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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-07-06

Speaking of DR.. Holmes at the Unitarian
festival in Boston, the Rev. DIR. Hedge said
1--WE were schoolboys together. The only
difference was that he was quick and was
slow, and so he has kept ahead of me all
through life. Friends, you have no idea,
although considering his subsequent career
you may imagine, what snap there was tc
that boy. Talk of his sleeping in church.
don't believe he ever slept at all. PHYSICAL,
he was not formidable, as boys estimate boys
but he conquered us all by his superior gift
of speech, and even thed in those younger
years he dispensed his wit aud his humor il
no homeopathic doses And in fact. he ha.
never taken kindly to homeopathic doses al
any period of his life. | once ventured Il
speak favorably of homeopathy to him, anc
he was pleased to say, 81 haven't much re
spect for your intelligence" immediately
said that homeopathy held very humbl,
rank in the scientific mind that the ole
practice in the view of scientific men was the
royal road, was the path to glory but
thought to myself didn't dare to say it
that often, unfortunately, the paths of glory
lead but to the grave"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-07-06
Tho business outlook.
from the American Grocer aud Dry Goo,
GhrDuicle

At the beginning of the year trade pros
poets were certainly not flatteriug. Railroad
building had apparently been overdone and
orders for iron had not only ceased but those
which had been giveu in advance were well
worked out. AS a consequence tue iron and
coal industries were depressed, and in the
large districts depending upon these indus
tries trade was dull The same thing was
true to some extent, of other branches Of
manufacture. Production had outrun con-
sumption and markets were in many cases
overstOcked, and could only be relieved by a
deciue in prices stimulating consumption.
The agitation of the tariff question in Con-
gress still further tended to unsettle trade,
and during the first months of the year it
was evident that If these conditions should
he supplemented by bad harvest dull sea-
son would be inevitable and panic proba.
BILE. Prudent business men, therefore, be-
gan to take in sails and prepare for squalls.
Six months, however, have passed away
without any serious disaster. The crops, up
on which the general prosperity so large ly
depends, and which in the early Spring did
not promise well, have progressed favora-
bly,, and in most sections of the country
a good harvest is now well assured.
Prices of many manufactured imported
goods have declined to point lower than
ever before known, and, as a consequence,
consumption is rapidly increasing; and
with the changes in the tariff, which go into
effect Oh the LIST of July, we look forward tc
large increase in trade, accompanied by a
general improvement in prices. Merchants
in the districts which depend entirely upon
manufacturing establishments which fol
the time being, are shut down, would, OF
of course, do well TO buy cautiously The
ability of operatives in such districts to pur
chase is curtailcd, but throughout the coun
try at large We believe the time has come
when prudent merchants can, with safety
and profit, spread little more sail than il
was safe to do while crop prospects were un
| certain and the tariff unsettled. These re-
marks apply even more forceblv to the gro
| Gerry trade, which is not exposed in the SAME
degree to luctation that the dry goods and
| fancy goods trades are. People cat and
drink at all times, and nearly as much a
one time as another They will economic
on their wearing apparel and articles of or
nament before they will curtai their sup
plies for, "the inner man," aud, we there
fore. look forward to an active trade in thi
line Immediately after July l, when the new
tariff takes effect
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-07-06
Long Distance TelephOning,

The telephone, which has done and is do
ing wonderful work over short distances, is
soon 10 be called into general rcquis,ion for
talking over long distances, and bringing far
separated localities into speaking terms with
each other. This has been shown of late be-
yond doubt in experiments made by the
Overland Telephone Company of New York,
whose Instruments were attached to the wires
of the Postal Telegraph Company between
New York and Cleveland, Ohio, and CONVEX
sation was carried on without difficulty over
the intervening distance of 1856 miles. AS
the wire in this case was peculiar to the
Postal Telegraph system, the directors de-.
cided on further test over ordinary line
wire. This Also was successful, aud the test
is being continued every night between New
York and Washington.
DR.. Myron L. Baxter Of Washington, ID.
c., Ga Vermontcr) is the inventor of the in
strumcnt controlled by this company, and an
initial line will at once be opened for service
between that city and New York The cap
ital stock of the Overland Telephone com
pany is 81 900, 900. and its operations will
embrace the manufacture of these improved
instruments, and the licensing of auxiliary
companies to work them in all parts OF the
Western Hemisphere Although the ordin-
AIRY telegraph may not thus be superseded, it
is certain that the long distance telephone
| will become one of the most valuable of our
social and commercial agents.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-07-06
An UMfOunded Mis.stale III enl !.

We are informed that Rev. L. o. Brastow
now OF Burlington, but formerly of this
place, absented himself from the Council of
Congregational Clergymcn at Newport for
the reason that he is not at present 10 sympa-
thy with some of the doctrines advocated by
the church. Is it possible ?-St. Johnsbury
IndeT.
We, of course, do not know who the in
formant of the Inde1 is, but that he is en-
tirely ignorant of that whereof he speaks, is
apparent upon the face of the above item.
In the first place, the assemblage to which
he refers was not a council of Congrega-
tonal clergymen," but a convention of Con.
gregational churches. In the second place,
he shows his ignorance by speaking OF the
| doctrines advocated by the church, instead
of the doctrines which are held by the Con.
gregational churches. In the third place, We
have authority from the reverend gentleman
whose name is mentioned above, to state
with regard TO the reason assigned for hi
absence, that 1t is utterly and perversell
wrong that there is no ground whatever fo
the assertion that he is not at present in sym
pathy with the doctrines advocated by tb,
Congregational churches. We hope, there
fore, that the unfounded mis-staten .ent o
the Inder will 60 no further.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-07-06

AT the Dartmouth Commencement it was
announced that L. A. Rollins of Philadel-
phia offered to give $50, 900 for the erection
of chapel, on the condition that DR.. L. ID.
Sanborn receive annually $500 during his
life, and that 100000 be first obtained in
subscriptions by January LIST. 1884, for the
immediate erection of a fire-proof library
building. The offer has been accepted by
the trustees, who will use their utmost en-
deavors to comply with its conditions.
The following honorary degrees were con-
ferred: LII. d., jeremiah Smith of Dover,
n. ii. ; Lincoln Brigham, chief justice of
the superior court of Massachusetts Austin
Adams, chief justice of the Supreme Court
of Iowa Master of Arts, Gov. Samuel w.
bale, James f. Briggs of Manchester, Josedll
B. Walker of Concord Doctor of divinity,
Rev. &. d. l'arrows of San Francisco, Rev.
E. Z. Strong of Boston; doctor of music,
Henry X. Oliver of Boston; doctor of phil.
osophy, john E. Sinclair of Worcester
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-07-06
THE NATIONS FINANCES.
what Hon. Hugh McCulloch Thinks
About the National Debt.

1
Hon. Hugh McCuloch was met by Ney
York reporter on Saturday, and on bein,
asked to state his opinions on the fnancis
outlook of the country, lie saId 81 hay,
so entirely withdrawn from public life that
feel reluctant to have my name put forward
1 am only looker-on at present; still, an
free TO say that think the financial outlook
OF the country is favorable. The country
| however, has the power to manufacture
more than eau be consumed, and | think
there is going to be less demand for surplus
products"
"Do you not consider that the great reduc.
ton in the national debt Is due to the en-.
deayors OF the Republican party"
u believe that the party that was in DOW
er when the debt was SO great, and that or
ganlzcd and carried out the plans for Its re-
duction should have the credit for il. Still,
IL is TACT that the reduction was effected by
taxation"
care you aware Of what European nations
think OF the large and speedy reduction of
the debit"
IAN Europe was surprised ut our success
In that direction. The raising and cquipping
OF our splendid armies took Europe by sur
prise, but they were more surprised by this
debt reduction. Mr.. Gladstone has said that
he wished England could inaugurate the
same policy. The effect OF this reduction
has been to cause Europe 10 respect us more
than ever"
what was the amount of the debt ?"
ut reached the highest point in 1875, when
the reports show that it aggregated three
thousand seven hundred and odd millions.
This, however, sdocs not show the total
amount, for there wero between $500, OOO.-
900 and 5000, 900 900 more owed than appear
ed in the public statement This was money
paid by the war aud navy departments, and
which never appeared in the reports"
Are you in favor Of paying of the nation.
al debt entirely ~
NO, and ! have always maintained that
position. 1t appcars to inc that it is advisa-
bic to leave portion of the national debt
unpaid. AT one time We heard great deal
about not handing II debt down to posterity,
Out, IN my opinion, national debt should
be maintained, say about 100000, 900.
say this because it is fact that government
securities fill place that can be filled
BY no other securities, and are perfectly
safe"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-07-06
The University.


1t is news that Lafayette was once up in
Vermont, but it appears to be true, aud that
he laid the corner stone of university at
Burlington. They laid another yesterday,
and unveiled statue to Lafayette, in the
presence of 10000 people. --Newark Adrer-
tiser.
1t may be news to scme people in this
formerly secondhand Dutch corner of the
world, that Vermont has university, or that
The Marquis de Lafayette laid its original cor.
ner stone, but it is tolerably well known
among the scholars and the public men OF
the country, that the old University of Yer
mont-and there are not dozen colleges In
the United States older than that institution
has contributed its full quota of educated
men to the total aggregate of college bred anC
graduated students, during the last seventy
five years. The State of Vermont wal
among the very first to establish system
| of public school education, to pro
vide means for establishing univer
slty, and her colleges have always
successfully maintained very high standard
of scholarship. On Wednesday last the cor
ner stone of n new and additional university
building was laid at Burlington, and statue
of Lafayette was unveiled. The Universit,
of Vermont is in prosperous condition, ant
has now larger number of students than u
any period OF its history. We know of n,
collegiate institution in the country wher
the instruction is more thorough or the dis
cipline more sensible and successful, or I,
which we would sooner recommend parent
and guardians to send their children, than I,
our "Alma Mater" the U. V. NJ.
1t is worthy of note in this connection
that, in a discourse delivered at the Com
mcncement this week, so competent iudg
and fine scholar as Rev. DR.. Roswell II
Hitchcock of New York, said of this Uni
vcrsity, that is the 'h,mc Of line, honest an
intrepid scholarship"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-07-06
THE GRAND ARMY CELEBRATION.
Circular of the Colorado Department
Fixing the Dates.


The department of Colorado, Grand Army
OF the Republic, has Issued circular
which will be found to be full of interest tt
al who contemplate visiting Denver during
the encampment, either as participants OIL
slght-seers :
| The commander-in-chief has fixed the fol
lowing dates for the seventeenth annual ses
sion OF national encampment, Grand Army
OF the Republic.
| Monday, July 23,meeting OF national coun-
Gil OF administration.
| wednesday. July %, Thursday, July 20,
FRIDAY, July ~, sessions of national encamp-
ment.
Inc following general arrangements have
been completed by the department of
Colorado, u. A. r., and the citizens OF the
state
An Immense military camp will be estab-
llsned In the suburbs OF Denver, to and from
winch railways lines will afford cheap and
quick transportation. 1t will consist of 1,OD0
tents capable OF accommodating $4,000 com
rades. The camp will be furnished with all
the.convenicnces necessary or.comfort, and
VIII pc ready Tor occupation on the goth day
OF July. Comrades intending to quarter in
thc camp are requested to bring with them
piankcts only.
a, a charge OF VI per day for subsistence
VIII De made III camp, which will afford a
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-07-06

Gen. Rufus Ingalls,, who has asked 10 be
retired, will soon reach the age when rttire-
ment under the law is compulsory and, as
he dcsir's to make summer trip, he prefers
to he immediately relieved of his duties.
GenernIl lngs Is was one OF the officers who
were very uctive N their Efforts to prevent
the pass ,gc Of the bill which makes retire.
mcn' compulsory at sixty.two He was
long ambitions to rgach the position of
QIartetnu>ttr General, but he did not sue
coed iii getting there until within very
recent period, owing to the fact that Quarter
mastcr-Gcncral Mcigs was not disposed to re-
tire, aud had too much influence to be easily
forced from the place. Col. Samuel b.
liolabrd, Of the Qulrtermaster- G eneral 8
Department, has been recommended by
Secretary Lincoln to the President for ap.
poinlment as Quar,ermaster-G General tc
succeed General Ingalls,.
Major Ellis p Phipps, ex-Superintcndcn,
OF the Philadelphia Almshouse, who wa.
recently convicted of forgery, was sentenced
on Saturday by Judge Allison to five years
imprisonment in the County Prison, separate
| and solitary confinement, with hard labor
An appeal to the supreme Court will bt
| taken at its session in November.
The degree of ID. d. has been conferred by
Syracuse University upon the Rev. Henry
Graham of Glovcrsville formerly pastor o
the Methodist church in this city and wei
and pleasantly remembered here.
Senator Edmunds was surprised at TIT
welcome extended him when he entered tn
larbor at Victoria, b. c., few days ago
Statutes were fired, flags were thrown to th,
breeze from all tlagstaffs and the British
shipping In the harbor was gaily decked.
Mr.. G. T. Spaulding has been appointed t,
succeed Gen. g. w. Bently as Superintend
cnt of the New London Northern Road
MIR. Spaulding has long been connected
with the Northern as the hend of the freigh
department.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-07-06
Ogdens burg and Lake Champlaili.
From the Ogdeasburg Journa


Walter L. Frost, the new President of the
Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railroad
company, is in town, and expects to remain
a month or six weeks, looking after the inter-
ests of his company, which naturally.centre
here, so as to gam u knowledge of the things
to be done to Increase the business Of his
road and make it an important link in one of
the great lines stretching from the Pacific to
the Atlantic. He represents the progressive
spirit which has recently been infused into
the Ogdensburgh and Luke Champlain COM
pany, and which is building the new bridge
at Rousc's Point and the link at Swanton 50
as to give it better connection with the net
work Of New England roads, and direct
line @ the seaboard at Portland. This same
progressive spirit will bridge the Oswegatchie
here and give the OglensburS and Lake
Champain direct connection by rail with all
points west and the Canadian Pacific Rail-
road at Morristown and Brockvile. In con-
sideralion of his large and enterprising ideas,
his energy and push, the pioneer steamer of
the new line of large lake freight and passen-
ger boats in the new Ogdensburg and Chica-
60 Transit line has taken his name. This
new boa; will shortly make her appear
alice here, and will mark an important event
in the future history of Ogdensburg.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-07-06
Tragic AFFAIR ut whitehall +.

Saturday afternoon, ut Whitehall three
young farmers named Otis Pryor, Clarence
Norton and John Baker, tried to enter the
house of George Whitney against his wishes.
Whitney is living with courtcsan formerly
of this city, aud known by the name of
IDEAL" Whitney seeing hem coming, went
to the door and said. "B Tvs. you can't come
in Some say an ARRAY followed, but
Whitney says lie did not strike nor kick
Pryor, but pushed him away from the door,
and as he pushed him Pryor staggered back
into the arms of one Of his companions.
Pryor was taken out to the back stop ia
give him air AS soon as possible q physl.
clan was called, but the young man was he.
You'd help, and died in a short time. The
police arrested Whitney and the woman and
place! them in the lookup. The pos, NOR.
tenn showed that Pryor died of slrangula.
ton. The heart was found in a healthy
condition.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-07-06

Tom Larnard, little less than II years
old, is quite hero just now in the eyes of
Somerset people. Last week he and another
lad set trap for bears in the woods. When
the boy went to the trap Thursday he found
it gone and cutting a club with his jacknlfe
he started on the trail into the forest. About
mile in the woods he found bruin sitting on
his launches, with one Of his legs almost cut
off by the trap he had been drawing, and as
ugly as bear could be. But the boy went
for the animal with his club, sklfully dodg-
ing its dives, and hitting it at every opportu-
nifty. Finally when the bear was partially
stunned lie closed with it, drove his jacknife
in behind its ear, and then cut lis windpipe.
Strangely enough the boy was not hurt at all
in the encounter, and he can't see any reason
why they should all think he has done any
thing remarkable.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-07-06
THE RUTLAND RAILROAD COM.
PANY.


The attorneys of the Rutland railroad COM
pany, Messrs Prout and Walker, publish in
the Rutland Herald a reply to recent state
ment by MIR. Clement, in which he endeavor-
ed to connect Gov. Page in an indefinite way
with the recent overissue of stock by the
treasurer,F. NJ. Haven. They state that Gov.
Page courted, instead of refusing, an invcs-
tiga'ion, that he offered to pay an expert to
examine the books, and when he came,
gave him every facility for full
examination, and expressly requested him to
include the stock accounts in his investiga-
ton. They say that Clement & Sons ''knew
| the fact Of an overissue as discovered by the
accountant, some time before the officers of
| the company were appriscd of 1t and also,
| that they used the information for ulterior
purposes, instead of seeking to protect the
interests of the company in the ordinary way,
by laying the facts before the board of dircc-
tors, than whom no more honorable body of
men can be found"
l'rhey add: "The intmation that the prcsi-
dent is in any way responsible for the over
issue is perfectly gratuitous. The practice
OF signing stock certificates in blank for the
transfer agent is almost universal among cor.
porations, especially when transfers are
frequent, and gave the treasurer no right
whatever to issue them, save on the cancella.
ton of existing shares, as the certificate
reads
| 1t is difficult to know what the Clements
have since been doing ''to have the stock re.
placed, except that they resod to Mr.. Ha
ven 200 shares at an advance of per cent
which he turned in. No doubt they would bt
very glad to have the whole of it made GOOD
on the same terms. 1t was expected thai
they would at once surrender the bogus Ger
tifcates, but they have failed to do so, and
the company has been obliged to commence
suit for that purpose. respecting certificates
for 2070 shares that the Clements still hold
They claim that the company is liable t,
them on the over-issue, but the company re
pudiates any such liability. They hav'
sought to obtain security for their protection
from Mr.. Haven to the disadvantage of In
company and his other creditors, but hav
apparently not succeeded And they nov
present the interesting spectacle of seeking t,
obtain the presidency and control of the com
panY, while holding against 1t these large nd
verse claims and interests
!. Other features of this campaign will b
stated hereafter if q newspaper controversy il
desired"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-07-06
Honorary Degrees.
Leading colleges have conferred honorary

Leading colleges have conferred honorary
degrees last week as followst
Yale d. d., Bishop Williams, Of the do
cese of Connecticut Rev. Alex, $. Twombly,
class of "a, of Boston; LII. ID. Senator
Thomas +. Bayard of Delaware Justice
Wood, class OF ~ of United States Supreme
Court George Shires, class Of '53. Pitts
burgh, Penn. NJ. A: Gov. Thomas NJ. Wal
Ter, Geo. W. Gable of New Orleans, Prof
Henry b. Sands, NJ. D., of New York.
Amherst LII. d., VIM. Allen ID. d.,
Rev. George Harris A. b., Benz. l.. Swan
A. NJ, Rev. Henry i. Jewctt.
Harvard d, d., Rev. Charles Babbidgt
of Pepperll Qor fifty years pastor of thu
same parish in that town, and chaplain Of thu
old 9Th Massachusetts, on Its passage through
Baltimore
LII. d., Gen. Francis A. Walker (of th.
census bureau and formerly principal Of thu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology DIR
George L. Ellis of Boston.
Lafayette ID. d., G, L, Shearer of New
York LII. d. on the Rev. DIR, Huntington
OF Auburn.