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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-16
A NEW WAY OF DOING IT.
Gov, Butler Invites Sealed Complaints
From COnvicts ana Dismisscs Their
warden.

BGsroN, Mass, Feb. 0-The Governor re-
Gently instructed the warden Of the State
prison TO inform the prisoners that they would
be permitted to send sealed communications
to the Governor. The conviois received the
notification with cheers for Butler and grolns
for ,thc warden. Already seventy letters
have been sent TO the Governor and he, by adj
vice of the executive committee this evening,
dismissed Warden Earle. This is the result
of the sealed complaint system. The Govern
or says the letters he received proved such
after disregard for and lack of confidence in
the warden by the conyicts that the removal
was necessary Tor the warden's own protec-
ton. Aside from this, hswever, there is sur
ilcent cause for his removal. The Govern
or's action is said TO be the primary move
agalnst the contract labor system in the pIis-
ons.
The convicts' letters ellegc the most terri
bic brutality. The men have been strung
up by the wrists until they tainted. Others
have been confined in cells heated to such
nm extent MS to almost drive them crazy.
When they protested they were punished by
confinement in a dungeon. Several mon are
now said to be dying in the hospital from the
effects Of the punishment received during the
July rebellion
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-16

Monday, was celebrated the ninc,ysec-
ond birthday of the venerable Peter Cooper
of New York, founder of the celebrated
Cooper Unlon in that city. If the value OF
life is to BE- estimated by the amount good
which one accomplishcs for ones fellow be-
ings, then truly it may be said OF feter
Cooper that his four-scorc and twelve years
have been crowned with the noblest success
which man can win. Beginning as poor
boy he steadily and surely worked his way
up first as an apprentice, then as machlnst
at salary of 81 50 per day, and finally be-
came manufacturer and an owner OF some
of the most successful iron works IN
the country. At seventy years OF age
the time when most men are either in the
grave or couchod in easy chairs by the ire
sde-Peter Cooper began to realize the great
plans of his life. lie looked out upon the
world of working men with tie eye at once
of philanhropist and man OF affairs Ills
long experience had taught him The chiei re-
quisites Of success in commercial and pro-
icssional life. lie saw that the first of these
was practical, working knowledge. Science
appeared TO him as the rule and guide of lie.
The need OF young men in this country, he
declared, was system of industrial cduca-
ton. About this time Mr.. Cooper learned
that there was an institution in Paris devoted
entirely TO the industrial training OF the nco-
pie. lie fastened TO acquaint himself with
..,o,. - t.. an,n,;,,,;on and instruction
"l , ,,'a ua..I, - nia ;nros,;r,,,,n w.s tho
.s,ah,;s,mon, IL Mo-, ynrl, ci,v If ,hc noble
;ns,i,u,o vhich h.,rs his name
n,,a c., 1-aia. =, coroo,,, ,,,oot ia
orc Of u,o LARGEST ard bondsomcst nile of
hu;Idi,os in ,ho me,rorolis having been erect
al -, = o,s, os Soma eGa. oOO every cent Of
,,hioh ,,os odvo,cod hv i,s hon.dcent found
or II is n,oncrlv snealirs n preat scientific
and industrial university. with many differ
an, dopar,uop,s all under comoon man,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-16

much this menace amounts TO is shown
by other figures submitted by the secre-
tary of the treasury. The silver dol
lar was worth ntrinsically on the LIST OF
March, 1878, when the coinage was begun,
93 46 cents, /. e., within 654 cents of its
face. On the ist of February, 1888, it was
worth only Sj32 cents, l. e., 14.Gs cents be-
low its face value. On the SEQ, 900, 900 and
over of silver now owned outright by the
treasury there is u discount of over S43OO,
900. On the total amount coined, which will
probably sooner or later find its way back
into the treasury in payment of public dues,
there is discount of SO 004, GAG, or in round
numbers of 100000, coo. On the lst OF
March, 1878, the total coin aud bullion in
the treasury was about Sl35, 100000, OF
which 9 per cent only was of silver On Feb
| 1, 1888, the total was about S3O2 coo, 600, 0i
which over AZ per cent was of silver. Inc
proportion of silver will necessarily increase,
and the more silver declines in value, tho
more surely and swiftly will the accumula'
ton proceed, 1t is II plain question whelh
or the treasury will not have all it can do IL
take care of all the silver now out and sure
to return to it. without aiding SOS, WO, OOO
year to its burdens for an indefinite period
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-16
A TuRNEiDROP IN OFFICE.

Several of the performances of Gen. IlaZon
the chief of the signal bureau, haven't been
of such character as to inspire the public
with any great degree of respect for his char
acter anu ability, and, indeed, have provok-
cd not little private and public criticism.
Thus when some of his subordinates were
andacious enough to oppose some of his pet
schemes they were punished by being order
ed on duty to remote stations on the frontier
and when this order was revoked its rcvoca-
ton was due solely, the correspondents say to
the fact that the banishcd observers were able
to invoke some political influence which
Gen. IIazen did not like to offend So the
young men will observe the starry heavens
through the medium of Wash ngton atmos.
pherci but the whole thing, us the story
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-16


CAUSE unoorh thousanas 10 tnrong thesc nails
w ''"," ''' V''''''' ""u nv" W oo'"'" 'he
"0".' p'o''''u u" '"'u,o io' 'ne USE anu
''',"''o" vi "'a"N'"o' ines' VIII oc N"o"n
a"u 'nJoyeu ""e'c "Ien heoP' 'puue' anu
ho'' o""'u'on over ''c "o'Io anu all Vn"' Ill
"
',o'o '"a'' .'''ec '"''s''' PuP"S' "o''y
"''''' "''"'a'1 a''e"u ,no ou' anu evening
SCHOOLS u 'hc cooper 'h'oh' No u'S''uc-
.io' 10 ii'u"o vi ia'e' seN vi '''e"' '"c P'''-
"s's VI ''io '"S'.'"''o' a,' ""soi''''s ''' "
u" VIM WIN III "'''' ''' '"'''
i"' an "ei'''''i'''' 10 p''"'p9 wv "'o''
se"c'"''y p".i"ni~c" o"' "'u''s N"o"" lie
"o s,s'c''' vi INSTRUCTION "e'o s'''' 10 '''y
'hofou5h anu VaIuaoIe' Every iorih o'
drawing, design ana modelling IS taught ny
competent lhstuctor'' DIN huhuieu Vi 'h'
ART pupils are women whose earnings "h'lc
IN 'hc school amount u Sso,oooa year II
Is NOT an cxag5eratloh 10 say 'ha' in'iy one.
thifd OF all inc artlstlc 'aicht now employed
NJ Sooh wages ny 'hc publishers anu art Us
'aohshh'ci''s III ''i's country Is t"c Pi"uuc'
VI '''c i'cc eou'sc vi '"S''"'''o" "'''''''' ~
INC cooper on'oh'
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-16
THE SILVER GLiTIN THE United STATS
Treasury

II would not be very nice precedent, but
it would probably save the Government
something, to distribute five or ten million a
year among tac various owners of silver
mines in this country If by that means they
could be induced to permit the repeal of the
silver coinage law under which the vaults Of
the United States treasury arc becoming SO
gorgcd with silver, that new vaults must be
built. Mr. Dlngey of Maine oflhe commit
tee On banking aud currency, recently adj
dressed to the Secretary Of the Treasury Il
series of inquiries regarding the effect of the
coinage of silver dollars upon the currency.
to which answers have been duly given. BY
these it appears that the total coinage of the
standard dollars from March /, 1873, to Feb.
!, 1854 period of nearly five years, was
$13j, 40S, $50. OF these, on the LIST Of the
present month, there were in actual circula-
ton in the hands Of the people only $751;
.4,111, or but 2S per cent Of the entire
coinage In the meantime there had been
issued S72, 14j, 40 worth of silver GER
tificates, of which - 3JG,6 are in the
treasury leaving the circulation of paper
money founded on silver dollars SGS, ABS, $50.
These certificates are for the present at par,
and are likely to find their way back TO the
treasury only in the payment Of pubic dues.
Should the fall in silver go on, however,
they would inevitably all rturn and when
returned, the silver held to redeem them
would enter INTO the general resources of the
treasury, and wouli take the place of a cor
responding amount of gold or legal tenders.
They cannot, therefore, be considered us sill
yer in circulation which they are claimed to
be by the silver men, and they constitute a
standing menace for the treasury, How
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-16

The warriors who hang around the Nation
al Capital ard consider themselves fixtures in
Washington, are greatly disturbed by the
provision in tie army ill now pending,
which provides that no officer except on the
staff of the commanding general, shall re.
main on duty IN Washington away from his
regiment for a term longer than three years.
Some such provision ough, to be embodied
in law and strictly enforced. The Secretary
of War has endeavorcd to break up the vici-
Gus system Of military favoritism, which has
KEEP. certain pet army officers in Washington
on nominal duty for years successfully, bu,
thus Ear nothing las proved elective to cor
rect the abuse. There are army officers in
Washington who have never seen their regi'
mcnts for years or done nystrictly military
duty since they graduated from West Point
and the major portion OF their time in Wash
ington has been spent in society movements
or amusing themselves in ways not always
harmless. 1t is time that reform in this mat
ter should be inaugurated and that these Off
GERS should be compelled TO take their turr
in the field. 1t is TO be hoped that Congress
will insist on the proposed provision Of thu
Law
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-16
A POLITICAL HISTORY Fly BLAINE.
A Comprehensive work on Twenty
Important Years Of the National

1t is reported in Washington that Mr..
Blaine has been for some time past engaged
in preparing work Of political history I'M
der the title of Twenty Years o! Congress
from Lincoln TO Garfield \ History Of Ma
tional Legislation from 1861 to iSSl." This
is not in any sense 10 he work If rcminis-
ccncc, and Mr.. Blaine has told firnls with
whom he has talked on the subject that
whenever it becomes Necessary to alui c to
his own share in the events of this period
the allusion will he simply historical ami not
personal In other words. Whenever the
author appears in the book it will be a' Mr..
Blaine and not as 81" 1t is expected that
the book will make two octave volumes
There will be an elaborate intro iueliOn, re-
viewing the causes which led to the political
revolution Of 1860 The main work will
probably be divided into two parts: First,
the eight years OF Lincoln's and Jllnsun's
administration, dealing with the war, cman-
cpauon and reconstruction second, the
twelve years of Grants ana Hay, SIS admins
tratiOns dealing with the Southern States
Governments, the wrongs upon the ballot
box, tho enforcement. acts, currency
questions, Alabama Claims, annexation, Civil
Service Reform, etc, etc The main PORTION
Of the book will Of course, have the aid OF
Mr. B'ainc's intimate personal knowledge
of the men and events OF the TING which it
treats Of, This will make its appearance an
event of National importance esq re ally as
it is understood that the history - be a com
prehensiyc one aud is not to he confined to
any particular side or phas, Of the anti
slavery conflict and the civil war, "a has been
the case with most Of the histories written
thus far. NO one who remembers the dis
eliminating and analytical tone OF the eulogy
on Garfield though it was delivered under
circumstances that would have lol most
orators into prufaso and unvayi,g ,ulogy,
will need to be assured says the New York
Tribune, '1hat Mr.. Blainv's book will lie
written in the spiri, of the historian for the
future more than the present.
1t is in the preparation of this book and
other historical writings which Mr. Blaine Is
said 10 be contemplating, that he finds il
necessary to reside in Washington whore he
can have access not. only to the va.t stores of
documents in the Congressional Library. but
to many original papers, only to be found in
the imprinted archives of the Government.
No Time is assigned for the publication % the
book
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-16
Frozen IN wyoming.

RAwLrNs, Wyo., Feb s-Two pcddlers
were frozen to death near here and stage
driver near Rock Creek was frozen.
A stage which left Pacific Springs, las,
week, was caught In a storm, Friday. The
party started back on foot 10 the station. The
driver, W. j. Stewart, has been found frozen
to death standing in the snow, and Thomas
Scott, superintendent of the stage line was
found standing in the snow, frozen SO that he
could not move, He will lose hands and
feet.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-16
rhc Railway Commission bill, pending

lhc Railway Commission bill, pending in
the Kansas Legislature, provides for board
Of commissioners who shall be elected by the
people, and paid aa annual salary of $4,000
each, whic! is TO be assessed against the rail
roads. The commission is to be vested with
general supervision of all railroads, express
companies, sleeping car companies and all
other corporations doing business as common
carriers N the State All companies falling
within the operation Of the bill are required
TO make annual reports Of their business TO
the commission. The measure is regarded
as fair toward the corporations, and its
friends expect that i will become law
during the preseut session.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-16
Terms-s2.oOa year. always in advance

The end of the Telegraph war has come,
though in some what different way than had
been anticipated. The Mutual tnion prop
crty is leased to the Western Union for %
years, the rent guaranteed being per cent
on 100000 Of bonds and u per cent on
$40 900 900 of stock.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-16
Miss Anna Stewart has pursued Vincen.

mes, Indiana, lawyer, Charles Welzel, with
such determination to force him TO marry
her, that he has had friend introduce bill
into the Legislature making such u pursuit
punishable by heavy penalties; and Indiana
is laughing behind her fan, at the aifrighted
lawyer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-16

We would like to call the attention of
thoughtful readers to the essay on Protcc-
ton, by President liamlin Of Middlebu-
ry COLLEGE, printed in this paper to-day.
Prc;idcnt Iium.in is thoroughly familiar
with his subject. and the illustrations which
al Of sc;vatiogs. Ills essay viii he found a
valuable and interesting contribution to cur.
rent discussion of the subject.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-16

Death continues busy. One of his latest
victims is William L. Dodge, the great New
York merchant and philanlhropist. Mr..
Dodge was native of Connecticut but had
been IN business in New York ever since
1918. He was tie Republican candidate for
Congress in one of the New York districts
in 1864, and claimed the election, although
the certificate was given to Hon. James
Brooks \ contos in the House resulted in
the sea, being given to him on April 6, 1866,
and lie sat for the remainder Of the term.
Mr. Dodge had wide reputation as a phil
anthropst. When thc National Temperance
and Publication Society was established in
1866 Mr.. Dodge was chosen as its president,
all olc. which. he held until his death. A
well-known man of somewhat different
character died Saturlay-ChlrlcsR X. 1horne,
Jr., the famous actor. The telegraph also
announces the sudden death from pncumo-
MIA Of MARSHALL Jewell, Ex-Governor of
Connecticut, Minister to Russia and Post
mastcr-Geucral.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-16

Hon. Marshall Jewell whose death has
been announced, was tirst-class business
man, and obtained great credit for the intro
duction Of business methods in the Post
office Department while he was Il. its head
In all the public offices he held, indeed, he
acquitted himself with great credit, and his
record is an excellent one. In his death the
party and the country loses strong acd able
man
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-16

Il is minated from Washington that Mr..
Frclinghuyscn may resign the socretaryshp
Of Stale, b.forc long. and that in that case
Mr.. Window Of Minnesota may succeed him.
Mr.. Window is not without experience in
ways Of The world and Of Washington. He
entered Congress, it Is sIid n comparatively
poor man. lie is now, it is reported, a rich
man, rated in fact as a millionaire. The
difficulty found by his friends in satisiac-
toriy ex@ltining this accumulation of wealth
it Is slid had Il good deal to do with the fail
ure Of Mr.. Window TO secure the reelection
to the Senate, for which he made so hard II
fight. Under all the circumstances perhaps
more popular selection for secretary Of
State could he made, in case Of Il vacancy
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-16
Uhe 1rtt Press.
BURLINGTON, FRIDAY, FEB. 10, 1885
PUBLISHED BY

PUBLISHED BY
The Free Press association.
q. q. BENEDICT, E<iitOr,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-16

| y democratic upslal oil The IIttsOurg
criminal court lay dying last week, and in the
hope of his speedy departure, aa7 democrats
applied for his place but when it was given
out that he was dead, over 100 additional ap-
pications were filed before the sun went
| down.
Arkansas has got 'em, too. We mean
crooked officials, of course. AS if the jum-
bled accounts of the recent Treasurer aud
Governor Churchill, were not trouble enough
| for once, the Senate has ordered IN inyestiga-
lion OF the books of the Superintendent of
the State Deaf Mute Institute and School for
for the Blind. But what better than defal-
cations can be expected of the officials of
States which repudlale their debIsi
Miss Susan b. Anthony is about to make a
prolonged tour in Europe. 1t is said that she
has recently been left fortune, which will
be welcome, as her own small means were
long ago expended on the idea to which she
has devoted her life. Upon her arrival in
England she will be met by Mrs. Henry b
Stanton and Ernestus l.. Rose, the latter, it
will be remembered, Polish lady, who at
| traclcd attention as a womap-suifrage speak
er in this country from 1850 to 1860, and
afterwards married an Englishman.
The inscription on the recently finished
Blair monument in Missouri reads as fol
lows "ro Frank p. Blair Jr,,-the in.
domiable party leader, the standard-bearcr
of freedom in Missouri; the founder of the
first volunteer Union army the shield of the
conquered Southern people and Southern
States whose life from early manhood was
devoted to the service of his country, and
whose name was never dimmed by self-seek-
ing or corruption who was popular trib-
une u member of the legislature; n member
OF Congress "A commander in the Union
army aid United States Senator who was
the unvavering champion of the political
equality1f native and foreign horn, aud OF
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1883-05-08

A new idea embraced In Elys' Cream
Balm. Catarrn is cured by causing dis.
charge and cleansing, not bY drying mp
The application is easy and agreeable
Price 80 cents.
Apply into nostrils with little fin
g:T.
7 was troubled with Chronic Catarrh
and gathering in MY head. was very
deaf at times and had discharges from
my ears. besides being unable to breathe
through nv n,se. Before the second
bottle Of Elys' Cream Balm was exhaus
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House, Pa.
lam cured OF Catarrh and deafness
aftel giving E VS. Cream Balm thor.
ough trial. My aunt was deaf in one
ea-. After using the Balm few times
her hearing was restored. F D. MoRsE
Insurance Broker, Elizabeth, N. j.
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One Fool Among Many.

Wrecked by his Untenipered Ambi-
tiOn--A Lighthouse on the Shoals.
Ioasht TO have stopped I've years before
did: but thought it wouldn't ams7nt to
anything, SO | kept on. w.s fool, OF
course-but who isn't. when ambition and
the chance of making money spurs him oni
only hope shall ges vel, enough to digest
another square meal some time without a
rebellion in my stomach"
The speaker was one OF the best known
civil engineers and mining experts In this
country; hardy by nature as q buffalo, but
broken down by hard study and the merci.
less lashihg administered to his mind and
body by his own hand during the earlier
part of mis- career At City he Is premature
ly gray, bent in form and dispirited. Dys.
pepsia did it-Dyspepsia, the sslf-infiicted
curse Of the American in every department
Of toll.
81 am thirty-fve years old" writes M.
Charles q. Watts, of West Somers, Putnam
County, N. Y, md had suffered from dys.
pepsia for fifteen years. Tried verything.
At last gave PARKER's GINesR ToNIc chance
to show what 1t could do for me. It proved
its ability by ouRrNs me. recommend It to
al who are suffering from this dreadful dis.
ease" Mr. @. B. Cole, druggist, of Carmel,
N. Y, oerti6es to the truth of Ne. Watts
statement.
Gloom. dependency. hopelessness, disgust
with sll labor, sleeplessnsss. horrid dreams
to render bedtime like the hour of exeou.
tion TO criminal-these are some Of Dys.
pepsia's footprints. The Dyspsptio knows
what Coleridge meant when he said: "Nigh,
Is my hell" PARKRR's GHesR TOXIC eursa
Dyspepsia, puriaes the Blood, dispsrses
Rheumatis and all chronic ailments. Pri
oss, SO cents and 81 bottle. Hscox L Co
New York.
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CALAIS BUDGET.

CAEAIs. OHro. April 20, 1883.
Ee SPIRIT: The angel of death has
again visited our community and has
borne hence one that was near and dear
to relatives and friends, to that land
from whence no traveller ever returns.
Mrs. Elizabeth Carpenter. OF Forts
Fork. The deceased passed over the
Jordan of death this morning at 6
o'clock, and was inferred at 5 o'clock
N at the Calais cemetery ! would say
to the bereft ones, dry your tears; it is
the design of the Creator that we all
lhave to pass through the ordeal Of death
But oh, let US be ready when the sum-
mons is made to meet the monster.
Calais cemetery is beautifully located
on an elevated spot south OF town and
commands q view OF the whole neigh
borhood surrounding it. This is one OF
the most magnificent places for ceme-
terry that have seen in ell the dark bills
of Monroe, and I would urge those in
Eauthority to inelose the grounds with q
substantial wire fence, and plant orna.
Fmentaf trees and make it look sespecta-
BILE.
Calais stands In need OF railroad
badly. Come, gentlemen. you that have
the influence aud the means, talk this
thing up and let US have the road by all
means. You tried it once, I know. and
failed, but do not get discouraged per-
ksevere, and you will make II win after
while.
George Goodhart, son of ]. H. Good.
hart, has returned from the West on 8
visit to remain q year. We learn thai
he is a number one blacksmith. The
band boys gave him regular old-fash
ioned sererade on bis return to his ole
home.
Who is Calais Reporteri Oh, who,
sayf
c. T. Morris win a,tend the Woods
field Normal School this summer.
We understand tha, our nominee fol
Representative will teach q select schoo
on Jsckson's Ridge this summer, sn6
rumor has It that Snooks will teach {
class in vocal music at the same place.
| Where is Little Rosebud?
/ Charles Jones is teaching class il
penmanship at Cslais.
| Those on the sick list this week are
MRS. R. Coullas and Mrs. T. 5. Cleve
Hand, and Mrs. H. Carpenter, who il
Equite an aged lady 'tei'i
/ Pleasant Hill School is taught by Mr.
is. Gibson this summer Miss Cor.
Armstrong began her school April "a
/ SNooKs.