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Nermoni Not an ENceplIon.

The lecture Of Rev. Joseph Cook in this
city. Wednesday evening, wa- a iorcible
setting forth Of the possible anu probable
future growth Of our country in population
and material greatness ard solemn and
most valuable warning Of tie Ierll- already
threatening the Republic, and likely If not
checked to grow even faster than it docs.
No hearer could have failed to be deeply
impressed with the tremendous danger in
which the Nation stands from the madness
of communism, the unscrupulOus power VI
ring. and vast corporations, and the Ameri-
can deifc ,tijn of wealth AMI sm sr;neS-, at
the cost Of principle. Tie SPEAKER, as maLy
speakers do. eJmplimented our S;ate as
almost model commonwealth, purer than
the average Of the American c, Inmunties and
freed by the chardetero Of itS Population from
most of the dangers which pres upon other
States and upon the country as whole. A
year ago, every VcrmOntcr would probably
have accepted the tribute with sra'ifei
self-compaeency. But now, many man in
his audience must have felt like rising 10 his
seat and begging the lecturer to spare the
blustes of his hearers AMI withhold praise
50 undeseryed that it amounted to a rebuke.
The political campaign Of last Fall in this
Congressional District, showed but too con-
clusiyely and sldIy the fact that Vermont no
longer presents al exception 10 the wide and
successful exercise Of money, ring-ruie and
corruption in elections. y third PIrt Of
Vermont-nay the VIII be State, for every
Representative represents the entire
S.ate-is represented to day in Congress
by a man vino owes his place exactly to the
evil inf h1enec- 81 iJreibly described by Mr..
Cook to his money, gdinei in unscrupliOus
ways to the influence Of powerful railroad
corporations secured solely bJ his money to
corruption, OF persons and presses, on
scale uninterrupted and unheard Of before IN
our State to praise and bOw.ug-dOwn 10
his snlartncss. on the part Of many men who
could not be bought. one source Of danger
much dwelt on by Mr.. Cook-the massins
of isnorane, and vice in large cities-did
not find exemplifelti1n il this case. We
have no large cities, and the largest city in
the State KEEP. its skirts well clear OF reSpon-
sibiliry for the wrong. But the other in
| ilueuces namel had fall swing. and
have sent to Washington to represent
our Green Mountain State, man
whoa we would not paint in
color. shade darker thIn tho trGth re
quires. 10 whose generosity, frank AID pop
ular social manners and personal kindilne>~
to his friends We have often borne testimony
who Is not the worst man in the world, but
| who (while not a. bad 4 MN a. thcy) has
thus far represented in his personal and
political career tine methods OF jim Fisk
and Boss Tweed and whose present atiilla-
tions and financial opinions ally him with
the faction in Congress and in the country,
which is the hope and encouragement o!
the American commune. Sad and shameful
as this Is, it Is the fact, and while it remlins
yermonters may well decline to accept
praise for exceptional political purity.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-04-04

la the Cu,cri, of the Boston Transcript
a good old story Of A,tor Is retold One of his
capt .ins tad >ailrd -ix voyages to China with
out 4 cnr' nomcrcr, d'pending on dead
reckoning and lunar-;' uSt before start
ing on his cyonth voyage he suggested to Mr..
A~tor that it would be safer to have a chroro-
meter well, get one said the mer-
chant The captain did 50, and entered its
coStgln his account current. When Astor 5
eye fell upon the item he drew his pencil
through it. the captain CxpOstulated.
Tam 1t man. said A-tur,'l tOlt You to get
one; tint -ay Id pay for 1t" The captain
severed his connection with AStOr then and
there, wen; into Wall street, engaged with
other owIcrs. ard before night was in COM
mand Of IL fine ship a. ever fJated in
New York. beautiful bay. In three days
she was ready for sea, and set sail. At the
same time A-tor'> ship, under the command
OF a new captain. set sail also. They had a
race for Hong Kong, but the captain, who.
jacob A,o-. BS Keeping hss te aIes'htESed g John
braces, took advantage of every puff OF wind ..
and won by three days. Then there was live
" work The ship was loaded in the short
est time possible, and before AstOr's vessel.
which arrived meantime, was half loaded,
oar captain weighed anchor, and with iull
cargo of tea, set sail Ior Sandy Hook, arrived
in good time, got his ship alongside the wharf
and began hoi~ting out of his cargo, which
was sold 10y auction on the spot. This glut-
ted the market, for the consumption was
comparatively small in those days, and when
Astor's ship came in price had fallen. Two
days later, a. the captain was saunterlng
down Broadway, he met his ioimer employer.
- How much dad dat chroI meter cost YOU y
asked the latter "Sx hundred dollars.
"Ncll, said Astor, dat vi~ cheap. 1t cost
me sixty torsand tollars." The merchant
and the catpain have long since paid the
long reckoning. but that chronometer i still
good timekoeper and a treasured relic, as
we'll
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A UERNIT's DAUGHTER MIs:ISG.-0n
Long Point, two miles south OF Pough-
ktepsie, on the east shore, is a lCw-rUo!ed
hat built Of stOhe Inslde IL stove, a
bunk. table, lamp, some books and
papers, and a dJy and eat. The hut Is
occupied by an eccentric man about so
years of age, who gives his name as Syn
mott, and he il known ss Tho Hermit OF
speaks several languages. lie appeared
there about three years ago. lie had with
him u little girl who was then | years of
age. ard he said she was his daughter
Daring the Winter he subsisted by fishing
through the ice. His daughter became Il
regular attendant at the Sun1ay-schOol Of
the First Reformed Church, walking over
two miles To school every Sunday morn
ing. On Friday last, she lett the cabin to
cJme to town. and has not been seen since
She was last seen by little girl who
knew her, entering the house of a nOtOri-
Gus rutian in Church street. who goes by
the name Of Big Rose" The latter :
huu-e has been searched carefully and
"Bia Rose has been questioned closely,
but not Il single clue TO the child has been
lhtaILtd Her school mates speak Of her
a. handsome ard smart. and she had many
lritLtS among them. One theory Is that
she his become tired OF the isolated life
the Old man haS led hrr into, and has
sought better home. Another Is one
held hy the polic,, that dr reputable
persons, knowing her apparently friend
less Condition, have secreted her Tor a lite
of crime and shame. The old hermit ap-
pears at police headquarters daily to
ascertain il anything has been heard from
his child.
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Is 1876, in the First and Second COrgres-
sional Districts of Ohio, into which the city
of Cincinnati Is divided, two Democrats,
Sayler and BInning, were declared elected to
Congress. 1t was soon made apparent that
the result was secured by system of iraut-
ulent voting, organized by Democratic poll
ticians and executed by gamblers and rufhans,
some Of whom were sentenced to the penl-
tcntiary for their share in these frauds. In
the election of last year the national election
law was invoked. Supervisors we're appointed.
in equal numbers from each party as the law
requires, and the registration and voting
were carefully serutinized. The result was
a noticeably smaller vote than two years
before, the falling off being chiefly on the
Democratic side, and the election of two Re
pablicans, one of whom, Butterworth, was
elected by a majority of JIG. though Sayler,
the Democratic candidate in 1876, had
al apparent majoritY of nearly hSe
hundred. There was some buster,
of course, about the infamous Federal cleo
ton laws on the part of the Democrats,
but the emptiness Of that kind of talk was
made apparent By the fac: that neither OF
the Democratic candidates took any steps to
contest TIE election, though the Democratic
House would have gone almost any lengths
to seat them. For political effect. however,
some of the Democratic politicians in Gin
cinnasi prepared a memorial to Congress,
fortified by number of papers purportlng to
be affiiavits, in which it was alleget that
the Republican candidates had openly
bough. votes, and that various criminal acts
had been committed by supervisors. mar
shals, and other Officers Of the national Gov
ernment, to prevent Democrats from voting
But as soon as a copy of the memorial was
published in the Cincinnati papers, the
siyuers began to be heard from. One after
another tclesraphed to Washington that he
had not intended to sign any such paper.
that he did not believe its statements to be
true, and he had supposed he was signing
remonstrance against retaining the super
visor law. The leading Democrats in Con-
gress had to admit that the memorial was a
villainous trick. The United States Dis
trict Attorney in Cincinnati promptly sum
monet the signers OF the affilavits before the
grand jury, with view to prosecuting the
accused persons, if the charges should be
sustained. The upshOt was that not one OF
the witnesses could testify to any abuses,
and the only action the grand jury can
take will be to lndict some Of the signers OF
the memorial for criminal libel. The
a ~. 40 "a ,rn eff the
United States election laws, and the differ
ence between Democratic and Republican
-,
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NUMBER 40.

OUR dispatches from Washington rspre-
sent the back bone of the Republican admin
istration and of the party in Congress, as
reasonably firm. Secretary ESarts alone
shows any indication of spinal weakness :;
and he is probably the only member of the
Cabinet who supposes that his chances to lie
President would be improved by breakup
of existing parties, and reorganization on
new lines. The President and Cabinet and
the Republican party are charged not only
with the protection of the ballot-box but
with the preservation of the constitutional
safeguard Of the veto-pOwer and they can
not shake off the responsibility. We trust
they will do their full and straightforward
duty, without regard to consequences and
if it becomes necessary to call upon the
country for the means to support the army
by voluntary contributions, let that alterna-
tive be accepted rather than an iguOmlnious
surrender to or compromise with the Con-
federate government Iesuscitated in the halls
of Congress.
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The Tomb of heats In the Protestant Cemetery
at Rome.

'0l'' '0'''' Ut '''
Three years ago the tomb OF Keats IN the
Protestant cemetery had fallen into soch DIS
repair that Miss Burlle Frern, an American
lady, Miss Clarke and Sir Vincent Eyre took
steps to have it renovated, G"i the money
collected for the purpose not only sufhced to
-, ,,,,l;,,l,,, Ill ,,;,l. "a medallion of
iuolH 'lic ""J'e.H' wan "''' q" ~
the poet tiof when, bN the way, the soup
tor. Mr.. Warrington Wood, declined all re-
munerotionN but left n sum in hand. which
Sir Vincent has happily dedicated to sun
further commemoration OF the poet. In
keeping with the practice so wo1thlly OBJ
served hV the Roman town council OF mark
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=.
OLe eyenin. in the month Of May.
For recreation | did stray.
10 gaze on natures r,ch array,
1 lInwer'l in shade,
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The SPlkIr or DEMOCRACY.
"a .s.EA1 .sr3,s ,sgEHEETO.R
Ta0$6ags n H0gemberS4 1870.
NE.AE u. I..
Yaiises That Book Alike.
! &ka JBurliVyitt, I, Ii.lw,eye.t

& s@S@ fBurlfugt'a fiawaeye.I ss ~ Z
If the trunk manufsc nrrrs no not Qni
making SD manv thousands OF valisrt
exactly alike, somah,dy is gning t. ge'
into lsoue awful ouhle ,shoag il. conn.
time, anil same trdhk maker will ne sued
fnr damages enough 10 build a court
house. .AeeT ~ "a
The othrr tisv anAomHihas full Of pas
sengers drove up town from the Unipn
Dsp Side bv side satsa commercial
usyslrr, named. William Macahy,. and
Mrs Winnie {. Oumbleton, the eminent
la,iy temperance lecturer. When the
omnibus reached the Barret House the
commercial missionary seis"d his valiae
and started out The lsriy made grab
after him and he haliea. .,.-....'.
Il beg Your PARDON" she said, "but
you have my wallis" {
You srecertainlv mistaken, madam. !"
the traveller said, courteously but firmly ;
"his is mine" q & "a Z Asi35 q -
No, .sir.r the lady replied firmly, "it
is mine. I Soula know T. among thou
sand. You must NOT take it." 1f9A
But the traveier persisted and the Iadv
insisted, and they came verv near quar-.
raline Presently one of the passer gers
pointed to . twin valse in the omnibus,
ss ssSSsSssSt',. ssS' sn., ,s 3YSA 10
VI, is II mine," said the traveller, 81,
is jast hke 3 I,,hpt this 10 mine " ~ q
- ~ - "a r ., -. -
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The New Postal Card.

& sTynerg gherossal csrd agent. At HoI-
Yoke, Mnss.e has received fortv steel
plates engraved with the d<slQn for the
proposed two-cent international card
adopted hS the postal iunior, II can he
sent to al countries represented in the
union, Including about all Of Europe,
China, Japan, Brazil, etc. The design
necessarily contains more printing than
She preaent card, snd has border some
thing iike the old one At the top are
che words, Universal Postal Union," a
little curved, and repeated in French in
smaller type hentath Then come the
word', in hohtyrersU United rS,ates gaf
America." also repeated in French, and
then the line. in English only, .'write
only ths address on this side " The
stamp is wel-designed head Of Liber.
~. surrounded by an elliptical border
With figure "2" ON each side, and the
Nords ~ s. Pestal Card" srountlit -
fhecsdskrill hegin tebe issued early
nsxt month
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DOings of Temperance Fanatics
Two Saloons Wrecked and Other 4


DOings of Temperance Fanatics
Two Saloons Wrecked and Other q
slhre.tened. q segooss raa
FREDEkicKTowN, OHlo, Oct 25 - For
days past Iumois have been in circula-
tlon That Certain ladies were prepared a.
tear down ell the drinking saloons in
this place E,ry this morning the Bap-
list church b. Il tolled, and there assem-
hied fifteen women, s.l arIi,e,i vii h hatch.
ee, Annrganization wns soon sffected
AM they proceeded directly to Kally's
saloon.
Ell. R,ndall, the bartender, had heard
OF ,eiI eofniug in advance, locked the
sslonnsahdI retired a short Idistance.-!
Without waiting a moment after their
arrival, the, mob battered In. the viii.
ftows the d"ot soon svielded, and in
Toured the women and in An instant the
heads OF whi, sky, vine and gin barrels
Were knocked in and the contents pour
Ell up n the fhor. Desan era and bot.
ties we're emp,ied and broken, and in
less ,han ten minutes the whole es,ah
llshmsnt. was completely gutted, The
coun,e e we're chopped down, beer cases
and total wreck was made of
everything. 83t,4I4 = tIt
OC,nner's saloon, Immediately across
the street, was next visited. 0 Conner
lad locked up and stood before his door.
The women demanded that bis whisky.
&c, he brought out and destroyed,
threatening to, serve bis windows and
d,ors rs they had K,lley's i he did not
open The, place. o Conner reused to
do tits. bul offered to take his goods 10
the drpo, anu ship them away IL they
would not modest them This was
not agreed to, and two barrels were re.
moved, which O7Cann,r claimed was all
that he had, bul the women thought dit
ferrntly, and went and destroyed everv
bottle, decsn,er, cask and jug in The
huiItirg No damage was, however,
done 70 the, building. and, but little to
the furniture here
y The drug stores OF C Hnssack and
Wicker q Vincent. and Wells bakery,
where beer Is sold, were next visited and
we're warped that il thei,
liqnors were not cut Of town nv Mon
day morning, they would ponr ib. m out
4 There has been a tremendous feeling
aroused :, Both. sides have friends =
Kelly has sworn out warrants for The
aftest ofthe women, which will be serv |
ed ON Mondav. The end is not yet.
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R The nervous mother OF a brigh,
little hoy was alarmed lest he should
take the whooping-cough, which prevail
sd in the neiyhborhovd.
She talked so much about it, and wor.
ried over it, that she had infected the
child with her Gears to such an extent
that he would scarcely leave her side -
One night after the little fellow had been
put to bed and to sleep, donkey was
driven past the house, and when just op.
posise, SET ups his shehaw With shriek
the little fellow was ont of bed, scream
ing at the top of his voice, "Tbe whoop-
ing-coneh is coming, mamma; tie
whooping-cough is coming"
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II army chap as the girl raid tt
her military love Bangor Commercial
That's where you soldier self" b,
rrots hack when heelopfd with another
girl = 0ttaroy Repnbhcdn @This ma,
be trooper haps. Husssr Tor the Other
girl Boston Post Some militias mis-.
phie at the hottom Of It. no doubt
I'hild. Bulletin It's the regular thing 81
corps for FELLOW to keep company will
one gill.-Post. ut is man al
want" said the little brigade dear; shut
keepitlprivate, / want an offer sir, and
ms. ket one "-Boston Bulletin She wsr
. banged up girl, and ! swor have her.
J. We are net in the habit of using q
large amount Of what Jake Kemple calls
"tafia, ond-for fear that there might b.
charge made that we were using the
article we xhstainedt f. ON saving alI We
felt in regard to cur Wheeling broth
rem Out west thew use tour degrees OF
comparisor-positive, comparative, su-
nerlalive and subnorious. The last de
gree is all the rest, land then some
The w heeling ties are In the fourth de
grec-ssubnorious."- ."-Nese NartinsuiUe
II sssengcr -
Several men latelv swan the Missis-
sippi River abpveiNsw Orleaps onsa wa
ger. A repsr rterA on the race Z says,
"None, Of them seemed to he putting
forth much effort till it was discovered
that an alligator had struck out from
shore as q competitor, and then.-weIl,
ever man did bis hest to keep the alliga-
tor from carrying off the stakes"
Tea leaves stepped, not boiled, for
halt an hour in tin pan, and strained
through sieve. will gise liquid useful
to wash all vanished paint. 1t removes
spots, s,and gives fresher, newer appear
ance than when soap aid water. are used
For white paiDt, take up small quantity
of.whiting on damp piece nf old white
flannel, and rub over the surface lightly,
and IL will leave the paint remarkably
bright and new. ,ttsnf 81 y.gai.i.ll 4~a
Some time back lady and her little
daughterlwere awaiting the commence
ment OF the performance at a ceitain
place OF entertainment, when they were
considerably startled by an old gcntl i
man behind them violently blowing bis
nose. Great was the amusement OF
hose sitting near on hearing the little
girl exclaimed, "Moo-cows, mamma
Whisky is now msde from leather,
and this may perhaps explain why ST.
many who drink il are always strapped.
] A precocious youth, prompted by an
unpleasant recollection Of the last term,
'ays that school teachers are like dogs,
because "they lick your Ihand." THIS
,arlies of tie palm,
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.Al sas AaFE9lI Fl7T1T7T7<T7 2 4 n 49,.
DRESS MAKING.
Room. e Abess J.a ae.' Store.

'a tMISS'sF-l AsSJOrSE9a Il,
Jas instrscsised . new supply Of sp,ine
Ii Patterns for Ladias, misses and ON
dren. and solicits the patrsnass efshsasdiea
Of WoodsAsld and vicinity. She is preparsl
TO DO FIRST CLASS WORE.
Also. cut and nt for thess vAo dssir, !. ~.
them made elsewhere. siE 6 ,s4l s8Ist. 3. /.
Patterns Of all styles fss sals-uyl .1suS.
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signs of the Times.

! am, an old man ;vet 10 material thinps
7 have seen tile creation OF . ,wmli, l
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iHe Aciepuopc. ctC tiC.S @V.
Gentlemen conservatives, these are
some of the foot prints Of material pro-
.gress on the present generation. Do
you think the moral wo'li will remain
the came as before thst society will be
unaffected by these changes |? Il yen
do, let me call your attention t, the
fact that this same generation has seen
the aholit on OF slavery on grand
scale, the ascendensy Of Republican
Amerira. thesoptning OF China and ia
pan, the institution of worlds Fairs,
the snread= of The irsuIanee system, and
The agitation Of the freedom OF women
Andrihe march is steadilv on, with ac-
celebrating motion. Wha, is its mean
ingf Where will it endf S.
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.

Estate Of Emanuel Cisne, Deceased.
THR undersigned has been appointed and
i qualified rs Administrator uf the estate
Of Emanuel Cisne. late Of Monroe County,
deceased. R:fgga 4
Dated this 9th day Of October. AID. 1879.
Oetl4.'79wS. H FIN. AMOS.
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Notice to Teachers.

,ct2l s7stlSeow.
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And
said list paid the
Monday
which
honda, December be exposed for sale
satisfy such taxes and penalties and that said
octes'7awA aa5.. fI.as 5,,.f - .tf - ' -.
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Great Enterprises.

The present time isvfruitful in scheme.
Of eatIdaghitude. There are lalrend,
projected:
A new s1sp-n.ion biige over Niagara
Ylver.
SApevs Atlantic eahle in addition to
ethst now ii process n construction.
A ahip-canal across the Isthmus OF
Darien. = facfe e.si
A ship-railroad ACROSS the same strip
Of land. separating two oceans. Z : ~ .
A railroad over The desert Of Sahara,
connecting Algeria with Soudan
,Acsnaf, which, conveying the waters
OF the Mediterranean into tLe eands of
,Africa, shall make great inland sea and
fsrtilize arid Hastesssb baa .s+ssil
~ The establisltnent of water eammu-
Hicatior between the black and Caspian
seas. ., IS. = '.''P 'ae ttai ei'A g,
,9llH seems as if the. old folks never
wonld learntn understand a boy. They
cant seem T., comprehend why he should
ba so unanimous in regard to get ing up
1T four O'Clock in the morning to take
part in a fishing excursion, while Il re-
q,:ires the expenditure of three tuns of
energy 10 arouse him at Z o'clock when
thereis cord u wood to pile up Even
politicians aud thcr scientists cant tx
plain this. a
Professor: Is there any way to ol-
tam po.d fruit wi'hnnt grating or hua-
ding" STUDENT: ''Yes,t sir. Profess
sor: "Plrase explain the prucess. !" Stu
dent: Watch your chance, and when
the fsi mer goes TO dinner crawl over
into the orchard and steal it."
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RotS.ehiid.s MaxIns.

= W. = 4 "a -
According to George Francis Trair,
fhs late Bsrnp R. stschild had the iol.
lowing p'xins fsned on bis bach
walls: - -
A,.enaea care.ullyto details of youl
husinesa - ;.'.'''s'- ''s.'s =
Re prompt a,,t in III things!
Consider xeil,i and decide positive.
&c DAre ~ do right Fesrto do wrong
= Endure irirls patiently! lf.a -,
Fight lifc's hatile hravely, Eanfnlly
Go not in'o the eoriety of the vic
iops!A ~
HPlf integrity sacred! akess
Irjure not an, theirs rspn'ation or
-huei,.esa
Join hsnus rnfv WIN me vIrruous!
Keep-vour mind from evil thoughts!
Eie MT Tor any consideration
Make few scquain,anccs!
? .Neser-try 10 appear Whist you are
Aot!
Observe good manners!
Pay your debts promptly!
Questlon not the veracity of q friend !!
kespet d the couuaelsof yopr parents
sacrifice money rather than princi-
Pile!
Touch prt, taste rot, handle not 10
toxicasing drinkea atst7.4 4pg fag,
Use your leisure time for improve
menp!
Venture not upon the threshold OF
wrong! a z sea fAgR fgv% a
Waich care 'nlly over your passions !.
,X;end to every one kindly salu
tAtion.
=, Yiela mol, 70 diseopragementa!, raa i
Zesl; p.ly labor fnr The right!
q success is certain! Ia