Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-02-10

anu plthy biography.
We know that mau-D- NJ He
came to st. Adams, with a long face. n silver
headed cane, aud Rev" prefxed TO bis
name lie preached one faith Il few months,
and suddenly changed it. He preached and
went hunting the same day. He lectured on
temperance (and the people were astonished
NJ ms stolen lectures and frigued honestly
and got drunk. lie l~ectured to young ladies,
ana played the adulterer. He kept a bad
school,-editcd u reckless paper.-stoie money
rom his (borrowed) boy, and charged the
,helt upon the servant girl,--got the Office Of
deputy lnspector,-g drunk upon smuggled
'quor,-took one shirt, another mans wife,
ana a bundle Of manuscript sermons, and ran
away from his own wife, his paper, and u
crowd Of creditors.
Law ~ BRANDON The Bran
d"n PoSt says that on Thursday last, an tin
Grant ~rnm-peddlcr was arrested, and in his
sleigh Was found two kegs and two large Jugs
containing rum. lie was adjudged a ,iolater
oi the statute and fined twenty dollars and
costs,-ainonnting in all to thirty dollars,-
and his liquor, about fifteen gallons, poured
upon the ground. In the same place a seiR.
nrc Of several kegs and one barrel OF liquor,
was mad" the SANE day in the grocery Of 5.
F. Paige.
--NNoTIER FIRE N OGDENsRu RGH.-Ihe
Ogl"n8burgh StntHei has a fire 10 report
about every week. On "Wednesday mornings
wooden h%uiIdnIg occupied as IL sash and blind
aud furniture factory war burned. Loss Of the
occupants over SI.UnO, h' sides the building.
which was owned by Mr.. ". {. Brown. An
attempt was also made on SATURDAY nigh, lnst
to fire the Methodist Church in Oydrnslurch,
which however failed.
W AsnINC1oS Gossir.-The Washing
ton correspondent of the New York Tic.u
says IT Is believed tlar u coup d'etat at Mad
rid will occur at an early day. and that the
voluntary offer to sell Cuba to the Cnited
States Will come from the new Government Of
Spain within a very few months. He tells
also a good story of Col. Benton, in connec.
rion with the Nebraska bill. At a recent
dinner pa =, at which the Colonel was pros
ent, a gentleman remarked 10 him that he
had not expressed his opinion in regard to
Mr.. Douglas and his bill. All no. gentle
men, said the Colonel, Il have not said
anything about Mr.. Douglas and his bill. IL
reminds me OF an old farmer who had an un-
ruly bull, gentlemen. The bull had a habit
OF jumping very high, and of running at peg
pie, besides other dislgrecablc and trouble
some tricks SO one day the farmer went out
to shoot the bull. Ilir negro man inquired
what he was going to do. Going to Kill the
null, rcIlird he, going u kill the bull,
Sambo.' Whcret ron Sambo rcinined, w hat
Tor you going to shoot the bull, massa DAT
am t no use h. lUnp so high hcireak his necA.
Ih" Colonel evidently thinks it is AS well to
leave MIR. Douglas to his fate.
--FIooD Al 81. RFoIs.-On Thursday
night of last week, the 81. Lawrence became
suddenly damned ty the choking of the ice
below the Indian village Of st. R-c,-. The
water rose .t@o"rteen feet above high water
mark, and poured into the village, curlvirg
WITH 1t masses OF Ice, timber ana rocks. IT,
minel "' "'"ss ".""'.~d :".o ,I> uu.itius-,
completely destroying many of them. dr",.
out some 800 inhabitants into the street, in
Whlcll the water was scN eral feet deep, dee.
tr"!rd their lr"viSinns, and drowned their
cattle amt hor,rs-all tits wiki thu thermom.
"t"r 30 below zero Dnc woman SWAN, %
rods before finding a foothold. The above
i'rts ar" gwen by the OgdenSb4rgh S,nhA,i.
--RtA AS A BKvERA0E ."-Roxena Ha.
zclb'pm Of Boston, was II common drunkard.
and her husband prayed outa warrant for her
arrest, that st" might he placed out Of ,hs
reach OF rum. The officer who went to arrest
her found only her CORPSE lying in one q Inc
OF a room, with David Dohcrtv and hi. w..
drunk IN bed III another corner. Eoyrr, did
IN II drunken tt.-A bottle Of rum was found
on tlr stlhelIed corpse of a man named But
teri'ld, found tr"4ru 10 death on SUNDAY last