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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-30

by the Goth of May" April 23d Gov Fair
banks informed Mr. Cameron that the
LIST VT. Regiment would its rendezvous
in ten days. An incident Of the time was
the offer made by Mi. HARRISON stephens,
of Montreal, native Ncrn.onter, of large
wealth, to .Uise a regiment with recruit
ing headquarters at Rouses Point, for the
service of the United States 70 this the
secretary of war replied, April Both, de-
clinug the offer with fun appreciation of
! the patriotic impulse which prompted it,
since more men were volunteering than
the government could accept ON the Cd
of May eighteen days before the time
which Mr. Cameron had set Gov. Fair
banks Informed him that the First Vermont
Regiment was in camp at Rutland, fully
Equipped and ready for service: and that
| il would b. sent to New York without eX-
!rense to the government; also that the
Vermont Legislature had met, appropriate
! cd a million dollars for war expenses and
authorized the enlistment Of six more reg
iments, two of them TO be raised without
delay He urged that the First Vermont
he ordered forward at ooce. May II, he
notified the secretary of war that three
years regiment was enlisted, and await
/ ing arms and equipments May goth he
inquired If some cavalry would be accept
ed from Vermont. to which Mr.. Cameron
Itopliod that only one cavalry regiment
could be accepted and that II would be
raised in thu West
/ June 4, Coy. Fairbanks informed the war
RI ,,st, t1t.tt
would 60 forward at once, and that the
Third regiment would 20 into camp at
ST. Johnsbury the next week. June Z ard
in other communications. Mr.. Cameron
expressed cordial thanks for the prompt
ness of Vermont's response to the calls
of the government.
SO it goes, our little state furnishing vol
untoers for the defence of the flag at the
rate of a regiment a month, till, on Jan
uary c, over 5000 Vermont troops were on
the field, and the government was inform
ed that our Seventh and Eighth regiments
Of infantry Zone Of cavalry having gone
forward were organizing and could be
ready in three weeks In the first year of
the wac over ten thousand Vermonters
lNl UT tIle army Dluc, ana the number
was trebed before the war was over
Our youngo~ readers may imagine If
they can. tho stir and excitement of the
time when every othor able bodied man
of military ago in the state shouldered
muskct, and went to the front to fight fer
his country.
We have noted briefly but few of the
communications which passed between our
state officials and those at Washington,
contained in this volume of the Official
Records.
The volume contains little that is new
to students of the history of the civil
war but it forms a splendid reco'd Of
patriotism and devotion on the part of the
men who stood behind the soldiers of the
Union, and responded with unfailing en-
ergy to every call of the government in
its time of greatest need.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-30

the ankle being so arranged that the foot
can be turned inward, while the big toe
Is almost as Independent IN its movements
as that OF the ape. Attention has often
been called to the wond arful way in which
the youngest infants ara able to hang
from sticks. supporting their own weight
for lopg time. just Ms monkeys do in
trees. Tho Australian native one Of the
most primitive of human beings. who
climbs as an ape does-posscsscs this ac-
complishmeut
Of course there is no telling whether
earliest man did actually originate in the
Philippines In Java or in Sumutra: but
the birthplace of his kind was somcw here
in that neighbornood. according to the
view of Or Beckes' and Prof. Marsh The
land-bridge to Asia. by way Of Borneo,
afforded facilities of travel and for the
spread of the newly developed species
Of anthropoid who. though truly human,
was pure bcast-a monkey with bigger
brain. His weapons were stones and
branches broken from trees. Living in the
tropics, he never felt the need of clothing,
and he did not understand the use of fire.
His descendants, learning by slow degrees
the use Of tools, We're enabled to improve
their condition and developed gradually
into creatures of reason.
A million years Of so ago. according to
DR. Eecker the Philippines consisted
largely of swlmps and shalloS seas There
was an immense luXuYianc" Of tropical
plant growth in the swlmpy regions,
where accommodations of vegetable debris
were actually cover ID with mud and
transformed INTO kind of coal called
"lignite, which TO DAY Is probably tho
most valuable mineral asset of the AmCCi-
can India. At length there came a crumu-
ling and uphedval of the odrth's crust, 50
tremendous as to he fclt. all tho way from
Switzerland to the iimulayas. where the
bottom of the OceIu was upliftcd INFO
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-30
A Private Lighting Plant.
AcetyIene Gas.

You can produce your own gas cheaper
than you can buy oil or electricity. We
make two types of machines for generate
ing ACETNI ENE GAS known as the " ct
and the dry process. This gas is made on
~ as IT is used Machine does not have
10 be cared for ofteuor than once in Is
days. our machines are approved by the
Fire Insurance Boards all over the United
States. We light residences. stores
churches, PUBLIC bulldogs. factories and
20 per cont. cheaper than any other sys-
tenn of lighting, Write us for full nfor-
nation; We want good ag gents, Nat.onal
Buffalo. n. Y.
go. tn. fr&wky
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-30
The Rally for the Union in 81

The one hundred and twenty vol
ume, in serial sequence, Of The Official
Records of the War Of the Rebellion, be-
ing volume l. of series H., is Just out
from the government printing office. 1t
Is chiefly devoted to tho correspondence
between the government and the govern
ors and other officers of the loyal Staie e. dur
ing the first year ofthew war. This is now
thus officially presented to the public
thrty-four years after the dates of the
documents. glance at its pages will
give to the reader who has come upon
tie stage since that time realizing sense
OF the exciting and trying character Of the
period; of the way in which the Northern
states rose to the emergency; and OF the
magnitude of the task undertaken by
President Lincoln and his advisers The
military operations of our own State. as
Of the other States during the first nine
months of the war as thus indicated
make those of the late war with Spain
seem like boys play in comparison.
President Lincoln's first can for 75,OOt
troops, was issued April -, 1861, and Gov
Erastus Fairbanks was notified by tele-
graph, that Vernont's quota would be one
rcsimont of $50 men. His response of the
same date, April 18th, was: II shall
promptly respond to your call for one
regiment" Gov. Magoftin of Kentucky
at the same time replied; Kentucky will
furnish no troops for the wicked purpose
OF subduing her sister States" and Gov
Ellis of North Carolina teegraphed
"You will get no troops from North Car.
oina;" The next day, April 16 Gov. Fair.
banks was notified by Mr. Cameron, sec
rotary of war: at will suffice if your
quota of volunteers he at its rendezvous
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-30
The Sampson chlcy Controversy
A Result of q Bad System

The bitter controversy in process in the
newspapers as to the respective merits al
Reac AdnIrlls Sampson and Schley. is
not raising the reputation of our navy IT
has been charged in the course of it, that
Schlcy failed of his duty in not locating
Cerveras squadron; that lac ignored some
and disobeyed other important orders from
the navy department; that when ordered
20 hurry to Santiago, with his squadron,
he refused, alleging that he was short of
coal when his ships had each from six
to twelve days supply of COAL that in the
naval battle at Santiago, he turned his
flagship, the Brooklyn, away from the en-
envy and at the risk of collision with the
Texas; and that he procured what amount
I'd to a false statement from his navigat-
irg officer in regard TO that manoeuvre
Some Of Schleys critics go as far as TO
say that he has dsgrdced the navy, and
that he should he court martialcd and dis
missed the service Schleys friends say
that at the outset of the war Samson
was unfairly jumped over Schley though
the latter had a splendid record; that the
charges in respect to Schley's course be-
fore he went to Santiago are trumped up
and inspired by Jealousy; that as regards
the Coaling of his squadron, all there was
of that was that on one day he could
not coal his ships on account OF a storm,
while on another day he could and did
this explanation by the way, seems
defective, as the reason Schey gave for
turning back to Key West in the face of
a positive order to proceed to Santiago,
WAS not that a high sea prevented his
coaling from his transports, but that he
was short If coal; that Schley's rerogfade
movement during the naval battle was
really a brilliant manocuVre which de-
fcated Cervera's plan to ram the Brook
Ign, that Sampson did wrong in the de-
aching the New York from the fleet on
the morning of the battle; that in mis- alb
sence Schley fought and Won the battle
of Santiago that Sampson had nothing to
do with the victory. that the people con
slider Schley the hero of that battle and
that the charges against him are envious
and despicable attempts, on the part of
Sampson and his friends. including Secre-
tary Long to discredit Schley in order
that Sampson may be unjustly exalted.
lust where the truth lies in all this mat
ter may nevcr be officially determined, as
no court of inquiry has been called fos;
h,t tbo navy danartmcrt evidently tol,o.
49, - ....',s.... .-,
'"e sampson sue oI 'he controversy anu
there are distinct indications that the com
manders of the ships that fought and de-
shoSeu NelNera meet hoiu @""ip'o' III
2 IL
high resdru' Many oh'cers III me seiN'''
nd ~, -, nth so,.s.
,,,.- ,Y.,1...,...e.' ~ .,,,- o., hos ro+
oris,ino,o6 ,,.i,h ~ -, 1ou,sn,nere I, has
beo,, stort,d h,, the ,n,v itself and If has
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-30

It is afe to say that tho turkey in which
a Passaic woman found a 800 diamond
pin was not a Vermont bird. 1t would
sccm rather that the competitors of Ncr-
mont turkey producers had been driven
TO giving away cheap icwrlry with their
J. rds in order to compete successfully with
the Green Mountain product
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-30

\ warming has been issued in Wall
Street against negotiating Virginia state
8 per cent bonds of 1882, which are de-
ciared to he forgeries. They are probably
as valuable as many of the Western Sc
curities SO freely held by people Of Yer
mont in common with theic ncighbois Of
other Eastern States
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-30

When you want anything, advertise in
the new special column of this paper. Some
bargains are offered there this week which
il will pay you to read about. See 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, 1899-11-30

Few people have any adequate conccp-
ton Of the enormous volume of the insur-
ancc business. The assets of the Amer
lean companies alone are estimated at
S. 1000. 100000 while the risks reach the
gigantic sum of $4,000 10000. the annual
disbursements and receipts being placed
at 81, 900. 100000.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-30
RHYMES OF A FORMER TIME.

MIuultDuiy, NOV. II, 1879
To the Editor of the Free Press:
Believing that in the present tempera nee
excitement little nonsense now and then
is relished by the best of men" | serd
you copy of a poem written by f.. A.
Stansbury O. to the late George w. Gran
dy HENRY S. SHELDON.
Hot all We men of Chttenden. We free
men of the north,
Bring out your loud-mouthed cannon
bring your bra7en trumpets forth
For W have crownd with victory the
breakers of your law
And nobler band of patriot blades New
England never saw.
Now elevate - on burly brandy
cask.
In his right hand a tumbler flll, and in
his left flask;
Now let him give a merry toast and
drink in ruin blue
Here's success to all the drunkards ana
the drunkard-nakers too.
And now We men Of Chittcnden, give back
the welc )me voice
And give three lusty cheers to him, the
leader of your choice!
Full loudly he hath called you from your
mountain homes to come
And sallantly, right CALAMITY. he led the
hosts OF rum.
And he hath cursed tee totalers, and ne
hath called them slaves
And he hath laughed to see your sons lie
down in drunkard's graves,
His arm hath led you onward, and with
many cheering word
His bowling voice amid the fight, DER all
the rest was heard.
And pious - - too, shall he be
quite forgot?
BY all that makes our freedom dear, We
gods. permit me not
The bones of good old Ethan in their very
tomb would quake
If he knew that John was troubled for
glass of gin to take
No never, while gin cocktails to the pal
ate shall be dear
Shall the fame of John and Isaac fade
from human memry here,
New glory to the jury. from whose deeds
these gloros come
And glocy to our sovereign lords, wine
brandy, gin and rum,
+Mr. Stansbury was a lawyer, and coun-
ty clerk of Chittenden county 1S45 to lS43
He started the Liberty Gazette" in 1S4S
which had a short lease of life. He died
over forty years ago. The lines above
We're probably written by him during the
temperance agitation which preceded the
enactment of the pCohibitory law
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-30

scription" is a non-alcoholic medicine
and is also free from opium cocaine and
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Vat an early stage Unmarried life writes Mrs,
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DR.. Pierce's Medical Adviser sent free
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ing only. Send II one-cent stamps for
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cloth to DIR. X. V. Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-30
Burlington
Savings Bank
INCORPORATED lSi7.
Deposits June 80, 1899, S6,576, S79.7l
Surplus $3.50 20
Total Assets
$6,9O2,766.4i

Total Assets $6,9O2, 76644
TRUSTEES
{. j.. WARD, WILLARD CRANE,
CHARLES u. SMITH. HENRY GREENE
j. Ii. BARsTow, 4. o. PEtRCE,
HENRY WELLS.
Receives and pays deposits daily. De-
posts made during the first four bust
ness days of the month draw interest
from the first If made afterwards in
tcrcst will commence the first of the fol-
lowing month.
January ana july j. Comuoundiug twic 9
year. There are no stockholders IN this
hdnk All the earnings, 4ess expense, be-
long to depOsitOrs. Tho rate of interest
depends upon the earnings ana for twelve
years was az per cent but under Ia W
passed by the legislature of 1896 no saw
lhSs bank can pay more than per cent.
until Its surplus reaches 10 per cent. Of
It's deposits, when special dividend is TO
be made.
All taxes in this state are paid by the
bank on deposits of $500 or less. Dcpos-
It's arc received in sums from 81 to 81 90,
ana no interest will be paid on any sum
in excess OF this amount. except on de-
posts hy widows, orphans, administra-
tors, executors, guardians, charitable or
religious institutions or on trust funds de-
posted by order of the court.
No money loaned to any officer or truss
tee of the bank
CHARLES y. SMITH, President.
FREDERICK W. WARD, Treas.
f. s. lSllAM, Assistant Treasurer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-30

1t will not be a surprise to any who are
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Chamberlan's Cough Remedy, to know
that people everywhere take pleasure in
relating their experience in the use OF
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tacks of pneumonia 1t has averted and of
the children 1t has saved from attacks Of
Group and whooping cough. 1t is a grand,
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derSon.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-30

I n C oDugationS
and consequences
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To a woman suf-
fering from irreg-
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and motherhood
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that health will
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-30

Harold" murmured the beautiful maid
EN- am | the only girl you ever tod you
loved" II will tell you the truth, dear
est answered the manly youth. you
are not" II think You might have lied
little, Harold--for me" she said. turn
ing tearfully away.-Chicago Tribune
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-30
FacINQ the Future.

There comes time to most women
when they must face the future OF wife
hood and motherhood What that future
has in store for them depends largely
upon themselves. To a healthy woman
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-30
MODERN METHODS IN POLITICS.

II ie truo that MAJ, do no, ot.e,, s,..-
hjph oficns though tbe rost no. ie w.
liz, tn, ,oodorn s,,,lo 80 ..i,,,+ii'e, ~ n.y.
TAIN ,hcm hnt ,bor.. ho,.o t, ~ w.
80 - $50 49,, L, Le,.,, 49, -
ha cnrsidorod ,:o, Sh'r,, ''i"9'" -
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y,os ,,,ito ,,.iIont tb,t b. 80 ~
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81 an anroi,t,nan+ 80 ,ho =, 'ul"'-
T,,d,a Rna., ocromtod o.,1 IT, - go 800 ~
60. 9f,,tioH hut Mi t''u - o"mul3't'e
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h't tho,' htd rnt go a,, u tb tauso Eince
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-30
Terms S1.Ooa Year, Always in Advance
WANTED.

BURLINGTON, THURSDAY, NOV. 80
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-30
IN STApFORD's HOME TOWN

Not since tho days of the brilliant and
able Judge Poland has St. Johnsbury mad
representative in the House. and 1t is
matter Of local pride that We have in Mir.
stafford one who is in every way worthy
OF the honor and VITO would he "A credit
to his state in Congress. OF the three
candidates II is universally conceded that
he Is the best orator, aud a good spec ch
from brainy speaker counts on the floor
o! Congress more than anywhere else. The
Increase of social, industrial and terrltor-
ial problems has created a greater deman nd
for de schoar in politics ana in MI STAT
fuid we nave Just such man not theo
rist or idealist, but ,ro who has made a
close study of all these problems and who
has purified politics Whenever he has en-
tered the artna.-St. Johnsbury Caedon-
ian
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-30
LITTLE POLITICAL FISHES.

The siN-nch law was not very religious
ly obs, rived at last weeks preliminary cau-
cus-thc Fish and Game League meeting
at burlington, Several unders zcd poll
ticiaus Were badly hooked and left flop
ping on the bank. They should nave been
put back into the drnk.-St. Johnsbury
Republican.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-30
CURRENT COMM EMIT
Newspapers LINN. up on the senntorinI
Question:.

The newspapers are beginning to line up
for the senatorial battle. So far the Mon -
peler Waterman, Earre Times, BuCiug-
ton Free Frcss, Windsor journal, Ram
dolph Herald. Northlicld News and Lon
dcnderry Sitter have pronounced for w.
+. dillingham;. The st. Jphnsbury Re-
publican, and Californian. Newport En-
press Barton Monitor, Island Pond Herald
Bellows Falls Times, Wilmington Time,
Springfield Reporter Rutland News Bur
lnSton News and Essex Record. have adj
Nocatcd the election of Cungrc ssman
Circuit, 1t is a long time yet before the Leg
stature meets, and the people will have
ample time to consider the qualifications
of all the candidates Senator Ross and
Mr.. Prouty are both, so far without
newspaper support.-Barre Telegram.
Gilpin observer., 1899-12-14
IN FAVOR OF TAYLOR.
Democratic Election Board Of Kentucky
10 Oacldaa.

Democratic Election Board Of Kentucky
SO Decides.
Frankfort, KY, Dec. Sail pretense
Of a fight for the certificate of election
as governor has been given up by the
GOebel people, and whether a contest
will be made in the Legislature is real
ly yet to be determined. 1t will de-
pend very largely upon the wording Of
the opinion which Commissioners FL
lis and Pryor will hand down at 10
O'Clock tomorrow morning. 1t implies
that the commissioners believe fraud was
committed which might invalidate the
election, did they as a canvassing
board have the legal right to go behind
the certified returns, 1t is almost GER
tain that contest will be made 9th
erwise 1t Is uncertain.
The other Democratic candidates for
the minor offices on the state ticket,
acting on the belief that the commits
sioners' opinion will contain implica-
tions of fraud, have already decided to
fight before the state contesGng board
for the positions to which they believe
themselves entitled. They held several
conferences during the day, but it was
not definitely determined until o'clock
in the afternoon to make the contest.
Commissioners Ellis and Pryor were
busy all day writing their opinion, and
it was dark before Mr.. Ellis, who did
most Of the writing, had finished his
task. Neither he nor Judge Pryor made
any denial of the fact that they would
decide that Taylor is entitled to the
certificate. They would not discuss
the matter, but tacitly admitted it was
true.
Commissioners Ellis and Pryor sign
ed the majority report, in which they
held, as board of canvassers, they
have no right to go behind the returns
of the county boards, that their duties
are purely ministerial as canvassers,
and that the face of the returns as re-
ceived by them from the counties show
the election of the Republican state
ticket.
Accordingly, the report says, ccrti-
ficates Of election We're ordered issued
to each candidate thereon. Commits
sioner Poyntz presents minority re-
port, which he closes by saying:
Il am unwilling to certify fraud and
to turn Kentucky over to the control of
the bayonet, Gatling gun and fraudu-
lent tissue ballots"
Extensive preparations are beng
made to inaugurate Taylor next Tues
day.
Gilpin observer., 1899-12-14
New Santa Fe Omcinis.

Chicago. Dec. 13.-An entire reorgan-
ization of the operating department Of
the Atchison. Topeka 4 Santa Fe road
Is TO be made January LIST. when -four
officers Of the system will Ike promoted.
II. U. Nudge, general superintendent,
will become general manager; @. II.
Resslgue, general manager OF the Gulf,
Colorado Il Santa Fe branch OF the
Santa Fe, will succeed Mr.. Nudge AS
general superintendent; w. G. Nixon,
superintendent OF the Chicago terminal
district of the company. will be nd
vanced TO the general managership of
the Gulf. Colorado 4 Santa Fe, and
Mr.. Nixon will be followed In Chicago
by Avery Turner. now assistant gen.
eral superintendent at Topeka, the lat
ter Office being abolished.
The shifting is the result OF the resig-
nation Of General Manager Frey.