Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-10-28
ITEMS AT HOME AND ABROAD.

-lRoN ORE-Large quantities Of the
rich and valuable ore of the iron regions
across the Lake are now shipped to Pittsburgh,
Cleveland and Detroit, and the opcrati IN is
profitable one for the purchaser.
-TuANKsGlvING in Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Connecticut Rhode Island and
Pennsylvania will be observed ON Thursday
November 9th.
Governor Crosby of Maine has appointed
Thursday, the 18th of November, to be OBJ
served as day Of Thanksgiving.
-rmE OLDEN TIME.-A number of the
Boston Ercning Post printed in TAG, is
mainly occupied with news about the rebel
lion, the Prctcndcr, and SO forth, and so
forth, but room is made, nevertheless for ad-
vertiscmcnt of negroes run away. or for sale,
one Of the latter being described as Il . fine,
lusty, healthy negro woman fit for town or
country, with Il child. and will bc sOM wM
or without the chiM." o, Boston. Boston
-TnE IRoS lIoRSE.-'lhc average dis
tancc travelled by a locomotive, Icing in mo-
ton but one-cighth Of the time is equal to
once around the globe every year. In going
sixty miles an hour. s. feet are traycrSrd per
second 3 revolutions Of the driving wheels
are made, requiring strokes ofthc piston, and
20 intermediate periods Of action in the valve,
equal to the division Of second into 10
parts.
- PENNSYLVANIA ELECT0N.--RcturIs
from 40 Counties show Democratic majority
of Ii, 900 on the State ticket. which is en-
pected to be increased to p 1000 by the re-
manning counties. The State Senate viii
stand l. Democrats. j. WhiSs--l Indepcn-
dent Democrat and Native
-IiEAvY ENDoRsEMENy.-The AdminiS-
tration papers, claim the late Democratic
victory in Georgia. as an endorsement of the
President. Last November the Democratic
majority was Is 900. This year it is some
900
AN APPROPRIATE GIrT.-Thc family Of
Jacob Bailey Moore Formerly Post Master Of
San Francisco, recently dcrcaScd,) have ac-
knowlcdgcd the kind attentions Of COL Shurt.
LEFT, of the Island House, BrllowSlalls, during
Mr.. Moore's protractcd illness at that cStuh-
lshment, by presenting him Il splendid silver
pitcher and salvcr 1t was worthy Gift
bestowed on a most worthy host.
-CINcINNArI is called the Hamburg Of
America, and it is thought it will yet be the
metropolis of the United States.
The First Agricultural Fair ever held
in North Carolina, has just closed at Raleigh.
The attendance is said to haze been very
large. Hon. Mr.. Ncnablc delivered an adj
dress on the occasion.
The United States is now engaged in
building Custom Houses at New Orleans,
Mobile, Charleston, Louisville, Cincinnati
Pittsburg, Richmond, Norfolk, Wilmington
Del, and Bath, Me.
"A fugitive Slaves pamcd Lewis, after
an examination at Cincinnati, escaped from
the Court room and at last accounts had not
been captured.
Tinted States Stocks to the amount Of
$j6S, oJ2 were returned last week
-TYrmrS FEvER.-Thc Conference Aca,
deny at Poultney, has been nearly broken up
for the present term by the tyPhus fever. Til,
Banner says
We learn that as many as sirty-two hat
been attackcd-many Of whom had left lol
home, and quite larger number had died,
"A man recently, while in liquor
crawlcd in on the top of boiler in "A machin,
shop in Detroit, and dropping 70 sleep. was
literally baked when he was discovered,
-CmPs THE man who lives in vain
lives ,corse lhaa in vain. lie who lives to nc
purpose lives to a bad purpose,
The man who prates about the cruelty
of angling, will be found Invariably to beat
bis Christopher North.
A young lawyer in New York the ohe
day put his spinal column out of joint, trying
to-" dTaw conclusion"
There were 20,i43 prisoners in the jails
and houses of correction of England, on Apr
I6 last.
The Chinese, a clustering, harmless
fellow ga paper Tiger"