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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-08-22
Yazoo Politics.

The struggle in Yazoo county, Mississippi,
is not over. The Democratic mob COM
PEELED Captain Dixon, the independent can
didate for Sheriff, TO sign an agreement re-
firing from the field. The Indignation
aroused by the proceeding has encouraged
Captain Dixon TO renew the contest. He
repudiates the agreement, and announces
himself again a candidate. This Captain
Dixon WAS himself at one time chief among
the bull-dozcrs. In 1915 he led "Dixons
Scouts in a shotgun campaign. But he
announces himself as an independent candi-
date, and the bull-dozer is bull-dozed.
whether perpetrated by him or against him,
is all the same an outrage. But whether it
will now he renewed, remains TO he seen. If
We can judge from the tone of the leading
Mississippi papers, it will be. The Ndtche-
(Miss.) Democrat says that independently
thus far in this State has meant Radicalism,
and ii nil be treated riM the same serofty
that has nat all attempts to rerice RtpyJH-
canjsm." The CorinM Miss. Record boldly
declares that all opposition TO the Democracy
must he put down at the muzze of the rifle
The chairman of the Democratic State Com
mittec, who is a prominent candidate for
United States Senator, has issued an ad-
dress to his party which concludes with
these words " Relieved from the menace
of organized opposition, majorities are liable
to become Indifferent 10 the maintenance of
their own organization and to divide among
themselves. 1t should he remembered that
the reforms which have been inaugrlrated can
he perfected and carried out only by rigid
ddler6hce 10 Tie discipline and observance Of
tie methods by trhich tie 0ictorits Of 1915, &c
and - ,rere non" Those victories, rs all
know, were won by the Mississippi shot gun
plan The men who issue these indictments
appeal of reason or justice. They have
their private political objects 10 secure, and
they will have them in their own way. They
have followers more reckless even than them
selves and the next news we hear from
lazoo county will probably be that Capt
Dixon has been shot down by the regular
Democratic assassins For him, personally,
it would be but Il case of the pcrishing by the
sword of one who drew the sword; but the
death of even such IA political martyr may
once more prove to be the seed of the true po-
litic,,l rhuTch
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-08-22

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-08-22
GENERAL SUMMARY.

In Ashton ndcr-Lync. England, 425. 900
splndles are stopped and 200 900 working on
short time.
The Egyptian ministry. formed 10y Charif
PlslIl ON the accession of the present Khe-
dive, has resigned, and another ministry,
composed of various pasias, of whom little
is known, has been formed, the Khedive
holding the presidency of the council.
IIiaire Latrimouille is to be hanged at
Albany to-day, for the murder Of Catherine
Dunsbach, at Watervliet on the morning Of
the 9TH of April.
There are about seven thousand daily and
weekly papers in the United States and one
billion eight hundred million copies are
issued annually.
Pierre Lorrilard has purchased of J. W.
Hunt Reynolds the bay colt Fasetto. win
ncr of the TraveTs and kenner stakes at
Saratoga; price, $4,000.
Rev $. 5. Jocelyn, one of the early New
England abOlitionists and long connected
with the American Missionary Association,
died at Tarrytown, Aug. II, in his S0th year
\ riot occurred at Lurgan, Ireland. Satur-
day, in which 20 policemen were injured,
and one of the leaders of the mob was prob
ably fatally injured by an explosion of dyn-
annie
\ weeks notice of 3 per cent reduction
in wages has been posted in most of the cot
ton mills at Staley Bridge, where 200 900
spindles are running on short time, 2O0, 600
stopped altogether, and CSC, 900 working
full time.
AS the steamer Lake View was leaving her
landing at the head of Lake Cascnovia. Case
novia. n. Y, Monday lad named Charley
Waters of Elmira fell overheard Pilot
George johnson plunged after him. and sank
with the boy in his efforts to rescue him.
\ brother and sister, Moody Towne and
Mrs. j. VI. Blake, died on the same day, one
in Bosten and the other in Vermont, and on
the second day after daughter Of the latter
died at the family home in Lake Village
n. ii.
Only ten foreigners are hOnOred by tOmbs
in Westminster Abbey. The first is that of
Isaac Casaubon. the theologian the next
that of st. EvrcmOnd the third that of
Grade, who deserted both Geneva and Rome
for the Church of England Then there is
the tomb of Convayer, called by Dean Stan
ley ''the Blanco White of the eighteenth
century" and of Ezekiel Spanheim, pro-
fessOr at Heidelberg, who died in England.
as the representative of Prussia at the court
of st. James The Duke of Montpcnsier's
statue was admitted for dynastic reasons
and the remains of Theodore Palrologus,
descended from the last inheritors of the
Eastern Roman empire have right to lie in
the Abbey since he fought in St Johns regi-
ment at Nasehy. There are also in the Alb
hey memorials to sir John Chardin, the celc-
bratcd explorer of Persia; To Pascha Paoli,
the hero of Corsican independence; to
Stcigger, young Bcrnese Noble; TO the
nephew of the great Turcnnc, and To Armand
tie Bourbon.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-08-22
NOTES AND NOTES.

The Taunton Gd=ttte suggests that Wen
dell Phillips needs liver pad, and that the
best place for him 10 wear it is over his
mouth
All reports say that the cotton crop this
year will be enormous, and it will he rcla-
lively as large as the wheat crop Of The
West.
Professor Tyndall says this has been a
most dreary season in Switzerland 1t has
showed AT intervals all Summer.
The Whitehall Times says there are great
many people who will never 90 To heaven
unless they can go at excursion rates.
The sensation of the hour in governmental
circles OF Europe in the rumorcd retirement
OF Count Andrassy from the premiership of
the Austrian empire
1ildcn thinks he has mortgage ON the
Democratic party. Ii he has il is a second
mortgage. The devil holds the first In
didhdpolis Journal
Mr. Jefferson Davis, referring to the de
funct Mrs. Dorsey (who willed him her
estate, remarks: There was woman
what grace, what mental power, what a
will ''-Neo York 7elegram
A tombstone with II simple cucumber
carved upon il is oftentimrs more expressive
than one with ten thousand lines Of obituary
poetry. Phitadtiphia hronikle
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The Vermont Teacher Association.

Editorial IN New England journal of Education
The Vermont teachers had an unusually
interesting session of their Association last
week at Woodstock. All things were in
harmony for it. The quiet hut beautiful
village is really the gem among Vermont
towns and is "A centre oi learning as well as
of wealth Good old Woodstock has sent
out from her quiet retreats ON the Qucchec
some ui the most celebrated men of the
country, and holdsin special honor the birth
place and home of the scholar and statesman,
Geo. i. Marsh, whom the scholarship Of the
world delights 10 honor. Among her
wealthy representatives il Frederick Bill
hngs, president of the Northern Pacific,
whose residence and grounds in the midst
nt and overlooking the most charming of
Vermont landscapes are the resort and de
h"ht oi all visitors. II WAS Us cool "A place
as there was in Vermont ON the 9Th, 9th.
and ,tll Of August, and the railroads and
private convcyanccs brought about one hun
drcd and fifty of the representatives of Yer
mont schools and colleges And this is one
al the features Of the Association work in
Vermont all stand together colleges and
IillldIN SCHOOLS are IA one m Their cuuca-
tiOnal work and its recognition At the
council hoard were the mstrcse,.s of un"rad-
ed Schools in the rural districts and the
presidents and professors of her colleges
just rs ii should be- everywhere The work
is one in the district school and at ;urling-
ton and MiddIchury
" From Natures cham whatever Ink You strike
Tenth al ten ihnusIn,lth, breaks the chain alike"
Another feature of this meeting was the
large proportion Of ynun. teachers in attend |
ancc. A few veterans, like Dr. Spuulding |
and Principals Circuit and Turner, were
present hut the members had few gray hairs. |
Maybe Vermont is not the place Ia look for
old folks; we saw none. Even Judge Bar |
rcit who said he graduated from Dartmouth |
JoTty one years ago. was the livelicst man on |
the platform, and is good for forty plump |
years more or there are nnpruphcis in Israel. |
Randolph Normal School has reason Ia he |
proud of her graduates, for there were seven
ty-fve Of them present, and, with Principal |
lraycnworth, held "a social reunion. That |
fact alone speaks well for normal schools,
I hat more than half of the attendance at the
State Association was from them. and half /
from II single school. One of the best cvi-
denccs of personal interest in the progress of
is presence nj the gatherings of
teachers; and il single sheaf is II good
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-08-22
The Eattle Of Bennington.

.rtppu ,TIn~ IN, tTs AVE ur-,nppn avn r,p..
yyIyrr-,ry-urErIyG OF TINE rxrcr-
TIVE COMMITTEE Of THE MONUMENT As
s"'lAri"N LOCAL 'EithEAii'S OF TIE
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sary OF the battle nf Bennington, the cNCu-
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Bennington, at which were present cN-Govs.
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IT, ROOT Key l. Jennings, Mayor y H.
Valentine, Col Campbell and cx- Mayor
Lincoln of Boston Amer ,isitiu. The v,rious
points of interest Il meeting WAS held at
which general discussion followed rs TO
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shlilclchl luius pcih" raised 10 crtrt one tisi'
would he a credit to the three States Mas
so,Iu.o,ts Ncv U,mneI,ir. mud Vcrmon,
say
Inc result "i inc '"hS''''a'l'h rehd'fS II Ger
tain that the sum of Si0,O0O will hc secured
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-08-22
SPORTING MATTERS.
THE oAR-THE RACE AT BARIIE-DEAD HEAL
BETWEEN HANLAN AND RILEY

THE oAR-THE RACE AT BAREIE-DEAD HEAT
BETWEEN HANLAN AND Riley.
BARRIE, Ont, Aug. Between Hanlan
and Riley the race to-day was a dead heat
The race will he rowed off "Wednesday.
Kennedy was third and Elliott fourth. No
official time was given. The time. however.
was little over twenty-siX minutes At
the turn,-twO miles,-E1anlan WIS first
Riley second, twenty seconds behind Ken
needy third, TandOur fourth, Berry fifth.
Hanlon stopped five times coming up and
on the turn called Riley to come on.
LATER-soNE INCIDENTS OF THE rAcE-wAs
TIA TRICK To BEAT HANLAN
lIanlan had turned Riley's buoy and made
wide turn 10 keep clear of the latter. and
Immediately after some unknown sculler got
right in the champions course When with
in less than Il length of each other Hanlan
looking around saw the stranger and backing
with the right and pulling hard with the left
escaped a collision by foot and half. his
oar scraping the unknown's shell. Riley.
meantime, while Hanlan was drifting past
the stranger, took the lead 81 lengths.
llanlan as soon as he cleared from the other
boat quickly cleared up the the gap leading
Riley the whole way home About 100
'
mendous squirt, coming up rapidly IIanlan
thinking he had the race well in hand did
not respond. Both passed the winning
point nose and nose in 27:92 Kennedy
third only II seconds later The judges be
ing inexperienced fired two shots in quick
succession instead of only one for dead
heat. Hanlan and majority Of the specta-
tors think he won 10y half length hut he is
willing To row the race over ON Wednesday.
Although within two feet of the Sculler who
nearly fouled him. the champion could not
tell who it was. Most Of the spectators are
of opinion the stranger was there IN purpose.
SWIMMING MATCH BETWEEN EaYrnN AND
WE'RE.
NEwroET, Il. l.. Aug. Is. \ swimming
match has been arranged between Webb and
BoytOn fer $1,000 Il side 10 come of Fri
day
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-08-22

Gov. Robinson Of New York has written
a letter to eN Governor Seymour Of that State
giving his reasons for declining TO pardon
William \ Newman now serving a sentence
of five years imprisonment for forgery.
The Governor states the somewhat startling
fact that thcr" are now before him fifteen
applications for parluns in Just such cases.
and he asks: d" II interfere in one Of these.
must | not do SO in all Of them" All these.
convicts, he adds, moved in respectable So
ciety all had been, mnrc or less. well cdu-
Gated all have families and friends who
are suffering nn their account and all pro
fess TO be thoroughly peniicnt lie is clearly
of opinion that there cannot he two different
rules Of justice 4 mild one for the well
educated and therefore respectable. and a
severe one for the poor, the fricndless and the
ignorant. He points out that forgery scemsto
have become the fashionable crime of iutclli-
gent and educaielmcn Of previous GOOD rtpu-
tation; and that il is crime also. which
cannot bc committed except bv Persons Of
considerable cultivation Dnr of the ei,,,,,
lar features of this case is that Newman him
self, having heard that q petition in his IN.
half was in circulation wrote 10 Govcr,,,,r
Robinson declaring his conviction thai ..p,,
sonal, domestic aud snci1i interests on ,It T.,
be sacrificed To- ia. Lirhcr interests of The
State" and 'lrclininr Ia - Ter Il pr for
pardon IF it he inconsistent with rh.. loftirql
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-08-22

Is II conversation with the Nlcerny oil
Tientsin, China, reported by the New York
HrdldS correspondent. the Niceroy cN-
pressed the hope that the General would bt
reelected for II third time 10 the Presiden-
cv General Grants reply WAS. "a usual,
modest and sensible. lie said:
Your ENcrlcncy is very Kind, hut there
could he nu wish more disiastcful To me
than what You express. | have held the
office of President ~ long rs it has ever been
held by any man. There are Others who
have risen To- great dstinclirn AT home AMI
who have earned the honor who are worthy,
and Ia them it belongs, moi I" me. have
no claims Ia the office. II is IL place distasc-
ful Ia me. IA place of hardship and rcsposihili-
Ties. When WAS younger man these
hardships were severe and never agreeable
They would br worse now.
The Niccroy But You ARE Il young man
and YOUR experience would hc OF value.
General Grant No man who knows what
the Presidency imposes would care To STE -
friend in the Office | have had my share of
it have had all the honnrS that can he ur
should br given 10 any citizen, and there are
many able and distinguished men who have
earned the office To onc Of them il should
he given.
The \icrroy smiling, said that the general
showed himself To he what hc always heard
n modest man aud he still hoped, for the
good relations between China and America
alone, that hr would h. acam President.
Thr NiccruV said he had rciIdiu some thincsr
papers about the great reception that was
awaiting the grnrralin california, and suppos-
ed he would time his arrival 81 ~ Ia meet it,
General Grant would much rather time
my arrival - ~ To- avoid it. But most al
these paragraphs are cNaaecrati"ns and
others are written in an unlrlrndly spirit. 1t
is possible some personal friends may come
la meet me from the East II half dozen per
haps who Will take the occasion To run
over 10 California have Il good many
friends on the Pacific coast, whom ! will he
glad Ia s,r. But my Time of return is un
known AMI indefinite. and the stories that
have crrpt int" the Chinese papers about
monster excursions are cxaggentions.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-08-22

specimen of the whole harvest. we may judge
that Vermont is reaping good fruits from her
normal sowing
The ladies were largely in the majority.
not On the programme, or among the speak
crs, but III the audience. Seven-cighths, by
estimate, were women, who did lots of talk
ing on their own hook, hut none pro hon"
pu5dco. Having had by practical experience,
knowledge of the fact that Vermont has
some of the best female teachers in New
England, We hoped To hear their words of
wisdom ION the stage hut the factcs for
babe
The only topics discussed related to col
legcs and preparatory schools, but they were
treated in such "A manner as to interest near
" all present We wondered if the average
schoolmarm cared whether Greek and Latin
grammars were taught orhdHStfroy or thor
OUghly, or whether boys who went 10 college
went on n certificate, or went on their men
tai and moral muscle. But We must re-
member that we had college president in
the chair, and the leading classical professor
of another college as chairman of the cNccll-
tive committee, and so the classics had II all
their own way, and not had way at that, =
for with Judge Barrett, Profs. Goodrich and
Lord, President Hubert. Principals Boyn-
Latin, Greek or Hebrew, il would hc a r,'-
freshmen To the common mind 10 hear any
or all of them.
Ii was very welcome to the Association
to hear State Superintendent Conant talk so
intclligcntly, clearly, and forcihly on State
| educational concerns. He is not eloquent,
but is most persuasive and convincing. lie
knows what he is talking about, and always
| has the right word 10 say. What :hc State
had done in the year just gone, what the
educational platform should he for the year
to come, was his theme, and he handled it To
the great satisfaction of all. MIR. COnant,
though modest and retiring, is a leader in
| Vermont, and the educators of the State
look up to him with great conf dcncc in his
good sense, judgment, and efforts.
One feature Of the Vermont Association
especially pleased us. 1t was the indcpcn-
dcnce of individuals in the expression of
opinions differing from those of their asso-
ciates. Teachers are too often content To
follow rather than lead, to echo others
opinions, rather than investigate and hold
their own. We like the sturdy ycoman :
blows If Judge Barrett and President Hui
bert ard their associates. Diversity of gifts
attainments, and experiences is universal,
and the teachers of Vermont know how to
treat an opponent in an open field and Il fair
contest. When men thus contend, truth is
sure to have fair chance to come out of the
trial triumphant.
The twenty annual meeting was an
excellent one good attendance, addresses
discussions, entertainment, and Il good time
generally. More of such meetings will help
on the educational millennium. God help ii q!
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-08-22

QUEBEC mohs are no new things Twenty
years ago there was terrible election fight in
that city in which several men were killed.
meeting was the occasion Of free fight be-
tween the soldiers and the townsmen, and
only a few months hav" elapsed since a
bread or blood riot took place on so large
a scale that troops had To be summoned from
Montreal to restore the peace. The city au-
thoritics are greatly blamed for inefliciency in
quclling the recent riots
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-08-22

The New York Htrdh saws: This lazGo
violence has been going on for some weeks
and not one of the men who represent Mis-
sssippi before the country and who are sup
posed Ia have great influence in the State
has spoken out against the diseraceful and
cowar,lly proceedings. We should like ID
hear Senator l.amar's voice on such an oc-
clsion rcbuking violence and lawlessncss and
is silent. We should like to hear that Mr..
Singleton. in whose congressional district
Iazoo county lies, had promptly gone there
To gather the law abiding citizens together
and help pnt down the mob hut he, too, is
silent. We should like To hear General
Chalmers voice and General lIooker's; they
equal rights in Congress; they are men of
great influence among their people but
they, too, are silent Is it because they do
not feel the disgrace the stain, which rests
upon their State when such things are tole-
rated
There is one exception 10 this general and
disrcputable silence The Vicksburg Herald,
appeals to the people and the authorities in
this language:
The Gazoo Bourhons rejoice over the fact
that the Democratic flag now waves in that
county ''mchalenaed" 1t is the duty Of
the conservatives To proclaim Ia the world
that they do not want any more such vic
tories. \ victory won At the ballot box fair
ly and squarely is valuable, but victory
won before ballot is cast in the way the
lazoo victory was GAINED, will surely result
in evil. The present is the opportunity of
the conservatives. They must now prove
10 the whole world that they do not coun-
tenance bulldozing and that they will
not permit il IN the future. Our laws must
he maintained and our officials must
see that all are protected in their rights.
Look at the evils that will follow if BULLDOG
ing is permitted If it is good in Yazoo il is
good for all the counties. Suppose Warren,
Kinds, Madison, Claiborne and other coun-
ties follow 1azoo's example; suppose all the
counties in the State resort to it. Would
not this he an absolute refusal to allow two
parties to exist in the State ? laZoo has al
ready declared in effect that there shall be no
opposition 10 inc DclloCfallc TICKET. ii any
county should do the same thing next year ii
would be the same rs the State doing it,
Does any sane man believe, under these cir
cumSiancCs, the electoral votes of this State
for President could he counted? Cannot.
will not, the patriotic. thoughtful men of this
State See where we are drifting and put
on the brakes before it is too late?
That is sound and true but it finds no
echo from the leaders of the Mississippi Dem
ncrals
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-08-22

PIoFEsSoE OTTo STRIVE, the eminent
astronomer in charge of the Russian Observ-
atory at Pulkowa. near st. Petersburg, has
arrived in Washington for the purpose of in
specting the United States Naval Observa-
tory and testing the power of the great
equatorial telescope. The object of his visit
TO the United States is to make arrangements
for the construction of a telescope for the
Russian observatory, the disk of which shall
be as large rs the firm of Avian Clark Il Co,
of Cambridge Mass, lwho have made the
lenses for the largest telescopes in usc) can
make, it being the desire of the Russian gov
eminent To mount an instrument which will
put the Pulk"wa Observatory at the head of
astronomical institutions.