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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-30
THE WORDSWORTH MSS,
An Interesting Revelation Promised
AS to the Authorship of Words
wOrth's Poetry.

The death of the late Mr.. Wordsworth,
the last son Of William Wordsworth is
likely Gays the New York Ereniag PostJ
to have an indirect influence upon the rcpu-
tatioh of the poet, which will cause no little
sensation in literary circles. Southcy once
said that poets nearly always found their
hest advisers among their female friends"
and cited the instances of Wordsworth and
and his sister as remarkable case in point
but it has never yet been realized to how
great an extent the gentle lake poet was
really indebted to his sister for his poetry.
There were, however, in the possession of
the Mr.. Wordsworth who has recently died
a whole cabinet full of MS. letters some
from the hand of his father himself, but the
greater proportion of them written by the
other members of that little college of auth
ors who did so much TO dignity the name of
literature at the beginning of this century
Southery, Rogers, De Quincy, Lamb,
Coleridgc and Sir Walter Scott. The evil
dence of these letters, it is asserted, goes to
prove incontestably that great portion,
| perhaps the greater portion Of Wordsworths
| reputation as a poet should be in Justice
| transferred to his sister Mary. She it was
who, in the majority of instances, supplied
the sentiment, and in many cases the diction
also, Of his poems; and certainly from in.
ternal evidence alone ii would be easy tC
find in the tenderness and softness of tho
| Wordsworthian muse cOrrOberativc traces OF
II female hand, while for external evidence
these MSS. must be allowed an authority fal
superior to any other records, tradtionary Oh
documentary, which bear upon the question
and before long the public will have an op
portunity Of judging for themselves of til,
validity OF the case against the poet
The late Mr.. Wordsworth was too iealou.
of his fathers reputation TO publish thes,
records which could not fail to damage il
but the present Mr.. Wordsworth is equal,
ANXIOUS that justice should be done to h
granidaunt, even at iisk of discrediting hi
grandfather. Sometime ago arrangements hat
been made by Mr.. Gordon Wordsworth ant
another member of the family for the careful
collation. and annexation of the preciou
documents with view to publication, ant
now the work will probably be pushed OIL
with energy. 1t will Of necessity be some
time before the entire mass is ready 10 b.
given to the world but when the letters ar
published they will make q volume whicl
can scarcely fail to occupy a notable place il
the history OF literature. Just as in astron
omy star has often been regarded for cen
turtles as single body until the evidence o
a stronger telescope has shown it to b
double SO 1.-THE poet Wordsworth" ma
hcnceforth be recognized to be ''twip-s,ar
and if England loses by the Forthcoming
disclosure half poet, she will gain ney
| pOetcss.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-30
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.

List will not come to America.
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg sailed for Eur
ope on Saturday.
"Pinaforc' has been revived at one of the
New York theatres, and bids fair to have
long run.
Mr.. BARLEY Campbell is visiting Mr.. Jos
eph Jefferson in Louisiana.
Messrs Robson and Crane have leased
lot on Randolph street, Chicago, opposite the
Central Music Hall, anil will build thereon
theatre at cost of 100000.
John Mccullough is quite sick in Cleve-
land and will be unable to act for week or
more.
Mrs. Frances lIodgson Burnett has been
engaged to write another play for the Madi-
son Square Theatre.
Mr.. Bnucicault is at work on a new play,
based on Bret llartc's story OF The Luck of
Roaring Camp"
Mr.. Mapleson says that an Englshman
once asked him gravcly whether the Ameri-
can Indians enjoyed the Cincinnati opera
festival.
Lolita says IAN old maid | am, and an
old maid | shall emain guess until the last
days of my life" An open frank and brave
declaration, Indeed, it seems the first on
record. But girl worth near million can
afford to be brave And yet she may recon-
slider. It's never too late to mend,
Work is being rapidly pushed forward on
the new opera house in New York, of which
Abbey Il Schoeffel will be the managers. As
the owners represent, 5000, 600, 900, and have
given orders to make perfect house, the
presumption is TINT New York will have
something TO brag Of
Mr.. Lytton Sothern appeared on March
l2th at Liverpool as Lord Dundreary, and
on the 18th he acted David Garrck. These
parts he had never before acted in England.
though upwards of Il thousand times in
Australia and elsewhere lie is said to be
very like his father MS an uCtor.
Falk, the photographer, has sued Peru
guinl for SO, the amount due on photo
graphs of Peruguin, ordered by Peruguini
for personal and private use ly Peruguini.
Peruguini claims that anything beautiful to
the eye us Pcluguini, should lie furnished
with photographs of i'eiuguini entirely free
OF cost TO Peruguin, and that is Just where
opinions differed. -Byrnes Dramatic Times,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-30

In the current discussion of the divorce
question the general tone of the press is
strongly adverse to what may not unfairly be
called The ecclesiastical view of the matter
Particularly well put are the comments Of
the Jersey City JourHql on an announcement
that the Congregational preachers of Chica-
go have unanimously decided to perform no
marriage ceremony when either OF the par
ties has ever obtained divorce on other
than ScripturGl gfounds. The journal says :;
1--WE can conceive of few things more I'M
Just, impolitic, cruel, or in tendency and
consequences more immoral, that the forbid
ding of such divorced persons to marry
again. 10 say to woman, for instance,
who has been forced to seek and obtain di-
vorcc from the husband who made her home
n hell and her life perpetual torture by his
brutality, or drunkenness, or vilcness and
cruelty although the worst outrage on her
womanhood and the sacrcdness Of the mar
riagc vow could not be proved against him
You shall never marry again. is, in our
Judgment; a monstrous injustice and a cruel
wrong Why should the party who is Who'll
ly innocent of any wrong doing nay, not
only innocent, but who is also the victim of
wrong that never can be wholly atoned for,
why should she be declared for the rest of
her life from love, home, and all the blessings
they ought to bring to horE But further,
this doctrine that the innocent divorced party
must never marry, is one which directly in.
cites to and puts premium on immortality
and the maintaining of illicit relations, and is
therefore. impoltic in social or politco
economic view of the subject"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-30
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-30

Some interesting official figures have just
been published regarding our neighbor Mexi
CO. From these it appears that the total
real estate of that country is valued at 49,
074 03G 900, of which Sl,96l ,036, 600 is
classcI as ''urbln" and sra, 900, 900 as cru
ral," while the remainder of S340, 900, 900 is
devoted to government uses including church
property. From this it would appear that
over two-thirls Of all real estate value is To-
Gated within cities, disorder and bngandage
having driven people to herd together for
safety. Farm houses, as We understand
them, do not exist The hacienda is more
like a stockadc, little fortified town in it.
self, and even the fine locations near the
larger towns are vacant, because 1t has not
been safe to live on them. The number of
houses in cities is given as l. 2l 1874, while
the whole population is but 1O,OOO,0OO, or
$4,000, 900 at most. The extremes of riches
and poverty belonging TO Old World ciyiliza-
ton appear in the divisions of these build
ings; for, while the 3G,G4S of the iirst-class
have an average value OF s2i, 800, the second
class has l9S, SAG, worth $500 each and the
third 1,1sG, 440, with AN average of but $780,
The first class is made up largely of palaces,
while the third, which amounts to more than
four-fiiths OF the whole, are in great part
mere novels. Church buildings are valued
at sSl 900, 600, divided into SOD 100000 fol
17S charger" oditiccs-all Ca,holic-and 1927,
900, 900 for 1900 smaller, which includes
some Protestant churches The nationa
amusemcnts are represented by forty-siA
theatres worth $1,000, 900, twcnty-three bull
rings valued Mt 100000, and ninety-eigh'
cockpit put down at $4,000.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-30
The 3ree press.
BURLINGTON, FRIDAY, MAR. 80, 1888
PUBLISHED BY
The Free Press dissertation.
q. q. BENEDICT, Editor.
year, always in advance.

Secretary Folgcr will leave Washington
for a considerable period to seek to restore
his health, but he has not determined where
he will go. Ills physicians command a
change TO a wholesome climate, where he
will have absolute rest and Bermuda is pre-
fclrcd. The physicians consider one month
absolutely necessary, and would prefer two
months The desire of Judge Folger 10 re-
main until the difficult points connected
with the new tariff law can be adjusted can
not lie giatifed. 1t is not expected that
these difficult points will be adjusted before
December, and doubtless some of them will
not be settled until they shall have been ad-
Indicated By the United States Supreme
Court.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-30

The newspapers and periodicals of oil kinds
issued in the United States and Territories
now reach the imposing total of II, 1876 This
is an increase of $50 in twelve months TAX
ing the States one by one, the newspaper
growth in some Is very considerable. The
present total in New York State, for in
stance, is 1904 gain of 80 in the past year.
The increase in Pennsylvania is As, the ex,
listing number being DAB. Nebraska's total
grew from l75 to FOL, and lllinoiss from 800
to 90i. A year ago Massachusetts had 42O
papers; now the number is i3s. In Texas
the new papers outnumbered the suspensions
by eight, and Ohio now has 1888 papers in
stead of G92. The most remarkable change
has occurred in the Territories, in which the
daily papers have grown from 43 TO 63, and
the weeklies from 169 to 243-Dakota being
the chief area of activity. The number OF
monlhlies throughout the country grew from
976 to 1894, while the dailes leaped from 99d
to 1909, The figures given above are eXclu-
sive of Canada, which posses total OF 6O6'
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-30

Annexation with the United States is u
perennial source of agitation in Canada, aud
is made the subject of IN essuyin the NoIh
.iueyicdq Rfgietc for Aprtl. Five reasons
are given for it. /. larger market for
Canadian products Q Distrust OF the fu-
turc-lhe piogress of the country has
been slower than that of the United
States g. The increase of expenditure and
debt The former was 5l3,0OO,0O in lS6S,
and S32 900, 600 last year. with no increase
of population The debt in 1861 was So
600. 900, and S155, 900, 900 in 1891. Lack of
increase of population and desire for Re
publican government constitute the remain
Ing reasons. The probability is that Canada
will seek annexation within the time of the
resent generation,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-30

The State Of New York now owns $4,000
acres in those northern counties. II this
measure be passed and steps are taken to
preserve the forests in accordance with the
European system, the result. will be to secure
an equable rainfall, and prevent both drouths
and floods while at the same time these lands
which have hitherto paid little or nothing to
the State, will probably become remunera-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-30
On the ascent of the Mount of Olives I'D.

On the ascent of the Mount OF Olives ad.
Joining the Jewish Cemetery is plot of
ground which has been preserved to the
Jews from time immemorial as the burial
place of Prophets llaggai, Zechariah aud
Malachi. Hebrews the world over have been
distressed by the report that this sacred spot
was about to be sold by the Turkish au,hori-
ties to Christian sect which intended to
build o church upon it. AT last accounts the
completion of the sale had been deferred by
Raouf Pacha at the urgent solicitation of the
spiritual heads of the Jewish community
The intending purchaser is said to be the
Russian Archimandrts in Jerusalem. and
the price agreed upon is $50.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-30

George w. Peck, the editor of Peck's Sun
writes a Milwaukee correspondent of the
Watcrtown, n. Y. Times, IS AZ years old.
and native of Jefferson county, New York.
He emigrated west with his family when
small 10y, entered an Office as a ''printcr's
devil worked his way up to the case, be-
came foreman, then editor, served over
two years in the army, then resumed his old
occupation, his ready wit and genial nature
attracting all hearts 10 him, Brick Pomeroy's
paper owed much of its spice to to the YER
satllity of his wit, accompanied with sound
sense. Five years ago this month he struck
Milwaukee and started Perks Sun. His
capital consisted mostly of a sound head, a
genial heart, and an incxhaustibe fund of
ready wit. Now the circulation of his paper
is over 10000 copies weekly. His warm
heart is in sympathy with the people. Fra
ternity beams from every twinkle of his eye,
and under his personal influence one expert
cnces as happy feeling as in following the
freaks OF his dad boy The boys are all
in love with HIM. He gives them excursions
and dinners free, and Ptck's Sun is the pa
per that of all others they delight to cry. He
drinks no ardent spirits and is safe example
in morals. This | learn from those whe
know him. Evidently in the department he
fills he has no equal, and the world will be
better for HIM.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-30

or "vox populi,' Cthe voice of the
people,.
And yet when the proof reader makes
mistake the irate authors explode IN a
rage about those stupid printers and
editors
Let them explode until they learn CON-
mon sense about clean copy"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-30
SOUTH AMERICA.
CalderOn CrIticiscs Minister Logan -
Note 10 MOnterO.

PANAMA, March 11.-Calderon now a
prisoner in Chile, has addressed note to
United States Minister Logan, objecting to
the despatch addressed by the latter TO
Montero. lie says: Had you consulted
me us to the terms of your letter | should
have begged you to modify them and es-
pecially that you should have stated that at
the end of October last you gave me the ulti-
matum of the Chilean government, that
accepted it and that if peace was not then
made it was because the government subse-
quently modified its own conditions and rem
dercd themmorc onerous. If you had spoken
of the ultimatum your letter would have con-
tanned a statement unfavorable to Chill, instead
OF which it does not contain q single word
condemnatory of the conduct of that govern
ment, which has given you frequent and Just
cause for complaint. Had you been in Ari-
quipa you could have seen all the letter con-
tans and much more, because YOU would
have been able to have explained, as you
have to me. your idea that treaty should be
made without cesslon of territory and that
only when this aim proves impossible you
would counsel the cession of territory as the
least of evils. You would also have been
able to have related all about the ultimatum
But these explanations not having been fur
nishcd the letter will have bad effect in
Peru. In order TO prevent that bad effect
and preserve the sympathies of Peru for your
mission l have carefully avoided transmit
ting to my friends the arguments employed
by you in your different conferences"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-30

The condition of affairs in Peru continues
unaltcred, but us the Chilians have released
several of their important prisoners who have
returned TO Peru to advocate peace, the pros
poets of action in this respect continue to
improve. There are no new movements
among the Bolivian and Gillian troops.
The Quarrel over the Argentine Hound
airy.
The quarrel betweenBra,l and the Argen-
tine republic seems to become more serious.
The real point is as to who shall appropriate
Uruguay.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-01

10 f4f ENNW W se~% 1'oP"'SFs'
Those who regard the Rev. John Jasper
n the lone and only exponent Of the astro-
snomical theory that the "sm do move"
would do we'll to look into very learned
work lust issued from the press, entitled
sxScieuce In short Chapters" by the dis
slnxuishcd scientist w. Mattieu Williams,
II. n. A. s., i. Z. s.
In discussing the question Of the "fuel
Of the sum- which he believes to be It's
surrounding atmosphere, at page SO the
author says:
"If the sun were stationary, or merely
rotating, In the midst Of this universal al.
mosphere. the same material that " elected
to-day would in the course Of time return,
and be whirled into the great sun-spot
eddies; but such is not the case; the sun
Is driving through the ether with velocity
Of about 100000 miles per twenty-four
hours" That Is, something over 300 miles
per minute.
The Rev. Mr.. jasper himself might pos
xibly have his views enlarged and stiffened
hy consulting this learned volume. Nj.
But Mr. Williams means, we suppose, to
say only that the entire solar system moves
together, not to deny that the earth moves
round the SUM-.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-01

A Harrisburg pal special says: A show
OF oid.time civ!l-war feeling was caused IN
the House Thursday when the bill to give q
pension Of 600 yesr to citizens OF this
State who served In PENNSYLVANIA regs-
ments during tho Mexican war came up Tor
a second reading. lends (Republican), OF
Lancaster. succeeded In adding an amend
mcnt 10 exclude persons who had taken up
arms against the Union. Hasson, OF We
mango, one OF the Democratic leaders. re-
fcrred to the amendment as bit OF bum
combe, and he challenged the Lancasterian
to show why It. was necessary. lands
charged Hasson with sneering at patriotic
motive. Both legislators were speaking at
once. and the confusion grew worse when
Brown (Rcpubllcan), Of Erie, Joined his
voice to theirs. After some confusion the
debate was declared out OF order and the
bill passed second reading.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-01
Rainbow MT Night.
ASHLAND, KY, February Is, 1888.

ASHLAND, KY, February 20, 1888.
10 the Editor of the Dispatch:
Last night at 10 O'Clock the proprietor Of
This hotel, Mr.. Parrill, called Mr.. Withers
out 90 see n perfect rainbow spanning the
eastern heavens. Near us, one quarter OF
q mile below, on the bank OF the Ohio
river, was a large furnace In blast, and the
light from IL was very bright, and above
us about half mile Is the Norton furnace
In full blast. The moon was quite low and
nearly obscure. When we first saw the
rainbow-and it certainly was rs perfect
with all OF its colors and brightness as
ever saw In the daytime in my liie--we re-
manned looking at 1t for at least fifteen min
utes. During this time 1t gradually disap-
peared, rs the moon came out bright and
clear, and nothing was left to mark its
place. What was III Can some scientist
explain? Truly yours,
n. III. HOTCHHISS.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-01
The Fayorife Question.
RICHMOND. Va, February 27, 1885

RICHMOND. Va, February 81, 1888.
To The Editor Of the Dispatch:
Dear Sir,-Will you be so kind as to in
form constant reader OF your valuable
and popular paper which occurred first
the burning of the Spotswood Hotel or the
falling-in OF the interior OF the Capitol
building? BY so doing you will confer Q
great favor that will be much appreciated
by me. A. II. G.
fThe Capitol disaster was first. 1t oc-
CURED on the 9th Of April, 1870. The
Spotswood Hotel was burned early Christ
mas morning, 1901
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-01

Among new shades Of color are Cordoya
leather. Russia leather, deerskin. oak, an
tiquc blue, (Which Is delicate blue tinge
with very pale green,) a peculiar pink call
ed "heart Of the tea-rose," a dark blush
gray called oiage. and maletesta. warm
russell brown
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-01
by George s. Vashon & Son,
Real Estate Agents and Auciloneers,
No. Tenth street.

RY REQUEST OF THE OWNER WE
ID will sell by auction. oil the premises, on
FRIDAY, MARCH 2. 1888,
at o'clock +. ~, that VERY DESIRABLE
BRICK HOUSE on the east side of Fourth street
between Main and Franklin stree,s-No. IL. The
lot has Il front Of 2lH feet Fourth street. run
ming back within parallel lines a good depth. This
house is well built: contains ten rooms; detached
kitchen, two rooms. The house has been newly
papered and painted inside and ont, and ( In
thorough repair; substantial iron-railing front
fence.
This pronerty, so centrally located, would make
a desirable home or an Investment that would
command good tenants at n fair rental.
TERMS Easy, and at sale.
GEORGE :. VASHON & son,
fees Auctioneere
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-01

The bnl,s opened the market at an advance OF
s(gl4 ftom yesterdays ciose-the latter 1T. Paul.
minneapolis. and Manitoba. Further ON a slight
advance took place in The curly dealings, after
midday fell kGl&-Unlon Pacific, Omaha pre-
itrred. Delaware, iackawanna and Western Mis-
souri, Pacific, and Louisville and Nashville being
me most prominent. During the next two hours
was first slight Improvement, followed by a re-
action OF kds-the latter Lake Shore. In the last
prices advanced x 20 Ia TO the close, led by south
westerns. et Paul, and Western Union. The mar
ket closed strong at a small change from yesfer-
closing prices. Transactions, 265, 900 shares
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE. February 2S.-Virginia 6's, con.
'ols, 81 past-due coupons AS; lew l0-fO's, fO4
lew IS, As. Bid to-day.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-01
L AND SALE.

/ AND SALE. 20
IL BY virtue Of u deed of trust executed to me ~
by w. Y g.. Schenermann and Carl Fisher. dated
18th May, 1870, and duly recorded IN the clerks
Office OF Lunen5urg county, Va, shall, on the
26IU DAY OF MARCH. Ss3.
nj 12 O'Clock. sell TO the highest bidder for cash at
Browns store. in said county. the TRACT OF
LAND conveyed In said deed. containing so
ACRES, and lying about one mile south Of the
place of sale. WILHELM HOIST,
fe 2l-W2tf Trustee.