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THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS. THURSDAY. APRIL 2, r.89ft. TUB WEEKLY FREE PRESS,3conts per ropy, ffl conts for sis montha, $1.00 a ycnr, post H30 free. Advertisements and imhserlptlons received nt the office, 180 College street. Full adver tising r.-itoa scti on application. Accounts cnhnotlio opened for subscriptions. Subscribers will pleaso remit with order, names ore not entered nntll payment Is received, and ull papers are stopped at tbo end of tho time paid for. Remittance nl tbo, risk of the Bnbicrlbor nn tll inaclo by registered letter, or by check or postal ordor payftblo to tho PnMlshors. The dato when the subscription expires Is on tho address-label of each paper, tho chango of which to a subsequent dato becomes a receipt for remittance. No other receipt Is sent un lets requested. Tho receipt of tho paper Is ft tufllclent receipt for the flnl subscription. When a chango of address Is ilndrcd.tpth tho old and new addresses should ho given. IVrnis .HI. 00 n Ycnr, Always In Advance. BURLINGTON, THURSDAY, APRIL 2. WANTED. VThen you want anything, ndverttso In tho now special column of this paper. Some bargains aro offered thoro this week which It will pay you to read nbout. Seo pajo wveii. Thli paper has moro than 23,000 renders every week, and ono cent a word will reach them nil. tho number of Union veterans who set tled In the West at tho closo of tho war la very largo, for tho proportion to tho entire population la much smaller In tho Eastern States than In thn trnns-Mlsslsslppl region. That Undo Sam has boon sonorous to his bravo veterans Is Indicated by n Blanco nt tho pension (Inures. Tho number of veterans pensioned under tho general law In ISM was 352,453, rind under tho law or 1S00, 365,118. cxcluMvo o 17.7S7 naval pen sions. This rnado a total of 733,333 Invalid pensions srowlne out of tho civil war, but tho number la rapidly diminishing through dcntli, as Indicated by tho Increase In the number of widows' pensions, 203,403, In ISO.", or 33 per cent moro than tho whole number of widows of Union soldiers returned In 1S90. In 1S95 tho entire number of pcoplo In tho United States drawing ponslons on account of tho various wars was &70.C2I, which fact goes to show that In modern times at least republics aro not ungrateful. Tho less maple sugar Vcrmontcrs pro dues tho moro they will get for It per pound. , Wo aro patiently waiting or somo good democratic brother to advocate nn In como tax plank for tho Chicago conven tion. March went out llko tho traditional iamb. It now remains to bo seen whether tho new month will bring- genulno April showcro, or frozen' rain. Now thnt Balllngton Booth has rejected all overtures for a reconciliation with Gen. Booth, It looks as If tho Salvation Army had a real war on Its hands. Tho family man'who has been kept busy alternately shovejllng snow and dipping rain water out of tho cellar, should tnko courage. Tlio houso cleaning season Is at hand. It Is estimated that tho present Con gress, llko Its immediate predecessors, will spend In tho vicinity of a billion; and yet not a few pcoplo aro crying for larger appropriations. Tho decision of tho Supremo Court of Illinois In tho caso of tho Mcndowcrafts establishes tho constitutionality of tho State law, which sajta a banker who re. eclves deposits when Ho knows his bank is Insolvent commits a crlmo. This ought to bo tho law everywhere. Tho Rutland Herald, which hns for some weeks been printing disparaging Items about Major Grout, whllo posing as his friend, at last announces that It can not support him for governor. Tho open opposition of (ho Herald was tho only thing lacking to ossuro the nomination of. MaJ. Grout. In his lecturo before tho law department of tho Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Hon. E. J. Phelps talked on tho Monroe doctrine. Tho address was prac tlcally an arraignment of tho course pur sued by tho government In the Venezuelan affair, and a denunciation of Congress for Us attttudo on tho Cuban question. Tho Monroo doctrine, ho said, had beenbronght strikingly before tho cbuntry In tho last few months. It had brought this country very near tho verge of war with Great Britain, and was bringing us, for nught ho knew, to a war with Spain. It has caused a paralysis of business and a loss Incalculable. Mr. Pholps would undoubt cdly admit, however, that tho Monroe doc trlno itself Is all right, even though ho might object to Its application. ting tho worst of.the nrgument. If thoro havo been any trades, "Turns" nnd "niitKS" Tho balderdash about "turns" and "rings" which tho Watchman and Rut land Herald nro serving so constantly to their readers, must bo getting pretty tiro Botrio to tho latter. They aro not fools, and It must havo occurred to most of them that Jumping up and down and boating tho nlr with a phrase, Is not nrgumont; and that tho man who conducts his sldo of a discussion In that way Is always tho man who Is nt a loss for facts and who Is got- Of courso bargains, agreement or arrangements In regard to "turns" In tho ofllce of governor, tho men who havo profited by them mlist know nbout them. Do the Herald and Watch man undortake to assert that Gov. rage bccurod his nomination through nn agree ment with Col. Woodbury that tho latter should succeed him? Do they mean to say that Gov. Woodbury secured his nom ination through nn agreement with MaJ. Grout, that tho Major should bo the next governor? To ask theso questions Is to show tho absurdity of tho talk which la tho main stock In trade of theso and sev eral other papers, In tho prcsont canvass. They Insult their readers by assertions which presumo that tho Vermont voters lack political Intelligence, and havo no memory or knowledge of recent guberna torial canvasses. Tho talk about "tho ring" on tho part of MaJ. Grout's opponents, la as groundless as tho idea that ho Is expecting support or that any friend of his Is claiming favor for him, on tho ground that his prear ranged "turn" has come. Nono of his supporters hns said anything about turns; and ho Is no moro tho candldata of a ring, or tho rim?, If any ono prefers tho deflulto article, than Mr, Stlckney Is. Thero Is simply nothing of It; and tho mock-hor-rilled talk about it is pure poppycock. FrcoColnnRO of Sllvcr-Mr. Unttcll's Attnokon Senator Morrill. In a recent number of tho Mlddlcbury Register, Mr. Joseph Battel!, who Is tho most prominent among tho few apostles of freo silver In Vermont, quotes the fol lowing from Senntor Morrill's speech de livered on tho 1st of last February: Heretofore tho government has been requlrod to buy only a fixed quantity of silver that It did not want, and to pay no moro for It than tho existing commercial value. But under the freo colnaijo sub stitute proposed by tho bond bill of thn Houso of Representatives, tho government will bo required to run In debt for what It does not want, and to give Its notes for an Indefinite amount of sllvor, limited only by the annual product of tho whole world, nnd at a llxed cost of twlco Its commercial value. ..... This statement Mr. Battell pronounces to bo fnlso; and ho oven goes to tho length of Insulting tho Senntor by an Intimation that It was Intentionally false. Ho says that "under tho substitute refer red to the government does not undertake to buy silver, at all, or to assume any obligation whatever In the naturo of debt." If wo can understand tho language of tho Senate frco colnago substitute for tho Houso bond bill. Senator Morrill's state- mcnt, as abovo quoted, Is entirely correct. Tho substitute requires tho mints of tho United States to bo open for tho freo coin ago of silver, Into dollars of 412V4 grains, on tho same terms as gold Is coined, and provides that for tho dollars so coined certificates may bo Issued In the manner now provided by law and tho holder of this silver may Immediately obtain such certificates for tho dollars Into which his sliver Is coined. Mr. Battell docs not seem to understand, that when tho government buys silver, ns It had to under tho act of 1&00, or takes silver to coin, as It would havo to tako all tho silver offered to It, If tho sub stitute referred should become law, In either caso tho government gives treasury notes or silver certificates for the silver, which notes or certificates aro legal tender for all debts, public or private, and under tho policy of tho government to maintain tho parity of tho two metals ara redeem ablo In cither gold or silver coin, at tho option of tho holder. Of courso the silver mine-miners never proposo to tako and keep sllvor dollars for their bullion. With all the efforts of tho U. S. Treasury to put out silver dollars, It Is possibles only to keep In circulation a certain amount of them which cannot bo largely Increased. The silver man under freo colnago, would take to tho mint his silver, now worth In tho market say 67 cents an ounce, and would rocclvo therefor certificates, at the rate of J1.29 per ounce. This process would leavo substantially all tho silver In the treasury; and would placo upon tho gov ernment tho task of maintaining at par tho enormous amount of Its certificates which would soon bo outstanding. In practice It would bo equivalent to buying the silver outright, nnd would placo upon tho government tremendous obligations In tho naturo of debt. To say that slnco tho freo colnnge bill docs not In terms direct tho purchaso of silver, tho govun ment would not have to buy tho silver, Is merely Juggling with language. The practical operation of tho process would bo that the government would havo the silver, and tho silver mine owners of this and other countries, would havo tho gov ernment's promises to pay them dollar for dollar. Theso promises, or certificates, pouring from tho treasury, would soon be outstanding In a volume past all power of tho government to sustain at par with gold; and wo should soon bo on a silver busts, with stiver and paper dollars alike at n tremendous discount. Somo advocates of freo colnago aro frank enough to admit that such nn era of cheap money Is what they aro driving nt. It has been boldly asserted In tho pres ent Congress that Mexico Is prosperous because her finances aro on a silver basis, with a dollar worth only ilfty cents or thereabouts whenover It Is taken beyond her boundary. But tho Amorlcan people nro not very likely to go to Mexico or to Mr. Battell for lessons In finance and tho majority of them prefer sound money, good everywhere at Itn par, to cheap money and a bankrupt treasury. which biennial sessions give. Besides that they havo to bear only onco In two years tho great cost of a legislative session a savins of one-half the expense of nn annual session." Vermont has nover suffered In a busi ness way from legislative sessions as has Pennsylvania acordlng to tho Ledger's statement of tho case, but otherwise tho arguments against a return to annunt ses sions would bo much tho samo In our own State as aro urged against tho proposition In Pennsylvania. Annual sessions would of course afford politicians moro frequent opportunity for Indulgejico In their favor lto pastime, but It has been noticed In Ver mont as well ns elsowhero that the Inter ests of tho people as a wholo very often lie counter to thoso of tho partlos of tho first part. Of tho flvo States that now havo annual sessions of their Legislatures Massa chusetts, Now Jorsoy, Now York, Rhode Island nnd South Carolina tho Bay State has been making herolo efforts to substitute tho biennial system for the an nual and Judging from progress mado during tho past flvo years In tho direction Indicated It will bo successful In tho near future. No one doubts with tho exception of Mr. Piatt and his followers, that Now York would bo much better off with bien nial Legislatures than she Is at present, nnd It Is not Impossible tha.t tho people of the Empire Stato will soon seo their way clear to placing a limitation upon tho boss's power for hnrm by allowing their legislature to meet but once In two years. Indeed wo are not sure but tho pcoplo of tho Emplro Stato would find the biennial system to be a very cood anti dote for tho political boss. great lakes to New York city and provent a further diversion of Its trade. Tho char ter mentions no foreign connections or routes, and It Is said that tho promoters havo found thnt tho routo from Lake On tario down tho St, Lawrence, nearly to the forty-fifth parallel, and thence to Lako Champlaln, all on Amorlcan soli, Is en tirely feaslblo, and, by using tlio pnou mntlc lock, can bo constructed for about CO per cent of tho estimates hitherto mado for other plans of getting down to the level of the Hudson river. Tho charter provides that work shall commenco within threo and bo completed within ten years, nnd that Its terms hav ing boon compiled with tho Instrument shall continue In force forever unless tne property shall bo assumed by tho govern ment for tho freo uso of the public. It asks for no government appropriation. nld, or guarantee, nnd there can bo no good reason why tho charter should not bo granted. It la n great schemo and It Is to be hoped that It will matcrlallzo to tho fullest extent. Cnnnot Servo Two Masters. rilC GOVERNOR QUESTION. (From tho Manchester Journal.) Tho Stato papers hnvo nearly all de clared their preference for governor and It seems tnat tlioso on tho cast sldo nro about equally divided between Major Joslah Grout of Derby and Hon. W. W. Stlckney of Ludlow. Nearly nil tho papers on tho west sldo nro for Major Grout. Theso aro the only candidates so far men tioned. From a long personal acquaintance with each we think wo stato tho truth when wo say thut both candidates nro good men and well fitted for Jho position. Wo nro inrry that both happen to bo in tho field tho same year, as It necessitates a choice uoiwccn tiiom. Burlington Savings Bank. ' CHARTERED IN 1347. Deposits Dec. ill. 1805. $5,005, 70S.G4 Siirplns - 202,188.00 Total Assets, $5,827,837.57 TRUSTEES. C. F. Wxnn, Wim.aiid CnAttE, OiiAnr.KH I. Stmt, llitsnv unEixr., J, L. 1JA118TOW, A. G. PnlHCK, 1 1 kn it y Wills. Receives nnd nays denostts dally. De posits made on cither of tho first four busi ness days of any month draw Interest from tno 1st, If mado afterward Interest win commenco the first of tho following month, Interest will bo credited to depositors Jan. 1st and July 1st, compounding twlco a year. Thero aro no stockholders In this bank. All tho earnings, less expenses, be long to depositors. The rato of Interest depends on tho earnings, and for tho past seven years has been 4 1-2 per cent. All taxes aro nald bv the bank on depo sits of J1W0 or loss. Deposits aro received In sums from $1 to J2000, nnd no Interest will bo nald on nnv sum in excess of this amount, except on deposits by widows, or phans, administrators, executors, guaru lans, churl tablo or religious Institutions or on trust funds deposited by ordor of court This bank nrefors Vermont securities for tho Investment of Its funds, nnd sends no monoy out of tho Stato until tho homo demand Is met. No money loaned to nny odlccr or trustee of the bank. CHARLES T. SMITH, President C, l' WARD, Treasurer. Howard National It a like Burlington, Vt. Capital, Surplus and Profits 300,000 - 100,000 But as this nncpsaltv is thrust upon us, wo glvo It as our opinion fl.nl fn In, n ... I 1 ,.. .1.1 . . . Tlio FREE PRESS somo time Since honor at this ilmf.. tin hn. h,l nnli. n. quoted President Clovclnnd's now famous much c-xporlenco In tho Legislature and In order of January 17, 163.1, prohibiting fed- Stato affairs as Mr. Stlckney. Ho was a oral officials from holding Stato or muni-! Rallnnt soldier and seriously wounded In clpal offices while retaining their govern- iliV..?.t.,hMcl,c!ll?n n wa8'1,uctlted ment positions, and showed that Thomas tVo H. Browne, United States Chlneso lnspcc- himself to be a good business man, and, tor, had been elected mayor of Rutland In for 'ho past few years, has been ono of the violation of thnt order. Somo of tho demo- most successful farmers In tho State. His cratlc organs at onco pitched Into u. for , fTevcV attacking tho mayor-eloct of tho Marblo , somo of tho opposition papers havo as City, and said that when wo quoted tho retted that Major Grout Is tho ring candl democrntlc Boston Globo to tho effect that dato. Just what they mean by this Is somo of "the faithful" In Rutland wrrn!h,nnl t0 determine. If thoro Is n ring In endeavoring to make up to him tho sum "m"' nllr l:0n.co.m,i!sc,d otmfn h1 .. . , , , , , I havo been prominent In State affairs but that ho was now earning ns Chlneso In- these men have been divided on tho ques- specior, wo were noming mm up io ridi cule. It was Insisted, moreover, that wo woro Inclined to bo particular, and tho In timation was mado that thero was no caso against Mr. Browne. Inasmuch as thoso In a position to know wfipn nllthnrltv fnr tlln Rtntnmonf tlm fill. neso Inspector Browne was well qualified .t'm,,,i.for J'r- Grout- ct' lf 1,10 ,, , ,..., , convention decides otherwise, wo can sup- not press tho matter; but It transpires that at least ono resident of flic Marblo City was not satisfied with the situation. Ho wrote to tho treasury department, nnd dls- MKE0T0RS. JOEL II. GATES, Prest, Burlington Cotton Mills. DANIEL W. ROBINSON, Manager Skllllngs, Whltncya & Barnes Lumber Co., A. C. SPAULDING, of Spauldlng, Kimball & Co., . . Wholcsalo Qrocers, ELI A3 LYMAN, President Ellas Lyman Coal Co.. F. E. BURGESS, Cashier, tlon. Perhaps a majority of them nro now lor urout, but a good number aro work ing Just ns hnrd for Mr. Stlckney. We see no evidence of any "ring" Influence. It Is n fair Hold, and both men aro too honora ble to sock or to accept any support that Is not legitimate and abovo board. hlle, as wo havo said, our preference port Mr. Stlckney Just as heartily. If It decides for Mr. Grout wo may havo tho privilege of supporting Mr. Stlckney somo tuturo time. He is a young man yet and not likely to bo "laid on the shelf." Wo covered that the Cleveland administration j all ovcr tl0 stnt wh0( ,f' )0 )s nomlnatcd ill worn hard to get out tho voters, and tint wo most desire In this year of grace Veterans of tho Lato War, According to figures Just tnbulated by Carroll D. Wright, who Is In chargo of the. census department, Vermont has 8,730 Union veterans, tho number In tho whple country bolng 1,031,073. Tho report shows thjit there aro 432,020 surviving confeder ate veterans, of whom only 11 havo found tholr way to tho Green Mountain Stato, but these have In this Stato tho sympathy Of U widows of confederate soldiers who gavo up their lives for "the lost cause." Tho number of surviving wldowB of Union soldiers and Bailors throughout the coun try Is 145,359, whllo tho widows of confed erate soldiers number C0.5C4. Some suggestive as well ns Interesting facts are brought out by a- study of tho figures contained in tho" report. It appears that tho Union veterans are Caucasian to the extent of nearly 93 per cent of tho total number, tho exact numbor of whites bolng 060,274, as compared with 53,793 ne groes, Chinese, Japanese and ctvilUed In dians, On tho confederate' side more than 99 per'cent of the soWlora wore Caucasian, the colored confederate veterans number ing 8,271 Tho number of Union vcteratiB who have found homes In tho South and helped along the process of "reconstruction" is aston lahing. The report ehows that in 1S30 thero were 50.160 of these veterans In Kentucky, and the smallest number In any Southern Stato was, In .Georgia, where 2,063 were found to be rcaldcnto. It la ovldent that holds to tho Biblical truth that a man can not servo two masters. Tho letter of Inquiry brought a rc sponso which tho Rutland Times prints, as follows: Treasury Department, Ofllco of tho Secrotary. Washington, D. C, March 21, 1SBG. Sir In reply to your letter of the 17th Instant, In which you nsk to bo Informed lf a person holding the position of Chlneso Inspector can at tho samo time hold tho ofllco of mayor; also, If a deputy United States marshal can hold tho ofllco of alder man, you aro Informed thnt such tcnuro Is In violation of executive order of-Jan-uary 17, 1S03, now in force, a .copy of which Is enclosed herewith. Respectfully Yours, (Signed) W. E. CURTIS, Asslstnnt Secretary. When this ordor was Issued tlio fact was undoubtedly overlooked that In somo parts of tho country, llko Vermont, thero were not democrats enough to fill the arlous oftlces, without doubling up, or ex ceptions might hnvo been mado In such cases. 8 tho matter stands the Cleveland ad ministration Is evidently determined to Insist upon tho strict letter of tho order. This being tho case, Mr. Browne may bo called upon to decide whether ho will ac cept tho mayoralty with Its stipend of $100 a year, or remain Chinese Inspector nt nn annual salary of $1200. Under tho clr oumstanccs It would not bo surprising If Rutland wcro obliged to Install Mayor- elect Browne's successoj. Wonro Impelled to tnis boner tno moro because tno repuo llcan city commlttco of Rutland nrft re ported ns about to bring quo warranto proceedings under section 20 of tho Stato constitution, which provides that no per son holding any ofllco of profit or trust under the nuthorlty of Congress shall bo eligible to any appointment In tho Legis lature or to any exccutlvo or, Judicial of fice under tho State. Is a rousing majority. Tlio Wiidom of nionnlnl Sessions It seems that Vermont Is not tho only Sato having tho biennial legislative oys torn In which a return to annual sessions of the Leglslaturo Is occasionally ndvo catcd. Tho Stato of Pennsylvania adopted a constitution which went Into effect on January 1, 1874, and among Its articles wcro provisions that tho members of the Genoral Assembly should be chosen nt tho "genoral election every second year" nnd that tho General Assembly should meet "every second year and at other times whon convened by tho governor, but shall hold no adjourned annual session nftor the year 1873." Tho, Philadelphia Ledger says that "i discredited faction of practical politicians' proposo that thero shall be a retrograde movement through a return to annual sessions of tho Genoral Assembly of the Keystone Stato, and that an actlvo effort will bo mtido in this direction during tho present session of tho Legislature. In consenting upon the proposed step the Lodger says that it Is thoroughly well known that tho change from annual to biennial sessions was mado for cause that tho entire community of business had long anticipated the annual sessions of; the Legislature with distrust and that during their continuance tho publto mind was disturbed by fears of possible or probable mischief which might be dono to tho Intoroat of tho Stato by the sordid corrupt, legislators who dominated them That portion of the Ledger's argument (hat will most interest residents of Vor tnont Is as follows;' "Apart from thai most serious consid oration there was the additional one of tho enormous expense of the annual ses slons. For more than a decado the plan of biennial sessions has beon proved both wIbo and yoqd. It Is only once in two years, insioaa ot eacn recurring year, that tho representatives of our great busK ness affairs, have caiise to fear that, their interest will' be hurt by unscrupulous politicians, and legislative jotbent as sembled at Harrlsburg, Every other ryear they can enjoy immunity from vicious legislation and experience the eocurlty CONGRESSMAN POWERS AND THE WASHINGTON STAR. (From the Morrlsvlllo News and Citizen.) We do not believe Congressman Powers s losing any Kleen because of tho abuse tho Washington Star Is heaping upon him at tho present time. Tho reason for this abuse Is because tho Judge opposed a bill recently before Congress, touching a free library for tho city of Washington. The Judge wanted the wholo cost placed upon uio nisirict nnu succeodea in getting an amendment to this effect through tho House. For this tho Star iroes for thn Judge," calling him n "mlsrcprcsentatlvo" and ono In whom "Vermont can take no pride." Wo believe tho Judge acted hon estly In tho matter, and even though tho bill had tho approval of both our senators and Congressman Grout, no ono doubts for a moment that the Judge acted other wlso than honorably In the position ho took. Tho Star not only belittles Itself In thus hooping nbuso upon Mr. Towers, ut disgraces Journalism In scattering broadcast throughout Vermont, columns f Its abuse, doubly so when It shows no Improper motlvo for tho Judgo's action nnd does not mako any assertion that such a motlvo existed. "TWO ABLE REPRESENTATIVES. (From tho Landmark.) Vermont has two nblo representatives. each of whom has tho couraco of his con- Ictlons as this dobato shows. It Is un erstood thnt Gen. Grout Is not by nny means nvcrso to occupying Senator Mor rill's seat when vucant, and It Is not un unllkely thnt Judgo Powers, who Is re garded by ninny as tho ablest statesman n Vermont, will receive a strong, enthu siastic support for the senior senator's placo upon tho retirement of tho latter. A Greater 'WnshlnKton. '.Much Is heard theso days about a Great or Now York, a Greater Boston, nnd the enlargement of various other smnller cities through tho gathering In of suburbs, but comparatively llttlo has been said In tho prens about a greater Washington, a sub Ject in which tho people In all parts of tho country are Interested, Tho city of Wash ington hns been making marked progress during tho past decade, and its own growth will eventually make it ono of tho greatest cities In tho country. Students of municipal development seo still greater possibilities for tho capital city, however, In the absorption of adjacont communities. Boston, Chicago nnd other largo American cities havo grown almost as much through consolidation as through natural dovelop mcnt, and In this direction tho theory of probabilities points to a brilliant future for Washington. It Is now pointed out that Baltimore and Washington, which aro rapidly growing toward each other and absorbing suburbs in tholr Immediate vicinity will eventually buildup tho vacant territory that separates them at tho present time, nnd become practically ono vast community. Balti more's new city directory contains 203,000 names, a gain of 10,000 ovcr last year, and It Is claimed that this numbor bf names points to a population of 650,000. Wash ington's population will reach tho halt million mark early In the now century, and tho two cltlos will to all Intents and purposes constitute a second Now York In point of population and Importance, Ship OannI From tho Lakes, Tho schema for a ship canal, contenv plated In the bill to Incorporate? the Mart time Canal company of North America, which has been Introduced in Congress, is of course, tho enterprise which was set forth at length In an article from Harpor's weekly, copied in the Free 'Press lost Hep tember, It Is stated in regard to It that th, comikny therSasTttngl'ioir.la charter project, 'owns ,VauabIq franchises for a ship canal from Lake Brie to tne ocean via Montreal, has snent over 1200.000 in surveys and preliminary work, and owns the patenU on the great Sutton Pnou matlo looks, tho first of which U now go ing In at Lockport, on the Erie canal, to take the place, In one lift, of all the locks at that point. The object of the company l to make an ample ship route, from the CAN SELECTMEN BE OVERSEERS OF POOR 7 To tho Editor of the Freo Press; I notice by tho reports of recent town meetings thnt In somo towns tho select men have been chosen overseers of tho poor. Can this legally be dono 7 Under a former statute contained In Genoral Statutes, chapter 15, section 43: "Whenover any town shall neglect to ap point un overseer of tho poor, or when the ofllco of overseer of tho poor shall bo va cant, tho selectmen shall bo overseers of tho poor, and perform all tho duties re quired by law of the overseer." Under this, as n sort of enabling statute, towns acquired tho habit of "electing" the se lectmen overseers of the poor, n very Im proper form of action, by tho way, ns the law requires tho overseer to bo elected from "among tho Inhabitants" of tho town and a creamery association or tho town pump might bo ns appropriately "elected" to tho office as nny other designated body, anlmato or Inanimate. Yet thero being a vacancy or "neglect to appoint," then, of course, under tho provisions of tho old statute above quoted tho selectmen could act and perform tho duties of tho overseer of tho poor. But this statute docs not now oxlst, and selectmen can no more bo "elected" overseer of tho poor than tlio llstors, auditors or fence view ers. Sea newly revised Vermont Statutes for lack of such authority of selectmon to servo as overseers. Moreover the town Is not without nn overseer, because by sec tion 29S0 V. S. tho old overseer serves un til his successor Is chosen. How then can selectmen, thus claiming to be "elected" overseers of tho poor, venturo to perform tho dutlos of the latter offlcc, whllo InBt year's overseer Is yet In office? Who but tho earlier and tho only legally chosen overseer has any tltlo to tho office? It these selectmen thus claiming to bo overseers of tho poor proceed to send nny of their fellow townsmen to the Insano asylum, a very frequent function of tho overseer of the poor, nowadays, how can they defend themselves In an action for false Imprisonment? They are not over seers, they have not been elected nor can thoy, as selectmon merely act, or perform the duties of tho overseer. It would seem to tho ordinary reasonor a very prudent courso for selectmon In this predicament to bo very careful leBt they get thcmselvos Into Jail for attempting to perform tho duties of nn office to which they have no legal claim. CITIZEN. A general banking business transacted. foreign exchange bought and sold. Travellers Letters of Credl lssui'd, pay uio in an parts of the world. peciai attention riven to business of out-of-town customers. Accounts miv bo opened by mall and all communications will receive prompt and careful attention. JOEL H. GATES. President. DANIEL W. ROBINSON, Vlcc-Prcst., F. E. BURGESS, Cashier, II. T. RUTTKR, Assistant Cashier. THE MERCHANTS National Bank -OF- BURLINGTON, VT. Capital, Surplus, $500,000 250,000 This bank now oocuples Its new and ele gant building, Just completed, and Invites tho inspection of tho public to its complete facilities for tho rapid and Inexpensive transaction of all branches of bunking. It j has ono of tho finest bonking houses In the country and no expense has been spared to tnako tho vaults absolutely Impregnable against tho attacks of burglars, tiro or mob violence. With Its largo capital and ample resources It solicits tho accounts of firms, corporations and Individuals, and 1 offers them tho most liberal terms that I their responsibility and balances warrant. I Ladles' and family accounts ore especially 1 Invited. Special Teller's Window for La dles, Safo deposit boxes to rent and Jewelry, plate, valuable goods and pictures received on storage at a very modcrato charge. Wills scaled and registered and a receipt j given for same. Prlvato coupon and I writing rooms for dealers. Correspondence or nn Interview, with a 1 view to business relations, Is respectfully Invited, with assurances th.it all transac- tlons will be held In tho strictest confl denco nnd given most careful attention. L. E. WOODHOUBE, Cashier. EDWARD WELLS, 1'rcs. U. tt. SHALLEY, Vicc-Pres. 102 College Street. H. L. WARD, Treas Tlfie Burlington Trust Co. Aseets Over SI ,000,000.00. Transacts builucn in nil branches of legltlmnto banking. Accepts trusts and acts as financial agent of individual, corporations, cities, town and 'villages. Allows Intercut on ttmo deposits at highest rato consistent with comerTatlr management Doublo liability ot stockholders as with National Banks. Dcslrablo Investments for salo at all times. DIItECTORS: EDWARD WELLS. B. 11. SMALL EY, D. W. ROBINSON, E. HENRY POWELL, A. E. RICHAItDSOX. AGES OF VERMONT'S REPRESENTA TIVES. Vermont's population has not Increased 10,000 In 20 years. I am afraid It will nover havo another congressman. Its sons gal lop away from tho family nest as soon ns they feel their oats to settle among the vino-clad rocks nnd chestnut groves of tho Far West. I met Congressman H. Honry Powers at tho Fifth Avenue Hotel yestorday, nnd the sight of my old friend called up those reflections. Powers has beon nearly everything In his Slate except governor. Ho left tho bench of tho Su- iremo Court to go to Congress. He Is CI years old. His colleague. Congressman Grout, Is CO. Tho venerable Justin Smith Morrill, who hus represented tho Green Mountain Stato In tho Senate for 29 years, has reached tho lofty age of S5, mailing him Just tho ago of Popo Leo XIII. and a year younger than Gladstone. Senator Proctor Is 03. New York Press. VERMONT G. A. R. REPORTS WANTED. Gen. A. W. Grcely, U. S. A., In charge of tho War Department Library at Wash ington, D. C, Is desirous of procuring copies of the roports of tho Department of Vermont Grand Army of tho Republic, covering tho years 1SCS-C0-70-71. and also 1500. Ho has nil tho roports of tho De partments of tho Grand Army of Now England, except those from Vermont, and one from Massachusetts. Any comrade ot the order that can send theso copies to AdJt.-Gcn. T. S. Peck at Burlington, Vt., will have the satisfaction of knowing that his kindness In this matter will complete the flics In tho War Department Library. THE FLORIDA SEASON. Florida letters say that thero have been fewer tourists this season than usual, by one-third. vMany of the expensive hotels are losing- money, nnd few of any class aro making It. Tho mildness of tho Northern winter Is given ns ono cause, and tho tight ness of tliti money market ns another. SENATOR A, W. Heir to GREAT FORTUNE Is the man who carefully scans tbo security market and persis tently picks up well tolected loti of good properties whenever the market shows a soft spot. The buying has already com menced although small as yet, but soon it will becomo moro general, and when It does wo shall see the materialization of a Bull Market tho llko ef which hat not been oxperlenood slnco isua. Everything Points Towards Higher Prices. Peabody, Everett & Co. Bankers nud Brokers, Amei IliilldliiCi lla.ton, Mn.n, Hnv fnr Cash or c&rrv rn maririn. Stocks. Ilonds, Oraln and Provisions, rue, or csu. xor our manual for 1800, mailed Br free. X WINOOSKI SAVINGS BANK 44 has paid Its depositors PER CENT 2 Interest, for 13 vears compounded semi-annually. Deposits made during the Ilrst flvo days of unv month will draw Interest from tho first day of that month. Deposits mado after the fifth day of any month will draw interest from tho first day of tho next month. Deposits nro received and paid dally. All Tnxes aro Pnld bj tho Hank on deposits not exceeding fifteen hundred;! dollars. I Interest Is credited depositors tho first I dav of January and July. Tho bank hns not mot with a loss of I cither principal or Interest on any loan I mado during tho last eighteen years, nor I has It a loan among Its assets that Is con-1 Bldered poor or doubtful. Duo depositors. Including Inter est to Jan. 1. 1XM $I!1.0SS.3I Surplus 1S,71S.M Fifteen minutes by electric cars from I Burlington flvo cents fare. SYDNEY II. WESTON, President. ORMOND COLE, Treasurer. rou CAN MAKE MONEY NOW In Dividend rTlng and Meritorious Mining Stocks- Quotations and hpeclnl Information mulled on application io UNDERWOOD & WLLS, NKW VOHK LIKE 11LDO CIllCAliO. JInmbcra Cliloato Mineral and Mining lkmM. GOLD Think and ask for NEW BRUNS WICK RUBBERS, tho best made. Wholesale by Warren Boot & Shoo Co., Boston. WOO WOR D of Enosburgh Falls, Vt., relates how Scrofula Sores and Dys pepsia of 00 Years Standing Were Cured. Tho Hon. Arthur W. Woodworth of Enosburgh Falls, Vt., relates an experience with Dr. David Kennedy's Fnvorlto Rem edy that should bo known to tho world for tho great benefit of suffering humanity. "I havo used," said Mr. Woodworth, DR. DAVID KENNEDY'S FAVORITE REMEDY in my family with oxcollent results. A member ot my family was afflicted, with scrofula sores and chronlo dyspepsia for upwards of 30 years. They had refused to yield to Doctors' prescriptions or any med Iclno used, and tboy were many, until she hnfn olth nr. Dnvlil Kennedy's Favorite brain Is living and rocovorlng at Anderson, Remedy, which I nm pleased to state curod Ind. Tho boy Is six years old, and was nc- her. and I trust our experience will bo tho cldontly shot about two weeks ago. The means of helping others." bullet passed cletrr through his brain: his Favorlto Remedy Is tho superior of all limbs wero paralyzed, and tho doctors ex- blood and ncrvo medicines. It cures rhou- peetcrt no would surely me. uut ho ml- matlsm, neuralgia and nervous prostration, lied, and a week aco had recovered nos- T. i noinn fnr scrofula, crvslnelas. dys- sesslon of his senses nnd also of the uso of pepala, and for tho troubles peculiar to the un ituiud, vui:ior uiu muwi tubuiuvuu in female system, ah aruggisv, a, wmo the case, POLITICAL SOUR GRATES. (From tho Poultney Journal.) It Is amusing to sec candidates for of fice, who havo vainly prostrated them selves In front of political lenders, until tho knees of their pants aro worn away. nnd then falling to get tho coveted support go oft on n tnngont, and rail about "rings" until tnoy weary heaven ana disgust earth. AN INTERESTING CASE. A boy with a bullet hole through his HOW MEN BECOM&,MILLIOWAlBELS M "PASTE THIS IN YOUH HAT." BL nUY ME NOW FOB JULY DELIVERY AT M B$9 PBB DBL. AND SELL MB NEXT JULYm ffHou BEFORE AT 912 PER DHL. THIS YOUR 'cANDOIF YOUR JUDGMENT IS SET ON T HuP-TO-DATE pr Hoiaiirollablo, housea represented. E.E.KNOTT, m H Stock & Commission Broker,v " BURLINGTON, VT. JHr - T VM-i WHAT A PIANIST THINKS. Mr. Milo Benedict's Piano Recital ) AT THE ( Algonquin Club Was given on tho IVERS & POND PIANO. It was with some re uctanco, saia Air. Benedict that I consented to give a recital on any uptight piano. But I must sav. I wns surprised, and charmed with tho Ivers & Pond Piano. I used at the Algonquin club recital, it has a suberb tone, and responds f jeely to the most exacting touch. BAILEY'S MUSIG ROOMS, .Sole Agents, Y. M. 0. A. Build Intr, BURLINGTON, - - VERMONT, IF. Tf. HALL, General Manager. On An Eirrand. This little ad. is "ON AN ERRAND" to better intro duce to you the now famous word "CEKEbUTA. com pounded of CERES, tho oodess of agriculture and SOTA. an Tndiati word meaning bright "CERESOTA" Is the name of the flour that makes the right kind oil bread. NORTHERN SUPPLY CO., Burlington, Vt. MILLERS' AGENTS. 1X2 i.iT.1 "til On an Errand 'CERESOTA." SCHOOL OFFICERS, Who would lmprovo their district school, I will ao wen xo examino UALE'S SYSTEM of Common School Supervision. It Is effectual, practical and not expensive.! Full particulars upon application. Adl dress JOHN ts. uaw, Guilford, Vt. 20,w.ly fl.L nM M nas never been ex- mUlldlUII WI ABU. rdllll tensively advertised in the newspapers in this section. The best advertising it can have is a pleased customer, not merely satisfied but pleased and that is the kind of advertising it has every day. Whenl a man buys, Monarch he comes ba6k for the same paint next! tim& ' BECAUSE it is composed onlv of Pnro White Lead, I'uro Llmeed Oil. . . Pure Turpentine aktl itjtr, JIONARCH PAINT IS ABSOLUTELY PURE Furo Oxide of Zinc, l'ure Cejorlog Figments, . . -tyirnishes, Brashes nd Oils. "VjJ w '' " . , vV J