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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1898-09-02
co1rERcIAL BANK.

sg- Accounts of Firms, Corporations and
Citizens of Prince Georges ST. harys Cal
vert and Charles Counties and vicinity are
respectfully solicited on the most favorabis
terms consistent with safe banhing.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1898-09-02

These small bondhollers Will not feel
badly when they c.ip their first cou-
pons. 1t won't be like cutting old ac-
uuaintances.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1898-09-02

A regiment 10 motion and the rattle Of q
drum,
With rat, tat. tat and rat, tat, tuml
Fear is on the face OF some,
Others stepping with aplomb
And steady is the pdtler and the cintter Of
the drum.
Sweeping lines, In evolution, fast the wheel
ing columns come,
And n Thousand men are stepping to the tap
ping Of the drum.
There are countenances glum.
There are senses dull and numb,
But boy Is stepping proudly there, he's
playing on the drum.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1898-09-02
La PLATA, MARYLAND, September ,, Is9s


Ths rage snd roar Of battle and the rattle Of
drum,
The shrapnel shot arc flying with a zip and
gam
Cruel shells exploding come.
Aud the bullets hiss aud hum.
But drum still echoes loudly. Will the
thing be never mum2
Darkness on the Held Of battle, where the
body seekers come;
The storm Of death Is ended and displayed
the struggles sum
A pallid face, drum;
There Is blood and both are dumb,
story Of drummer md story OF a drum!
II. 4. McGratb, 10 New York Sun.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-22

When the republicans In Congress first
proposed to place n duty on tin plate for
the purpose OF building up the manufac-
turc of that product in the United States
we depended almost entirely upon foreign
producers of this article. and tho idea of
starting up this infant industry was ridi-
culed by the foes of protection. Under
the operation of the Mckinley tariff tin
plate mills Immediately began to be estab-
lshod in the United States. but for sew
cial years the democratic press insisted
that tin plate factories i'm this country
existed chiefly in the imagination of the
republican press. Statistics soon served,
however. to convince the opposition that
further misrepresentation Of the facts
concerning the new industry would be fu-
tile. ami its silence became as pronounced
as its dcnunciation had been voclferous
In the meantime the tin plate industry
in this country has gone on flourishlng
ana spreading out until it has practically
overcome the opposition Of foreign pro-
ducers. The New York Times, which has
been shining light of the free trade Cos
pei chronicles without comment the an.
nouncement that the owner of the largest
lin plate plant in the world Is about to be
transferred from the Old world to the
new
William Williams & Sons had built up
n mammoth tin plate plant at Norris
town, Wales, covering forty-nvc acres
For years its product commanded Il high
place in the markets of the world Under
I ~ Ia 4 = a.. ..g.t-
tin plate mills of the United States, this
important Welsh industry began to de-
cline, and this month the works were sold
at rublic sale, ut which they brought a
fractional part Of their original cost.
1t Is now announced that the firm will
locate in this country, near Pittsburg,
and friends of the senior Williams say
that he recognizes that the tin plate trade
has shifted from Wales to the United
States, and that 1t will not be revived sur-
'Hcently In Great Britain to again become
a paying industry Having collected data
on the trade, ne decided that he could
manufacture tinplatc to advantage only
in the United States ana this country now
secures practical control of this great
trade formerly enjoyed by the manufac-
'urers of Wales. This is a remarkable as
well as convincing tribute to the En-
| ilcacy of republican protection.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-22
WEALTH OF STATES.
The Richest in Proportion to Population
statistics of Church-G oers.
(Rene Bache in Hartford Times)

New York state owns one-cighth of the
entire wealth of the country Pennsyl-
vania follows with about one-tcnth, and
Illinois comes next with about IL twelfth
of the riches of the United States The
ichcst States in proportion to population
however. are those of the far West, while
the poorest are those of the far South
In other words, the average citizen Of tho
far West is better off, while he of the
South is most impoverished. In Nevada
the average human inhdbitant owns 1920
worth of real estate and improvements;
in Arizona he possesses $500 worth: in
Montana, Wyoming and Washington ne
has only little less. In New York he has
nearly $l.COJ worth, and in Massachusetts
he possesses Al little over $500 in this
shape. In the Gulf states and the Caro-
linas he comes down to 800 worth or less.
Nearly onc-thrd of the church-goers of
the United States are Roman Catholics.
Considerable moro than une-hfth are
Mcthodists. More than one-siXth are Bap-
lists. one church-eoer in sixteen Is a
Presbyterian. and one in seventeen a
Lutheran. one IN thirty-ninc is an Epis-
Copalian and one in thirty-nine a Congre-
gationalst. The balance of the church
going people is split up into minor sccts.
New Mexico is almost wholly Roman
Catholic: Arizona is three quarters Catho-
lie: Massachusetts, Wyoming and Neva-
da are two-thirds Catholic; Connecticut.
Colorado and California are half Catho-
lis Methodsts are stronger in Delaware.
South Carolina and Florida numbering
~ per cent of the Church-eoers. Baptists
are most numerous in Mississippi Geor-
gia and Virginia, claiming 20 per cent and
upwards in those states. Twelve in every
thirteen religious people in Utah profess
he Mormon faith two in three are Nor
mons in Idaho, and one in eleven in Ne
vada.
New Mexico is the most pious section
Of the Union, with 6S per cent OF its poFL-
laton church communicates. Utah comes
next with " per cent, for Mormons are
first rate church-goers and think they
know the best road to heaven. Rhode
Island Massachusetts and Connecticut
are high UP on the list, with over 10 per
cent; hut Vermont falls much below, and
New Hampshire has II record of only q
per cent. Maine drops below % per cent.
The really heather states, however, are
those OF the far West where the percent
angc of church-gocrs drops OFF TO Il la
mentally small fraction.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-22
WINOOSKI
saw IN CS BANK

From its careful management has not
met with a loss from any loan made dur
ing the last twenty years
Deposits made during the first five days
of any month will draw interest from the
first day of that month. Deposits made
after the fifth day Of any month will draw
interest from the first day of the next
month.
Interest Is credited dopostors January
list ana July LIST, compromising scmi-an-
rually. The rate of interest paid to de-
positors by all savings banks IN this State
Is limited by law to four per cent until its
surplus amounts 10 ter per cent OF its
deposits, when an extra dividend Is 10
he made.
No interest Is allowed by law to be paid
on deposits III excess of two thousand dol
lars except It be on deposits by widows,
orphans, administrators, executors, guar
1ians, charitable or religious institutions,
or on trust funds deposited by order OF
court.
The Bank pays all taxes in this State
on deposits of fifteen hundred dollars or
less
VERMONT LOANS SOLICITED.
Deposits july /, 1895. .@6oS. 9l2 81
SurplGS........, ...,.'.. .'s.''''''',, @S'so''of
OFFICERS $. H. Weston, President.
Ormond Cole, Treasurer.
TRIiSTEES-S. II. Weston, j. b. Small
o. p. Ray, 4. J. Stevens, Ormond Cole, T.
c. Mower, Samuel Bigwood.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-22
Courts and States Attorneys.

The report of the grand jury in Chitten-
den County Court officially finding that
the States attorney and grand Jurors
have not faithfully performed their duty,
w the enforcement of the prohibtory
law, elsewhere published in these columns
raises some significant questions. In the
course of their report the grand jury say:
1--WE find the feeling among men friendly
10 the law, that 1t is not properly en-
forced, that the officers of the law use It
for their own cmolumcnt chiefly, that it
Is not checked or crushed that the same
old places still flourish In this there is
some error but much truth. We find that
| the officers upon whom the law places its
enforcement, the States attorney, grand
jurors of the towns, fail to take the In
itiative in any case and claim that ii Is
not their duty, that outsiders must first
make a complaint before they act. We
think this Is an error"
The grand jury arc plainly correct in
holding tho claim in question put forth
by prosecuting officers to be an error.
Act No. SO. passed by the Legislature in
| 1876 provides that at shall be the duty
of states attorneys, city and town grand
Jurors. in case they have reason to be-
licVe that intoxicating liquor is deposited
in any of the places mentioned in section
| 1887 of Vermont Statutes Ca dwelling
house store. shop, steamboat. or water
craft Of any kind, depot. railway car or
! land carriage of any kind, warehouse or
other building or place in the county
I~
to lav) to make complaint in proper form
and on their oath of office to a justice of
the peace ~ municipal court having juris-
diction thereof. which justice or munici-
pal court shall issue a warrant to search
the promises described in said complaint"
The act also provides for the seizure of
| the liquor and the prosecution of the of
fender
The states attorney who claims that it
is not his duty to take the initiative in the
| prosecution of vlolators Of the act quoted
not only admits his ignorance of the law.
| but confcsscs that he has not faithfully
administered his office. But such confess
sion Is not necessary. The people know
that States attorneys. as a rule. have
ignored this act; and if the courts have
| hitherto held otherwise. 1t will be lmpos-
'lbe in the light of the report of the
grand jury to the Chttcnden County
Court to proceed further upon that err
roneous assumption so far as this city and
county are concerned.
! " the court believes that the States at
! torney has not faithfully administered his
office its duty Is plain. Act No. l57 of the
laws Of 1871 says that the annual salaries
! OF the Statc's attorneys shall be payable
s"mi-annudlly, upon certificate of the pre-
sidlnS judge Of the County Court last
/ holden, that the office has been faithfully
administered" II the grand jury say that
the office has not been faithfully admins
tered, how can the presiding judge con-
sciontiously issue a certificate to tho con-
trary?
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-22
NOT CAST DOWN BY DEFEAT.


The following letter from the columns
OF the MorrisviIlc News and Citizen shows
how Ncrmonters bear up under political
defeat
As the smokc rolls away from the POI
litical horizon | find | am still a can
d!ddtc for county senator. Little did
think last March when | introduced my
self 70! that position that the whole coun-
T. would bC so united in my defeat, but
such Is the fact, unless ! have been mis-
informed 10y the press and otherwise
am better prepared to sympathizo with
all defeated candidates within the limits
of Laroiil" county than | should have
been had ! not been defeated. We can
console each other, as we shall receive
no consolation from any other source, by
proclaiming will one OF old, the best men
seldom OBTAIN the best positions. / am
rot surprised at my defeat when | see
myself as other see me- | find ! lack
many of the modern qualifications which
are all-importdnt to make a No. ! law
manufacturer As am Il temperance
man my stomach kicks even at the smell
OF poor "lik"r:" am afraid of bicycle:
am not Interested in banking, except ms
borrower, don't know anything about
the granite business, except what some
body tells me, and lack many other ac-
oomplishments that would be desirable to
have in Il modern law maker. There docs
not seem to be much to call the Assembly
together for this fail except to assist
Hyde Park and Morristown In their real
estate deal and to see that State expenses
are not reduced as high taxes tend to
stimulate industry and encourage econ
omy. our fish. COW and railroad commits
.ioncrS' pay should be increased. They
lave done much noble work. They have
nearly cNtcrmindtcd the tinny tribe from
our streams. knocked the horns nearly off
our cattle dnd placed nearly all our rail-
roads into receivers hands. Their pay
should be increased at once. and they
should be retired for the valuable services
they have rendered the state. In Conclu-
sion | will say that We sore heads" must
he united ana bestow our sympathies up
on each other. We are relieved from
many cares and much anxiety in the
matter. Ever trusting in the great and
noble men who have taken the places we
81 much desired, | remain,
Yours truly, 5. NEWTON.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-22
The Election in bennington.

A citizen Of Bennington county, who is
In the way of knowing the facts in reIa-
ton to the election OF democrat to rep
resent the republican town of Bennins-
ton, informs us that while the anti-pro-
hlbition argument was used to some ox-
tent to swell the democratic vote there
We're other things that contributed not "A
little to the election of Harris. 1t was
really, he says, brought about by some
kicking republicans who had failed to
carry the republican town caucus for a
candidate of their own. There was also "A
local quarrel over the street railroad and
other improvements which affected the
result. These things, added to the fact
that Mr. Cushman, the republican nomi-
nee had been active in suppressing the
olives" in Bennington. cost him votes
enough to defeat him. The result Is not
one Of which even the boiling republicans
can, on sober second thought, be proud.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-22
4 NEW HOOD.

In the new comic opera. Her Royal
Highncss," Capt. Basil Hood has some
verses which are reminiscent of another
Hood:
II played the role with heart and soul
or lover of the sea;
AT first l thought I'd caught the role,
And then the roll caught me.
81 sang a song-but it went wrong,
So tahe advice from me,
And never start sailor song
TIL your are on the quay.
1.-The coast was getting out of range,
We'd left the land behind;
At first | didn't mind the change
And then | changed my mind
THE gale increased-its icy breath
I'roze every thought of mirth;
And first | prayed to meet my death,
Then asked to see my berth.
1.-THE vessel kicked us like horse,
And bruised us with the shocks
(They were not equine blows, Of course
1t was the equinox
But when we struck rock, the shock
Gave me a moments case
I'd rather seize upon rock
Than rock upon the seas"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-22

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-22
Hon. L. A. Woodbury's Appointment

EX-Gov. L. A. Woodbury. has been in
Vlted by President Mckinley to serve as n
member of the commission to investigate
the commissary, quartermastcr and med;-
cal departments of the army during the
war with Spain. He has accepted the APP
pointment and will leave for Washington
Friday noon to meet with the other mem
bcrs at the executive mansion Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock. This appointment
Woodbury. and one which will be thor
oughly appreciated by his numerous
friends throughout the State.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-22
our KALEIDOSCOPE.
IN THE MOONLIGHT.

They stroled upon the moonlight sands
Beside the summer sea,
He captured both her little hands:
She yielded passively.
He urged his suit with manly grace
she lent listening ear.
He claspcd her in fond embrace;
He kissed her too, | fear.
You think perhaps, they're married now
Ia view Of what ! said.
But they have vowed no marriage vow
They never meant to wed.
She is engrossed in fashions whirl
And SO is he, in truth,
For she was just a summer girl
And he "A summer youth.
-Somerville journal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-22

President Mckinley is now said to be
considering the appointment of Congress
man Robert r. Hit Of Illinois, now a
member of the Hawaiian commission as
ambassador to England Mr.. Hit has
had wide experience IN diplomatic matters
as assistant secretary of state and as
chairman of the House committee on for
eign affairs, and his relations with the
diplomatic corps have been unusually in
innate. Chairman Hits appointment
would be highly credtabc.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-22
sure and vigorous thrust.

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-22

The New York sun asks if there is any
relationship between the late Rev. Or.
OrViIlc Dewey, the eminent Unitarian di-
vine OF New Bedford and Boston and
Rear Admiral George Dewey Of Vermont.
The two descended from common ances-
tor. Rev DR.. Orville Dewey was Of the
seventh generation from Thomas Dewey.
who came from England to MasSa-
cnusctts in lGi3, Rear Admiral Dewey is
of the ninth generation from the same
Thomas Dewey.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-22
Burlington
Savings Bank.
INCORPORATED tS47
Deposits July l, 1898, $3.50, 1892
Surplus 81l,606.s3
Total Assets, 5000, 1850

TRUSTEES.
G. F, WARD, WILLDRD CRANE,
CHARLES L. SMITH, HENRY GREENE,
j. l.. BARsTow, A. u, PIERCE
Henry WELLS.
Receives and pays deposits daily. De-
posits made during the hist four
business days of any month draw inter-
est from the LIST. If made afterwards in
terest will commence the first of the fol-
lowing month.
Interest will be credited to depositors
Jan. LIST and July list, compromising twice
year. There are no stockholders In TINS
Ddnh All the earnings, less expenses, pc
longs TO depOsitors. The rate OF interest
depends on the earnings, and for the past
twelve years has been Az per cent, but by
law passed ut the last session Oh tho
Legislature no savings bank can pay more
than per cent until its surplus reaches
~ per cent of its deposits, when special
dividend is to he made.
All taxes i'll this State are paid by the
bahk on deposits of $500 or less. Deposits
are received in sums from 81 to 5000, ana
no interest Will be paid on any sum IN ex-
cess OF this amount, except OH deposits ny
WIDOWS, orphans, administrators, execa-
tors, guardians. charitable or religious in
sututions or on trust funds deposited by
order of tho court
NO money loaned to any officer or trus-
tee of tho bank
CHARLES p. SMITH. President.
FREDERICK W. WARD, Treas.
l.. S. ISHAM. Assistant Treasurer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-22

The Chicago papers report that Philip
y. Armour, Marshall Field and Norman
y. Rcam have secured control of the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad and have made
james ]. Hill, president of the Great
Northern railway. the dominating factor
in the reorganization Of the system.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-22

With "A majority of scventy-one in
Agninaido's national assembly in favor
OF annexation to the United States and
leading Spanish residents assuming. a sim
liar attitude, it will bother the gratuitous
Germans to trump up an excuse for taxi
ing Il finger in the Philippine pie.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-22

The customs receipts at the port of Ha-
vana are unusually large just now owing
to the heavy imports, and the Spanish are
accordingly more than willing to postpone
their evacuation of the island as long as
possible. Uncle Sam will undoubtedly he
able to show Gen. Blanco that in this in
stance procrastnation is the thief of mon
cy as we'll as of time.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-22
WANTED.

When you want anything, advertise in
the new special column of this paper. Some
bargains are offered there this week which
it will pay you to read about SEQ page
SEVEN This paper has more than $4,000
readers every week, and one cent word
will reach them ALL
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-22

Major Esterhazy. who has fed to Lon
don, says that 600 documents i'm the ORGY
fus case are forgerios and that he knows
the criminals Esterhazy is undoubtedly
the Pooh Bah of the Dreyfus case.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-22
STILL HUNGRY.
(From the Washington Post)

The sweeping victories the democrats
have won in Alabama, Vermont. Arkan-
sas and Maine don't place any additional
offices at their disposal. and the hungry
are not the least bit disposed To forget
their appetites while engaged in scanning
the returns,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-22

With reference to the disposition ma 1e
of the resolution in relation to the lower
road" Mayor Sutton Is credited with the
opinion that his decision as to approval
or veto was simply a choice between
methods of political death.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-22

Dear Harry" wrote his chum, who
was in camp at Key West Il have had
only one letter from my girl since | came
down here. Are you looking after her, as
you promised?"
Dear Jerry" wrote his friend in re-
sporse. Il am-six evenings in the week."
Chicago Tribune