Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-09-22
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Of the Canadian Cabinet :--Iitrral,-Jt,,
John Ross, Speaker of the Legislative Coun-
Gil Mr.. Spence, Postmaster General. Con-
servatives--Sir Allan McNab, President of
the Council John A. Mcdonald, Attorney
General /. Henry Smith, Solicitor-G General
Mr.. Catcy, Inspector General. No change
has been made in the Lower Canada section.
LIE MONTREAL papers have been So
rlously alarmed by the encampmcnt and
general training" Of the militia of Essex
and Clinton counties, across the Lake They
announced that something unusual was
aliCot'that field pieces and four hundred stand
Of arms had been forwarded to Plattsburgh,
that tho militia had been called out, and that
warlikc proceedings Of an unusual charac-
ter were proceeding Evidently they were IN
fear lest The Yankees should invade and for
cibly annex Canada to- Plattsburgh
-1HE DECREE Of the supreme court If
Pennsylvania in relation to the famous rail
road war at Eric, is particularly welcome to
the Erieans, rs it sustains them in their po-
sitiOns against the railroad company. The
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az it hes part upon certain streets in the
borough Of Erie and part upon public road,
and the court the,sf,re orders that the dcfcn-
dants shall, on or before tho expiration Of
four months from this date break VI 80
much Of their road as lies apon She said
streets, and upon the Buffalo Fad, AMI So
move the materials thereof.
The Ogdcnrburg Sentinel tells story
! Of subscriber who lately stopped his paper
because it contained too many advertisements,
and shortly after had his farm advertised and
sold for non-paymcnt of taxes, before he
knew it. He succeeded IN redeeming his
| property at a considerable cost, and then con-
cluded to renew his subscription to the Sen
hnel, which was the 'only paper that had the
news
| Mr. GEO. w. OsrRANDER. Of Ioosick,
! Rensselaer, County. New York, has Durham
hcifer Calf which completed its sixth montT,
last Monday. which grts fire feet, and weighs
"r hnndred and serenity fre pounds 70 ac-
quirc this great weight, she has taken only
the milk of one COW, and had good passurage.
-TwLSrY-rwo Fire Companies Of differ
ent town. in Western Massachusetts. met last
week in Springfield for trial of their MA
Chimes Five prizes, gold and silver plated
speaking trumpets, were played for. A Wor-
cester company squirted los feet into the air,
and took the first prize. While plenty of va
ter went tp, plenty Of rain came down, and
as plenty of poor rum went down. plenty Of
foolish fremen got high, to ,be intonse dis
gust of respectable people.
MIA NATHANIEL FnI1cH Of Dunmcrs
ton, VITA useful ci zen, aged abou, GO, was Kill
led on Friday morning the sth., by the falling of
a tree which he was chopping. The falling
tree IN its descent struck another tree and
broke in two parts. one of which fell upon the
head Of Mr. +.
- CrHrrs, the "Iiowadgi," delivered
poem at the Commencement Of Brown Uni
versity, Providence, on 'Well bred men,"
which closed thus
|, uncollegiate till thi, very day.
Could never call my Alma Mater Brown
Yet brown toast will give yon, sitting down
And wish to state it gently, without noise.
find the best bred men were Broun bred boys.
- AS HONEST German down South being
asked to explain the difference between a ma
tive and a naturalzed citizen, said that ma
tive American came into the country naked,
while naturalzed citizen comes into it with
his clothes all on.
-" Bchod hom brighfly freaks The ,norn
ing" sang the Washington Union, when it
received the one sidcd returns of the New
Hampshire election, upon which the Concord
Patriot staked its political reputation, and
which the Boston Post endorsed. Since then
the morning has broke in other States, only
more SO. The Union, however, continues TO
be pleased with the bright prospects around
In recent article, we are informed that the
Administration has been every where sustain
ed by the peope-'ap lauded and sustained, ="
are its words.
-TnE Troy Wing, which ought to know
for Troy manufactures and supplies great
portion of the bad liquor drank in the valley
of Lake Champlain, says The business of
adulteration-or more properly speaking, of
poisoning liquors., we are satisfied, carried
on to a far greater extent than is generally
apprehended to an extent which, if known,
would excite public alarm if not indignation,
and lead thousands to avoid. for all their flu
ture lives, the use of liquors, a, they would
any other poison" And yet the Wing is an
Anti Maine law paper.
The Detroit Enquirer says that Prcsi-
dent Pierce has received an invitation to
attend the National Hen Convention but
has sent indignant refusal-he having no
opinion of hens since that egg business.
Oh Sunday morning last, the skeleton
of a man was found IN the bottom of the
chimney stack of wire rolling mill at Tren-
ton, \. j. The Waterman of the mill, Mr.
Joseph Wilkes. disappeared two weeks ago,
and these are believed to be his remains
From an examination of the premises it be-
came evident that he had accidentally fallen
through an uncovered opening into the stack,
where he had persisted with the heat, and the
flesh being speedily scorched off his bones,
was carried off by the strong draught passing
through the place.
-THERE lives at Grand Lake. New Bruins
wick, q man ninctv-.x years of age. who ~
read the newspapers printed on the finest of
type, and is waited upon by great-grcat-
granddaughter, eighteen wears Of age. who
II nut three leet ana three.Iourtns oi an men
tall. He has granddaughter who is four
feet, eight inches high, but who weighs two
hundred and eighty-si1 pounds. She cannot
stand upon her feet more than thirty minutes
at one time.
-PIoTrRF OF SuoRr Bor-A cores
pendent of Buffalo paper recounts his sensa-
tons at meeting, in the late Soft State Ton
vention, "any number of soap-lock, black
muzzed customers who wear their hats very
much on one side, turn up the bottom of their
pantaloons, carry their cigar. in the corner
Of their mouth with the end projecting up
wards. and call Isaiah Rynders Cap These
fellows generally have strong red hands and
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