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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-22

'
Naval officers who were on board the
sloop-of-war John Adams Capt. Samuel
Angus, which carried Henry Clay to Eu-
rope i'll lSl4, used To nal1atc the following
story OF his nautical adventures He was
joined at Antwerp 10y John Quincy Adams
and Jonathan Russell, and they sailed on the
joan Adams to Gottenburg in Sweden One
day Mr.. Adams persuaded his associates to
go up into the fore-top with him, knowing
that the sailors would tie them, according to
custom, until they each paid Neptune'. trib-
ute of bottle of rum. Mr.. Russell, who had
been at sea a good deal, went up over the
bullock shrouds. but Mr.. Clay followed Mr..
Adams through the "lubbers hole" No
sooner were they seated on the top than the
top-nen bounced upon them and tied them
fast Adams and Russell submitted quietly
and then, on promising to pay the tribute,
were released, but Clay resisted vigorously,
became stubborn and indignant and could
not be induced to promise anything. His
companions left him tied 10 the rigging and
reached the deck.
Capt Angus, learning what was going on,
instantly ordered Mr. Clay to be released
The kentuckan came down in towering
rage and an angry scene followed. He could
not be persuaded to hook upon the affair as
Jest. The consequence was a serious rupture
between himself, Capt Angus and the other
two gentlemen. With Mr.. Russell he became
reconcilcd after time, but not so
with Mr. Adams, to whom, it was
believed on board the ship, he
sent challenge to fight a duel. No
hostile meeting took place. however, and
eventually they became friends again. The
rupture between Mr.. Clay and Capt. Angus
WAS never healed. When Mr.. Clay returned
to the United States the gallant captain was
commandant at the Brooklyn navy yard Mr.
Clay, who never forgot or forgave when he
could help it, made formal complaint against
the captain for "unwarrantable conduct in
permitting and conniving at the aforesaid in
suit to official dignity Capt Angus replied
1scourteously and was suspended. He re-
Joined and was arrested under specific charges
from the secretary of the navy. This drew
from the unfortunate sailor All angry remon-
STRANGE, and, under the excitement of what
ne deemed gross injustice, his mind became
leranged and he ended the unhappy contro-
versy by committing suicide.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-22
ben: Perley Poore. |


Senator Garrett Davis was an old school
Wing and unconditional Union man."
whose desire to enforce che laws at the point
If the bayonet had been suddenly quenched
by President Lincoln's proclamation of eman-
cipatio& The garlrlous old gentlemen then
turned to the right about, and demanded that
the reserved rights of the south should be
protected This change of base recalled an
,necdote which that eminent Knickerbocker,
James w. Gerard, used to tell of the famous
Doctors Riot" in New York. Among those
who went out with the mayor and the troops
was Baron Won Steuben, the Revolutionary
general, who, when the military were about
o fire, lifted his hands i'll mortified protest
For Gods sake, do not he began, when a
well aimed missile struck him in the fore
lead and fclled him to the ground As soon
as he could be picked up, he shouted, in quite
A different tone: "Shoodt the tamt schoun
drcls, mayor, shoodt dem"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-22


In the assay office it is a common thing to
melt up foreign coin and assay it,preparatory
b. having 1t coined into United States money
The process, is somewhat complicated. First
the CONS are weighed in the receiving room,
and then they are sent to the melting room,
where they are melted, cast into bars, and
what are called slips are taken. These are
small thin pieces of metal which are used to
test the quality. The sample is rolled and
hammered into thin ribbon and stamped
with the number of the deposit which it rep
rcscnts, when II is assayed to determine the
proportion OF gold silver and base metal.
Having - portion of pure lead added to it,
it is placed IN the cupellng furnace, in which
the lead quickly oXidi2cs 10y absorbing oxygen
from the heated air that passes continually
over the smiaco this o&ile carries away
with il all ;he base metals which may be
originally combined in the alloy, but leaves
the precious metals A beautiful flash is
observed to take place ON the surface at the
moment when all the base metal is removed.
Pure silver i'm the form of fine gmnules is
added, and the alloy again cupollei The To
sultmg button is boiled in nitric acid, which
dissoyes the silver, leaving a small roll of
pure gold. Weighings at the various stages
i'm the operation determine the proportion of
gold silver, and base metals in the bullion,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-22
Prom Ireland,

Says the Hon 1gnatus Donnelly, reported
in The Pilot Boston: when in congress, a
few members were joking me about my Irish;
one of them a long fellow, some six feet three
high, well named of nature Shanks, q clever
fellow from Indiana. Turning to him
said, Where were you bredF He com
menced to laugh, and said My father was
an Irishman and my grandmother was an
Irishwcmen.' In the senate there was mau
from Illinois, with aquiline nose and long
black hair. Time and again he was
thought to be descended from Logan the In
dian Chatting familiarly with him one day
on the street-car said, Gen. Logan, what
is your descentr He hesitatcd. l said:
Where was your father from From the
County Monaghan in Ireland thought
this worthy lrishman had married a squaw.
and asked: Where was your mother fromF
From the County Monaghan, too he said !;
and there was my Indian with long black
hair had read in the newsI apers of the
Scotch ancestry of Gen Grant, SO once on
the Mississippi asked his father, Where
are you froml He said, From Philadelphia '
Where are your people from" From the
north of Ireland questioned him further
and found that his grandmother was Kelly
which is not a Scotch name. Governor
Ramsey of Minnesota, was published over
the country as a Scotchman, of Scotch and
German decent. By accident found that
he was Swiss on his mothers side and his
father from the County Monaghan, the same
place my Indian came from"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-22
PURSUING MRS. LANcrRY.
Escaping from n Mob Through the
Kitchen OF n Monterey Hotel.

lHan FRANCISCO Argonaut
MIS-. Lahgtry approached ths stronghold
Oh excluslVehess, polltehess' ana chiValry
Wlthouo rear Oh executing uhuSuai httenuloh.
BENG moved 10 take a stroll through the
GROUNDS she uhhestaungly ana So Shafp
eye on the piazza caught SIGHT ol her ana
there was an immaculate rush. DEL Monte
poured ltself out OF doors and gave the !dlN
iull chase ADashed ana aStohlshei by the
coming crowd Sh' turned ana ned' the crowd
ai'er her 'u'i tll1' linen was seen the aston.
filhg spectacle OF the boauty OF England
ana the arlNtocracS "i 'ahiorhia gathering
up theh pe.'lcoaus ana scafhpcrhg "lluy
n'ohe'' 'hither, ana son across the iorpludeh
noWef-D'"S' ms eNvltlhg race lasted Tor
Soiie '"''' ou' thr ih'N' "''S drought ~
nay az luS'' Slua'ued clo'' upon lhe GROUND
anu ma neISeii pehiiid a plS Huh-uihpreila'
lhl9 move SO aStoniNheu 'he arlstocratlc
nv" INV II 'ri "hNh III Hi'!'e' D"il'E 'his
silence 'le L'iy arose ana hc3an 10 walk on
uo""i" nri '"'' 'iie was Hot ion"Nrs
Iuiun'r' Ai'ia"e'neIt S'U upon 'helll' lor 'he
hlJ > WIN II NiSi'1 w HIaho lc"'s'iH'H
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-22
The COrOner,s Verdict,

The Memphis Avalanche says Tennesseeans
are in the habit of coming to their death by
the following causes, according to the written
verdicts of Tennessee coronels' juries
she come to her death by stranglation in
testimony we have sit our handles and seal the
day above wroten"
paul Burns came to his death by a mule
running away with wagon and being
thrown therefrom.'
by taking with his oun hands an overdose
of morphine"
"From causes unknown to the jury and
having no medical attendance"
Game to his death from national causes "
Said child aged l day old came to her
death from spasms, said child having been
found by the witnesse in trunk under sus-
pcous circumstances"
1.-THE joueres on thare ouathe do say that
he came to his death by old age, as tina could
not see emmy else the matter"
Come to his death from the following
causes, to wit; from some student cause to
the jurors unknoun."
"From an overdose of gin administered by
his own hand"
Come to his death by tender of No Z
jumping the track on which he was riding,
either jumping or falling Off and engine rum
ming over him. which was and accident and
no fault of the engineer of said engine"
"From the hands of some unknown person.
or persons, to the jury unknown, and after
wards placed on the track and got run over
by the mcomelng train"
"COngcstion of the brain an appliCote fit2e. "
1.-THE body was SO manGle and mutilate that
tina could not tell ennything about it but tina
think it was put in the sisterno by some un,
known person"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-22
A CHINESE LAUNDRYMAN
Has an Experience with an ''Ameri-
can Fire-Cracker.o
New York World !

New York World
A funny incident occurred at Passaic There
are several Chinese manglng establishments
in the place where the bias-eyed sons OF
soapsuds convert miniature button holes into
coa-scuttle proportions and swell their
peripheries to such dimensions that the citi-
zens are compelled to toss up cent before
deciding which hole to crawl through when
they wish to dress up. One of the local Wun
Lungs recently imported a banjo-featured
assistant from the Flowery Kingdom. In
pure Chinese his name sounds like section
of barbed wire fence His clothes fit him
like a sentry box and, as is Usual with the
delegate from Ratland, he wears his overalls
under his shirt and dresses otherwise inside
out. He evidently hadn't been in the country
more than IA day or so when somebody put
salt on his pigtai, trapped him and sent him
to Passaic While the boss was around the
corner purchasing an onion for dinner, Yum
Yum stood in the door of the soapery flirting
with bonnet which somebody across the
street had placed on top of a water-pitcher,
ard which Yum imagined to be a female sit
ting by the window As the hat nodded in
the breeze Yum bowed and then the corners
of his mouth shook hands with his ears and
sauntered around to where his hair was cut
long.
"D'yez want any ice this morning." asked
the ice man as he drove up
Alice same chuckled Yum, until he re-
,eulhlcd a chicken with the pip
The man placed the ice on the sidewalk
and Yum grabbed it Then he ail it down
without anybody telling him to and put both
hands up to his shoulders in his mouth and
danced.
Hi vi, muchy wetty hottee," he ejacu.
piit yit a
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-22
4 Clever Oriental Trick.
lMoncure d. Conway's Letter. ]


BY the way, no miracle claimed for Nine
Blavatsky, the Theosophist, is more marvel
Gus than one | saw performed by conjurer
in Calcutta. Let me premise that Western
reporters Of Oriental jugglery are apt to
Orientalize their statements remarkably. The
mango growing out of floor or deck is a
poor trick; tile rope ladder thrown into the
air and staying there for people to climb up,
is unknown in India are some
other marvcs. Your readers will he
fairly justified in suspecting a similar
Oriental algeness in the following:
A man brought out dozen or more little
figures, under two inches high-httle dolls
and, setting them on theiI straw-like legs on
a deal table, babe them dance. The man
stood quite yard off, but whenever he babe
the figures move, they moved He ordered
two to come out and waltz in the center of
table and they dir so. The tiny things
trooped up and down the table MS ho com.
manded in the most amazing way. Finally
the conjurer invited me to lay penny on
the table. ! did so, and the coin instantly
galloped across the wooden table and pitched
itself in money-box. And yet this man was
neither q thoughtreadcr nor Theosophist,
but an avowed conjurer, performing in q tent
Oh the wayside
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-22
Taxing Railroad Tickets In Mexico.
Mexican Financier1

The new revenue law is particularly OPP
pressive to the railroads, making the tax on
the passenger traffic forty times what it has
been. The tax was formerly l cent on all
tickets of the value of 81 to 500; it is now Q
cents for every 81. SO, for instance, the
lowest priced ticket on the Mexican Central
sold out of this city-to Talnepantia for
II cents-will have to pay tax of one-tenth
of its value, while on trst-class tickets to
Passo del Norte tax of 10 will have to be
paid 1t is estimated by the Mexican Ma
tional railroad that their taxes will amount
to something like per cent of the passenger
receipts Such unequal taxation, bearing
heavily on one interest, is manifestly unjust
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-22
New York Sun. !


Mrs. Smith--Oh dear, do suffer so with
rheumatism ! have it con-
Mrs. Jones-I am troubled in the same way,
and know how to SYM
Mrs. Smith-stantly in my right leg and
shout
Mrs. Jones-pathize with you. 1t was only
last night that | lay awake for
Mrs. Smith-ders, and | told Mr.. Smith
that something must be done to Pc
Mrs. Jones-houls and hours with it, and
the baby cry
Mrs Smith-lieve me; and also told him
that the doctor said the prop'r place was
Sar-
Mrs Jones-ng. 1t was simply dreadful
And said to Jones that must 20 to Sar--
Mrs. Smith-atoga.
Mrs. JOncS-atOga.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-22
cruel Conuudrunl.

louisville Courier-JournaLl
The letter-carrieis are to have furlough
of fifteen days every year Now, during
these fifteen days, what is the honest watch
dog to do for meatl Is he to be put of with
the shrunk shank of juiceless super
numsrary1
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-22

boston Globe
When Hannibal Hamlin was vice president
he went into a cobbler's shop in Bangor to
get pair CT shoes he had left to be tapped.
Are they all right, Mr., Hamlin" asked
the member, anxious to please
Yes, yes; guess so, The soles are little
thicker than | wanted them, but it is an oh.
lection that will wear away In time," replied
the veteran politician.
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Cannot Forget.
detroit Free Press. I

llJeITOlt free ITeSS
1t is said that respectable dog once
caught by the cart and impounded and after
ward redeemed by its owner and released,
cannot forget the experience and is never the
same dog again.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-22
A Different Thing,

Leadership is one thing and doninancy
another. 1t is well, if We have not the
qualities of leadership, to be willing to be
led; but to have our minds dominated and
controlled is another and entirely different
thing.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-22
A Resurrection Text.

New York Mail and Expressl
The new Old Testament knocks the bottom
out of at least one standard "proof
viz: In my flesh shall | see God" The re-
vised version has it, yet out of my fiesh,"
etc. Those who believe in the resurrection
of the identical body which is buried will have
to look tor a new buttless to their theory.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-22
a Good bargain.
[Syiacuse Herald


sThem pants is too short" said huckstef
who was bargaining for u pair of trousers,
but dcy viii stretch my trent, dey will
stretch Yust hang weights on de legs und
stretch dem efery night; dot keeps de bag oud
of de knees"
"1hey are too dark" continued the Gus.
toner.
Ozark" said the dealer; "vat matter ish
dots De color ish not fast, und dey viii fade
dree shades in two days"
"They are too wide in the legs" objected
the huokstcr and the accommodating dealer
III accommodating garments said;
"Ncll, ven you stretch dem de long way
toni dey get schmaler Sideways De mors
you wears dem de peter dcy fits you"
"Look at that big grease spot, said tbs
particular buyer,
"Oh, dots nothing said the dealer, you
viii hat dem all Offer Vaughn creese in less as
Won week drow of 10 cents for dot spot.
You take dem fora tollar yorty
Charlas Lever; Slang Is the paper currency
of iniquity-of which man may issue al
much rs he likes.
George Eliot l am one Of those persons,
few, perhaps in number, whose childish
dreams have been much less happy than their
real life
Disraeli; Predominant opinions are gen
orally the opinions of the generation that is
vanishing.
Happy are all free peoples, too strong to be
But blessed are those among nations who dare
to be strong for the rest
Mrs. Browning.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-22

Seetey: The selfishness of modern times
exists in defiance of morality; in ancient
times it was pproved, sheltered and even in
part enjoined by morality
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-22
External Justice.

When Emerson said each man had a right
to a certain number of square inches of space
about his ears he not only rebuked the i'm
politeness of loudness, but preached eternal
Justice.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-22
Quick Runs by Steamboats,.

II1ITEIIIccI CfHII o9 w VVU.J
The Pilgrim is capable of making twenty
miles an hour, but we do not run her at that
speed, for it would bring us to our pier at
Fail River at too early an hour. At present
her speed is about sixteen miles an hour BY
the way, there have been some notable runs
made by some of our river and sound
steamers. As far back as 1852 the steamer
Reindeer ran from New York to hudson, a dis
lance of ZIG miles, in hOurs,51 minutes, and
made five landings, In 1864 the Daniel Drew
was only hours and 81 minute in covering
the di lance between New York and Albany,
JAG miles She made nine landings, tool Her
average speed was %. 3 miles per hour In
1867 the Mary Powell made the run to
Poughkeepsie, IA distance of ~ miles, in
three hours, with six landings. These, ! he.
lieve, are the best runs on record in America
and nrOhnhly VIII NOT en-n hn nnlInn
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-22

Disraeli: Predominant opinions are gen
orally the opinions of the generation that Is
vanishing
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-22

Charles Lever; Slang Is the paper currency
of iniquty-of which n man may issue al
much rs he likes.
, 1884-03-02
President Holliday-Tbs amsndmsn

President Holliday-The amendmsn
offered was not in writing, hut tn
chair IA state it in substance.
MI. Warren-I believe, Mr.. Presi
dent, that my recollection OF tue mat
ter is rather indistinct.
President Holliday-The amendment
vas in substance that saloons shal
close at u O'Clock on Saturday night
remain closed until 6 q. m. after which
they may remain open until 9 O'Clock
being closed then the balance Of the
day on until midnight.
Mr.. Babbitt did not quite ~recollect
what the amendment was, but lie had
understood that it did not discriminate
between any class of business men in
regard to the time OF closing up on
Sunday. He thought there should be
no discrimination.
Mr. Warren spoke for a short time
upon the subject and thought there was
no necessity Of amending the bill, and
said something to the effect that we
ought not to be obliged to have the
saloons open up or close up at any par
ticular time for the benefit OF those who
drink to excess, etc. II public senui-
ment would sustain a law stringent in
Its provisions as this n would be, and
he thought it would here in Cheyenne
at least, why then it might be a good
thing to pass this bill. He thought 1t
would be useless to incumber the stat
utes with dead letter laws.
Mr.. Dater also expressed himself in
regard to the measure, and did not
think there was any necessity for this
law and did not feel it incumbent on
him to advocate any measure at this
time.
Mr.. Quinn added a few remarks to
what he had already said and in the
same vein.
Before the motion was put both Mr..
Warren and Mr.. Babbitt stated theywere
somewhat uncertain as to what the
amendment really was, and 1t was re-
stated by the chair.
President Holiday then arose and
said: "Gentlemen of the council, the
question now is, shall substitute fol-
council file No. IS be engrossed and
read a third timer AS many as are OF
the opinion that this bill shall be en-
crossed and read a third time will please
signify it by saying aye"
There were some responses when the
nays were called, but the bill, in &C.
cordance with the vote, was ordered
engrossed and read a third time.
, 1884-03-02


The following transfer papers were
filed for record at the office of the coun-
ty clerk yesterday.
Notice Of location of quartz claim by
j. Fl. Hart and others. 800 feet by 1,5OO
feet, one-half mile northwest of Mic
hols' ranch, and thence three-fourths of
a mile east Of Edwards ranch, on the
south side OF middle Crow creek, and
on%e-eighth of a mile from the said creek,
all in Laramie County, Wyoming Ter
ritory.
Notice of location of quartz claim.
300 feet by 1900 feet, w. W. lewis
and others, claim 300 feet by 1900 feet
in Silver Crown mining district, Lara
mic county.
Warranty deed, William Dolan to
Benjamin Connell, lots 8 and 6 in block
No. BOP, In the city of Cheyenne, &C.
cording to the surveyed and recorded
plat thereof consideration 81, GOO.
Warranty deed, M. 2. Keefe to Phil
lip Zehner, the east half of lots l and
2 In block No. 235, in the city of Chey-
enne, according to the surveyed and re-
corded plat thereof ; consideration
SO, 600.
Bill of sale R. B. Harrie to Charles
f. Chaffee, all neat cattle having GER.
tain brands in said instrument describ.
| ed consideration $40, 500.
, 1884-03-02
SERVICES.

Presbyterian Church.-All the usual
services to-day. Preaching by the pas
tor at IL a. m. and 1870 p. m. Sunday
school at 1915 p. m. PASTORS bible
class at 3 p. m. Subject Of bible class
lesson, "Paul at C~orinth." Seats free
at all these services and all are well
come.
Methodist Episcopal Church.-Rev.
G. N. Eldridge, pastor. Quarterly
meeting services to-day. Love feast at
1890, preaching at 11:3o by the presid.
ing elder, Rev. F. G. M%illington, and
communion right after sermon. Sun
day school at 3 O'Clock p. m. Young
peoples meeting at 6 O'Clock p. M, and
preaching at 1880. A cordial welcome
to all.
Congregational Church-Rev. C. NJ.
Sanders, pastor. Sevices to-day as
usual. Public worship and preaching
by the pastor at II a. m. and 1880 pm.
Sunday school at II M; Deacon Tay-
lor, superintendent; lesson, Acts 1922.
"a; topic, paul at Corinth." Young
peoples meeting at 6 p. M; topic, ZAP
preparation; leader, Miss Estelle Bull
lock. A cordial welcome.
St. Marks Episcopal Church.-There
will be services in st. Marks church
at IL a. m. and 7:30 p. m. The holy
communion Will be administered at the
morning service. Morning anthem,
40, that had wings" by T. T. Bar
ker. Evening anthem, 1.-The Lord my
pasture shall prepare" by Batiste. The
choir will be reinforced by the Misses
North. A cordial invitation extended
to all. Seats free.
, 1884-03-02

At a late hour last evening the mis-
~cegenation bill was reached in commit
tee of the whole in the council, and a
very stormy debate occurred over the
same. Messrs. Holiday, Warren, Hines,
Daley, Babbitt, Whittier, Irvine and
others participated in the discussion
and a good many witty things were
said, too numerous to mention. Quinn
said that a fence could be constructed
between the two races if they could not
do any better, whereupon Mr.. Hines
got up and said that plan wouldn't
work worth a cuss, for if they couldn't
jump the fence they would crawl
through somewhere. The bill, in the
end, was reported back with the recon-
mendation that it do not pass.