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

An unoccupicd dwelling house, be-
longing to Mr.. John Ragin, situated ON the
road leading from st. Adams village to the
Bay, was burned on Sunday morning llst
of course the work of an inccndiary.
Mas Rrsu. n millionaire Of Philodcl-
phia, lately gave an entertainment, OF when
a letter wrfns says 4" About two thousand
invitations wero issued, and the entire cost
was in the vicinity of twenty thousand dollars
tho bare item of bouquets alone costing
II 900, which were distributed in elegant
,rofusion around her splendid mansion
At halfrast four o'clock in the morning
green tea. sweet bread and tcrrarins, as the
closing feast preparatory to the departure OF
the remaining guests, were served up"
This same lady as we have been told by some
who know, uniformly refuses all application
for public or private charities.
MIA. WISE of Virginia, when a n loss
for arguments resorts to grmaces and stage
trickery. In the course of II recent speech,
while reading n extract from sermon, de-
liyered at Boston, on the occasion of the re-
tllu1utlol VI DuTllS, Ic ChlHc " INV IiIldSt
the Northern conscience" At this he put
upon his face an expression of deadly nausea,
Land his hands upon his bowels, turned round,
spat upon the floor, and looked appcalingly
about for salts, for air, or any other earthly
means of relief
"A LONDON portrait painter objects to
the taking Of licensees by the Photographic
process, because it is foe 10 graphic art
The little innocent who raises sympathy and
money by the ritoous story that her parents
arc both dead, and father cant get work and
mother is very sick indeed has retired on Il
fortune Of three Canada quarters .-Quoth
Patrick, of the Yankee. 90 Bedad, If lie was
casht away on dssolate island he'd git up
next mornin and go round sellin maps TO the
inhabitants Ask a Chinaman, why lie
always carries two watches, and he will tell
you "Sposc one makee sick, other can
walkec. AFRO YOU the victim of blasted
hopes said Matilda Jane, to youth with
his face in his hands, -" No, muttered he,
sbut am the victim of blasted toothache"
and Matilda Jane retreated.
Tine following lines we find appended
to an obituary notice published in the Bur-
lington Sentinel. 1t is fair specimen OF
obituary poetry and Is the worst kind of
abuse to the dead.
" In death she seemed to swoetly sleep.
While friends around her did deeply weep,
Not because they thought her unhappy,
But because they so dearly loved her company"
Rutland Herald.
- " The tariff of 46 has about a. much to do
with the hard times as the battle of New Orleans
Woodstock Age.
Let us see. The Battle OF New Orleans
made Gen jackson President. The hero of
- favored tho election of Martin Van
Buren,, and the latter straddIeu ia fnotsteps
where his predecessor walked leisuroly. >;tn
Buren, behaved so badly that Harrison and
TYLER were elected. Harrison died: conse-
quently, Tyler ruled in his stead. lie turned
locofoco, and consequently pushed forward
the annexation of Texas. Friendship Tor
that measure elected James X. Polk, and he
signed the tariff of 1916, and consequently
the times are very hard.-Rutland Herald.
-MARRIEp, on a cake of floating ice in
the Ohio river, opposite Rising sun, on
Thursday, January 80 by the Rev. Mr.. Col
lard, Rev. James II. Brooking to Miss Sallie
Craig, all of Broome county, Ky.
"A subscription was raised recently to
present an eminent London merchant with a
service of plate valued at 1000, II 800 of
which was promptly subscribed. The reel
Iient then proposed to add the $500 himself
and the plate was accordingly secured, he
giving his note for few months. But be-
fore the time of payment arrived, he sold tho
silver, stopped payment himself, and the sil-
versmith now figures as one of his creditors
nFTnE CHANGE IN THE ENGLISH GARNET
The reasons given by Lord John Russell for
resignation of his post in the British cabinet,
are not considered credltable to his honor or
his courage. He virtually declared that the
war had been conducted in the worst possible
manner, and now that parliament was about
to institute an enquiry upon the subject and
expose the ministry to censure, he ingiorlous-
" shrunk from responsibility for the act he
had sustained and sanctioned. The press and
people of England were indignant at what they
considered inexcusablc and treacherous de-
sertion of duty, 1t was probable that Lord
Palmerston would be invited 10y the queen to
form new ministry.
A NEW Work. :" STANHorE BrRLEIGH.
The Jesuits in our Homes" ly Helen Dhu,
is the title of n new work in press by Strnger
r Townsend, 900 Broadway, New York.
worL is IA opneor in ono volume of over