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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-03-14

1T seems to be a pretty general impress
sion that the two Houses Of the Forty-ffth
Congress attempted to d. more and brought
to pass less than any of their predecessors
thousand bits were printed and placed on
the files Of the House OF Representatives by
its members; and the Senators were even
more liberal, in proportion to their numbers,
in proposing laws. OF this flood of bills,
less than twJ hundred became laws, and
more than halfof these were private bills.
Four financial acts, seven appropriation
bills. seven acts relating to the army and
navy, thirteen to the public lands, and
eight to the judiciary, becIme statutes. with
thirty five Others, which may be cldssed as
miscela neln> The rest are acts for the
relief Of somebody, or to put somebody on
the pension rolls, o- 10 give somebody relief
from his political disabilities.
Among the important failures OF the
session were the sugar bill, which shared the
fate of the tariff bill of last session, and the
duties on sugar remain unchanged The
scheme for the reorganization Of the army,
adopted by the House, failed to pass the
Senate. The legi-latinn for the further dis
trIbutiOn of the Geneva award shared the
same fate \ bill, the effects OF which upon
the patent system of the country would
have been of very doubtful character, passed
the Senate, but failed in the other branch. and
II bill establishing a great national depart
ment of health, with central supervisory
power Mt Washington, had a similar end. A
constitutional amendment providing that ali
claims growing out of the war shpald be
adiudicated by the Court If Claims, and
should no longer be thrust upon Congress,
passed the House and was killed in the
Senate, while the measure governing the
count of the electoral votes, which passed
the Senate, met its death in the House. Tw)
measures oi no little importance which
passed the llousc, viz the Interstate com
merce bill and the steamboat bill, were
sttled in the Senate. The House also
adopted, as part OF one Of the apprcpra
ton bills, Il comprehensive scheme for the
reorganization OF the government surveys, to
which the Senate showed DO favor. There
was besides, IL multitude Of schemes reported
by the committees Ui both branches, but
never heard from alterWard.
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I
1t will be seen from the above that the
process of solidify;ng the South has put an
ex-Coniederate in the place Of all Of the
Southern Republican Senators, except Mr..
Bruce, of Mississippi. who must 60 when his
term expires, and who may possibly be sue
ceeded by Mr.. jefferson Davis. ln Missouri
Gen. Shields. IA Union Democrat, gives way
to Mr.. Vest, an ultra Bourbon, never before
in Congress- who believes that the COnfeder-
ate cause is not lost.
Houston. who succeeds Spencer from
Alabama, is sixty-eight years old anu a ma
tive of Tennessee. OF course, he Is a regular
Bourbon, else he would not have been
elected by the Bourbons of Alabama. j. d.
Walker, who takes DOrsey's seat from Ar
kansas, has never been in Congress. lie is
on the shady side Of sixty-fye, a lawyer and
an ex-Contederate Colonel-his Confederacy
being his strong suit in the canvass. Farley,
of California, who succeeds Sargent, will
also be a new man in Washington. He is q
know-Nothing Democrat and noted rail-
road lawyer, and sharp and bitter parti-
san. Nathan p. Hill, who follows Mr..
Chaffee from Colorado, is young man.
native of New York, born in 1882. He is a
firm Republican. He is new t1 parlia-
mentary life in Washington. Orville Ii.
Platt, of Connecticut, who supplants Bar
mum, the mule-dealing Democrat, will be
likewise new in Congress. lie is little
past fifty years OF age.
Call, who succeeds ConOver, of Florida. is
a new man, lawyer and an ex-Confederate.
lie is a Kentuckian by birth, and about
fifty years old. John s. Williams, of Ken
lucky, who replaces McCreery was colonel
in the Mexican war. Jonas, OF Louisiana.
who takes Eustis seat, is noticeable as being
the third lsraelite chosen to the Senate. Ex-
Governor James B. GroOme, of MARYLAND,
has never been in Congress. Among the
new men at the National Capital must also
be reckoned Wade Hampton, who takes
Pattersons place.
of course, the Republican Senators, after
having been in the majority for eighteen
years, must Low take back seats on the
committees, and the Democrats will again
come to the front Thurman will supersede
Edmunds as Chairman Of the the Committee
on the Judiciary Bayard will supeIsede Nor
rill as Chairman of Committee on Finance
Davis. of West Virginia, will superscde Win
dom as Chairman of the Committee on Ap-
propriations; and 50 through the roll of
committees.
Only one Senator who answered to his
name on the 4th of March, 1861, has been
continuous member Of the Senate. and that
is Anthony, Of Rhode Island; but IIamlin
of Maine. and Zach Chandler of Michigan
were also members of the first Rcpubli-
can Senate, in '6l.
A minority which contains such debaters
and parliamentarians as Eimunds, Blaine,
Conkling, HOar, Chandler, and other able
and experienced Senators, it is needless to
say, will make itself felt, in the sharp and
bitter contests which arc sure to come
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No MAJ ventured to interrupt none felt
insulted 1t was simply crushing.

MATT CARPENTER' EARLY LIFE.--Mr. L
j. Deayitt writes us that the statement
which 50 frequently appears in print that
Hon. Matt Carpenter, Senator-eleet from
Wisconsin, is a native of Waterbury,
Vermont, Is not correct. Mr.. Carpenter was
born in Muretuwn, Vermont, where he at
tended the village school for several years,
and did not 90 to Water bury to reside until
he was at least fifteen years of age. The
town records of Moretown show that his
father, Ira Carpenter, was justice OF the
peace for many years, made most OF the
deeds and leases Of real estate, managed most
ol the suits in Justices court, s'ttlei most OF
the estates of deceased persons, and solemn
izei most of the marriages in town lie was
4 leading cit zen OF his time. lie was
lawyer hut not member of any bar. His
means were too limited 10 start his ambitious
son in the world IS he would have been
proud to do. Matt, vino was then called
Merrett. knew this, and resolved to make his
own mark in the world lie remembered
kindly the lawyer from Waterbury who
came to his fathers house in his childhood
and invited him to ride with him
down his fathers lane. lie remem-
bered also the invitation that the lawyer
then gave him to come to his office and
read law, when he was old enough. On
the strength of this invitation, Matt set
out on foot and alone for Waterbury,
presented himself before the lawyer, who
was the Hon. Paul Dillingham;, and
told him his purpose in coming to
him " He wanted to be Il lawyer" Mr..
Dillingham; gave him a home in his fam
ily, allowed him to read law in his office
and, in turn, Matt made himself useful on
the premises. doing the chores about the
house and barn and office, and applied him
also diligently to study. Not long after this,
Matt was sent TO the Military Academy at
West Point. where he did not graduate, on
account OF failing health. lie read law on
his return. and went to Boston, Mass, and
finished hi course in the cihceof Hon. Rufus
Choatc. lie married daughter of Hon.
Paul Dillingham;, and, acting in accordance
with Horace Grceley's advice, event West
lie has two children, a son and II daughter.
The son he named Paul Dillingham;. His
father. Ira Carpenter, was long since de-
ceased. His grave is pleasantly located in
the cemetery at Moretown, Vermont, mark
ed by Il fine marble monument. erected BY
Hon. Matt Carpenter. The widow OF Ira
Carpenter resides in the Wcst.-N. \. In
dcpsHdHf.
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alike ard the ears of corn, and to consider
able extent the fodder of each, weighed at
harvest. Part of the plots were the same
ones reported by me last year and similar
fertilizers were used on these in nearl, all in
stances as last year. The results were re-
markably similar to last years results. The
plots of one tenth acre each were on land
which had produced hay several previous
years and mad run ont The object nf this
experiment was mainly to see ii corn can get
nitrogen to some considerable extent from
natural sources. Each of the three important
elements of plant food were used rgly
nitrogen in nitrate OF sodo, in sulpl To of
ammonia, and in dried blood, making "f each
a separate trial to discover the best foi IL OF it
then in combinations oftwos then in hrees,
and repeated. When the three el lnents
were combined the nitrogen element Nts re-
peatedly tried in one-thrd, two-third.;. and
in the whole amount which appears III the
fodder and corn of City bushels Of corn. The
crops showed little or no benefit from nitro
gen or potash when not combined witt phos-
phoric acid, but when this alone was used L
harvested from thirty-iiye to forty bushels
per acre Adding one or both OF the other
elements gave an increase varying from II few
quarts up to twenty bushels per acre. But l
will probably get more intelligent report of
the results of this anu others from a letter to
you by Prof. Atwater, and in the forthcoming
report OF the State Board of Agriculture.
Special fertilizers, as nitrate of soda or su-
bring success only where that
particular element is deficient which they
contain If a farmer is confident that only
phosphoric acid is needed let him purchase a
good superphosphate instead of the more ex-
pensiye complete mixture; the same with
and the same with potash: if all
are wanting let all be furnished in the needed |
As a general rule phosphoric acid |
is most deficient, and it is usually economy to |
use it, even with dung, Potash generally does |
we'll in light or sandy lands especially for |
potatoes, while nitrogen is frequently used |
with profit on wheat, oats, etc but ask no |
more of either than you have right to expect. |
You have no right to ask more than a bushel |
of corn increase from pound of soluble |
phosphoric acid, and if potash is needed add |
)ne pound and half of that. and the same OF |
nitrogen if it is needed. If more money is
paid out for either dung or fertilizer than the
,rops will pay profit, on it only shows the
bad judgement Of the purchaser.
Under the old style of farming the amount
If land which could be proftably titled was
determined 10y the size oi the dungheap; but |
now things are changed, the tillage area is
United only by the number of acres and by |
he brains and capital which are employed.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-03-14

VIZ have read Senator Baine's letter to
the Tribune against the Chinese, and a more
misleading ono We never saw. What it
states as facts are simply not facts, accord
ing to abundant testimony lie declares,
first. that the immigration from China has
all been under contract" and "has hal the
worst and most demoralized features of
cooleyism." Ii Is enough to say that S.
Wells Williams and many Others denied this
in their testimony before the Congressional
committee of 1876. Ills next statement is
that all the Chinese women in California are
prostitutes. 1t is enough to reply that a
United States law stopped the importation of
these women two years ago Ills next
assertion that there il no assimilation
OF Chinese Nome is encouraged. lie says
the condition Of the Chinese quarter in San
Francisco is horribly filthy. If 81, who
is to blame? The city has neglected for
years to send carts for cleaning 1t,
and it il all done by enterprise OF
the Chinese themselves. who, it is
testified, keep it in better condition than
some other parts ot the city. There is no
more cleanly class of laborers in the West
than the Chinese. They are remarked for
their ablutions. and their quarter has been
quite as free from epidemics AS any other in
the city. Then comes talk anOut serviie
labor But for their labor California, every
one admits. would have been Tar poorer than
it j. now. Mr.. Blaine then pr0pheSics
"vast immigration" That is a mistake.
MoIe 20 back than are coming. lie further
declares the religious sentiment to he against
them. We deny it, absolutely. The scnti-
ment against them is manufactured by lrish
and hoodlums The sober, intelligent, prop
people of California do not take
part in this wicked crusade y. iqde-
pendent
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POLITICAL NOTES.

New England will have twcnty-three Re
publlcans and five opposition in the new
House, against twenty-one Republicans and
seven opposition in the old.
The late municipal elections in the cities
OF Maine, resulted in general triumph for
the Republican candidates over their Demo-
cratic and Greenback opponents. In nearly
every principal town and city Of the State,
there has been such destruction Of "fat-
ism, as the Greenback heresy is called in
/ Maine, that there is scarcely enough left
over Tor seed. In Portland, however, the
Observation-Disclosures candidate for mayor
was elected by small majority lie was a
hard-money Democrat year ago.
Senator Conkling in recent speech in
the Senate drew graphic picture of
Thurman riding four horses at once, and
keeping six balls in the air as he rode, two
with each hand and one with each foot,
while his eye was fixed on the weathercock,
to see how he should vote The Senate
roared at the picture
The Nationals have swallowed the Demo-
Gratis in Michigan. the latter accepting the
National nominees for State officers. The
Detroit Free Press, the leading Democratic
paper in the State, repudiates the platform,
though it accepts the nominees. because
they represent its position on the troubles at
Ann Arbor University-one of the main
issues of the campaign.
The Troy IN. W Grcenbackers, who
counted on 5000 votes at the city election
Tuesday. cast only 300.
1t is Curious coincidence that the new
United States Senate will have the same
Democratic majority (eight) as tho last
Democratic body which adjourned in 1861
The New York Tribune reminds Mr.. Lamar
that JEFF. Davis has uttered great many
words " since the close of the war inconsist-
ent with the greatness and glory of the Re-
public" Last Fourth OF July he made a
speech in Mississippi which was an elaborate
defence of secession.
A traveller ralates conversation with the
editor oi prominent PAPER in San Fran
cisco, in which the editor expressed in strong
language his conviction that the Chinese had
been of great service to California, and that
their retirement, forced or voluntary, would
be serious evil. But when asked if his
language might be quoted in print, he an
swered. - Gcod heavens no this is a pri-
yate conversation. and what have said is
confidential. could not live in California
if should say in my paper what have
said to you, or il it could be proved that
thought So
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-03-14
The Lonely Lover.

By ABRAHAM cowLEY.
A thousand pretty ways well think upon
To mock our separation.
Alas ten thousand will not do
MY heart Will thus no longer stay,
No longer twill be kept from you,
But knocks against the breast TO get sway.
And when no art aflo. ds me help or ease,
l seek with verse my CRIES to appeAse,
Just as a bird that flies about
And beats itself against the cage,
tiniing at last no passage out,
II SITS and sings and SO Ger comes its rage.
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In Town.
rss s,u, ev sung II. the ,aue.p-TrsSrsox.

s.Ths blue fly sang IL. the pdne.n-TRSSYsoS.
The Psntoum is 8 form Of verslfcation. 1t Is
usually considered to be OF MALAY origin. and there
is an attrsctveness in the recurring in each
of two of the lines from that before it. The III
rangement is quaint intermediate between Ordi-
unvsryins mouotony OF an uncbangin chorus. lt
may be considered a varying chorus embodied in.the
stanza.
June in the zenith Is tOrrid,
(rhere is that woman againD
Here, with the sun on ones forehead,
Thought gets dry in the brain.
There is that woman again;
Strawberries fourpence Il pottle.'
Thought gets dry in the brain
Ink gets dry in the bottle.
Strawberries fourpence pottle"
for the green of lane
Ink gets dry in the bottle
Buzz goes fly in the pane,
U for the green OF 4 lane
Where one might lie and be lazy
"Bnzz' goes dy in the pane;
Bluebottles drive me crazy
Where one might lie and be lazy
Careless OF town and all in il
Bluebottles drive me crazy;
shall 20 mad in a minute!
Careless OF town aud all In 1t,
With some one to soothe and to still you
| shall 20 mad in q minute;
Bluebottle, then shall kill you
With some one to soothe and to still you,
A only ones feminine kin do =
Bluebottle, then shall kill you
There now I've broken the window
As only ones feminine xin do
Some muslin-clad Mabel or NAV!
There now I've broken the window
Blue bottles off and away
Some muslin clad Mabel or May,
To dash one with eau de Cologne;
Bluebottle's of and away;
And why should stay here alone
To dash one with eau de Cologne,
All over ones talented forehead
And why should stay here alone
June in the zenith Is torrid.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-03-14

Apropos Of the pcteStrihn mania, the
Detroit Free Press mentions lady who is
going To try To wink her eye one billion
times in one billion seconds
An attempt To substitute the loose and
flowing robes Of ancient Greece for the tight
laced denominations which are in favor among
Gladstone has been presented with silver
ha chet. This places him under an awk-
ward responsibility for the future. lie
cannot tell lie Hdrrdrd LampOon.
The directors ol the Battle of Bennington
Monument Association met ut the State
House, Tuesday Wonder il their attention
was ever directed To thn~c guns in the
rotunia captured at the battle of Benning-
ton, but bearing date showing that they
were not east until after tmt interesting
event Boston Htrah
The worst thing any one can say of the
White House Is thu Dom Piatt has entIee
there The wonder Is that any Senator of
the United States can be approached by him
in the practice Of his profession as lobbyist.
Zach Chandler said alter the beating Piatt
got the other day, that no felt sure now there
must be some merit in Mctiarrahan's claim,
and he should take pains TO look into it
Washington Letter.
The ldrriiser heads it, account Of this
shocking innovation women Near lIar-
vard." When they get 80 near aS that the
final catastrophe cannot be long avertcd. 1t
is the old story, once told by Harvard
poet,
'Zoklo crept up to the wnder,'
and the result. after he looked in. was
furesonc conclusion Hartford (C.) Times.
Troops may not be needed Mt the polls,
but the last hours of the late Congress will
convince good many people that n lew
companies would do no harm IN the
Capitol.-N. \. Hrdld.
Carmen" is neither huar~c. nor horse
opera; 1t Is t0drSe-opera w ilhclml IL
said tu have boxed u waiter ears, at Il hotel
in Columbus, q. lie probably said "ln
such II Pagan innI will never stay again
Ioi HlumGHa.
After all. it doesn't 81 much signify
what you do as that you do it we'll. The
value of skilled labor is estimated ON n Dem
ocratic basis now-a-days. President Eliot,
of Harvard University, the cook in the
Parker House restaurant, and Mary l..
Booth, editor of llarper's BzIr, each
receives 81 900 Nomdn's Words.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-03-14

Blow. blow, thou winter wind
Thou art not 80 unkind
As mans ingratitudei
Thy tooth is not so keen,
Because thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude.
Heigh ho sing. heigh no unto the green holly :
Most freniship is ieignng most loving mere folly,
Then, heish no, the holly,
This life is most jolly.
Freezs, freeze, thou bitter sky.
Thou dost not bite so nigh
As benefits forget
Though thou the waters warp,
Thy sting is not so sharp
As friend remembered not.
Hesh no sing heigh no unto the green holly:
Most friendship Is iegnnS most loving mere folly,
Then, heigh no. the holly!
This lie is most jolly.
Shalf fxpsdrs.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-03-14

The facts which are coming ont from day
to day in reference to the case of Archbishop
Purcell, Roman Catholic bishop of Cincin-
natl. whu has failed for some four millions,
form an extraordinary record. Twenty-Five
years ago he began to receive the money of
his people, who brought il to him for sale
keeping and Investment When any one
thus brought money to him, the Archbishop
entered the amount in a pass book, like
those furnished hy savings banks to their de-
positors, gave the book 10 the lender and
put the money with his other funds, making
no other record Of the transaction. lie paid
interest to tte poor people and returned
them their money when they called tor it, as
long as he was able. But, about two months
ago, he found himself unable to respond to
the demands upon him, and suspended pay
ment. In response to the inquiries of
alarmed and astoni-hed iepositorS, the Arch
bishop and his brother. who had acted as
his business agent, explained that they owed
about half million dollars, which had been
expended in church enterprises and business
investments. that had turned out badly,
but they believed that security satisfactory
to the creditors could be given and the whole
amount eventually repaid, if reasonable time
were allowed A committee Of the creditors
were appointed to look into the matter, and
some astounding developments followed.
When the pass-books were called in and
examined, the sum owed to the depOsitors
gradually rose TO one, two, three and four
millions, and is now known to exceed the
latter sum. The disposal Of the money had
been reckless as the receipt Of it. Nothing
like regular books Of account were kept,
or any record of expenditure. Large sums
are said to have been Lent without taking
either notes or receipts, and it is even related
that one man who had borrowed a thousand
dollars found some difficulty in pcrsuading
the archbishop to take the money when he
came to repay it. Nobody doubts the arch
bishops honesty OF purpose; but his reek-
lessncss in the care of the funds entrusted to
him, and the shiftlessness of his banking
proceedings, is regarded as little short of
criminal. Much of the sympathy at first
expressed 70. him has disappeared and it
is doubtful if the efforts in progress to make
up his d, iiciencies by collections among the
Catholics OF the country will succeed.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-03-14

An "omnibuS" suit is pending in the New
York Court oi Common Pleas, brought by
John Tllton. Andrew Ottendorph, Lewis +.
Williams, Charles l.. Mather and their
wives against the United States Life
Insurance Company, claiming that the de
PENDANTS, through their agents all over the
country, have been engaged in II scheme of
twisting" policy-holders, and that, in
pursuance OF said scheme, there has been
paid out ut the reserve fund during the
years 1870 to 1877, inclusive, over
S2.1i4.0O0
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-03-14

Murphy, Democrat, is reelected Mayor OF
Troy, N. Y, by over 1000 majority over the
Republican and Greenbaek candidates, and
2,954 plurality over the Republicans. The
Greenbackers, who were expected to poll
$500, pollsd only 300 votes.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-03-14

The venerable wife of II celebrated physi-
cian one day casting her eyes out of the win.
dow. observed her husband in the funeral
procession of one of his patients, at which
she exclaimed II do wish my husband
would keep away from such procession4. 1t
appears No much like tailor carrying home
his work"