing capacity, save only
what is required for local consumption.
would naturally flow to the water route
Speech Of DR.. Hayes IN The Neu York As
seIlblu
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-04-26
The BROOKLYN Scandal.

Mrs. Tilton's friends deny that she is
going to Europe or going to live with Theo-
dore. They deny tina: poverty caused her
to accept the gifts of Theodore through the
medium of the two boys. They deny that
Mrs. Morse threatened trouble unless money
was forthcoming. All kinds of charges are
made. S.V. White. II member of Plymouth
church, says: "Of course if Mrs. Tilton
chooses she can make an ugly fight She is
a member in good standing, and the examin-
ing committee must take up the case.
Charges of lying and perjury will have to be
made against her too
The Tribune says: Three or four weeks
ago, when rumOrs OF confession and re-
Cancellation first become current, Mrs. Til
ton declared to a great many newspaper re-
porters that there was no foundation for
them. 10 reporter of the Tribune in par
ticular her denials were most sweeping and
emphatic, and they were supported with
considerable warmth by her mother. Mrs
Morse, who pronounced the stories about a
new confession to be a cruel and wanton
aggravation of the suiferings of woman
who had already been compelled to bear
unspeakable agOnies. Yet it appears that
ut this very time Mrs. Tilton had made
both verbally and in writing the same con-
ics>ion which is now published She had
placed it before several friends; the sub
stance of it had even been made known TO
Mr.. Beecher and as 4 matter of Course the
news run rapidly through all the scandal
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-04-26

APRoPos OF THK EAsTKRrIDE.

NJ NV Ns ~ Ahh BAL hhiiD--
Boiled Eggs-Thc best way to boil eggs i.
not to boil them at all. Put them in a tin
dlsh and pour on boiling water cover the
dish tight and set back where the water
will merely keep no; /; let i: stand there
from ten to fifteen minutes. according tc
the size of the eggs or the preference Of the
eaters Of "h4ri' or "softs.'5
Scrambled Eggs Beat we'll ten eggs.
have your spider quite hot /; put in piece
Of butter the SIZE OF an egg, and when melt
ed turn .he eggs in, and stir every minute
until all are cooked : be careful not to cook
too much.
Deviled Egg--Boil SIX eggs 10 minutes
th en- lay IN cold water TIL cold then cut in
ha Ives, sicing a little cG the bottom of each
so that thew will stand upright. Remove
tho yOlks, and rub to a smooth paste with a
little melted butter, a Bit each Of cayenne
and mustard, and a teaspoonful of vinegar.
Flll the hollow whites with this, and send
to the table upon a bed of chopped white
cabbage. Lettuce may be used instead of
cabbage, il in season, and spoonful should
be used with half an egg.
Dropped Eggs-Ilaye ready the skillet
halt filed with sglted water scalding hot,
break each egg into H cup, and slip 1t care
fully into the hot water, 30 rs not to break
the y,lk. While the eggs are boiling
throw the water over the yOlk with spoon.
When the white looks frp, take them out
with a perforated skinner. Trim them
neatly. place each on q piece OF buttered
toast, aud seEd them to the table hot.
About one-third of the weight of an egg is
solid nutriment
Boss" Way to Cook Eggs-Butter tin
plate and break in your eggs, set in q
steamer place over a kettle Of boiling
water ard steam until the whites are thor
oughly cooked. They are very ornamental
broken INTO patty tins. a. they keep their
form better. The whites, when cooked III
this manner, are tender and light.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-04-26

NEVER TOO LATE To LEARN. Socrates, at
All extreme old age, learned TO play on musi-
cal instruments
Cato, at eighty years of age, began to
study the Greek language.
Plutarch, when between seventy aud
eighty, commenced the study OF Latin
Bcccacio WAS thirty-tive years OF age when
he commenced his studies i'll light literature
yet he became one of the greatest masters OF
the Tuscan dialect Dante and Plutarch be-
ing the other two.
Sir Henry Spelman neglected the sciences
in his youth, but commenced the study OF
them when he was between fifty and sixty
years Of age. After this time he became a
most learned antiquarian and lawyer.
DIR. johnson applied himself TO the Dutch
language but a few years before his death.
Ludovico Monaldesco, at the great age Is
wrote the memoirs OF his own times.
Ogilby, the translator of Homer and Virgil,
he was past fifty.
philosophical pursuits till he had reached
his iiftieth year.
Dryden. in his sixty eighth year, commenc-
the translation of Virgil, his most pleas
ing production.
Thousands of examples of men who COM
menced II new study, either for livelihood OF
amusement at an advanced age could he
cited. But every one familiar with the
biography of distinguished men, will recol
lect individual cases enough to convince him
that none but the sick and indolent will evel
say Il am too old to learn"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-04-26

HARD TIMES AND SUNSHINE NIGGERs
Uncle Remus and old man Plato, who ay.
excellent specimens of the old-time darkers
met at the passenger depot and compared
notes.
Desc is mighty hard times, Brer Remus
'Nou'er hooprn' now, honey ; an deytl
gittin' harder. DE man dat gifts dollar desc
days is got ter onlimber hissef, sho's you
bon. Hes got to git roun like he wuz at a
camp meetn' rastle.'
Oats wat | calls knockin' at the front
do, said old uncle Plato, by way of express
ing his hearty assent.
DE time done come. Brer Plato, contin.
ued Uncle Remus wen niegers amt got
none de vantage er po' W ite folks. Some un
nm, | motifs, kin sit in de sun an git fat, but
wi me hits scuiile and scramble from
day eend ter days eend, nn' I'm monst'ous
glad wen night comes ef | got er slice er ba-
con rine fer ter greaze my stummick wild.
Some er desc yer niggers, Brer Remus
wat stan's 'roun' an' SIMS deysef look like
dat dey cot rich kinfulks somewheros."
"No use fer ter bodder bout der kinfolks
Brer Plato. Ef .'twa'nt for desc sunshine
niggers de chain-gang wouldn't be able fer
ter dig a pos hole Hit I'D he mighty nigh
ez weak ez de toddy wat Mars John mixes
fer de baby Niggers don't fatten ON no
sunshine. Wen you wake ies 10 day nu
hear de hens cacklin' an squallin' You k'n
jes put it down dat one er desc yer sunshine
niggers is maxim his livin, and if Il pleece-
man happin for ter sa'nter up dere's anud-
der candydit fer der chain-gang.'
'Nou'er chawin' guvunment terbacker
now, Brer Remus" responded Uncle Plato,
approvingly.- Atlanta (Gd.) Constitution.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-04-26

FLowEEs As DIsINIECrANTs. An Italian
professor has made some very agreeable med
zeal researches, resulting III the discovery
TINT vegetable perfumes exercise positively
healthy influence Oh the atmosphere. con
veruug its oxygen into ozone and thus in
crtnlng its "Nydlllug influence. The cs-
scnccs found TO develop the largest quantity
of ozone are those of cherry. nnrel. clover.
lavender mint, juniper, lemon, fcnncl, and
bcrgnnut those TINT give 1t ia similar
quantity are nnse, nutmeg and thyme The
flowers of the narcIssus, hyacInth miguo-
nettc, hehotrope, and lily OF the valley, de
yelop ozone III closed vessels. Flower,
destitute of perfume do not develop 1t. and
thosc which have but slight perfume develop
IL only III small quantities. Reasoning from
these facts, the professor recommends the
cultivation OF flowers in mar,hy districts. and
in all places infested with animal cmanntions,
on account OF the powerful oXydl2ing in
fucnce OF ozone. The inhabitants of such
regions should, he says surround their
houses with beds of the most odoTous
flowers.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-04-26

--B1sAGRErABLE HABJTs.-It is easy to form
disngreeable habit, bot not so easy to drop
it again. Persisted in, they become a second
nature Stop and think before you allow
yourself to form them. There are Disagree
able habits of body like scowling winking,
twisting the mouth, biting the nails, contlnu-
ally picking at something, twirlIng a key, or
fumbling at chain, drumming with the fin
gers. screwing and twisting chair, or what
ever you can hay your hands on Don't do
any Of these thing Cultivate a calm quiet
manner. Better be statue than a Jumping
jack There are much worse habits than
these, to be sure, but we are speaking only
of very little things that are only annoying
when persisted in. There are habits OF
speech, also, such as beginning every speech
with lyon see, or ''yOu know" nova, Il
don't care" 'tell you now" Indistinct ut
terances, sharp nasal tones, slow drawl
avoid them all. Stop and think what you
wish to say. and then let every word drop
from your lips inst as smooth and perfect as
a new silver com Have a care about your
ways of sitting, and standing and walking.
Before you know it, you will find your habits
have hardened into coat of mail that you
cannot get rid Of without terrible effort
habits which render you obnoxious to all
around you.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-04-26

DIVISIONS OF THE YEAR. Winter began
December u, 1877. Mt II ~ ii. m. and asted
eighty-nine days, 10 hours and fifty-two
minutes.
Spring began March 20. 1878, at u 81 p.
IN, and lasts ninety days. twenty hours and
twenty-one minutes.
Summer begins June 81, 1873, at $50 a.
~, and lasts ninety-thre days, fourteen
hours and twenty three minutes.
Autumn begins September -, 1873
at II rs p m, and lasts eighty-nine days,
eighteen hours and fifteen minutes
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-04-26

Texas il one of the most thriving States in
the Union and is mpidly increasing in popr-
htion. II now contains over 1000 600 in
hnbinnts and receives an annual increase by
immigration Of from $50 OOO tn 300. 900 pco-
Pile. The State produces annually some
700 600 bales of cotton. worth S3O,OOO the
annual export OF cattle is slO. 900 900 in
value wool, 81 500. 900 hides. 81 $40 OUO
beef, in barrels aud cans. S2.OOO. 900 and OF
other products, SJ,OOO.O 900. Two years ago,
over 0OO. 900 bushels of wheat were ship
nod from Toms.