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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-21
HOW a FOX STOLE A BABY.
The Startling Adventure Of n Little shaver
in IA Parkway Asiatic Island.
Japan Gazette.1

Considerable excitement has been caused
lately at katase, Il village well known to
foreigners, by the doings of fox. A
young well-tO-do farmer and his wife, who
have child two months old, and occupy
ing small wooden structure during the
rebuilding of their former premises. On
September Is the wife, as usual, went to
sleep with the little one, but waking dur
ing the night was surprised to find it had
left her side. She at once called her huS-
aand, when it was discovered that one of
the frail wooden doors had been broken
open. The supposition naturally followed
that some one had entered and stolen the
infant, consequently the father started
with the intention of arousing the neigh
bors He had, however, only Just stepped
outside when he perceived a large fox run
from under the VerandH of the house OPP
posltc. Suspecting that reynard was the
Culprit lights were procured and search
made, which, to the delight of the parents,
resulted in the discovery of the baby, who,
strange to say, had received no injury be
yOnd Il few scratches
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-21

Commenting upon the foolish brag of
Daniel Manning that the Democratic
State Board of Canvassers would see that
the true vote OF New York was correctly
declared. thereby implying that the vote
of New York would 20 to Cleveland be
cause the state Board Of Canvassers 10
Democratic, the New York sun says
II, rs the Slui'S returns have indicated
from the first, Mr.. Cleveland has duly car
ried he State of New York. the fact viii
be so declared by the State Board of Can
vassers, not because they are Democrats.
but because they are honest men.
The Board OF CanVassers is now com
posed as follows
Joseph b. Carr, Secretary of State
Alfred G. Chaplin, Comptroller
Elnathan Sweet, State Engineer and
Surveyor.
Robert \. Maxwell, State Treasurer.
Dennis O'Bricn, Attorney Gpneral.
1t is the character of these men, not the
political preference of any of them, which
constitutes the true guarantee that they
will do their duty honestly. There is not
4 more upright man among them than
Gen. Carr, the Republican Secretary OF
State
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-21

Pen Portrait ofthe Poet and His House in
Amcsbury The Home in Danyers.

Harriet Prescott Sponord, in the Crtic,l
Mr. Whitticr's dwelling in Amcsbury
is exceedingly simple and eXqUioitly neat,
the exterior of Il pale cream color, with
many trees and shrubs about il, while,
within, one room opens into another till
You reach the study that should be haunt
ed by the echoes Of ail sweet sounds, for
here have been written the most of those
verses full of the tilful music
"Of winds that out of drcamland blew"
Here, in the proper season, the flames
of Il cheerful fire dance upon the brass
androns of the open hearth in the centre
of IA wall lined with books water COlors
by Harry Fem and Lucy Larcom and
Celia ThaXter, together with interesting
prints, hang on the other walls, rivalled,
it may be, by the window that looks down
a sunny little orchard, and by the glass
topped door through which you see the
green dome of Powow Hill What worth
les have been entertained in this enticing
place Garrison and Phillips and Higgin-
son and WATSON and Emerson and Fields
and Bayard Taylor and Alice and Phpbe
Cary and Gail Hamilton and Anna Dick
inson are only few of the names that one
first remembers, to say nothing of count
less sweet souls, unknown to any other
roll of fame than heavens, who have
found the atmosphere there kindred to
their own.
The people of Amesbury and the adioin-
ing villages and towns feel peculiar own
ership of their poet there is scarcely a
legend of all the region around which he
has not woven into his song, and the
neighborhood feel not only as if Whittier
were their poet, but in some way the
guardian spirit, the genius of the place.
Perehps in his stern and sweet life he
has been so, even as much as in his
song.
'There is no charge to Mr., Whether,
once said shopman of whom he had
made small purchase, and there is nc
doubt that the example would be cOntag
ious if the independent spirit Of the poet
would ever have allowed it,
These Indian summer days of the poet 5
life are not all in the places that knew him
of old. The greater part of the winter is
passed in Boston II share of the summer
always goes to the White Hills, of which
he is passionatcly fond and the remainder
of the time finds him in the house of his
cousins at Oak Knoll, in Danvers, still in
his native County Of Essex. This is Il man
sion, with its pOrches and porticos and
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-21

Let it not be forgotten, that jay Could
telegram was really tub thrown to the
whale "A concession to "A riotous mob that
surged on Broadway around the Western
Union building, and threatened the specu-
lator's New York mansion, because the
Associated Press dispatches persisted in
claiming the election of Blaine May we
not conclude, that Gould reasoned thus /:
"What difference does it make to me who
is elected | can make as much money
by my speculations out of the reverses in
business that may follow Cleveland's in
auguration as ] can out of the prosperity
this ignorant and frenzied mob can be an
peased and sent to their homes satisfied
why should not temporarily crafty their
ignorant stupidity by a misleading tele-
gram of congratulation, and thus save my
property, my comfort and my body from
their senseless wrath :" So comes forth
that telegram -BrOOklUH Times
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-21

This is II purely artificial instinct, Great
and it is now 50 strongly ingrained in the
intelligence of the dog that it is unusual
to find any individual animal in which it
is wholly absent. Thus, we all know that
without any training dog will allow IL
stranger to pass by his masters gate with
out mOleStatiOn but that as soon as the
stranger passes within the gate, and so
trespaSSes upon what the dog knows To
be his masters territory, the animal i'm
mediately begins to bark in order to give
his master notice of the invasion. And
this leads me to observe that barking is
itself an artificial instinct developed, |
believe, AS an otfshoot from the more gen
eral instinct of guarding property. None
of the wild species of dog are known to
bark, and Therefore we must conclude that
barking is an artificial instinct, acquired
for the purpose of notifying to his master
the presence of thieves or enemies. | may
further observe that this instinct of guard
ing property extends to the formation of
an instructive idea on the part of the ami
mai of itself constituting part of that
property. If, for instance, a friend gives
you temporary charge of his dog, even al
though the dog may never have seen you
before, observing that you are his masters
friend and that his master intends you to
take charge of him, he Immediately trans
fers his allegiance from his master to you,
as tOa deputed owner, and will then fol
low you through any number of crowded
streets with the utmost confidence. Thus,
whether we look to the negative or to the
positive influence of dOmestcation upon
the psychology of the dog, we must con
clude that change has been wrought, so
pr. 'Dund that the whole mental consti-
tuition of the animal now presents more
express reference to the needs of another
and his cnslaving animal than it does to
his own, Indeed, we may say that there is
no one feature in the whole psychology of
the dog which has been left unaltered by
the influence of man, excepting only those
instincts which, being neither useful nor
harmful to man, have never been subject
to his operation such, for instance, as
to make n bed before lying down, etc
Ur. ROmdHeS IN the Nineteenth Century.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-21
Feminine street Yarn.

Good morning, Mrs. Dusenbury"
Good morning, Mrs sullivan
81 see that Cleveland has a plurality over
st, John this morning"
Indeed, well ?"
'Yes, and my husband says that Blaine
may carry the State
Now you don't say so well, ! declare !!
John told me last night when he came
home that they couldn't tell anything
about it until after the electoral college
was built"
Nov, you don't, | wish the college was
done, because ! don't want to wait much
longer. How is it going to be built ~
Il don't know how pears to me he
said it was all done but putting the can
vassing boards on"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-21
What the Republicans had to Con-
tend With in New York.

President Knight of the Brooklyn Re
publican club, in an interview II day or
two ago, said
With the open and vindictivc opposition
Of the Hcrdid. TUmCS, Ercuiug Post.
HdTperS, Brootlm Union and other
organs it is marvellous That MIR. Blaine
made such glorious run in the Empire
State. especially against n man who was
carried to the executive chair with ma
iority over Folgcr Ofilg3 900. and it is not
strange that with the joint support of
every New York daily, excepting the
Tribunc. Commercial ldrcHiSCr and
Man ana Express. that many Of those
who, for UNSUITABLE cause, cut Folger,
either voted for Cleveland or st. John.
Beecher, II. b. Clatln. Horace Il. Dem
ing, 4. Il. Bowkcr. in Brooklyn; Schurz
and Curtis, with Sl5O,OOO contributed by
Vanderbilt II New YORK city, made very
important ally for Democracy against Mr..
Blaine Again, the ,Stalwarts in New
York as seen by the vote of Oneida county,
where COnkling lives, were silent, and
in many cases, open opponents in the
Republican campaign. Roscoe COnkling,
while not taking the Democratic stump,
by quietly acquescing in all that was
published against Blaine, betrayed his
true hostility To the cause. During the
last Democratic procession. he was most
conspicuous among those VINO made the
review. and when the Democrats chcerrd
him, he acknowledged their salutation 10y
bowling and remaining till the last bat
TALON had passed. Like Edmunds, COnk-
ling made no speeches and what is ir
REPUTABLE, he allowed his own county.
which gave Garfield nearly POGO majority,
to 20 to Cleveland with good majority.
In spite of the MugWump and Stalwart
elements, Mr. Blaine would have carried
New York with n large plurality had it
not been for the most unfortunate utter
ancc of the Presbyterian Mr.. Burchard
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-21

LITTLE Rock, Ark, Nov, l6,-The off
cial vote of the State gives Cleveland ~
96O, Blaine 81 81, Butler l3OS Chief JUS
tice Cockrell, Dem, =, Sol, Benjamin, KEEP,
hon11
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-21

pullcu MN out. w men asked why he /
didn't crawl out without assistance, he
replied that he was too much of n gentle
man to help himself"
statistics of the alumnH of Nassar Col
lege show that only lSS of the 500 pradu
ates of that institution have entered the
bonds of matrmony. We suggest that a
department of cookery be added to that
institution at once
The students at Obcrlin sercnaded a pro-
hibitionst minister with tin pans and horns,
the other night, and the reverend gentle
man responded by firing four shots from
a pistol into the crowd. Only one of the
students remained to tell the story.
People have entered right into the spirit
of the campaign. 1t is claimed that
larger amount of spirituous liquor has
been sold than at any other period of the
Nations history.
When Sir Moses Montehore cries.
where, OH, where are the Hebrew child
rem - three hundred and eleven of his
descendants answer, Here, uncle. '-PhU-
ddCiphid NcCS.
Too Cautious.-IIc: II am going to take
away Il bottle of salt water as II memento
fill it too full, or it will slOp over on us
when the tide comes in.'-FIitgcHdc
Bldttcr.
Ice cream sets in cut glass have square
saucers. Too bad This will prevent the
girls from sCraping round the dish with
the spoon, II delicate way they now have
of limiting that more would not be unac-
ceptable.-LOurcU citizen.
Mrs. Belva Lockwood carried as many
States as Butler or st. John, anyhow, and
that is doing pretty well for Il woman's
first run against old and experienced poll
tiCanS of the pautalOOn gender MORRIS
tOiCn HCrdld
At Sunday school in this city teacher
asked Il new scholar, little girl what her
name was. She replied, Helen French"
An urchin III an adjoining seat sang out
what is it in English ?'-IhOrnS ana
IhiStlCS.
What an unfortunate error was that of
the telegraph operator who, when Mr.. st.
John sent word to Il friend that the battle
was won, made him say: The bottle is
ours. "-LttC.
When stupid servant girl laid her flap
jacks on chair and sat down on the red
hot stove, absent mndedly, she rose
Immediately, without waiting to be told,
and her intellectual faculties had evident
| ly been quickened-it made her as smart
as Il weasel everafterwards.- Chicdgo SnH.
"What's the news, Pat :" "Begorrah
sor, Cleveland has the pleurisy III New
.IarSey an that makes it all rOight for the
Dimicrats Hes elected. '-ProridCHcC
NcWS
As SOON as this election business is over
Il dozen newspapers will bob up and eXcit-
eddy demand the facts in the North Pole
caunibalism matter. 1t will be Il subject
to last all winter,-DctrGH Free Press.
The Duke Of Argyle has computed that
the world will not be destroyed in ten mill
lion years. This is very encouraging to
the Bartholdi Pedestal Fund committee.
-Hotci MdU.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-21
not - Mob Party.

Mr. Elkins of the National Republican
committee says: "The Republican party
is not party of riot, and Of mobs They
form no part of its traditions or its his
tory. 1t has never resorted to intamma-
tory appeals or agitation. 1t is Il party
of law and order. and we want both.
The Republican party, which represents
the solid middle class to-day, finds the
great mOnOpOlSts arrayed against it.
Look at the Baltimore and ONO, New
York Central, and Missouri Pacific, with
the Western Union, and its other cOnnec-
tiOns enlisted III the service of the Demo-
cratic National committee The Balti-
more and Ohio alone controls two States,
Maryland and West Virginia. Our com
mittee is making no charges against any
body, but when charges are made it sim
ply asks the country to look at the Re
publican Una iority of i2C,OoD or more in
South Carolina, Virginia. Florida and
Louisiana, states confesscdly Republican,
but whose voters are denied their Just
rights, and whose electoral votes are cast
against the Republican party and help to
make a Democratic President. | want the
people, the men who work and earn their
living, the steady middle class which makes
up the Republican party, and is its
strength, the real bone and sineW of the
country. to understand this. The three
Cleveland on his eleCtiou-Wnat are they
The New York Central, the Baltimore and
Ohio and the Missouri Pacific with lis
allied corporations, the Western Union
and the rest Talk about monopoly .
What has this committee and the Repub-
lican party against it to-day but these
mOnOpohes, headed by two of the richest
men in America. constituting themselves
a returning board, to pass upon the vaiidi-
~ Of the alleged plurality of few hun
dreds in a vote of more than "A million, be
fore a single legal step has been taken to
determine and declare the vote of tins
state as it appeared on the returns. /
would make no mention of these great
corporations were it not charged daily in
the Democratic press that the Republican
party is the party of the mOnopollst. Cold
facts are against this statement.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-21

surrounding lawns aad groves, which seem
meet for IA poets home. It stands in spac-
ious and secluded grounds shadowed by
mighty oaks, and with that woodland
character which birds and squirrels ana
rabbits darting in the chcCkcrcd sunshine
must always give. 1t is the home of cul-
turc and refinement, too, and us full of
beauty within us without. Here many of
the latter poems have been sen; forth. and
here ilpdglngS have the nnWarrantable
impcrtncnCc to intrudc with their calloW
manuscripts, and here those pests of prom
incncc, the autograph seekers, send their
requests by the thousands. But in the
early fall the poet steals quietly back to
Amcsbury, and there awaits election day
a period in which he religiousiv believes
that no man has Il right to avoid his duty,
and of which he still thinks as when he
saw
"AlOng the street
The shadows meet
OF Destiny whose hands conceal
The mOldS of fate
That shape the state,
And make or mar the common veal
What Il life he has to look back upon as
he sits with his fame about him-what
storms and what delights. what struggle
and what victory With all the deep and
wonderful humility of spirit that he bears
before God and man, yet II IS doubtful II
he could find one day in II that he would
change. so far aS his own acts are concern
ed. 1t is certain that no one else could
find it.
I'm appearance Mr.. Whittier is as upright
in bearing as ever. His eye iSas black and
burns with ts keen IA fire rs when it flashed
over the Concord mob, and sees beauty
everywhere as freshly rs when he cried
with the Voices of frcrdom." and sang
the Songs OF Labor, and his smile is the
same smile that has won the worship of
men. and of women. too, for 60 years and
over Now. it is with II sort of tenderness
that people speak and think of him whose
walk will perhaps, go but little further with
their own, not that they deem such vital
ity and power and spirit can ever cease,
but that they are warned of its apOtheOsis.
as it were. into lOftier regions, where his
earthly songs shall be turned to the music
of the morning stars as they sing together.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-21
nnnr rIr. Corbit Says:
ATHl0PH0n0S co., ~ WALL ST.. NEW YORK.
LslIslI.lsaslsIslI1lgAls Observation-Disclosures

This medicine i for sale 10y Us. BEAjPRE
& LOWRY, Corner Church and Bank 81.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-21

The Rev. J. f. Searles, of New York, is
one of the most widely-known and highly
esteemed of Methodist ministers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-09-05

There u ! cheap clothinr dealer go
Keamv. near California uho-e co..
fidcnce In mankind hAs receret -
we're set back. The oth<rday - bcne<t
looking ccuntryman walkrd mo -
tore and sid.
You remember thst <croDd-h.,
overcc>t I bought here for eight dollars
Yesterday
Never dakes pick znyrhinEs ~
vonce solf my frcni-r sid Tie ha.d-ns
d0wncr.
oh. that's III right -: ~.n;e1
10 az that I found ihis &C. hnn1rc1-
dol ar hill srHei il the lininr- Perhaps
he owner may call Tor l.
~ r0rsc H. Willie has ell 1'rr11r-
NV tear trent. exclaimed ihe de.lrr.
eagerly capturing The mcnfr. fo1
III Won honi-h man Here ! - fx1
fscf,y toIiar an : re~Arl Ds ~ "
al right"
When IT, iionest rn<tdr.trExr around
the corner Ne mnfrrurrd SoltlE n
cr.e.s Id brffr- IKE this llfIF 1na -Etr
~ ~ rorrinnd befor~ the Nlrrnr hnrn-
H.. IL thar tru1terse;L IT. Enff1r-
rr rhtr hard 40 shove H. -.auter rrnna
sbese paris. zni that's = isaL-snA
FraMcisrp f0L-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-09-05

Mrs. Lanctry has adopted : Cki-
nesc Toy thirteen years old--N- y Sun.
Rev. Henry W. Little. Who laborei
for many years ~ = missionary n
last Madagascar. has written > book
with the titie; Madagascar. IL H<-
tory and Peop!e-"
"A theological library Of thirty thou-
sand volumes has teen presented 70 tho
Wesleyan Conference Of London By =
gentleman who will MOI, permit his
name % b. g.yento the public
An American woman named Scroo-
gin was married 70 . Chinaman named
Nun Lung the other day ~ Denver
A. neither desired % take The other :
name they compromised on ->nitb- -
tAscaqo Hsraid-
Grace Higgs ~icolored). who lives
within Two miles Of Savannah. Ca .
said 10 be In years old Il j. claimed
that she was . prime move in The cree
ton q the First Colorcd Baptist Church
in Georgia. and held the first board
nailed on H. This church Was erertrd
in lsSS. and still stinds-
General spinner. ex-Inited States
Treasurer. SAYS thst when be was u
doubt about the gcnuineness Of > note
he invariably took the judgment q :
clerk named Miss Grnndin- He did not
believe in clairvoyancc. 20 he called her
power 20 detect counterfeit money in
sfinct--Chic1go Journal.
Spain has the high honor Of having
furnished the first co~okery-book IN any
modern tongue. Il j. entitled '.Libro
d. Cozina. compue<to por kuberto Dc
Nola." II was printed about 100. Ih<
first regular c~ookery-book published Il
France was printed IN 1872. u was ths
production u the Sieur de n Marianne
Jessie yokes. the actress. the ED
est member Of the famous vokes FAM
Is. died in London recently. She hrs
appeared on the stage n the Sure,
Thcatcr. London. when four years old
She made her first American debut viii
The yokes family n the Union Sgnar'
Theater. in New York. in April. 1862
PLAYING ia bellies Of the Kitchen"
Aunt Eliza y d known and ca,le'
80 by the army OF employees Of tb'
rennSy lyania Railroad Company thu
work about the station on the JerSe'
civ side. For thrfy-tye yeErs this oh
eolornd woman has been the stewards
of the ladies' room She j. now sixty
fiye wears old. and SAYS he Was '-bor'
and baptized into the Episcopa
Church She never misses churc
nor > weekly service ~ Herald