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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-01
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Dr. Johnson's notebook of the trip he
took to France with the Thrales has been
discovered among some old papers belong
ing to the poet Samuel Rogers that were
examined recently.
The gavel which Washington used when
he laid the cornerstone OF the national
capitol is in the possession of Potomac
Lodge of Masons. 1t is in perfect state
of preservation
Britons having found out what the
Akoond of Swat is are now investigating
the Almamisaluku of Bunban, who has
put himself at the head of the Sierra
Leone insurgents.
Adelaide Ristori, now 76 years OF age,
came out of her retirement for one public
performance at the Teatro Carignano in
Turin. She recitcd the fifth canto OF
Dantc's Inferno, the Francesca da Ri
mini oanto.
Letizia, Duchess Dowager of Aosta,
having exhausted the excitement of BIZ
cycling, has now turned to ballooning,
which she is trying to make the fashion
able sport for Italian society. She makes
a daily ascent accompanied by her maid.
Royal hair sold cheap in London re-
Gently. Locks of King Edward ". of
George ILL.,, of the Princess Charlotte of
Wales and of Napoleon l., with a bit of
William Tvs cerecloth, and the testi-
monials of authenticity thrown in,
brought 81 at auction.
Mr.. Ruskin is still an ardent admirer
OF Burnc-Jones' work and has contribute
ed $50 to the fund intended for the pur-
chase of one OF the artists pictures to be
presented to the English nation.
Mrs. Florence Craven, who is, next to
Miss Nightingale. the oldest trained nurse
in England, cherishes among her decora-
tons the Iron Cross the order of merit
presented by William l of Germany.
DIR. G. @. Cotton, the famous American
dentist who died in Rotterdam the other
day. had pulled more than million teeth
in the course of his practice and was the
first dentist to use Laughing gas" in
practice.
W. A. Poynter, fusion candidate for
governor of Nebraska, settled In that
State In 1879, saying to friends who tried
to persuade him to remain at home, IF
stay here / will always be the son Of
my father. IF so out there / will be
known as w. A. Poynter."
Theodore Gouvy. the French composer,
who spent nearly all his life in Germany
and who died recently at Leipzig, has be-
queathed TO the Berlin Academy of Fine
Arts. of which he had been a member
since 1895, the sum OF 10000 marks, the
annual interest to be allotted to any poor
musician whom tho academy may deem
worthy of it's assistance.
When the late Adolph Sutro got his ia
nous tunnel bill through Congress twen-
ty-eight years ago. he was greatly assist
cd by eight prominent congressman
In his will Mr.. Sutro bequeaths 5000 10
each of these eight men, though some OF
them are dead.
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Thousand Men in Ponce Hospitals

Porto Rico docs not appear to he as
healthful a summer resort as it has been
represented. According to an Associated
Press despatch from Ponce Illness among
the American troops is on the increase and
there are now nearly a thousand cases of
malaria and dysentery with a few of
typhoid foyer. There is absolutely no re-
cuperating property in the climate, and
Surgeon General Grcenleaf has urgently
recommended that the sick be sent north
as rapidly as possible. 1t is reported that
there Is yellow fever Mt San Juan. YER
mont's regiment with nearly one quarter
of It's men already on the sick list would
have cut a sorry figure under these condi-
tons.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-01
The September Elections,

Vermont will be the second State to
hold an election in September, Arkansas
eec,ing her State officers on Monday, the
18th. while our election will take place on
the following day. Names State election
will occur on Monday, September r. and
when the returns from these different
States have been counted the whole ma
ton will have gained an approximately
correct idea of the trend of political sem
timcnt throughout the country as a whole
1t might naturally be expected that mas
much as the Arkansas election comes
first the result in that State would serve
as a political barometer. but the condi-
lions in that State are such that COM
paratively little significance Is usually at
taohed to tho outcome OF the Arkansas
election.
Experience has shown that Vermont re-
spends more quickly to influences which
effect national political sentiment than
any of the other September States. al
though Maine usually follows closely In
our lead and tho present year will in all
probability see no exception to the rule.
Tho political contests to DO fought out in
Vermont on the first Tuesday in Septem-
Dor will, therefore. be invested with mark
cd interest for the whole country.
In Vermont. as IN each of the other
ctatcs which hold their elections the COM
Ing month. the general result Is as certain
as 1t would DO had the elections al
ready taken place. 1t In known that YER
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-01
DEWEY Presidency LAST

One OF the plain people, that Abraham
Lincoln loved so well, said to L!spenard
the other day; Isn't it strange that
Dewey drew the FIRST blood, and now ha;
the Knockout blow Ar
Albanian who summers almost under the
shadow of the Green Mountains. who
overheard the remark, has pcrpetratec
the following. ! am permitted by the
author to give IL u the mercilcss compost
tor, for its first appearance in print, with
out credit to the author:
Twas Dewey, in the morning"
When rose the sun of war.
And Dewey, In the evening,
or battle smoke and fire.
If Dewey comes to Preen-clad peaks,
That crown his mountain State,
He'll need an iron sponsor
To keep off poor and great.
He must not run for President
Unless he means 10 serve.
He'll need a naval transport,
For many voted sword.
He'll never want for garlands1
For every hearts a wreath.
Make perishloss his tombstone
When. last, he rests beneath.
From Pennsylvania Crit, Aug. IS.
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WINOOSKI
SAV|N CS BANK

FROM It's careful management Hdo NV
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 deposltors January
lst and July LIST, compromising semi-an-
pually. The rate of interest paid 10 de-
postors by all savings banks in this state
is limited by law to four per cent until its
surplus amounts TO ten per cent of Its
deposits, when an extra dividend Is 10
he made.
No interest Is allowed by law to he paid
on deposits in excess of two thousand dol
lars except it be on deposits by widows,
orphans, administrators, executors, guar
dams, 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 /, 1885, ..............s6oS.9l 2 81
Surplus..ss..... .''..... .''.''.'.''.' %o''o'o'
| OFFICERS-S. II. Weston. President;
Ormond Cole, Treasurer.
! TRUSTEES-S. II. Weston, j. B. Small.
o. p Ray, A. j. stevens, Ormond Cole, Z.
c. Mower, Samuel Bigwood.
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mont and Maine will elect their State
tickets by handsome republican majori-
ties, and that the democratic candidates
in Arkansas will have a large preponder-
ance over the republican ticket.
So far as the effect of Vermont's cleo
ton on the national situation Is concern
ed, therefore, everything will depend upon
the size of the majority given to Col. r.
c. Smith and the other nominees on the
republican ticket. If Vermont elects her
governor next week Tuesday by an
abnormaly low majority the people of
other States will have right to expect,
in the light of experience, that Congress
is in danger of falling into the hands of
the democrats, with all which such re-
suit would involve as regards another
tariff scare and disquiet in relation to cur.
rency disturbances-a result which this
country can i'll afford az the present time.
But we are not expecting any such pace
making on September c as that outlined
On the contrary, we confidently expect our
republicans to roll up majority that will
carry confidence and hope and enthusl-
asm to their party brethren in every other
State in the Unibn. Republicans know that
practically no work has been done in any
part of the State by the party managers,
and they realize that the responsibility
will rest upon the individual members of
the party to get out the vote Every re-
publican will feel the obligation TO go to
the polls in order to make up for the worl.
which has not been done for the State
ticket and thus assure the large major
ity which the nation will expect from the
Green Mountain State.
If there are any republicans who are
inclined to be skeptical in relation to the
| Importance attached to Vermont's cleo
ton by the business interests as we'll as
by political circles of the whole country,
let them recall the manner in which the
markets responded to the overwhelming
majority given our State ticket two years
ago. The republicans of the Green Noun,
tain State owe 1t to their party as well
as to the business and industrial interests
/ of the nation to spare no effort to give
their state ticket rousing majority on
! September 6.
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A PORTO RICO HICNIC.

How some of the boys enjoyed their
Porto Rico picnic, may be inferred from
the following extracts from private let
ter from a New York volunteer printed
by Harper's Weekly:
ON Board Transport Massachusetts,.
1--WE expect to be in sight of Porto Rico
this afternoon. You have really no idea
of what transport is, and especially one
that is oyer-crowded. 1t is really hell
on earth--or rather on water. Thank
heaven. the weather has been fine, and
have slept on deck every night. not even
going below when it rained. As | have not
been at all seasick. | volunteered for the
stable police, who have to clean up below
decks where the horses are. If you could
put all the terrible smells in the world
together you would get some idea of what
it is. We can only stand 1t for about
a half an hour at a time, and then have
to take n spell on deck to recover. The
food is fierce, and we only have condensed
steam to drink, which is almost hot.
Ponce, August T. 1898.
eve got in sight of land day before yes
terday morning and We're sailing proudly
along, when just at the entrance of the
harbor we ran aground on reef, and
stuck there in spite of every effort to get
us off. We stald there until yesterday af-
tcrnoon, almost dead from the heat, and
not a drop of water to drink, when they
tool us over to the Prairie where we
spent the night. tell you that transport
was as near hell as any place could be,
and ] will never forget 1t. We were on
fire three times in two days and only had
bareback and rotten coffee 10 cat and a
little dirty water to drink, l cannot i'm
agine what it would have been If there
had been II storm. We had beautiful
weather, and most OF us slept on deck
every night We came ashore this morn
ing and got the first square meal in a
week.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-01
PERSONAL

Mr. Henry a. Torrey, who has been
pursuing chemical studies at Berlin and
Leipsic during the past year. returned last
week from Europe and is now at Lake
Placid. He has accepted an appointment
as an instructor in chemistry In the uni
vcrsity here-a position for which he is
excollently qualified.
Our Burlington readers and many 9TH
crs will be glad to learn that First Lieut..
Charles j. Bailey, First Artillery, who Is
now on duty at Galveston, Texas, has been
ordered to return to the University of Yer
mont and resume his duties as professor
OF military science and tactics. 1t is
probable that he may be detained at Gal
weston for few days before completing
his duties there.
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$1,000, 1G6.75
TRUSTEES.

TRUSTEES
G. f, WARD, WILLBRD CRANE,
CHARLES Z. SMITH, HENRY GREENE,
j. l.. BARsTow, A. u, PIERCE,
HENRY WELLS
Receives and pays deposits daily. De-
posits made during the first four
business days of any month draw inter-
est from the LIST. II made afterwards IN
terest will commence the first OF the FOL
lowing month.
Interest will be credited to depositors
Jan. LIST and July Ist, compromising twice
year. There are no stockholders In TINS
bank. 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 at the last session Oh the
Legislature no savings bank can pay more
than A per cent until its surplus reaches
10 per cent of its deposits, when special
dividend is to be made.
All taxes i'll this state are paid by the
bank on deposits Of $500 or less. Deposits
are received in sums from 81 TO $1,000 ana
no interest will be paid on any sum in e2-
cess OF this amount, except ON deposits py
WIDOWS, orphans. administrators, execu-
tors, guardians, charitable or religious IN
situations or OH trust funds deposited by
order OF the court.
No money loaned to any officer or trus-
tee of the bank.
CHARLES p. SMITH, President.
FREDERICK W. WARD. Treas.
Il. S. 1SHAM, Assistant Treasurer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-01
The BURLINGTON FREE PRESS THURSDAY SEPTEMBER

tropical products, and morals tougher
than clearinghouse steak.
But they are all gobbcd up either in
whole or on co-partnership basis. Uncle
Sam has Hawaii, France has New Caledo-
MIA, the Society, Marquesas and New He
brides; Great Britain has New Zealand,
the Giberts and the Fits; Germany has
the Marshalls Spain, for the time at
least, has the Carolnes and Ladrones; the
Dutch, English and German have sliced
up New Guinea; Germany and England
have divided the Solomons, while the
beautiful and fertile Panmotu is under the
nominal rule Of France as part of the
Low Archipelago. Samoa has autonomy
under a native King, guaranteed by the
United States, England and Germany, but
there are plenty Of loose joints In this
armor, and Samoa may be counted as
among the possible geese to be plucked.
MOTHER EARTH AS NIoBE.
BY way of illustrating the srlendors Of
these Pacific possessions and the case of
government, as 1t were, the Carolines
contain 6j2 islands and the Pelew group
200. Another group, part of the Caroline
chain, goes by the name of Ruk. Within
lG lagoon 80 miles in circumference lie
seventy lslcts, chiefly coral reefs, and
each has its own breech-cloth rajah or
chief. Nearly all these islets are big
enough to accommodate a game of golf.
The "blackbird" schooner man who
trades in these regions gets a wife for a
case of gin or q bolt of calico print,
while the divorce courts would make
Chicago blush with Jealous rage. There
may be IL few of these deectabe vest
pocket islets left for somebody to walk up
and govern" but 1t takes so many Of
them to make a decent bite, and their
morals are so incurably loose, that the
game isn't worth the candle. Mother
/ T., hn ri al lie
welcome to hug these remaining chocolate
paintings to her breast like Niobe. for all
the rest OF her brood has been kidnapped
and devoured
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-01

THE THREE CAME BACK.
She's looking rather doeful,
She's talking very blue,
She is no longer soulful
What can the poor girl do?
The doorhelrs sudden ringing
Her nerves doth sadly rend;
Unto the stair rail clinging
She wonders how twill end.
Because she's tender-hearted-
The wars to blame, you SEQ
She was. when they'd departed.
Engaged to soldiers three!
And now this reckless plightcr
Doth realize, alack.
Each death-defying fighter
Is safely hustling back!
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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HANDSOME GIFT BY DR.. AND MRS.
WEIR.

Gen. 7. S. Peck returned last Saturday
night from Ne-ha-sa-ne Park, where he
had been the guest Of DR.. w. Seward
Webb. As he was about to leave DR..
Webb handed him a. check for 500 with
explicit instructions to spare no means in
procuring everything necessary for the
comfort of Vermont's sick soldiers, and
when this was exhausted to call on him
for $500 more. This makes $1,000 which DR..
and Mrs. w. Seward Webb have contribu-
ted for the comfort of the Vermont troops
since they started for Chickamauga. One
of the surgeons of tho First Vermont
states that one half of the medical sup
plies used by the regiment were purchased
WITH a portion of the first $500. This kind
of thoughtful generosity will be apprecia-
ted by all Vermonters. and particularly
by those who benefit directly from It.
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THE
M ERCEANTS
NATIONAL BANK
OF BURLINGTON, VT.
Incorporated 1S40.
UNITED STATES DEPosITARy,
Capital, 100000
Surplus, 100000

SECURITY DEPARTMENT.
We beg to call the attention Of
the public to our unsurpassed facil.
ties for the storage of boxes and
packages containing jewelry, sill
verware, papers, account books
and other valuables of bulk, where
the utmost security against fire is
essential.
Persons leaving their homes for
temporary absence during the
winter or ct other times will find
our vaults secure and convenient
place to keep such articles at
very moderate charge.
The bank desires that all pack
ages left for safe keeping be sealed
by the depositor, but in absence
OF this will affix it's own seals.
l.. e. wOODHOUsE. Cashier.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-01

Gov. Black of New York has come out
squarey in statement that he will seek
a denomination and reelection. which
ensures the Empire State one of the most
vigorous campaigns for the republican
nomination for governor in its history.
Black has an advantage over Roosevelt
owing to his control of the State patron
age. but the sentiment in favor of the
latter seems to be worry strong, and the
contest promises to divide the organza-
ton for the time being
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CALIFORNI \
CALIFORNIA
y u u y

OF course you expect to go there THU
winter. Let me whisper something in you(
ear Be sure that the return portion Of
your ticket reads via the Northern Pacihs
Shasta Route.
Then YOU will see the grandest noun
tain scenery in the United States, iaclud'
ing Mount Hood and Mount Rainier, eack
more than 1900 feet high. Mount st. HEX
ems, Mount Adams and others You VIII
also be privileged TO make side trips into
the Kootenai Country. where such wonders
full new gold discoveries have been madot
and to Yellowstone Park, the wonderland
not only of the United States, but of thu
World. Park season begins June LIST each
year Close railroad connections made in
Union Station, Portland, for Puget Sound
cities and the East via Northern Pacihc'
Charles S. Fee general passenger agent
st. Paul. MINI!
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-01

Sir Thomas Upton, the latest cha!-
longer for the Americas cup, has cabled
to the Empire State Sons of the American
Revolution, contributing the handsome
sum of $4,000 for the relief of the sick
and wounded American soldiers. Sir
Thomas has already shown himself TO be
Il generous foe, and IL the cup Is to go
across the Atlantic, the people OF this
country would sooner loose 1t to no man
than to the gallant owner of the sham
rock.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-01
A Vote For Free Silver.

A number OF Vermont democrats will
not vote their party ticket this year be-
cause they realize that every democratic
ballot means vote for the free and I'M
limited coinage Of dlver-an issue which
is now utterly discreditcd ard rspudiatcd
by soma Of the Leading democrats Of the
country who supported Bryan two yoarD
ago. The democrats Of u number OF
States haye been wise enough to ignore
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-01
LARGE HAIL STONES.

John Blair who lives on the Seymour
farm at Alburg. went to st. Adams Fri
day TO buy window glass. All of the
windows on one side OF his residence were
broken Thursday by hail. Mr.. Blair said
the corn fields were cut to the ground and
large cucumbers were crushed by the hail
Some of the hail stones were as large as
Mr.. Blair's fist. why" said he, 'some
of the stones didn't melt for three hours
and a half"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-01

State Auditor Franklin d. Hale of Lun-
enburgh was not rcnominated for his
present office: but the republicans of his
own town have "vndicGtcd" him by nom
mating him for town representative, and
he will make a good one, too.
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Terms-S1.Oo Year, Always In Advance.
BURLINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPT.
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. Sec page
seven. This paper has more than $4,000
readers every week, and one cent a word
will reach them all.
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All soldiers at Porto Rico not absolute
Is needed have been ordered home, accord
ing to the latest advices. Additional
troops sent to Porto Rico, therefore,
would have soen no more actual service
Than fell to them in this country.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-01

A cable despatch from Berlin says the
belief now prevails in the German capital
that tho United States will not consult
any of the European powers in relation to
the Philippines. The Germans appear to
be gradually learning something about
American opinion.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-01

Russia may talk peace, but Uncle Sam
would like to complete those war ships
before he agrees not TO make further
preparations for war They might come
handy in case Russia forgot It's promises
as we'll as its friendship for America.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-01

II the citizens of Manila are anxious for
annexation to the United States, as re-
ported. it is not improbable that other
Tlipinos will voice similar sentiments.
The question for tnclc Sam under those
circumstances will be where to draw the
line among the Pacific Islands anxious
to be gathered into his fold.
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rEARLEssLY TO FACE 1T.

Now that the cruel war Is DER
To his sweetheart, Drawer, prouder
The soldier is coming home to face
Another kind of powder.
philadelphia Bulletin.
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JORNNIE'S HEIRLOOM.

Mr.. Speuter--An heirloom, johnnie, is
something that's handed down from
father to son.
Little Johnnie-Huh. That's a funny
name for pants.
-Pittshurg Bulletin.