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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-12-13


Senator Edmunds, of Vermont, is unques-
tionably right in desiring to secure early con-
sideration of the bill to amend the revised
statutes in regard to presidential elections
and the counting of electoral votes. The
subject is one of transcendent importance,
and should receive attention at the earliest
practicable moment. But there should be
no such precipitancy as will involve risk of
making matters worse instead of better
and special care will be necessary in perfect
ing legislation relative to the rejection of
votes, so as to avoid if possible the dan
ger Of enabling partisan majOrities in Con-
gress to thwart the will of the country,
constitutionally expressed. The bill
recently introduced in the House
by Representative Southard, Of Ohio,
which provides that in cases where two
lists Of persons claiming to have been chosen
electors from any State are forwarded to the
Nice-President neither shall be accepted un-
less with the concurrence of both branches
of Cor,r.Ss seems IN M a don,e-,,S ono
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controlled by antagoni>tic parties, law like
'n, ana' P."t a,,aiai ~ - ~" 5;"r-aah;s o.
Of the contested State or States.
Mr. Einun1s'S hill has the same defect
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-12-13
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL,

The scat Of DR.. Loring. as Congress
man from the Sixth Massachusetts, Dis
trict, is to be contested by E. NJ. Boynton.
Governor Hampton was again sworn into
Office as Governor ofSouth Carolina on We'd
nesday. 1t is feared he must lose his in
jured leg.
Gen. N. p. Banks, who failed Of return
to the next Congress, is ready to accept the
United States Marshalship in the Massachu-
sets district, or foreign mission.
John O'Connor, who was expelled from
.he Ohio Legislature some time ago, because
OF his bounty jumping and other criminal an
tecedents, has now been found guilty of try
ing to obtain pensions on forged papers.
II the Republicans can "hold the fort"
until 1851, the United States Senate will
be Republican again. That is to say,
if they can hold the States that they carried
at the last election.
Senator Kellogg, of Louisiana, being
asked by reporter what he thought of the
late election in his State, said at is tho
same old story of fraud and intimidation,
only the frauds were greater and more bare
faced than ever before"
An exchange culls the following express
sions Of tine press as to the Presidents
message; 1t is straightforward, ineffective,
business-like, nCn-committal, weak, Just, in
sipii, powerful ,clear-spoken, milk k-and water,
calm-tempered, tame, earnest, nerveless,
moderate, sensible, absurd, discreet.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-12-13

ENGLAND's INDUSTRIAL affairs are in sad
condition. and the outlook fer the immedi
ate future is gloomy enough. Loss in the
iron business brought down the great West
ern England bank, with its capital of a mil
lion pounds, and the distress from this single
cause is great and widespread. The coal
and iron trades are greatly depressed. 1t is
said that at Wolverhampton and other CEN
tres of these industries many hundreds of
people are actually starving. Wages have
been reduced from Is to ~ per cent in the
last year, and the last reduction Of
the Northumberland miners was l. IL
per cent. The average of Scotch min
ers' wages is less than 15 cents
day, in Wales about 50 cents and in North
umland about Sl2j. In Sheffield, thou
sands are entirely out of work, and almost
none work full time. Equally dismal re-
ports come from the cotton manufacturing
districts. Though wages have been reduced,
mills are suspendiug on all sides. Black
burn, with its 50 600 inhabitants, has now
between 5000 and 10000 operatives out of
work, most of whom are receiving parish re-
lief. 10 Oldham the mills have met with
steady losses for the last year and bali.
The Grcenacres spinning company, which
used to declare 80 per cent dividends, has run
its mill at a loss Of $4,000 in the last
quarter. 10 Darwen the largest mill has
stopped entirely, and in Preston 3l4. 800
spindles are idle. The building trades are
down and even the farmers complain of the
hard times, and OF the foreign supplies Of
grain, meat and other staple foods
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the good OF the Institution would wish 10 withdraw
II from the place where IL has the of such col
lection OF Libraries. apparatus and cabinets OF var
Gus kinds, the opportunity Of experimenting its
limited corps OF ofinstructors by calling In at moder
ate cost other most competent teachers in every de
partment and the inspiring literary Influences of
such seat .; learning. The truth s, the sgricul-
tural college needs Dartmouth college n great deal
more than Dartmouth needs the agricultural. The
former has thus far reaped substantial benefit
but hiss experienced no little care and some cost
from this connection. The latter is too meagrey
endowed Ia run alone And what funds it received
would probably have been lost by limitation, had
not PRESIDENT Smith moved In season to save them.
removal would be to convert the results of several
Years toll into chaos again. and TO throw away such
helping Influences as can be found in othe spot
in New Hampshire.
And what is said of the two colleges in New
Hampshire may be well said of sur one in
stitution, the University of Vermont and
State Agricultural College.
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taking his eyes of the young mans uneasy
face.
Albert Ethelbridge sighed and looked N
the street, then he stood ON his left foot and
looked at papa's knees and said. timidly and
in tremulous tones
Can she see me =
YES, sir. said papa, but he never moved.
and he never looked pleasant. He only
stood still and repeated second time, "les.
sir
Alfred Ethelbridge began 10 feel i'll. lie
looked up and down the street and finally
pinned his wandering gaze TO the bald spot
on the top of papa's head, then he said
"Will you please tell her that Mr.. Alfred
Ethelbridge called =
''Yes, sir" said papa, and he didn't say
anything more. And somehow or other
Alfred Ethelbridge kind of sort got down
OFF the porch and went kind of out Of the
gate like. He discontinued his visits there,
and explained to n friend that the old man
didn't say anything that wasn't all right and
cordial enough, but the manner Of him was
rather formal - BuliHyfOn Hurktye
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Gen. Buffers CHARGE-a general one
unexpectedly any specifeations-that he
vas beaten for Governor of Massachusetts,
by the intimidation OF voters, IS god-send
to the Democrats, and especially to the
Southern Democrats. As they used to offset
the stories Of the degradations and suffering;
Of their slaves by stories of the depravity
and menial condition Of Northern operatives
30 they are now only too glad to Offset the
stories of the intimidation OF Southern Re-
publicans by lusty declarations that Massa-
chusetts capitalists "bulldozed'' the poor
voters, and forced them to vote against But
Ter. No doubt brains, enterprise and wealth
had their influence, as they do everywhere
in Massachusetts, and the preponderance of
these forces was arrayed against Butler.
But not cas-. has yet been proved of the CO.
ercion of voter on either side, and there is no
reason to believe that one man in the whole
State had his liberty interfered with in
manner which any law could reach. As the
Boston Herald says. if there was any undue
influence used by anybody, it was more
likely to be found in favor of Butler, who
has notoriously "bulldOzed'' men holding
Offices within his control ever since he has
been in. public life.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-12-13

E d. White, aged one hundred and eleven
years, has jn>t died at San Francisco.
Fifty buildings in the business part OF
Macon. Miss, were burned. Saturday Loss
$500, 900; insurance Sl00 900.
II. Wieglc, proprietor ot Hamilton
iOhiC) beer garden, shot his wife and then
shot himself. Both died Instantly.
An application for a patent by Thomas A.
Edison for an electric light has been passed
upon by the Patent Office, and the patent
will be issued at once.
The schooner Caledonia went ashore on
Abby island, off the Maine cOast, last week
The captain and crew, five men in all, were
lost. and two passengers were saved.
O'Conner, who figured 50 prominently in
the Ohio Legislature and WAS expelled after
doing all the dirty work the Democrats had
for HIM to do, has again been convicted of a
penitentia-v offence.
Sherc Ais answer to the British ultima
tum, concludes with declaration that he en-
tertains 10 enmty toward the British
Government that he desires to resume
former friendly relations, and will not resist
u visit OF the British Mission To Cabnl.
ten. Grant, it is reported from Washing
ton, has accepted an invitation to be the
guest of Admiral Patterson on the flagship
Richmond, which strts this month for an
Asiatic cruise. This will keep the cx-pre,i-
dent away from home another year.
At the recent Wedding of MAJOR Atwood
oi the United States army now stationed at
San Antonio. Texas. To the daughter of
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-12-13

Mr.. Tilden doesn't sigh for cipher
hunt.
The Government seems to have taken uI
the yellow fever question in earnest.
England's note to Afghanistan "W hoa,
Emir r'-Nclr York Post.
1t must have becna novel sensation to the
Administration to have its message defended
by Republicans in the House.-TriJune.
Smith, NJ. c. elect of New jersey, denies
that he is bigamist. OF course not. Who
ever knew of Congressman marrying his
mistress. The charge was perfectly absurd.
Washington Capital.
The President remarked last night to a
gentleman who called on him that "it is
much pleasanter to be acting with the party
to which you belong than to be severely cen.
sured by it, Washington SPECIAL 10 Bos.
ION Post,
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PLTEoLEUM V. Massey,
Einanseer.

FACTS FOR THE CUBIoUs. The greyhound
runs by the eyesight only, and this We OBJ
serve as a TACT. The cArrier-plgeon flies his
$50 miles homeward by eyesight namely
from point to point OF objects which he has
marked but this is only our conjecture.
The fierce dragon fly, with l2,O0O lenses in
his eye, darts from angle to angle with the
rapidlty of a flashing sword and as rapidly
darts back. not turning in the air. but with a
clash reversing the action of his wings, and
instantaneOusly calculating the distance Of
the objects, or he would dash himself to
pieces. But in what conformation of the
eye does this consist No one can answer.
cloud of 10000 gnats dance up and
down in the sun, the minutest interval be
tween them. yet no one knocks another
headlong upon the grass or breaks a leg or
wing long and delicate as they are. Sud
denly amid your admiration Of this match
less dance. a peculiarly high-shouldered,
vicious gnat, with long. pendant nose, darts
out of the rising and falling cloud, and set
tling on your cheek, inserts poisonous
sting. What possessed the little wretch TO
do this Did he smell your blood in the
may dance No one knows.
A carriage comes suddenly upon flock Of
geese on a narrow road and drives straight
through the middle Of them. A goose was
never yet ihlrly run over, nor duck. They
are under the very wheels and hoOfS, and
yet somehow they contrive to flap and wad-
die safely OIL lIabitually stupid, heavy and
indolent, they are nevertheless equal to the
emergency
Why does the lonely woodpecker when he
descends his tree and goes to drink. stop
several times ON his way. listen and look
round before he takes his daughty No one
knows How is it that the species of ant,
which is taken in battle by other ants to be
made slaves, should be black, or negro ants
No one knows.
The power Of judging of actual danger,
and the free and easy boldness which result
from II, are by no means uncommon. Many
birds seem to have a correct notion ola guns
range, and while scrupulously careful to keep
beyond it, coniine their care to this caution.
though the most obvious resource would be
TO fly right away out Of sight and hearing,
which they do not choose to do. And they
sometimes appear to make even nm unosten-
tatious use oitheir power. fairly putting their
wit and cleverness in antagonism to that of
man for the benefit Of their fellows We
lately read M account, 10y a naturalist in
Brazil, of an expedition he made to one Of
tho islands of the Amazon to shoot spoon
bills, ibises and other of the magnificent,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-12-13

The forthcoming History ana Register Of the
Spanish Merino Sheep, prepared for the Yer
mont Merino Sheep Breeders Association, by
MIR. Albert Chapman of Middlebury will be
work Of very high value to all sheep breeders.
1t will make volume Of some $50 pages, with
twenty or thirty wood cuts Of noted speci-
mems, from Consul, d" the famous Merino
ram, imported by Consul Jarvis, forty years
ago, down to " Bismarck" the ram (owned
by Mr.. Burwell, of Bridport) which was the
winner of the sweepstakes at the Centen-
NAL Exposition. A comparison of these will
show the wonderful improvement that has
been made in this wonderful breed of sheep
by Vermont breeders, Improvement which
has been as marked during the past ten years
as in any previous period. The history Of
the various impOrtatiOns and noted hJcks
will be full and highly interesting, and the
Register will be altogether the most com
plete one of blooded sheep that has ever been
prepared in this country. As illustrating
this, it may be noted that the United States
Merino Sheep Register, published by the
Ohio wool-growers, which processes to be
National affair, gives the statistics of 63
foeks. The Vermont Register will give
the statistics of 202 hOcks The United
States Register gives list of 1913 rams
the Vermont Register a list of 572 stock
rams 1t is little surprising, con-
sidering the Importance of the sheep
breeding interest of Vermont, that no
Register of Vermont improved sheep has yet
been published. The publication of this
one will undoubtedly conduee greatly to the
convenience Of buyers and sellers and to the
prosperity of the wool interest of our State
and of the country at large.
The last pages of the work are nov passing
through the presses of the FREE Pass
ASSOCIATION, and it will be Published in
January.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-12-13

The Democratic position in reference to
the Southern election frauds is tolerahly well
illustrated by the Albany Argus. The Argus
first denies that there were any frauds in the
South; second, insists that. if there were
frauds, they are only amenable to local laws :;
third, protests that the President and the
National Government and the National laws
have nothing to do with them and, fourth,
asserts that the Democrats, having the power
IN Congress, will refuse all assistance to the
President and the prosecuting authorities in
the matter. ltiisputes plain history in one
breath, and, in the next, makes itself and
its purity the champion and shield of the
Southern frauds. While all Democrats nav
not 50 boldly deny the Southern outrages,
the party in Congress and in the country
will reach the same practical conclusion.
The Democracy expects to carry all the
Southern States and the Presidency. in 1850,
by the same methods which have been so
successfully tried in the South this fall and
it will do nothing now 10 interfere with the
iull carrying out of the programme then.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-12-13

Plymouth church has at last formally ex-
communicated Mrs TlltOn.

Plymouth church has at last formally ex-
communicated Mrs. Tilton.
\ new Canadian per cent loan of g 900, :
O0O was placed on the London market, We'd
ncsday, by the Barings.
There is cOlorcd woman in Newport, Il
l., once a slave, who has acquired the mas
terry of SIX languages.
Sheep, it is said. have found more ready
sale this Fall in New Hampshire than for
many years previous.
Mr.. Sinclear Roberts, aged eighty, of
| Carter county, Ky, has christened his infant
son John Wilkes Booth.
Gov Prescott. OF New Hampshire, par
ticipated in the demonstrations at Montreal,
and was the only Governor from the Tn ted
States who went To that city 10 meet the
Marquis of LOrne.
| At the end of Murphy'S three weeks tenn
perance campaign in New York, he found
himself hity-iOur dollars out. lie thinks
total abstinence at the subscription box is
not just the thing.
The constitutional convention of California
has gone back to the Delaware plane, and
has authorized logging as punishment.
The Chinese will probably get the most of
the whippings.
An acute commentator suggests that the
antediluyian world regarded the preaching
of Noah but aS the announcements OF an
adroit advance agent, calling attention To
his mcnagoric hence everybody got lett
New Orleans once more feels something
of the Joy of life. Since the plague LETT her,
"trade," says the Democrat, "has multi
piled to Il remarkable degree. From the
head of Ninth street, down To the lowest
limit of the river front the activity seen is
almost unprecedented
Nancy Slocomb recently died at Blooming
ton, Ind at the age OF los years. Before
her death she rclapscd into II second child
hood, which was 81 complete a copy OF in
fancy that the old woman spoke of herself
as baby, delighted in toys, and was dressed
and undressed and rocked to sleep by a
daughter 6j years old, herself gray-headed
grandmother.
Commissioner Of Agriculture lie Dues
latest wrinkle is II new variety of potato.
from Peru. \ resident of Peru for some
years described the tuher's golden color and
delicious flavor to the commissioner, and
the novelty captured te Due, who cx-
poets thnt II will supcr~cdc the Irish potato.
lie has procured two-and-a-hall bushels Of
seed, and given out a few potatoes for plant
Ing.
man very much intoxicated was taken To
the station house. Why diu You not bail
him ont ?' inquired bystander OF II friend
s.I.ail him ont 90 aXglaimal tha ntlor uby
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-12-13

WHERE there's will there's way. So
thought alliterativc Miss Mary Naples, of
Norwich, Connecticut She married one
Cha-e, against her father wishes, and when
the stony parent left this world he also LETT
will, in which he bcqucathed his estate-an
immense One-to his daughter, to be given
to her when she renounced her husband
After brief season OF sorrow, Mary proved
herself worthy of the traditions of the State
OF wooden hams and nutmegs by procuring a
divorce from her husband, gaining possession
of the estate. and then-remarrying Chase.
And this idyl Of post-obit swindling is not
fgmcnt of the Imagination, but an actual
fact, the details Of which we found in the
telegraphic Dispatches of the Associated
Press, sandwiehed between an item about
the nebulOus Shere Ali and gcry despatch
concerning the Indian outbreak
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-12-13

grallatorial birds which Were most abundant
there. His design was completely baiiied,
however, by wretched little sandpiper that
preceded him, continually uttering his tell
tale cry, which at once aroused all the birds
within hearing Throughout the day did
this individual continue his self-imposed
duty OF sentinel to others. etiectually pre-
venting the approach of the fowler to the
game, and yet managing TO keep out of range
of his gun
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-12-13

a Washington special says that one Of the
managing Democratic members of the Potter
Committee says that his party, with respect
to the cipher telegrams, is in the position of
a man in the middle OF a riyer-he must
either go through, turn back or sink; ac-
cOrdingly he thinks it will be necessary to
continue the Investigation, to summon White
law Reid and to make thorough work of the
cipher business. But we venture to predict
that no thorough work will be made of any
such investigation. 1t will involve too many
leading Democrats.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-12-13

The princess's reception at Montreal was
held in the evening. The ladies of the city
had bccn oihcially reminded that their
health need not be sacrificed to etiquette.
An Advertisement appeared in the morn
ing journals to tho fleet that those ladies'
those health would not admit Of their ap-
peiring IN lOw-neckcd dresses might wear
square cut ONES ON forwarding medical
certificate to tho nIdC-dc-camp in waiting.
Dresses fastening up t. the throat were not
To be worn. Very lew ladies took adyanti ce
OF the aide dc-camp's Intervention. There
may have been some difficulty IN getting
medical certificates Of chronic Or sporadic
invaldi-m, and probably diSinclination
to have them on file with the aide -dc-camp
At all events, nearly hll tho dresses worn
wtro rccked. ard the aide de-camp's
pigeon hole IL not stuil Il with medical
pap,Is. lt may be taken Tor granted that
the tar sex in Montreal aIp asbamod neither
Of the climate nor OF their own shoulders -
Correspondence Of New York Tribune
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-12-13

Mr.. Longfellow in his character of poet
and literary lion, has had some mighty queer
guests We read of genius who went to
thank him for writing Break, Break. Break !"
a woman who had read his poems in her girl
hood and hadn't seen them since /; a man
who .'wns one of the few that had read The
Pendulum ; Frenchman who wanted to
know if that was the house where Shakes
peare was born, and an Englishman who
Thought that as there were no ruins in
America, he would call and see you SIT
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Our institutions are passing away. With
the close off heated political contest, and
the coming on Of a cold winter. we miss the
battle-cry Of the campaign newspaper. The
average campaign weekly has fulfilled the
mission for which it was created, and having
nothing further to look after, folds its tents
like the Arabs and skips up the golden stair.
The B,t',r BG-o0 and the Democratic D,g-Om
know they did all that great moral engines
could do to purify politics and save the ma
ton from disaster, and each closes its career
with the consciousness that it will live in
song and story The Iitely RiP-rolriny Re
puLhom, passes over to the shining shore,
pointing back with pride to the fact that it
was nothing bu, IFS stupendous lcks that
brought victory TO the banners of its party.
We miss the weekly yisitations OF these
friends and foes in politics, and realize that
we have seen their marginal appeal. Please
y" for the last timt.-[Oil City Derrick.