Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-04-21
ITEMS At HOME AND ABROAD.

-THE OFFICIAL resignation Of MIR Dan
iels, President Picrce's Charge to Turin, has
been received at Washington Mr.. Daniels
wrote home letter, telling how he was bored
by" Counts smelling of garlic" and speak
ing in anything but hattering terms of the
society in which, as he complained, he was
obliged to stay and dance the dance of
FOOLS Some indiscrcct friend published the
letter. it quickly found its way abroad, was
republshed at Turin, and Mr. Daniels found
himself in such bad odor that he has re-
treated in intense disgust.
-FIRE CoNsrMEp distillcry in Wash.
ington street, New York, On the 5th, and with
other confagrations in Mott and Houston
streets, caused loss of $50 900 to $50 900.
bows SorTu a few miles, it is the
fashion to present great eggs to the editors,
who in return make their authors immortal.
Thus the Brandon Post place, on the list of
Fame pullet which was hatchcd in Novem-
ber last and has been laying eggs since Jan
lays eggs " every time larger than IA turkeys
egg and every egg doublc-yolkcd.
-MRs MARGARET Dot GLAs is now in
Philadelphia, having lust been released from
the jail of Norfolk Va, where she has been
imprisoned one month for the cline of teaching
free colorcd children their Sunday school les
sons, which she did al the request of many Of
the most respectable members of Chris,s
Church in Norfolk.
-OREsrEs BRowSsoN, in recent
course Of lectures in St Louis, has been en-
deavorlng to prove that Spain and Portugal
are model governments that TIE destinles of
human freedom are bound up in the success
of Russia and Austria, that England is low
down in the scale Of freedom, and that in the
United States we do not understand the first
principl,s of liberty
-CAR-LEss CAR-ousEL.-A man from
Chittenden Co, with a car containing farm
produce. bound for New York, stopped over
night at the Rutland station. In the car
was stove. The owner invited a few carpet
friends to spend the evening, and drink with
him. lie fell asleep, and the straw took fire
from the stove, driving out the drunk ken car
casses, but burning up the car and car 60
Rnidnd Herald.
4 cor.acteristic item
-htv' Henry WARD bEEcnER Is some
thlnS OF wag, and generally illustrates his
Ideas with story At lahorers meeting
IN New York on saturday evening, he said :
Now, speaking OF the compromise OF 1890
and this bill, ! can't help thinking of the
reply OF the fellow IN Jail to the question
"wlHIt are You here for Well, he re-
Phed' " | stole the saw-mlli, and when went
! back after the dam, they nabbcd me. Now
isin I u @ ul'is tts. .i '"'s stole ,nI mn. IN
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( II Coon pRl,r.-We learn that Levi
/ \. Dowlcy, Esq, OF this town, recently sold
/ to 20 to Stunstead, Canada East, full blood
calf Of the Hereford breed for 5000. The
Hereford cattle promise to ho peculiarly we'll
na'I" io' '.o Innate anu ~ W ''I'lon' :
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