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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-01-09
Las. Year.

Locally, the year just past was on the
whole prosperous on.. In 1t business re-
vived, the number Of idle machines and un-
employed laborers was greatly diminished,
and manufacture and business started up
into fresh activity. And all over the coun-
try the harvests were abundant, industries
revived, manufactures fOurished, and new
activity and new hopefulness passed over
the Nation. OF the great events which give
the year Il place in our history there was the
resumption of specie payments and the con-
sequent restoration of our currency to its
integrity: the great sale Of two hundred
millions of four per cent bonds; the intro
duction of the telephone "a year ago one OF
the marvels of science, but now rs familiar
almost as gas or the telegraph; and the
opening of the Mississippi jetties. We had
no great Indian wars last year. but some
fighting with restless tribe or two seems ln-
dispensable The yellow fever again scourged
Memphis which invited her punishment, but
with that exception there were no srea; cal
amites by flood, or fire. or pestilence with
in our borders.
The neurology of the year is unusually
long. 1t embraces, in literature, the names
of the venerable Richard Henry Dana. Elihu
Burritt, Mrs. Sarah Joseph Hale, Rev.
Joseph p. Thompson, Henry {. Carey
George $. Ilillard and John Weiss in poll
tics. Caleb Gushing, John y. Dix, William
LLOYD Garrison, William Allen and Zach
ariah Chandler: in military affairs, Gen
james Shields, Gen. T. W. Sherman, Gen.
Joseph Hooker, Gen J. c. Davis Gen.
Richard Taylor and Gen. j. b. Hood of the
Confederate army. Other deaths were those
of Charles Fechter the actor; William NJ
Hunt. artist Daniel Drew; Asa Packer,
Thomas Lord, Robert and Peter Goelet and
Alexander Stuart, millianaires.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-01-09

The Inauguration OF Governor CornelltoOl
place at noon. Thursday. in the Assembly
Chamber of the Capitol at Albany. The
ceremony was very short, not occupying
over ten miiAtes AT the appointed hour
the outgoing and incoming Governors enter
ed the chamber arm in arm, each followed
by his respective stalls. Mr.. Cornell was
then sworn in by Secretary of State Carr
Governor Robinson then made Il short all
dress to Governor Cornell, in which he said
he was there. in accordance with custom, to
speak few words To the incoming Governor.
His own record, he said, was before the peo-
pie and would speak for itself. He then
spoke of the great responsibility which rested
on the Governor Of the State rs being cont
mantler-in chief of the National Guard, and
having the proper administration of the
laws to sec TO- as well rs the proper ,listrihu-
ton of the public moneys. lie closed by
wishing Mr.. Cornell record which would
do him honor Governor Cornell then made
Il short speech cnnsrItulatins Governor Rob
insan ON his'lonr and unhlcmished record,
and also in few words thanked the people
for the great honor conferred upon him. At
the clns,. of the ceremony Gov. Cornell, as-
sisted by Gov. Robinson, received the peo-
pie in the Governors room in the new Cap
itnl
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

The Philadelphia correspondent of the New
York Times finds all hut four of seventy two
members of the PENNSYLVANIA Republican
State Committee for Grant. Some of them
have been converted IL Grant by Gnrcclon.
Gov Garcclon has thanked public opinion
for n few days hy submitting la the Supreme
Court what he calls certain law points, not
involving matters of fact, which seemed To
have troubled him in Gov. Murril's bill of
questions As thts,. will not he given tu the
public till the court has considered and re-
ported ON them, the Governor may fairly be
said to have crawled into Il hole and pulled
theholc in after him. -Sprilgtiela RtpalitaA.
The most remarkable result of Gen. Grants
Journey around the world is still TO he re-
corded it has caused Gen. Edward +. Beale
To 20 to church for the first time in nearly 20
Years Before the rebellion the Beale family
used to attend st. Johns, the most aristocrat-
ic church in Washington, and naturally
made up largely of Souiherners. The rector
sympathzed with the majority of his parish
toner's, and one Sunday about the outbreak of
the war, went 50 far as TO pray for the success
of the rebel cause This was more than Gen.
Beale could bear and he marched out at the
head of his family, registering vow that ne
would never 20 TO church again. This reso
luton he is said To have faithfully adhered
to during the nearly 10 years that have
since elapsed, and nobody expected ever
to SEE il broken But Grant came Ia see
him. wanted TO % to church Sunday morn
ing, and his host was constrained to accom-
pany him So true II is that peace hath her
victories no less renowned than those of war.
WASHINGTON Letter.
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EXECUTIVE officers are NOT tn be fnrcibly
resisted by armed muhs when Governors or
Presidents are believed 10y no matter what
number of good and worthy citizens 10 have
Numbered either Intentionally or unintention-
ally in the discharge ol their sworn duty 49,
v. y. World.
The World very squarcly condemns the
Maine outrage; but it is equally decided i'll
its opinion that there is no legal remedy
therefor. Furthermore, rs above, it seems
To take the ground that the people have no
right to take the law into their own hands
no mats.r how often and 10 what extent they
NAV be dsfranchsed by such technical
swindles. But Intentional ''hlundering' of
this sort is deliberate fraud. II such out
Iageuus and sweeping fraud were 10 become
the rule in Maine, of what use would a rep
reseniativc government of that sort he 10
them ANY other form of government would
he preferable 10 it. And if the people of
Maine should find that they must submit 10
this thing this year. and it should be repeat
ed next wear. we should hope that they would
rise in their sovereign capacity, kick the
conspirators ont OF their seats and
proceed To form new Constitution under
which the rule of the majority would take
the place of a rule of swindlcrs and political
sneak thieves
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The New York Times having before it
''the admirably compact and lucid brief of
Senator Edmunds and William Allen Butler,
ESD, the council for the plaintiff in the
legal-tender case now before the Supreme
Court in support of their motion to advance
the case for argument at this time, sums up
as follows the facts of the case : The action
was brought by Il citizen of the State of New
York To recover 50, 100 from citizen of the
State of Connecticut, the proceeds of a sale
of cotton, for which the defendant offered
"a United States note, series of 1873. of the
denomination of $1,000, and Cnitcd States
note, series of 1873, of the denomination of
$780, purporting, by recital thereon, to he
u legal-tender at their respective face values
for all debts, public and private, except
duties on imports and interest on the public
debt, and were reissue of that amount OF
United States legal-tender notes, which had
been redeemed, subsequent TO January |,
1879, at the United States sub-treasury in
New York, and after being presented for
coin, were reissued and kept in circulation
under and in pursuance of the act OF Con-
gress. entitled AN act 10 forbid the further
retirement of United States legal-tender
notes., approved May 81, 1873" The plain-
tiff in the case held that the tender of these
notes was insufficient in law" a position
which was based on the unconstitntionality
of the law of May 81, 1873 alluded to above,
under which the notes in question had been
reissued.
1t will thus he seen that the case does not
involve the legal-tender quality of outstand-
ing legal-tender notes. but that Of those only
which have been redeemed and paid by the
Government, or which may hereafter be so
redeemed and paid. The Secretary OF the
Treasury stated in his last annual report that
the total amount of United States notes
presented for redemption from January 1st
To November 1st was only about eleven and
quarter millions (S11, ESQ., ,6.5). Assum-
ing that the average redemption has been at
the same rate since, we should have total
amount redeemed by January 1st, 1880, of
about about thirteen and half millions or
8, per cent only Of the total issue. 1t is
impossible to say what proportion of this
very small sum has actually been reissued
under the act of 1878, and ii would be this
portion only that would he at present affect
ed by the decision of the court obviously,
IN the actuaI condition of the finances of the
country, the scope of decision adverse TO
the legal-tender quality of the reissucd notes
would he extremely limited. 1t would never
th1less be extremely valuable, for it would
provide absolutely for the extinction OF the
legal-teuder quality of notes once paid blythe
Government. and would operate precisely in
proportion 10 the extent that redemption was
demanded The notes would cease TO he
legal-tender the moment they had passed into
the sub-treasury. thus etfecting a gradual
process of reduction in the lesal-tender
note currency.
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HYDE PARK, ILL.,, Dec. 1879.

HIDE AKIN iiisi ~ AS'N'
To the Editor Of the Free Press 4 Times
This is very poor place for weather
prophets They are decidedly at discount,
especially if from ''thc East" The writer
there had some standing in this line, but here
is nobody, or even less. His father before
him was renowned as weather prophet in
the East and learned his son many things
but here in Illinois ''they wont work" In
and about Chicago the range of the mercury
is 40 degrees-from 10 above to 30 below.
Changes are sudden and great, owing 10 the
absence of ranges of mountains to obstruct
wind currents In Hancock county, ILL.,,
the writer once noticed q fall of the mercury
of 40 degrees in 4 little over an hour. One
Saturday in November, crossing an area OF
Grand Prairie in buggy, the writer was
so hot as TO have been obliged TO lay oil his
dress-coat and ride in his shirt sleeves. The
next week Thursday on the same road men
were frozen TO death. Changes from cold to
warm weather are also sudden and greater than
ever imagined in Vermont, so that, prophet
or no prophet, YOU can with some safety
predict Il change in the weather. One hot,
sultry day in July, a neighbor, fancy horse
man, asked me to ride with him 10 Chicago,
: miles. Complying, we had made two
thirds of the ride and, with all the care my
friend could Use IN driving, his horse was all
of foam, from sweating Suddenly as n
flash from the sky cold blast from the lake
struck us like an ice bolt. See that =" said
my friend. Il feel it, said l. and in three
minutes l felt compelled To jump TO
the sidewalk and run smartly to
keep warm. Through the remainder
of the day dhs was near noon the cold
continued and | walked vigorously about the
city doing this and that. In the evening. |
attended ''church sociable," the weather
continuing the same But when ''thc meet
ing broke" all was changed and then came
up a thunder shower, and at midnight | ran
from the train home in most drenching
rain. The next morning all was calm, sweet
Summer. Of the seasons it may he said they
are more irregular than in Vermont. Last
Winter was an orthodox New England Winter
with plenty of sleighing and steady weather.
Two years ago 1t was an open, warmer, out
and-out New Orleans Winter. I've known
it open and mild until ''thc holidays" were
over, hut November 4, this year. the mer-
curry was but above zero; and sometimes
we have had snow in October. 1t is II mis-
nomer TO call March, April and May ''Spring'
here. As a rule We have no Spring, though
we have illapscs of now and then Il warm
pleasant day; but generally chilly winds
and frequently ice storms from Lake
Michigan, which is big tea-kettc rcquir-
ing time to heat up when chilled with the
breath of Lake Superior. On philosophical
principles. the land warming first, the air
rises and the cold air from our lake rushes in
10 fill the vacuum. Hence our steady, cold
east wind y
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RIcuuoxp.-IIon. E. ID. Mason has been

RIcHNoND. Hon. L. d. Mason has been
presented icy Mr.. Thurhrr al New YORK with a Sui
ton cheese. manufactured at Sutton England he h
tpuk the rst pre- of foreign cheese at the ln.r-
national bar, Far at New York. The cheese Is
quite u curiosity. II ~ shaped much Ike "A crown
oi a tall hat, Is two Years old and weighs about
twelve pounds. The outside coating ls hard and
porous and about a5 smooth is n tUad's back. The
cheese Is very rich and somewhat mouldy inside,
II ~ intended 10 he. Last "Wednesday the Rich
mond Chicken Pie club" Were invited 10 Mr.
MAson'S, when tins cheese was cut and served al
tea, with the many dehracics Of the season which
the hostess Is 50 well qualified To arIange, The
mandcr al the cheese viii he taken 10 brandon hl
Mr.. Mason, hen The Duifynen's Association meets.
{" he distributed To the patrons OF the Association.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-01-09

II il is true that the principles Of law III
Maine are 81 tortuous that Governor Garce-
lon can go behind the returns" to listen To
ailidavits rs Ia whether or not returns were
signed in open town meeting, as 10 what
shape the ballots were, as 10 whether the Sc
lectmen were aliens or citizens and To pre-
srlme without shadow of evidence (and
contrary Ia fact that separate signatures
were all made by one person, If the Coy
ernor and Council can ~ behind the returns
to ascertain such defects aud make them the
basis of the rejection of members elect, and
cannot go behind the returns" To ascertain
whether names in full mean the same persons
Ms are named by INITIAL this is the state
of the law, as laid down by the Supreme
Court, why. there will be nothing To say
but to give Governor Garcelon the credit Of
discovering the worst law-trap that ever was
sprung upon "A self governing people A
dozen living Governors have walked over it
safely before without wronsins the State,
but here is II learned doctor who in obeying
the laws precipitates revolution. Spring
feid Republican.
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EeIls
HOW FAR THEY MAY BE HEARD-THE LARGEST
BELL EVER MADE IN THIS COUNTRY.
From the Boston Herald

HOW FAR THEY MAY BE EHEARD-THELARGEST
BELL EVER MADE IN THIS COUNTRY.
From the Boston Herald.l
In a hilly locality, says the Scientific
Amcrjcaa, bell will not be heard half
as far as if the land were level, or nearly
50. A bell will be heard great deal far
ther lengthways of valley than over the
hills at the sides. 1t is frequently the
case that bcll-rooms are lower than the
surrounding buildings and trees, and
these distractions break the sound and
prevent ITS free passage to II distance. 1t
Is frequently the case, too, that towers
have small windows or openings, with
the lower boards so close together as to
almost box up the sound. In cities the
noise and steam and horse cars manufac-
turing establishments, carriages and carts
rafting over the pavement, etc, ~ 80
great, that bells are not expected to he
heard at any considerable distance and
this Is the reason why, in all cities, seve-
raj bells are used for fire alarm purposes
IT being impossible for one bell, no mat
ter how large 1t may he, to he heard above
the Thousand and one noises incident to
every large place The largest bell ever
made III this country weighed y, 900
pounds. and before it was fractured hung
,i 'ii'. oiay ilaii IN Ny nv lorh 1ii one or
tTo ''''c'S,'nS ti!is ',,il was iieal1 up 'ile
,'',ion ; @ l.iaei Id NILS III tile ilsh' % Wnei
Wv Vt! "a9 '1ii'i'l"'i'eiH 'l"'e' "a'ei
III '",i'uot|i VI 49, a"''',' h,, anu hI a,oeu
above mentioned. 1T is great mistake
S'' ,I; 1iia, Dri;s ti De a, eal" III pro
i',5'' In ~ ~ onm MIL m, ''n' l I'M.
ne e., ~ 80 p'"i non Nm ~ D Ie"id rtV WI
na, -, e. tla - - a. t,I,, ,L - nis
'i' - ~, 'ile i'"s" iii' 'iif hSei "gii
~ ~. P'ss7s an, ''.is IN mn we tilo
~ ,,I''i.'i' suii''e " tii' sii',,'er one
|" ,i"t ~ Saiit" nid n'.inifo,i III ,iie ia,ger
~ 1i.i 70 rs uee'' niHJtS'' "isnileu 'olie'
"iilrn ~ 1t Is iinpo7sipie l" secure III me
smaller one, the we'Shl oi ',ie peii lilva VA
riaDly governing It's iorce. Del "i loo
or 2o1 pounds, III an open beifry, on a
srhooi-house or factory IN the country, Is
frequently heard at long distance, out
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A LTPE'S love.


BN FREDERICK LASGBRIpGE.
| loved him IN ny dswninG years
Far wears. dly!nelv dim:
My hiuhc-l smiles. nv saddest tears,
Were rVsrmprg tur hIm.
Nv dreaming when the lay hs gan,
The latest thought had.
Vas suit some litlc loving plan
To make nv darling glad.
They deemed he lacked the conquering w!les
That older children wear
To me his face. in frOwns or smiles,
Ncs never aught but fair.
TIel said that self was all his goa,
tie knew no thought beyond;
t. me. know, no living soul
Vas half 50 true and fond.
Al. many love was mine ere now,
Ia life's capricious May.
And many lightly whispered vow
The breeZes bore away.
Yet, looking back on friends betrayed,
And sweethearts left TO rue,
NJ soul can say. In shine or shade,
Al least h. found me true
In loves eclipse, in friendships dearth-
In grI-f AMI feud and bale.
VI, hsart has learnt the sacred worth
Oi one that cannot fail;
And come What must. and come what MAJ.
Npr power, nor praise, nor peli,
,shIil lu-,' mv faith from thee 10 stray,
Nv 'yCpt. ias owu-NVss,r.
-rias'sy'g Haga-ias.
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CHANCE.

A word unspoken, a hand Impressed,
A look unseen or a thought unguessed,
And souls that were kindred may live apart,
Never 10 meet or know the truth.
Never 10 know how heart beat with heart
In the dim past days OF a wasted youth.
She shall not know how his pulses leapi
When over his temples her tresses swept;
As she leaned 10 give him the jasmine wreath
She felt his breath. and her face flushed red
With the passionate ioVe that choke'i her breath
Aud sadlens her life now her youth u dead.
A failed woman who waits for death
Aud murmurs a name beneath her breath;
\ cynical man who SCOTS and jeers
Al women and love in the open day,
And al night time kisses. with bitter Tears,
4 faded fragment of jasmine spray.
London !SgUfsrV.
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l mad never thought of her we walked
Win June unlerfoot and overhead.
/ had never thought of her; we talked:
and never noticed what we said
fell on flowers with my louis long feet;
| shocked the solemn old oaks with laughter;
l droned OF weather. the way, the wheat
Her glance said shyly, And what comes after:
kini c0uusels dropped from a element SKY
The way was made, as II were for two.
- could only hear the crickets cry
she heard, higher up, the white doves coo.
l-eshteen, crude and ashamed to please
She-cghteen, ripe, with looHng-gassl
The birds sang love TO her in the trees.
ana the crickets Missed me in the grass,
S1e rined berries IN many bush,
The white arm flashed in many turn:
sunbeam broke on ii like a blush
watched plover rise from the fern.
\ brook ran rOllicking on our way;
We stopped moment. and as We stood
The sweet, warm, amorous air OF MAY
hymned Hymen Hymen throughout the wood.
Her voice had tender and timi1 tones,
AMI frightened laugh and 4 laughing scream
Her line feet new on the stepping-stones
watched the trout turn against the stream
/ found u0- a t.lng 10 say and talked;
/ heard her sigh and saw her smile
She was beside me- and walked
wished Fl, was over all the while q,
W. hal left The woods ere I saw the red,
Mneh mouth. and the faces sea-shell ilnis
Lets thrk no more uf H. Them she said
And have Thought of t ever since
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, n,,,,a MON v,s moving his family into

4 Dakota man was moving his family into
A new house during "hlI2Lard' ani lett his stove
inr thr last trip Within loo steps ot the house MS
wife was taken ILL., Leaving two Young children IN
A ,Ir, goods box On the han,l-~elSh, he helped hef
ani two elder children into the house. where. IA
order To- prevent their freezing they were All pa,
10 bed lie then returned for the Two r'ti-
,irru. AMI WAS frozen Ia death hrI"rc h" rshfhc'i
them They also iruZr 10 death IN the huN- The
wife lay IN bed until The ucNt day without ntr of
food aud the children IN bed wth her were fguZcn
nearly death, but IL IL believed that they Wi Ie-
cover,
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notice, and never gave me chance to pro-
duce proof"
During the sixty years that Maine has
been a State her Governors have counted out
on an average one man in every four years
on technical errors. In this one year fatal
defects" spring up in thirty-seven different
districts at once, and all on the Republican
s;l
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There was another boy who WAS stop
ped by IL middle aged lady with Boy.
! want to 90 Ia D. street well,
madam. SAID the boy, why don't you 90
there, them
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ORCHARD WEDDING.

ihere- wedding in the orchard. dear,
i Know II by the flowers;
4hey re wreathing on every bOugh and branch
Vt ialllng down i'll showers.
Iae air Is in mist, think.
And scarce knows which 10 he
whether all fragrance, clinging close,
Or h!rd-song, wild and free.
And countless wat.4ing lime,
And golden giftsOf grace
never saw such wcarh of sun
In any shady place.
II seemed heard the flaitering robes
ol naldens clad in white,
Tue clasping of a thousand hands
IN tenderest dell ght:
While whispers ran among the boughs
OF promises and praise;
And playful, loving messages
Sped through the leaf-llI ways.
Then were there swayings tc and fro;
The weeds a-tiptoe rose.
And sang the breeze a sudden song
That sank TO sudden close
And Just beyond the wreathed aisles
That end against the blue,
The raimeEt of the wedding choir
And priest came shining through.
And though | saw no wedding guest,
Nor groom. nor gentle bride,
! knew that holy things were asked,
And holy love replied.
Prom Mary Ndpes Dodge'S nstr book Of loepts.
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Did y0u ever notice the fact-of course
you have-that tramp pwho claims hc has
trade, but can get no work at it, in the
winter is a brickmaker, and in the sum
mer lumberman or ice sawyer -LpcE-
port EHion.
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PIcTUREs or REr

II seems a rich and roval feast,
dream of the yoluptuous EasI.
On "A light-bue ground is Il lily cup
Ia undulate beauty rumpled up.
Aud here is pansy, here rose,
And dewdrops on them soft repose.
Here is a simmer of crystal waves,
And the Pasha's dugky turhaned slaves.
And over there by the vine clad wall
A peacock dreams on the velvet mall.
Here a dove in a lilac sings:
Besides, there are various other things
Including lover with a lulr
And 4 goat digesting II rubber boot.
a. l....I.
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Political Interviews.

The Boston Journals Vermont correspon-
dent has been interviewing some prominent
gentlemen of Vermont and sets down their
views on the Presidential question as fol-
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Col. T.. II. Powell nf Richiord, the present
State Auditor said that Grant seemed To be
the favorite in this section, and that he hc
licvcd Grant was the most available man for
the party. Blaine is apparently the second
choice of Vermont Republicans 10 Grant. II
the sentiment of this section OF the State Is
indicative of the feeling elsewhere, then ii
may safely be set down that the Grant
boom" in Vermont is quite formidable.
FoRpKs
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PRECIOUS METAL THAT DID NOT ENRICH
THE FINDERS.