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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-05-30

The New York Herald thinks that the ap-
pearance Of Secretary Sherman in the field
as Presidential contestant, followed as he
will be by others, "necessitstes the retire.
ment Of Gen. Grant unless be is willing to
have an active canvass made in his behalf, s"
which he cannot permit to be done without
eating his own words"
Senator Mat Carpenter has gone to
Florida, for the benefit Of his health
Dennis Kearney has the msgnanimity to
retract a SANDER, sometimes. lie recently
went to Santa Barbara to make speech lie
was met on his arrival BY a few men, who
told him that the rail had been selected on
which he would be ridden out Of town if he
did not retract the abuse which he had
heaped On the sheriff Of the county, in a
speech elsewhere. lie Immediately signed
written retraetion, and in his speech refer
red to the sheriff in the mCst friendly terms.
DIR. Hough tells the story in The Congre-
gafiOnaliNt, and calls him coward, >" as
well as foul mouthed ranter."
Mr.. 1ilden seems likely to be reminded of
his income tax for some time to come. Ills
lawyers who spirited away from the court
room at Marquette, last fall, the books
showing his income from the New York mine
at Negaunee, Mich, were indicted by
Michigan grand jury and fined and now it
is announced that bill Of discovery" has
been filed by the United States District
Attorney in the case against Mr. Tilden,
containing about 500 nterrogstories for Mr..
I. to answer.
Forwarding subscription to local fund
for celebrating Decoration Day, Ex-Governor
Hubbard, Of Connecticut, writes "For
myself ] am personally the debtor of every
true son Of Connecticut who fought, and
thrice the debtor Of every one who fell, for
the honor of the State and for the Union.
The honors We pay to our fallen heroes are
infinitely petty and cheap in comparison with
their infinitely grand and costly sacrifices"
The spirit of this is 50 much in contrast with
that which commonly anilnates the Connec-
ticut Democracy that the wonder is how that |
party ever came to elect Mr.. Hubbard. They |
did not know. undoubtedly how be felt on |
these matters.
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THF CLOSING or ROMEO AND JULIET WITH
VARIATIONS

THF CLOSING OF ROMEO AND JULIET WITT
VARIATIONS
a dramatic company from this cit,
played Romeo and Juliet At Lebanon
| Ohio, recently. VIII Power was Romeo
and Anna Boyle, the phenomenal, >
was Juliet The fair Anna is pretty
good impersOnator of the lovesick mait
of sunny Italy, and she IS particular,
trong in the death scene. She can die
harder and longer than any Juliet on the
English speaking stage.
On the occasion referred TO above. the
play slid along As smoothly As n SINAI
boy ON an icy pavement, until the last
scene OF the last act was reached. Pow
er had clapped the property poison bottle
under his mouStache, made the customary
remark about the drug store chap who
had sold him the rat poison, rolled oven
ON the stage with his toes up in athorough.
ly artistic and eminently satisfactory
manner
The tair Anna had climbed ont from
among the bones OF the detunct Capulets
spouted her farewell lines, and showing
the dagger under her left arm, had tum-
BLEED "kerchunk ON the rather adipose
cnrporosity OF her dead lover, preparatory
I" the elaborate business Of the death
scene.
''Jing-a-ling - went the bell and down
started the curtain.
Hold on, I'm not through vet. =" hoarse
ly whispered the dying scion of the house
OF Capulet.
"All right, and the man At the prompt
box signaled the man in the flies, and the
curtain rolled up again
The fair Juliet (who. by the way, i
pretty solid lump OF L GRID took a fresh
start and Hoped over ON the dead body
once more.
Again the prompier rang the bell 10
bring down the curtain and again the eN
cited Young actress (whu was gradually
getting madD ordered il up again.
90, hurry and die, growled the dis
gusted Romeo; this Is getting monot
onOuS.
Once more the DYING maiden Hoped
this time in dead earnest, but with disas-
trous results. Tor the angle ct her elbow
collided with the dead Montague, in the
vicinity OF his tob-pocket. with the force
Of 4 miniature pilr-driver.
Ugh WOW suffering Moses go
NC SluHtcu anu SlVNIVu ~ ne >'lulIulSu
in suppressed agony.
This was too much tor the risibililieS
lt the auditors. Everybody reared. and
wen the corpse Of the noble Count Paris,
hat was lying under the shadow OF set
ombstone. fairly shook with laughter. like |
/ freshly turned mold OF calls foot Jelly.
The curtain was rng down, and BOYLE
',rc rushed irIntically around 10 the
and exclaimed.
What made you ring down the cur
ain 81 SOON It's all your fault. Con
ound You. sir, you spoiled my daughters
'r>t scene"
''Grcat Caesar Boyle" replied the
'rompter, IL didn't know the eirl was
,olng Ia die in sections. rmpHht
.tmt>.
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this is not confcderacy of States, held To-
gether by rope Of sand, but NaiiOH, with
authority to guard its citizens and guarantee
them free and honest elections and to main
tain its laws in every State-is their great,
universal, magnificent cenotaph. This, ii we
honor the men who died, and Ithe.cause to
which they gave their life-blood, We should
guard with more jealous care than the mar
bic above their dust.
This great monument We truly crown
when we crown the tombstones of the mar
tyrs Of the Union. And only through such
honor to the Union and such watchful and
strong protection of it can We destroy the
sectional spirit and reach the true, absolute,
and prosperous In" ""'vH e'ey paw y
desires and which is sure to come, though IL
Games SHY. The meaning of Memorial
n,1s not psrtisan but it is patriotic. 1t
means devotion to the Union-to the gov
ernment of the people, for the people and by
the people, or it has no meaning worth re-
gardiny
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VERMONT NEWS.
PAINFUL occURRESCE-NTHE CHILDREN PoIs
oHED-sEyES DEAD AND THE OTHERS CAN

PAINFUL CcCURRESCE-NIHE CHILDREN PoIs-
OHkD-sEyES DEAD AND THE OTHERS CAM
net LIVE.
ISLAND POM, VI, May IS At Newark,
ten miles from here, niue children to-day
drank from brook the waters Of which
had been polluted by the carcasses of a
horse and sevsral sheep, and we're poisoned.
Seven died soon after, the bodies becoming
putrid and d,manding immediate burial l.,
and the Others cannot survive.
LUMBER DRIVE STRANDED.
McISDJE-. Vt. May 2s.-The Bowman,
Connecticut, river drive Of 40, 600 .OGO feet
Of lumber, IL yet On the fifteen miles-talls
above this place. lac water is falling fast
and unless it rains soon the drive will doubt
less be unable to get over the flats. This
spring Is the hardest year ever known in
the upper Connecticut for driving lumber.
HEAVY rRosTs.
BELLOWS FALLS, Vt, May 27.A very
severe frost occurred in this section, last
night. Aisice4 from various parts of the
stale report it very general. At Spring
field, the thermometer was at below ireez
log. and growing crops up the Connecticut
River Valley were destroyed Over the
mountain, at Rutland. the damage is slight.
Corn will need replaniing and fruits will be
much damaged.
&. c. Knights, landlord Of the hotel at
FairhaveD, has Just been fined 500 for
violating the prohibItory law.
Reuben j Cole, respected citizen Of
PJultney, committed suicide Sunday morn
ing by hanging Mr.. Cole had been sick
for over year, and for several months had
been deranged.
The eighty ninth birth day Of Mrs. Polly
Crawford, OF Bennington. was celebrated
recently. members Of five generations of her
defendants being present.
The organic Atom Of Universalist church
at Rutland Is in contemplation by members
of that denomination, under the leadership
of the Res j H. Farnsworth. Sat. Mis-
sionary, who immerced conducting weekly
services last sunday at Oid Fellows Hall.
A few days >iace "a late block 30 feet
long, six feet v ie and three lett thick, was
quarred at the Few Empire slate quarry,
at Fairhaven, by the use Of only one pint of
powder. This stone will weigh 30 tons and
~ estimated as containing lI5 squares OF
roofing slate. 1t was moved by the blast
over 50 feet
Tie following is the business report from
Bennington All Of the factories and
workshops are now in operation to the
fullest capacity, and have been for some
months furnishing employment to about
| 900 hands, paying more than so 900 per
month for wages. The Bennington woollen
Ellis are now receiving several car loads Of
wool shipped direct ~ rail all the way
from San Francisco, which, it is believed.
is the first through freight ever received in
Vermont from the Golden State. 10 addi-
ton to a large number Of Dwellings recently
finished many Others are in course OF cree
ton. The freight trafi, to and from Ben
nington was never greater than st present
and, altogether, the general business out
look is all that could be desired.
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Washington dispatches say that the Presi
dent will not approve the verdict of the Re
vising Board on the case Of Gen. Fitz Johr
Porter, and a new Board may be convened
with instructions TO receive the testimony
ruled out by the recent Board.
A Washington special of the Providence
Journal says that information is direct from
a prominent member Of Gen. Grants party
abroad, that he has stated in the most posi-
tive terms that he wi not enter into contest
for the nomination, and that active work fol
the place on the part Of prominent candidates
would preclude him from allowing his name
to be used.
The Western Democrats, at Washington,
say they want the Senate to pass the Silver
bill at one and send it to the President.
When that is done, they add, they will send
him the Legislative bill with clause pro
hibiting the expenditure of money for elec
tons. marshals and supervisors. Then they
will send him the Army bill with a new
prohibition of troops. And them" was
asked of one Of these sagacious statesmen.
well, then, don't know. We have not
settled anything further, but We want the
President to sign something before We go
home "
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The Hartford CvtrdHf echoes the publ,
voice when it says to the Confederate Con
gres1, "oh, 90 home
ConciliatOry remark by Ben Hill, o.
Georgia Those twin curses of the South
secession and slavery, were both transplant.
ed from New England'
American cheese Is reported to be pushing
that of Switzerland out Of the European
market
John Stuart Mil remarks that "a night
sleep il the sovereign remedy for the smaller
vexatiOns of life" Let those sensitive souls
whose spirits sink with the sun, remember
this, and refuse to think of their annoyances
at night
1t cannot be reasonably expected that the
Democrats should like Grant. Has he not
whipped them both on the field and at the
ballot box , Bugdio Eiprsss
A despatch to the New York Commercial
Bulletin says Warner Us almost wild with
anger and despair, over the way his silver
bill was patched and tinkerei in the House
a Davenport Ola y lady is about to sue
for a divorce On the ground that her husband
has no style about him
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OUR readers will remember the excitement
on Staten Island, last Fall over the finding Of
the body Of a woman, who had evidently
been murdered and buried in a half-barrel,
near Silver lake There were half dozen
or more supposed ilentifcations of the re
mains before the actual one was made. The
victim turned out to be Mary Ann Degnsn,
wife OF Edward Reinhardt, who was last
week convicted Of her murder. His motives
for the crime were two fold. lie had COM
mitted bgamy, and he wished to get posses
SOD OF Mary AIMS little property, and to
rid himself VI one OF his two wives. So he
chose the one who was OF a complaining dis
position and was about to become a mother.
The evidence was circumstantial. man
saw Reinhardt several hours before the
death Of his wife, digging a hole where the
body Of the murdered woman was found.
Another witness saw him saving and fixing
the barrel in which the remains were found
The evidence showed that Reinhardt, after
having placed the body of his wife in the
barrel wheeled it through the streets on a
wheeibarroS between 10 and / O'Clock in
the morning. A man met and asked him
what he had In the barrel, and he replied
that be had some ice cream which he was
taking up to Silver lake to sell The muir
derer testified in his own behalf but his
story was 50 improbable that it helped to
his conviction. lie said that his wife went
to New York to get some medicine, which
she took and from the elects Of which she
died Fearing that he would be suspected
of taxing part IN case Of malpractice, he
disposed Of the body a. already described.
The fracture in the skull, be said, was made
BIZ TALL Of the barrel from his wheelbarrow.
A dramatic incident Of the trial occurred
when Mrs Degnin, mother of the murdered
woman, left the witness stand and pointing
at her son-in law, exclaimed in a wailing
voice "Ile is the murderer lie murdered
my child. He murdered her he murdered
her ~ Whel asked to say why sentence
should not be pr1n)Ince1 On him, Rcinharit
went into long TRADE Of lies, in which he
blackened the character Of both his wives,
and showed himself to be fool as well as
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FNrERIENoED and >agseiou> unanciers hold
that the practical operation OF the Warner
Silver bill, II ii -houli ever become a law,
wOuli be t. bring to this country S22j 600
900 OF silver low almost drug in Europe,
which would be increased in value nearly
- per cent by the Warner Silver bill. Under
the well-known law that the poorer money
drives out the better, this would take the
place Of the same amount of gold, so that
nothing would be added by tie Warner bill
to our store Of coin. We would exchange
over $500 600 900 Of gold for the same
amount of silver, and not add dollar to our
store Of coin, while the people OF the United
States would loose at least $50 900 900 BY
the exchange, since the silver would have
only - per cent OF the purchasing power Of
gold. The spectators would make money
bot nobody else. At present the Secretary
OF the Treasury j. protected in some meas
uTe against the schemes of bonanza capital
ists by discretionary limit. In coming
silver dollars be cannot exceed the maximum
Of four millions per month, and need not 60
beyond the minimum of two millions per
month. But under the Warner bill any
owner Of silver bullion may take the metal
to the mint in any quantity. The Secretary
j. constrained to accept and purchase the de-
post, tLorgh it were 100000 CT $780,
OOO,OGO, paying for it the current value CT
silver bullion in New York. No market is
more easily manipulated than the market for
silver in the United States, and nothing
would be easier than for pool to buy up
SO coo 600 or $50, 600 600 worth Of silver
bullion, and by controlling all that is read
lily available corner the market and cause
q rapid rise They could then unload on the
Treasury during the next week at the high
market rate they have produced. get their
certificates and pocket their profits at the ex-
pen-e of the taxpayers.
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bill as well as those who were present and
actually voted for it. The men who resist
ed this Infamous scheme Of reputation to
the end-again including those who were
paired on that side-were lis Republicans,
/ National, and | / Democrats. Mr.. Jones,
OF Texas, who voted in the negative, though
called National, with respect to repudia-
ton of the Nation solemn obligations seems
to be more nearly a true Republican
than Messrs. Belford, Of Colorado, Daggett,
of Nevada, and Cannon. Fort and Marsh,
of Illinois, so-called Republicans. who voted
for the bill than Mr.. Russell, of North
Carolina, Yocum, of Pennsylvania, and
Ford, of Missouri, so-called Republican
Nationals, who voted for it, or than Mr..
Kelley, Of Pennsylvania. so-called Republic
can, and Forsythe, Of Illinois, so-callcd
National, who were paired in its favor
I w. i.-ht aume for these gentlemen Is
"Repudlators, if they hive objections to
the nearly-equivalent term democrats. y
every National platform of the Republican
party since TIE suppression of rebellion left
the country a great war debt. Thanks to
the staunch integrity and untlinching loyalty
of Republican members and voters, there
were found but FIVE men who were elected
az Republicans. and " no are faithless To the
pledges Of the Nation and the party-dSe
out of l27 living, and 100 voting or paired
Seven were absent apparently impaired, who
will be called to account by their constitu-
ents.
The position Of the Democratic rarity is
fixed beyond dispute Only seven members
were absent not paired Only eleven voted
or were paired against reputation. Almost
twelve times a. many, l2y in all, voted or
were paired in favor of breaking solemn
pledges OF the public faith and defrauding
public creditors. Twelve out of every
thirteen Democrats are found iaithless.
Twenty-three ont Of every twenty four Re
pubiicans are found faithful Upon that
record, the country will be called to pass
Judgment next year, and the Democrats will
then learn whether the people want repudi-
alton.
The solid South shows its hand in this
4n a5n a nee t Hsn 3 ui. 4 Il 6at Of
members voting or paired in favor of this
assault upon the public faith, ~ were from
the South, only q from the. Western and
Pacific States, and only 3 from the Middle
States, and , from New England. The
South voted almost unanimously to destroy
the public credit. That section cast " votes
for the bill. and only against it.
But the West cast ftty-one votes
against it, and, even including the Pacific
States, only 81 for it. The Middle and
New England States cast - votes against
the bill and only IL for it. Those Northern
men are indeed to be pitied, whose lunacy,
bankruptcy or cOWardice has driven them
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fHE fHIRTkEsIH IN MONTREAL-O OF course
the visit Of the Brooklyn Thirteenth regi-
ment TO Montreal would not have been
complete without something more than 4
mere formal review by The Princess Louise,
and the boys were hOnored by an interview
by their commander with her royal high
ness Ga sunday the Princess sent To Col.
David Austen. OF the Thirteenth and for
his family She desired to thank him in
persan Tor the compliment Of the visit of
the American regimont and their psIticlpa-
ton in tho birthday of her rOyIl mother
She thought that the visit established "a
friendship between the nei 2hbOring govern
ments. aud she hoped the visits OF the regi-
ment would from year to year be made to
continue the friendly feelings. Then she
atfablY conyersod upon different topics with
the colonel and his family, and was gracious
thrOuE bout the interview. The Canadian
ohcers agrco that the Thirteenth carried
OF the palm in their movements at the re-
view. An invitation wa- extended to the
Canadian troops to visit Brooklyn in ISsO,
and it is expected that the Garrison sItll-
lery. the Queens Own and the Royal fusi-
leets will accept
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Inltei NIaIes COurI.
WINDSOR, VI, May q, I.19

WlNDSOhs Il MAY SlB lc45.
Court convened st $50 o'clock am
when the trial of the case of Flannery VS..
Humphrey, was resumed. and occupied the
attention Cf the court until 4 D. IN. Col.
W. G. Veszsy and l. F. Wilbur for plain
tilt ; W. L. Burnsp and l.. L Lawrence Tor
defendant. Decision reserved.
hearing ID the equity case OF David
W. Prince, Ct als, W. The Brandon Manu-
iacturing Company, ct al. was then COM
menced. This is very Important case, in
v0ivlng questions as to the title OF the Howe
Scale patents and tue extensions Their of
Col. W. G. Neszey of Rutland, and Henry
ID. Hyde Of Boston, iUr orators ; PrOut 10
Walker, of Rutland, and Caauucey Smith of
Boston for defendants.
Discharges were also granted to the fol-
lowing named bankrupts j. Il. Adams
of Concord. Dave A Pike OF Concord,
Henry G. Adams of St. Adams, A. p. Shaw
OF Bradford, Gay Il circuit Of st. Johnsbury,
b. b. Hope OF Middlebnry. NJ. T. Hamilton
of Newport. j W Ferris of Roxbury, l.. E.
Henry Of Springfield. Ii L. Morse of Con-
cord. A. p. Thornton Of Castleton. j. NJ.
Isham of Colchester. l.. b. Thresher OF
Mortified. Chas o. Standish Of Randolph.
WINDSOR, MAY III. 1879.
Upon the assembling Of the court, this
morning, Judgment for defendant was rem
dered in tho case of Flannery vs.. Humphrey,
after which the hearing of Prime ct ais vs.
The Brandon Manufacturing Company ct al. :,
was resumed and was not concluded when
court adjourned for the day.
WINDSOR, Vt. May %, 1879.
The arguments in the case of Prime ct
als, vs.. The Brandon Manufacturing Com
pany ct al, were concluded at the noon
recess OF the court. Decision net rendered :.
The case of Charles Rogers, assignee OF
Lambert Hastings, vs.. Richardson B.
Graves, was commenced at the afternoon
session. and not completed at adjournment
Of the court Tor the day. This is the last
case for trial at this term.
WINDSOR, May "a, 1873.
Court convened at 9 a. IN, when the
arguments Of counsel in the case of Rogers,
assignee. ". Graves, were resumed, and
were not concluded until noon. II Z. ldc
and Elisha May for orator. A. F. Nichols
and Geo. W. CahoOn for defendant. De-
cision reserved.
There being no other causes for hearing,
the court was thereupOn adjourned. until
Monday, May Goth, ct = O'Clock p m, at
Rutland
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Who Are the Regulator, Z

The Warner Silver bill provides, among
other dangerous and bad things, that Ger
tifcates issued for all the silver that may be
brought to the Treasury or to any mint,
whethe: the silver be produced from mines Of
this country or Mexico, or emptied upon this
country from the glutted stores of France
and Germany, shall be a legal tender for
"tbc payment Of all dues to the United
States, mciUding dut'es on imports" This, if
1t became law, as it cannot over the Presi-
dent veto, would speedily lesye the United
States without means to pay interest on the
public debt, except in such certificates which
whouid inevitably DO at heavy discount.
The New York Tr,June thus Classics the
regulators
Who are the regulators They number
l2s Democrats, 10 Nationals, and Repub-
licans, sO-called In this enumeration those
s'c included ho were paired in favor Of the