Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-28

The Boston Post alIirms that the Demo
Gratis are not hungry" They only act as
though they were afraid they might be.
1t is amusing to hear the reiterated
statement from the Democratic press that
president Cleveland is proceeding eau
tiously and with prudence" He is eXer-
cising the caution and prudence of bull
in a china shop.
The Minneapolis TribunC suggests that
if the people of New York would give one
half of the money they made on the day
of the Grant funeral for Il monument to
the General they would Guido the world
on monument. This is home thrust,
Saratoga letters say that the hotel season
there has not been II profitable one. The
hotels lost money uutil after the Grant
| funeral Since that time the leading"
hotels have done fairly well, but most of
. them must close the season with positive
loss.
\ Washington correspondent has made
the discovery that through the failure OF Il
joint resolution in the closing hours of the
! last Congress Grover Cleveland was never
officially notified of hls election to the
presidency If this had happened to Re
publican President, he would he denounc-
ed as Il usurper.
The long-eXpccted revival of business
may be said to have fairly begun. Brdd-
Str,CtS correspondents report Il brighter
and constantly Frightening outlook all
over the country. More confidence is be
ing felt than at any time since last fall.
Now that the reaction has fairly set in, we
may confidently look for IA speedy return
of commercial prosperity.
It is said that the MormOns are perfect
State of chihuahua, Mexico, and that the
MeXicans are Offering every inducemcnt
to secure Mormon colony. Fertile land
| is cheap and in Mexico Mormon can
have all the wives he wants. If they
would all 90 there, it would be 80 much
the better for Utah and the United States.
The Ohio Democratic platform is candid
on one question at least-that of the liquor
traffic. 1t eNtols the efforts of the Demo
cratic minority in the last legislature "in
favor OF licensing the traffic in intoXicat-
ing liquors, and pledges the party I'M
equvocally to more efforts in the same di
rectiun. This is an honest bid for the sup
port of the liquor interests, and will ce-
ment the long time alliance between
Democracy and whiskey.
The Marine hospital authorities at
Washington have requested the Secretary
of State to ascertain from our consular
representatives in Canada the exact con
diton of affairs as regards the spread of
small poX in Montreal, and what grounds
there are for apprehension that the dis
ease will be introduced into this country.
1t is quite likely that some special precau
lions will be taken to guard against the
spread of the disease into this State and
others on the Canadian border.
Colonel Stevenson, first assistant post
master-general, who is occupying the desk
of Postmaster-Genera Villas during the
latters absence from Washington, told a
newspaper reporter, the other day, that
he thought the month of August would
show change of $500 postmasters, and
the weather became cool" We should
say there would be no question about the
GOODNESS of the weather, if the above ratio
should be increased. 1t is decidedly chilly
all over the country, now, for Republican
pOstmaSters.
The government of this country VIII be
represented at the international Copy
right conference, to meet at Berne Swift
erland, September :. Until, however
Congress has settled the question of inter
national copyright, now pending in that
body, it will be impossible for our repre-
sentative to enter into any international
agreement, or even to express definite
intention on the part of this country 1t
is To be hoped that the question will be
settled ut the next session of Congress.
What would the Pilgrim Fathers have
said could they have toreseen the wicked
ness and social decentralization which pre-
walls Fancy IL Plymouth Rock Puritan
contemplating Il condition of society, in
which the absorbing matters of public in
terest are a national smuggling match in
Cincinnati, Il ministerial scandal in Bos-
ton, and Il murderer lionzed in st.
Louis. 1t would probably make them wish
that Columbus had never crossed the
ocean blue or that the Mayllower had
gone down in mid-ocean.
The difference between cyclone and
tornado is explained by Lieut.. Finley of
the United States signal corps, to be that
cyclones are ocean storms moving land
" Stn
although they sometimes pass out to sea
considerable distance. The cyclone is il
tropical product and is unknown in sum
mer, while the tornado comes from cool
regions and is most destructive in the