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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-06-04
GENERAL SUMMARY.

One hundred and thirty tons of gold cola
nnd SIN hundred and twelve tons Of silver cola nov
lie IN the sub treasury vaults IN New York.
The iron mills and furnaces at kcnsington
district Philadelphia employing about LOO men,
are Il!. IN consequence of differences as 10 wages
Ii is estimated that the total catch of the
View Foundani seal fishery is 2so.0nO scals. Form
rr seasons reached from 5000 to GOO,o0O.
Two little children were this week found
starving to death IN i tenement house IN New
York Tho room entirely without furniture,
and they had no clothing.
A Mennonite named Job Ennis of Winnie
peg Man. was Killed Icy lightning IN his house,
SATURDAY,. his wife receiving such shock that she
expired SUNDAY. The house WAS burned. The
other inmates escaped.
Referee Blaikc said Monday that if Riley,
the narSman. VIII remove the restrictions upon
statements made t" hm, he iBlaikc' Will make pub
lie some matter, relative 10 the rc"tn! nascn that
Will Ia. worth reading.
At the Baptist Bible Convention at Sarato-
"a. Monday Captain Ebcnezcr Morgan Of Connect-
cut offered $4,000 for the BIble translation work.
pr 7 j. Cnuaut Is engaged tn complete his trlnsli
tinn under the IuSpirc- OF The American and For
cisn ihic society.
4 Constanlinoplc despatch tells of horrible
-uiiriags of The Starving people at and near Mos
soul. 1hc.: Suirrins~ are understandable. Finding
cereals. SOM" eat rurp-t-S amt bc'"ne I'll IA con
sequence. M"Ni "l them aye dying. - they have
nothing To cal
The trirnnial assessment Of property in
Aucrhiu, county, Ia, has just been completed
ami shows III" StLGtln. derIrIsc since the last as
s,'ssInruL al siS.u"J nuV IN the valuation To show
the fraud pflciicrd on aS,r5sors Ward Twenty
seven returns NJ gold watches, bLrouchr-, ear
ra.r4. s'ish' sycl ur gold plate, "r money ut
Interest.
Alexander Dumas's fortune is estimated nj
i5ii run. outside ui his art collection worth nearly
A. much. Every penny oi II he has derived from
his literary labufs.
\ irrucous bulldog broke his chain AT
Wheeling Va, and attacked very old wnmln
SHE nI:rr all the dri,'urt she cnul. hui hr threw
her down. TIT her whh savage Jury. ani 1nally
Killed her il"r ion n.nidvucd hE The s:ght, chop
pri the brute Ia pirc"'s
Two Mormon rmmissIrIrs recently appear
cd ~ The r.l.etnljr aui hrd ms.ting1. They
fnrhdlcn hN The authorities To propagate their
Nirws, hnt urNrtth'lrss- succeeded m cunVrrlin.
fourteen iunticS "i fnty prisons They have now
removed To Mannheim. rh"tc weekly meetings are
held. attended ty some SIXTY ur srNuutV persons
Daring a fight h,twcrn rnughs at Troy,
y Y. MONDAY Iuhn Wall. an cx-cuuNici. recently
relieved from prison. Killed supervisor fhtlup Casey
ct The lie, cnth Nlid. who was attempting To qur
the disturbance. Mdli ilri iud wa pursued hN the
mob nuTiuE The Ch.i-r = 'lurl tnnk place between
Wall AMI ht- pui -lrt.. and phlcrr lunt was shot
Ia the b,.iI ant ,idr hut .ut lately \ man named
Fiuwlrw W. rl..- sUct aud inluird siEhlN, und
n child -Irt IN m baud. Ihr widest cArilc-
mrnr prevailed Wall when captured hat a MAJ
escape from ltuchina.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-06-04
A Nice ccmpanicn.

At South Acton, a man got on the train,
walked down the aisle until he camo to
me, and then he paused and glared at n
valise on the floor.
Take away that valise, he said grntily,
''or I'll put my feet on it..
Put vour feet on it, if you wish, |
said sit won't hurt your feet, | don't
reckon"
Down he went on the seat beside me,
and up went his feet on the valise. Pres
emily the mud and snow on his artics be-
gan to melt and run down the sides of the
valise in ugly little streaks. The man
from South Acton seemed to take saw
age delight in scraping his feet around
and making the havoc as great as posi-
BILE.
"Tollable nice valisc," he presently
growled; should think ye'd rather put
it away than have it trampled onto"
Good land" l said little testify, 81
can't take charge of all the baggage in
the car '-It's all can do to look after
my own.
The man from South Acton stared at
me with changing countenance as he half
lifted his feet
''Ye amt going to tell me this amt
your valise, be ye?" ho asked, anxisusly.
''Of course it wasn't" said Would
| let anybody ruin my valise in that
way
CIVIL uo,p LA ,o,,oJ a. Lrcr
..,,,'asi - - ,Lr.l ta'
..pIa,, IL ,'a -. -, Lac, ,,,,
DeiTs ~ senI.;,','i nL;n VIZ mas spi''
"And if lie doesn't thump you when h,
| pnmaa ont ~ sail tba fat pasGgpunr 81 m
most ayyfnil,, rnaIoJ -
The South Acton man took his feet of
the valise and looked at il itruefully.
"Who is he?" he asked, with visibl,
anxiety.
college chap, said the tall, thin pas
sengcr.
Boss kicker in the Harvard base bal
team, SAID the SAL passenger has
leg like boom derrick.
Il know him." said The rassenge
with sandy Soatee; he's raging lorna
do of wrath when he's walked up.
Bad man, sad the fat passenger, {"
don't want any business with him.
The man from south Acton looked Il
the vallse with Glances Of concern nn'
appreciation, and then turned on NJ
somewhat Indignantly. "Gaul dun ye,
he said with a subdued snuffle, while h
took ont his handkerchief and began re
pairs ON the vnlise, ''ganl durn ye, VIII.
didn't We tell me tins seat was occu
pied?
Not possessing the physical powers q
the Harvard chap, | meekly said "Be
cause you didn't ask me. You only san
if did not take away that valisc yol
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-06-04
The Religion CT Marcus Aureliuz.

lti"H VI fcHah = uil'''il LtflHl'l
Behold the rensun why We all lay to
heart the mourning for Marcus Aurelus !
In his person philosophy rrign,d. For
moment, thanks 10 h,m, tie world was
governed by the best and greatest man Of
his age. Frightful periods of decay fol
lowed. but the little clskct which cmclo,-
cI the thoughts winch passed through
his mind on the banks uf the Gran and
his philosophy were saved. There came
forth from thd casket this Incompatible
book. in which EpIctetus has been sur
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-06-04
We are able to announce on the best au-

We are able TO announce on the best au-
thority that Hon. George Nichols will on no
consideration allow his name to be used in
the gubernatorial canvass. That such was
the case was already generally understood,
but an authoritative announcement will set
tie the question, as there was some real or
simulated doubt in some quarters. DIR.
Nichols can well afford to retain the respon-
sible and lucrative office he has 50 long and
capably filled, instead of entering upon a
doubtful canvass for the GovernOrship. Col
Farnham is now practically without a COM
petitor, and every Gay more clearly shows
that he is the choice of the people for the
chief executive of the State, and tina; the
nomination will be given to him with little
or no opposition.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-06-04
A STORY OF SCIENCE.

\ Philosopher sat In his easy chair,
Looking as grave as Milton;
lie wore solemn. mysterious air,
As he Canada Ealsam split on
\ strip OF glass, as a slide. 10 prepare
F.. mite taken out OF his Siilton-
He took his microscope cut of lis case,
And settled the focus rightly:
The light thrown back from the mirrors face,
Come glimmsrinS upward brightly
He put the slide with the mite In place,
And fixed on the cover tightly
He turned the instrument up ard down,
TIL. getting proper sight, he
Exclaimed AS hr glZed with a puzzled frOwn
Good gracious! and "Highiy-tighty.
Tie sight Is cnpurh to alarm the town,
\ mue Is a monster mighty -
From t'oiher end Of the tube the mite
Regarded our scientific
To his naked eve aS you'll guess, the sight
OF n man. WAS most terrific;
Bat reversing the microscope male him quite
The opposite of nasnllc.
lone sees the truth through this tube so tall,'
SAID the mite as he squinted through 1t;
Man L. not so wOndr0usly big after all.
If the mite world only knew t,n
MORAL.
thing IL large or small
Depends on the way You view ii
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-06-04

MANY persons are puzzled To understand
What the term 'four-pcnnv," ''live-penuy ~
''siN-pcnny, and 'tcn-pcnny" means us ap-
piled 10 nails. -Four penny means four
pounds Ia the thousand nails. Sin penny"
means six pounds To the thousand nails, and
So on. 1t is old English term, and meant nj
first ''t,n-pound" nails he thousand bring
unirrstond', hu, the old English clipped it
I" ''lcn-run' and from that it degraded until
penny" was substituted for pound"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-06-04

\ despatch from Paris saws The iirst sign
OF the Communist DEMONSTRATION. SUNDAY. WIS
gwen hN the S>rmhnz ot :! small Knot ct people.
around the Bl>tilr colunn. whirh wa >,,bd ordered
by the police Ia dspersr. Shortl, alter i've men
arrived with red wrcatls. hut Were immediately ar
rested. The fact ul their arrest caused a crowd Of
$40 or 60n. and an uiisuccr~~fnl attempt isUc Ia
rescue the prisoners Rows were frr,iN exchanged
AMI several woul'i-br rc>cusrS We're arrested Al
O'Clock futtN persons assembled al the Et~tile oi-
umn, but were dispersed lN The police NJ tguril,.A
a procession of GnO. many carrying red bouquets
and wreaths, ilrd IN trnHt ot The wall where, the
Communists wrru shot m Il. placing unw,rs
against the wall n they passed Al ga thr,c ~ re
arrests Were made. hu' THIS va ihc lt-t uutrd ~
the Jly'- proceedings
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-06-04

Riley will remain at home until june 9Th,
when he goes to Providence To prepare for the
great race June IL. IIanlan viii remain at Wash
ington until Sunday night and then go direct 10
Providence. He antciraies harder race with
Boyd, the English OlrsInan, than with any Of the
others He does not think Courtney Will enter.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-06-04

Col. FaruEam is 4 candidate Of whom the
good rcorh. Of our State may vca iccl proud
lie has n,t le,n an iLier in the ranks of the
workers in The Republican party Of Verinnut
during many years past and shoild the peo-
pie elevate him To the Guhcrnatorsl chair, it
VIII he fitting EXPRESSION of r.-;rd fer 4
man ct hi.h character. absolute Integrity.
professional criiuenCc. AMI public service
aS a soldier and as a legislator: his S.aunch
RcpubliciniSni, and fine personal qualities
have given hin deserved prominence. in his
section aud Throughout the State. His
efficient help upon the stump in 1876
in connection with some portions of tn.
''BriStow tour in Vermont. Is ~; sstlilv
forgotten. We second his nomination with
pleasure.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-06-04

SrR,XGE BEQt Esrs. The London School
Board gives IN account OF number of
very strange bcqucsts. illustrating the
peculiar cast of mind making them. In
one Of the parishes an endowment has
been left for paving for sermons on En-
Glands Delivercnce from the Spanish
Armada. and the Gunpowder Plot, and III
Commcmaration of Queen Eiizabeth's
Accession to the Throne. Another parish
has II fund provided for paving for two
lanterns and four candles in Soper Lane.
and the keeping clean of the prrnching
place nj 81: Panrs Cross" Those pro
viding the fund had no ideg OF gas and
electric lights which superccIe the Ian
terms and candies. The St. Dunstan
parish received u legacy To furnish tho
vicar Churchwardens, and as many an
cient parishioners ''as 1t could reas1n-
ably serve" with II dinner of two courses
only. once Il year. This trust yielded
last wear one hundred and twenty two
pounds ten shillings, OF which twenty
pounds only were expended Tor the din
ner. and the rest given to miscellaneous
purposes. Three hundred pounds were
left two hundred and fifty years ago by
Richard Budd. the income Of which WIS
to purchase bribcs at threepence each to
surh III the poor as would attend prayers
on FRIDAY mornings in the Church cf st.
Giles. How many attend the prayers for
the bribes is not told \ bequest of thir
teen shilings fourpence was made to the
parish of st. Michael, ito keep tho par
ish pump in order" The above shows
the folly of tying up bequests to one OBJ
ject. or to objects where the money will
be needed at some distant day. Beqnests
should he made for wise and noble OBJ
ircts, but let them he made SO that they
can be used fer some wise purpose to
bless humanity
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-06-04
THE PILGRIMAGE TO KEVLAAR.
FROM UEISE.

BY the window stood the m1taeT,
In bed her first-born lay !;
Comes the Procession, William,
Canst uoi arise today"
Il am SO sick, my mother,
IcannOt hear or see,
think on my dead Gretchen,
Ny heart is sore in me-
Rise up we will TO Kevlaar,
Now take thy book and beads,
Gods Mother give thee healing
Though sore Thy hearts wound bleeds! /!
The church's banners nuttered,
Tprose the Church's song,
AT koln upon the Rhine stream
The pageant moved along.
Went with the crowd the mother,
Her sons thin hand held she,
And both in the chorus chanted
Sweet Mary, Praise 10 thee"
The Mother of God al keylaar
Is dressed in her finest cloak,
To-day she is full Of business,
Come so many alling folk.
The sick fox all are bringing
To her. as offerings meet,
Limbs that are wrought in waX-worS,
Many waNcn hands and feet.
Whoever offers wax hand
His wounded hand is sound.
Whoever offers wax foot
Can put ms loot 10 ground.
Went many to Kevliar on crutches
Who dance on = rope with pole,
And many can play the fiddle
Whose lingcT hence Was whole:
The mother took wax light,
And out of II moulded a heart,
Take that to Gods dear Mother,
Twill heal thee all thy smart
He sighed as he took a wax heart,
Sighed at the image there,
Tears from his eyes were falling,
Fell from his heart the prayer:
20 blessed above all women,
OQuecn OF Heavens throne,
Gods pure aud holy maiden.
To thee my Woe is known.
Il dwelt beside my mother
Al Koln upon the Rhine,
The town with hundred churches
And each with many shrine
And hard by us lived Gretchen
Who lies in churchyard ground
Take thou this wax heart, Mary,
And heal my hearts sore wound
Heal ta9u my heart sore wounded!
Each night aud day shall be
From prayer and song ascending,
Sweet Mary, praise 10 thee"
III.
TIE sick son and his mother
Slept in little room,
There came Gods Mother gliding
So gently through the gloom.
She bowed above the sick one,
And laid quite silently
Her hand u1oa his bosom,
And i gentle laugh laughed she.
And In a dream the mother
SAw all. nor Yet was afraid,
: q. ~ti.i u up from siumbcr,
Fo: loud tiu gLtci-,lng bayed.
Ali tlsTe lay Stark and rigid
iirr sOH. AID h. WAS dead,
Ca his pale cheek was playing
The early morning rei-
Folding her hands together.
Nor why. nor how knew she,
The grateful mother murmured.
Sweet Mary. Praise TO thee
Ills Netg Quarterly Magazine.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-06-04

Marriages in May are said TO be un-
lucky: but then 50 are those in June,
July, September, and in fact all the other
months. EIHiira Free Prcss.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-06-04

At Montreal, Thursday, Il large body Of
men went ua lriiri the steamer Gr'Cttu and forced
th' men unloading that vessel 10 leave, "a the Allan
IN" were not IHNin" The advance demanded.
sInilii ait tIu,t uu another steamer va, frustrated
by the constable charging hyractl and dIIN ing the
crowd Iwat. Trouble ui II serIpu. nature Il feared
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-06-04

The world goes up and the world gees down,
And the sunshine follows the rain;
Aud yesterdays sneeg and yesterdays frown
Can never come over again,
Sweet wife,
40, never come over again.
For woman is warm, though man be cold,
And the night Will hallOw the day
TIL the heart which al even was weary and old
Can rise in the morning CAV,
Sweet wife,
To is work IN n morning say
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-06-04

passed, this gospel Of those who do not
believe in the supernatural, which has
not been understood save in our days.
Veritably an everlasting gospel, the book
of the Thoughts" of Marcus Aurelius
will never grow old, for it affirms no
dogma. The virtue of Marcus Aurelius,
like our own, rests on reason, on nature.
St. Louis was very virtuOus man be-
cause he was Christian Marcus Aure-
lius was the most pious Of men, not be
cause he was Pagan, but because he
was perfected man. He was the honor
of human kind, and not Of any defirmi-
nate religion. Science would come to de-
stroy seemingly God and tho immortal
soul, which the book Of tho Thoughts"
would give us back still young in life ard
truth. The religion Of Marcus Aurelius
is the absolute religion, that which re-
suits from the simple fact of lofty moral
confronting tho universe 1t
is of no race, of no country either No
10 change. no discovery can
alter it.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-06-04
For a,vera,r and Lisu.saaa:-i:vsr.or. !.
[From th. usL,p4r2 Nsws.I


1t now seems probable that Col Faraham
will he the corning man without much. il
any, opposition We simply rei;erate what
has beeh repeatedly said by the press Of the
State when we express Our conviction that
his nomination would be a good one. He is
Il lawyer of good ability, has fine record rs
a soldier, has had good experience in both
branches Of our State Legislature. and. what
is more important than either. is an honest
man, with M record or entangling alliances
that render his nomination Objectionable TO
anv section. class, or interest. He is in
every respect clean man and gentleman,
aud will make a good standard bearer in the
political campaign of 1850.
For Lieutenant-iovernor there seems TO
he Il greater multiplicity of candiia'es.
General John l.. BarStow of Shel-
burn, the late popular pension agent
of the Third District, is named, and
We believe no other name would be rs en-
Enthusiastically received in Northern Vermont
rs his lie is u farmer, his abilities are of
the first order, and is universally thoroughly
liked by every one whose good fortune it is
TO enjoy his personal acquaintance. We do
not know nf another instance on record in
which any Republican in town with CON
siderable Democratic vote has ever received
a unanimous election as representative. hut
we believe the people of ShelhuTn have elect
ed General Barstow to represent them with
ont even one dissenting vote. 1t is frequent
~ the case that Il popularity of this kind in
dicates an absence of backbone. But no one
has ever claimed ANY deficiency of this kind
in Gen. Barstow, who was not only Il brave
soldier, but is u man of strong personal coz
victions and independence. lie is thorough
ly honest and deservc,liy popular.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-06-04

The position of State Treasurer Page,
fairly stated, we believe TO be honorable in
the highest degree and in entire accord with
the best ideas of public service. He asserts
no rights and prefers no Claims, nor does
any one in his behalf. Throughout his OH
cial course his highest ambition has been to
serve the State in the bes, possible manner.
The measure of success he has achieve! IN
all the departments of our State finances -
familiar to every Legislature with which he
has had official connection. 10 every consta-
bic who has held office during his term, and
to every soldiers family o- Eeir who have
had allotted funds or State pay deposited in
the State treasury Now, il it is believed
that he can serve the State better than any
new man during the ensuing two yc;.rs-a
period which covers the completion ot The
new census, and Of necessity Involves
settlement and new deal with every town ia
the State on account Of the surplus money
then. we apprchend he would accept -
election.-Nontpelier WateiDaaR.
1t has always been the theory of this paper
that when the State secures competent an
faithful servant it should retain MS services,
and the present case is no exception 10 the
rule We have not word TO say against
the gentlemen who have been mentioned az
candidates for the office of State treasurer.
They are honorable, capable men. But Mr..
Page everyone kzcrs is a faithful official,
and the State funds in his hands are abso-
lutely safe His record is clean and hon
orable one Why, then, should change be
made? 1t is not generally regarded as
sound reason for discharging bank cashier,
fidelity and capacity heing granted, that lie
has occupied the position for number Ct
years and we fail 10 see why the same prin-
ciple does not apply TO the case OF the Gus
todian OF the States funds
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-06-04

Gen. John l.. Rarstuw for Lieutenan, Gov
crnor. We take verv great pleasure
in saying that no man is more worthy the
sufrascs Of Vermont Republicans.
From The West Randolph Heraldj
AS We understand it the question has not
been SETTLED 10y any ring or party Of man
ayers. hut Col. Farnham's name has met
with favor from the first all over the State,
and the State papers as mirrors of public
sen'imcnt have simply reflected this feeling,
and have moi been publishing the c,lict of
partisan managers.
Whatever the result of the Nati1ua, Con
vcntian may he, Vermont Republicans are to
have "A can,il,late fNr Governor whose actions
now or in the past require un explanation,
and whose character needs TO defence From
AL parts of the State come only good words
for Col Earnlstm, and the Press of our
ncighborng States Gre commencing the
Ciai,t,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-06-04

ME Z. j. PHELPS is out in letter advo-
eating Senator Bayard's nomination for the
Presidency by the Democrats, and at the
same time speaking in high term terms
of Horatio Seymour and Judge Field.
OF Mr.. Tilden, he SAYS If his influence SIS
exerted to confer the nomination on any
man whatever, who would not otherwise on
his own merits he regarded as entitled to it,
or VINO is to stand as Mr. Tilden's reprtsen-
tative, that man, whoever he is, will be Gs
certainly defeated as would be Mr. Tildeu
himself" In Mr. Phelpss opinion it will be
of no use for the Democrats to put up ANY
hack or machine politician who may be in
pursuit Of the Office, any representative man
put forward By such politician and under
his control, any unknown or obscure candi-
date who must be supported by aiiidavits, or
backed up by witnesses TO character,
any military gentleman, however distin-
gtishcd, whose life las been spent in an ex-
perience which has disqualified him for
and the control of civil af-
fairs