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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-12-14
HOME MATTERS.
CITY AND VICINITY

building.
The telephone company think strongly Of
rebuilding their line to St Adams.
The new reservoir was a favorite resort
for pedestrians on Sunday a large number
having visited it,
Improvements TO the amount of $50, 600
are to be made on the northern section of
the Champlain canal
The lines on the Ethans new building are
very regular and the work is receiving many
compliments as a result.
a large number of the stores have their
show windows handsomely decorated with
goods for the holiday season.
The walls of A. A. Bucll's house ON South
Prospect street are nearly completed, and it
will make fine residence.
Mcmlor, OF the secret societies will find
an interesting summary of new. of the diff
fcront iratcinities on the third page.
Mrs L. r. Hcalcy of Vcrgenncs was in
the city Saturday and selected Christmas
gifts for the 100 inmates of the Reform
school.
Dispositions in reference to a new trial of
the Noyes will contest were taken before
Justice j. w. Russell at W. l.. Bulnaps
office Saturday
The Plottshurgh 7c1cgr0m says: &C. +.
Bentley has shipped his ice yacht Lulu TO
Charles Drew burlington, TO whom be sold
it last winter"
Ferguson Bros. have just sold butter in
Boston for from 33 to 3S cents pound the
highest price since they have been IL bust
moss in this city.
1t is said that the Citizen, Light and Pow
err company intend to put in plant next
spring for the purpose of manufacturing il
Illuminating and heating gas.
County Clerk Ray has about completed
the preparation OF the docket for the term
of supreme Court for ChittcHden county
which will begin January 1.
The ruins on the site where the mill oc-
cupcd 10y the Taft q Morgan mill havebccn
partially cleared up. II is not the intention
to erect any building there before spring.
The new Looms residence on Willard
street !. enclosed and work is making rapid
progress ON the exterior. The ais tor Mr..
naIarj'. Now house are up to the water
table.
Tine cold wave predicted for yesterday
arrived uu schedul" time accom- ani'd hy "a
wind which Mrv "a regular Gnlr at tuun-
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cumstanccs. He was in poor health pcnni-
less, out of work and despondont, his wife
having left him but a few days ago.
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upon the president and his wife for its text,
the New York Commercim Advertiser de
livcrs homily to its readers on "Mischev-
Gus dinner gossip in which there is a les
son that could be learned with profit by
many person. The morbid love Of gossip
IN mankind helps to keep alive
rofuted SANDERS. nor does an expression
OF incr2dullty as to the trdth of an injurious
story of its capacitv TO work Injustice and
wronr There is Inf one honorable course
for any one to purSue with rcfercnc, to a
stcrv known or believed to be false and that
is to not only abstain from all mention of
the slandorous accusations. but to frovn
down every rcfpre nee TO them by others.
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The narchistic fire ia Chicago, which has
been -mou.danng ior spno months, j, ready
to break out again, Five gatherings for
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-06

Progressive eucher partic, are the greatest
possible rage IN many rters OF the great
city at this particular y.ncture. Eucher,
thus revived has New degree Of interest
The party Is conducted upon the theory "
making each member Of the party acquaint-
Cd with all the other members. A player
starts at one table among the several scat
tered about the room. Ii be wins at the first
table he passes on 10 the next. and Is credited
with one game. II he wins again, he moves
forward one table II be loses be SITS where
he is, and his opponent Cr opponents go On.
so 1t progresses until the entire circuit Is
made, when prizes are distributed to tie most
successful players, while the failures smile
sweetly and try not 10 seem enyious Under
this system every one in the room is brought
into direct contact with everybody else AT
some time during the evening aud much VI
the uneasy formality OF ordinary social en-
teItainments Is worn oR-New York World
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-06
RELIGIOUS GLEANINGS.

Feb % is centennial day for the Presby
terrain Sunday schools.
The total amount Of the permanent fund
for church erection in the EpiscOpalian body
Is nov sl2l go.
Within a certain area Of New York city
comprising eight districts, and having "a
population Of 90. go, there are 3,Ols saloons
and but thirty-one Protestant churches.
One of Philadclphias most popular Baptist
ministers, Rey DR. Wayland Hoyt, ha. Dc
clined the pastorato OF the First Baptist
church Of St. Louis, Mo, at a sala-y Of
80 0U year.
OF the seven missionaries Of the English
Baptish Mission on the Congo, who went out
in issj, four have died Rev H. G. Whitley
and Rev j. +. Biggs are the two latest VIC
tins to African fever
Next summer the corner stone Of the AdOn-
IRAN Judson Memorial church viii be laid at
Mandolay, India. The church will cost so,
900, n large part Of which has been subscribed
10y Burmese Christians.
The Methodists OF New Haven, Conn, have
given during the past six years for church
building, improvements and Indebtedness,
100000 OF the eight churches in New
Haven three only have debts.
1t is thought that the next Methodist gen
eral conference will appoint five new bishops,
besides filling the places Of the late Bishops
Simpson and Harris Dr. Thorburn Is urged
as missionary bishop for India.
The Methodists having successfully crossed
the million dollar line, have now pledged
81 .2o1, 90 for mission work during the com
ing year They believe in setting their mark
higher and then nobly striving 70 reach 1t.
Probably one OF the oldest meeting house,
in the world is the Bangund church in Nor
way the age of which is 500 years The pa
CODA like structure is covered with single.
and an inch or two Of tar Runic inscTip-
tons interesting to scholars, are on the
building.
The Congregational church, which has had
an existence in this country since 1920 no~
numbers 4,277 churches, 1000 ministers and
49,, 379 communicates. The net gain during
the past four years has been al churches
367 ministers and Is, 30 COMMITMENTS. Al
increasing activity, especially in the west
promises still greater results in the foul
wears to come,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-06
HIGH PRICES FOR PARROTS.
A Financial Sensation Among Fsucfers-
A Captains Unlucky Investment.

That chattering genius Of the bird tribe
vulgarily known as the poll parrot is Great
ing something of IA financial sensation among
fanciers, who find more customers than par
rots. but who are timid about holding their
prizes at such prices as now prevail, for fear
that West India or South American fleet
may at any moment overstock the market.
..Sure enough, there's a boom in parrots
said Ninth street dealer, and we are get
ting high prices for the birds on hand, especi-
ally for Brazilian pets that can talk. Tho
other day we sold u bird for $50, and We
hold this one in the cage here pointing to
fine specimen on a perch near by at Sl25."
These are unusual figures, thenF
oh yes. We sold the $50 parrot partly
on its merit and partly because 1t bore
strong resemblance 10 the recently deceased
pet OF an old lady Of Spring Garden street,
who was as fond OF her bird as though 1t had
been her daughter But il was bright
parrot, could whistle like flute, and knew
half dozen such tunes as Comm Thro' the
Rye' Yankee Doodle, Over the Fence is
Out. and The Old Man Drunk Again The
latter tune il learned from its last mistress,
along with sundry profane expressions, which
cut down its value at least $50. \ parrot
that would spit out hall dozen tunes with
out a cuss word, say Good night and Good
morning at the proper times and would not
fight with the house cat would, IN the present
condition OF the market, fetch $50.
is the parrot market corneredf
Oh no That was tried once, and New
York firm bought up all the talking parrots
in the country quietly, at fair prices, and
waited for a big rise Just a. the corner was
about TO succeed two vessels sailed into New
York harbor with several hundred birds on
board ami the pool was broken, tho syndi-
cate losing over 100000 on the deal
But that was not so queer as the bad luck
Of a captain who bought over a hundred or
more parrots in 1854 lie left Rio about two
months before the presidential election. The
captain was cock sure Of Blaine's election,
and thought that he would make a spec by
teaching the birds to say Hurrah for Blaine
The sailors were busy during the entire voy-
age instructing the brGs IN this single sem
tence When the vessel arrived Cleveland
had been elected and the parrots were dead
loss. The captain didn't get enough for them
70 pay the first cost
What are the prevailing prices nowf
Well. Cuban parrots sell for from : TO
SO, and Brazilian parrots from t2O to SID.
These are double the prices which have been
prevailing Tho result IS due to a limited
supply and a brisk demand Parrots are
great pets, and an old lady the other day
bought an old parrot from US for $40 which
We had about made up our minds TO give
away, just because the bird looked like one
which she had owned Tor years ami which
had Just died philadelphia Record
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-06
PLAYS AND ACTORS.

lydia Thompson has reappeared upon inc
london stage.
Katie Putnam laid the corner stone OF
new theatre at Augusta, Ga, little WINE
ago.
I'm MAY Richard Mansfield will produce
new classical drama in blank verse at tue
Boston Museum.
The first two months Of Liable Constan-
tim at the Paris Gymnase brought 10 the
theatre treasury the neat sum OF s'o'Vo"
The receipts for the seven first perform
ances Of Henry Irving and Miss Terry at the
Boston Museum, we're SCI 900.
They call Buffalo Bill millionaire now,
and say he is the first American star VINO las
been successful on the other side
The sultan has decided To close the lurklsh
theatre at Constantinople, because he thinks
il conduces to the decentralization OF his SUB
jects.
The duration Of Mr. Always kiss when be
awakens the sleeping Brunhild in "Siegfried
has been timed by stop watch 1t lasts
forty one seconds
VI ". y.
Feb 49, at the Fourteenth Street theatre,
where he will be seen in Turned Up and
Lend Ne Five shillings."
Minna Gale, of che Booth Barrett company,
will return 10 Brooklyn at the end OF the sea
son, and, it is said, will follow the example OF
Annie Robe--marry and retire from the
stage.
The mounting Of LA Tosca," soon 70 be
PLAYED by Fanny Davenport at the new thea
ire on Broadway. will cost $1,000. One
hundred persons viii assemble on the stage IN
one scene.
Helen Barry, who will return to the Amer
lean stage next season and make star tour
under the direction Of Mr.. j. NJ. Hill has be
gun a series OF farewell performances at
home. She lately had testimonial bene-
fit" at Jersey.
Mr.. Rudolph Aronson will commemorate
the 7OOth performance OF "Erminie' in
New York, Feb - He is preparing q
souvenir for the occasion representing scene
Of the second act Of the opera. The actors
are made to appear as children dancing the
gayOtte.
During the last three years the Paris Grand
| Opera house received 10000 francs from
sixty -four performances of Iassenets 10
| Cid. - 20. 4G2 francs from forty -four u Pala-
dilhe's "Patrie," 5l5, 0j3 from thirty-three OF
"Rigoletto," and 7GiGO0 from tifty-three
of Reyers' "Ligurd7-tho latter a GallicizeJ
version Of Die Walkure"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-06
CURIOUS THINGS or LIFE.

A girl in Oconee county, Ga, married at
the age OF . years her husband being a years
old
Invitations to a ball given by a colored
society OF Fort Dodge, Ia, contained the in
formation that no distinction would be made
between plain and colored people.
Eighteen young men OF Mountain Home,
Ark. swore off from the tobacco habit on
the first OF the present year. Whoever re-
turns To the habit is 20 be ducked in pond
OF water.
An odd combination Of wares is offered by
a shop in the Italian city of Bari, on the
Adriatic. 4 sign informs would be customers
that within can be obtained: "Leeches,
bread sold in slices or loaveS, and tuition in
mathematics.
With the mercury at 81 degs below at
Eagle Rock, Idaho, Il locomotive taking
water from a tank, the flow Of which could
not be stopped, was frozen INSTANTLY IN bed
OF Ice extending three ear lengths and to tue
tops of the rails.
A good woman Ia Deer Isle, Me, crocheted
baby's sacque for a church fair. The sacquo
was ratified off, and she took share and won
Size offered it to the fair again If they'd give
her a chance She won again. Ii the fair
had kept on she would, too.
John Sellers, an old farmer Of New Phile-
delphia, O., who died the other day, had a
remarkable crop Of hair and a very long
beard This was because he had never shaved
or had his hair cut, thinking, as he said, that
it was interfering with the provisions Of
nature for man to cut reven trim his hair.
J. w. Bucks, Of Nixon, counted out 81, 200
to pay man he owed, then left the money
on the desk, where candle was burning,
and stepped into another room to get rub
] Der ring to put Oh his pocketbook When he
returned ~ found that the candle had fallen
J over aud sssry note was burned " . cindsr'
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-06

Mr.. Steele Mackay's brilliant idea, a.
reported in the M1Jatng Journal of New
York, Is 10 have balloon system of rapid
transit, the erial cars to be run on an
elevated railway track. Mr. Mackay
says
"My scheme for rapid transit will work
q revolution in the general culture of the
city. 1t will exalt peoples views so that
they will learn 10 look down on small
things Ii Is the most stupendous idea
ever conceived by the mind OF man. Each
balloon car will have q carrying capacity
of 200 persons. These balloons will be
attached TO smaller cable and will have
large iron rings fastened to the bottoms
of the cars, through which the stationary
cables may slide. You take your balloon
down to the Battery and slip it on the
main cable by means OF the iron rings.
The car rests on the ground inside the
station The people do not have TO climb
any stairs, but pass through the gate,
depOsiting their five-cent tickets in the
box just as they do now, and step right
into the car When the time is up the
conductor-the only official needed on
the balloon -seizes the smaller cable, OF
which have already spoken"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-06

the military establishment of Germany
last year was understood to be all that
the Government would ask.
The present measures, therefore, show
how the war spirit has grown.
The American sees all this In differ
ent manner from tie European.
We think In this country that the pres
ent appliances Of war are too terrible to
admit OF the possibility OF war ii ma
ton is fully equipped according to the
capacity of this age of mechanism. The
United States already has dynamite guns
and il is hard 10 see how an army or navy
could combat very long with such
weapons.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-06
Adulteration OF Lard.

One OF the greatest evils Of the day, said
" ". KlmbaIl, OF Boston, and one Of the
most far reaching IN its effects is the adul-
teration of lard The abuses emanating from
it are almost as bad as those abuses coming
from the manufacture and sale OF intoxicat-
Ing drinks IL il matter that the public Is
not generally aware Of, yet II has boen
proven By investigation and chemical analy-
- that about IS per cent. Of the product sold
for pure lard ia this country is more Or less
adnlterated with foreign substances. These
compounds are made Of various ingredients,
such a. beef and mutton tallow, cotton seed
oil, and, in some instances II grease that
has been chemically whitened and deodorlzed
In some cases there is no lard at ali in the
compound, and yet the stuff Is offered for
sale as choice, pure lard Chicago Times
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-06
Goodby to Boots.

We are bidding adieu 10 the ancient boots
The rising generation won't have them Not
only do sales fall of every year but they fall
OF al the wrong end Only old men or labor
ing men buy them Young America won't
touch them Tor daily use, and wants only
special kinds tor fishing, hunting aud rough
Ing 1t in the woods 1t is hard to tell why
people don't care for them. They are very
ornamental and very lasting Their price
may have something 10 DO with it, VI course
4 pair Of handsome boots cannot be made for
less than go, and cost from this all the way
up to go Perhaps swelldom is growing
economical There is still good demand Tor
boots from engineers, sea captains, naval
officers and army officials Here they are
very useful and probably always will be ia
style. New York Star
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-06
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.

The act incorporating the Nicaragua
Canal Company has been passed by the
Senate. and is now in the hands of the
Committee on Commerce OF the House
of Representatives. 1t is to be hoped
thu, the House will follow the example
of the Senate and act promptly on one OF
the most importsn, measures OF the time
There is no question about the bill pass
ing If it is brought before the House and
a full discussion induced.
The Company asks for franchise only
and not an appropriation, but the fran
chise means that an American company
will have control of the most important
commercial military, and political point
that the attention Of the world has been
brought to consider. 1t is well known
today that the DeLesseps Canal at
Panama is fraud and failure, as all
men acquainted with the features of the
scheme and the natural difficulties knew
at the beginning. The French Govern
ment declined to take any notice OF the
DeLesseps Lottery Canal that proposed
to break the rocky backbone of'the con-
tinent where the isthmus was narrowest
and the backbone consequently strongest.
1t was principally country people in
France that were defrauded by the circus
bill-posting, and their cash and credit
and obligations were gotten tothe amount
of $500, 100000 and nothing was done.
We outline the character Of the fraud
merely to warn Members Of Congress
against the possibility of a delay that
NAV be caused by Mr.. DeLesseps lobby
agents. The Nicaragua Canal is, as far
as its practicability is concerned, an &C
complished fact The thing is that the
American Company should accomplish
the fact and forestall the possibility of
any European influence at the most i'm
portant point nj present of the mercan-
tile world.
The possession of a waterway at the
isthmus would at once make Nicaragua q
State of the Union ii would give us thu
KEY to the Western hemisphere 10 hold a:
check if We wish against any attempts
of foreign powers, and it would supple
ment Jefferson's great work OF getting
the French American settlements anc
the work OF the Mexican war in acquir
ing California BY making waterway
around Mexico
Ii is only necessary to think of the
Nicaragua Canal project In all its bear
ings TO be convinced of the immense i'm
portance of the act now before the House
of Representatives.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-06
sCOOPING THE SURPLUS.

Pennsylvania views with complacent
smile the act passed by the United States
Senate to refund to the loyal States
the loans enforced from them during the
Civil War
The Keystone State would get nearly
$4,000, 900, If the bill passes the House.
Perhaps, in the Southern States, where a
loan of different sort was enforced III
different manner, we are not expected to
take that complacent view Of it that
Pennsylvania does.
Therefore, looking at the measure from
different point Of view, we are OF the
opinion that the present burdens OF taxa
ton should be relieved, and the great re-
form problem settled first before the
surplus of $l4O.O0OOOO is laid out in re-
imbursing Pennsylvania and other States
for expenses that were incurred by a
war into which they themselves put The
country. Ibis opinion has nothing to do
with a sectional feeling about the civil
war, but is simply part of what ought
to be the true policy of the Democratic
party at this time, which is fraught with
the destiny of the country for long
time.
The majority in the House of Repre-
sentatives must go straight to the point,
and show that they mean to cut the rot
ten core out OF the system Of protected
monopoly, with its cOncomitant in
iquity, the Trust Combine"
If the Democratic majority lodges the
issue and attempts to coquette with pop
ular opinion with bonuses to States, the
party will be becalmed by want of spirit
Even one good positive move in adj
vance, if it showed pledge to continue
the good work, would gather all tho
strong and healthy political element:
around the standard of the Democratic
party.
1t cannot become monotOn0us 10 urge
again and again that we should force th'
Republican party on their weak point
That weak point is that their high pro
tective tariff policy makes people pay
twice the just price for the necessary
articles of every day life and puts it ii
the power of monopoly to control The
home market.