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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-01-04

great brown ewes upon the strange scene,
what splendid feats of strength were
done! With what magnificent grace these
men moved now who were so awkward in
the house and how Jim Barker hated
young Wrinkle for shouldering an i'm
mense log with such apparent case
Once in n while couple of the young
sters got into wrestling match. Then
rest was declared for five minutes to
watch the throw. During the nooning
there were several of these, and Jim Bar
ker had a set-to with young Winkle which
was more than half in earnest. 1t had
leaked out Somehow that tho former was
very much interested in the new family,
or IN part of it at least, and Wrinkle had
iokingly offered to "cut him out. Now
Jim was in that miserable state of un-
certainty when the more suggestion OF
such n possibility made him wofully un-
happy. And it may be doubted whether
Wrinkle ever got such toss in his life rs
Jim gave him that day-all i'll sport,
though, of course.
When night fell, the circuit preacher,
Methodist South. declared that the field
was ready for the Lords vineyard. Moth
ing but few stumps remained to impede
the course OF the ploughman. The I'M
derbrush was burning from dozen fires.
In a single day, in hearty western fash
ion, work had been done which one per-
son must have labored at for months. In
the house the gossips had had session
of rare comfort. When all came togeth-
er at supper it was a season of great mer-
riment. But after while the young
people began to get restless There was
8 good deal of whispering, and some half
suppressed secret seemed on the wing.
When the preacher rose to go there was a
general expression of regret. The whole
assemblage escorted him and his family
to their wagon But he had not driven
three hundred yards before there was an
unmistalable sound OF dance music III
the air. The good man wavered mo-
ment, and then drove straight home and
never heard it.
The wind had changed to the south
early in the day, and the rain now began
to fall. But in the loft Sandy Ballou was
mounted on Il nail keg, and was fiddling
as if his life depended on his zeal What
pigeon-wings were cut ! What pressure
of hands was exchanged when Sandy au-
| thorized "alamende left What mad
dening whirls when he called, "swing
partners The rain came down in tor
rents. 1t seemed as if the reservoirs of
the heavens had given way. About twelve
o'clock wagon-load who had started for
home came back and reported portions OF
the road caved i'll by the creek. The
darkness was almost palpable. 1t was
unsafe to venture out. There was moth
ing to be done but to make mig hit OF it.
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The Mormon Question.
[Hon. Gaorge F. Edmunds in the N. 7. lndepsn-
deptl


The error into which great a many OF the
good people of this country have fallen on
the subject is | think, in their expecting the
extrpation of polygsmous marriage, as if by
miracle as the consequence of any legisla-
tion or other thing which lawmakers can
devise. 1t seems to me to be one OF those
evils that are to be overcome by processes
apparently slow and by means that will
gather into the opposition to it all that por-
lion of the Mormon people-and it is consld-
erabe-who do not believe ip the plural mar
riage business. | have good reason to believe
that since the passage of the last act polyg-
nous marriages have almost entirely, II not
entirely ceased there, and that, with firm and
capable administration OF the law, they will
not be revived. The difficulty with the
proposition to put the government OF the ter
rtory into the hands OF commission is:
First. That l believe it 10 be entirely uu-
constitutional, if the commission is to be
given any law making power and fear
Second. Quite lmpracticahc unless local
law maklug power shall be lodged some
| where.
| Third, 1t is revolutionary, md deprives the
innocent as well as the guilty Of all voice IN
public affairs NO,hiug but the dircst need
/
could justify such step.
Fourth 1t is quite clear to my mind that
the suppression Of p lyEamy will he just AS
tar off with tine 4 lVrrun"nt OF the territory
in the hands + commission as it is now, If
not furlhr: for il will sohdiiy aud intensity
clgss feeling # the NIormous, aud tend to
draw to the support of thr hierarchy anh
polygamists the whole body of the Mormon
people.
The bill that Lave Introduced is supple
menlary to the &C, already passed, and 1t
was stated when we reported the other act
that we expected to supplement it by fur
ther provisions. These provisions are di-
rected to enforcing publicity to every spe-
cies of marriage ceremony, legal and Illegal,
to the facihlation Of the administration OF
justice by the summary production OF
books, papers, records, witnesses, etc, and
to aiding the people of the Territory to get
its political power out of the hands of the
hierarchy by suspending woman suffrage
there. Woman suffrage is one Of the strong
est props that the poygamous Mormon;
have for controlling elections. 1t was
measure designed for that purpose, al
though it was approved by the gentle gov
ernor On the whole | have the best reason
for believing that, il we 20 calmly and stead
ily forward, preserving our self possession
we shall eradicate the evil of polygamy
in that Territory.
U. s. Senate Chamber, Washington, Dec
10th 1888.
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Socialists Congress,

BALTIMORE, Md, Dec, 9S.-The Congress
of Socialist labor organizations closed Its ses-
sion here this afternoon. Resolutions were
adopted demanding the abolition of the Of
fees of President and Vice, President of the
United States and of the Senate and the sub
stitution therefor of federal council. They
insist on the wiping out of Congressional dis
trct lines and demand the submission to the
vote of the people of any law which may be
demanded by given number of applicants,
and general war upon the corporations
which control labor and its price. In discus
sion to-day the extreme views of Herr Most,
the German socialist were generally con-
demned, and more conservative course, 1t
was declared, would be more effective.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-01-04
Bill oC Fare ro- Egg Production.

Fanny Field in Practical Farmcrl
Hens must be supplied with egg-mak-
ing material and this must not be con-
sumed as fuel to keep them warm. Sue
cess presupposes comfortable and clean
quarters. Corn is fattening, but on this
ration alone even in abundance "there
will not be eggs enough TO pay for the
trouble of shelling the corn"
Ny way of feeding fowls in Winter
ard it works wonderfully WELLS to give
them warm breakfast every morning,
just as soon as they can see to eat, few
handfuls of grain at noon, and full feed
of grain at night. The warm breakfast
is made of vegetables, turnips, beets,
carrots, or potatoes boiled and mashed
up with wheat bran or oat meal scalded
with skim milk or refuse from the kiteh-
en- boiled up and the soup thickened with
bran and when sweet apples are plenty
We boil them, and mix them with corn
meal--sometimes one thing and some
times another we don't believe in feed
ing one thing all the time, and the hens
don't believe in it either | don't think
that my biddies need the moor feed be-
cause they are hungry, but | give it to
them to make them scratch for exercise
and to keep them out of mischief L scat
ter 1t around among the litter under the
shed, and let them dig it out. This
'lunch' is generally oats or buckwheat.
and once i'll Il while sunflowcr seed. AT
night | generally feed corn but If l
could get wheat cheap enough, | should
feed that at least half of the time. My
fowls have water or milk by them all the
time, and green food is supplied by fas-
teuing cabbage heads up where the
fowls can help themselves. Sometimes
when somebody hes time to attend to it,
we give them change of green food in
the shape of raw turnips or sweet apples
chopped fine.
Two winters ago took new depar'
ture on the meat question, and now IN
stead of fussing to cook it and deal it out
little Mt a time, just hang up piece
and let the fowls eat all they want. Wher
they have meat within reach all the time
there is not the slightest danger of theii
eating too much. get cheap meat from
the butcher, and | am sure | am paic
twice over for the outlay. Crushed oys
ter shells, gravel, charcoal and crushed
raw bones are kept in the houses all the
time. Tnis raw bone is an excellent thing
for fowls. and would be the last article o
food that / would think of dropping from
my biddies' bill Of fare. Where thu
crushed oyster shell can not be obtained
lime in some other shape will do just a
well, One of my neighbors had two o
the rooms in his home plastered last Fall
and he saved all the Old plaster for hi
hens. | believe in sailing all the sof
food aud used to put in dash of pep
per- sometimes mustard or ginger, ono
in awhile, and honestly thought tn
fowls were benefited thereby but doubt
are creeping in, and am very much in
clincd to drop everything except the salt
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-01-04
Hail. thou New Year.

Hail. thou New Year. tho thou hast come so soon
Im hardly willing yet to say good-by
To the Old friend who lays aside his crown,
And in the grave OF Time lies down to die
/ hal grown fond Of him, and learned to know
The faults and virtues OF the dear Old Year,
He brought me many comfort, many Joy,
Although-ah, ycs-he caused me many tear.
But for the tears as often as they flowed,
He gave me peace, he gave me smiles again,
And taught me to lock upward % Hopes skies,
Aud see the rainbow cleaning through the rain
The dear O,d Year. He came as mtrrlly
As thou dOst come, just twelve short months ago
And now, because he has grown old al last,
S.a,l we forget the faltlful lite? An, no
kfhou art a stranger what know men OF thee?
! Tny promises may all be fair and bright
But many morning daNnlng ClOudlcssly
Has brought weary day aud stormy night.
We'll, We Will welcome thec-ay, trust thee too;
Tny face is far and young and glad, and we
VIII ask blesslugOn thy reign, o KING.
TIL new year slal take tiny tprOne from thee.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-01-04

TGa world IS full Of mystery,
= Which no one understands;
Wnat Is before our eyes we see,
The WORK Of unseen ha IDS;
But whence and when, aud why they wrought
Escapes the grasp OF human thought.
There was 4 time when We were not,
And there Will be again
When we must cease aud be forgot,
With all our i)y ana pam
Gone Ike the Wlnd or ike the snow
That fell Thousand years Ego.
We live as if W. should not die,
Blndly, but wisely, too,
For II we kuOw Death always nigh.
What would we say or do,
Bat fold eur hands, and close our eyes,
And care no more VINO lives or dies.
If death to each man in his turn
l. coming soon or late,
Be oars the soldiers unC )ncern
And his courage us fate;
Bet cr to perish in the strife
Than TO preserve the coward's l,fs
Before my he MS fire pondering long,
As 'twcro a bvOuaC,
! heard last night the solemn song
Which have Summoned back,
IT ems my s1mbrc mood to cheer,
And Is my te;lng 10 the Year.
New Year,if you were bringing Youth,
As you are bringing Age,
| would not have II back, IN sOOth
! have no strength TO wage
Lost battles over Let them be,
Bury your head, o Memory.
You can bring nothing but surprise
And nothing VIII dismdy,
No tears again in these OH eyes,
No darkness in'my day.
You might bring light aud smiles instead
II you could give me back my dead.
have behcid your k.ss, New Year
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-01-04
Upon the Tihrcsh o Id.

once more we stand with ha!f-reuctan feet
Upon the threshold of another year
That line where past and future seem TO meet
In stronger cOntrasi than they do elsewhere.
Look back moment Does the prospect please,
Or does the weary heart but sigh regret
Can Recollection smile, or, i'll at ease
With what is past, wish only to forget?
Say, Canst thou smile wnen Memory lingering gaze
Once more recalls the dying year to sight
Woudst thou live DER again those changing days,
Or bid them fade forever Into night
A solemn question ard the laltsring heart
Scarce dares say YES will not quite say mo :;
For JOY and Sadness both have played their part
In making up the tale Of 'ong ago"
Here Memory sees the golden sunlight geam
Across the path Of life and shine awhile;
And DOW the picture changes like dream,
And scrfow dims the eyes and kills the smile.
Soft has gOno-where all has gone before ;
The maulng wind has sung the dead years dirgc
Time waves roll on against the crumbling shore,
Ald sinks the wornout bark beneath the surge.
Here ends the checSered pag. Of prose and verse ~
OF shapclv verse and lines writ all awry
There they must stand for better or for worse
So shut the book, aud bid the year goodbye!
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-01-04

vogue among the Russian people, not
withstanding the many changes that have
been wrought in popular customs in the
lapse of centuries. For village boys to
mask MS bears, wolves, horses, and other
animals, and go about from house to
house on New Years Eve accompanied
by musicians, and there sing comic songs
and dance, especially in imitation of train
ed dancing bears, is r favorite amusement
in the land Of the Czar and peasants
and farmers treat these jolly visitors hos
pitably with beer orliquor, and frequently
give them money. In the cities similar
sport is practised by the house servants.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-01-04
Preachers Shot.

CAIRO, H., De 30.-An itnerant preach
,rnpmcd Cook living al Font Doneson yester-
day entered the room Of his wife who about
to give birth to child, shot her attendant,
Mrs. Joseph Glasgow, dead and fled to the
woods He was captured by the lnfurlated
citizens after an exciting chase, and said the
woman was mixing dose of poison to give
the child. An informant Just from the scene
thinks he was lynched last night.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-01-04
AnInterchange of Bullets,

LEXINGTON, Ky, Dec. 3O.-Stout Higgins
and Thomas Haynes wealthy farmers, met
IN Greeudale railway station last night.
Higgins started 20 draw pistol, and sized
Haynes's collar. Haynes fired from his
ovelcoat pocket aud shot Higgins through
the lungs. Higgins returned the fire, hit
ting Haynes once in the left side and once
in the ankle. Both are dangerously wound
ed. The cause was i'll viii over law suit
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-01-04
Their Father and the Widow.

New HAVEN, Conn, Dee. 2S,-ln the pro-
bate court to-day II petition WAS presented by
the married children of Lucius Doolittle, a
wealthy farmer of Woodbridge, GO years old,
praying that IL conseTvatCr be appointed be
cause Of the attentions paid certain widow
by their father with view to marriage, as
alleged. Fifty witnesses testified that Doolt-
tie Is capable Of managing his own affairs
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-01-04
NEW WEAR AND OLD.
'E'he World Speaks.

Good thou mayhap hast wrought.us,
But we grow weary now the end Is near,
Aud so think most about the ills you brought us (;
Die, then, Oh Year!
Come thou for whom we're waiting
Heir of the ages, child whose birth we cheer
Thou shalt find welcome thine arrival feting;
Come, then, New Year.
Hark, how the glad bells greet thee,
Singing with silver tongues so sweet aud clear
Behold how al our hearts 90 forth TO meet thee
Welcome, New Year
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The Kew Year Replies.

Heard not tones uphrading?
saw a dim shape from your presence hurled
AS long !, too, must fade as m II is fa1ing,
tngraleful World
Think not 10 win a blessing
BY selfish hopes IN honey speeches furled
] go my way, and heed not your caresses,
cold, hard World!
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FarcwclI.

We are friends that have journeyed together
Long time, you and (;
Through sunshine and stormiest weather.
But the old year must die.
Yet pray you to mourn not my going,
Though we have been friends
WHAT am | but one billow, whose moving
Has touched shore, and ends
And the tale Of my Joy and my sorrow
Lives but as the trace
OF the waves, that the tide of the morrow
In turn shall efface.
Yet I leave you, as waves leave their treasures
of coral and shell,
gift passing sorrows and pleasures,
Our friendship to tell.
I leave you the friendships, whose growing
Has been from my birth
There is naught that the tide brings in flowing
can equal their worth.
For as shells from The murmurs of ocean
Steal echoes that last,
so in friendship Is stored the emotion
OF years that are past.
~ ". BourdRion.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-01-04
AGIsICULTu RAJ.
Ensilagc Experiments

Professor S. johnson, of the Michigan
College, has made many ex-
periments with ensilago during the past
few years. He finds it better to have
several small silos, or divisions, than one
large one that weighing with stones,
barrels of earth, ETC., is more satisfactory
than screw and the silo is one Of the
most economical methods of storing fod-
der. Prof. johnson finds three tons of
ensi!age equal in feeding value to one ton
of hay, and therefore q fair crop of en-
silagc means the growing of an equiva-
lent of six to ten tons of hay per acre.
Ensilage is q cheap substitute for roots
so desirable for cattle-but an expensive
crop for the general farmer.
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Ehe Friendly New Year,

. 2 od New-Iear! we clasp
This warm, shut hand of thine,
LOosing forever, with haf sigh, nall grasp,
That wach from ours falls lisc dead fllgerS twne.
Az, whether fierce It's grasp
Has BEEN or gentle, having been, we kanw
That II was blessed; let tho old year 60.
Friend, come tn Il like a friend,
And whether bright thy face,
Or dim with clouds VIC cannot comprehend,
We'll hold out patient hands, each IA his pSc"
Aud trust Thee TO the end,
Knowing thou lcsd-st onwards to those spheres
Wncrc there are neither days nor months nor years
HTs. CTdfk
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The Voice OF the Old Year.

Not without my bestOHlng
Were moments Culncd with Joy or sorrow pearl
ed
lived With you-I loved you-l am going;
Farewell false World. ..s-s.
~ Hood he YOundet,
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NEW YEARS IN VERSE.
How the Poets have Celebrated the
Festival.

A wise little birdie
Came to my Sill
Chirpng right merrily
"Tell. If YOU WILL
For what you wish in this new born year?"
sF0r muCh,n ! answered, 'you little dear
For love untold,
OF friends, n wealth
For fame and gold,
For strength and health
Wha' more, ! asked, "can beg be sent7
The bird sang softly "Content Content "
-Ndrpdry Deane,
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NEW YEARS CHIMES.
On the Eve.

Ring but ring softly, o ye u~o
Pass like n dream across the ... anu dels
Soft, as the snow enfoldlng earthly things
Falls in the night with sound like angels wings.
Ring with burst OF deep and heartfelt praise
For all the happiness OF passing days;
For every flower that grew beneath our tcet
Breathing around our lives nsinccnse sweet.
o bells, ring out the memory Of pain
Tell softly how the flowers shall bloom again.
And hope arise, like snowdrops from the snoT !;
starry Crowll-no more cross OF woe.
Ring softly for the year is nearly dead;
q let him 20 with blessings on his head
For II he brought us Borrowings and cares,
We entertained but angels uuawares.
Softly into silence chime those dream-ke bells
Solemn midnight tOileth over hills and dells
Holy voices murmur, as the echoes fall
'Takc the future trustfully, for God Is over all. !"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-01-04
Breaking Young Steers


We know of no more profitable pas
time for boys, than the breaking of pair
of young steers or calves to the yoke. if
an extra team is likely to be needed. The
calves will not only soon grow into oxen,
but the actual contact of the lads with
the calves, and the ups and downs in the
conflict of breaking them in, will not only
do the calves good, but will improve the
boys from the healthy exercise of bone
and muscle it always affords. If the boys
ure young, begin with well matched
pair of spring calves, and lose no time in
providing suitable yoke to commence
the training. Never use the gad on them,
nor tie their tails together to prevent the
turning of the yoke. On the contrary,
feed them few griddlecakes until they
get well acquainted with you. Teach
them to walk by your side, and to carry
their heads up by gently tapping them
with the butt end of your gad under the
chin, and then they will soon learn to
back, haw and gee, and the boys will soon
have a team which will soon aid in carry
ing grists to the mill, or hauling stones
on stone-boat for building or repairing
fences, and much other work required of
a team of horses.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-01-04
Teams OH the Farm
From the Lewiston Journal

AS general thing a span OF horses will
plough over more ground in day than
a yoke of oxen, because they walk faster,
yet occasional exceptions to this occur.
We remember to have aided in turning
over fallow of twenty acres, in which q
span of horses and q yoke of oxen were
employed 1t was decided to test their
relative capacity for the work, both teams
being allowed their natural gait. Equal
sections of land were allowed to both
teams, and the oxen came out invariably
q little ahead, gaining time at each turn
ing of the corners. They were then tried
on the same lands for day, with no
marked advantages on either side. These
oxen were broken to the work, held their
heads well up, and marched along with n
steady, stately step. In this particular
instance the oxen were better for plough
ing than the horses, for the simple reason
that, performing equal work, they cost
less for keeping, and were more readily
prepared for labor.
Where the field operation is at q con-
siderable distance from the barn or pas
ture, the horse would have the advantage
in the celebrity Of his movements in reach
ing It, AS general thing, the summer
season through, horses can do more work
than oxen for this reason, if no other;
they can stand the heat better. Both are
important on considerable farm, and if
the OK il found to be worth the most when
age suspends labor, the horse will have
made up the difference by the celebrity of
his movements and the more diversified
uses for which his labor has been made
available. Both are good in their places
and no extensive farmer is properly equip
ped for business who is destitute ol
The Evening critic., 1884-05-31
.witn u Pink Trip.siip." ;"

IfHIItTH y BHHHI'
Samuel II. Clemens, "Mark Twain" Is a
member OF Rev. Mr.. Twichell's church In
Hartford, and 80 was the late Ex-Governor
Marshall lowell. But the Ex-Governor was
"higher up" In the church, as the humorist
expressed II, and used TO pass around the
plate. one day Mark Twain said to the ex.
Governor: "see here, Governor, they lot you
collect tho donations, but they would never
let me do It," "oh, yes, they would said the
Ex-Governor, adding, "that is, with q belt
lunch.b
The Evening critic., 1884-05-31

GENERAL LOGAN went up into Mary
land yesterday, delivered Decoration day
Grafton and was very warmly received.
The telegraph does not say, however, that
he discovered auy signs of that well-de-
veloped boom which he thought himself
possessed ofa few 1eetiug days ago.
The Evening critic., 1884-05-31

THERE are no less than thousand men in
Chicago who arc confidently predicting who
the convention will nominate next week.
Yet there are not ten of them who knows
any moro about it than mutton-headed
dog.driver on tho coast Of Kamschatka.