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Wine at the White House.

Whether or not we, and other papers
and people should attempt to encour-
age, or browbeat or bulldoze Mrs. Gar
field into refusing to dispense wine at
the White House depends, like so many
other things, on the answer we give to
the question asked by the Rev. L. w.
Bacon, whether we have court at
Washington.
What Mr.. and Mrs. Garfield eat and
drink at their private table is nobody's
business but their own, whether In
Mentor or Washington. 1t is their ia
ble, not the public's. A personal friend
may take advantage of that friendship
to ask them to sign temperance
pledge but the public has no right to
find fault if they do not. Whether it is
right for them to drink wine and offer
it to their guests at their own private
table, is a matter for their own con-
sciences, not ours.
If now we have no court at Washing
ton, if the idea of a court is to be repu-
dated, then it would follow that if MIR.
Garfield and wife should invite ladies
and gentlemen, no matter how distin-
guished and no matter how many, to
llltlI ldDlt. IL Is SUN NiCil t"cAS
and nobody has a right to complain.
But in fact we have just what MIR.
Bacon ridicules-a sort of court, but
not much of a court in Washington ;
and dinners are given which are official
| in some sort of a weak way, and i'll
which the dignity of the nation is sup
posed to be somewhat represented. The
court is of no great account, chiefly be-
cause it is liable to so rapid a tiuctua-
tons; and fortunately its entire loss
would he no great injury. Should Mr..
| Garfield let the White House and go to
board at Willard's; should he tide NJ
on horseback to be inaugurated, and
| hitch his horse to fence while taking
| the oath should he decline to give
dinners to the diplomatic corps, and
save his salary-then the Government
would go on just the same, and with nc
loss of dignity or power.
But the salary is made fifty thousand
dollars because we do have sort OF
court, and it is expected that the Presi-
dent will perform certain public socla
duties. For that reason the public has
right to be interested whether the
new President will offer wine to his
guests, or will continue the custom sci
by Mrs. Hayes. Now we would moi
think it a matter of prudence or cOur
tesy to lombard Mrs. Garfield with pc
titions and prayers to follow Mrs. Hayes
example; but we do sincerely hope
that she will do so. If this is public
matter, than we may properly express
the opinion that our best public senti
ment, which rejects wine, ought to rule
1t is our country and our society tina
are to be represented in our court, ant
not the society and customs of France
or Austria. Our national habits are no
wine-drinking. If Mr.. and Mrs. Gar
field drink Intoxicating liquors private
ly. we hope they will not offer then
officially, at the expense of the nation
which pays, either directly or indirect
ly, for these official entertainments
Independent.
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and have carried the fire back to their
homes. The daily papers have taken
Mr.. Moody's sermons everywhere to
miners camps, stock ranches, and the
homes of thousands who never think OF
going to the House of God. Wherever
one goes he hears people talking about
the evaDgelists and their work, and re-
ports are constantly coming in of coun-
try churches that are being revived.
The secular press has aided very
largely in this work. The San Francis
CO papers are not noted for their high
moral tone. but they have very gener-
ally spoken kindly of the work, and re-
ported at some length the sermons and
addresses. Mr.. Moody has acknowledge
ed his Indebtedness to the secular press
for the assistance they have thus given
the work. Everyone has been surprised
at the attitude which even religious
men have taken about the matter. The
motto of CaliforniaDs seems to be ''let
every man have chance" and there
was NO one, save the most abandoned,
| but admitted the need of a reformation
here of public morals. 81 while the
work in San Francisco has been hard
one, it has had some more encouraging
| features than Christians had dared hope
for. 1t was thought beforehand that
this would be the hardest field to work
in of any in the country, but | do not
think Mr.. Moody found it so. Worldli-
ness has strong grip on the people, tc
be sure. immortality and vice have beer
alarmingly prevalent, and often IL
forms almost unknown in the East, but
the result has proved that the Spirit o
Ged can reach even the lowest.
Mr.. Sankey's singing here, as else
where, has proved not only a great at
traction to the meetings, but he ha.
sung the gospel into many hearts
"Where's my wandering boy tonight 2
has found scores of young men wh'
have been wandering away from thei
mothers God, and led them back again
The hearts of Christians all over til,
state are exclaiming, "What hath Coo
wrought, ~ You know what such things
are in st. Johnsbury, and l pray tina
you may know it again THAT thu
glory of this latter house" you have
dedicated to the Lord, ''may be create
than the former" not only in its beau
tiful constructions, but in the constan
presence of the Holy Spirit c. A. S.
Berkeley, Cal, Feb. %, 1881.
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A Great Vermonter.
Gath !


The statue of Jacob Collamer. lust
presented to Congress, and modelled by
Preston Powers, the son of Hiram. is
the first statue yet given of a man of
our times. New jersey never gave the
statue of Kearney after making it.
Collamer died in 1865, at Woodstock,
but he was a native of New York state.
at Troy, like the father of Stephen A.
Douglas, who was born near Troy, but
stepped across the line, as it were. to
let Steve be born in Vermont. The
Dutch about Troy furnished a good
deal of the political material of Yer
mont. Gov. Van Ness of that state,
born at Undertook, had a daughter
married to Sir William Gore Ouseley,
and a granddaughter by her married to
sou of the earl of Orkney. In fact,
Vermont was a composite state, crea-
ted between New York and New
Hampshire. It entered the Union only
the year before Collamer was born,
1892. Jacob Collamer, going to Bur
liDgton, Vermont, when boy, saw the
first fresh grass there on the grave of
Ethan Allen, and knew his brother, Ira
Allen, well. Collamer's family Origi-
mated at Scituate, Mass. Just before
he settled at Woodstock, VT, Hiram
Powers moved from it to Ohio, where
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Collectors Notice
OF LAND SALE In BURKE.

The Nonresident propretors, of the Town of
Burke, in the County of Caledonia. are hereby no.
titled shat the taxes assessed by said Town within
the years 1873, 1879 and 1880 next preceding this
date, remain either in whole or in part unpaid on
the following described lands in said Town to wit:
Highway tax bill of 1878, Silas Beckwth collect
or in highway District No. 10. Original proprietor
Moses HOpkins-pressnt proprietOrs, Charles Ii.
Brooks and e. II. Pressey-NO. of lot g. which
lays in ranges and3 Quantity of land 90 rods and
81 links-with the buildings thereon-Amount of
tax, sI.52. Highway tax bill of 1879 Sias Beck
with collector in highway District No. 10. Orgi-
nal proprietor, Moses Hopkins, present proprie-
tors Charles H. Brooks, and c. II. Pressy-NO. of
lot G. which lays in ranges and Quantity of land
30 lOds and 81 links, with the buildings thereon
amount of tax sl.71-Highway tax bill of 1880
-Silss Beckwith, eOllector,-in highway District
No. 13-Original proprietor, Moses HOpkins-pres-
ent proprietors, Charles II. Brooks and C. H. Pres
sey. No. of lot 6, which lays in ranges and ,.
Quantity of land 90 rods and 81 links with the
buildings thereon. Amount of tax. s1.71. School
District tax bill OF 1873 Daniel S. Townsend
collector in District No. 9. Original proprietor
Brooks md C. Il. Pressey, no, Of lot 6. which lays
links, with the buildings thereon. Amount of tax
Sl.37. Town tax bill of 1878, Uri Burt collector.
Original proprietor; Moses Hopkins, present pro
Prietors Charles H. Brooks and c. H. Pressey.
No. of lot 6, which lays in ranges and 3. Guam
tity of land 90 rods and s: links with the build
ings thereon. Amount OF tax s5.63. Town tax
bin of 1879, Uri Burt collector. Original proprie-
tor Moses Hopkins present proprietors, Charles
H. Brooks and c. H. Pressey. No. of lot 6, which
III anu Vi idnu ~ IpuH
and 81 links, with the buildings thereon. Amount
of tax, s569. Town tax bill of 1850, T. G. Bishop
B4oSs and
Pressey. No. of lot G. which LAYS in ranges and
3. Quantity of land 80 rods and 81 links with the
buildings thereon. Amount of tax, s4.25. And
much of said lands will be sold at public auction
at the Office of I. G. Bishop, in Burke the 18th
day of March next, at O'Clock in the afternoon
as shall be requisite to discharge said taxes and
costs unless previously paid
L. G.. BISHOP,
First Constable and Collector of Burke.
Dated at Burke, this 26th day OF February,
A. D. 1881. 1871
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he became a clock maker and superin-
dent of n wax-works show. Powers
went to Washington, and found patrons
there in the Prestons of Virginia and
South Carolina, descendants of Patrick
Henry's sister, and connections of Gen.
Wade Hampton. Hence Preston Pow
ers, son of the Woodstock emigre, is
given the statue of Jacob Collamer of
Woodstock to make. What agreeable
"reminiscences of North and South are
here awakened. May they again be
what they were In the cabinet of
Zachary Taylor, Jacob Collamer was
postmaster general, and w. B. Preston
secretary of the navy.
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ADVICE TO PARENTs.-Be ever gen.
tie with the children God has given to
you; watch them constantly; TeprOve
them earnestly but not in anger. In
the forcible language of Scripture, ''Be
not bitter against them" ''Yes, they
are good boys" l once heard a kind
father say. Il talk to them pretty
much, but l do not like to beat my
children-the world will beat them"
1t was a beautiful thought though not
elegantly expressed. Yes, there is not
one child in the circle round the table,
healthy and happy as they look now,
on whose head, if long spared, the
storm will not beat. Adversely may
witheI them, sickness fade, cold world
frown on them but, amid all, let mem
DRY carry them back to a home where a
law of kindness reigned, where the
mothers reproving eye was mOistened
with a tear, and the father frOwned
more in sorrow than in anger. MIA
SON
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r UPTUR
Wesley Phillips Case.

DIR. J. a. SHERMAN-Dear Sir | am happy
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human character. Nothing is so Christ
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Richland beacon., 1881-04-02
The TYRANNY Of Buttons,

Among al the possible arguments Tor
wom4n's natural inf, rior.t, " man the
only one having real force has never
been formulated this is her meek aud
unGucstiouing submission tc h'lttor..
The buttons Of ,he Ina,e naIilimcnt~
arr alwa's coming off-notahly before
hreahta-t, when the average husband i,
ahOli, as amiabla as bear with a sor"
head. Al this time, If he finds button
loose. lie gives it "yanh. and th"n
looks about helpleSsly for lis victim -
the frs. woman coming into his field of
vision. He holds the button mp before
her, saws II has "cOne" off. and she l.
expected To Sex it on straightwav. Gen
@ra!l: the victim is his wife and. though
he baby NAV he CRYING, and the break
iast preparations in need of supervision.
while the tvrant himself has no:hing on
earth to 10 hut make his to'ict, and has,
moreover. sewing materials right before
him on the bureau or dressing table,
h. never rises to the conception Of ms
possible competence TO supply hls own
wants. Woman. iii his ewes. is the pre-
ordained supervisor Of buttons : and a
dellcat. consideration for her rights and
prcrogativeS is his motive for relegatinC
the task To her: at least this is the way
he apologize, when in playful mood,
for his lack OF defines with the needle.
which, as a rule, is wholly the fault Of
the women who had charge of his boy
| mood. They should have taught him tO
replace the buttons he is forever wrench
| ing If With hi, rude lingering. One or
two lessons about the time the boy be-
gins TO go to school, little work-bo
| placed in his room, containing needles,
| thread, two or three kinds of buttons
and IN open-top thimbe-the only kind
| that ever should bc worn-and the prob
lem is solved for a aHfetime: for wlatevc,
one is accustomed to do from childhood
one does easily and dexterously. Won.
en have shown their capacity for accom-
| piishments and attainments supposed tC
lie exclusively masculine. 1t is time fol
a corresponding display OF ambition anC
adaptiblllty on the part of men; anf
they cannot make a better beginning
than 10y learning to sew on their owl
buttons.
Richland beacon., 1881-04-02
The Dry Climate OF Colorado.

A medical man, writing from Colorado,
saws he has been paving particular atten-
ton 10 the effect of the climate Of that
State upon healthy and c"nSumptive
persons. it having been advertised as
highly beneficial for invalids troubled
with affections Of the lImg>. The doctor
finds that healthy persons lose flesh rap
idly when coming into the rare atmos-
phere Of Denver and Ieadville, which
are situated at a great height from the
sea, any many of them are taken with a
drv catarrh which results rapidly in
quick consumption and death. Invalids
usually run a very short course. and die
within a few DAYS or weeks. Not wish.
ing to appear biased, at all, in his opin-
ion. the doctor asks invalids TO Judge fol
themselves whether they think they
would enjoy basking IN such climate a.
Colorado.