Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-04-30
OPINION AND COMMENT.

OF the 225 ,OOD. 900 silverdollar- hat have
been coined under the Bland act. all but
81 ,2G 900 are In The treasury vaults, be-
cause the people cannot hr Induced 60 take
thcm.-lioHchcStcr NiTor.
The New York JouUDW in am article.
"No Time to Marry sets forth taal there
are actually over 100000 young men and
madeus in the city Of New York alone
who have literally no time to marry. We
don't believe it, because they all find time
to llirt
Twelve thousand men or more com
bined in the noble undertaking of forcing
seven men out OF work, aud they par
aly2ed the business and traffic of the city
in order to bring this about. And this
thing was done IN the name of liberty and
in defense of 'the rights of labor n-BOS
tom j lUrndl.
The young women of Washington have
been enjoying Lent very much. Said one
of them the other day 81 am doing just
as much as during the winter. spend
the time taking long walks, dividing up
the walks with all the men know-like
we did the waltZes all winter-and the
rest of the time | am with either the
dlpssmaker or the miliner, getting ready
my new spring clothes. Lent is just as
lovely as it can be. - iIOStOH Traveller.
OF course there are girls of this stamp,
but we have respect enough for the sex to
believe that they are not many.
The prospect for the enactment of Il
law by Congress to prevent the adultera-
tiun of dairy products is very bright, but
the State legislature should not therefore
abandon bills awaiting its action. Objcc-
tiOns to Senator Lows agricultural bu-
reau bill in its present form were recently
set forth in these columns but those OBJ
jections are formal and not to the spirit
and purpose of the bill. The bin can
readily be made useful by amendments
TO make the bureau greater administra
tive success than it could possibly be in its
present shape. The stress Of other duties
ought not to lead the legislature to neg
lect the interest of the farmers--I many
journal.
The English board that has been inves-
tigating the loss of the Oregon reports
That no blame of any consequence attach
es to anybody. Perhaps If the crew of the
schooner had been alive and could have
testified, the board might have come to a
different conclusion. When two vessels
come into collision on Il clear night it
would seem that there must be blame
entirely on the part of The schooner's peo-
pie, though if she had the right of the
way it is a little difficult to see how it
could be.-POrtldnd Press.
The Pennsylvania Episcopalans mean to
try to get Phillips Brooks for assistant
bishop In the name of the whole country
we protest Phillips Brooks is not of the
sort of stuff to use up in administering the
affairs of Il diocese. He is great deal too
large for the place. Without dsparaging
the Office of bishop or the diocese of Penn
sylvania, Mr.. BroOks's present position is
far superior to that Of Bishop Stevens 5
assistant and successor. He is preacher
whose parish has no narrow boundaries,
whose service is confined to no sect. The
place he fills no other man in the Protes-
tant church can supply, whereas there
are many potential bishops among the
clergy. The Pennsylvanians must not
think to vase our apostle of broad Chris
tianity in their bishOpric. But when it
comes to that, we have no notion that
Phillips Brooks will mistake his duty
Springfield Republican.