Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-07-07
ITEMS At HOME AND ABROAD.

ity. a company of the Norwich Cadets pre-
sented themselves here, and after display of
manoeuvrcs which showed good drilling, went
on board of one of the steamers with large
company from this place and the neighboring
country. Save the inconvenioncics arising .
from large crowd, the trip to Ticonderoga
and other places on the Lake, was made very
pleasant to all.
Ar ESSEX Vt, there was a friendly
gathering from that town and others adjacent.
with public dinner, toasts and an of-hand
speech from Us. Adams Esq, of this place.
Everything won't off agrceably
Ar RAILROAD excursion last Thurs
day between Cincinnati and Seymour, KY,
powder magazine on one Of the cars. be-
longing to an Artillery company, exploded.
Six persons were blown into the air, some Of
them mortally wounded.
ON The 18th of June, party were
visiting Mammoth cave near Mt. Wisconsin,
Wis. On account of gases, great care must
be preserved by those who visit the cave, to
carry no fire, except in glass lantern. This
party had taken the usual precautions with
the exception of IA pipe in the mouth Of one
of the women, which was sufficient to ignite
the gas, and several the party were burned
and bruised to death.
-lr IS SAID that Mat Ward the muir
dcrer Of Mr.. Butler, has gone to the hot sul-
pher springs in Arkansas. Some think it
shows his tendencies
-ilrEER THINGS come along occasionally,
in the way of Typographical mistakes. In
brief notice which we saw the other dav of
monument erected by the Alumni of Williams
College to the memory of Col. Ephraim Will
liams, its founder, it was printed 1.-THE shaft
is of Buckskin MARBLE Berkshire marble
was intended, this College being in Bcrk-
shire Co. Mass.
--lIoN. GERRIrr Smith of New York, de-
clines reelection to Congress.
"A LARGE portion of the stone dock and
steps at East Albany. in front of the Boston
" Albany passenger depot, fell in last SAT-
urday night, with a loud crash
--ACCoRDlNG TO the General Railroad Com
missioners Of Connecticut. the average of
accidents on all Railroads Of that State since
they began to be used, is as follows
One person has been killed for every lOl =
6O2 miles run by trains one person for every
g., 1872 miles run by passenger trains one
for every 100, l24 passengers carried in the
cars; one person for every 4.732 900 passen-
gers carried one mile; one passenger only
has been killed out of 1910 900 passengers
carried one mile.
-THE PHILADELPHIA Board Of health re-
ported that all the deaths by Cholera in that
city, last week, were of persons either intern
perate or of grossly filthy or imprudcnt
habits. One drayman ate half a pine apple
at noon bathed in the afternoon with shirt
and drawers on-went sky larkng" at
night with his wet garments on, and died
from cholera next morning.
VIZ COILS, a resident of Philadel-
phia, lost his wife, seven children, and up
wards of twenty thousand dollars, in the
steamship City of Glasgow. All his property
was in the steamer
-THE EXPENSE of the great Chicago and
Rock Island Railroad Excursion, of which
the papers have been full of late, has been es-
timated at $50, 900, Of which it is said tn,
contractors bear one half, and the Railroad
Companies the balance.
-THE Clerical Journal (English) gives
its readers the following definite and satisfac-
tory piece of American news "Ne~ Jersey
\ neat and substantial building has been re-
Gently erected in this town, for the worship
of Almighty God. debt of few hundred
dollars still rests upon the building
-CNIrED STATES Commissioner Carpen
ter of Cincinnati, published communication
in the gazette Of June 20, denying the con
stitutionalty of that part of the Fugitive
Slave Law which makes 1t the duty of the
Commissioner to issue warrants and hear
cases. He says he has refused, and will con
tinuc to refuse to issue warrants
-THE Missouri people have held tive
meetings. and passed series of resolution,
in favor of settling the new Territories Will
IA slave population, and are determined to OPP
pose the operations of the Massachusetts,
Emigrant Aid Society, and all similar organ.
izations. This they say they will do, peacc
.JuHy u may be, and by force Of arms # ncccs
sdry.
-TEA CULTURE IN ONO. The Dunkirl
journal says that gentleman passed through
that village, en- route for Cincinnati, will
some twelve Chinese tea culturists, for tn,
purpose of testing the practicability Of grow
ing tea in tn" vicinity of Cincinnati.
-lmR Bosro> petition for tie repeal o
the Fugitive Slave Act has been sent ON t,
Washington, 1t contains about three thou
sand signatures. Including the names Of al
most all the merchants of any note in the city
-O>E THOUSAND, and over, of the vote
rams ol the war of 1872 met in Syracuse, y
y. last week Tuesday, to take some measure.
to urge upon Congress the duty Of providing
literally for the INDECENT and infIm surviyn.
soldiers of tie Wa of 1872 For this ,ur.
pose comnittee will he appointed in each
Congressional district.
CIE,SINc WALL PArrR.-Wall paper is tn,
or"'' VI 'h' nay now ann MI persons VINO
Ind their paper dirty, would make II Ing
by cleaning 1t, Instead Of putting on new
The hest process Tor doing this is to TAX
about two quarts of wheat bran, tie it up in
a bundle in coarse flannel, and rub 1t over
the paper. IL will cleanse the whole paper
Of all descriptions ui dirt and spots better
than any other means that can Ice used
Some use bread hut dry bran is better.
This HngTs WE'LL" as the misquto said
when lac serllud IN the fat mans nose