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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-01
OVER THE LAKE.

The project of building narrow gauge
railway through the Saranac valley IL re-
ceiyipp favorable consideration from capl-
talIstS.
Tho Adirondack club. which controls a
large tact of land IN Essex county, VIII
endeavor to reproduce the species oil moose
deer or Carlboo elks In the Adirondack
mountains. and will procure six females and
one male of those animals for that pur-
pose. One of the former was received re-
Gently, and will be turned into the woods
when the Others arrive. These animals have
become extinct in the above region, although
20 years ago they were quite numerous
The one referred to came from Nova Scotia
The club that IL carrying out this plan l.
composed Of sportsmen from various part
of the State, who have charter giving then
control of 60, 900 acres OF land.
The Saranac horse nail company has beer
or xanized with a capital stock OF SuO 1000
ali 81 which has been subscribed. Senator
j. ". Lynde il treasurer of the company
and Hon. :. =. Bowen secretary and genera
manager, The factory will be located IN thu
village ct Plattsburgh.
j. I. Waring. a large hat manufacturer
in company with Superintendent fillsDury
visited Dannempra prison the Other uaY u
inspect the place and ascertain the posslbii
ity OF starting u felt bat and skirt factory
there to be worked by UOnvict labor
An amateur dramatic club has boon or
gained at Pisttsburgh.
While cutting lee at Ausable Forks.
man named Shaprcn stepped on cake oil lc'
which broke and carried him over the tails
After the dangerous ridc and plunge over
the dam no was rescued, although escape
from death see ned impossible.
The Clinton county grand Jury iouhd IN
dIctments aga lst nine assessors VINO wer'
charged with undertaking. personal prop
erty. This i. certainly novel method D
leyying a tax, but the experiment may
prove valuable in solving much mootet
matter
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-01
InastIng the Lost Cause.

The Lee Association of Mobile had high
old time one night last week. The Lee Asso-
citation has for its object the perpetuation oil
the memory OF Gen Robert f. Lee and OF
the cause for which that soldier stands
There was parade and banquet upon this
festive occasion, and the first bumper was
"to the memory of him whose name we
bear" and then the President OF the South
ern Confederacy was duly remembered as
.'o1r absent guest, Jefferson DAVIS, whose
strong right arm guided the helm OF state
during the time that tried mems souls.
This toast very evidently was worded with
care. The phrase, 1.-THE time that tried
mems souls" which, by common consent,
refers distinctly to the days of the Revolu-
ton, is employed to characterize the years
which the South spent in the endeavor to
break M the Union, with the intention oil
suggesting the inference that the cause that
was lost at Appomattox was the same sort oil
a cause as that which was won at York
town. Of course, both George Washington
and those that stood with him, and Jetier-
son Davis and those that stood with him,
suffered trial Of soul. But the Lee Associ-
alton must not forget, what the American
reople will always remember, that the lore
fathers suffered while fighting for the
country, while the degenerate Southern sons
of those forefathers suffered while fighting
against it. Due attention having been de-
voted 20 the President of the Confederacy.
the next toast proposed was the "Conieder-
ate Army We read that the speaker who
responded compared this army 10 ian epic
poem written in minor chords whose minute
details could never be written upon the
pages of history or depicted upon the
canvass of the painter. An epic
poem written in minor chords and de-
picted upon the canvass of the painter
is rather a neat idea, even if it is a
trihe hard to grasp. Other toasts OF the
evening, which were eloquently spoken and
drunk to, were, the Confederate Navy,
the "Memory of Raphael Semmes. the
Sovereign State of Alahama," and the
LAND Of the South" A place on the pro-
gramme was generously made for the
Army and Navy of the United States, but
the gentleman to whose hands the sentiment
was committed found it impossible to be on
hand. At various stages of the reyel there
was music, and mention is made of the band
rendering, not 1.-THE Star Spangled Banner, "
or Yankee Doodle" but The Bonnie Blue
Flag" and Dixie"
Perhaps there was nnthi"s repfenehsioie
about this anniversary of the Lee Associa-
ton. This is an era Of pacifcation, OF good
feeling, of lions lying down with lambs.
But old-fashioned patriots here and there,
who have not gotten quite used to the new
order OF things, may possibly conclude, as
they read the account Of the celebration at
Mobile, that the "lost cause" still lives in
the heal is of the prominent Southern gentle
men who sat around the festive board
ADanV Journal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-01
L RE S S. FRIDAY
THE BURLINGTON. VT. FREE + r

Of Or, Hereford of W. Va, Howe Of Wis., John
ston OF W Va Jones of Fla, Jones 81 New, hirk-
wood of Ia, McCreery OF n.y.. hcD0naid OF lhd-'
Mchlllsn OF Mimi, Matthews oil o. MaNev OF isx
Merrimon OF n. C, Morgan OfAla;, oglesby o. II,
Plumb of Kan, Ransom of n. G.. salisbury OF DEL
Saunders of Neb.. Spencer of Ala, Teller OF Col
Thurman OF o.. Voorhees, Of Ind, wallace OF Ia
and hithers of Va.-i3.
Nays-Messrs. Anthony Of X. J.. Barnum q y
Bayard OF bel, Blaine Of Me-. burnside OF X. l.:
ChTistiancy Ct Mich, COnkling OF y Y, dawes o.
Mass, Eaton Of Ct. Fdmunds OF Vt, iiamrh Of
Me Herman of N. Y, Lamar OF Miss, m'fheIson
of ~ j. Mitchell OF Or, Morrill, of Vt, Paddock OF
Neb., Randolph OF n. J Rollins OF N. u, sargent
Of Cal, Wadleigh of N. II and Windomof Mimi.
The Senate the adjourned over until Mon
day, when the discussion of the Bland silver
bill commenced. Senator Jones, who is
zealously engineering the measure, is con
fdent that it will be passed by about the
same vote that the Matthews resolution was
passed. The vote on that resolution and The
known views of the Senator's who wcrt
absent, shows that unless there are change
which can hardly he expected, the Blanc
bill cannot command a two-thirds vote IN th'
Senate. but will lack three votes OF thu
number necessary to pass it over the PresI
dents veto.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-01

The latest conundrum in English conser-
vative circles: | should be my first, if
had nv second to throw at my whole. An
swer, Gladstone.
Another hydrophobia victim is a four
year-old daughter of John B. Schoefler,
of Pittston, Pa. making the fourth death
from that cause, last week.
A clipper little miss of three summers
was standing before mirror, inspecting
and admring a new dress, the other day
when she turned to her mother and ex-
claimed, " Mamma, want dragger!'
A lady in Boyertown. Pa, the Other
night, had desperate fight with a mad
dog in her bedroom, and finally, having
hurled $40 set of false teeth at him
was pleased to see him disappear Sht
awakened to find that it was all ho!riC
nightmare, but that the room was wrecked
and her teeth shattered beyond redemp
ton.
At Newburyport, on Sunday, James Hen
messy, a boy of twelve, called to three llttl'
girls of six and seven years to go home o.
he would shoot them. Thinking that hi
was testing they continued at play, whei
he fred an old musket loaded with buck
shot at them, killing one and woundln!
tho other two, one of these seriously. III
claims that he did not know that the piec'
was loaded
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-01

A RENARKABLE MURDER TRIAL OF all the
murder trials which have recently occurred,
none has been more dramatic in ks details
than that of Edward uoppin, at Auburn
n Y, which ended las: week Friday with
the acquittal of the prisoner. Hopping crime
was the killing Of his sisters seducer, one
Proudfit. by hasty blow. alter he had been
tainted with the great shame which had
tortured him for year and sent his moth
or TO the grave with broken heart.
Thursday was the most dramatic day OF the
trial. Hoppin himself went upon tho stand
and told his story with wonderful effect,
recitiog the sorrow of his sister over her
fall, her attempt at suicide, his own efforts
to cheer and comfort her, her expressions OF
penitence for the one fatal error and OF
confidence in the solemn promises OF her
lover, who had deserted her and fled to a
distant part of the country. lie then told
of his mothers anguish and death, in terms
that oyerw helmed the vast audience and
the Jury in tears. while his own grief often
rendered speech impossible. lie gave
plain and frank statement of the fatal act.
which was inspired by the taunting words
of his sisters betrayer, "Well, | see you
nave llEeu tuiOuSu w. "hoh ~ nv .'''H
in the postofIice. These words stung Hop
pin TO madness. and, Selling baseball
bat Of which there were several IN
the store in front of the OIL
flee, he dealt ProuGit one blow which
ielled him to the floor. and then stood over
him till help could be obtained. Another
witness was Hoppin's sweetheart, Amy
Turner. who, in brief and modest terms.
told of frequent conversations with her lover
in regard to the great shadow that had
fallen upon his home. and Of his frequent
moods of abstraction. when he seemed to
forget even her presence and was not
like himself. Hoppin was acquitted.
and Immediately wound up this thrill
ling drama by marrying Amy Turner.
the young lady who had stood 50 faithfully
by him in all his troubles, in the presence OF
Judge and jury. And as though all the
conditions Of tragedy had not yet been sup
Piled, the affair ends with the sudden death
of DR.. Proudtit, the uncle of the dead Sc
Queer. who had been excited to apoplexy by
apprehension of charges OF malpractice IN
the treatment of his erring and unior-
tunate nephew.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-01
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Bayard Taylor has been offered the Ger
man mission, which is, Of course, an ideal APP
pointmcnt.-o Of your Literary fellers,
but also a hardworking journalist and an ac
complishe1 traveller.
The Chicago Tribune says, with sadness
peculiar to its nature, that the death of Mr.
Bowles has demOnetized Charles Frsnci.
Adams.
OF the 43 votes in favor Of the Matthew.
resolution, % were Democratic, | Indepen
dent, and - Republican ; of the % agans
it, were Democrats, and Is Republicans
What does the St. Louis Globe Democra
mean by saying that "ii Massachusetts, haa
acted decently in the Cincinnati Convention
and if old man Poland hadn't sold out Yer
mont for pOstolice for his brother-in-law
the Republican party would have a Presi
dent in the White House, to-day"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-01


We chronicle the continuance OF the re-
ligious interest in very many and widely
scattered towns The following, furnished
BY our correspondents and CLEANED from cur
State exchanges, are the more notable items
At Vergennes. union meetings arc heid
Tuesday and Friday evenings; separate
meetings Sunday and Thursday evenings,
and the Y. NJ. &. A. hold weekly prayer
meeting On Monday evening. Inc Baptist
church is now provided with baptistry
and baptisms have occurred the last two
Sunday evenings. Each church is receiving
additions. a deep religious interest hat
prevailed for some weeks in Rochester and
the neighboring towns OF Stockbrldge, Pitts
field. Hancock and Granville. JAY IL I'M
| dereoing a great revival. Meetings are
held every evening. and nearly the whole
| town is on the anxious scat There L. nc
building IN town large enough to hold the
audiences which nightly congreeate.
Meetings. with very encouraging results
have been held at Salisbury (whero the
interest is reported as great and growing
New Haven, Pittsfield (thlrty cOnversions)
| Windsor and outlying districts, West
| Topsham, and several other points.
The new Baptist chapel at West Ran
dolph was dedicated on Thursday OF las
week-Rev George OsgoOd has just beer
installed az pastor of the Congregations
church at Tunbridge.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-01
American Science Abroad.

Hon. George P. Marsh, United States
Minister at Rome, in a recent letter to DIR.
F.v. Hayden acknowledging the receipt Of
several of the bulletins of the United States
Geological Survey of Colorado, uses the fol-
lowing language in regard to the recognl-
ton which American scientific work is now
securing in Europe:
Until within few years American science
was seldom spoken of abroad except in dis
paraging tone but now the full equality OF
American astronomers, biologists, physicists,
chemists and metallurgists is recognized by
all the numerous European periodicals de
voted to these and other branches OF natural
knowledge, to the promotion of all of which
these surveys have directly or indirectly CON
tributed and have no doubt that their re-
ports, and those of other scientific expedl-
tons and operations carried on under the
patronage of the Federal Government. have
done as much to secure to us the respect oil
the world as our military and financial
successes.
The reports for which have the pleasure
of thanking you have been most favorably
noticed in all the scientific journals and pro-
ceedings Of philosophical societies to which
| have access The unexpected light which
they have thrown on the ethnology and the
history of the native American races has ex-
cited great interest and strong desire is
everywhere felt for further prosecution Of
these researches, and for the publication OF
their results, which of course can be effected
only by Government aid, and which have
already done so much to draw the attention
of thinking men of the Old World to the IN
bounded field of curious inquiry which our
territories oiler to the scientific investigator
We alone can crafty this desire of an in
telligent population Of both hemispheres.
and we shall not do our duty a. members Of
the great commonwealth Of knowledge il we
suffer narrow economy to prevent a contln-
nation Of work so well begun and so impor-
tant to the general Interests, material and
moral, Of the Old World and the New.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-01
The End Of the Eastern War.

The announcement that peace is virtually
concluded between Russia and Turkey, can
surprise no one. The ''sick man" was down
before the Russian giant; and as soon as 1t
was plain that England would take no hand
in the contest, Turkey could only beg for
quarter, on the conquerors own terms
These have been dictated not from any par
ticular regard to the needs or desires Of
Turkey; but doubtless solely from considera-
tions of the wishes of the other European
mowers. Turkey, if the cable reports OF the
conditions arc correct. will virtually lose
good share of Armenia, for the Porte, I'M
poyerishcd and bankrupt, cannot make up
in a hurry the war indemnity, as security
for which Russia takes possession OF the
three chief str0ngholds of Armenia. Bull
paria and Servia become virtually Russian
provinces the Dardanelles are opened to
Russian ships of war, and the Grand Duke
signs the treaty of peace and sails for home
with his army from the very capital OF
Turkey.
Russia is victorious, as she could hardly
fail to be, with her immense preponderance
of men and means. She has brought down
Turkey at the close of the ninth month OF
the war. But the Turk has made stout
6cht. lie has made six times as long re-
sistancc to the Russians as Austria, aided by
most of Germany, made to Prussia, in 1900
lie has fought Russia half as long again as
France fought Germany, in lS7O-ll, though
France was the equal Of Germany IN money
and in men. lie HIS repeatedly defeated
the Russians. and success-at least to tint
extent Of defending the integrity OF hi
territory-might almost have been with HIN
had the Turkish government been hall a
good at its work as its generals and soldier
were at theirs.
The condition in which the close oil tn
war leaves Turkey, is simply pitiable
| IIenceforth it must become one oil tn
feeblest European powers, with possibllit
of relapse into utter anarchy, unless som
| stronger power steps in to MAINTAIN oruer'
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-01
The Grand army Of the Republic.

Every person who values the union Of the
States and the preservation Of the National
Government should be glad that powerful
organization of veteran soldiers exists, with
DEPARTMENTS in every Northern State, high
among whose worthy objects is the mainte-
nance of loyalty, and support of the Govern
ment "of the People, for the People and by
the People" The influence of that organ
izatiop is felt 10 the remotest corner of the
Republic and no man can doubt that the
mere fact Of its existence is potent dissuad-
err to plotters If future treason. We are
glad to see that the Department of Vermont
of this organization is in a healthy and
v;corops condition. For this, credit Is
LARGELY due to its late Commander, Col. L
peck. whose interest in the order and
care for its welfare has been untiring. The
selection of Col. j. II. Goulding, of Rutland
as his successor is fortunate one. No mar
has done more for the soldiers organizations
in our State than be. We are glad that he
-s,a;ns the services of the very efficient
.d;utant- General of the Department, Capt
Ehcn Tanlin. In such hands the organlza
ton cannot but continue to prosper.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-01

A SHARP TILT took place in the United
States Senate, on Wednesday, between Sen
ator Blaine and the Massachusetts, Senators
The occasion was the presentation Of the
statue of " illiam King, the first Governor of
Maine, to the National Gallery Of StatuarY
in the Capitol. by the Maine Senators. Mr..
Blaine took occasion to mingle with his
praise Of the anti-Federalist Governor some
remarks rejecting upon the conduct of Mas
which was part of her territory until 1920.
He said that the people Of Maine were called a
"violent and vicious race" by some Of the
"ill-informed and prejudiced' Massachusetts,
people. lie said the majority of the people
of Maine regarded the opposition Of Massa-
chusetts to the war of 1872 a. unpatriotIc, if
not reasonable. They were." he said, "a
bluff, hearty, brave and generous people,
who were never understood or appreciated
in Boston, 1.-THE desire of the people of
Maine for separate government was resist
ed" said Mr.. Blaine, "often with offensive
arrogance, and separation was at last grant
cd by the 'atep-mother State, not from lib
eral sense Of fair-dealing on the part Of the
people of Massachusetts,, but solely from q
fear in the minds Of the governing political
party that their ascendancy would be endan-
gered if Maine remained part Of the State. Z"
Mr.. Dawes replied, maintaining that
it was unfair to quote few isolated cases
of hostility tn the General Government
as indications of the general sentiment Of
the State. especially as the State soon after
waid repudiated the Federal party under
whose lead these hostile acts had been
committed. Mr.. Hoar followed, hitting
back more sharply, declaring that Mr.. Blaine
was sore on account of Massachusetts, op-
position at Cincinnati, and charged that In
revilipg Massachusetts,, Mr. Blaine was
jesuitically appalling to the hatred Of the
State in the South on account of what she
had done for human rights. Mr.. Hoar also
defended the record Of Massachusetts in the
war of 1872, and denied that she was IN
patriotic. Here, however, Mr.. Blaine rather
had the Massachusetts, Senator, as he re-
called some IF the salient facts of the opposi-
ton to the var of 1872 The debate was
exceedingly spirited The Boston Traveller
thinks that Mr.. Dawes showed himself not
as familiar with the history of his own State
as Mr.. Blaine was. 1t adds Sensible
people will rot get nervous because Mr..
Blaine INDUCED in sharp criticisms Of Massa-
chusetts' treatment of Gcv. King and the
Maine colony, or of her course in the war of
1872. 1t is of little consequence to our
present character or prosperity or happi-
ness, that our ancestors burned witches at
the stake, or were selfish in the matter Of q
local controversy"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-01

ALIuRGH-MAN Frozen TO DEATh. - A
man was found frozen to death, Thursday
morning, January 2ith. at Wind Mill
Point. in the town of Alburgh. lie was
apparently about thirty-fye years DID,
and was dressed in a good suit OF SOL
diers clothes. He passed through this
town Wednesday, coming from Canada
and arrived at the Point after dark that
night. There are several houses on the
POin: occupied by laborers, but no iarm
houses lie applied to several for permls-
sion 10 stay over night. bat was refused
and was found near one Of the buildings
Thursday morning, dead. The only thing
found on his person was twenty-seven cents
in money, an envelope addressed william
Mead, BatterSK.. U. S. Artillery, Platts-
burgh Barracks. Pittsburgh, N. ";
and, as was surmised, proved to be
a soldier from the Plsttsburgh Bar
racks. A lieutenant from that place ar
rived Friday morning, identified the body,
and took 1t back to Plattsburgh. There is
considerable excitement and Indignation in
town. at the manner in which the people of
the Point neglected the soldier. The lieu
tenant reports him as man of temperate
habits. and universally liked by his COM
rades. He was on weeks leave OF alb
seuce, and had been gone from the bar
racks four days. 1t is reported
that he had pass from Montreal over the
Grand Trunk road, but took the wrong
train at st. JOINS, and not having money
enough to pay his fare was put OIL near
Pike River and undertook to foot 1t home.
The inbuman treatment he received at the
Point has cast a gloom over the whole town,
and although the many depredaiions COM
mtted by tramps of late has rather hard
ened the community against receiving them
into their houses, the feeling IS that there
was no excuse for turning a man out oil
doors ON su;h fearful night as that
night was, and allow him to perish
within fifty feet of a warm IRE. The
town authorities furnished coffin and
did all that was necessary for the remains
but Col Livingston, commanding at Plat.s-
burgh, directed that bill of all expense
should be sent to him and it would be paid
The soldier name isrepOrted as VIM. Mead
and he had been in the service about nine
years, and had about $500 deposited in
Plattsburgh. 5.