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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-29

Disraeli bestows good deal Of attention
upon his costume, and one ut his dressing
gowns cost $4,000.
A Mr.. Wood, who died in New York, on
Thursday, leaves over million dollars to
establish College Of Music.
Two soldiers were killed the night of the
Goth at Fort Clark, Texas, in fight between
the white and black troops.
Capt Paul Boynton, the American swim
mist, swan across the Straits of Gibraltar
on Thursday, being seventeen hours making
the trip. lie was nearly swept out to sea.
A woman has Just died in England ut the
age of 81, who, in childhood, sat upon the
great Dr. Johnson's knee. Her name was
Mrs. Ann Bowles Fowler, descendant Of
Oliver Cromwell.
Father Walsh, pastor of the Catholic
church at Long Branch, N. j., has caused
tho arrest Of two liquor dealers there for
selling to a woman who went to his church
drunk, and danced the whole length Of the
aisle, to the tune of Patrick's Day which
was being played on the organ.
Disease is carrying off the Russian soldiers
in Asia Minor, at a rapid rate. Among
those who are reported to have died is Gen.
Melikof. second in command under the
Grand Duke.
A brutal mother threw her infant from
the car window Of an express train near
North Garden. Va. the other night. Tho
child was picked up in a dying condition.
and the mother. a beautiful, high born, but
half crazy young woman, is under arrest.
John NJ. Iarkins, of Columbia, Tenn, an
old and prominent merchant. committed
suicide the 18th by shooting. The follow
ing note was found in his vest pocket, 81
do this terrible deed from renorse. have
| been the cause of running good man his
partner in business and family. God for
give me. cannot face the world again.
Behemoth. Jr.. the baby hippopotamus OF
the New York Aquarium, was found dead in
his bed, Tuesday morning.
The people in the neighborhood of a well
on Smith street, Providence, made up their
minds month ago that they did not lik, the
water. They did not like ii any better when
the dead body of man. who disappeared
two months ago. was found in it.
Brazil, too. il complaining of hard times.
Business is dull, heavy losses are reported in
the coffee trade and there is no money in
the national treasury.
Wheat, mud and quinine are the staple
items of interest in the West Just now. The
last is received with much bitterness
The exports for Europe in the steamers
from New York, last Saturday were so heavy
that, in some instances, the s.eerage had to
be used for freight.
A Salt Lake Mormon has just married a
woman Of sixty and her daughter of eigh-
teen.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-29
Gods Mills.


BY hk'. v n. stA
The mills Of God grind slow.
In classic verse We sing;
But still they steady 90,
What srists OF finest flour
These mills CT God can grind,
When His own hands the power,
We BY and by shall find.
Pc mills OF God to-day.
No matter for the past.
Are runnirg rapidly,
AZ sines the world begun,
FrnI. earliest date of time,
Thsse awful mills nsverup,
Moved by a power divine
tobe
shsIl 6ear THAR acboing sa,,nd-
tjI. rnmhIjn1 af ,na sas
Or rumblin-s undefground;
for iasIer run THESE mills,
Anu tlsnter press the stones
Iney run as heaven wills,
In All tne eireilns hones'
Ing eAtneieu siu ~
From every peopien iano
Are reaped at Gods command
o blinded faith. aud dull,
Too stupid is ny ken
Gods gransries are full
Of nations and oil men
His mills that slowly turn,
Must faster run. we see
md
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-29
Under the Guns
By BRET HARTE.

Under the Guns.
By BRET HARTE.
Under the guns Of the fort on the hill
Daisies are blossoming. buttercups fill.
Up the gray ramptrts the ciemstis tiDgs
High its green ladders, am Chambers aud clings,
Under the guns,I
Over the guns.
Un6er the guns Of the fort on the hill.
Under the guns Of the fort on the hill
Once SHOOK the earth with the cannonade's thrill.
Once trod the buttercups feet that now still
Lie ali at rest in their trench by the hill,
l. der the guns,
Under the guns,
CLder the guns OF tue fort on the hill.
Over the guns Of the fort on the hill,
Equal the ram falls on good and on i'll ;
Sun blooms the upland, and still the brook runs
Sill tolls the husbandman- n-under the guns,
Under the guns,
Under the guns,
Under tie gUns Of the fort on the hill
Un1er the guns Of the fort on the hill.
Lord, IN Thy mercy wait on Thy will
Lord is it war that Thy wisdom best knowsi
Lord is il peace that Thy goodness still shows
Under the guns,
Under the guns,
Under the guns Of The fort on the hill
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-29

This new invention, which is attracting
alizatlon of the Munchau9en yarn Of the
trumpeter, whose music FRI ze in his trumpet
in an exceeding cold snap, and lay frozen in
the instrumen; till thaw set loose tie COZ
gealed notes, when the tunes began to flow
from the mouth of the trumpet, as it hung
on its accustomed nail. Only in the phone
graph the sounds are kept without freez-
ing, and are repeated at will. This is not
one Of the maryels of electricity, though its
inventor is Prof. Thomas A. Edison, of New
York, the famous electrician. While ex-
perimenting with the telephone, he noticed
the manner in which the disks of that in
strument vibrated in accordance with the
vibrations or undulations OF the breath used
in speaking. Believing these vibrations
could be reproduced, he set to work to
manufacture machine for the purpose, and
the result is-the phonograph. 1t is simple
bit of mechanism described more at length
by our New York correspondent in another
column which the vibrations of disk,
made to vibrate by voice or sound, are
recorded upon sheet of tin foil by means Of
sharp point which rests against the disk.
and moves slightly when the disk vibrates.
The tin foil in turn is made to retrans-
NIT the vibrations to the disk. through
the means of the steel point; and
a mouth-piece being attached to the disk,
the disk in turn becomes vocal, and utters
back the words and sounds that have been
spoken to it. Thus, as has been said of it.
the disk is either tympanum or diaphragm.
as the case may be. the first when it listens,
and tho second when it talks. Herein the
phonograph seems actually 20 have got
ahead of the hupan body, in which the con-
trivances BY which we hear and talk are not
only separate and distinct, but are more
complicated than the mechanism by which
the phonograph aeeomplishes the same re-
suits. The latter, too, has capacities un-
known to the human voice. It repeats, for
instance, duett, words and music, as
readily as single song What it will no;
do, when the now infant invention reaches
its full growth, it is hard to say. There
would seem be no reason why the tones of
the great singers as well as the words of the
orators should not be captured and kept for
many years. and reproduced at will. The
sheets of tinfoil, wbereon the songs and
speeches they have sung or said are record
ed, can be electrotyped, and sold "for
song," and every household can have its
cylinder and mouth-piece, and Patti can 10
made to sing, and Bismarck and Beaconsfeld
and Gambetta to talk, in our own parlors.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-29
Waterbury, March, 1878

MILTs. rHK BANK RoBBER A petition is
in circulation in Boston and considerable
effort is being made to get men of influence
to favor movement which il now being
made.to secure the pardon Of George Miles
the bank robber. who is nov serving q
sentence in our States Prison at Windsor.
The thing isn't SUCCESS, however.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-29
The Canadian Red Nan.

The fact that Canada has always succeed
ed in getting along without Indian wars has
often been cast in the teeth of our Indian
bureau. The common inference from the
harmony in which the two races live in the
British possessions, as contrasted with the
constant Indian troubles, massacres and
wars on this side tie line. has been that
the Canadians managed wisely with their
wild tribes, while the Yankees showed utter
lack of wisdom in their management of the
collective "Lo" of the Western plains
Mr.. W. c. Howells. United States Consul at
Quebec. in an interesting article in the Al
lanfic Monthly. takes different view of the
case. He (Mr. Howells) shows that the
difference is not so much owing to govern
mental as to accidental causes. One of the
principal reasons is the far better disposition
Of the Canadian red man. He is "bst-
ter article of savage than the Yankee In
dian In all Canada there are not many
more than 100 900 Indians, and an import
ant element is the half-breedS, who form
sort OF connecting link between the two
races, and help preserve the peace. But, ulte-
rior to any such cause OF good understanding,
Was the policy which the French
Jesuits and the French traders en-
ployed when they first opened ne
gotiations with the Indians of Canada. The
whites came rather as missionaries than as
conquerors. and won the confidence of the
simple red men. When Great Britain came
into possession of these northern territories
she had the good sense to let well enough
alone, and the Indian today has 10 bitter
to avenge a. have the Sitting Bulls
and Red Clouds Of our Northwest. Mr..
Howclls says further that owing to the cold
ness of the climate Canadian Indians are
more tractable than are tine aborigines of the
States. They have less time in which to
carry out schemes of mischief the long
winters and the short summers tend to keep
Them very destitute and dependent on the
kind Offices of their white neIghbors- So far
Is the actual policy of the Dominion govern
ment toward the Indians is concerned, it Is
Is underlined as that of the United States
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-29

supposed had been drawn from the bank
But the clipping maIeuvre had lost its at
tractiveness to her when the othor party to
the transaction was not at hand, 80 after
spending night at hotel all alone, she
started for home, thoroughly penitent. Sne
reached the village before her husband, and
at once went to her fathers home. MrS
Austin has taken possession Of the child and
effects, but declines to again live with his
wife.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-29

THERE are nineteen new petitions Tor divorce
on the docket for the present terli Of the " ash
ington County Court. Seven of them are for
the alleged cause of adultery and most of the
rest for.intolerablc severity. ln most Of these,
of course, the wife is the petitioner, but in one
case the husband petitions for divorce for
- intolerable severity exercised by the
wife There are ten other petitions for
divorce continued from last term, which
makes twenty-nine cases Of matrimonial
infeicty in court from this one coun-
tyl No wonder that the Wdtehman asks
" Can Indiana beat this ?' What
shall be done to increase the sacredness Of
marriage, and abate this amentable fire.
dueuey of divorce in our state The
change in our statute, made a few years
ago, requiring trials Of divorce cases in open
court. from which something was hoped in
this direction, has proved an utter failure
in that respect. Divorces are as frequent
rs ever. Connecticut, which has had an
unenyiable pre-eminence for the large proper
tion of divorces to marriages among its pop
ulation, has, by q new law, undertaken
to apply q check, by limiting the causes to
adultery, fraudulent contract, wilful deser-
tion for three years, seven years absence
and not heard from, habitual intempersnoc,
intolerable cruelty and imprisonment sor an
in famous crime in the State Prison. These
(intempersnce exeepted) are substantially
the causes for which divorce is allowed in
this State and the question for Vermont
seems to be, Can the List Of causes be re-
duced or shall we 20 on with divorce
to every sttssn marriages I?
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-29
Trust,
BY TEsSFsos.

o. yet we trust that somehow .o5d
VIII te the final goal o, i'll,
Topangs OF nature, sins OF will,
Defects or doubt and taints Of blood,
That nothing walks with Aimless feet.
That not one life shall be destroyed,
Or cast as rubbish to the void,
When tod hath made the pile complete
That not a worm is cloyen In vain.
That not a moth with vain desire
Il shrivelled in q fruitless FIRE,
Or but subserves apothers gam.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-29

General Sir William O'Grady Haley Com
mander r-in-Chief of Her British Majesty s
forces in North America, died at Halifax,
on Tuesday, of gout Of the stomach.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-29

Some schoolgirls in Pennsylvania were
attacked by rattlesnakes and frightened
them away by Haunting their red petticoats
Dear. dear why didn't Eve think Of that.
-BnGaio Express.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-29

MR. EvARTs "CoRNKRED" IN VERMONT
Miss Grundy" in Washington letter to
the Boston Herald tells the following not
al together probable story. Mr.. Evsrts is a
gentleman. and it would seem to be not
very likely that be undertook to instruct
Gov. Page what refreshments he should set
out for bis guests:
One Of his colleagues says: Il never
saw Evarts cornered but once. lie always
has Q quick and appropriate reparteo
ready; but saw him once where he could
find nothing to say. 1t was last Summer,
after We had been to Bennington While
We were there, it was impossible to get any
wine, beer, etc., and Evarts is a gentle
man who is used to taking his wine with
his meals (ths rest Of US can stand drink
now and then). and We all felt the deprivs-
ton to Q certain extent. We were very
tired when going to Rutland, where Cover
nor Page was to give Us grand reception,
and Evarts remarked on the way: when
We get there We shall, no doubt, have a
lunch, with all that lunch implies We
arrived there after nightiall, and az soon as
We reached Governor Pages residence were
offered refreshments, with tho understand
ing thao u was not the banquet 0f which we
were expected to psrtake in state later, but
merely to revive US after our journey
But there was no wine. Evarts took in the
situation, and, politely approaching our
host, said to him, with dry humor, Clover
nor Page, it is true Mrs. Hayes is in favor (
temperance. she does not partake of alcho-
lilo drinks herself, but she mover interferes
with others. and she has seen all of US take
them. We are tired from travelling, and
tho Postmaster General and Attorney
General are accustomed to their wine; so
let me- be added with an additional touch
Of drolIery in his tones, suggest that If you
intend giving W any thing Of that sort, you
bring it out now" The narrator continued ::
"Governor Page was evidently much en-
barrsssed. and said hurriedly: We'll, real
", gentlemen, was not prepared for any
thing Of that sort, and have nothing Of
the kind in the house. Evsrts, for once,
was ct loss what to say, as he was total
ly unprepared for such reply. One of
Us came to bis rescue, saying, lsughingly,
'0h. the Secretary Of state is jesting the
Postmaster General and Attorney General
don't care :or any wine. really But we
found out afterwards that Governor Page
is great temperance man, and has prohi-
bition ss q cardinal principal in his politics,
which makes the joke on ESarts all the
botter."
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-29

A child drunkard is among the criminal
curiosities of Jersey City. Only three years
old. it stood by its drunken father in court
room. and. when offered water, pushed it
away and demanded beer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-29

A young man in Connecticut who carries
pistol cartridges in his pocket with his
tobacco got one in bis pipe, the other day,
and did not know it until piece Of his nose
was blown off,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-29

The March number of the NnetesH:h Cefz-
fury contains an article by Sir Garnet Wolse-
ley on England as a Military Power" He
states that at no previous period of her his
tory has England ever been so strong, in a
military sense. as she is at present. In 1854
when the war with Russia taxed British
strength so sorely. the army wa. very weak
in field artillery the trained soldiers in the
United Kingdom numbered less than 10000
men, end there was no reserve except pa
per force of pensioners, too old for service in
the field The service now is in mach bet
ter condition Sir Garnet declares that, il
WEI were proclaimed tomorrow, 'about
400, 900 drilled men would fall into line il
required, supported by 372 field guns,
manned and horsed by the Royal Artillery"
He gives these figures Standing army at
home, $1,000; army and militia reserve,
10000; militia, $1,000; volunteers, $780,,
900; second-class army reserve, 10000;
total force, 4l4,000.
Sir Garnet adds, that the figures which
he has given are not only reasonable but
a low estimate; that he has LETT out 10000
yeomanry horse who would be available for
home service, and that he has omitted
from consideration the regular troops now
scattered in colonial garrisons, who could
be relieved by tbe militia, and pushed to the
front. He concludes his enumeration by
affirming that England "could send to
the field, at once, two fully equipped army
corps of 30 900 soldiers each, leaying SINH
lar force of regular troops at home as
reserve"
The figures of the eonqueror of Ashautee.
admitting that war with Russian would
call out as many volunteers as he estimates.
viii ch many doubt. show that England can
not and will not fight Russi,, single handed
on land. What are two army corps of 3d.
900 each. against the immense armies which
the Gar has now under arms?
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-29
The Scene In the Senate
TEE MIGHT TuE SILVER BILL W sPAssED

BY c. A. CASTLE.
Genius of Liberty
Cover thy face,
Hide from thy vision
A Nations disgrace.
eenators drunken
In Liberty's home,
Hold Bachanal revels
Beneath her proud dome
where Is the eloquenoe,
Suarkling and right,
Battling tho wrong.
And defending toe right
Where are tue wise men,
The good and the great,
That saved US In peril,
And guided the Sthte'
Where is the dignity,
Once ih e proud boast
or our National Council,
A glorious host
OF men once distinguished
For honor and iAmei
Vanished and nothing
Is left ut the name
Patriots, arouse
'Tis your country that calls,
And drive drunkards out
From our National Halls
Stamp them with infamy'
Cover their name
With burning contempt.
And with bilterest saame
Q, Christian. awake
For the peril is great,
II hangs DER the Nation,
II hangs o er the State
Then make supplication
And wrestle with God,
Or the sun OF our freedom
Soon tetteth in blood.
arlington, March IL, ISIS
-PlattsbUrg Sentinel.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-29

The new Spring colors in design show q
mixture of all quiet neutral shades one
blending in with another SO closely that it is
impossible to tell where one ends and anoth-
er begins This is true of flowers and all
ornamental creations as well Us dress mate
rials, the quiet shades forming the body part
Of the costume. the same blending in high
color its relief or ornament. The founds-
tion color is bismuth brown. the softer
shades Of fawn and dull wood color before
they become gray and the greens tinctured.
with bronze and brown The blending of
color in flowers in leaves and ribbons and in
the richer fabrics is wonderful
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-29

1t will be seen that tle Treasury was not
only on the high road to resumption in gold i,
but actually stood inside the gate when the
silver conspirators turned the country astray
to follow their will-o' the wisp money into
the quagmire Of ruin and the slough of dis
| grace Boston Herald
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-08

long and bitter bur the hag OF homeopathy came on
triumphant. This unclarablc warfare In medicine ST.
goes on, aud Will know end until that Bessed mi
leniunI when the Lomeopalh and the allopa,y
shalt lie down together and little child shall
lead them. The bgoTry OF the Church capnoJ
be overlooked religious wars arc boodless now!
but none the less noisy and rancorous. Tho
cogns or the Church being continually troddrn
with the avoirdupls OF an ngcrs0l Colonel Inge:.
soil only reiterates the thoughts aud ropcas the bolt
OF men who have gone before him. Yet dcnuncia
tOns Of him in terms other than mild have recently pro
ceeded from pupits in this city. How much love and
charity he has for the churches II plainly shown Ia Ia
utterances. And, lastly who ever saw charitable Dol
ltican shake n bag OF the dollars of the cadiias
before Eastern hard-moDey man. talk ~ resumptos
TO Western indaionist and you stir up that beside
which hornets nest would be eternal bliss.
Colonel Thorpe in brief address, said be would sue
gest field tor the hospital which was yet open 10
He would have IL cure the alarming silver blinnes,
among political men IN Washington. Now the MAJORITY
OF our Congressman would actually hold mp dollar and
only 81 cents. He desired that medical ska
should be brought ~ bear upon them until they sh0u
be able the full 100 cents, clearly and distinctly
His suggestion brought cot great APPLAUSE.
The remainder Of the evening WAC given up TO supp9
ana social euio
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-08
LCCRATICE LEGAL PRACTICE.

FEE or $4,000 PAID BY THE PENNsYIyAylA
AUDITOR To HARRISBURG LANYEas-INyEsTi'
CATION ~ THE SENATE.
HARRISBURG, Penn, March THE commit.
tee recently appointed by the Senate 10 nyestl-iiS
alleged fraudulent practices in the Auditor GcHrTa.
Department. Oet, this evening IN the Senate Chamber
Several Witnesses exau0ed their kuowlc,lge
OF transaction by which MessTs. Oimsttad and
ton Harrisburg attorneys, secured fee Of $1,000
Tor collecting Sl9l 900 for the State. Tnls matter
Kept secret until recently, when il exposed IA TO
papers, and having pc.ous look from the aoud
OF the fec 1t was decided 10 investigate 10.
Jonu McNiurray, clerk N the AtNutant-Grncrals
Office, testified that. warrant clerk. the warIu, 10
$4,000 shoud have been made out Ivy him, bat taa,s
blank warrant signed by the Aud.toI-Genrral was cI
from HIS warrant book and used ia the payment q. no
This rst attracted his suspicion 10 the tansacoH
aud he aferwar informed by another CLERK, uaDed
Bayard that Mcssrs. SulOnton and Oimstcad had col
leeCed from the Union Transportation Company he saA
$l9I 900 would have been los. TO the state BAT
for their efforts ANA that the gl9oOO the commsoH
paid them for collection Iu the efforts o keep tie aF
ter quiet the papers In the easecOmprisng the sgrr
ment between the lawyers and the Auor6c nrEaL Tue
Endorsement OF the Attorney General STATE llts'
urer, ana the warrant were stolen from M. AcAuI
rays desk where hc had put them preparatory % mas
lug an xpOsurc OF the matter he afterwards Ouuu ~
den The committee at 10 O'clock adjourned nnth W