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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-07-05

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i' "i"'" 'oupH S'nSo 1" '"e i'iio"
ing remarks upon the adjournment OF Con
gresS, made by the Newark On. J.) Adver-
f,sey. and we c,mmonJ ,bem IN tho Pcr,b-
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''."'' u '"'' i7'i'o'' 10 '"'S a'o "o''' "
select Representative m congress
1t is time to stop anu think to ponder,
weigh and sift. \ Representative i, rarely
better or worse than the people who send
him. and when thirty thousand people find
that they have sent Il blockhead or black
yuard to speak for them, they are not to lie
ashamed OF him but OF themselves he is but
the moral mirror in which they can see their
own weaknesses and fnllir,. There NAV be
isolated cases where constituencies make
blunders and elect men below the average of
themselves, hut this cannot largely happen.
Neither is it valid excuse that coed men
do not pull the wires at political meeti ngS
and caucuseS. Those who do not strive to
put out Il fire are equally culpatle with those
who kinile it, and men whu are too sluggish
to yet out of the way of malaria. nr to re-
move the causes. are as liable to the conse-
ouences As the creators Of nuI-anees and the
proprietors of stagnant ponds
Parties, in this matter of representa- ton, ,
are not under consideration. It is Il uue<-
tion of the character Of the people. oi tle
tone of public sentiment. of our yirtue, in
tellect and patriutism. Are we retrnyadinr &?
Is it sufficient to abuse the men we have sent
to Washington? Not il we elect as bad or
worse mrn in their places. Ii is easier to
yo down hill than 10 go up. SAYS Il wise
morali,t LET 90 thy hold when a great
wheel runs down the bill. lest it break thy
neck with following it but the great one
that goe. un the hill let IL ,;raw thee after ."
We have been holding ON To the political
wheel that is running down hill about long
enoupb we have been satisfied t, be repre-
sented hy men without character. con>i--
tcncv mr. anv uf those rreat ouaIiries which
add lustre to the forum and safety 10 the
committee room. and it Is well I'd s,op be-
fire "a, reach haitian Ko,suth said that
..hi-t,rv IL the revelation Of Providence. D."
and while tbe history of the mast may NOT b,,
a rle,s,nt on, I, e,nt,mplnt,. there will h,
a Providence in it if VIC Law lis lessons to
heart
IL shows that there is somethin,, radically
wrnnp when we rend :, chorns of wishes in
ali rho ,r,,crs tb.t r,r,,r,ss ,v,,,lJ ,,Ji,rrn
and On bnme. and AN euu,l charm. of e,n-
,,r,tnI,ti,ns when il had dsp, -, Their.
are freely prnpnunrtd opinions now that it
wonIj L.. - ,,n,d thi,., Lar tLr r,.untrv If
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-07-05
The American Commune.

Here is IL specimen of the infammatory
appeals sent out by the National Greenback
party, and containing the essence of all
foOlshne~s and vilhiny
Young Men Of The West and fls South -
We can clean all ol those Eastern pirates
out of homes and the property they have
stolen. We can unite and whip them To
reason and to 4 comprehension of the right.
We can leave the country northeast OF the
Allegheny mountains to pay the national
debt. We can unite and make the South
west the garden OF the world. We can
open the Mississippi river and Goat our bIl-
lions OF produce down Its waters to market.
We can send our surplus products to lOreign
countries by way ui Southern
cities. With the proceeds we eau line the
West and South with new railroads, open
new mines, and make the E.lst bowling
wilderness IN which will roam the ghosts of
the witch-burners and of those Puritans who
made fortunes in supplying the South with
slaves stolen from the coast of Africa. We
cin do ali this, and you will take this for
your repisI in the near future il You do not
burn your ill-gotten bonds and let the
people live Organize Grecnhack clubs,-
with hiNunvts IN reserve.
In the organization Oi Grecnhack clubs,
VIC counsel every ablc-bodied member of
these organizations to become aS proficient a5
possible IN the manual OF arms. In time OF
peace it is well To prepare for war. la esery
srecnback stub there should he Il drill-mas-
ter-that i. IN every club Whose members
are brave enough to stand at all times, un-
der all circumstances to defend their rights
rs citizens. We, the people, are in
rebellion against the untaIed nobility of this
country We, tho people, propose t. have
our rights. reaceahly and hy means of the
ballot, If possible,-by the hayonet. ii We
must.
Eastern people having homes and proper
ty which they do not care to be ''cledned
out" of, will do well to notice what are the
ultimate aims of these anarchists. and to
consider to what extent such party should
be encouraged 10 cur free land.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-07-05

The new number Of the International Re-
Uey contains an article on Industrial Re
construction by Mr. Edward Atkinson,
who takes the ground that this country is
on the eve of such an era of prosperity as no
man can forestc. lie says that the capacity
of the United States under the conditions
which now exist. or which will shortly be
realized, may perhaps he imagined by some
pnsuine men, bat cannot be realized by the
community until the evidence is before their
own eyes" Mr.. Atkinsnn'S theory OF the
cause Of our disasters is. in brief, this The
war did not. upon the whole, make the
country poorer, or at least the country
emerged from it with more actual, that is
producing, capital, than it had at the begin
ming. The war demand was followed by a
fictitious demand, induced by the railroad
mania and corporate extrayagance. When
these had run their course 1t was discovered
that much Of the capital 50 acquired was
misplaced, and Its pro ductioh could lot be
used to advantage FcIm this began the
decline and depression which some men had
been predicting for years, and which has
become general. Its effect l., through dis
organization Tor the time being, to effect re-
distribution ul labor suited to the new con-
dtinns. and when this is accomplished the
country may resume its former rate Of pro-
grcss Mr.. Atkinson believes that this has
nearly ur quite taken place, and he regards
the signs Of the times as favorable TO an
early restoration Ot prosperity. With the
restoration Of Il sound currency, On which
Mr. Atkinson lays great stress; with an
active demand from abroad for MANY articles
which We can produce in unlimited quantI-
ties at prices which will permit them to be
marketed with decreased production OF
articles of domestic consumption. and with
II revived habit OF personal, municipal ami
government economy, leaving to producers a
larger surplus to be retained, there Is
scarcely hOund that can be set to the rate
or the extent OF the accumulation of wealth
in this country.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-07-05

Ii THERE ever has been solemn duty
devolving upon a Congress since the founda-
ton Of the Government, it was the duty of
the NLNth Congress to devise means of
making repetition of the electoral con-
troyer>y Of lS76-'1I forever impossible.
Few who did not spend the Winter alter
the last Presidential election in Washing
ton know how narrow was the country :
escape from civil war. The defects in our
electoral system out of which the entire con-
troyerSv grew have not been recently discoy-
ered They had caused the counting of the
votes of 1869 and 1873 to he attended with
great excitement and some danger. and mad
convinced every thoughtful statesman that
the time would certainly come, unless a
remedy was devised, when the peace of the
country would be placed in jeopardy by Il
dispute over the counting Oi the electoral
vote. Senator Morton was perhaps more
deeply impressed with this danger than
any other public man, and lahOred earnest
ly Tor four years to induce Congress to make
the necessary changes in tho laws. Finally
the crisis came, and the country barely
escaped all the horrors of another civil
strife through the calmless and patriot
ism of statesmen of both political parties.
The means by which the controversy was
settled can never ngain he resorted to. That
is universally admitted. Nothing, there
fure, can be more criminal than to allow the
country To- drift along into another similar
contest 1t was the duty of this Congress
to take this question in hand and to deal
with it boldly and promptly. 1t ought to
have been disposed OF during the long ses-
sion which has Just now closed. The events
of the preyionS year were still fresh i'll
the minds Of the people. No candi
dates for the next Presidential cleo
tion arc vet in the field. Their
names have hardly been suggested, even in
private political circles. No oLe could
iorcsec that either political party would gain
any advantage by the adoption OF any well
maturcd pian-and there was time enough
tn deal with the question with the utmost
dclihcration. Nor was the subject 50 novel
aS to make it present unusual difficulties.
1t has been discussed for years by some oi
the nbles; men in the country, and the
fruits of their Investigations were all ac-
crssiblc. Next Winter the session Is only
three months in length. and will be en-
tircly occupied in passing under high
pressure those measures that are absolutely
necessary to keep the wheels of the Govern
ment moving nnd the first session Of the
ALIlth Congress will be the Presidential
session, when it will be in vain to hope for
legislation On this subject The failure of
Congress to do its duty during the eight
months that have just passed probably
means, therefore, that We shall 80 into an
other PRESIDENTIAL c.lmI aign with the pSs>i-
bility of its being followed by another elec-
toral controversy and the tremendous conse-
qucnccs Of failure To ADJUST it,. Mes York
Tribune.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-07-05

WoNDEEFUI ExnIHIIIuN OF M,EKMANsHIr.
Dr carver made II remarkable display Of
his skill Ms mnrk>man Mt New Haven.
Thursday. using Winchester repeating rifles
First he u'ionishcd the people hy smashing
balls thrown directly at him from point 81
feet away These he broke Just before they
reached him. Then some were thrown high
IN the air. and they were broken 10y the nile
balls, ont of 100 balls thrown up 30 feet
AWAY lac succeeded IN breaking ~ Next
trade dollars were thvown up 10 feet IN the
mir 10 feet away OF L. he Int %. Each one
hit flew from 100 to juO feet with II loud buzz
and at once II hundred boys were digging in
the grass for it. Most ct the dollars had
holes clean through them. Later he began
the l,nt of breaking 200 balls Ill ~ MN
utrs. thrown up ~ itet away. The first 2un
were broken IN IL minutes and 20 srrundS
tie first 500 were broken in exactly 30 min
utes, and IN 60 minutes he had hrokcn SIG
After working over threc-quartcrs Of an
hour ON Tins feat he made II run of ST con
stcutiye balls without misses, ~ at which
were broken in one minute Seeing that hc
had time enough, he would occasionally
shoot ut passing swallow or fire three times
at the same bull Only ~ minutes bad
passed when he broke the luO0th ball lie
continued shooting Tor some time aiterward
at small stones thrown high IN the air, which
the hall would break into many pieces, and
then exhibited his skill with pennies and tive
cent pieces, which generally disappeared
with the bullet.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-07-05

t"'NIil tIi ,"'N. 1t "o"iu ha'uiy 10
S"ilu7'" 'i'' >" i'iH. At, n'io"i' Us wv nh,
non "'i'''ia :" .i''' a,,.' '."" so
com Is now ana" 'n '"t' '"un's, u"' au. IL
ACCORDING l" inc 'Stii'h'eol '''nsuiy eAPe'S'
Is 'Ht i'''' amt n'"''nui, INV u''i 10 Gun
stahtiN increasing Inns spurious ii"hs!
passes ihi"nSh 'h"us'ins "i ihh"''i' hiil'is'
"hti hnniiN IL Is 'aH"i III ''r ih'shtS "i 'ilI
net lIin hy ihr SECRET s'N"e vi Is i''"s'''"I"
10y lynA-ry'd expert IA some iafHe p"ih-
ihth th" u'l"I'uh'' h'ih'r pt'o'heS tno
victim "i Tue '"hhierI'itrl t. hhliiil iaS'aii'y. :.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-07-05
IRAsBuRGH. June %, lS7s

lRAsBu RGH, June %, 1878.
To the Editor Of the Free Press AMI Times:
| nave read your paper with much interest
since District politics have been discussed.
The people OF this county had great cause
for alarm, at first, from the manner in which
Mr. BnlOw's emissaries opened the cam
paign. They feared for Il while that the
bad elements would get control Of the prim-
airy meetings and secure the delegates for
Mr. Blrlo@. But this fear has vanished.
The cloycn-foot has shown itself. A Catho-
lie priest has been einyassing in this Sec
ton, and hear that Il mau, nameI Rand,
residing in this county. has been paying out
money for Mr.. Barlow in this county, and
when he had not the money, he would d.
rect bills to be charged to Mr.. Barlow.
This Mr.. Rand is said t. be a brother
of Hon. Jasper Rand, of St. Adams. who is
an old political chum of Mr.. Barlow and
violent Democrat. 1t is stated here that
Mr. Jasper Rand and Mr.. Barlow attended
the St. Louis Democratic National Conyon-
ton in 1876, wien Tilden was nominated,
and were advising with each other about
the nominations How much proof do the
Republicans of this Congressional District
want to convince them that your statements
in regard to MIR. Birlow's Democratic inS-
elnations arc well founded? | am not q
prophet. but | will express the belief
that if Mr.. Barlow Is elected to Congress
then the Messrs. Rand, Bradley B. Smalley.
and few other Democrats, will control
many of the appointments to Federal office
in this District. Republicans need not
have any fears ii they will attend the pri-
mary meetings and elect genuine Republi-
cans a delegates tn the convention. In this
vicinity we all understand that the election
of member Of Congress really takes place ut
ed To ehUOsc cahdidate,-the frceman's
meeting merely ernhrming the nominations.
viii not the Republican. of the District
rplly to these caucuses and take this impor-
tant mat ter into their own hanis and H.
struct their delegates TO vote for true, re-
liable Republican, who will stand by those
who have fuug5t, blei and died for the prin-
eiples of the Republican party? Will they
allow the fruits Of the rebellion to be placed
in the hands of such men? Ii they do, our
fighting will have been in win.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-07-05
Every Year.

BY ALBERrPIKE.
The spring has less OF brightnDss
Every year,
And tho snow sbastlier whiteness
Every year,
Nor do summer flowers quicken.
Nor autumn fruiiage thieken,
Every year.
Its growing darker, colder,
Every year.
As the heart and soul grow older,
Every year
care not now for dancing,
Or for eyes with passion glancing,
Love is less and less entrancing-
Every year.
Of the love and sorrOws blended
Every year
OF the charms Of friendship ended
Every year
OF the ties that still nj ght bind me,
Until time TO death resigned me,
My iniirmities remind me-
Every year.
All how sad to look before us
Every year;
While the cloud grows darker DER us
Every year
When we see the blossoms faded,
That TO bloom we might have aided,
And immortal garlands braided
Every year.
To the past 20 more dead trees
Every year
As the loved leave vacant places
Every year;
Every where the sad eyes meet US,
In the evenings dusk they greet Us,
And to come to them ent:eat US
Every year.
"You are growing DID," they tell US,
Every year;
You are more alone" they tell US,
Every year;
You can win no new affection,
You have only recollection.
Deeper sorrow and detection,
Every year."
Yes the shores OF life are shifting
Every year,
And We are seaward drifting
Every year ;
Old places, changing, fret us;
The living more forget US,
There are fewer to regret us,
Every year.
But the truer life draws higher
Every year
And it, morning star climbs higher
Every year
rarth's hold on US grows slishter,
AMI the heavy burdens lighter,
And tho dawn immortal brighter,
Every year.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-07-05

WASHINGTON pFSrATCuES say that the cx-
animation OF Mrs. jerks before the Potter
committee was as good a. show. She was
quiet, cool, thoroughly self ll-posscSscd, and Of
ten turned the laugh on Batter and MacNla-
hon. Her testimony went to overthrow that
part of the Democratic case which is founded
upon the alleged Sherman letter. She tc>ti-
fed that she undertook to deliver the Andcr-
Son-W cher request for guarantees To Shcr-
man. That instead Of doing 81 she caused u
rel ly TO 1t to he prepared, debating it her
self, and took it to Weber, and that Sherman
knew nothing whatever about the
matter. As to Anderson, while she regard
cd him the sublimest villain on earth, she
still thought he had always hon
cstly believed that the letter she
brought back to Weber and HIM gcnuiuc
The Democrats expect to enutrovcrt her hv a
number OF witnesses to whom she has sand
ut various times that she hud had nr seen
the original Sherman letter. Still the Demo
crats think tins part oi their case gone since
they are convinced that Mrs. jerks, who
knows the truth. whatever it l., would not
swear a. she has unless she was certain that
no original, granting there Is one, could be
produced.
The Democrats intimate that, after they
have completed the Florida case. they will
be ready with new branch OF the subject
that will fix the attention of the country.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-07-05

Docs ON EERANDs OF MERCY.-The
suggestion OF the Hehr ZeitUng is that
race of dogs should be attached TO armies
in their campaings, or at least 10 the corps
OF ambulance service attending upon
them, and that after every battle the dogs
in question should be sent forth TO range
over the field OF battle in search Of those
wrctched wounded soldiers who have
not been killed outright. but who have
hidden themselves in some refuge, and
after figuring in the list of missing men
too often perish miserably before any re-
lief can find them out 1t seems that the
idea of employing dogs in tins way is bv
no means Il new one, but was brought
forward two wears ago AT Dresden. where
some dogs qualified Tor this purpose were
shown in au exhibition. Since that time
experiments have been by means of cross
ing the St Bernard with other races with
view 10 obtaining the most suitable
breed, and a very satisfactory result is
said To have been arrived at 10y the Ger
man ianciers. The precise mode of en-
ploying the animals on their bcnciccnt
mission is described in the Vienna. paper
which explains that the dog i furnished
with leather collar and plate, having
marked upon it his number and the div
ision of the army to which he is attached,
and the Geneva Cross. To this collar i
suspended 4 small leathcrn bag, contain
ing pencil and slip oi paper, and even 4
little lantern in case oi his being sent ont
at night. The wounded man, upon being
found. opens the bag and writes his name
if he can upon the paper, together with
the nature OF his injuries, and on the re-
turn of the animal TO the ambulance aS
sistance is sent under it, guidance 10 the
spo. where the sufferer is concealed
Limit aHd Water.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-07-05
Notes and Notes.
The Potter committee shows signs of hay

The Potter committee shows signs of hay
ing sat down on something sharp.
Mrs jerks think tho Widow Butler is
"Just beautiful" >" and "when he smiles he
is perfectly lovely" But when he sits up
straight and tries to look important, then he
is simply horrid."
Little Mae, Governor of New Jersey, is
growing great by degrees-by college de-
grees. Princeton College made him an
LII. ID.
Colonel Forney, in his last letter from
Paris to the Philadelphia Press, declares
that "a drunkard in the French Assembly
is unknown" This shows that the mon-
arches on the other side have yet many
things to learn from our young Republic.
The testimony of Marshal Pitkin disposed
of any vestiges Of credibilty remaining in
the recent testimony of James Z. Anderson.
The Democratic papers which have the
audacity to commend the general course of
the Democratic House are extremely scarce.
A rumor is current in Washington that
Tilden and Potter are both sick of the inyes-
tigation business, and trying to devise some
excuse for letting it drop.
Aeck Stephens, in his letter Of protest
against the Potter investigation, predicted
that it would prove lamentable tragedy or
a contemplate farce. The second alterna-
tive is already realized.
The story of Mrs. jerks seems to have i'm
pressed Gen. Butler. lie said, on Wednes-
dav, that there was no evidence whatever
that MIR. Sherman had anything whatever to
DO with the so-called Sherman letter.
1t is now generally believed that Mrs.
jerks wrote out, or dictated all of But
ler's questions for him in advance, so that
she could utterly coniound and crush him
with every answer. That's the way it
works, Anyhow. Y. Graphic.
This ridiculous Investigation is not likely
to make Mr.. Potter Governor of New York,
but it is likely to give him sufficient oceu-
patton in governing his temper for the next
six months. Mr.. Tidcn will be a more
bigoted old bachelor than ever after this
dreadful experience Tribune.
Thirteen lawyers are engaged in Yer
mont divorce case. The prospect that JUS
tice will be done is correspondingly small
Boston Herdld
a sober member of the House, who took
note Of its closing proceeding, says that one
Republican and twelve Democratic members
were very much intoxicated; they made a
good share Of the noise and disgraeed them
selves. As to the other members, they were
pretty nearly all worn out for want Of sleep,
and as no business was TO be done except
waiting, some OF them cut up various
pranks and made unseemly demonstrations.
-TrOv Times.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-07-05
General Notes.

Pope Leo will soon publish volume Of
his poems.
The starving laborers os Quebec broke
into flour store and stole four hundred bar
rels of flour, but instead of wheeling the food
to their starving wives and children, they
sold it to grocers at $l.50 barrel and in
vested the money in whiskey.
1t looks as though the Republicans Of
Pennsylvania opposed to Don Cameron will
unite upon Gov. llartranft for United States
Senator. They might 90 further and fare
very much worse.
The Janesville (Wis) Record declares for
ex-senator Matt Carpenter as the successor
of Mr.. Howe. and adds that many who
worked hard for his defeat three years since
are now his warmest supporters.