Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-17

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been of unusual interest and profit. Many
of the most prominent educators in the
country have been present and have taken
part in the discussions which have EN-
braced nearly every topic of special inter
est to teachers.
It is undoubtedly Il fact that the com
mercial prosperity of the country depends
largely upon the annual cotton crop The
event of the National Cotton Convention,
at White Sulphur Springs, Va, next week,
is therefore of Importance to the entire
nation improvements in manufacture
and in the utilization of seed are impor-
tant topics which will be discussed at the
convention.
Charles Francis Adams, Jr., believes
that the next decade will see but few
great railroads constructed in this country.
He thinks that we have more roads now
than we can support, and that none of
them are making any money. Perhaps
they are not making any money, but
some of them are evidently holding on to
what they have made.
Bret Harte is no longer American con-
sui at Glasgow He was absent from the
"post of duty when duty arrived in the
shape of the assistant secretary of
State of the United States of America.
One of the most eXasperating things about
this work-a-day world is that Il man must
always be in waiting, whether duty re
quires his services or not.
A Salt Lake editor "speaks right ont ir
meeting,n and states that the recent
demonstration on the Fourth of July in
Salt Lake City was an exhibition of pure
cussedness" designed and promoted by the
Mormon leaders, who saw in it a means of
emphasizing the idea, which is sedulously
cultivated by them, that 1.-THE saints are
martyrs pure cussedness" is strange
disposition for Il martyr to cultivate.
Miss Cleveand's book, aside from being
a mere social sensation, bids fair to be-
come literary success. Its style and
matter are praised by competent critics,
and the extracts, which have been widely
printed have awakened genuine interest
among cultivated people 1t is not I'M
likely that. even if her brother had not
become President of the United States,
Miss Cleveland would sooner or later have
made her mark in the world OF letters.
The terrible disaster at Lake Mime
tOnka, by which ten persons who were
out in Il pleasure boat We're drowned dur
ing sudden tornado, only enforces the
lesson. which has been so often and so
strongly urged of extreme caution while
boating upon inland waters, where storms
come up with rapidity, especially in
mountainous sections, which often makes
it impossible for small craft to reach the
shore.
There is, it seems, a considerable party
among the Mormons, known as the Jose
phites," which is urging the Latter Day
Saints to abandon the infamous practice
of polygamy. If this should be done, the
problem of Mormonism would be largely
solved. Without polygamy the Mormons
would have the same tolerance as any
other religious sect: and without this
for many who now join it,
The friends of Union and Cornell col
leges will be glad that their presidential
questions are practically settled. Rev.
| Joseph 7. Duryea goes to Union, and
| Prof Adams of Michigan college goes to
| Cornell. Both gentlemen are eminently
| fitted for the responsibilities of the posi-
tion and the institutions which have Sc
cured their services may confidently look
forward to increased prosperity and use
| funess. Prof. Adams, by the way, is a
Nermonter, born in Derby.
| The Pan Nan gazette had some excuse
for publishing the vile details of the gr eal
wrong which it has assailed with such
| courage and success. But what possible
excuse can those newspapers have which
are spreading the foreign filth broadcast
over our own country? 1t can be only tc
crafty prurient curiosity, and increase
their sales, that American journals re
print the Gd:cttc'S disclosures. And the
newspaper that will do this sort of thine
Is not fit to be received us a daily CUES
into any decent mans home.
A London despatch says that the Egyp
tian government is hard pressed TO
money, and is resorting to every available
means to replenish its treasury In aid o
this object it is granting valuable conces
sions to Europe on the most advantageou
terms, in the control of its agriculture
and commercial resources. 1t Is state'
that an American syndicate, in which MI
w. II. Vanderbilt is interested, comes il
for large share of government favor, an'
; has an agent now at Cairo in connection
; with a big tobacco monopoly scheme.
The fuel of the future, it is pretty SAT
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