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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-02-04

gobbler among a flock of mongrel turkey
| hens will adj from three to five pounds
weight per head to the turkeys raised the
| first season.
The meat of turkeys that are kept sup
piled with charcoal during the period OF
fattening is said to be superior in point oi
tenderness and flavor.
Plymouth Rock pullets Matched ID
April will, if well fed and cared for right
along, commence laying by the middle OF
September.
The poultry keeper who succeeds the
best is the one who takes the best care OF
his flock. There is no more ''luck" about
it than there is about boiling water. Put
fire under the kettle and the wntsr will
boil take care of your poultry and IT Will
pay.
Three -fourths of an egg is water, and
some poultry keepers seem to think that
a hen ought to shell out Oh rations that
consist Of three-fourths water and one
fourth dry corn.
A large per cent of food given to pigs
is wasted when uncooked. Pigs will not
assimilate raw food like older animals,
and they can only be fed economically by
first cooking their feed.
The following is given as a remedy for
sore teats in cows: Take full pail Of
cold water and wash and rub the sores
well. Use the whole pailSul of water be-
fore milking, which cools the teats or re-
duces the fever, and the cow will stand
perfectly still. After milking. use hal.
as much more cold water, cleansing the
bag and teats well, and in few days the
sores will be healed. This is not all the
good you will receive You will have
clean milk, and that is the way to nave
clean butter
Cotton raising in the Salt river valley
of Arizona has proved SO successful, and
the Southern Pacific railroad affords such
good facilities for marketing it, that the
velley will probably be added to the cot
ton belt of the United States.
Col. Judy, the Illinois auctioneer, in
the Lire Stock Journal, states his sales
of Short Horns in the year 1880, as fol-
lows Whole number sold, 1880 head
cows 1912, bulls 56S-average Sl5l. 65 !;
the average of the males and females be-
ing about the same grand total $685.
e0s
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GENERAL SUMMARY.

At London, Friday, the Earl Of Hardwick
presented his petition in liquidation. l.iabil,
ities stated at f240, 1000.
The Washington Star says Philadelphans
have raised 500, 600 to present to General
Grant. anil that the New York Timfs's fund
is abandoned.
The ice formations about Niagara Falls arc
grander and more beautiful than ever before,
and they are likely TO continue for some time
to come
A man who had lived in Boston board
ing house for ten years and had been known
only as George" was found dead in his
room on Thursday. Among his effects were
found papers which indicated that his name
was Eben Leman, and money, bonds, and
bank-books to the value of $4,000.
The thirty eighth annual statement of the
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New
York shows that S13, 1GO l0i was paid 10
policy holders during 1880. The assets re-
naming amount to sol, ,73j, 1S6. About
10000 policies, insuring neatly S3i, 900, 900,
were issued during the past year.
The wife of Patrick Farann of Newtown,
n. Y, between February 12, 1879, and Jun-
uary 4, 1881. gave birth to six children in the
following order: On the date first mentioned
she had yriplets on March II, 1880, one child
was horn. and on January 4. 1881. she gave
birth to two more-making six in less than
one year and eleven months.
At Whitevale, Ont, Friday, during the
absence of her husband. Mrs. Shepard killed
her two boys, one aged 8, the other n baby
of seven months, the former with n revolver,
and the latter with butcher knife. She
then stabbed herself IN the throat with the
knife, and though not dead she is not expect
ed to recover.
The recently organized New York anti
monopoly league, of which Hon. l.. f. Chit
tenden is president, met Friday night In
Cooper institute. Frank b. Thurber as
chairman of the committee presented long
address to the people, 1000 copies OF which
were ordered to be distributed about the
country. The address sets forth that the en-
croaehment of monopolies constitutes the
most imminent danger which threatens our
government. Speeches favoring the control
of railroads and tclegraphs by the govern
ment were made.
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The Telegraph MonapelY.

| There is possibility that Messrs Gouli
and Vanderbilt will not find it entirely clear
sailing, after all, in their attempted m0uopo-
llzation Of the telegraphic business Of the
country. \ delegation from the ST. Louis
| Cotton Exchange, appointed to confer with
members of the New York Cotton and Pro
duce Exchanges, and representation from
the Boston Exchanges met in New York
Saturday afternoon, to consider the feasibility
of the establishment Of telegraph com
pany in opposition 10 the monopoly. This
meeting was preliminary 10 an open one, to
be held this week, when the plans will b.
made public, and an effort made TO interes;
capitalists Gould boasts that there is not
enough money in all of the city exchanges
to build an opposition line, but it is believed
that when the necessary arrangements are
made plenty Of money will be forthcoming.
and that in few days the whole matter will
be well under way. The opposition devel
ops strength daily, and ii is now quite evi-
dent that no stone will be left unturned in
making the effort 10 break the pow
er Of the monopoly. In the meantime
Senator kirkwood of Iowa has in
troduced in Congress n hill to aid ''the United
States Postal Telegraph Company in
the construction and operation of postal
telegraph lines, which refers TO corporation
of that name organized under the general
incorporation laws of the State of Iowa and
l. ,b.,t al, of NIT
States" The bill proposes to authorize this
company To construct lines of telegraph
throughout the entire United States and in
all the waters embraced in treaties made bv
the United States with other governments,
and TO enter and 10 occupy any and all Gov
ernment postofflces for the establishment Of
stations therein and the performance OF pos
tai telegraph service during period OF 100
wears, with right Of renewal The billfur
ther provides that fourth assistant post
master general shall be appointed to exercise
a supervision over the affairs of the com
pauy that the tariff to BE- charged to th-
public shall not exceed 20cents for the trans
mission Of each message OF twenty words pI
less for any distance i'll the United States
and where delivery is made through the
Postal Department the Government shall as
sumo all responsibilities attached to the sam.
and charge one cent per message for drop lei
terdelivery two cents for carrier delivery and
such rates as may be fixed by the Pos;msi
ter-Gencral for special delivery. when u r.
l., la.i hxr
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-02-04

TnE OBEIIsK IN CENTRAL PAEK From
the quarries Of Sycnc, nearly under the
Tropic of Cancer, it was iioatcd down the
Nile 10 the City of the Sun and, after the
battle Of Magiddo on the pialn of Eslraelon
the great architect King Thothmcs ILL.,, who
ruled the whole civilized world from the
southernmost bounds of inner Africa to the
columns of heaven. in the land of Naharain
raised it before the temple of Toum, or the
Morning Sum- where the priest Osarsph,
whose name was changed 10 Moses, subse-
quently received his education. For about
sixteen hundred years it stood ut llcliopolis
when it was removed TO Alexandria and set
up in front OF the Cusarum. Till recently
it has been supposed that it and its fellow,
the London Obelisk, were rc-crectcd in the
reign of 1iberius, A. ID. lG37 This date
is now proved erroneous by the inscription
on one of the bronze crabs, or feet which
shows that it was erected in the reign of Au-
gustus, seven years after Cleopat ra's death,
though it is called "Cleopatra's Needle" 1t
is unnecessary here to speak of the history
of the skill, labor and indomtable persever-
apce displayed in its successful transit TO and
erection in this city, as Captain Gorringe
himself will soon give il in a most satisiac-
tory manner. Nuillcc II mere 10 say, llut The
monolith is 60 feet , inches high, and its
top now stands 81 feet . inches above the
foundation. When first set up, $500
years ago, il had only single vertical col
umn Of inscriptions on each face, to which
the vain-gioriOus lsamcscs H., about two
hundred years after, added two outside lines
while Seti H., less than century later, sup
plemented these with his own cartouchc and
some hicroglyphs on the lower part of the
monolith. Thus, rs frequently occurs on the
Egyptian monuments, the glory OF more
kings than the founders attach to them.
Our obelsk, since being quarried near the
torrid zone, has traversed the entire length
of Egypt, most of that of the Mediterranean
| Sea and the whole width OF the Atlantic
! ocean, distance of about u, 400 miles
| proving itself u first rate sailor for nn old
salt OF thirty-tive centuries having in the
course OF its long life seen Moses Pharaoh
and his host going 10 their destruction in The
Red Sea Shishals marching To the conquest
OF Jerusalem; Cambyscs dcsulltiug the
land Solon, Plato IIcrodilus and other
Greek students of Egyptian lore Alexander
the Great on his victorious expedition
through the land of Goshen six and hall
centuries of Roman sovereignty and Christ
ian struggle at Alexandria al the long line
of Moslem rulers since Caliph Omar, and
now the million OF this great metropolis,
whose site even was unknown TO the Eastern
world when this obelisk had had an existence
of two thousand years - Gen. fdlam be
fore ". J. biographical Society
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THE LIVING TEMPLE.

BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
Not in the world OF light alone,
Where God has built His blazing throne,
sor Yet alone IN earth below,
WIN belfed seas that come and 20.
And endless isles OF sunlit green,
y all thy Makers glory seen
LOOK in upon Thy wondrous frame
Eternal wisdom still the same!
The smooth, soft air with pulse-like waves
Flows murmuring through lis hidden caves
Whose streams OF Frightening purple rush,
tlred with new and livelier blush,
While all their burdens Of decay
The ebblng current steals away.
And red with natures flame they start
From the warm fountains OF The heart
No rest that throblyng slave may ask,
Forever QuiverinS b'er his task,
While far and wide crimson Jet
Leaps forth TO I'LL the woven net
Which in unnumbered crossing tides
The food of burning life divides;
Then, kindling each decaying part,
Creeps back TO md the throbblng heart.
Bat warmed with Ihst urchanging dame,
Behold the outward moving frame,
Its living marbles 1ointed strong
With gllstening band and silvery thong
AMI linked 10 reasons guiding reins
By myriad rings in trembling chains,
Zach craven with the threaded zone
Which claims II as the masters own
See how yon beam of seeming white
Is braided out OF seven-hued light,
Yet in those lurid globes no ray
By any chance shall break astray-
Hark how the rolling surge OF sound
Arches and spirals circllng round,
Wakes the hushed spirit through thine ear
With music il Is heaven to hear.
Then mark the cloven sphere that holds
All thought in its mysterious folds,
That feels sensations faintest thrill.
And flashes forth the sovereign Will;
Think on the stormy world that dwells
Locked in its dim and clustering cells
The lightning CLEANS Of power II sheds
Along its hollow, CLASSY threads
o Father grant Thy love divine
To make these mystic temples Thine
When wasting age and wearying strife
Have sapped the leaning walls 81 nfe-
When darkness gathers over all.
And the last tottefing pillars fall,
Take the poor dust Thy mercy warns.
and mould il into heavenly forms.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-02-04

cause of the foreign element The birth rate
in New England is probably as low as in any
European country; among the native stock
far lower. 1t is not beyond the probabilities
to say that if these things go on even at
less than their present rate, the native
New Englander will practically disappear in
less time than has elapsed since the landing
at Plymouth. l am told the state of things
is not much better among those who have
settled in the West In the Western Reserve,
comprising the twelve northeastern counties
of Ohio, settled mainly by emigrants who
went from Connecticut long before that State
entered upon its new departure in divorce,
and containing, it is said, purer New Eng
land stock than can be found in the entire
country. unless it be in parts of Maine, the
ratio of divorces to marriages was l to Ills
for the two years 1878 and 1879, while In the
rest OF the State it is to 1919. Nor is the
worst of the Reserve in the cities. The
ratio in Ashtabula county, among a farm
ing people originally from New England,
is / TO S5. And in Lake county the pro-
portion of divorce suits begun to marriages
is to 6.2, and Of divorces granted to IA
Unless there be like counties in Maine,
this is the worst county in divorces in
the United States except Tolland county,
But if you go down to Gallia county,
peopled with Welshmen and Southerners,
the ratio is l to so, and in Coshocton l to
472. The divorce rate in these counties OF
the reserve is several times what it is in these
and other counties. l am told, too that
the birth rate in Ohio is lowest, where the
divorce rate is highest.
The remedy for this appalling state OF
things Mr.. Dixie thinks lies first in the cuiti-
vation of public opinion and the influence OF
the press and the pulpit A literature on
this subject is needed, scientifically sound
and scripturally authoritative and finally
in his opinion a thorough examination of the
nature, the rights and the place of the family
in civil society is the duty of the hour, and
in this work is the key to the whole problem.
He concludes:
All honor to the noble stand the Catholics
of America have taken in the defence of mar
riage and for the protection of unborn life
But our hope, and their hope too, is in thai
grand old Protestant way Of digging deeper
into Scriptures, especially in the words oi
our Lord ending with that warning, What
therefore, God hath Joined together. let moi
man put asunder." Here Catholics anc
Protestants may Join hands. When the fam
lily is recognized in Its nature as having botf
a moral and physical constitution, as pos
sessing, next to individual existence, life
and unity of greater strength and Importance
than any other natural organism in the world
and is so respected and used, We shall no
only find safety but give new life and prom
ise to American institutions.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-02-04
Mr. Blaine On Free Ships.

In the Senate. on Thursday, Mr.. Beck of
Kentucky having advocated the unrestricted
purchase of foreign vessels and the free ad-
mission of all materials used in building and
equipping vessels, Senator Blaine replied.
He said The Senator from Kentucky had
admitted that his policy looks forward to
permanent dependence on England for our
ships. The people of the United States are
not prepared to endorse that declaration.
For the past twenty-five years Congress has
done nothing TO uphold the navigation inter-
ests of this country while 1t has passed 92
acts in aid Of international transportion, and
has given large amounts of land toward its
support Great Britain has established
steamer lines everywhere, but never lines
having terminus at New York. Great
Britain has been our commercial rival, and
from the time the first Cunard steamer
came into Boston to the close of 1878 she
paid out forty millions of pounds in subsidies.
She continues those subsidies as postal aid.
France who gets her ships from England,
paid twenty three millions of francs in SUBJ
sldies last year. Italy, and even Austria,
pay large sums rs subsidies. and the United
States cannot hold its own in this great
struggle except by adopting the same policy.
The American marine should feel that the
Treasury is behind it. We have nine navy
yards without any navy. If we will put the
expense of those yards into private ships
there will be revival of American naviga-
ton. We not only have no navy but we sup
port nine navy yards at an enormous ex-
pense, while England has only three. The
scheme of the Senator from Kentucky. if
adopted by Congress, would disappolnt every
one except the British ship-builders. In five
years there would be such an abandonment
of vessels on this side that the American ma
rne would cease to exist He would say to
the upholders of protection that those who
would keep up domestic manufactures
against foreign manufactures must foster
commercial marine He hoped that the jibes
and taunts of the Senator would stimulate
the manufacturers to aid in the restoration of
our commerce; for without mercantile ma
rine no nation ever had u navy.
Senator Morrill, followed, denouncing the
free ship proposition, and giving some sug-
gestions for the restoration of our commerce
by legislation.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-02-04

A correspondent OF the Liverpool
following statement: In connection with
this trade, which has now assumed SO
large proportions, it is worth notice that
the Canadian Government have, at great
expense, established cattle quarantines at
Halifax and Quebec, under the supervis-
ion of Professor Mc'Eachran, and have
now agents i'll Liverpool, Glasgow, and
Bristol to watch over the interests of
those engaged in the trade. The expen-
diture incurred by this step has proved
to be fully warranted, as We learn that
the opposition thus promoted to the Duke
of Richmond's Contagious Diseases (Ani-
mals) Act has resulted in a clear profit Of
"a per head, or, il round figures, on this
year importations, one million dollars in
favor of Canadian producers. The grow
ing importance Of this branch of trade is
amply testified by latest advices by Cana
dian mail. 1t appears that the shipments
from Montreal, Quebec, and Halifax dur
ing the season ending November 80 were
cattle 49, ,460, sheep 81 ,543. The fig
ures in 1879 were-cattle 26, 176, sheep
7S, 7S0, whilst in 1878 they were-cattle
Is, ,655, sheep Il, go. The rapid growth
thus revealed is most satisfactory, and
the indications all points to continued
increase during the coming years. In
the next season it is estimated that nearly,
if not quite, 100000 cattle will be ship
ped from the Dominion to Great Britain,
and at the end of FIVE years the figures
will probably reach 100000 head 1t is
important, also, to remember that every
one Of the cattle shipped in the past sea-
son has been Canadian bred, not single
head being imported frora the United
States for export
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-02-04

ME. McCAErY, chairman of the commit
tee appointed by the New York State Senate
at last Winters session 10 investigate the
municipal government of New York city,
has presented u report accompanied by BILL
The committee as the result of its investiga-
tions reached the conclusion that grave
abuses exist and that needless expense is
incurred in running the city government.
The best remedy, in its opinion, that can be
provided, is the bill presented with the re-
port. The bill in brief provides as follows ::
First, for Spring election, al which u
Mayor and Board of Aldermen are TO be
elected. Second, for the appointment by the
Mayor of all heads of departments, the police
justices and marshals, without confirmation
by the Board of Aldermen, and for the re-
moval of heads of departments and marshals
without the approval of the Governor. Third
for reducing the number of heads of depart
mcnts, consolidating the duties of depart
mepts and officers and transferring in some
particulars these duties from one department
to another. The duty of cleaning the streets
is removed from the rolice department and
imposed upon the Mayor, with whom all re-
sponsiblty in the matter must rest. The office
OF Corporation Attorney is abolished. The
fire department is to have a superintendent
and in him is vested the same powers over
the uniformed force of his department as the
Superintendent OF Police has over the police
force
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-02-04

A correspondent of the Coaatfy Ged-
ttemai says We give the following es
sential requisites for keeping ice in small
quantities for a family, where only single
boarding is used for the building BY
observing these requisites, We have never
been ont of lee when stored IN such II
building, with only seven or eight tonf
stored for daily use through summer and
autumn.
|. Perfect drainage at the bottom,
which may be effected by placing the ice
on ten-inch even stratum of sawdust,
resting Oh "A floor of narrow planks with
cracks between them.
2 The square blocks of ice made into
a solid pile, with ten on eleven inches
space ON each side, to be filled compact
ly with sawdust and trodden down, as the
pile Of ice goes up. II the filling is at
tempted after the ice pile Is completed
crevices and openings sufficient to ruiz
the whole will be left.
! 3. Ten inches or q foot Of sawdust Oil
the top of the ice to be drawn asid,
while taking up piece in summer, anC
Immediately replaced.
4. A free sweep Of wind over this to,
stratum of sawdust, through open win
dows under the projecting caves, ol
through an opening several inches or
foot wide all around As an illustration
of the importance of this ventilation. OIL
one occasion when the owner had beel
confined by illness, the newly hired MAJ
came in and informed him that the ic,
was melting and settling away, and ha,
already sunk several inches. Are the
upper windows all shut" was the in
quiry Of the owner "InJade they are
all tight and good, D." Then go and throw
them all open, was the response ian,
make mark at the top Of the ice, an,
let me know how much it has settled il
the next ten days" He came in at tn
time appointed ''Well, Patrick, hov
much has the ice settled?" "Nivlr n bi
has it settled, not quarter Of an inch
! "All right
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REST.

Tospend the long, warm days
Silent beside the silent-nowing streams,
To see. not gaze.
II hear not listen, thoughts exchanged fJr drean'
See clouds that slowly pass,
Trailing their shadows Ger the far. faint down,
And r!pening grass,
While yet the meadows wear their starry crown.
To hear The breezes sigh
Cool In the silver leaves like falling rain,
Pause and go by,
Tired wanderers o'er the solitary plain.
See. far from all alright,
Sny river creatures play hour after hour,
And night by night
TIE white moon broaden like hemlock Fowl.
Thus lost 10 human things,
To blend at last with nature, and 10 hear
What songs she sings
Low 20 herself, when there Is no one near.
The Sp.s:GtsT.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-02-04

GOvolnor Marshall Jewell, Chairman
of the Republican National Commit
tee, has appointed sub committee, consist
ing Of W +. Chandler, chairman, George C.
Gorham and Edward Nc Pherson to con sidel
the best plan of carrying out the order of tn,
Chicago Convention in regard TO securing
district representation at the next nationa
convention. The committee have received ,
large number of letters making suggestions
in relation TO the proposed new rule, and be
fore the National Committee convenes or
the 9th of March it is expected the views o.
many leading Republicans will be received
1t is believed that some rule will be adoptet
which will prevent State conventions from
electing the district delegates, and then blnd
ing them up by instructions.