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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-11
MOODY AND sANKEY,
fhe Fruits oC n Revival campaign IN
England anu France.
,F.om the new York Herald of N,nday.l

|
Among the passengers on the steamer
Alaska, from Liverpool, yesterday, were
Messrs. Moody and Sankcy, the reviyasis
and Mr.. William HAD Smith, General sec.e
ta'y OF the Dung Mems Christian As.oeia.
ton, Exeter Hall London. Messrs. Moody
and ,ankey have enjoyed unusually good
health. They will return to England next
October for final campaign ofoisht months.
Last night Mr. Sankey addressed the r, ruur
Sunday meeting At Cooper Institute, and said
Mr., Moody was not present because of fs-
tisue incident TO the ocean voyage Mr.
Sankcy gave brief account of the second
campaign OF himself and his colleague again.t
Gloat B,ttain ana Paris. Greater RESULT. he
SAID, had been accomplished hy It than the
previous one. At tlist the rcvivalists held
Two meetings daily, but the attendance in.
creased SO rapidly that as many as eleven
meetings had to BE- he'd each day. Tue
preachers were kindly Received and
well treated by tie EnglGh lle.Ly
IS yen as by Tie d-senters 3,
| the Established Church. The Oxford
and Camblidge students gave them gcuer,
pIs repcptidn--s' many as eighteen hundred
OF these young men attending single meet.
ing. During vacation students from these
universities assisted in bringing people to the
meetings and worked with great zeal. In
Paris the meetings, Mr. Slnkey said, had
been wonderfully successful, sud there, Gs u
the twenty-five town and cities visited u
Great Britain, popular interest was aroused
which exceeded all calculator, The hymns
as fast as sung were translated into French
and sung with zest by the Parisiaus. AT
many towns in England ii was not unusual
Tor IL 900 persons to attend Il single meeting.
Mr. Sankey after his address sang several
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-11
Jht SIRE press.
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BURLINGTON, FRIDAY, MAY II, 1888.
PUBLISHED BY
IHe Free Press .lssOCi0ftOn.
q. q. BENEDICT, Editor.
n year, always i'm advance.

Municipal extravaganza, though always
perncous, has seldom been attended bysucll
disastrous consequences as have followed
in Elizabeth City. That once thriving place
has already been reduced to condition OF
bankruptcy in the aggregate, and now It's
creditors have begun proceedings which willgo
far 10 impovelsh its inhabitants individually.
Ono of the heaviest among them has obtain
ed Il maudamus against the city government,
10 satisfy which it will be necessary TO levy
TN extraordinary tax, equal to about six rer
cent tf the valuation Of the taxable real
estate within The municipal limits, and the
worst of it is ,ha, this claim is only about
unc.flIth ri the outstanding indebtedness
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THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES.

lie rules Just issued by the civil service
commissioners are entirely practical ant
thoroughly business like, and if they are exc.
Gutcd in the spirit of the.r iutent-of couist
everything depends upon thit-they vii
inauguarate a new era in the history Of adj
ministrative govern nent in this country. To
begin with, the opening rules strike at two
great abuses. They require that no person
iu the public service 'shall use his official
authority to influence OF coerCc the political
action of any person or body, or to interfere
with any election" anu That ''nO person in
the public service shall, for that reason, be
under any obligation 10 contribute to any
political fund or to render any political SER
| vice, and he will lot be removed or other.
wise predudiced Ivy refusing to do So" The
rules then SO on to classify that
part of the government service TO
which the civil service bill applies,
the classes being four in number - the
department service at Washington, the Gus
toms service, the postal service, and the GUS
toms districts. The custom houses within
the scope of the regulations are as follows F.;
New York city, Boston, Philadelphia, San
Francisco, Baltimore, New Orleans, Chicago,
our own city, Portland, Detroit, Port IIu-
ron. The postoces subject TO the arrange
incnt are as follows: Albany, Baltimore,
Boston, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincin-
natl, Cleveland, Detroit, indianapolis, Kan
sas City, Louisville, Milwaukee, Newark,
New Orleans, New York city, Philadelphia,
Pittsburg, Providence, Rochester, 81. Louis,
San Francisco, Washington, d. G.
In all those departments Of the public scr
vice the rules provide that there shall be
open competitive examinations for testing
tho fitness Of applicants for admission TO tie
service. which examinations shall be prec-
tical in their character and, - far as may
be, shall lela;d to those matters which will
fairly test the relative capacity and fitness Of
the persons examined to discharge the duties
of the branch Of the service which they seek
to enter " and that ''iherc shall also be
competitive examinations of a suitable char
acter 10 test the fitness of persons for promo
ton in the service" The examinations for
admission into the public service are of tho
implest character, They require for the
higher class of appointments, n fair amount
of proficiency in pepmanship, copyiug and
letter-writing, and passahc knowledge of
the fundamental rules OF arithmetic of the
elements of the English language and of the
leading facts of the history, geography and
COVE. nmerl of the United States. For AT.
mission to places of lower made uouman.
shin, olthography and the fundamental rules
Of ar;,hm.,i, constitute ,ho ,vho,o oooo,
,',, s .,'. ""' "'
sary schoiarship Of Tue eahd'da'e' In order
to test the fitness Of the appolntecs in mat
tiers not covered by the preliminary REQUIRE.
mer,s for odr,ss,o, ovc,v or,r;noi o,,,oin,
l''".S W. '','''sFt0', wy 0''s''a' "Ppo'"',
menl IL made ior LEO probationary period
of six months n, the end Of which time,
if the conduct and capacity of the person an.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-11

Doubtless there are single bar rooms in the
larger cities, that sell more liquor than the
40 places of sale licensed under the Federal
law, in this city. The existence, therefore,
of this large number of such places, should
should not lead the friends Of law and order
to despair but should spur them to more
faithful effort TO restrict the evils of intem.
pcrance, by every moral aud legal means.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-11

Jesse F. Cleveland, gilded youth of
Greenvillc, S. c., has invented new scheme
for raising money. Announcing that on
certain day not far distant no was going to
Florida TO marry girl who was great fav-
oritc at Greenvic, the bridal gifts came
generously in, and he cleared out with about
$4,000 worth Of goods He headed for Cali
fornia, and never had any idea Of marrying
anybody but as the game was altogether a
new one IL succeeded beautifully.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-11

ny or two earlier than those Of the foster
nloilcr, who often destroys Ter own eggs
liinhlhg they will not hatch. and thus The
young founding enjoys the undivided atten-
liun1 OF lis misguided nurse The Young
lnrd grows apace and soon monopolizes the
Whole tenement, 50 If the other egps we @
hnlched the chicks would have a sorry time
of it. '''D
Inc eggs OF the cow-bird are a ,rihc under
thc blue BIRDS In size, oblong, oval or some
times nearly round, of u grayish white col.
OF, ninety Despatched or blotched with
cnocoiate brown. One egg toa nest seems TO
he infallible. Ga May Both, 1882. a nest of
the song sparrow was found in a pasture
near Applcttee Point In Darlington, contain
ing SIX .gg9, three of which belonged to the
cow-bird. This plurality, however, is not
common AMI probably In this case there had
been more than one bird about the nest. A
deserted nest Of the geery or Wilson's thrush
was discovered near tbs the same place at
| Inc foot of small pine, containing two law.
ful eggs with one OF this intcropcr's. In this
case the two blue eggs Of the thrush had been
lald iltst, when the stranger made its appear
anco ana determined the Dlrd TO abandon her
retreat. The small birds, like the red.eyed
rtreo aud {ndigo bird, will seldom desert after
ny ''''S W Huu WHY
cow-h,rd takes advantage of this and rarely
leaves h-r card in an empty nest. The vcery
and blueb'rd are perhaps the largest species
which the cow-luntngs tackle aud the latter
frequently make Il successful resistance and
driye the intruder from their premises.
How many eggs docs the cow-blrd iay ?
ms Is disputed question, but Judging from
Tue abundance of the species and the vicissi-
tudes which attend the incubation period it
would seom that he must have more than the
usual allowance
The cow-brd has derived his name from
his habit of ass1ciaiing with the cattle alb ,ut
the farm in pursuit of insects and the seeds
which come from their fodder, otter alipht-
ing upon them. There seems to be some
thns wrong and inc jmplctc in his makeup
HIS ridiculous a'lempt 10 sing bctrays him
at the outset That he will never become a
musician there can be little doubt, but
whether he will ever mend his ways sufli.
clcnily TO lay aside this habit Of para, itism
may sui be an open question.
Large Hooks Jf cOw-bunlines are seen
whirllng to the south in the fall whittier
they 90 to spent the winter in the Carolinas
and Georgia.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-11

Senator Plumb of Kansas has no idea as to
who the Republican candidate for President
will be, but he is perfectly satisfied that, the
man who is chosen will be be elected. As
far as his State is concerned, there is no qlies-
ton but that it remains, as heretofore. true
to the Republican party.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-11
The Cow Hunting IoiothrWs AIer,
Gray.

|
| The wli4'lc OF the cow-brd is one Of tn
,ccou,,,,mc,,s NJ snrirr Thos. anal
jet p'acH o''us "h'cn VIC sec Within. aoou
in tlocks at this season and occasionally
alchtinr in the tons OF trees where the,
,I,,,,a. o,,, .o.;o, 90 .,,,,; ,..,,,,,.
" 7'''"
s1uuus. oe'ohS 10 TINS sPecies'
| The male COW. bunting is about eight inches
| Io,y ,f ua,,oua .bon nlrmooo x,i,h r,,r
Iii irNr,, Ioo5 az n"si, viii Pa ~
l,hnr cav 10 wall onI If ,,ra,,;ih o,, '','
81 ,nI;I,o arn ,ho,, 90 10 80 Ill,
,,Lon ,Nr d;,ye,on, S;rds Inv cosroi 81,
servrr nar,t, of right mr. Ton ot ,bos,
hnr,in,s ,y,i 81 .csrved oo ,ho a., of MI
WAIKIKI over wei haul, ryn,oriny Inc dad
lcoves ami grasses for sncds and ;rsec,s Ill,
an many miniature crows whosa iwro,t',,
| ans they seem 10 have coniad Exactly rrrs,
"n,lv "a H.. 40 ,n',atI,or .nd ss,,Ioi ~,
| na;,ILn,;rt, ,rro l,n.ir do,I, sLt,,,,, a.,
80 s,a','i e., ~,
,ho 10 hranohos r.,,,;nd;rr '.o, ~ III" ,h'
,',,oh t,,,ad ,J,", liza ,,in S ,h vi ,' an
Gashns ON ,h, ;,;Iascn,, goo, ~ ,ho W" ,,a1o
L. has ,,, a., oy6,,js;,o oio,s - ,Io, n a'i
brown can of lis onI hig6 no,;ch ,''1cr H.
s;,,os ond ,;,os M, H. d,,si,,
~ IL a,,tr,i,,s ~, n fan,o,. a..y 49,,
70 s;rn for her. hvt ,hcr rtfnr,s ar n "o,e s
cce,rH A. int.rTalo nf two mr. ihra. ,,irnto.
ono nt ,hnSo nN,sh"J - ,nr,;o,s s,r,,o,,as az,
his n~cL eIev,tcs cvcrv fca,her an hi, r,oJ,, '
and viii n wag If IN, ,nil Jriivrrs h;ms'.,i,
oG nne Of ,hn ,,,st ,iIicn1mnS ,vn,os'i1ns -
a sn,nd in al ,ho LII i,I"c, WI ~. w. w.
q, n,na,e nui ,nn vi PC, n1
shriI anc nm arr,ff.roi, ',,' Hi Wv"
Ann,her tries his skin mad oftrr sin,i,ar con
ior,inns ,rndnr"s a IiLr re,uit In III cos'
il wns moi evident which Of these cat an,
scraner. won the day. for the f'ma,. rit5cr
unable IA scl,lr the uucslion hrrsrlf mr. d;s.
gns,oG win ,hnm MI ntirl,lv hnrr.J off ana
tLc ,hren hlacLlc,S st,,,,nr y, lni ANA ,'i,
were soon Ins, ia si,ht ;ih,ir cionr pnnsiva
whistles Lawcvrr rnding in a suhInnJ tnno
which We ',mcn,Iv Ln,r NJ ,his s,ason ry"r,
Their ,nftv rrrrhes in i'r ,recs NV, nv no
mean u,1l,as,nt srund.
The nest Of the cow. bird IL vet IN Inc dis
covered and whether he over made one nr
viii ever do 90 is mere matter of coniec'
turc If il ia one If his LOST orts il ia M,
iilelv he viii tyouble himself IN ind il AGAIN
On i1ng n, irast no he can snong. mn liz
nriyhHoro Alrxgpdrr Wilgon seems Ia have
becn The irst nsr.rn To- cnil the nItsntioh nf
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-11

John Is 4 mighty mean man, said
Biggs he sold me u tub of butter that was
strong enough to go alone but got rid of
1t. sold II 10 my brother and the best of
it is | got more than lpiii John for it,
Boston irdnscrtpt
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-11

Elderly phianthropist, to small boy who
Is vainy striving to pull "A door-bel above
ms reach-"Let me help yon, my little man."
Sinlls the bell) Small boy-"Now you had
better run, or we'll both ge, licking ~
thsaenae Halter.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-11

VIC WI HUHVI UT WUUH lHu UITUs ItHVr US
in the fall. They fade away gradually like
the leaves, becoming shy, singing but little,
aad Keeping to the woods. On the contrary
we are always surprised at the suddenness
of their appearance in the spring. We can
mark the day when the first robin sets his
foot on our grounds, and there is not one
stragglcr merely but fifty, and villa, a
budget OF news they bring under their
wings. The silent woods and sible-clad
fields acquire immediately a new face and
vegetation takes a ffcsh stat The birds
travel by night, like the scouts of an invad
ing army, and hence are always first seen
in the morning. As Burroughs says, they
come in on the "OWl tram
The song sparrows leave for the south on
the edge of winter, while some may remain
in southern New England to cnlivcn the
winter with their s0ng.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-11
NOTES on THE FAUNA OF WEIR
MOSE-11I.
The Song Sparrow (Melospizn Fas-
cIiitn. SCI.


Wilson says this IL or first spring bird.
but The b.uebirl, the phebe, and the robin
press him hard II they do not ous.rp him in
their northern flight. The pheb, never has
much TO say, and it takes the robin several
weeks to get his voice under full control. At
first he only calls and squclls and rattles off
his warning notes from the woods and orch
arls, but the bluebird and song sparrow are
Immediately at home. They are flush with
music as soon as they come and their voices
are modulattd TO the south wind.
The sparrjws bel lpg to the .faei Jdmily
the seed ea!ers, which has nearly forty spc-
cits in New England. Thcse with the
nadicys, which are about as numerous, com.
prise the majority Of our eastern birds.
The song Spdrr0o is abundant. Every
bush has its bird. Although found from Can
ada TO Georgia. it is not likely, however, that
many discriminate him from other members
OF his race. Along with them he frequently
passes under the too vague name of ground
bird, (an eplhet which is applicable in
another sense, for lie seems 10 be horn of
| the carth,) but he has a personality
which reality distinguishes him. THIS trg
| little bird, about six inches long, in livery
VI asnen guy, nioIIteu aoosc WIN promn'
,.iu se'GaNcu WIN wv sa'iic Vn t,'c pieus,,
wnefe Ihc co'pr coAVerges 10 ior'n Drown
spo. Vh ms oos1n l."ni (o ulstunsu,snins
'i'', ~ my VIC seen at ,hls season hntlns
ao3"' 'hG pastures ana coPse., luih'us nus
az! "nS, nov anu .hcn u,.crins urn
cNP' ocvuslona,iy he WIN 'nouut sum- man
u.o anu ou'st mo '''tii. @."Sp' iii ms
'nu'l Is l.'5''V, '"In wv "l''u ,',i .iouE
NOT rs s'l'' ana may require mug "'s,!l'tc
70 'tnu u slhootlhes,' Llv1,''c st nun
,hsnl'a'lS ucsi'is urn, t.oIs XIX anu tei
tne', Is rup,u s"occSs'o' VI "''''' NN'''"'cS
''' ~ ~ i'''i'a.c' ....,.-- ill.,, A.,
ne sun spai , maj ~ 's' nvs' III ,>il IL
~, MN "vco,,'nS W ,mu S'"'oi ANU h a.
a'l u,,''1 lao" NV ,'""d I, rr,,. o'.'.'
nr p.ush neup ny tnc s,u , ", " u,'' s, ID
'a'oli.e nt'''t anu NY ~ i'r'!uVn,'J ."uh ,
Snceatu III aussoun " E W. ", a; ''J .o"'
% s'uu VI ,iiI si'""u us. - " 'my ,
ii1u e',npudsu u' "a' - WA ~
i,',IS y, mJ a" a;' a, J' ;s U
.;'.'s"'' y. 'h' VIZ. "'' , ,' ",.i 10 III
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-11

ton has been foreshadowed. One of the
candidates Tor Sp' ak,r of the coming Demo
cratic House would even place wool on the
free list. ST." says Senator Morrill,, "ht
did not think that free Wool gonld have
strength with majority OF Democratic meal
bers, he would have hardly made this bid SC
prominent and so early Senator Morrill,
thinks that where lands are hlgh-priced
sheep husbandry affords very GDall profits
but, lie says. 'the greatly improved breeds
of merino sheep, however, hold out some
encouragement. and Si The recent sheep
shearing at Middlebury, W., some uawashcd
fceces of the b, ST stock reached the as.oni,h'
ing weight OF 80 pounds, In Ohio the total
clip of wool in 1860 was about 10000, 600
pounds, but. in 1880, with only about 1000,
900 increase In the number Of sheep. the pro-
duction Of wool had risen to $4,000, QUO
pounds. In 1850 there were over 900, 900
sheep in Vermont, producing less than g.
500, 900 pounds of wool, but in 1880, with
less than 800, 900 sheep. the amount of wool
exceeded 1850, 900 pounds. In the same
time the weight Of the fleece In Ohio had
doubled" Senator Morrill, argues that the
present Aourishng condition Of the wool
market and the depressed state Of woollens,
would seem ehectually to dispose OF any
charge that better care had been taken of
woollens than Of wool.
Ex-senator Sherman also complains that
the duty on woolens were raised In the con-
ference committee, Senator Morrill, points
out that SO they were on pig and bar iron.
SIN relations to woollens," he says, "t is true
that in one single instance they were raised,
and that in very limited sense, on cloaks,
iolmans, ulsters, jackets and other outside
garments for ladies' and chillrens apparel,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-07-20

A Washington despatch Of the 10th instant
says that the first day under the civil service
law was welcomed by the appointment clerks.
The crowds of ofice-seekers which had filled
the ante-room for the last few weeks were alb
sent, and in their places were the few who
had not yet learned that the law had gone in
to operation, or the applicants for positions
below the grade of 5000 annually, to which
the civil service act does not apply. The
chief clerk of the treasury said that the expe-
rience was very welcome to him, as he was
relieved from the persistent and continuous
seeking for office. The chief clerk of the in
terror department found that the new law
would relieve his office of one of its most
harassing duties--the necessity of listening to
the most piteous personal appeals for place
The same general story was told by the ap-
pointing officers of the other departments.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-07-20
MINOR NOTES.

Ex-Vice-Presdent Wheeler has very much
improved in health, and is now able to at.
tend to business several hours daily.
Governor Butler is the only man capable
of breaking up the solid South, says the
Vicksburg Herald and if the Democrats
nominate him the solid front of the Bour-
bons will melt like ice in an April shower
The new postal law makes the taking of q
newspaper and the refusal to pay for it theft,
and any person guilty of such an action is
liable to criminal proceedings, the same as if
he had stolen goods to the amount of his
subscription.
Pertinent observations of an elderly citi-
zen with memory, reported by Harper's
Weekly: Turn the Tascals odt? Why,
cert'nly. They were turned out twenty-tw @
years ago, when they had knocked the bot
tom out of the treasury, sent the navy to the
ends of the earth, and, could the last Demo.
cratic secretary of war have had his way,
would have sent the army to join it, The
rascals were very effectually turned out, and
they'll have to struggle hard to get in again. n
From the table of statistics Just published,
it appears that the total number of immi.
grants landed on our shores for the year end.
ing June 80 was 592, 32i-a decrease of l7S,.
OBS as compared with 1882 The decrease
has been nearly uniform from all the coun.
tries contributing to swell the total.
1t was a cold day when the czar was crown
ed. Admiral Baldwin, y. S. n, went to
Moscow to represent the United States, but
the Russian chamberlain overlooked the ad.
miral, who failed to receive an invitation to
the church, but was permitted to cool his heels
on the grand stand. A diamond studded snuff
box failed to entirely heal the wound.
The Rev. Charles w. Park was to have
been installed pastor of the Howard Avenue
Congregational church in New Haven, Conn.
last week. After waiting patiently for two
hours, the large audience there assembled
were informed that the ecclesiastical council
had rejected Mr.. Park on account of his be-
liefs or non.beliefs- among them his opinion
of the possibility of universal salvation, his
rejection of infant baptism, and his views of
the Divine authority of the Scriptures. In
spite of the action of the council, however,
the society have engaged Mr.. Parks services
for year.
A number of pauper emigrants who were
sent back to ireland by the American authori-
ties have arrived at Queenstown, and all &C.
counts Published in England agree in descrb-
ing them as a wTetched class of people.
The Iowa Greenbaekers have nominated j.
b. Weaver for governor with a full state
ticket. The Minnesota Prohibitionists have
also put full state ticket in nomination.
The first permanent iron bridge over the
Rio Grande river, uniting Mexico with the
United States, was finished last week at Eagle
Pass for the Mexican National railroad.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-07-20

white, as Dorsey says he did, he never would
have dared to take the Independent stand
which he did take in forming his cabinet and
in directing the general course Of his admin
istration.
That James A. Garfield was warm-heartod,
impulsive, impetuous, that he was often iniu-
dicioH and incautious the world knows very
well lie was extremely anxious to succeed
in the campaign of 1SsO-nnxious not alone
on personal grounds but because he sincere
ly believed Republican success to be essen
tial to the wel-being Of the country to
secure this success he used every legitimate
and available effort But that he was venal
or corrupt at heart, or lent himself to corrupt
bargains, the people do not believe, nor will
they so believe until some other evidence has
been brought forward than the unsupported
word of q man like Stephen W. Dorsey.