Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-12

Conkling has been too great an enemy
of the whole south to find any sympathy
among her people in his defeat. -Rich.
mond CTa.) State.
Edwin Booths famous letter on the
modern stage, lamenting that it is "open
TO every huckster of immoral gimcracks,
and stating that he never permits his
wife or daughter to witness a play until
he has ascertained its character" is re-
produced in the London Figaro. The ed.
itor welcomes it, and says This sort of
thing will commend itself to English hus-
bands. Henceforward British wives will
do well TO take Mr.. Booths advice, and
before they 60 to see a modern comedy
send their husbands to Judge whether it is
decent or not. ~. Y. Home JouruE.
The supreme court of Pennsylvania las
just decided that the wife of bankrupt
cannot be Invested of her right Of dover
ny any proceedings against her husband.
The assignee in bankruptcy of S. B. w.
Gill, absconded, sold a piece of property
in Pittsburg to Charlotte C. Lazear. The
wife claimed her right Of DOVER and the
buyer then brought suit against the assign
ee to recover the purchase money. The
court of common pleas decided that the
assignee had conveyed perfect and COM
plete title, and the case was then taken bv
a writ of error to the Supreme court, where
the decision WIS reversed, the court hold.
ing that the wife cannot be diyested of her
her right of dover save By her own act.
MI
Inc Boston IFanScFtptmakes the follow
ing pertinent observations w hat should
we say OF the French republic if it occupied
the entire interval from one presidential
election 10 another IN Investigating frauds
IN the last preceding' We are afraid we
should De arguing that that people were
not Il; lof self-government and understood
not the basic principle of Anglo-Ssxon
IioGrty-nonorab!e and peaceable voting
and SUBMISSION to the will of the majority.
We are within one year OF another pyesi-
dental election; the dispute over the last
has been understandable nono no Wv 's a'',,
be made-against the repetition OF the crisis
oil 1901.
A pretty story is told hv tbo s,,;,o,io,1
Republican of two children who won't ~
church together. They took a seat near
the front, and after the minister had got
well into his sermon the smaller child
whispered 10 his sister that he would like
10 go home. Those who sat behind them
heard the little girl tell him that he must
not 90 without asking the minister's per.
mission, so hand in hand they left their
seats and standing before the clergyman
the little chap lisped out his petition. The
minister was naturally surprised, but with
out interrupting his discourse nodded
assent. That did not satisfy the children,
and again the boy asked permission to 90
and was answered by another nod Then
the little girl, fearing the minister had not
understood her brother. said. Please, sir,
may brother and go home?" The min
ister stopped and verbally granted the
request, and with sweet thank YOU, sir"
and courtesy the children went down the
aisle together.
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=, .0'"''' '"ip0s'u mat 'o''f' OF at
Tue most hNe' persons were concerned in
burglarizing the Barre Bank-Georoe
Miles, Pete Curlev. Joe Kinqs,.,d al
another p,t :, .ao,. $780,, anu
w.. NV '''u'' 'n'' 'e'ec'iVe
", MlSsIh' VINO was employed IN that case,
AnowS OF more, II his statement relative
W 'ne barron MYSTERY, at Dexter, Me-, is
correct . IN mat case Detective Dearborn
asserts tnat barron the treasurer of the