Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-04-11

period OF nineteen min utes and u quarter
Yankee has Just invented a su,pen1er
That contracts on your approach to water, 50
that tue moment you come to puddle it lifts
you over ana drops you on the opposite side.
"Why is the song of lIiawatha like a
squaw's foot - "Because it is AN Indian
leg end - The fellow who pcrletrated the
above lives at st. Paul's, Minnesota. ard he
was Immediately ducked in the Mississippi
A lady was asked to Join one of the diyis-
ions Of the daughters Of temperance. She
replied. "That is unnecessary, rs it is nv
intention to join one of the sons in the course
of few weeks"
A Mr.. Fisher has perfected an invention
for the use Of steam carriages on common
roads. Hunts Merchants Magazine OK.
presses the opinion, that the thing will sue
coed, as it thinks Mr. Fisher has overcome
all obstacles in his invention.
Mr.. Cough remarked in one of his recent tenn
perancc lecturc.-"Wc are glad, ladies' that
you give us your countenauce and in the
new fashion bonnets you do give us your
oountenances ~
The mullen that very useful weed with tall
and elegant flower stalk, which roots itself at
case along the highways Of New England, and
which we strive to eradicate, is cultivated in
Old England, as the" American velvet plant"
The Providence journal gives an instance
Of preaching. \ Clergyman in Warwick last
Sabbath said My brethren, | wish you to
vote just as you pray. If you pray for slavery
and intenpcrancc, vote for them
Barnum writes - | have no inducements
to struggle again to acquire wealth for the
enormous debts against Inc on account of the
/ Clock company will overshad1w Inc to the
/ grave. have paid and secured all my
! private debts"
I Louis Kossuth thus illustrates the contr,-
! yer,y in regard to the Central Amcrcanrr ea-
/ ty:"Tw) travellers hal but one horse, one Of
/ them proposed an agreement on these terms
the first half hour you shall walk and will
ride the second halt hour will ride and
You shall walk. just such would he the
/ Central American Treaty according to the
I English interpretation
An aneclote is told Of an Englishman, who
! observed to his customer that there WAS
Cholera in the hair Then / hope you are
somewhat particular about the brushes you
use Oh - said the barber, | don't
mean the air Of the cad but tie hair Of the
hutm0sphe:c.
There are twelve American Surgeons
in the Russian army in the South Of Russia
Eight Of these are stationed at Smpherapol,
in the Crimca. Doctor b lstwck Of New
| Gurl; city, Oliver OF Boston, Morton Of Nash
vile. Tenn, and Smith of Vermont, are sta
toned at Odessa.
Three weeks ago q Portuguese officer
passed through Lyons, France accompanied
hF an ourang -Jutang, which he had captured
in u forest Of the Braiis. The height Of this
. /. IL -ly 81 Eprli-', :.
1 walked upright without any Appearance Of
discomfort. /. Was dressed in nankccn
trousers and a straw hat.
GOV. Clark Of New York has hardened DR.
HTlb1m. Of New Orleans. who was convicted
AMI Imprisoned about a year ago, for killing
Col. Loring, at the St Nicholas Hotel, IN
y. York. The ill health of the prisoner, and
strong appeals in his behalf from high quar-
tors, induced the Executive clemcncy.
y company Of ten fugitiycs from slavery
passed through SandusGy, Ohio, recently.
and were taken across Sniuskv BAY In a
sleigh On their journey they encountered
many pcrIls, and were several times nearly
llozcn to death, such singulurly improper
views OF life had somehow got into their
heads that when they reached the Canada
shore they spontaneously knelt together On
the snow and gave thanks to God for their
dciyerancc
In book published in France in 1910 &C.
ours passage, Of which the following is a
translation A talcJncr in Paris seized a
stick t beat his servant, who lad offended
him. Inns not beng u tine servants mind,
he He'd, plunged into the Seine, anl swan
across. When half way across he turned
around in the water, ant putting has ti,sn,b
IN his ,t''E mored has hlHd IKE a w,sg,
II. Rohy Of Paris, exhibited in the great
exhibition at Paris, a timepiece. made entire
" Of clay. All the works ,lates. CO.'S and
E wheels are made OF aluminium and NJ. Rohy
oene'.s II Is much better Tor these purposes
v,',''' ''J meas se"elniIy tuiPI'yeI; II is
'',,, ''e.i N'es noI require SO Hueh power
,r ~ i ',,o MI, ';Ii "i,t ''.'fc,ore' WIN
a. "..,S "aH''' VIII o-t"'h better result
when hammered, and the friction will be
reduced almost to nothing.
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Louis Eugene all the girls Eugene Louise
and each Is to receive dat Of SCOOP
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and it am a corpse he tr,H hare grcIt pleq-
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