Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-10-24
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Prentice, of the Louisville Journal,
acknowledges a complimentary notice in an
exchange. in the following style :--'' We
scarcely know; dear sir, how to thank you
sufficiently. We wish you were the son Of
the President of the United States, and we
were your father"
Three Vermont men are in the mum
bcr of the one hundred and thirty, who are
confined, on short allowance of provisions,
and under the tender care of Col. Titus, at
Lecompton, X. T., on charge of murder.
Their names are j. +. Tabor, Rowland, Vt;
j. l.. King, Brattleboro, Vt; o. NJ. Marsh,
Woodstock, Vt. Gcary has as yet arrested
no Pro-Saycry man for murder or any other
crime.
DECIDEDLY Cool OPERATIoN.->One of
the workmen upon Greeno's rifles at the
Massachusetts, Arms Company's works, was
so unfortunate, day or two since, as to slit
the thumb Of his right hand upon a circular
saw. Concluding, upon inspection, that the
member was used up, he coolly went back to
the saw, and holding the damaged thumb
with his left hand, made clean amputation
of it, and then proceeded to have it dressed
by II surgeon.
HON. Rufus CHOATE was nominated
for Congress by the Democratic convention in
the fourth district of Mass. on Monday. The
Chairman of the convention stated that lie
bad letter from Mr.. Choate permitting the
use OF his name 10 forward the interests Of the
D1nocratic parfy The Whig convention
met Monday and would have nominated Mr..
Choatc, but no one was authorized to speak
for him or could say whether or not he would
| accept the nomination While courtng the
Democracy, Mr.. Choate gave his old associ-
ates the cut direct.
Mrs. Nichols, formerly editress of the
Windham Co. (Vt.) Democrat. in letter to
the hecne Sentinel, says that lying before her
ss she writes is a bullet taken from the should
cr Of her son, and shot thlther from the rifle
of Capt Pate, Mt the battle of Black Jack,
on the second of June. 1t entered near the
arm pit, just below the collar bone, and car
ried pieces of clothing to where it lodged Just
under the shoulder blade
AID FOR KANsAs.-A grand cNhibi-
tion Of Tableaux Nivants, participated in by
gentlemen and ladies connected with some of
the first families Of Brattleboro, Vt. was pre-
sented at the Town Hall in that town on the
tn inst. Presentations of characters and
scenes from Shakespeare, Hiawatha, bred
and other popular works, formed the chief
/
cd most excellent msuc." The sum of 800
was realised, which will be forwarded to KAN
sas in aid Of the destitute of that territory
II. Berdan, distinguished as an mven.
tor. has completed an enormous oven in
| Brooklyn, n. Y, capable of baking $40 bar
rels Of -four per day, sufficient almost to sup
! ply the whole city with bread. 1t is con-
structod on scientific principles, the heat is
regulated at n uniform temperature and the
loaves are placed on constantly revolving
platforms so as to secure evenness of bake
So great an economy of labor is effected that
the establishment promises to sell bread 40
per cent cheaper than the prevailing prices
The whole apparatus has cost 100000.
At Paris cay colorS characterize the
autumnal fashions red is the favorite hue ;
robes Of black MORE antique with lounces of
/ Scotch plaids are admired sleeves are cut
! n Ia Grccyue. i. e. fiat to the elbows and fall
/ ing square over the hips bodies are becom-
( ing daily lower bonnets of tafetas and dark
Grape mixed are the favorite style, with
flowers and feathers in profusion--they are
very small, but worn more on the head than
/ last winter.
Charles b. Huntington, a note broker
/ in Wall street, New York, has been arrested
/ for iorgcries to the amount of $50. 900 When
arrested he gave up to the officer two other
! forged notes 10 the amount OF ! | 400. 1t is
intimated that other leading inancicrs are
compromised in some OF his transactions
| The principal names forged were Bowen a
/ NcNamee and Clatiin & Mellen, and forgercs
t. the amount Of about half q million are
already discovered.
The account Of President Picrce's re-
ccption at Concord n. H., mentioned the SIM
gugr fact that Just as he reached the trlum-
/ phal arch, monster L. 5. flag above his head
was rent by the wind from top to bottom and
names Of Buchanan and Breckinridge were
torn off. The evil omen was repeated a new
n,g,t to which the President contributed 5000,
larger, and more beautiful than the other,
was hoisted as he came from the depot, on his
return from Andover. Monday morning, but
when it was about halt up an indignant north
ern breeze seized and dashed it against an
iron awning, tearing it into several strips
and completely removing the candidates
names, as from the other. In both cases the
words " The Constitution and the Union on
the top of the flag were left floating un-
/ harmed.
TOMATO FIGs.-PoW boiling water
| over the tomatoes, in order to remove the
skins; then weigh and place them in a stone
jar, with as much sugar as you have tomatoes.
and let them stand two days then
pour of the syrup, and boil and
skim them until no scum rises: then pour it
over the tomatoes, and lot them stand two
days as before; then boil aud skin them again,
After the third time they are fit to dry, If
the weather is good; if not, let them stand in
the syrup until dry weather; then place on
large earthen plates or dishes, and then put
them in the sun to dry, which will take
about week after which pack them down in
small wooden boxes with fine white sugar
between every layer. Tomatoes prepared in
this manner will keep for years
Gov. John Bull was so great iavorte
in South Carolina that parents frequently
named their children after hun. There was
then in Charleston tailor named Frog, who,
nhuencedby some favor or patronage received
from John Walters Gibbs, asked him to be
the godfather of his son, to be named John,
after his proposed godfather. Mr.. Gibbs
promptly assented, and the day was appoint
ed ior the ceremony, When the parties met,
and were going together up to the font, Mr..
Gibbs asked permission to give the child an
I intermediate name alter their worthy COVER
nor, Bull. Permission was of course grant
ed, and the child was baptized John Bull ,
the ceremony was over, the parties separated
in great good humor. But when the whole
name was pronounced, and the child called
John Bull Frog, tho parents were dismayed,
the citizens ioined in the laugh and the Frog
family left in hurry, to escape the coutin-
u,i l'sts.
BoTToM OF THE ATLANTIC The
steamer Arctic sounded the Atlantic all the
way across, finding the greatest depth 900
htloms, (more than two miles) The bed of
the ocean, in the section trayersed hy the
Arctic, Is plateau, as already announced 10y
Captain Bergman, who had twice before
.,uuded across the Atlantic. The bottom in
IL, deeper part is very tine mud, OF a
mouse gray color, so soft that the sounding
instruments frequently sunk several feet into
the mud. They brought up specimens Of the