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I THE lU'RLlXfn'OX FUEK FHKSS. TIirRSDAY. rWAHCN -S, 180J. TlirWKKKl.V 1'ltER PKF.SK, Hr.cnti per t' . "ill cents for six niontliK, Jl.ttl a yrnr, pusl- i.'e fur. v.dvertlsrmrnt: nml stih-erlitloii received (it t lie oIllre, ('nlli-iic sttcet. l'llll uilvcr llsum rntes sent mi itiiiillrntlun. Ai i oimtK cannot lie opened for subscription-. Rtlbscrlbrr u 111 plriise remit wit hinder, tiutnrt mi' nnt entered until lu.vincnl it tcrclvetl, nml Ii 1 pnpcrsute stopped nt tin' oiiil nf thetluiit 1 .ml fur. Hi tinttunce al the rlil, nf tin- -tib-cillirr tin I i lninlo liy roclfti'i-i'il letter, or by check or Jpii-I t! ntilrr pnynlile to (lie l'tiVi1Ilit-i .. '1 lit' ditto when Die subset iptloti I'Xplirs Ison H i .'iddre-s-hibcl of Mich impci', (lie chance of Ivhtih to a !iib-ciiiriit ilnte lift imii'K ii irrrlpt for remittance. No other rnt'lpl Is sent utiles- ri-itiPHtfil. Tlie receiptor (lie puper ii a fctilllt lent receipt lor the tlil subscription. hell a i hutiuo nf mldfe-- is ili"lreil. liotli 1)'f olil unit new tul dresses should be kIvcii. 'I'l iiiis SI. (Mlii Vi'tir. AtMnys In Aitv.imc. M-HMXfiTON, TIRltWDAY, MAKt'll N. WANTED. "U hen you vwmt anything, ndverllsa in I le uew spei'inl column of tills impel-. Homo liu) quills lire oll't'icd there 1 hi- week which will my you to mul about. See ias i i This rrnper liai mnro limit '-'o.OOO I .'.i i - every work, ntul one. cent a word v . i I'.ieh them all. If the l.oiiisdnnii senntors nro to swallow I ho administration tnriir pill, they want it uu ,, i-oati'il. m olil saw says that w hen the cat's swiiv tliemii o will piny. ( lovolaiid is out l iiiii u. and Hill. Uriei- anil other demo ri'iiti. senators arn gunning for tho taritf Hnnshcrs. 1'ivparatiims nro alroaily liuing miule in ( lev eland, Ohio, to accommodate ilO.OUO j-i-oi'le nt the meeting of the Christian Kn 'leuvor convention net .Inly. The growth of hits movement is remarkable, and it promise- much for tho tuture of Christian Amcr i a tiiir friends m .Massachusetts who have lu tii l efiardiiif; with longing eyes Vermont's ustem-ii biennial sessions ot the l.oisla ture. a i-i aj:aiii disappointed. The bill j.rov iilitip; tor biennial sessions in the Hay stai(. has beon reported adversely in the 1 eislature. Gorman 1. Mnnro, tho publisher who has jus died, leaving n fortune, estimated at from HOD. 000 to $0,000,000, beKan life I ir himself at the uge of tweiity-ono with out n dollar in his pocket. This man's life furnishes another illustration of the wouder f ill possibilities which our free count ry nf l irds to the poor voiine; limn with nothing but Ins own resouiees to rely upon. '.iw that the democratic Senate has dt i" 1' d to make a protective measure of the aritl' bill, what will our democratic ex changes hae to say in answer to their own i Jilorials in support of the Wilson measure anil in condemnation of protection? The deadly "parallel column" will bo a most de Mructive weapon for our friends the enemy while tho tin-ill' is under consideration in Congress. It is announced that Col. Fred flrnnt is preparing a revised edition of tho memoirs of General (Irant, for which orders indicat ing a sale of over VlOO.OOO have been receiv ed If these expectations are realized (Jeii eral Grunt's memoirs m the nine years that have elapsed since he w rote them will have realised in the iiRgiegatu over $1,. 100,000. This i- a partial index of the remarkable li"ld "f this lamented hero upon the popular MTectiuu. Rome of the Colorado populists have ktarted the cry for tho secession of that rotate and its annexation to .Mexico. 1'n Icf -these agitators can lind some means of taking t!io State with thein their project is likely to fail, for Vnele Sam is not likoly to allow a daughter to marry a foreigner Biidstavat home. If. however, tho popu lists of Colorado mean to migrate to Mexi-i-o there are not a few Americans ivho will bid them godspeed. I'niteiM ion Den hum at ic Sen mors Win signal victory has been won by thoso (leiuiieratit! I'nitiil States senators who have suddenly discovered that they do lie bee ill protection after nil, and the most Unparalleled feat of crau-lishiiig out wit nessed will soon take place in the democratic amp. as legards the tnriir. Tho ilemocratic senators as a body huvo turned tho taritl' bill over to tho finance committee) again with instruction, to report a bill such us the. discussions hi the caucus have shown would In aeccptablu to the democrats of tho Sen ile Tin. iih-niiii, of course, tin abandonment rf the free raw material fake, and tho ii t'.rauou to the dutiable list of sugur, coal, iron ore, wool, and perhaps other articles, and the duties on still other articles will un doubtedly bo raised to a certain extent. It ineaus that tho democratic senators have )miIv abandoned the absurd claim that pnt itiou is 'unconstitutional" and a and '' It means thai our democratic friends htne been ublo to read the polit ic al handwriting that lias appeared on the wall billowing the congres sional elections in Xtuv York and I'eimsjlvania, and the local elections in various State. It means tho complete jus t.ln ation of the policy of tho republican parly looking to the protection of American industries and American labor It is a frank acknowledgment that tlm alleged tariff reform" policy of tho Cleveland ad-mliii-tratmu has been a gigantic an well as mi ignominious mid humiliating failure. It i an open confession that n considerable portion of the business and fluaiiciul disns t rs which our country and its people hne suffered were unnecessary, and in excusable. Jt melius ull of this, and yet democrats an well as republicans will rejoico that tho confession has been made. It had to come before our people could possibly liopo for a turn of tho llnaucial tide, and now that it bus como thero is room for hope that our American interests will not be subjected to another tariff smashing operation. Kutiro prosperity can not be looked lor, however, until tho control of our uatiouul leginlulioii is talveu from the populistle baud which lane shaped tho court? of the demod'atti- jail) in Congress tuu tar, mid restored to v ait whii.li KKe this country thu most imp. i b. led j.iosp ril in its history. So p.x Queen 1,11. is to bo ppnloued by the provisional government and placed on the retired list during good behavior. Hxlln Into the wilds of tho N'orth Carolina duck region might better conduco to tho sucint happiness of her lute ma jesty. The act of the Woman .Sntrrngo loaguo in New York in displaying nil expurgated edi tion of tho tlag of tho L'uitcdStates with all the stars obliterated except two which rep resented AVyomiiig nml Colorado, where women have boen given the right to Mite, was hardly calculated to commend their caue to patriotic citizens, An insult llko this to our national Hag by foretellers would caue Cuclo Sam to shake his list in a ery ominous manner and the good women of the suffrage movement must not. stretch tho pre rogatives -if their sox too far. 'A duty on sugnr or no tariff bill" seems to sum up the present position of tho demo cratic majority in tho Senate. I.ate Wash ington despatches announce the complete triumph of tho sugar senators, the llnalice coinmltteo having confessed that their de mands must bo granted, practically in toto, if the perilously small democrat Ic majority of three is to bo preserved. Senator White as a tariff stumbling block was cleverly suppi cssed by the administration, but mi- fortunately for the "reformers" Mr. White's successor mil inherit the former's sacchar ine tooth, nml thus another bit of duiui cratiu diplomacy lias missed aim. On the whole it looks as though the alleged issue of American breakfast table vs. McKinlevisiu would not llguro largely in the democratic campaign of IKIfl. Dent Ii Itlow to 1'Yri; Trade. No intelligent man who has watched tho progress of the attempt of tho democrats in Longress to .smash tho tnriir, doubts that the revolt of the protection democrats in the United States Senate has sounded the death knell of fiee trade ill this country bevond the possible hop of resurrection. These men who have maintained a discreet silence U) to the iin-sent UDOIl the subiect of the tiirill" have evidently taken courage from the result of th.i recent Congressional elec tions, and they aie now bold to make claims which even the most ardent, republicans could not excel, and is safe to say that no statesman north of tho Mason and Uixou line will lierealter hope to start another fret trade crusade. Some idea of the bold attitude which the protection democratic senators now take, can be obtained from tho statements made by Hill, Hrice, Smith and others before the finance committee of the Senate on Kriibiv and the fanners of Vermont, northern New ork and other sections along the Canadian boundary will be particularly interested in what Hill had to say in relation to their in terests in particular. The senior senator from New York deoted a considerable por tion of his speech to the agricultural schedule of the AViKon bill, and the effect which he thought the rates of duty pro posed would have upon the farmers in tho frontier districts. Senator Hill maintains that the Wilson bill would be a ery great injury to the New York farmers, and that il would bo a cor responding benefit to tho Canadian fanners. He muintuins that if tho Wilson bill shall become a law the Canadian farmers will bo given the monopoly of the produce and truck markets of all the northern cities from lluffulo to Chicago, because they can bring their produce in cheaply, and labor is very inuch lower thnn it is in tho comiionding sections ndjaceut to the great cities of the United States. The same thing is truo with reference to the farmers of Vermont and New Hampshire, and we hope that our es teemed democratic contemporaries in tho Green Mountain State will not fail to make a special note of Senator Hill's lemarlcs on the tariff bill which they were lately so ig orously defending ami praising. Another senator who is giving the lip to the assertion that protection is unconstitu tional and fraudulent, is Senator White of Louisiana, and if tho president thought to remove an obstacle,' to the passage of tho Wilson bill, by appointing him justice i.f the Supreme Court, Cleveland reckoned without his host. In spite of tho fact that the com mission of Mr. AVhitn ns judge of the Su premo Court lias been signed by Presi dent C!o eland, the senator continues to lead the tight tor protection on sugar, and ihe fact that tho plan to get rid of him lias miscarried, is said to have greatly in censed the administration senators who were parties to the scheme. Senator lirico of Ohio has also coine out strongly in favor of protection, ami ho is particularly active in his ellorts to have a protective duty placed on sugar. l"rom tho uttitudo of the democratic senators hero named, it is perfectly plain thut all hopes on the pint of the free traders for tho passage of the Wilson Hill in the form in which it cmno Irom the House must bo abandoned, nud it is also evident that tho democratic tnriir 1)111 w ill bo n bill for protection ns such, and not at all of the "incidental'' variety. Kreo trade is already dead, so fur as this country is concerned. Jt was shun by its supposed iriunds ami ullies, and all that now remains is to give it a decent interment. The effect of the action ot these protec tion democratic senators on the freo trade wing of tho party was undoubtedly indicat ed by a few Vermont free traders in conver sation with the writer. These gentlemen frankly admitted thut tho action of Hill, who was characterized s a traitor ami scheming jioliticiHU, hud made them sick at heart. They admitted that they had been placed in a hole by their own leaders, and they said that if this country was tocoutinuo to have a McICiuley turitr they wanted tho republican party to have the power to ad minister it. Tills is uudoubtedlv tin. .t!. meiit of free traders, generally, and it is saio 10 suy mat it w ill be a long day before tho democrats make unuthur attempt, to "smash the tariff. " 'rile sinuw Itiiller. Krom theSt. .Iiihlislmry Caledonian. From more than one direction, during these days of deep snows and drifted roads comes a word of coumieiidution for the snow roller. The continuod operations of this implement since thu winter set in have brought about u solidity of road bottom which is appreciated mm whuu the high uy are drifted so bui) , and heu but fur the previous working of the toiler, muiiy of the luuds would be Hell-ulgh impassable The snow roller ha pio.ed its right to u conspicuous pUee on the list of dieur.iblo town property. I'liclo Sum's Itlif Cities, Tho movement for the consolidation of New York and its suburbs and tho con structing of ii "Greater Xoiv York," has made marked progress. Tho bill providing for this step has passed both brunches of the Now York Legislature, and tho bill has leceiM'il the executive siinctlonof Gov. Flow er, who has beon strongly in favor of the scheme. As passed the measure provides simply for tho submission of the question of consolidation to tho residents of New York and llrooklyn. and the Mite thus obtained will serve as tho basis of legislative action next year If the Intent, of the present meas ure Is curried out. The present bosses of Brooklyn have, of course, objected to tho consolidation scheme because the union of the two cities mid the meriting of the city of churches in a greater New York would tend naturally to rob them of their present political power mid render them subservient to the autocrat of Tam many hall. With iirooklyn separate and distinct Irom New Yoik tho democratic boss, a position long held by McLaughlin, of the former city may be in a sense a rival of lioss Croker, mid it is natural that objec tion should bo made to this surrender of present political power, as wull as the promise of future emoluments. A strong intluenee in favor of annexation in New York has beon exerted, however, by tho llrooklyn Consolidation league, which bus shown itself to be an unusually ener getic organization. The members of tho league sought to stipulate in advance thut there should bo no consolidation without uniformity of taxation, but tho Senate re jected this proposition, holding it was more advisable to defer the question of detail tut til after tho innin question hud been sub mitted to the people concerned. Tin- present indications are that the col solldutiou w ill be ratified mid become an ac complished fact, but uuforseeii contingencies are of course liable to arise which will de feat the project. When New York shall have absorbed Unioklyn and tho other su burbs named in tho bill, including bong Is land City, Flushing, Newton and Flatbtish, it will hai- all area of over :H)0 square miles and have a population of 41,000,000, It will then be tho second city in size in the world, London alone exceeding it in population with L'-':il, I - S 1 inhabitants l'ari will rank third with u population of ) U.O.IT. and then will como in order Canton. Herlin. Chicago, Tokio. Vienna and Philadelphia in tho order named. As it is the United States, the youngest country among the first pow ers of the world, contains three of the larg est cities in the world, and greater New York will be one of the grandest of them all. ( 'IrxrlitiKi's .iiiiicrsnry. Sunday was the first annivciwirv of the accession of Mr. Cleveland to the presi dency for the second time, but so far as wo huvo heard the day was not given that gen oral observance by tho people which its im portance might seem todemand. Kvon our good democratic friends do not appear tu huvo been inovedtii mark theoccasion by any cele bration of an appropriate nature, mid throughout the country tliero was an utter lack of interest in this anniversary. One reason for tho ignoring of the birth day of the second Cleveland administration may jiossibly have been the fact that the democrat in leader did not cure to call at tention to thu fact that their party had been in power but a single year; and when ono recounts tho disasters which huvo occurred to the nation as well as to our people in dividually, it is not to bo wondered nt that the party in power allow ml the anniversary to slip by so quietly. it hardly seems possible that the unparalleled prosperity which clinructcrized tho last year of I're-ident Harrison's administration, departed one short year ago, and the scorning length of the period which lias since elapsed can be explained only by tho remarkable number of untoward events which have been crowded into tho year by the present administration. It is doubtful if a single year in whii h our country enjoy ed peace can bo found in the nation's history when the people of America suH'ercd such a series of disasters and humiliations as have been chronicled during the yeitr of demo cratic rule just closed. Good ilemocratic citizens frankly admit that the nii-ii whom they sent to Washing ton huvo shown incapacity, bad judgment and lack of fealty to tho interests and de mands of their constituents, ami thev know in their hearts that it is fear of just these things thut more than all other influences has caused our business nud indus- triul interests to falter and become stagnated. Tho consequences of this fear are seen in tho closed laeiories, para lyzed industries, and millions of idle huuds. nud there is eiery iviison why thu country should allow the anniversary of tho begin ning ot the present administration to puss in silence. Hawaiian Annexation Possible. After the Huwaiiuns have been biilfeteil and tossed about on the stormy sou of Amer ican politics until they have become thor oughly disgusted, an event has occurred in tlio I nited States Senate w deli tends to indicate that the project to annex Hawaii to this country may after all be aniung thu possibility of tho earlv future. That event is the submission by Senator Morgan of tho Senate coiuuiitteo on foreign a Hail's of a report which is one long argument for annexation, and that report is fall the mom significant Irom tho fuct thut Senator Morgan is a democrat It. Is also woi thy of notuthnt twodemocraticseua- tors, I urpie and Hutler. no out of their wnv to place themselves on record in favor of annexation, while tho remaining bonutors do not oppose it. This is undoubtedly the renl feeling on the subject of u considerable number of the democratic, senators lint tlm necessity of supporting the democratic ad ministration makes it incumbent upon them to nominally support tho policy of the ad ministration. The annexation of Hawaii to the Fnihul States cannot bo looked for of course during the administration of President Cleveluud: for his course has been such thut he could not well ret ruct his words nud retrace his Steps even if lie would. Hut Senator .1 or. gull's report umkes It clear that annexation will cuiue dome time iu tho ueur future i fur u. the Utopia of the Uuitbd States chu fornaid thut lesult. Auuexatlou bus beta the pulii of this country from its etuly htstoiv as ran bi seen I loin tho laiu ler ritory which has been added hIiicii the origl nnl United HUtes wos formed. Tho Louis! ana purchase, Texas and tho Alaska tor ritory furnish convincing testimony on this point, and the question of Hawaiian annex ation is simply one of expediency. No one knows, however, what the pre vailing sentiment regarding annexation to this country muv huvo becomo among thu llawaiians thetu-elves since tho occurrence of that lenmrkabhi succession of events which form tho milestones of Clou-lund's "policy of infamy.'' The people of Hawaii were unmistakably in favor of a union with the United States at one time, but it would not bo strange if they had been effectually cured of their atreetioii fortius country by thu unprecedented course of treatment ad ministered to thein by Cleveland, Greshani, mount, Illis and company. However, tt tho Huwaiiuns are still in favor of annexation, iu spite of the epithets, slurs and indignltios that have been heaped upon them by our administration, it is safe to say that no more lovtil sous of Undo Sam could possibly bo found than would bo the subjects of her lute majesty, tho queen. If they still loo our country well enough to for Ket the recent past, thV should by all means lie allowed to enter tho Union. The fx m t il of Agi it iill nrc. AVo publish in another column the report oi tlie last meeting of tho Hoard of Agricul ture with the fanners for this season. They have prat tically colored tho State in the work of tho winter and have placed before the farmers good advice concerning methods by which the latter can muko their vocation more pleasant and profitable. Not only j til proved methods of production, but also bet ter methods of distribution in the markets, in which the average farmer is sadly de ficient, have been suggested. Among other good results to be noticed are tho i-ducatho talks on road building, and the introduction of the general use of the liabeork tost by which many farmers have found what they supposed to bo their most profitable dairy stock to be of less worth than some rows they had rated as common. Tlm distribution by the secretary ol former repoits of tho board has saved a great expense to the State without impairing thu clllciency of tho work. Combination among farmers is a nces sary movement and the suggestion of n factory for making largo quantities of ma ple sugar of the same grade could not tail to gic that product a better place in the markets. F.ronouii. al, practical, progres sive instruction seems to have been the aim of the members of tlie board nnd of thein teresting speakers associated with them, nnd the wisdom of siipi utiug such mi organiza tion iu the State t .in never be questioned so long as its present efficiency is maintained. HAS HEARD FROM PENNSYLVANIA, s-rimtor Hill of Sew Volt, funics Out fur I'riiti-itiiiii-lii'ptilillcuu Claims .Instill- fit. I I'lom the . ) Vol k Mill, lk'lll.1 David H. Hill's position on tho tariff question rellocts redit on his intelligent grasp of the sentiiu- ntsof the people of New York and his patnotic devotion to the in terests of the Uii'tcd States. Tho senator fin ors protection for Amer ican wage-woi keis against tho lower w ago scale which pivwiils abroad and demands a tariff which will produce sufilcient revenue for tlie needs -.f the national government, rather than i.'iitinue the current deficit which necessitat -s the issue of interest-bearing bonds. In other woi s, David I!. Hill has as siuued the position whiah Samuel .1. Ran dall occupied until the eminent Pemisyl vnuiau was crushed out of political existence by the power of federal patronage in the hands of (irover Cleveland. Senator Hill's position is not tlie demo cratic position Indeed, it is in direct oppo sition to the stand on tho tariff' question which was taken by the democracy at Chi cago in 1NI-J. Hut the senator "is not a Hoiirbon. Ho has heard from the people, and the election of Quigg in New York, and Grow in l'cims Kama, have aroused him to a realizing sense not only of ths change which lias taken place iu public sentiment, but. also of the ruin which is in stole for tho democratic part v. if it shall persist in mak ing war on inerk-nu industry. David H. Hill like thotisunds and hun dreds of thousands of democrats, has been converted to republicanism by the logic ot the past Vi mouths. A Ti l hill e l From Ihe New Vol k Piess, Thrown into the courtliest circle of Ku ropo out of a small Vermont city, Kdwurd .1. Pheips surprised Kuropo by his tact, his dignity and his charming ami polished ad dress, Succeeding, as ho did, ,1 utiles Hussell Lowell, tho most popular American iu F.ng lish society , and with no previous knowl edge of the etiquette and ceremonial of olli- ciul lite, he ne i rtholess captivated tho di plomats with In, w it and learning, and so cicty generally by his courtliness and hosni tallty. 1 happened to spend iu London tho whole of his first winter tliero and was one ol inaiiy Americans who watched his career with rather ill di-posed curiosity, for his up IKjiutnient was not popular. Ho made not one mistake. His public addresses were models of good taste. His official duties worn discharged in a manner to challenge respect for his countri . His social life was lrrepniachalile. For this delightful gi-utlo mau, it can honestly be said that he ought to huvo sought public lifo curlier. Ho made a great Use of his single opportunity The lliglnviiy Tax Again. To the Lilitor of the Free Press: Your correspondent 'Subscriber " in tho matter of the highway tux fails to state the law of J.SO 'as it reads. Ho savs '-the law provides that '.'0 per rent tax on tho grand list shall bo used iu repairing tho town's highways," The act of 18!)'.', Xo. .1(1, .sec tion I, says: ' I'or keeping in repair tlm highways, the selectmen of each town shall annually within 10 da.vs after tho coin plot ion of tliouuuual grand list, usmiss u tux of id rents on tho dollar of tho grand list of said town, which shall bo rolloctod anil paid to the town treasurer ns provided by law for tho puymoiit of other town taxes." Where is thero uuytliinK that suj-s the highway tux of Si) cents on tho dollar shall not bu charged with thu cost of its collec tion, Tho beet ion quoted says tho highway tux shall Ih) collected and "paid into the treasury as is provided by law' for the pay ment of other town taxes. Where is t burn any equity or reason iu hav lug one fund puy for the collection of another, nidus, so doni; uuted b) statute W. W. Iiium:t:. C'Urluttu, Muixh 5, ls91 ' I would us suou be withiui u rtuoi iu ihe lii-ilse u. tu . w 111,1,1,1 IIoiiiI - metallic rills. ' llrurv . Ninth Itiisiol. I. DR. AND MRS. WEBB Kutrrtuliiliig 'I heir Third I'urty lit Ueau tllnl Miellini in, I'm ins. Dr. mid Mrs. W. Howard Webb are now entertaiiiliig their third Leiitju hotlso party nt Hhelburiie Farms Their present guests Include .Mr, mid Mrs, John Jacob Astor of New York, .Mr. mid Mrs. .lames Lawrence of Hoston, Mrs. Oliver llarriinun, jr., .Miss Grace Wilson, Mr, Woi thltigtoti Whlte house, Mr. Frank Sturges, Mr. Charles A. Munn, Miss Susan Willing, Mr. Holker Ab bott of Hoston, Miss Tooker nml .Mr. Wood bury ICnnp of New York. Tho pnitywho enjoyed Dr. mid Mrs. Webb's hospitality last week comprised Mr. nnd Mrs. Ogden Mills, Air. and Mrs. Henry Sloaiie, Mr. nnd Mrs. .Stanley Mortimer, Mls Amy liend, .Mr. I'roderlu V. 1(. Crosby, Mr. Cole man Druyton, Mr. Perry lleiinont, Miss Mario Winthrop, Mr. Hamilton Cnrv, Mr. Iti-Kinalil llnnulds, Mr. Herbert Nubbins, Miss Anna Sands and Mr. Charles K. Sands of New York. Thu guests find the varied entertainment provided very delightful. The big toboggan slide, brilliantly lighted at night, is in constant use, nml tho two splendid ice boats also. Tlm new, largo In closed ritllng ting has nlso been much Used. THE ROAD LAW." Juerj ns to lietlier I'ulrl'ux Has .llinle it SilllilK tills Year, 'l'o the F.illtoi'ol the Flee Press; I noticed in j our lust week's paper that tho road commissioner in Fairfax had settled with tho selectmen, having repaired 70 miles of road and I'.o sluices at a cost of 1(1110. 2S, nnd that the total expense of repairing road anil bridges last jour was if .W:!.y0, which shows quite a saving in favor of the new system. Will your coi respondent iiilorni your read ers what part of a year tho commissioner lias been on duty and how much the select men have expended on bridges during tlie time, that we niayseo whether thu town has mado a savins or not. X. New I'liaseol tlie Komi Law, To the Lililor ot tho l"ree Press; Same of the authorities of tho town of Charlotte propose that the road conunivsioii er ol that town shall account for a !! per cent commission which the town wisely or otherwise agreed to pay tho col lector for collecting taxes. The law pro vides that 'JO ier cent tax on tho grand list shall bo used In repairing the town's highways, nnd does not permit of any option as to how much or how little of this fund may be expended iu the collection thereof. If the town can devote I! per cent of this stun for its collection, to what extent could they not go in using this tax lor what it was not intended Do the authorities tuko :! pel nt out of the school fund for its col lection when the law says they shall pay a .1 per cent tax into the treasury for tho ii-u of schools - St llsjCltlMKU. Charlotte, t., Feb. IMll. i:pelillicnt slHliim t '. 1 1 1 ! I In. KXI'KIUJIK.NT Sr.XTIOV. ) Ilri:t.iM!Tii.. Vt., Feb. 1MJI, To the Kditor of thu Flee Press; Dear Sir: This leu lint (originally printed for distribution at the nicotines, nl' mir Sti Hoard of Agricultuie) gives some figures showing the gains wo have had from sprav inir our notutoes tlm ln.i tu v,,,s, i '. .. checking the "rust" or blight rot. i o now HUM' a bulletin about ready for listribiition. I'ivttif tle.se lMvlllrv iimcn in .1.. tail. It will also given description, with illustration, of u surnv nm-t .iii,.i. 1 found liselul m upplying paris green and uui oe.tu.v mixture id potatoes. It vou will mention this in one nmi w,. si,.,ii 1 t...i to send a copy of this bulletin tree to ally of vino -rentiers who nro interested ami who will send Us their address. Sincerely yours, L. K. Jo.m. Superintendent Stone on tlie Tow n school sj stem, I From the St. .loluishtiri ( 'aleiloniiiii. I State Superintendent Stone irhes a brief but suggestive list of advantages ot the pre sent tunn school system over the old met hods Unity in management; liituuciul rquulity. better returns for money invested: butter teachers and longer tenure ot otlice: better houses, care nnd supplies; better manage ment on tho part of school otllciuls: less dis turbance of schools by local uuiilcnsui.tness. This list includes merit enough, surely, uud if the law continues to develop improvement along llie.se lines it will lo entitled to cor dial indorsement by the people. .My neighbors think that a miracle has been lerformect in my case, and I w ish all the world to know what Danaa has done tur nie. For more tlnn thirty years I was a suffeicr from Indigestion, Constipation, and Khcuma Usui, Was also troubled with flatulency and ivery few weeks had Terrible Vomiting Spells During the last few years 1 lived on gluten bread and baby foods, as I could eat nothing else, and even that distressed mo. I had not eaten fruit or vegetables for i ? years. I often Longed for Death to relieve me fiom mv sufferings. I spent hundiids of dolhrs and have been under the treatment of eight doctors who gave me no permanent ieht-f,,tnd often said tlictc was no hope for me. I'owards the last my heait and kidneys troubled me a good div.l. While vis iting fileiuls in New Hampshire my friends urged me to try nanas SARSAPARILLA It is indeed the kind that cures. Ileforc I lind ii..,-,! nn Ixitfl.. il ,i.,l..n.. .I;..w..l and 1 I.-, ' in to hi) III.. ,,il...r i. ,ll V..,.,,.,.. stomach i all light, the ilieunutlc pains ate au guuc aim i icei itiai me is uoitli living. Tin, i- the stutyof Mi. L P. Hill ot .New aik, N J " J h,K ' "d That C u r os t IIIV'II. III, t .'. , . - -. , . .. ' ... . - im . mc Kuuu mr mm I !r i roll- Iilti. 1 lif) ii' t eqei lailjr nii tlm Sars.i'4ii,.a, Hie I. ute Mrs. I,. K. riiltti'iiilcii. The New York Tribune speaks of Mm. Chittenden, who formerly resided in this city .as follows; "Mrs. Mary V. Hutch, tho wife of L, K. Chittenden, who was register of the trensu jy during tho first mlmmlstiatloii of Presi dent Lincoln from S(! to 1S0.1. who died Monday after n short illness, wns born iu Jb".), nnd was the daughter of Dr. Hotnce Hatch of Hiirliiigton. Vt. Mrs. Chittenden wus ediicutoil lit Itnrlington. in 1 Kin she was married to Mr. Chittenden. Iu 101 the family removed to Washington, where tney remained diirin Mr. Chittenden's term of olllce. While iu Washington Mis. Chittenden was noted for her tender enro mid work for the wounded soldiers of Ver mont regiments who were brought to the city. In IS'11,1 the loudly cumo to this city, where they hae mm,-,, Jived. Mrs. Chitleii ilen was a prominent member of the llroad way Tabeinacle. mid was actively identi fied with its charities. She wns also a uient- lier ol several charitable organizations. Her i liuslinud and thrco childien, Horncu II., Mis. U ij.,m Krudford and an unmarried laughter, survive her. Thero will be no funeral in this city." Although the 'burial will bo here the body will not bo brought hero until next spring THE WORKING GIRL Miss Sallie Palmer (Sites Some Siisijps. lions lo (lirls Aliotit llitckticlie, I'uiti!iiess, niitl Dizziness. ) mi. to urn i.Aiiv KrAi.rr.s.j Did vou ever notice wotkliic; ;-rh on their vv.iy home from stores or factories '.' I'M vou notice lioiv many of them hud pale cheeks, lull eves, and heavy steps'.' and tlitl joti vv under why they were not, r,l,l I l...: .1.. ., JSkJr tory w hid, " -NUlle rainier, of S'icetoun, J'a., -rives the reason for this bad condition of many working IiK. Nmictiines their bac . and aide.s will nclie terribly. They ate faint and di..y vvilli pain ami weight in tlm lower part of their stomach. They watch the clock, and wish that the day would end, t they feel so ill ami tiled. Mainline; all day, week in and week out, they have slowly thitled into woman's sreat i-tiemv. displacement of the womb. That, or some other derutmciiicut ot tho orpin, censes irieularity or su-ipeiislou of the ' monthly peiiods," bloating, llood iiis. or nervous prostration. "Take warnim.' in time,'' she ays; " Lydhi 7:. 1'hikhnm'x Vegetable Com pound is the .surest anil safest lemedy iu tin; world for you.'' " $25000 Invested iu wheat around lit) eent.s m the linao market will DOUBLE IN THREE MONTHS Now is (he tune to speculato when Stocks Wheat, ('urn. O.its and ( "Hon arc low Write tor lull part ii ul-u . E. E. KOTT, Htnck nnd Commission Broker. Woodbury Walker Llocs, liurliuxton. Vt. Uwiim ii CERESOTfl Xot the cheapest but the BEST flour for sale in tin cit.v Ask Hour dealer for it. or sale bv tho I earl in rr dealers in Burlington. 3Jl.d,vwtf XT". SjAX. 1 i read THE BURLINGTON TRUST GO. 162 G0LL9OB ST! A general banking business uianagement ana control or tlio tollo vriuf- DIRECTORS. Edward Wells, President. (of the Wells & Richardson Co.) & 13. Smaller, Vice President, (U. S. Collector ot" Customs,) rs. C. M. Spaulding. D. W. Robinson, r h (of the Skllltups, Whitneys & Barnes Lumber Co., A. E. Richardson, (of the Wells & Richardson Co.) E. Henry Powell, (ex-State Auditor ) Hours : 0 n. u in, JL lu W'A III), Treasurer HUItLlKGTON SAVINGS BANK. CHAIiTI'.ltF.U IV HIT. tii po.its lie,., mi, iho:i, Surplus, Total As-iot, $3,824,305 63 234,515,07 - - - $4,0581820.7-' 'i IU'STi; .'..'.'. u'm'- I Wtl.l uui ClUNB, f iim'i.ks p. smith, Ui.miv (iiirbne, L. llAtlsnnv .v. (; I'milE, Hr.Miy Wku.s Itpiehesiinil pns il,., t ,n De posits ninth- on either or the tb -i r i, imsmosi days or nn.v month draw - from h l"t. II miule nfli-rwnid n c-t i ,m meiice thu tr. i,f 1, ri.llnv. ,. a.oint, Interest will he , .e-liieil to ilepnsli - ,tnn. kt nml .Inly 1st. r.,in,nti'iiljt, - tu.. vt.., . There aie n stockholders n .. i,ltli llieiatniiiifs, less expett-es, I s. t) ,,,, tors. Tin. nit,, or intcri-t u. i , i,, earnings, anil lor the pai s,.v, ,!, ,, , 4 l-'i PEII (JIINT. All tuxes are paid bv the h." t . i , Sl.-jiaior less. Deposits ure ire i f ti 1 from il to ?Sii. uud no i.-iei,-' , , on tiny sum In excess of tin aiv.. mi i , on ileposiiH by willow-', nrpliiti . "'nut n tors, executors, Kuarilluiis. i h.ini i i, (.Ion-Institutions oi'ou trust fire! il- ,n i by order ol i otirt. This bank iirefets ci moiit i, ,t r t .i invctnie!it of Its fund., ami i,.. ,, , t out of tho State until the Iiniiip ih mat i, ue .o miiiiey loaiied to any oilli . r or u u . of tho bunk. fllAIil.KS p svnnt. I'rt . (F. WAltt). Ire-inn REPORT OF THE CONDITION of 1 In- .Meii loiiils .Notional Haul, of Iturlme;. Ion, hi I lie -slut of V i i inoiil. ut tb ( lose ol lliisliiess, I i'li. .'h. ISOI, ttlUsOt'lll ' s. I. o.i iisuih! discounts UverdritftN, mi urcil ,r .1 in -i eil I'. S. Iloiuls to -ei nr. i in uIiiiiuii ' I . s.. l!ot,il, I,, ,.. iirposit I . . Hond. on l,,i,,i I'leinliiiii, i,i, f s, Iii,His. .Mocks, seelii in, s. ,.1c II. inkiiM-lioii-, . turn, tin',.. t,v SI 1 I Ml I I 1 Ol -r.'St 't .IIM .! ill. ' I 'HI ..im til II I ( 1 :n vi on ttiri's ii.ouo - IliiefioniN.il I Itii'iks, jes.s., 1( Due fronis.1,,,,. it.,,,,,1,,1 ,,banki-is l..sl(iU Due fiom ,i. ,,ii, veil n - serv.' ,i'4,i,,s . U-i.'.'-.l.-.-i, i iiei-Ks n tin otiier eusl Items . Note- ni ,,i ,i , N'miiiVii t Itllllks l'tlli tloiuil paper etirii'lu ii.ni -I i.vir 11 iiiihinaiiu ceiil.s s,, M'sSie ... . l-ej-'iil-lender notes. l !-s n Hl'ilelliptiotl ttltlil with I S. Tie.isiin.r I.", ,er i en ot cin illation- v, , , :cj Tnliil s - 1. 1 Aim. 1 1 n.s I 'npitul si,,, k paid in .surplus fund O l Ilk III i nun uu ii pniiits, lens evtii u,i - nml taxes paid .... 1 1 - ", National il.uik notes outHaii'linv l l M Ull'llslTs. Due lo oilier National Hanks .vj.ipo Dh liloiuls utipaiil :i , ii lmliviilu.il ile,io-tts sub ject to cheek ,",ll"i.; t .' n. Demand i crtilli utes ol ilopni.lt.- Jo; ,47'; .( t'.ihli-r's checks out stuiiiliui; so pi rnited r-tutes deposit-,.. ;j!i,i-u n, Depo-itsof t'. S. lll-litli'.. im; ntllrei's w s,-u Total .,'.imI.(Ji, , ;: r vtk or Veiimi a i ( III NTV 111 I llll ilM I -s I. I.-neti.o I',. W'l n ni In i i . t i- ,i nliove-n.iiiieil li.uik. do s,,.:il'1 - i the iibove st.'iteuieut is tt Mi t .l'i in knowing! nml belli f. i.. i:. woiiuiiot -i ( , ub-i rihed and sworn to In t"i' i , 1I115 of .March. I,14. W. '. 1MIAM. v. ' I'oiiui.i r ttest : 'II W W. WOODHnl s,, T"I!I!KV K. W M.l's i IIKM.VN V. AI.I.KN. i REPORT OF THE CONDITION nt The Kouiinl .Nntlmmi t.i n K, al Ititrlinc. lull, ill the s(at ol V I'l iuoiit, at till Close nl llnslite.,, rebrmii) lix, l!)i, IlK-Olltl Is. I. ".in- .mil ills, mints, . . , enlr,itts. s,., nted and niise t liunil- to secure i in ul.it Premiums ,m f. !,jmls Mock-, sei tiiities, etc It.inkiim-lioii-e. furniture ? t' . tt, l.'l i' i '.hi t: h !' NI 111 .net nvtuies , ... (Itliei ie.il e-tute anil tiinrti;,iu'i" iDMieii Due troiii Ndtkuml Hanks iti-.t n serv c .ietiti-i tllleririin i, im, ...1 ..-... 1 i.um.1 J 1. 1.' Ml :i lino: JHn.'l. s'l J..M "t .i.sul.llj n,,., iw .,) ;,ri,u ,.i. ...... - N'oti'W ot ottit.t- u t iriiiii I I ... I l'r.ietinnul paper curreiu'v . im ki .s 1IJII I in l s ... I.sw in. .Mom;v ItK-Kitvi: is- II im;, vie rl'CCl.e jl-il! it! "1 1J I.eKal-tetuler notes UM.i.H.iii lieilemption fund with I'. S. Tien- unri'i per ci'tii circulation'. . . Total $1.10 0"il ,j U.utii.iTii:-. f'apltal -tin I. paid in i Sui idiis fund I ndlvideil proiits, less expenses and tu es n.iiil .iOn IK 0H..M) "I .11 1-, -,( I " sj 1 1) Natlou.il It.mk lioti-biiuistaiiiiiiii; .' lIUI'OelTs. Due to other Xational , ll'Hi $l(.Hi...ll it Din-to Mute Hanks and namsi't's "UK s."i Individual dt-HiB ut "' ieet tit t-l,..,.L , ,.. ..... ... ,,- : ."vns .i,.no;- i-j Demand certitiintes ot de- tio-lt I,., .- t'ertltled cheek. " . '"' ' ' ' t;v ,Vi t ashler's cheeks i in intunil- mi; his Total l.tte.i.-il :-. T.VTK OK A LUM'IV I t'Ol'MV Ol' fllllTtNUh.N, SS. I I V !' II,,,,,.... ,'...1.1 ,.i .. . . ... .. .. , , , , iiuve-iinmeii lunik, do -olemnb suiiar that the above st,,! nieiit is true lo ihe U's, of my knim-hsim- aid ,"'li,,1'' ., , , I'- K. Hrm.iss. ( ,,,!,,. Mib-eiilnd and sworn lo bet. v uu .ht, :, iIm j of .Man Ii. Isi. ,, , I'- tUiiiii.M.n. ,,,,. . ie, Conecl Attt-t : -IOK1, II. (iATKS. II VNii:i, y. liimiXs.l)N. Dire. - , A I . M'Afl.ni.U. , transactor Llnder tlia