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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-20
sTATEAN STATE SCHOOL TAXES.
Statement by State Treasurer Field of
Rutland.
The following circular will exnIan itself

hc I'iOhIHS tlltlliHT W III tN Illalu llSelI
RUTLAND, Feb. l.. 1891.
The attention Of town and city officers is res
pecttu!ly called to number Two Of the laws of
$3.50. entitled IAN act providing Tor the ASSESS
ment of state taN,' which ASSESSES a tax II
Is cents on the dollar of the grand list for the
year ls9l, one half OF which is payable into The
treasury OF the state on or before the 10Th day
OF November next, and the remaining half OH
or before the luth day of June. let!.
1T Will be noticed that, unless towns may so
elect, II WILL not he necessary, in their
estimates Of EXPENSES for the coming ii seal
year, to include more than n sum cquul to nine
cents on the dollar of the list for the present
year, for this PURPOSE, leaving the same
amount precisely to he provided for and car
rlcd into the expenses Of the next year, to be
payable into the treasury a. above indicated.
The state school tax II live cents on the dol
lar authorized by number six OF the laws Of
1880, and necessary T. be provided tor, viii be
assessed Tor the current year upon the grand
list tor the year $780, that being the only list
that Will be "prepared' and returned" to the
treasurer on May LIST next, when the notices
are required to be issued to the several towns,
TO CONSTITUTE n basis for the apportionment
of this tax. as provided in section four of the
act referred to-
The treasurer desires to add that he expect,
TO be able TO divide the income OF the Hunting
ton fund in season for the distribution Of the
public money in March.
HENRY +. FIELD,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-20
ED,

DoBBIE.-ln this city, Feb. IL, 1891, Katie F.,
wife of Walter j. Dobbie, aged % years, 3
months and l. days.
MULLIGAN-In New York, James Null igan,
formerly of Burlington, Vt.
kENNEpY-ln this city. Feb. 10 John Ken
nedy in his s,th year.
BRADLEY-At Williston, on the l4th of Feb
ruary. Cynthia j. WGlston, wife of Oras Brad
ley, aged oil years, month, IA days.
BAILEY. At Grace church rectory, Sheldon,
w., Saturday, at ~ p. M, the Rev. Albert
Hepson Bailey, d. d., In the 10Th year OF his
age.
BIssoYETTE-In Hinesburgh, VT, Feb. H..
Arthur Bissonctte.
PoPE.-ln this city, Feb. Il, George A. Pope,
aged 80 years.
HYDE-At Essex Junction, Feb, Is, Harlow
u. hyde, aged s. years and ~ days,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-20
NEW MOVE IN MISSION WORK.
Two Young Ladies' Commissioned to do
mission Work in Country Districts of
Vermont

Nermout
The Vermont Domestic Missionary society
has recently commissioned two young la
dies, Miss Lydia liartig and Miss Nellie a.
Barnes, from the training school of Chris
tian worker, in NorthHoll, Mass, to do a
work in country parishes similar to what
the ladies from the Moody Training school
III Chicago are doing in cities. Work has
already been begun by them in North Hyde
Park and Eden. They will make house to
house visitations hold cottage prayer meet
ings, school house gatherings, and evangel-
istc services As the way may open.
This experiment viii be watched with in
terest by Christian workers inside the State
and out. 1t is the first that has been tried
in New England. II successful, it will go
a long way toward the solution of the
country problem These young ladies
are the first to 90 out from the training
school at Mortified. They have been will
ing to sacrifice their studies and 20 out as
pioneers in the midst OF term work, in or
der TO prepare the way for Others at the
close of the year.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-20
Chicago Produce Market.

CHICAGO, Feb. IS
FLOUR Patent fancy, sI.s5asta' baker,. 5. u .
e35N straight. s3.1j,gi.2t winter wheat. $40 ny
WHEAT-No. ,prinz yI; No. red, yo1e@9'1e
CORN-So. 2at 51lVc.
OATS-So. At $50.
RYE-No. at ~.
BARLEY Nominal
POKk-$1.2j.
LAkD-S55j.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-20
PROBATE COURT.

State Treasurer.

Probate business for tho week ending
February IS, 1891;
Irene II. Whitney's estate Milton. APP
pointmont of f, l.. Whitney of Milton adj
mnistrator, and ID. +. Quinn and c. A.
Pratt of Milton appraisers.
IThalia 7. STANDARDS estate, Colchester.
Order Of removal to Vermont asylum.
Fayette Balchs estate, Jericho. Appoint
ment of Warren Fellows and Clark r.. Var
ney, Jericho, appraisers.
Carlinda NJ. Stuart's estate, Westford.
Appointment of Lucia A. Stuart, Fletcher,
guardian.
Michael Iarner's estate, Richmond, Ap-
pointment OF Thomas Larner, st. Adams,
administrator.
james A. McKanna's estate, Burlington.
Settlement Of administrator account
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-20
Burlington Wholesale Produce Market.
BURLINGToN. Feb 49, 1891.

ed. Quotations are rs follows
PRovistoNs- Butter, 2,elS cents; choose. loatir.
cents potatoes ~ to % cents; :9rs; beans, sou
Ce2!n hushol; honey, ~ 10 , cents.
HAY-Lposc, s. QlU y ton; baled, SlnHiL
GRAtN--bats jtgit CENTS y busha rct, SlpH1i1t
rye, - cents; buckwhcnt. iO,Ghi cents, b.s SHa2 -
hushel; corn, Western 63otGj cents, Northern 0a 90
cents
FEED -Midhng-, s91a29 = tom shorts, s2ja?6; bran,
s1f0t q; corn meal, S2ic,2-.
HIDEs-Beef prime ~ To- > cents y pound veal
3tmD cents apiece; ltnhN and shc'p's rots 10 TO %
cents per pound.
MEATs-1lcoi Vermont dressed, 5af cents - pouni
Western, ~ ~ cents pork, dressed iln1ii cents;
lamb ~ To- ~ dressed; mutton, crit-; GueSs
ID cents dressed: FOWLS alive: chi's .u- ir
cents alive jclj cents dressedi turkeys, iSsD cents
dressed.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-20
BURLlNGTON'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Annual Report of superintendent Wheel
Financial statement.

The 23d annual report of the superinten-
dent of schools to the City Council for tho
year past has Just been printed in pamph-
let form. 1t is Superintendent Wheeler's
18th report and it makes a very gratifying
showing The highest number of pupils
enrolled during the year was 1850 and The
highest average attendance of the three
terms 1922, in the fall term. The financial
statement is as follows
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-20

The FREE PRESS was in error last week
In crediting to the st. Johnsbury Hepubli-
can tho tlippnnt remark that vermont
wants military post as much as u toad
wants a tail. The Republican reprinted
the sentence from another paper, giving due
credit therefor and making no editorial
comment thereon.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-20
OUR CLUBBING ARRANGEMENTS.
The Free Press and Other Periodicals at
Low Rates to one Address.

We have completed arrangements where
by the Weekly FREE Press can be OBJ
tanned in combination with other leading
periodicals at low rates. To prevent UNI
necessary correspondence we will state that
after the subscription has begun notice of II
change Of address, or anything concerning
the receipt of tho other periodical, should be
sent directly to the office of that periodical,
The Weekly FREE PRESS and any one of the
following periodicals will be sent to any
one address for one year at tho prices an
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-20
DISBURSEMENTS.

The report OF City CIerk Allen 20 The
county supervisor which is included in
Superintendent Whceier's report shon, hat
there are 1910 scholars in Burlington Of
whom iI4o attend tue common schools,
1922 IN parochial schools and l4S In private
schools. The estimated value of the school
Llnllinrs is XII NNN
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-20

Of burlington. Vt. arc ready TO contract for
m APPLE zap syrup. Barrels furnished Tree. VIII
want from thirty to fifty thousand gal ons.
Gail or co r spund with them. "ddSw'n
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-20

BooTH-MEYERs.-At Essex Junction, VT,
Feb, 18th, by Rev. S. f.. Miller. Mr.. Ernest
Booth to Miss Emma A. Meyers.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-20

DOUBTLESS having the quarrel over Grants
remains IN mind, Gen. Sherman said this
in letter written year ago to Ransom
Grand Army post of st. Louis:
That Ransom post has stood by me since It's
beginning, and that will stand by it to my
end, and that in its organized capacity it viii
deposit my poor boly in Calvary, alongside
my faithful wife and idolized soldier boy
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-20
BORN.
NJ AR

CARrER-In this city, Feb. 10, a son to Rev
and Mrs Charles f. Carter.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-20
Vermont u Fertile state.

Vermont Il IcIii!c state.
tending the publication Of tho statistics
Of ..,i,.ul,,,, q. . - g tuoo a.,
- '"- census VI l-'V VIC
blu'tIeuorO IupuiN prints the following
-r-,..i.r, or .o,pc nj fla. f,,.t. ro,,,,.l a..
~ VIM VI '"' 4"N'' 'O'''' ~
comparing certain available statistics OF
'H'a '-"r"c'er:
,nllr of ali firin nrr,r, ns II, IN c .o ",Cr'So
engaged n a.rcuIluir
,n. vcr, nm. a. I'r r. IN en-
O." state engaged in Agriculture. against a
-tntc-.
Oh. Vermont produces NOR. than f.ur Times
as much butter to each person engaged in
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-20

FOR

EniC
l.
Arm Rests,
Albums,
Adjustable Book Covers,
Backgammon Boards,
Bankers Cases
a,
l,usNrV'-ou'ee'
BIZ Files,
RIoulx Rocks
pI,aI.h..I rra,,or,s
I,IottinT
Cara Cara Ds csses s''' Boxes
Carbon fapar'
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-20

Potatoes, siGl20 per bushrl. Sweet votntoos &C.
per pound Cabbage, cents pound. Winter squash are
lc pound. Beets ~ cents peck. Hor-er.llsn, ~
to 10 cents per bottle. Pickles are ~ 10 ~ cents
gallon plain or mixed Caulifower, 90 cents pound,
Spanish Onions cents pound. Pttrsrlps > cents
per pound. Lettuce cents a head. Vegetable oystcss
~ cents bunch.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-20

Terms-s1.oo Year, Always in Advance
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-20

BURLINGTON, THlEAY. F.H. 20.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-20
GRAND ARMY OF VERMONT.


partmont Commander Morgan,
department Commander u. l.. Morgan of
the Grand Army of Vermont has issued his
first order as follows:
HEADQUARTERS DKPA RTMENT or VERMONT
GRAND ARMY or THE RErrBLtC,
RUTLAND, VT, Feb 9, 1891. J
Gcncr Il orders. 40. /.
!. Having been elected and installed "a de-
partment commander, | hereby assume the
duties OF the position.
= desire to tcNder grateful acknowledge
mcnt to my conrad - for the confidence they
nave shown in de ming me worthy to serve
them a. commander for the year ensuing amt
solicit their united efforts for the advance
mcut Of the department and all its interests
he follow Ing sta I appointments are hereby
announced and they will he ubeyed and re-
ected accordingly: Assistant adiutant gen
erai &, {. kinsman, post No. II, Rutland; AS
sstant Il Acknowledgement, II. w. Kings
ley, post No. II Rutland department inspec-
tor, \. u. Gates. post. No. 4. MUrrisville; judge
advoc tie, I. O. Sewer, post No. 81, Wo1d-
stock; chief mastering officer, e. K. Bag.ey,
post so. 10, Montpelier.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-20

il ia dangerous TO neglect catarrh, vor il
leads to bronchitis ana consumption. Hood,
Sarsaparilla cures catGrrA IN s!l forms.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-20

Very superior foi catarrh and bronchitis is
the verdict for Johnson's Anodyne Liniment.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-20

81. Louis -four 500 10 $3.50 barrc Michigan, $685.
Spring patents and Minnesota patents are $3.50 n s7o
barrel. Buckwheat is so TO 4 cents pound Rye
four, to 3]q cents pound. Maple sugar, 10 To IS
cents a pound maple syrup 81 tosilga gallon. Granu
lated sugar is ~ cents pound coffee A cts; light
brown 6N6e ots loaf and puyerized, 10 cents White
clover honey is % cents pound.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-18
A Thieyins ORGANIZATION.

Something quite new in the history OF
secret societies has just been discovered
at Selkirk in the shape Of an Apprentice
League. The Pail Mall Gazette says,
Its objects have not been to organize 3
movement for shorter hours or larger
pay, but, it is alleged, for mutual bene'
fit, at the expence of their employers.
They have removed from their mas.
ters' premises to their wi "wal
chest" drapery, goods, jewelry, tobacco,
liquors, booklets, sweetmeats, ironmon'
gerry, etc. 1t is alleged that the society
had about sixteen members, with a reg.
ularly constituted treasurer, and that
some of the goods had been sold, bartered
or consumed by several leading mem
bers. The operations of the league had
not excited suspicion, and might have
been continued indefinitely had the
t~reasurer's iandlady not become anxious
on account of the mysterious bag kept
by her ledger under lock and key, ard
which had grown daily heavier. Rumoi
has it that this chest was only a branch
depository. and that another has yet tc
be discovered. Some of the boys have
been discharged from their employment.
Others were young and had contrib TIED
goods from their fathers premises. The
matter is being Investigated by the po-
lice, but it is understood that the en-.
ployers have unanimously refrained from
lodging a complaint. -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-18

"There is something beyond calcula-
ton in the speed of steamboats," said j.
q. Case, of New York City, who is .
steamboat captain, and at present having
headquarters at the Lindell. "Two
boats map be built simultaneously from
the same model, with every effort to
make them precise duplicates as to shape
and machinery, and yet one will in
gariably prove faster than the other.
Why this is no man can tell. The Mary
Powell has for fifteen years been tho
swifest boat on the Hudson River. Dur
ing all that time she never has been
beaten. Time and again an exact coun-
terpsrt has been built, with everything
copied as nearly as the best mechanics
and facilities could do it, but none Of
these has turned out as good as the
original. Experience has been the same.
with yachtsmen. They order copies Of
the swiftest craft or combine the supposed,
good points of several, and nine times
out of ten are disappointed in the re-
suit. "-& Louis Star-Sayings.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-18
Ne;asonier the Great. was of dvarhsh

MISSIONER, the Great, wa of dwarfsh
stature. He had a large, powerful, bony
head, with a wide forehead and bushy
eyebrows. Down over his breast flowed
a long white beard, the pride of his
heart. He imagined that it helped him
look larger and statelier than he was.
This idea was a drop of comfort in his
cup of mourning over his dwar6shness.
1t gave him a little consolation in his
everlasting regret that he was not a man
of martial figure, for, with all his phe-
nomenal successes, M%eissonier dreamed
half of his days of the impossible ambi-
ton to be big. To make himself look
more manly and robust he frequently en-
cased his dininutive legs in huge cavalry
boots. He prinked daily before the
mirror, and was never weary of compar-
ing himself with ether small men to show
that he was really not so very little. TO
the end he contded in his friends the
pangs he ever suffered on account of his
under size. Occasionally, but only &C.
casionally, did Meissonior find the de-
sired consolation he sought from his &C.
euaintances. One afternoon, as the
Sculptor Dubois entered his studio,
MISSIONER exclaimed joyfully:
"What do you think! The corn doc
tor wa just here, and what do you sup
pose he says2 A six-foot grenadier can
not get any bigger corns than mine."-
Neu York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-18
The Human Stature.

Doctor Oscar LEM, the African ex-
plorer, Professor of Geography at the
University of Prague, Bohemia, in q
treatise on the African pigmies, makes
the following observations on average
human stature: "As to the average
height attained by these people, there Is
much discrepancy in the notes furnished
by those who have seen them. Perhaps
the best estimate hitherto given is that
of old Herodotus, who says Of them that
they are below 'the medium height
From personal observation I am led to
infer that the size of these pigmies aver
age between four feet three inches and
four feet eight inches for a full-grown
man, and between three feet three inches
and four feet one inch for the woman.
This certainly constitutes a race of
smaller stature than that to be found in
most other countries, but the term
dwarf applied to them appears incor.
rect. Ethnology furnishes examples of
many a tribe and nation whose stature
does not exceed that which Is here attri-
buted to the so-called pigmies. This will
be made clear by comparing the figures
Just given with the following list furn-
ished by meteorological research:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-18
Bar0metric Plants.

A French publication contains a list
of prognostics apropos of the aspect that
different plants present according to the
state of the atmosphere. The following
are a few examples: If the head of the
9Th (Nigalla s~ativa) droops it will be
warm; if the head of the same plant
stands upright it will be cool; if the
stalks of clover and other leguminous
plants stand upright there will be rain
if the leaf oAthe wood sorrel turns up it
is a sign of a7torm; if the leaf of the
whitlow grass slowly bends up there will
be a storm; if the flower of the convol.
vulus closes it will rain; if the flower Of
the pimpernell closes it will rain; if the
flower of the hibiscus closes it will rain;
if the flower of the sorrel opens it will be
fine weather; if the flower of; the same
plant closes it will rain; If the flowers of
the carl;ne thistle close there will be a
storm; if the flower of the lettuce ex-
pands it will rain; if the flower OF the
small bind weed closes look out for rain ;
if tho pitcher plant turns upside down it
will rain, but if it stands erect it will be
fine weather. If the flower of the cinque
foil expands there will be rain, but if it
closes the weather will be fair. If the
flowers of the African marigold close it
will rain; if the scales of the teasel be-
come close pressed against each other it
will rain.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-18
A Skeleton Held by q Cleft Tree.

Freeman P. Lane, who has just re-
turned from Chaska, says that a farmer
living near that place, while traversing
a copse of heavy oak timber some five
milds from Chasks, discovered q human
skeleton securely pinioned to a huge
oak. The supposition, based upon the
surrounding conditions, is that the man
must have met with death before cold
weather set in last fall. The skeleton
was in an upright position, and the
entire right arm and shoulder was
wedged into a crack in the trunk of the
tree. The tree is badly shattered from
top to bottom, and this theory is
evolved:
During a heavy thunder shower last
fall the man sought shelter beneath the
wide.spreading branches of the oak, and
a thunderbolt rent the tree from tip to
root, killing the man and opening a
crevice in the tree that Immediately
closed, pinioning the man. It is mar
rated that a farm hand employed some
four miles from the death-trap has been
missing since early in November Of late
in October. 1t is surmised that he was
the victim of natures unwonted freak
Minneapolis Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-18
A 100000 Necktie.
necktle was worth $4,000.

His necktle was worth $40, 900. 4
plain, black, ordinary looking. every
day, four finland, but worth $40, 900.
He was a traveller who had just come in
ON the Sante Fe route direct from Arizona,
and he removed his coat and vest pre-
paratory to cleaning his cinder-speckled
face in the ~lavatory of q prominent
Michigan avenue hotel. :
With the carelessness of a Western
man he flung his coat and vest on a con-
tiguous chair, but his necktie, his four
inland, he carefully rolled up in q small
compass and trust deep into his trousers
pocket. ,
The unusual exhibition of caution ex-
cited the curiosity of a friend, and the
natural query, "Whereforea" developed
q most ingenius device.
"Thxt necktie is worth 800, 900. plus
the cost price Of the article itself,
Sabe2"
The smile of incredulity brought tho
valuable piece of black silk TO view
again. With his penknife the traveller
opened the seam, and unfolding the
ripped portions, dazzled the eyes Of the
skeptic with ten crisp, clean $1,000 bills.
''Tep thousand dollars on this end and
the same amount on the other. Beats .
money belt all hollow. I was held up
by the James and Younger boys in Blue
Clay Cut one day, and Jim Younger ran
his hand over nay body and felt tho
money belt, and I handed over just
$1,000. But what thief would look twice
at a ffty-cent necktiea They might corral.
it If it was red or yellow, or even sky
blue, but plain black is too unobtrusive,
for those chaps run to high color. This
plan is better than the porous plaster
scheme, too. Never heard Of Ito Well,
next time you travel with more ready
cash than you care to have ~obtainable,
step into a drug store and buy two
prerequisites. Fold your wad neatly
and fiat, wrap around it a piece Of oiled
silk, and stick a plaster over it and onto
the outside of the other plaster. Then
slap the doubled eek plaster on your
chest, and no ones the wiser.
"But the four-in-hand racket's the
BEST" and the man with the 800, 600
necktie gave it a final twist as he tied
it around his collar, slipped on his vest,
and coat, and walked out, serene and
secure with twenty $1,000 bills snugly
hid away in his queer s~afety-deposit
vault. Chicago Mews.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-18
Forests and Rain.

Among the forestry students there are
some who believe that forests tend tc
eaualize the rainfall, making the down.
fall regular through the whole year,
when the land is denuded of its forest
coverings rain falls more ~furiously and
then drouths follow. There is another
class who believe that rain falls at all
only because of forests, and when they
are removed a country becomes an arid
waste. The British Government has re.
Gently issued statistics of the meterology
of British Guiana. The country, COM
paratively speaking, may be styled a vast
forest; and when we learn that the
enormous rainfall of 84.7 is the mean of
a number of years, and that in the year
1889 as much as 1885, inches fell, it will
be seen that one of the classes of students
cited may take great comfort. But when
we read further and find that 1t only
took eleven days to pour down this flood.
and that for 354 days out of the 365 the
sun shone steadily and brightly, it will
be difficult to decide which side of the
forestry argument has the best Of it.
NeW York Independent.