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Milford chronicle., 1883-05-11
A Modern Song of Home.

talk about home because I am rarely
there-and men like totalk most Of what
they know least about "There is nc
place like home
Even those who live in boarding
houses touchingly warble that song.
Home is more to woman than a man.
A man who has no home is a social
tramp. With a woman it is different;
she wants home, but does not always
have chance to get it. Woman feeds
upon affection. She is never happy till
she gets her ideal man; and then she is
castdown to find another woman's photo
graph and love-letter in his overcoat
pocket.
But a man gets his home-iot. house
mortgage, mechanics lien and all. He
has all but the mortgage, and the mort
gage has him. All Of a mans life, ex-
cept what he spends at the store, club,
caucus, lodge or prayer-meeting, is spent
in his home. Man Is great in his own
house; IL ,he is not a king, he is at least
a prince consoft. Many are like the
mau who, on being nominated for leu
tenant-governor, said: -
''You have nominated the rigltTmar
for the right place. 1 have been lieu.
tteaant-governor eveiAS% IS / was mar
ried. "-BURDEsiEE (,
Milford chronicle., 1883-05-11
A Fortune Saved.

Twenty years ago, says one Of our ex-
changes, large manufacturing firm in
New England, running several mills and
using about fifty boilers, began to burn
anthracite screenings under their boilers
in their mills When they first COM
menced, the fuel was purchased very
low, as it was then waste and drug.
With the improvements made in COM
bustion, its use has become more gem
eral and the price has advanced, so that
the difference is now only about two
dollars ton. Now, allowing that this
difference is all that has been saved from
the start, and estimatinga daily consump-
ton of one ton of fuel per boiler, doing a
duty of three hundred days year, we find
an economy of between five and six hun
dred thousand dollars over what it
would have been if lump coal had been
used. This firm are h0w changing
their boilers to use this fuel by utilizing
the waste gases with hot air on top of
the fire. AS there is estimated to be
millions of pounds of screenings wasted
at the mines every year, it is astonish-
ing none of the large cotton mills adopt
this fuel. There ore several mills in
Lowell, Lawrence, and Manchester flat
burn from twelve to twenty-eight thou
sand tons of lump antracite coal every
year, while actual experience has DEM
onstrated that the screenings, when
properly fired, viii make as much steam
per ton as the best grades.
Milford chronicle., 1883-05-11
Not Interesting.

According to the New Orleans Times
Nine. Modieska carries too many guns
fer the interviewers. She came down
thus upon a wretched reporter of that
paper: ''And what have / to say when
ze newspaper gentlemen call on me Z?
Noting, except zat am very well; zat I
thank you; zat I think re American
country very beautiful; zat my bust
ness has been good eferyyere; zat 1
dearly loaf my profession; zat 1 have
met with no accident to myself, and
have not lost any iewelry or other valu-
ables." Then she added, with an ex-
pressive shrug: "Ihave no loafer Qover)
except my husband, and, therefore, 1
have no scandals. What could / say
that would interest the public ,"
Milford chronicle., 1883-05-11
WHAT DOTH TT COUNT?

The tide goes out and the tide comes in,
And the gulls hang whitley about the shore
Our ears grow used to the waters din,
And we heed the birds quaint flight no more
The roses bloom and the roses fade,
The green leaves wither and brown and fall
The brook from it's old-time course has strayed
And what does it matter, after all ?
We gather moss from the rolling waves,
Or pluck rose that is red and rare;
While their comrades sink into nameless graves
We lay these by with a careless care.
And so with friends that are dear and true
We love them, ay with iove-like flame;
But when they pass from our daily view.
'Tis near-ah, me, is it quite ?-the same.
We put the thought of their love away
A picture, flower, a ring, book;
We breathe prayer that they used to pray,
And shine in our hearts tender look
But redder roses shall come with Spring,
Sweeter and larger than these by far;
And new, bright mosses the waves will bring,
A fresh face shine for our beacon star.
So what does count that the sun goes down,
That waves roll out, and the roses fall,
That eyelids close over smile or frown?
Ay what doth it count us, after all?
Milford chronicle., 1883-05-11
Dried Beef.

A great trade in dried or jerked beef
is being carried on in South America.
Thousands of tons are exported yearly
from Montevideo, Rosario, and other
points Of Uruguay and the Argentine
Republic. In certain of the saladeros OF
factories upward of l, 900 cattle are killed
daily in the season, one man being usual
" the executioner Of the whole, and dis
patching them by puncturing the spinal
cord at the back of the head The ami
mails are cut up and the flesh piled in
great heaps, with layers of salt, by semi
naked savages, half Basque, half Indian,
who have peculiar knack of causing the
flesh to detach itself in flakes from the
bone, by giving it stroke with their
broad cutlass-like knives. Wonderful
quickness and dexterity are exhibited in
every department of the process, but the
whole is said to form one of the most
disgusting spectacles imaginable. Mixed
with black beans and farina, or cassava
meal, jerked beef becomes the staple
food of the lower orders throughout the
coasts of South and Central America.
Milford chronicle., 1883-05-11
Human Nature.

It is a curious trait of human nature
that men who are constantly exposed
to some special form of danger are the
last to take the obvious precautions
against it. It is no uncommon thing,
for example, for a sailor to be ignorant
Of swimming, if indeed this may not be
said of the majority Of sailors. The
shell-rower is liable at any moment to
be tipped ont Of his crank and fimsy
craft yet Edward Hanlon, the cham
pion, only learned to swim Midsummer,
and can even swim but few strokes,
the muscles of his arms, strangely
enough for so powerful a sculler, quickly
becoming tired.
Milford chronicle., 1883-05-11
A Love Story.

A more or less responsible correspond
ent writing from Paris says: 81 heard
lately a curious and perfectly authentic
anecdote respecting President Buchanan.
tits not generally known, believe, that
the White House came near having at
one time an English and titled mistress
in the person of that gentleman's wife.
While Mr.. Buchanan was Minister to the
Court of ST. James he made the ac-
quaintance of a widowed lady of very
high rank. A sincere and fervent at
tachment sprang up between the pair,
and only the opposition of the lady's
aristocratic relatives prevented their
union. So their mutual attachment re-
suited in nothing more than a profound
and lifelong friendship A constant cor
respOndence was maintained between
them till the day of Mr.. Buchanans
death. The lady long survived her
American friend, her death having taken
place only a few years ago. She was
always noted for her kindly feeling to-
ward Americans and for her predi-
lection for American society. In aroom
apart she kept number Of souvenirs of
her friend including fine portrait, and
also some of his gifts to her, which were
mainly of literary and national charac-
ter, such as works by American authors,
the photographs and autographs of
American celebrities, etc.
Milford chronicle., 1883-05-11

A PRoFEssoR. johnson G. Whitta-
ker, the colored cadet who acquired no
toriety three years ago in.connection.. with
a charge Of having mutilated his ears
while at West Point, is now filing pro-
fessor's chair in the Avery Institute, at
Charleston, S. @.
Milford chronicle., 1883-05-11
The Fenian Headquarters.

A French officer who was sent to Eng.
land during the war with Germany tc
negotiate for the enlistment of 10000
Fenians who We're anxious to enter the
French service. has lately informed an
English correspondentthat he was aston
ished at the secrecy and security of the
rendezvous to which he was conducted.
Having repaired to a certain spot in ac-
cordance with his instructions, he was
ushered into cab by two persons who
were waiting for him. After driving for
some time the vehicle stopped; he was
asked to alight, and was shown by two
other persons into another cab, which at
once drove off. He had no idea where he
was for it was quite dark but his i'm
preston was that he was passing through
a very low quarter.
Once again his cab and his guides were
changed; and finally he was taken into
a house, shown upstairs, and left in per-
feet obscurity. Thinking that his last
hour had arrived, and that he had fallen
into a snare, he got his back to the wall
and drew his revolver. His mind was
shortly relieved by the appearance Of
two gentlemen with candles, who at
once entered upon business. The nego-
tiations fell through, as the Fenians
asked too much; among other things, a !
large grant of land in Algeria after the |
war. The French negotiator was as
sured that in the place where he alighted
there was no danger of police interfer-
ence, and that a force of 100 strong il
they ventured into the sanctuary "
would be Immediately killed
Milford chronicle., 1883-05-11

CARELESS AT Falmouth, Ind, last
week a lady with baby in little
carriage was talking to another lady and
letting down the top Of the carriage.
The baby's finger lay across the side and
was cut entirety off. The lady did not
know it until she saw its bleeding finger
on the sidewalk at her feet, as the baby
was asleep and did not cry.
Milford chronicle., 1883-05-11

MATcHEs. "A Frenchman has recently
gone deeply down into statistics in regard
to matches His figures show that an
Englishman burns eight matches a day,
Swede nine, a German eleven, and a
Frenchman fifteen. The number Of
matches consumed in Europe every year
amounts to two thousand millions No
body is likely to dispute these figures.
Milford chronicle., 1883-05-11

He FnEw.-A Hudson Owls. lady
being awakened few nights ago by a
noise in the house, arose, stamped the
floor and said sca-a-a-tl whereupon
big tramp seated out of the pantry,
through an open door, and fled away in
the darkness. The lady was too much
frightened to pursue.
Milford chronicle., 1883-05-11
Mad Dogs.

There is Il regular epidemic Of mad
dogs raging in Georgia, and nothing like
1t before was ever known. Cases of bites
are given daily in the papers, and there
have been several fatal results. Several
hundred hogs, COWS, etc. which have been
bitten have been killed.
The negroes own thousands Of
worthless ours, and thousands more
travel in drovcs, killing sheep and chick
ems and sucking eggs. General alarm
preva Is and the towns are passing dog
laws. A State law so stringent as to
cause the slaughter Of every dog in the
State on which tax is not paid is advo-
Gated by the press.
Milford chronicle., 1883-05-11

No MARKET VAIUE.-The Boston
transcript, after a critical examination
of the census of the city Of Washing
ton, concludes that there is probably no
other tract Of equal size on the suface of
the earth in which so small a percentage
Of people is engaged in the production
of anything which has market value.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-09-21

The number OF inventions that have been
made during the past fifty years is unprece-
dented in the history of the world. lnven-
lions Of benefit to the human race have been
made in all ages since man was created but
looking back tor half hundred years, how
many more are crowded into the past fifty
than into any other fifty since recorded his
tory! The perfection of the locomotive and
the now world-lraversing steamship, the tel
egraph, the telephone, the audiphonc, the
sewing machine, The photograph, chromo-lith-
ographic printing, the cylinder printing
press, the elevator for hotels and other many
stored buildings, the cotton gin and the SPIN
ming jenny, the reaper and mower, the steam
thresher, the steam fire engine, the improved
process for making steel, the application Of
chloroform aud ether TO destroy sensibil-
ty in painful surgery cases, and so on
though long catalogue. Nor are we yet
done in the field of invention and discovery,
The application Of coal gas and petroleum
to heating and cooking operations is only
trembling on the verge of successful expert
ment, the Introducing OF The steam from II
great central reservoir to general use for
heating and cooking is iorshadowed AS
among the coming events; the artificial pro-
duction OF butter has already created con-
sternalion among dairymen, the navigation
of the air by some device akin to our present
balloon would also seem to be preilgured,
and the propulsion of machinery by elocli-
city is even now clearly indicated by the
march of experiment. There are some
problems we have hitherto deemed
impossible, bnt are the mysteries
of even the most improbable of them
more subtle to grasp Than that Of the ocean
cable or that of the photograph or the tee
phone We talk by cable with an ocean
rolling between we speak in our voices to
| friends hundred miles or more from where
we ariiculate before the microphone. Under
the sun of July we produce ice by chemical
means, iivallng the most solid and crystal
| line production of nature. Our surgeons
graft the skin from one PERSONS arm to the
lace OF another, aud it adhcres and becomes
an integral portion OF his body. We make
u mile OF white printing paper and set ii on
a spool that perfecting printing press I'M
winds and prints, and delivers to you, folded
and counted, many thousands per hour, OF
a verify this is the age of invention, nor has
the world reached stopping-place yet
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-09-21

An Important Decision b, Judae
Wheeler.

Judge Wheeler of the Unitcd States court
has rendered decision in the case of Roland
q. Hazard vs.. n nc;icIn Loan and Trust
company of Bost u a hearing of which was
lately held at Rutland which was an appl-
cation for an injunction restraining the
Loan and Trust company from issuing
the bonds Of the Consolidated railroad
company of Vermont in exchange for the
stock of the Vermont and Canada railroad
company. Judge Wheeler denies the mo-
ton for an injunction. lie holds that both
roads are practically one and owned by the
Vermont Central that the roads and their
property are covered wholly by the mortga.
yes of the Consolidated company that the
Vermont and Canada had the power to
change the form of its securities; that the
act of 1859 brings the Vermont and Canada
within the act of 1882 that the extinguish-
ment of the rent practically extinguished the
value of the stock that the transfer Of the
stock 10 the Consolidated company is valid ;
that the settlement was just one, and that
Hazard is in no danger of being deprived of
any of his rights
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-09-21
STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVEN.
TION.
Successful Gathcring-ElcctiOn OF
Officers for the Coming Year.

OhNVtS WV
The State Sunday school convention, held
at Mortified on the 1lth and 18th of the
present month was of unusual interest and
profit. About $50 delegates were present,
representing all parts of the state. Besides
these were many present who were not ac-
credited as delegates but who are interested
in the Sunday-sChool work and who as
teachers and workers came with the desire
TO learh. The president and president
being absent, Rev. George l.. Story Of hyde
park was elclocted president pro TEN. Prof.
w. f. Sherwin. formerly Of New York, now
Of Cincinnati, conducted devotional meeting
at the opening, after which the programme
was taken up and followed through
the sessions of the convention. The
spirit of the convention was eX-
celent. The singing, which was con-
Quoted by Prof. ShrrNin, assisted by NJ ID.
Fuller of Burlington, was one of the enjoy
able features.
The several institutes conducted by Prof,
Sherwin were full of practical suggestions
and proved him II master workman in this
department OF convection work.
Rev. A. Il. Dunung OF Boston delivered
two addresses, one on each evening, which
speaker and full of enthusiasm, and impaIt =
ed something Of own spirit to his hearers.
AT the business me. sting reports were read
by the CORE sponuiug secretary, statistical
secretary and the treasurer. The treasurer :
report showed Il small balance in the treas
nry with no liabilities. The officers elected
for the coming year are as follows PrcsI-
dent, Rev. r. Morgan, st. Alblns ;
first vice presdcnt l.. ID. Mason,
Montpelier; second vice president Rev.
Henry Fairbanks, st. Johnsbury ;
corresponding secretary and treasurer, Loren
b. Lord, Burlington recording secretary,
Rev. j. ii. BabblIl, Swanton; assistant re-
cording secretary, Rev. Il. Owen, Lyndon :;
executive committee, ii. o. Wheeler, Bur-
lington Rev. j. o. Sherhurne, Mortified
S. Bigwood, Winooski; Rev. j. G.. Staples,
STAFFORD; railroad secretary, n. X. Brown,
Burlington.
Resolutions recognizing the Importance
and benefits of Sunday sch Iol work, and the
necessity Of constant aud earnest Temperance
teaching, were unanimously passed.
The usual thanks were rendered the differ
ent railroads for return checks and the people
of Northiield for their generous hospitality.
Altogether the Convention was Il success
full one, and must give an impetus to the
Sunday school work which viii be felt
Throughout the State.
A full report will be published in pampl-
let form and furnished FREE to each Sunday
school in the State.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-09-21
How the Howard Park Fair Looked
to AN Outsider.

"A. ". Cheeycr IN New England Farmerl
The grounds are ample in dimensions, ard
well sodled over, Il large hay crop having
been taken during the summer, and with the
city of Burlington in view from one point
aud beautiful Lake Chlmplain from another
one could hardly conceive of more delight
full or better fitted spot for holding II far or
farmers festival. The main entrance on
Park Avenue, is beneath or through, large
and tasteful building used for officers of the
Society, aud from the second story Windows
II most beautiful view Of the Park and sur
rounding country may be obtained.
The halls for the display OF vegetables,
fruits, flowers and fancy articles, are covered
with slate roofs and heavily coated with
paint, in attractive colors, and appear to be
good for n century OF agricultural cXhibi ions.
Ample rows OF dining halls, built to stay.
afford ample accommodations tor feeding the
mullitudes, while ice water for drinking, ard
private walks for public comfort, are dis
tributed nj suitable points all Though the
grounds.
The cattle sheds are among the ncatest
aud most comfortable | have ever seen,
light airy aud roomy, but may be closed
sufficiently for protection during Indictment
heather The troitng horses are quartcrod
in warm, tight stables, suited to animals COM
ing in hot fiom the ling but other horse
stock is shown in pens, precisely like those
occupied by the cattle, and where their good
points may be readily seen by all. The
sheep aud swine quarters are also convenient
for the inspection and comfort of the occu-
Iants.
Taken as whole, the exhibition of
cattle is much more creditable to the State
LII. Al. y. -.
Manchester from New England, the number
in the State show being nearly or equal in
number and fully up in quality. Some of it
was superior.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-09-21
GEORGE ~. WlILGsTT.
sai- second Friai Tor the Murder OF
sJIn 49, Pair.


The second tlial Of George II. Willett fol
the mur lc, IT.. John t. PAR ut Glcns FALL
began nj caldwell, N. y, on Monday
The crime of which he is accused was ont
oil the mos. altOcluus character. Up TO Q
month OF two preceding December q, 1880
the date ul tnl murder, Wi,ctt, who is alst
Il barber had been employed in Pairs shor
at intervals, boarding at his house. While
thu. ,AclteIed hC had effected the ruin, it is
c1nc!uslFeiy shown, Of his niece, a pretty
glrl oil lB VI II, who confessed 10 her father,
For this Pair drove Willclt out his )usc
with Il threat 10 weak his vengeance
should lac ever cross lis path again. Willtt
tEcrtupOu went t. Chicago where he re-
naineJ until his inability TO earn living
forced his Iciurn Upon The exact date Of
his arrival IN GlCns Falls depends his de-
fence. lie claims that he did not reach that
village until The 18th OF December, the morn
ing following the murder. Pair was Shot
dead while at his cash books IN The shop. at y
o'clock IN the evening, the ball being fired
through window in door opening upon an
alley. An investigation showed that the
fatal bullet had pa.s-d through his LETT arm
and entirely through his body, gancing ON Il
nib, which it broke, and lodging uudc-
his right arm. y few hours before
had been light fail Of snow, and in
the alley were thus revealed some
footprints These led to the cud Of the pas
sogcway, where was located an old aud dis
used ice house pit. The murderer was evil
IDENTIFY unaware Of the cXislcnc. OF this pit,
which was partly concealed by growth OF
burdocks aud rank we'd, aud had fallen into
1t. lie had then climbed out upon street
ON the other side Of the pit and had He'd into
the darkness. About an hour later an excited
man called at u house Tour miles from Glcns
Falls ana asked the way to Fort Edward u
neighbJriug village. The woman who an
swtrcd the call gave him tie Cts'rcd iufur-
mailon. He then asked tor "a glass yl water
but rs the woman turned 10 yet it he ran
rapidly away.
Wilctrs known cumity for his broher-in-
law p.ac,d him under suspicion, He was as
II cunscqut nee arrested While returning from
the iuucul. Ga the iir-t lrla,, which tcrmi-
mated IN his conviction, Witnesses testified
that Niilutt arrived IN Fort l. WARD con.
ccned in freight train at } o'clock iu the
afternoon oil the Gay ON which Pair was
muiuoltd, that he was seen walking on the
railroad tack from Font Edward 10 Glen.
FAlla aud linily thai Aa vas seen in Glens
Falis, GA the sumo evening. At the house
where Wllctt stlycl at Fort Edward was
iouud - pocket llllu which he ha placed M
on Tie upper shelf OF a pantry. Tine bullet
which had caused Pairs death li,trd this
and an exploited cartridge shell was
iouud upon Wil!,i's pcrs N at The time
when he was arrested. Fuuler than all
Tins, NilIcts bans exactly fitted tn. tr eek ;
ia the alley IL ready spoken ol aud upon The
clothes he wore on the lI-ht ui the murder
were found bur lock burns, attached, presum-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-09-21
End Contested WiiiCnsc.

BosroN, Sept is. The contested will case
of Nelson Curtis has been compromised.
The estate was appraised al Sl,GlS,00O. The
bulk was left to tier of ne deceased
aud the widow received only SO, 600 andll5
ncphcws ucccs from $1,000 to 5000 each,
Gen. Nelson \. Miles, II favoritc nephew,
getting $1,000, by the compromise it is I'M
delsluod that Mrs. Gurus is to have $3.50, e
900 aud the remainder is divided equally
among the heirs Mt law, the children of the
deceased and his brothers and sisters taking
their share by representation.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-09-21
THE CLNVI.A:. LITIGATION.
The Hazard suitmot YuEndea.

BosroN, Sept, ls.-Bcforc Judge Field in
the supreme court to-day m1tlol was made
for the dissolution Of the Injunction in the
suit OF Rowland q. Hazard VS.. the Yer
mont Consolidated railroad, In conformity
with the opinion recently rendered by Ju e
Wheeler Ol the circuit court in Vermont.
The motion was opposed, owing to the ali
seucc of Elias MylWju, counsel for plaintiff,
Judge Field minated that he should graft
the motion in a fcw days ii 10 further action
was taken.