Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-07-01
ITEMS AT HOME AND ABROAD.

--tANtDA TH!STLES.-our townSman W IN.
!. Seymour has ~ivcn us some of his experience
in thistle klling-and thinks his plan supc
rior to the one we published the other day.
He says that seven years ago. four acre
lot of his was 50 completely covered with
th~tlcs, that he almost dcSraircl Of it. But
finally determining to make a thorough at
tempt at eradication, he sent into it. ON" day
in ,Junc--a couple of good active men with
mittrns ON, who in seven days works had rome
over the ground, and pulled up every thistle.
In two years he repeated the process, and in
two years more, again-by which time q half
days work did the business. This year tie
land has just been gone over, and but hro
thstlrS found in the lot. Milkwccds and
other weeds have also shared the same fate
This method is certainly cHrctual, and Mr..
Seymour considers it economical. june is the
time to do it,
-EXcESSIvE HEAT IN CiTE>.--.io less
than hrcniy-Hinc eases Of sun-Strokr. or sud-
den and dangerous illness from the effects of
the heat occurred in New York ON Tuesday
and W e,lncs,lay. of which trcnty-tour result
ed fatally, In Philadelphia there We're -
deaths ON Wednesday, in Brooklyn seven, and
in Baltimore six-from the same cause.
~ BAD STATE OF THINGS.--A letter from
Australia says, . Here every married man
beats his wife ! say crcrY, the exceptions
are rare they are hard to find. do not
believe in striking women under any crum-
stances; but if any woman ought to be
whipped, the women Of this country need IL
sound thrasing. They drink ale and porter
by the quart might say by the barrel, and
not be far from truth"
-RwARD OF MERIT.-W. W. Jolnsor,
of Chicopcc, Mass, who fred cannon every
morning from the nomination to the election
of Gen, Pierce, has been appointed Post
master at that place,
Tile Maine Liquor Law which has been
bcior" the Connecticut Legislature, was de
fratcd in the House ON Thursday. by the cast
ing vote of the Speaker. \ license bill was
afterwards introduced in its stead and passed.
"A negro died in New York few days
since from eating strawberries. He ate ten
baskets fun, on wager, and died almost m-
wcdiately afterwards.
1t ia proposed to establish in some of
our eastern cities an institution in which the
sciences of spinology, wravcoogy and cook
oloGy, may hr taught to young ladies. and
where, after obtaining these accomplishments,
they may receive diploma. with the honory-
ry degree of"F. WITT for Wives.
The Cleveland Herald bcgS our English
friends not to take either Mrs Stowe or the
Black Swan specimen Of American
beauty.
-G>vAzzI \ .IoHER.-h his latest ad-
dress in New York Ga,azz fulIy established
his reputation as a joker, 10y getting of
the following
The important passage of Mathew, said ia
alludc to Peter, - On this Rock will | build
my church. has been made rather clear To- m'
since my Canadian tour. can really now
believe without much difficulty that the Ro-
man Catholic Church is built upon this rock,
after having witnessed Roman Catholics com
ing into church with their pockets fun o.
Saint Petcr
THE correspondent Of the Brattlrhoro
Eagle tells the following story of a witness
upon liquor trial " How do you know il
was brandy ," asked the lawyer" Well, re-
piled the ready witness, " ] smcllcd OF il first
and then 0e'comcd about a glass and hal
Of it," The unexpected verb wholly upset
the gravity of the court, jury, aud nliscela
ncous peoplc; and they were not at all as
sisted in recovering their COMMUNITY by hl'
further testimony, that the man who bought
the brandy drank Of It hims.'f " till b' waf
4.Ilt. a.!lbg-vuS.