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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-05-21

10 the Editor of the Free Press:
That the senatorial succession may enter
somewhat into the gubernatorial ques-
ton is perhaps natural, but that it should
be incidental and not an issue seems plain.
10 make this test in the coming State
election would be carrying too many
goods in one pack. 1t does not seem wise
for the friends of Mr.. Edmunds to force
the issue to that extent and his opponents
are not foolish enough to make push for
the state Offices on any such line. But on
the choice OF representatives and sena
tors the issue needs to be fairly and open
ly made. Here there should be no eva
sion whatever. If man is presented or
presents himself for the legislature he
should answer plainly and at the outset
tne simple question ARE you an Edmunds
man ?" There is no other way of getting
at it, 1t is blunt question, but it will
settle the matter. 1t may be argued, his
hold is SO strong that this will not be nee
essary. The man who reasons in this way
IS anti, Edmunds--stick pin there. II
Mr.. Edmunds's friends think there is lit
tie being done in The outside towns they
are mistaken. The woods are full of hun
tiers, but not gun is fired They are dig
ging pit falls and setting snares 1t is
The stillest of still hunts, but the state
has never had more thorough canvass
than is being carried on to day. Calcu-
late on SO Democrats in the next legisla-
ture, every one of them against Mr.. Ed
munds. Then there are good many
towns where the Democrats are not
strong enough to elect but by combining
with the opposition can send man who
is now committed if not openly opposed.
Add to this the number who can natural.
y be counted on as stragglers in any bat
tie line, and it gives the anti-Edmunds
faction quite start. 1t is not safe to
count too much on the man alone. Ere
quently second-rate men climb into places
TOO big for them by working hard enough
for it. Send forward pickets, let no man
pass without the countersign!
Milton, May 1856 -
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NORWICH UNIVERSITY
The Students, Strika.

Vermont will now have chance to see
whether students rebellion can serious
ly injure college. The medical students
at Burlington Strike" under the most
favorable circumstances. They only 20 to
the place for a few weeks in the year, and
do not settle into the local life as the
academical students do; they are extreme
ly clannish, and, above all, are for he
most part old enough to be practically
their own masters. There is really not
much to prevent them from going to some
other institution, and the town is in the
greatest fear that they will The mana.
gers have TO decide between resisting the
local pressure, which can make itself felt
in thousand ways, and backing down
before the dictatOrlal youth and so de-
stroying discipline. There is yet nothing
but the students word to show that the
Objectionable lecturer, DR.. Bingham, is
not competent, and certainly the college
has generally provided the best of lee.
turers from the ranks of specialists, AS
well AS good resident faculty. Boston
AdCertiSCr
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Tho City Water Works

The report of the water committee, sub.
mitted Monday evening, strikes us as an
excellent one-clear and concise in man.
ner and sensible in matter. That the pres.
ent reservoir is too small for the needs of
the city, eand that Its condition has a
good deal to do with the quality of the
water is beyond question. The city needs
and must have larger and better one.
When this is added it will he possible to
clean one while the other is in use and
we shall get cleaner and better water. If
to this be added an extension of the sun.
ply pipe into the lake, with some effective
arrangement for filtering the water before
1t enters the pipe, we have no doubt that
great Improvement in the quality of the
water will be secured. These are the
main features of the committees plan If
not all that could be desired in the way
or improvement these changes and add.
lions are probably all that can be now Sc
cured. The general opinion among our
citizens, we are sure, will be that if these
improvements can be made for the sum
named = S24, 900 = they should be made
without delay. They will therefore cordi.
ally approve of the action of the Board of
Aldermen. The mayor, we cannot doubt
VIII add his approval, aud we hope to see
the work begun at once.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-05-21
Detroit Free Press.

There was group OF striking painters
at the corner of Michigan avenue and
Griswould street, when farmer, with his
whip in hand, came up and quered:
us this striker"
Eyes. SIR" replied one of the men.
what seems to be the trouble all over
the country just now 2"
well, SIR" replied an oldish man, with
many spots of paint on his vest, 1.-The trou-
bles is there are too many men in the
country"
"All bosh, Jim," exclaimed young
man who was cleaning his nails with a
putty knife. II tell you the whole. thing
comes about from the efforts of few to
build up an aristocracy"
We'll, you must be green ~ sneered a
third one. This crisis was precipitated
upon us as combined effort OF capitalists
to drain us of our life blood"
Life blood be hanged ~ exclaimed a
fourth, as he came to the front. ANY
man with brains knows that the trouble
started with Jay Gould. He wants to own
the United States"
Did ever see so many fools together ~
sarcastically remarked the last of the
group. THE trouble is all caused by poll
ticlans, who want to wind us around their
fingers. We won't be wound; hence this
excitement"
Then that's the trouble, ell % queried
the farmer.
Eyes, sir, that's the trouble" answered
the five together, each one speaking for
his own theory.
"Glad to know it. Much obleeged, gem
tlemen. knew it must be sunthin' or
other. and I'm glad found out"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-05-21
VERMONT CHURCHES.

The annual convention Of Orange coun.
ty Congregational churches will be held
In Chelsea the 25th and 26th of this
month.
The West Rutland Congregational So
ciety dedicated fine new church Wednes-
day with exercises conducted by Rev. b.
Fay Mills, who has been the acting pastor
OF the society for the past few months and
Rev. s. Il. Is. Speare of Mddlebury preach
ed the sermon. There was a fellowship
meeting in the evening with short ad-
dresses by Rev. Mr.. Speare, Rev. J.rK.
williams, Rev Walter Rice, Rev. NJ. H..
Severance, Rev. G. G. McIntre and others.
The society is the oldest church organza-
ton In Rutland, being incorporated in
lI73, three years after the settlement of
the town. The first meeting house was
built of logs and situated on the west side
OF what was known as Meeting house hill,
in Centre Rutland, near what is now the
entrance to Evergreen cemetery Rev.
Benajah Roots was the first pastor of the
church.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-05-21

I at once. One between the u " M. nine
and the Dartmouth college nine may also
be looked for aboutthe FIRST of June. Base
ball at the college seems to beundergoing
resuscit alton to degree that reminds one
of the times along about ~ when the U.
V. M. possessed one of the crack mines in
the State.
A branch of the Audubon society for the
protection of birds has been formed among
the children of some of the public schools
and the matter will be brought to the at
tention of all the pupils. The society is in
charge of Principal j. S. Howard of the
Grammar school, who has already enroll
ed over $50 names. The work is a com
mendable one and cannot fail to result in
large decrease in the onslaught on birds
and birds eggs in this vicinity.
c. X. Ober, college secretary of the in
ternational committee, Y. NJ. G. A., spent
the day yesterday in town in the interest
of association work, addressing the
students of the University association at
4:3O p. M. He is arranging for meet
colleges of the United States and Canada
at Northfield. Mass, July to August /,
during which time Dwight l.. Moody will
devote two hours II day to Bible study
with the young men. Oyer 100 students
have already agreed to attend and many
Others will undoubtedly attend. 1t is ex-
pected that Middlebury will send five and
the UniveI sity of Vermont will probably
| send as many if not more.
An exceedingly pleasant and interesting
meeting of the L. V. NJ. chapter of the
Phi Beta Kappa society was held in the
Billings Library Friday. The beauti-
full room OF the Marsh Library was bril-
liantly lighted, and seats were placed for
the members of the society and their
| wives and lady friends and the senior
class In the University. Prof. Torrey
president of the society, presided and made
some opening remarks. and President
Buckham read a scholarly and valuable
paper on the accessions which the English
language has received from the Greek and
Latin. An abstract of this we may give
another day. Prof. Sears and Prof EN-
erson further discussed the subject. in
fresh and interesting manner. This is
revival of the holding of meetings of this
society for literary exercises, inaugurated
| twenty-seven years ago, when George p.
Marsh was president of the chapter. Other
| similar meetings are expected to follow.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-05-21
Probate Court.

The following business was transacted
in the Probate Court for the district of
Chittenden from April 81 to May IS: Ben
Jamin f. Smiths estate. appointment of
administrator Eleazer Stockwell's estate,
proof OF will, letters testamentary, ap-
pointment of commissioners and ap-
praisers; Mary Magdalene Lander's es-
tate. appointment Of guardian; Charles
L. Haynes. ct al, appointment of guardian !;
Philip l.. Haynes's estate. appointment of
administrator Luther ID. Stones estate
appointment Of administrator William
A. Seymour's estate. appointment of ad-
ministrator; Caroline Kidder's estate.
appointment of administrator, Thaddeus
F. Stuart's estate, proof of will, letters tes-
tamentary. appointment of commission
ers and appraisers; Eliza Drains estate.
appointment of administrator, commits.
sioners and appraisers Amasa Ishams
estate, appointment of Appraisers Phil
omene Lafieur's estate, proof OF will Nancy
M. Seymours estate. hearing on proof Of
will, letters testamentary, appointment of
commissioners and appraisers; Anna b.
Conner's estate, license to sell real estate |;
Sarah A. Woods estate, proof of WILL let
tiers testamentary, appointment of COM
missioners and appraisers.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-05-21
BASE BALL ON THE CAMPUS.
u. v, M. Wins the Second OF the Vermont
State League Games.

Wednesday afternoon on the college cam
pus was played the second of the schedule
games of the Vermont State Inter collegi-
ate base ball league, between Norwich
university at Northfield, and the U. V.
NJ, which resulted in victory for the
home team, by score Of IL to 4, making
them winners of both league games, all
that have been played thus far. Many
visitors were present, and we venture to
say they found it the most entertaining and
best played game that has been witnessed
in these parts for some time. Both teams
made remarkably good showings as will be
seen by the errors accredited to each in
the table below-seven. The batteries
were both excellent, notably that of the
u. V. NJ. team the Northfield boys find
ing johnson very hard to hit. Base play
was good all around, but the home team
developed remarkably in fielding, Me.
baum making several beautiful short
stops, and Day handling a couple of long
flies handsomely. The game throughout
was characterized not only by fine play
ing, but by entirely gentlemahly conduct
On the part of the visitors. Waterman,
'S6, umpired impartially and well. Follow
ing Is complete score:
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-05-21

sorted, 90 cents pound. Pop corn cents
a pound mlnce meat IL cents pound.
Horse radish, 10 and 20 cents u bottle.
New cider jelly in five pound buckets so
cents. Apple Jelly SO cents for 5-pound
pals. Raspberry jam 80 cents for s.
pound pals. Grape fruit so TO 60 cents a
dozen.
Meats and Fish.
Spring lamb is quoted at IS to 20 cents for
headquarters and 10 to 1871 cents for fore
quarters. Beef, best cuts Western, for
porter house is quoted at 90 cents sir
loin, 20 cents; round, 1871 to IL cents,
Vermont beet quoted at IS to 20
10 to Is cents per pound. Cheaper cuts to
10 cents. Hams, sugar cured 1917 to
ID cents per pound, breakfast bacon
ID to Is cents, homeless ham, IL to 20
cents pound, California hams, 10 to Is
cts. a pound, smoked shoulders. 10 cts,
cents. Corn beef to i2N cents.
Pork, roast, 10 to Is cents a pound steak,
l2M to 10 cents. Salt pork 10 to l2H cents q
pound: In poultry chickens, dressed, are
Is to 20 cents pound, fowls Is to 20
es eese "no to turkeys cents to % Do cents
ducks, 10 to 20 cents pound
Fresh salmon, 40 cents for best cuts Con-
nectcut river shad 30 to 90 cents each.
White fish is out of market salmon trout
Is out OF market. Fresh mackerel
bring 10 to 20 cts apiece cod, 10 to Is cts
a pound haddock s to 10 cents pound !;
halibut. 20 cents pound for the best
cuts Pike are out of arket Salt
salmon l213 cents pound. Salt Salmon
trout 1914 cents. Salt mackerel 1919 to Is.
cents. Goldfish to 10 cents. Siscos
4 cents. Herrings cents a pound
Ham sausage % cents pound, blood
sausage ID cts a pound, Boston sausage Is
cents, German bologna sausage Is cts AL
bany sausage Is cents, head cheese Is
cents a pound Oysters are nearly out
out of market prices are Providence
River so cents, Mediums As cents, and
Norfolks or Standards 81 to 40 cents a
quart. HOLSTERS Is cents pound
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-05-21
Democratic Inc.pacitx.
IN. Y. Commercial Advertiser. 7

.' In. j. COuiinerclal Advertiser
The incapacity Of the Democratic party
to originate any important national legis-
latiOn Is strikingly illustrated by the fail
ure OF the House to take steps toward the
reconstruction of the navy. So long as
the party was in opposition it snarled and
sneered with considerable eloQuence.
But its talents, we fear, are those of
men entirely mouth" Never had a
party a better opportunity to put it's
stamp On the military services OF the coun-
Try 'than WAS in the hand of the
democracy last winter. The need of a
new navy was admitted. The administrs.
tton was in accord with the House, ana
the SENATE. Was committed TO q liberal
policy. The economists" were. on top
and could do as, they pleased And what
have they pleased TO dor Nothing. And
that pretty nearly represents their qualin-
cations AZ practical statesmen. II is so
easy 70 sparl and sneer that the world
generally reserves its admiration for the
men who 90 ahead and do something,
even II they do make few blunders, and
men make little money.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-05-21
Shall Wholesome Laws bo Sustained 2

~ inc Editor oil the Free Press:
1t can hardly be regarded as an unmix-
ed evil that the community is called just
at this iuncture to emphasize their ex-
pressions of opinion SO long held by a
very large majority of law and order low
Ing citizens as to the value of our prohib-
itOry law as it now stands on our statute
books
When far and near, in state and ma
tlOnal legislation the curse of the liquor
traffic is brought to the forefront as de-
mandlng more restraint, let no one of us
lay down our arms, or relax our efforts to
Illustrate the aims of its enemies
An insidious plea for free rum, under
the notion that all sumptuary laws are
odious, loses its point when confronted by
the fact that the odiousness of all sump-
tuary enactments inheres only in such as
are beRotten OF a desire to restrain per-
sonal liberty in matters of diet, apparel,
etc, from motives of jealousy, to distin-
guish the high born and wealthy from
the ordinary citizen, a greedy desire to
gain an increase of royal revenue by tax
ing not only the luxuries, but also the
very necessaries of life. The sanitary
interests for which pest -house for small
pox patients is isolated, the use of poisons
and alcoholic liquors is restrained
and the sale of unwholesome articles of
food is interdicted, belong most certainly
in another category. ~
May 49, 1886.
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Jail Birds Flown.

-Four prisoners assaulted the keeper of
the jail at Sherbrook Monday, got him
upon his back and held him down with
their knees with such violence that the
blood ran from his mouth and nostrils
They took one of the large KEYS and pried
his mouth open, and thrust handker-
chief into it for gag. His hands We're
then tied behind his back with a thong,
and his feet were also tied. Having thus
disabled the keeper they escaped, throw
ing down the keys after passing the last
diately set upon the trail, but have not
yet succeeded in finding them. The prs
oners wore their own clothes, and hence
1t will be more difficult to trace them.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-05-21
A Masonic Election,

AT meeting of Burlington Command
cry, No, 9, X, T., last evening, the follow
ing officers We're elected:
Eminent COmmander--H. NJ Phelps.
Generalissimo-H. X. Conger.
Captain General--L C. Grant.
PrelaIe-H. II. Ross.
S. VIC. c. Mayo.
]. W.. A. Clapp.
Treasurer-A. G. futile
RecOrdcr-E. Stanley Hall.
Standard Bearer Guy E. Robinson.
Sword Bearer-W. II. Lane, Jr.
Warden-C.F +. Lewis.
First Guard-W. Brinsmaid, Jr
Second Guard-D. C. Barber.
Third Guard-H. C. Humphrey.
Sentinel-G. ii. Whitman
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-05-21
No State of Dakota Wanted

AT meeting of the House committee
on Territories Wednesday, an informal
agreement was reached that the Senate
bill providing for the admission of South.
ern Dakota as State should go upon the
that the Springer bill providing an ena.
bling act for the entire Territory should
go upon the calendar as favorably re-
DOrted
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-05-21
Chicago Produce Markets.

CHICAGO. May 10.
FLoUR-easy. Southern winter at &C
o. 20; Wisconsin at 00014 IS; Michigan at
5oG4 40: soft spring at 1904 90; Mime
sofa bakers at 1904 80 patent at 656l5 90 {;
low grades at 200 q 305; rye flour at 300
$50; buck wheat ut 80. WHEAT steady
May at 731sS11+I6; No. 2 spring at 741, No
do. at 3D. CORN steady at 3j116t35. Oats
steady at 80 RYE-dull. No. 2 at 591e6I6O.
BARLEY-dull. No. at 49,
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Lake Placid Hotel Again DESTROYED.

Messrs. Stevens, whose hotel was destroy
ed by fire at Lake Placid in the Adron-
dacks, few months since, and who had
rebuilt on the same site, had the main
part OF the new building blown down dur
ing heavy windstorm Friday evening
The building was lS0X40 and four stories
high. They have 100 men on the ground
clearing away the debris and will rebuild
at once.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-05-21
The Local Market.

BURLINGTON, May ~ 1886.
No change in butter or eggs this week.
Sugar still has downward tendency, but
retail prices remain the same Garden
vegetables show but little change. To-
days prices are as follows:
Fruits and Vegetables.
Fresh cranberries, 10 to l2 cents a quart
Cooking apples about out of market Ban
anas are 40 to Scots a dozen. Pineapples
rs to so cents apiece. Florida are out
of market Messina and Valencia oranges
are 20 to 30 cts per dozen. Figs are
20 to 80 cents pound and dates Is
cents Messina lemons are % 40 cents
dozen, according to quality. Lettuce
6 cents Il head Pie plant cts pound.
Asparagus ~ cents Il bunch Straw
berries % to 30 cents quart.
French prunes are 10 to 20 cents a
pound. Dried apples to cents
pound. Evaporated apples, 10 to l2 cts
pound. Bermuda onions cents a
pound. Radishes cents bunch.
Cucumbers 5, to 20 cents apiece.
Potatoes are 60 cents bushel.
Cabbages, 4 cts pound; pickles 50 to 90
cts. a gallon, plain or mixed. Beets 10 cts.
a peck; turnips Is cents n peck winter
squash out of market. Vegetable oysters
Is cents. bunch. Parsnips cents q
pound. Spinach. 40 cents peck.
...., Dairy Products.
Butter ~ ,a5, cents a pound. Cheese is
1879 TO Is cents Eggs are l6 cents doz.
Fancy cheeses are as follows; Pineapple
cheeses IS cents to 81 90 each according to
size; RoqnefOrt cheese 40 cents pound /;
English dairy 25 cents; Edam $1.00 each;
Neufchatel S cents package; Guada
cheese, 40 cents pound. Cheddar
cheese, 81 piece. Milk cents
quart. Pure Jersey cream 80 cents
quart. rsa
:. Flour, sugar, etc.
St. Louis -four e55O to 1925 barrel :;
Michigan, IS 90 to IS so. Spring patents
and Minnesota patents, g 25 to 6 so a
barrel. Buckwheat is cents pound.
Granulated sugar is 9 to cts pound.
Light brown, o to cents. New maple
sugar is 10 to ~ cents pound and maple
syrup is 81 gallon in cans, so cents
in bulk. New white clover honey is
IS to 20 cents a pound. Nuts, all kinds as
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Boston Wool Market.


NATERTOWN, MHy 70.
Cattle Market-The cattle market was firm
Market Beef-extra, SOS 90; first quality,
O0lt7 50: second quality 50OQl6 50; third quail
ity, 81 UUG4 80
Cattle-Receipts of 772 head.
Cattle-Store Cattle-Working oxen per
pair, from Sl006oSlS0. Farrow cows Sl50 So
Fancy cows $5UGS0. Mich cows and calves
S25GI4S. Ycarlings S9Dls. Two-years- sold,
$l3612S. Three, 2+lt40.
Swine-Beceipts OF l2,372.
Swine Northern dressed hogs 5lsc ~ ~
Western fat. live 1905 u II.
Sheep and lambs-Receipts of 25O6.
Sheep and Lambs-In lots at 1904 %, extra
at 00l15 SO.
Veal Calves at 2lbGl6.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-05-21
Lee and Davis.
lBoston Advertiser,

When General Butler of South Carolina
couples General Lee and Jefferson Davis
as priceless examples of self respecting
dignity and heroic fortitude" he makes
confusion In the minds of common folk.
Whoever follows the example of Robert
4. Lee iB far from being an imitator of
Jefferson Davis. Robert Il. Lee knew
when he was whipped, and accepted de-
feat with silence and decorum.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-05-21
Addison County,
(Middlebury Register. |

There are but two very pronounced anti
Edmunds men in the county, one living
The only anti Edmunds paper in the eoun-
ty printed two letters last week-one from
each of these places. Happily, two men
and one paper do not constitute the
county.
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|S|;|I|3:|&(1

Enterprising young men who wish to pre-
ness, can do IL best by u course of study At
the Albany BUSINESS COLLEGE. Has
over 5000 graduates in business. Catalogue
application. Address. CARNELL 4 CAR
HART, 81 and 50 North Pearl Street, Albany
NY,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-05-21

We hear that Rev George B. Stafford
ID. d., has been appointed secretary of tn
evangelical alliance-a position for whicl
he is eminently fitted.
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MARRIED..

GRANGER -BUsHEY.-In this city. May Is,
1895. by the Rev. +. J. Parry, Frederick ID.
Granger to Bertha Bushey.
CAnPBELL-LECLAIR.-Iu this city, May IL,
1883, at st. Joseph's church, by Rev. j. N.
Cloarec, Peter Campbell and Mary Leclair,
both of this city.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-05-21

The peach-blow vase has dropped out of
sight for the present, its place being occu-
pied by the CONDITIONING curve pitcher
LOtDelt Citizen.
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Old .Etns About to Heave Up.

CATANIA, Sicily, May 19,-Mount Ktns
is In a state Of eruption. Shocks Of earth.
quake are also reported in the vicinity of
the mountain.