Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-02-02

-fivE orphans, who had been placed in
charge OF lady residing at Maspeth, L. l.,
were su1ocated some nights ago, under the
following circumstances. They were all put
to bed in one room by domestic, who, in or.
der TO make them more comfortable, kindled
q coal fire in stove. and closed the room
tightly. The coal gas and the impure air sui.
'os11<all five of the little sleepers.
The Danville (Ky.,) tribune, gives a
Lit Of family history in that neighborhood,
from which It appears that widow lady
when nhout 30. adopted an orphan boy and
married him at the age of so, when he was
IL years old. They lived together 46 vears.
and she died, after which the husband, then
OS years old, married an orrhan girl of ~
years whom they had adopted 10 years be.
fore.
----FsANKirH HICKS Of Troy, while skating
on the river, got cntangled with the skate, 81
another lad and both fell upon the lee
nicks striking upon the head, and receiving
fatal compound fracture Of the skull.
-RFruciNo RAILROAD ErrrvsEs.-Muoh
complaint has been made Of late by the stock
holders in railroads in the vicinity, of the
great increase Of cxpenaes. which hue beer.
in part explained by the enhanced cost Of
wood, oil. labor, &c. &c. Still some were
disposed TO believe that there were unneccs-
sary leaks which might be stopped The
other day a manager Of one of our railroads
met grumhlng stock holder and with some
cxUltation remarked that he vas retrerching.
lie had, he said. cut of thirds of their
ADVERT ing. You might lust as well cut off
your own head" was the sour reply, and the
parties separat d.-Hos'oa T,arciicr.
IN lSl9 two men, named futile and
Brown, one living in Acton and the other in
Concord, went to law to determine the weigh
ty question whether "A COW with one dry teat
should he sold at fall price, final decis ON
in the negative was given et Cambridge last
week, at Il cost Of over 600
The Boston Transcript presents its
readers Nth the following curious facts rela-
tive to the FIRST sever Presidents ofthe II ited
States four were from Virginia, two from
Mass, and the seventh from Tennessee
six were sixty-six years old on leaving Office
having served two terms, three died on the
4th Of July, and two on the same day and
year the last two were on the committee
who drafted the declaration of independence,
and both died on the 50th anniversary of its
adoption the names of three ended in son -
but neither Of ese transmitted his name to
SON; the only son Of the first five became
also President and il is a curious fact,
that neither OF the Presidents who had son
WIS ri''tJI rttpnu tliilc tue inltlalS OF Two
were the same, two others had similar initials
and those Of still two others we're the same !;
the remaining one stands alone-Washingto
--IXE's LAST Mira. Darlington. read.
ing an account of railroad accident, WAS
much surprised to learn that the locomotive
had been driven off from the track by one Of
the switches " She should mt have thought, +"
she said " that the great iron engine would
mind such little thing as a switch"
" Yes, but you must remember, mama, y
said Ike, gravely," the locomotive has ten
der behind"
- Oh, that, indeed, " replied the old lady,
resuming her paper, - well, you needn't talk
about 1t, my son go on with your lesson"
-THE GAINESVILLE (Ohio) Courier tells T.
hard story, yet We suppose we must believe
It, as lit is in the papers" A rife accident
ly went off in hotel there, while the iron
ramrod was in the barrel. The explosion
forced the rnmrod through the plastering and
floor above, through bed and through the
arm and body Of Samuel Kirk, who was w.
Ing in the bed at the time. The ramrod was
driven through both arm and body, and stop
ped there transfixing both yet the man is
alive and may recover.