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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-06-07

AMONG the names mentioned for State Sen
ator from the north side OF the river is that
of G. W. Writers, Esq, of Milton. Mr..
Writers is one of the most promising of our
junior barristers young man of brains and
OF character ; Of good discretion and sound
Judgment; and would fill the position in
dicated with credit to himself and his con-
stituents. Four years ago he was strongly
urged for the position, though fo- several
reasons his name was not presented in the
convention and this year favorable mention
of his name comes to US from several parts
of the county. Speaking Of county politics.
to the list of gentlemen recently mentioned
in these columns as spoken of in connection
with the Assistant Judgeship of the County
Court should be added the name of E. Ii.
Lane. Esq, of Jericho-who certainly would
be no unworthy occupant of the office
alludea>to.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-06-07

Ills friend was rather surprised To see HIM
in box ut the performance ot The
Stranger" accompanied by au elderly lady
who was weeping quart u scene. wherefore
he said unto him they returned. chewing
each Glove what III the name al the forty
and nine lmaums brings you heref 80,
that my mother-in-law, he replied. WHO
is as tender hearted at the theatre as she
isn't at home. 50 | humor the old lady by
bringing her here But isn't IT rather mon
otonous Tor you?' -. no have the
pleasure OF seeing her cry.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-06-07
FLOWERS.

o, flowers! o, gentle, never falling friends,
Which from the worlds beginning still have
smiled
To cheer liie's pilgrim as he onward wends
Seems not your soothing influence, meek and
mild,
Like comfort spoken by little child.
Who, in desperate sorrow, though he knows
Nothing CT all life's grieving, darx and wild,
An innocent compassion fondly shows,
And fain would weni US back from fever to repose
Mrs. Norton.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-06-07
Sacred TO the Memory Of
SARAH SE,MpHII.L-

Who died at the age Of twenty five. slain, with her
two infant daughters, by her own
husband.
She was fair to lOOk upon, pure as snow, and be-
loved by all who knew her. Divine Provi-
dence alone knows why she had to
perish so miserably.
The epitaph, some OF words Of which are
hardly legible any longer. is the only record
left of one of the most terrible tragedies that
ever took place in the Old Dominion.
1t was IN l79S that John Semphill, a
young man, who said he was from Santa
Cruz, in the West Indies. arrived at Williams
burg and settled there az a tobacco planter.
He had plenty OF money. and WAS able to
purchase about / 900 acres of the finest soil
within short distance Of the old town.
Being apparently a gentleman IN every
sense OF the word. Nr Semphill Was admit
ted to tie best society IN his new home. and
n wear later
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-06-07

Thoughts Of the dead are always sad, and yet
Those we have loved We never can forget,
Kind eyes look sweetlythrough the shadowy gloom,
And mournful voices whisper from the tomb,
While with low tone and mildly pensiye eye,
We speak their names whose doom has been to die
William Winter.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-06-07

Tho Memorial exercises on the Both wero
of an interesting character. Great credit
is duo the officers and men Of Post Sampson,
q. A. r., by whose tifOrts the decoration
Of our soldiers graves from year to year is
becoming ono of especial interest to the
people, not only of our quiet town, but also
Of the entire State and nation. We were
favored by an Grafton from the speaker,
Mai. G.. r. Branch. of Orwell, which was
ono of especial interest to every Vormonter.
His graphic history OF the part taken by
our "Green Mountain Boys" in the war of
the Rebellion was true to life, while his
hasry review OF the different organizations
which lett our State, with their more promi-
nent engagements, was given with an earn
ostncsI which indicates him to be speaker
of more than ordinary ability, while his
words of oulogy woso in keeping with the
OCCASION, Comrads Sneden also made
somo interesting remarks. After the
SERVICES, tho graves OF our patriot dead
were decorated with tho choicest flowers of
the season, both wild and domestic varieties
being brought into rcquisiiion for the pur-
pose. The entire exercises were impressive
and profitable. Ii.
Braintree.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-06-07
GEMS OF THOUGHT.


The truly generous is the truly wise;
And he who loves not others, lives unoiest
Home.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-06-07
At Montpelier.

The celebration at Montpelier was Of an
unusually imposing character. The pro-
cession, consisting of the q. A. X. Post.
and citizens reached from tho Pavilion to
the cemetery "a mile and half. Harry Bal
lard, ESD. Of this city, delivered the ora
ton, in the open air at the cemetery. 1t was
unfortunately interrupted bya sharp shower,
and the exercises were consequently brought
. Al.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-06-07

God blessss still the generous thought.
And still the fitting word he speeds,
And truth at his requiring taught,
He quicKens into deeds.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-06-07

The violence of either grief or Joy
Their own enactures with themselves destroy
Where 10Y most revels grief doth most lament
Grief Joys Joy grieves on slender accident.
-Shakespsdre.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-06-07

No sorrow will your heart betide,
Without a comfort by its side;
The sun may sleep in his ssa-bed,
But you have starlight overhead.
-EliraGeth Barrett Broicning
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-06-07

The veteran soldiers and citizens OF this
town we're not unmndful Of the duties they
owe to the memory of the soldier dead. Ser
vices we're held at East Hill. the Branch and
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-06-07

Light winged hopes, that come when bid,
And rainbow Joys tn ut end in weeping,
And passions, among pure thoughts hid,
Like serpents under hOwerets sleeping.
Moore
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-06-07
GRIEr.

or all the prides since Luciier's attsint.
The proudest swell's a self-elected saint,
-TkoWas Hood
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-06-07
sILEsT SORROW


1 have a silent sorrow here,
A grief I'll ne'er impart;
II breathes no sigh, il sheds no tear,
Yet it consumes my heart.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-06-07

The procession then formed and marched
to the cemetery, where aItor prayer by Rev.
Mr.. DOnaldson and singing by the choir,
the graves were decorated by the veterans.
A large concourss of people attended the
exercises. Tic weather was fine and the
celebration. in many Of IT. features, one Of
marked interest
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-11-23
OntAtNirht.

Fathers and mothers, look out
for your boys when the shadows of
night have gathered around you
Where are they then ? Are they
at home at the pleasant So
cial fireside, or are they running
the streets? Are they gaining a
street education ? If so, take care:
the chances of their ruin are many.
There is scarcely anything so de
struetive to their morals as running
abroad at night. Under the cover
OF darkness, they acquire the educa-
ton of crime; they learn to be row.
dish, If not absolutely vicious they
catch up loose talk, they hear sin
full thoughts, and they see obscene
things, and they become reckless
and riOtous. IF you would save
them from Vulgarity, save them
from ruin, see TO it that night finds
them at home. More than one
young man has told the chaplain of
the State prison that here was the
beginning Of his downward course,
that finally brought him to felon's
cell. Let parents solemnly ponder
this matter, and do all they can to
make home attractive to all the
children, SO attractive that the boys,
will prefer it to roaming in the
streets. There is no place like
home, in more senses than one
certainly no place like home for
boys in the evening.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-11-23

where he is in case Of general
danger. regard him as response
BILE for the Indian atrocities taking
place this fall on the plains. He
Possesses none of the magisterial,
assuaging, wise sense which controls
saVages. His errors in the rebel
lion went the full swing of the pend
ulun, from gross military mistakes,
such as the first expedition on Vicks-
burg, to gross civil blunders like
the treaty with Joe Johnston. His
resentments only magnify the orig
inal blunder, such as attempting TO
insult great man like Stanton be-
cause Sherman had played the fool. !"
"Yet, General, how do you ac-
count for Grants preference for
Sherman ?"
"That made him." said General
Hooker. "Well, Sherman has q
genius much like George Francis
Trains's. He can talk and write
raptuously, and yet have no sense.
/ am disposed to think that Grant,
not possessing the power of express
sion, was taken with Sherman's
aptness at writing, and thought he
had better not antagoniZe his pen.
Yet Sherman has never been loyal
/ to Grants kindness. ] think Grant
the ADLER and better of the two. As
/ President of the United States, how
ev, r, Grant was vulgar and incOm-
/ petent."
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-11-23

gleefully, and reaching down from
his mothers arms, he laid his soft
hand upon the bowed head of the
young man and patted his cheek.
"FOr his sake, Robert, if not for
mine, come back to us, sObbed the
poor young wife.
The stubborn heart melted be-
meath the baby's caress, and her
own imploring tone.
"GOd forgive me! | have been
very cruel to you, Cathy, but I'll
try and make ii up to you and the
boy hereafter" said the young man,
rs he rose and gathered wife and
child to his heart in fond embrace.
Not long did they linger in the
Dudley mansion after their reunion.
That same evening saw the wife
and child established in the COM
Portable house far down the valley,
where Robert Jordan had dWelt so
long alone.
And when the, "nine days Won
der was fairly over, the whole
neighborhOod rallied loyalty around
the still girlish wife, and gave her a
kind and friendly welcome that she
can never forget till her dying day.
1t is six and twenty years since
this true story was lived through by
/ its different characters, among the
fair Plymouth hills. / heard the
story in my childhood, and it was
recalled to my mind this day by
seeing in local paper the announce
ment of the marriage of fRobert
Jordan, Junior, to Catharine, the
only daughter of Truman and Ali
son Dudley, all of Plymouth.
Thus, in the second generation,
/ the wound has been healed, the old
wrong has righted itself.
But Alison Dudley, who has been
the happy wife of her cousin Tru-
man for nearly five and twenty
years, would only smile to-day if ]
should speak of that old romance
before her, for she has entirely for
/ gotten that she ever loved another
than her own husband, l think.
But if / should speak of it to
Cathy, the wife of Robert Jordan, |
know well how fondly she would
look at her ''good man" beside the
fire, and how she would whisper
the one motto of her life-''LOVt
wins love back again Z"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-11-23
Medical virtues OF Onions.

A mother writes "Once a week
invariably, and generally when we
had cold meat minced, | gave the
children a dinner which Is hailed
with delight, ami Looked forward
to; this is a dish Of boiled onions.
The little things knew that they
were taking the best medicine for
expelllng what most children suffer
from, worms. Mine were kept
free by this remedy alone. Not
only boiled onions for dinner, but
chives also they were encouraged
to eat with bread and butter, for
this purpose they had tufts Of
chives in their little gardens. 1t
was medical man who taught me
to eat boiled onions as a specific for
a cold in the chest. lie did not
know at the time, till l told him,
that they were good for anything
else"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-11-23
States in Debt and Out Of Debt.
Springfield Republican,

It is interesting TO observe how
the erea of economy j. reducing the
State debts and lonStaeHing the
list OF States that bears no debt Mt
all. Colorado, BelCware, Kentuc.> Y
West Virginia and Wisconsin do
not appear as debtor States at all.
Then there are California, Illinois,
Iowa. Kansas, Michigan, Ncbras-
ka, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon
and Vermont whose debts are either
very small and on the point of ex-
tinction by sinking funds, Or are
held in perpetual trust for school
purposes or institutions. This
makes 10 out of 30 virtually out of
debt. To this may be added Min
nessota and Mississippi, if both
States had not repudiated just obii-
cations. OF the indebted States,
Massachusetts heads with a debt at
the beginning Of this year OF $780,
100000, and a sinking fund Of about
1000, 900, making Il net debt Of
oyer 80, 100000 Pennsylvania has
a total debt of about 23,00O, 0un,
which a sinking fund reduces $l4,-
000,000. New York has paid off all
but her canal debt of 50, A00, 0Q0.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-11-23

INfPAssIONED eloquence is hardly
an eccentricity; but no profession
has furnished grander specimens of
eloquence than the ministerial.
When Whitefield preached in New
York to the sailors he closed with
the following bold apostrophe {:
"Well, my boys, we have clear sky,
and are making fine Roadway over
a smooth sea, before a light breeze,
and we shall soon lose sight of land.
But what means the lowering of the
heavens, and that dark cloud arising
from beneath the western horizon?
Hark don't you hear the distant
thunder? Don't you see those
distant flashes of lightning? There
is a storm gathering! Every man
to his duty! How the waves rise
and dash against the ship! The
air is dark! The tempest RACES |!
Our masts are gone! The ship is on
her beam-ends! What next ?'' The
listening tars, reminded Of the for
mer perils of the deep, arose and
with united voices exclaimed ::
"Take to the long boat"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-11-23
Natural HisfOry-In Small Chunks.
for Small People.
=

"What is this ?'s
"This is cat. Do you see the
beautiful curve to his back? If
you continue to be good boy you
shall some day have a thousand
cats"
"Are cats a useful animal ?'
eyes, very. If it wasn't for the
cat every house would be overrun
with canary birds"
''Are cats very brave ?"
eyes. They'll hang around a
corner for four hours to get their
claws into a poor little mouse, not
One-fourth part of their size"
"What food do cats prefer ?'
"A $50 mocking-bird is their first
choice. If the family are not able
to keep Il mocking-bird the cat must
put up with an Oriole or ii German
canary. 1t is only when suffering
for food cat will accept of sirloin
steak"
Seats can't sing, can they 2"
mo, but, bless 'em! they keep
trying to learn how. They have
got so they can sound the first four
notes on the scale, and they are de-
termined to get the rest. E"
"What time do they sing the
sweetest"
CAT night, between the hours of
eleven p. NJ. and four A. NJ. You
have probably read items about
bold, bad men flinging boot-jacks,
sticks of wood and other missiles at
singing cats. Don't ever associate
with such people. Cats have as
much right in America as anybody
else, and it is only the meanest kind
of folks who will try to keep 'em
from rising up in the world"
"HOW long do cats live ?''
Nobody knows, as no cat ever
had a fair show to see how many
years he could put in. After he
has hung around one neighbOrhoOd
for fifteen or twenty years some one
murders him in cold blood"
"DOes the fur of the cat contain
electricity ?'
eyes, and it is great wonder
why some of those scientific men
did not make use of the fact in
searching for the clue to the tele-
phone. There isn't much doubt
that the day will yet come when a
cat i'll Detroit, connected by a
clothes-line with one in Chicago,
will form a perfect telegraph line"
"Do cats suck children's breath ?'
"They do. Mothers should let
their children eat onions as a pre-
ventitive. Plug tobacco will an
sWer the same purpose"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-11-23

Ignorance of the law excuses no
one.
An agreement without consider
alton is void.
Signatures made with lead pen
ell are good in law.
A receipt for money paid is not
legally conclusive.
The acts of one partner bind all
the others.
Contracts made on Sunday can
not be enforced.
A contract with a minor is void.
A contract made with Il Iunatic is
void.
Agents are responsible to their
principals for errors. Principals
are responsible for the acts of their
agents.
Each individual in a partnership
is responsible for the whole amount
Of the debts Of firm.
A note given by a minor is void.
A note obtain by fraud, or from
a person in a state of intOXicatiOn,
cannot be collected.
If a note be lost or stolen, it does
not release the maker; he must pay
it.
An indOrser of a note Is exempt
from liability if not served with
notice Ofits dishOnOr within twenty
four hours of its nOn-payment.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-11-23
Rockers Opinion OF GraDt and
sherman.

Here is what we find in the
Brooklyn Eagle, being part of q long
interview, in which fighting Joe
Hooker gives his views of men and
things. Here is what he thinks OF
Sherman and Grant:
"What made Sherman take such
malicious pains, ten years after the
war was over, and q sick crippled
man to attack you In his Memoirs
with such deliberatiOn ?'
sob, Sherman is n hard, cruel
maH, tyrant in the small. He
likes to be PPodding people and per-
scouting the non-cOmbatants, He
had so little discernment that he
thought abuse of me would pass
with the country, but the reception
of it by the people mortified his
crazy mind. Probably he never
did anything that gave him so much
selfish repentaRce.
"DO you ever see him, General
HOOker?''
~ visited Washington some time
ago, and General Sherman called on
me. Said |: Sherman, this is in
deed queer. You, the general of
the army, come to see me, who had
no idea of calling on you. Why,
Sherman, I'm sure we can't misun-
derstand each other. You have
spared no pains to publish your
want of appreciation of me, and ]
think | have been almost as frank
about you.' Sherman was ashamed
of himself; that twas why he called"
"Do sou rank Sherman in ability
anywhere neay his rank ,"
"He had more disasters than any
man ] know of. His character and
composition are nervous and uncer-
tam, and he is t0Tmented by con-
seriousness that the American ma
tion has no confidence in his judg-
ment, and would not keep him
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-11-23
Phenomena oFthe Brain.

One of the most incOnceivable
things in tie nature of the brain is
that the organ of sensation should
be insensible. To cut the brain
gives no pain, yet in the brain
alone resides the power Of feeling
pain in any other part of the body.
If the nerve which leads from it
to the injured part be di-
vided, it becomes instantly I'M
conscious of suffering. It is only
by communication with the brain
that any kind Of sensation is pro-
duced, yet the organ itself Is in
sensible. But there is & circum-
stance more wonderful still. The
brain itself may be removed; may
be cut away down the corpus Gala
sum, without destroying life. The
animal lives and performs all its
functions which are necessary to
simple vitality, but no longer has
mind, il can not think or feel; it
requires that the food should be
pushed into the stomach ; once
there it is digested and the animal
will thrive and grow fat.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-11-23

THE Hon. Henry P. Fowlkes is
our Floater by large majority. He
will make splendid member. His
friends will trot him out for the
Speakership Of the Lower House of
our General Assembly. He is a
man Ofgreat capacity and extensive
acquaintance. We shall say more
about this.-COIttD16ia Herald and
Mail.
\ more able and capable presiding
officer for the next House of Repre-
sentatives could not be selected from
among its members. Mr.. F0wlkes
is well posted in parliamentary
matters, is quick and husiness-like
in all he says and does, and is one
of the most rapid and correct think
ers and workers TO be found in the
State. We hope his excellent abili-
ties will be recognized by the House,
and that he will be promptly elected
Speaker.-Fr01kIiR Recieac and
formal.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-11-23
Immigration to Tennessee.
Manchester (Tenn.) Guardian.

So far during this fail about a
dozen families have moved into
Coffee county from States north of
the Ohio river, and all well satisfied
with the change. Several other
families are reported as on the way
OF fixing to start. If parties could
dispose of their possessions North
we should have hundreds of fami-
lies coming in at once.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-11-23
FOR SALE.
A Nice Little Farm Located at Pea
Ridge, on the GAINESVILLE
and Trenton Road.

containing 70 acres Of land, about 40 acres
under cultivation, the balance in splendid
Red Oak timber. The farm under good
fence and divided into five lots by cross
fences. On the place Is a good log house
with four rooms, including kitchen and
dining rooms. Also a splendid cisteTn,
stable, meat house, etc. A fine selection OF
fruit, embracing apples, peaches, pears,
plums, ounces, cherries, grapes, goose ber-
ries, in short everything of this sort suitable
TO the climate. On the place is q large and
did school is kept there during the year.
Every foot of the land is susceptible of good
cultivation. 1t is one of the best locations
in the county for either school teacher or
doctor, or country store.
TERMs-Sl, 500; one-third cash, balance In
one and two years, with good negotiable
notes based on a lien and good securities.
Mr.. Whitfield, on the premises, or myself,
will take pleasure in showing the property
at any time. T. D. LEONARD,
Oct. y. 1873 Real Estate Agent.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-11-23

.lneinnati Saturday Night.

Some heartless paragrapher thinks
it would be easy enough for Dan.
Rice to start menagerie, because
the wolf is always at his door. Rice,
though poor enough, can never be
troubled with the wolf at his door.
His present wife was the only child
of a wealthy banker in Girard, Pa,
named O'Connell. They were mar
ried in the fall of 1861, it being a
runaway match. Rice was then
thirty-seven and his bride sixteen
Her father, a Presbyterian deacon,
was serribly chagriHed because the
"idol of his heart and home" mar
ried a Snowman, and he refused to
recognize them. At his death, how
ever, he bequeathed his property to
their son, Dan. Rice, Jr., whose
mother has the benefit of the inter-
est until the boy becomes of age.
The property amounts to about $751;
600. So don't worry yourselves
over "poOr" Dan. Rice.