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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-11-08
LAND OF THE FREE.
AN ENGIHsHMtN's COMPLIMENTS TO
AMERICA.
what the chief Justice of England Has
TO Sny About the United Sti'ie@'

At the reception given to Lord Cole
ridge Of England in New York city, that
gentleman spoke as follows of the United
,tates:-''It is not only as Il lawyer that
vonr country has interested me. The
first question that almost always IS put
n mo Is whether was not amazingly
struck bv the vast size Of the country.
1t was not size that particularly i'm
pressed me. II size were to be regarded
should say that smalmess rather than
bigncss should he insisted on. Men are
GREAT in proportion to the smaIlness OF
their natural advantages.
i can't agree with Golden, if he SAID
SO. that the St Lawrence. Mississippi
and Amazon are better worth seeing
than the Tiber and Orontes because they
pour so much greater a volume OF water
/ info the sea. Nor with Lord Sherbrooke,
who did say that Marathon was not
worth seeing because the slaughter there
was not up to the proportion OF respect
able railway accident / believe that II
Marathon preserved to us art, philo5o-
phv. history and the freedom OF the
Greek nation, it is worth far more the
knowing thm all the great 5IauShters OF
Yenahi, Khan AtGl1, Julius Caesar and
Napoleou, the four greatest sIaughterers
whom God permitted to walk the earth.
''What of the size OF your country
You Didn't make it. II is not size but
~ 70, IL, pf
sin and Africa are as large as the United
States, and | doubt whether the British
North American possessions are mucl
smaller. Your population is vast, bnt
where did it come from? You are tho
receptacle Of the emigration Of the
world. You are the Judges Of how f.u
this has proved an mmiNed good-hov
far the integrity Of your political system
has been affected or not not I. 1t il
! not sine or force or strength that con
stitutes true greatness, but when mcl
rise against oppression; when the good
honest, God-feTing citizens go to wa
sooner than suffer the disruption
:, of their country; when they ti%h
not by the aid Of mnrccuTies bu
: with their own best blood and the bloc,
- Of their children and their children
children; when they say that what
good for themselves is good tor other
too-that SO fan as their rule extend
every man, whatever ms race, origin, &
y color shall be as free as themselves; thi
+ 49, t, gf,. -, I,D,,.,,, 4. 3, I,,II ,,,-ar T. L
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hardly muster courage, and while she
was hesitating there came a sound oI
wheels, and a light buggy pulled up ii
the middle Of the road.
CDR Gorham !"
''Pcrcie Lee Is that you? I declare
Miss Lee-nd that great brute-it's all
my fault. Did he scare you much Per
cie-Miss Leo?"
Us it your dog, Heber-doctor ?"
"Tsar Come here, sir p
ooh, doctor, don't scoId him. He
has been taking care of me. There were
three OF them"
''DOgs, Miss Lee 2"
''No, sir; tramps. Dreadful looking
they spolle-he IS 4 splendid dog
beautiful"
He? Ah-well-it's a good thing he
didn't take hold of one of them. There d
have been a tine surgical case prepared
for me in no time But how did he
happen to be out? UnmuzzIed, too. [
remember, now. All my fault.
q guess lie must have been left out
to take care Of me, doctor"
CAN'T [ glad of it, though Now,
Miss Lee, you must step right into my
buggy and let me carry you home. Tsar,
go home, sir -
He TUNED to obey, but a small, white
hand was on his head as he did so.
Good dog, Taar; thank you, sir. -
1t was odd, indeed, but something in
that remark seemed aimed at the dog;
and it must have hit him, too, by the
proud way Of his walking off; but some
Of it went further. The young physi-
clan assisted Percie into the buggy and
drove away; and it was quite a distance
around the corner of the main road that
they passed a dimIy discernibIe and
quite breathless group that leaned
against fence Nobody going by i'll a
buggy could have heard them mutter:
"TeIi We what, boys, that was the aw-
fullest dog [ ever seen"
Guess we won't try that there road
agin tonight. He's loose"
"AII them sort O dogs has got to be
killed Oft, or the roads won't be safe"
Perhaps, but at that moment Tsar was
re-entering his own yard, for he went
straight back to his quarters. He stood
for moment turning over his empty
muzze with his paw, and then lay heav-
lily down. He thought he understood
thp nD+irn Dla++ar NOW
"Hebcr Gorham knew that that young
lady would be in need of me. It's all
right, but l doubt if I did my whole
duty. UnmuzzIed, too. A lost oppor-
tunity -
As to the tramps, yes, but not as to
all other parts of his performance. He |
hardly knew how it afterward came to
pass, but before long he discovered that
he had formed IL habit Of going down to
.hn cove with P"~rj
n7 a,l.~ .ar. 300 &. .na.-. and nt ".
..us... 81. t,t.. nt. 1s.,... "...
, t...,.-. He -rE.,.' f...y IT,. .n.ls-a..-l-.. /
t.... ..-..... ,.l.,1 another sort OF day ar
rived, when he found himself called |
upon, first to attend wedding by spe-
cial invitation of Percie Lee; and then
to recognize her as Il permanent addition
to his own household at the Old Gorham
homestead. He agreed to it. He had
liked that young woman from the first
time he saw her. And SO, to tell the
truth. had his MASTER IVWHGa q.
a.
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DE committee needn't bodder ODE
de case any longer, replied the Presi
dent. q happened to be up on Cratic
avenue de odder day when Brudder
Baker bet half a dollar dat he could ea
thirty hard-biIcd aigs III eleven minits
[ doan know wheder he lost or won, bu1
his eyes kin stay sot and his mind kin
wander all obcr de kintry fur all de aud
he viii receive from us. "-DetrOit Free
! Press.
THE WRONG PULPIT.
A good and true story is going the
rounds Of Boston about the adventure of
a worthy Congregationalist pastor who
ministers to a suburban church. He had
agreed to supply a Roxbury pulpit for
an absent brother. He came into Bos-
ton and promptly took a Highland car
for the scene of his evenings labor. In
due time he deserted a steepIe, and,
reaching the church, got out, walked in,
took off his Overcoat in the vestry, and
went straightway to the pulpit. He
glanced around on the congregation and
proceeded, after a minute or two's de-
lay, to give out good old standard
CONGREGATIONAL hymn. The congre-
cation proceeded to find the place, the
organ gave the tune, and the singing
began. While it was in progress the
sexton walked up the pulpit stairs and
,.,;I u ,,,,. .7,,,I,a,,
''NIr. -- will be here in few min
utes"
The situation flashed upon him, but
suppressing his emotions he asked:
"Why, isn't this Mr.. IS church ?"
'No, sir" calmly replied the sexton;
''tlis is the Universalist church"
There was an exchange Of places afew
minutes later. The friends of the sub
urban minister are now fond of asking
him how he came to enter the Univer-
saIist ministry He laughs and solaces
himself with the remark:
"Well, [ got them to sing a good
orthodox hymn anyway. = Boston
Tr0rcHcr.
SOMETHING WAS DONE.
In the last days Of the war, citizen
Of Indiana made his way to Boston and
had an interview with a former acquain-
tance, who had left his Hoosier home for
the Hub" and got rich.
Daniel the war is coming to close
and haven't made a dollar out of it.
is that possible? Didn't you have
any scrub hogs OF lean cattle to sell?'
NO"
"No baIed hay for the army?'
"Not a pound"
Cant you get a contract for supply
ing the army with something OF other?
81 don't think So"
s.Got a farm, haven't yOu ?'
.sYe., but it's almost al' lake
..Iul<r? ITuruh you're saved ]
7,.,y,.l. mind an army c"utrt"t Come
win me 10 map publisher, and before
twenty. l--rrI. hours have passed we shall
have, organized the 'Cjrcnt Inland Nt'NI-
cation C}orl1anv,' elected you as Pres1-
dent and 1 viii H.rvc the stock ON tir"
market All we, want is "a map of tn"
lake and a cut of Il steamboat going
fourteen miles an nour Saved-saVed
where's my hat?"- JTaH Street Net0S.
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The Lumber Wagons are
Of MIR. LILLEY'S own
manufacture and are well
and faVOrably known
throughout this vicinity
as being thoroughly and
honestly made.
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Signs of an Open Winter.

ssWhat kind Of winter are we gong
70 have. uncIe?" asked a reporter OF an
old squirrel hunter and mink trapper,
who makes his home in the hills Of In
diana.
81 kinder calculate that we will have
a rather mild winter; all the indications
point to such p
"what signs do you go by, uncle"
81 have a good many signs, and !
never knew one Of them to fail yet.
When I say we are going to have a mild
winter, vou can depend on it. Haven't
7 lived in this country for forty years,
and haven't I watched the winters right
aIopo. and oughtn't be able to tell p
Are the corn husks thin this year?
ssYou had better reckon they are.
There are only two or three layers OF
them. and they are rs thin as calico
Why. the corn is all dry enough now to
90 through Il snow without injury. The
one or two frosts We have had have
sucked all the sap ont Of it.
care there amy other indications be
/ sides the corn husks 2
"You better believe there are. Now,
when the sun crossed the line the wind
I,Iay from the southeast. That ndi-
Gates a mild winter every time. If 1t
had blown from the north you could have
been prepared to hear the wind blow
great guns.
els thai all ?'
'sNot by long ways. l could tell
you enough to fill a book. My dog
hoicd a ground hog the other day. !
had nothing to do, 50 I set to work ano
duo the animal out. He didn't have :
leaf or a twig in his hole; hadn't moth
ing in the shape OF a nest.
.Isn.t it too early for ground hogs t'
make their nest ?"
"Now l see how little you know abou
q ground hog. \ ground hog has hi:
hole dug. or has picked ont his hole, b!
the first of September. Ii it's going tc
be 4 cold winter he has it filled viii
leaves by this time.
[ els there anything else?'
eyes The cOons haven't commenced
to auaw the corn. That is Il splendid
sion. And another sign, and slgl
. that never fails, the woodpeckers haven
commenced to drum. Now, if this wa
going to be a cold winter all the dea
S frees would be covered with redhead
, nccline away at hole in which to Stor
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A GOOD word is an easy Obligation
but not to speak i'll, requires only o"r
silence. which costs us nothing.
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A ROOM hung With pIelures Is room hung
with tl1ouEhts.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-24
THE HOUSE.

While the house transacted considerable
business yesterday, there was little in the
proceedings requiring special mention.
Several st. Paul bills were finally disposed
of, and only await the sig
nature of the governor to become
operative, but they are only amended and
perfected former acts. A local bill, also
amending former act,was passed through
the house under suspension of the rules,
which has excited considerable animated
discussion and diversity of opinion the
past year among the tax payers of the
city. The bill in question was that
authorizing the issue of bonds
for another bridge across the Mississippi
river. The amended bill retains the au-
thority to issue bonds for such bridge, but
prohibits its erection between Robert and
Commercial streets, the very point upon
which the difference of opinion has and
still exists. The only measure creating any
friction was the bill of Mr..
Bobleter amending the game lava stand
ing measure before every legislature for
the past ten years. The principal point of
friction was the proposal to change the
date for chicken shooting from Sept.
1 to August IA. The sportsmen and town
people generally supported the
amendment and the granger element, as
generally, opposed it. In the first place,
the committee of the whole, under,th the lead
of Mr.. Morris, Blue Earth, struck out the
proposed change of date. Then Pat
Child succeeded in getting an amend
ment tackled on to allow owners
to shoot on their own land for their own
use at any time. These two amendments
took all the essential features out of Bob
letters bill, and so its friends turned in
and helped kill it, by recommending its
indefinite postponement.
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Suicide at Hutchinson.

Mr.. w. w. Prendergast, in the Office of
the superintendent of public instruction
yesterday received notice of the suicide of
an old resident of Hut Crimson, his home.
The sui eide was Mr.. Herman Abel, a Ger
man. Abel, Mr.. Prendergast says, was a
highly C cultivated man, but of late had be-
come slave to drink, and more recently
had frequently threatened to end his exist
ence, always designating Wednesday as the
day on which he should do the deed. We'd
nesday last he was drinking heavily, and
while in the depressed condition resulting
therefrom the next day, he resorted to the
ready revolver, and sent bullet crashing
through his brain.
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INTEREST IN THE CONTEST
O FINAL ACTION YET TAKEN.
JOINT CONVENTION

At y N. the two houses met in JOINT
convention to ballot for United States
senator. Notwithstanding the fact that it
was to be the first ballot after the arrival
of the Boss, there was observable general
WEAKNESS and lack of interest in the pro
ceedings, both on the part of members
and spectators. the latter class being but
slimIy represented The roll call'showed
all but three members of She two houses
present, the absentees being Senators
Sabin and Washbgrn agE1 Representative
Richardson, thefirst and last named being
paired, one Windom Elan and The other
a Wilson man. Senator WashSurn when
present has voted for Window. The cali
of the convention fer United States
senator resulted in Gfty-one votes fo-
Window, the. eRly chSrge FROM the vote OF
Monday being that OF Senator BillsoH,
from Davisits Wlndo-r, the rest of his in
crease over TIE vote CT Monday being from
,absentees. Immediately qeon the an
nouncement of the result Senator Doraa
moved that the joint convention
adjourn, which molten prevailed.
Before Gaking the declaration
Speaker Fletcher gave notiSs of caucus
in the evening at '&ke Metropolitan, of all
friends of Mr.. Windom, those who had
voted fo- him, weEs now voting for him.
or epexcted to votsI for him, all of whom
were earnestly urged to be present. The
following is. the vote, in detail:
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THE LARSON INQUEST.
Reform.
To the Editor of the Globe.

To the Editor of the Globe.
read with interest your report of the
discussion on reform at the Congrega-
tional club on Monday evening. 1 was
surprised to read the position taken by IN
'editor," a Judge" major" and a
'divine" that all good people in the state
should at once unite themselves into a
of our laws. Is it not strange that i'll this
country of law and order, the divine should
be asked to leave his pulpit, the lawyer his
desk, the business man his counter, and
the mechanic his work shop, to become
policemen, while we are paying tens of
thousands of dollars every year to men
who are sworn to do this work? If the
clerks of this city refuse to do their duty,
would we recommend their employers to do
the work and still pay the clerks
for looking ONT Are not the officials of
this city and state sworn to enforce all the
laws? Do the policemen of this city when
they see a man stealing wait until some
sitizen comes along and makes complaint
before they arrest the thief? Then why
does he not arrest the saloon keeper and
gamblers as he does the thief? The ex-
perience of Mr.. Fisk, of Carleton college,
is the experience Of nine-tenths of those
who have become self-appointed police.
The fact is the liquor traffic controls the
executive department Of our cities, and
will as long as ever diUines are found cast
ing their votes for men who must pledge
themselves to the liquor traffic before they
can be elected. The remedy is simple.
Let us elect men who will enforce the
whole law.
1t is farce to pass laws against the
liquor traffic and then let the liquor men
control their execution. l was surprised
to read that DR.. Dana twas not favorable
to the proposed temperance amendment"
Is the doctor in favor of license? Does he
believe in compromising with evil? 1 hope
not. We as prohibitionists believe that
the people of this state want prohibition,
therefore ask that the question shall be,
submitted to them. We do not want laws
passed that do not meet with the popular
will. They would only be dead letters.
We must carry this question of reform into
every department of our government.
Yours for reform. D. MORGAN.
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to those and also On their household goods
and live stock, which is great advantage
to them.
There is an elegant side-whee steamer
being built on Devils lake now by Cap
tain Herman, of Minnesota, which viii
cost about $4,000, and will be ready for
business about the LIST of June or before
Captain Herman has also erected a saw
mill on the north side of the lake, and he,
has the reputation of being a thorough
business man and means business. So
you may look, for a grand excursion on
Devils lake next Fourth Of July. DEVILS
lake is salt water, and full OF excellent
fish which are easily caught.
Ramsey county, in which Devils lake,
Stump lake and Freshwater lake are situ-
ated, is yet unorganized, but will be organ
lied before the close Of the present legisla-
ture now in session at Yankton. There
is also a prospect of having new United
States land district created il North Da-
kota, in which will be located the new land
office on the north shore of DEVILS Lake.
NJ e DONOHUrE
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pensed with, the chaplain, Rev. Mr.. Dana,
being accidentally detained.
NEW BIII,S,

being accidentally detalnec'
NEW BILLS.
Bv Mr.. Cullen-To amend section 81 Oh
the special laws of 1881, authorizing the
issue of bonds for free bridge across
the Mississippi river. Prohibits the con !
struction OF such bridge between Robert
and Commercial streets. Passed unoe'
suspension of the rules.
By Mr.. Wells Authorizing the board o.
commissioners of Stevens county to .su,
bonds in $4,000 for court mouse anc
jail. Passed under suspension OF tne rules
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
To attach certain unorganized territory
to Marshall county, and to este .blish the
southern boundary of said coun' sy.
Amending the act authorizir g the pur
chase of the franchises of ne st. Pau
Water company, and creating a board OF
water commissioners for Il le city of st
Paul.
Authorizing the city of st. Paul to issue
bonds in S50O0e0 for Improving and ex
tending the city water works.
To authorize the city of Saltwater to is
sue bonds in $G2, 600 for school purposes
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
Prohibiting the catching OF fish II
Rise lake, Fa-ibault county.
Relating 10 the issue and safe keeping
| o. statutes and laws by members of the
! legislature.
| Relating to counter claims and offsets.
{ Ce3IMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
( In committee of the whole. Mr.. Cor
1 nish in the chair. Consideration of Mr.. Ra.
/ hilly's usury bill was resumed Mr.. Ra-
hilly moved that the committee
! report progress and the bill be
! laid aside. Mr.. Collins moved
that the bill be indefinitely postponed, but
subsequently withdrew his motion, and up
on motion of Mr.. Gregory, the bill was re-
ferred to special committee consisting OF
Messrs. Rahilly, Brown and Child for cor
rection. At II NJ, the hour for the meet
ing of the joint convention, four bills had
been considered and favorably reported
and the committee rose.
The joint convention adjourned and the
house reopened in committee of the whole,
and Mr.. Bobleter's bill regulating the
shooting of birds was taken up, and
provoked some discussion, an effort being
made to amend by making the shooting
season commence September 1, instead OF
August Is, as proposed, the granger repre-
sentatives generally favoring the amend
ment and town and city Representatives
opposing. Finally, the amendment was
adopted 46 to 40. Then Pat Child
offered an amendment that the pro-
visions of the act shall not apply to a
person shooting birds for his own use
on his own farm, to which Mr.. Gregory
offered an amendment to the effect that
such owners may so shoot after the 14th
of August, and may also authorize others
to so shoot on their premises. Mr.. Greg
ory's amendment to Mr.. Childs
amendment was defeated and
the original amendment adopted.
The committee then voted to recommend
the indefinite postponement of the bill.
Having completed consideration of the
general orders of the day, the committee
rose, and the report of the committee was
adopted.
Mr.. Merriam offered resolution allow
ing the committee on public accounts and
expenditures clerk, at the usual COM
pensation, which was adopted.
Adjourned.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-24
East LgIgene.

Of the appearance and acting of Miss
Ada Gray, who appears at the Opera house
tomorrow evening in east Lynne" the
Daily Alta of San Francisco has the fo!-
lowing:
The theater was crowded last night with
brilliant and fashionable audience drawn
by the announcement of the first appear
ance of Miss Ada Gray. The lady is hand
some, of the stately order of beauty, with
magnificent eyes, expressive countenance,
symmetrical arms, good carriage and a
nleasant voice = x 4 In the second
and third acts where intensity are required,
she responded in such manner as to win
the appreciation of the audience, and an
enthusiastic call before she curtain. These
acts are admirably played by Miss Gray.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-24
Municipal Court.

Before Judge Burr.
Joseph Ryan, larceny; committed for
ninety days.
John Clark and E. Murphy, same; con-
tinued until to-day.
D. Mccarthy, disorderly; fine of so
paid.
John Dowd, vagrancy; committed for
ten days.
Newgard & Swanstrom, violating en-
ployment ordinance; continued to the oath
inst.
S. P. Laniers, carrying concealed weap-
on; fine of SIS paid.
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The White Bear Controversy.

The in terminable White Bear township
imbroglio, or rather the latest phase of
the interesting squabble, being an order
to show cause, sworn out by W. W. Weber
against the officers of White Bear village,
why defendants should not be punished
for contempt, came up before Judges
Simons and Wilkin in the old
court house yesterday afternoon.
1t will be remembered that Messrs.
Getty, Murray and other officials of the
village recently assisted in the removal of
house and fence belonging to Mr.. Hinck
ley, which the court held was not situated
on the public highway. The order to show
cause was issued on the grounds that in
removing the house, the defendants vio-
lated the decree of the court.
The plaintiffs were represented by
Messrs. O'Brien and Wilson, and the de-
PENDANTS by Messrs. Cary and Egan. Both
sides were argued at length, and the mat
ter was taken under adyisement.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-24
on for Oueen VICE Territory.

CHARLESTON, s. C.,Jan. 23.-The Princess
Louise leaves Thursday morning for Ber-
muda. She took long drive to-day. The
marquis of Lorne starts for Canada Thurs
day evening. He VIII stop day or two at
Washington
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SENATE.

The number of hours devoted to work
yesterday by the senate was materially in
creased. it having convened at 10 O'Clock
and continued in session until 40, except
= brief recess spent in joint session with
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-24
SANDWICH ISLANDS.

HONOLULU, Jan. 23.-The preparations
for the coronation are about completed.
According to tho Indications the little ma
ton will turn out almost to a man on the
occasion.
The marine railroad opened on New
Years day
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-24
Ocean Steamship News.

PORTLAND, Me-, Jan. 23.-The steamer
HISTORIAN has arrived with eighteen pas
sengers. Heavy westerly gales throughout
the trip and intense cold. Several of the
crew were frost bitten.