Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-02-16

mercury WIS NJ one time 80 , below zero, and
the suferings of the passengers on the roads
were very great In one case, three cars were
torn to pieces for fuel to keep the passengers
from freoIg, and on the Illinois Central
road the'rassengers ola frozen up train, were
to eat dogs to keep them from star
walton
Ok 1Hr cold Tuesday, Edward Ryan Of
WoonsOcket r. l., clothed in a cotton shirt
and thin pants, cut, split and packed over
cords Of four feet chestnut wood between
sunrise and sunset, and won his wager of 500
thereby. And on the same day party Of
young ladies and gentlemen, took sleigh
ride for pleasure, from keescvile to Platts.
burgh, and back, returning "a lG miles drivc)
at midnight in open sleighs with tho Their
nometcr at 80 below zero.
-AmJrose jerome, workman in the
employment Of Messrs Kingsand & Co, az
their lower Forge, in Keeseyille, while cngag
cd in moving a large anvil block, recently,
met with a sad and sudden death. The an
vii, which weighed SiU0 pounds, got the ad.
vantage Of the men and fell on Jerome.
crushing bis body about the hips, in a horri-
bic manner. lie lived about two hours. He
leaves II family.
-DEATt OF PRoFGssoR LATHRor.-1lN
Madison papers announce the death Of ;.
Pearl Lathrop, NJ. D., Professor of Chemis-
try and Natural Science in the University Of
Wisconsin. lie died ou the 2jth of Deem
Der, in the 3?th year OF his age. Prof l.. .
was native Of shelburn. Vt. and was a
1913, he received the degree Of Doctor or
Medicine, at Woodstock, Vt. In 1915, TO
was appointed Instructor in Anatomy, Ply
siology and Botany in Middlebury College,
and was afterwards Assistant Geologst Of
Vermont. In 1910, he was invited to the
chair of Chemistry and Natural Science in
Beloit College, and about one year since he
was called to Professorship in the Wis
consin University, as above.
--lur EploR Of the Rutland Herald,
just married. says ~ pair of sweet lips,
pink waist ribbon, u swelling breast. and a
pressure or two of delicate hands, will az
much unhinge a man as three fevers, the
measels. large sized whooping cough, pair
OF lockiaws, several hydrophobias, and the
doctors bill"
-NoRTnFiELp INsriruIIoN.-The Spring
term at this popular Academy commences on
| Tuesday, Feb. Goth Teachers Class will
be formed early in the Term under the in
structiOn of Hon. d. VI. CAur Tho number
OF scholars the last term was liz. JONI II
GRAHAM, Principal, Mortified, Vt
-Ru1LAND. The Irishmen in Rutland
seem to be slightly fractions. On Sund "
evening Of last week, Myron S. Clark, about
sixteen years old, was without the slightest
provocation, knocked down, beaten and kick
ed. by three miserable, drunken Irishmen,
who took turns in holding the lad upon the
ground by his hair, while the others beat him Il.
He was badly bruised. but no bones broken
| On Monday also, in Rutland, Patrick Fooley
was fined s. and costs, for assault and bat
terry. His wife was fined SO and costa
for like offence. On Thursday evening as
I young man was escorting three young ladies'
homo to their boarding house, one of the
young ladies was seized by one of three Irish
men and Carried Il short distance, but was
rescued by the young man. The Rutland
| Herald, to which excellent sheet we are Of
course indebted for our Rutland news, saws,
that whenevera Catholic meeting is held in
that town, drunken Irishmcn are sure TO
abound in III" streets, and calls upon tine
Sheriff. to teach them the full meaning of 1T
is hereby enacted &c. The Supreme Court
commenced its session in Rutland. on Tues
day Of last week Hon. Isaac F Redfeld,
Hon. Milo l.. Bennett, and Hon Pierpoint
lsham present,
-WNDsoR. The Chronicle relates the
case Of man from Reading. who u few DAYS
since, crossed over into New Hampshire and
and returned with kcg and large jug of the
CRATER. Not being in condition to guide his
horse, the animal went upon the sidewalk,
IN the village, finally ursetting his honor,
leaving him underneath the sleigh Some
ladies seeing his predicamcnt, rolled back tho
sleigh, and finding his key and jug, uncorked
them, and rolled the one down the hill and
held the other up till empty
-THE MODE Of electing United States
Senators in New York is somewhat peculiar
On the day specified the presiding officer o
each branch directs that the roll be called
Zach member as his name is called nominate.
r'ra roce, the man whom he wishes to have
elected. If a majority of the Senators and
majority of the Assemblymen designate the
same man, he is thereby elected. and the
whole work is done. Otherwise he is elected
in Joint Assembly
"A CorNTERFEIILRs nest was recently
broken up at Cleveland, Ohio In tho .tovs
was roaring fire, all of new bank bills, lust
put in, and about twenty thousand dollars Of
prettily printed bank bills, all on Eastern
banks, were found ready for circulation. and
whole trunk full ready to be filed out On
Miner the chief of the gang, was found a
letter from one Of the gang, ordering large
amount to he RENTED to him, as he was
going East via Philadelphia. and Baltimore,
and could put it of like hot cakes A list Of
retail dealers, customers from abroad who
were patroniling til. Wholesale House in
flovolon,l, N,o, also found
ten. SAM liorsIoN recently announced
IN Congress that it was doing him injustice
to suppose he was catering for the Pref
dency Of the United States said he 81
would not cater for any office beneath heaven
(Pan'e) BW, s'r, Tkaow one thing If n
~erf to be- thrust upon me, should make
great many changes an some small matters.
-TuEGE is colored woman living in
heuyeiton, near ogiensburgh, n. Y. who
claims that she will be 100 wears old NAY.