Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-02-01
ITEMS AT HOME AND ABROAD.

"hS WIN hAih ticI
could cure his of his habit. lie AYERS that
the desire for snuff soon left him, and he has
used none for upwards Of twelve months
This is the most utilitarian act. we have seen
attributed to the spirits"
Two YOUNG inon, residing in Granville
Vt, n few days since traced several bears to
their den in u cave upon the Green Noun
tains. While one Of the hunters stood
guard, the other, named Robbins, sixteen
years OF age, entered the cave armed with o
ouble-barrell pistol, and succeeded in
killing three bears without receiving a wound
bilnseli.
--SkyEN very intelligent, fpe-lookins
fugitiyes from slavery, arrived at Syracuse,
n. Y, the 18th. Four Of them came from
the same neighborhood. This party when it
lett consisted OF four males and two females,
ali young people. They came on in good
order, Tor u time, in carriages, without or
position but before reaching the borders Of
the Tree states, they were attacked by a
party OF six whites. They took their horses
from the carriages, and mounted them two
OF the men taking each a female behind him.
and the other two going singly. Those with
the females escaped, but the men vino were
alone were probably captured, as they have
not been heard from. They had regular
marriage at Syracuse and then started for
Canada.
-SaocKGSG.-The Baltimore Republican
relates that the whole offspring ofa family,
II in number, wereliterally frozen to death,
IL that city, during the recent cold weather.
They lived in . miserable shauty. The
mother was nearly dead when discovered, hut
10 recovering. The father had long ago de-
serted the family.
Some papers in copying the above item,
have shorn ii of the concluding sentence,
which has a very important bearing upon
this shocking" affair, The sentence is US
the father is a brute, a perfect hog, and
has not been seen by the mother for several
months
As Captain Cutie would say, the bearing
OF this remark lies in the application of it.
-HARp FOR THE Doa.-The Pittsfeld
Eagle says, ''great regard. for the comfort of
bis fellow-passengers, but not for his dog,
was manifested by n Frcnchman who took
the cars at Pittsfeld, last week, for New
York. The animal was u valuable one, and
lie did not like to leave him, nor did lie like
t. take him into the cars, to the discomfort
q tue passengers SO procuring q stout cord,
lie attached one end to the dogs collar, and
the other to the rear car. The train went
into Bridgeport with a bras, collar and o
dogs ear attached Considerable dog was
s.Iewn I'll along the track,
A PARIS correspondent Of the New
York Siaat Zieiung, under the date OF Dec,
rs, says;
Z" 1t is 4 fact sufficiently proved, that upon
3osquet's division being ordered to the at
tack upon the Malskof, they resolutely re-
fused to go forward to the milk-and water
tune of Pdrtdat pour Ia Syrie, and so ~vocifer-
ously demanded the MqrseiNoise, that the
musicians and commanders, Bosquet includ-
ed, were forced to yield"
-puNcn has an illustration Of Shakes
peare which represents Petruchio holding in
his hand a bonnet which has just come home,
while the following dialogue takes place -
Poruchio. why, It's q cookie, or a wal
nut shell,
A knack, a toy, a trick, q baby's cap
Away with it, come let me have a bigger.
Katharine. "lll have no bigger this
doth tit the time
-NoTIcE.-lf the Young Ladies at No.
10, do not within four-and-twcnty hours
from the publication Of this Notice Remove
their Piano from the wall it now stands
against. llc ~ DdCIlClpl III W, y, VIII nave
an extra-sized Brass knocker fixed on his
eide Of the partition, and will engage a re-
tired postman 10 perform q regular accom-
payment to their music.
a Virginia postmaster has been IL
curing Of the Department the meaning
If the little " pictures stuck on the
letters :" and another official, in Iowa,
desired the Department to sustain him in a
,le,tatAn hn lnA raanptIy mazda n-niaot ,
d" Teller who insisted that : them picture.
Of Washington on the letters pad III,
post0gc.'
-REuyENArGoN.-An old lady in Nor
r~istown, y. j., nearly 90 years Of age, ha-
had a growth Of fine black hair on her head
for a year past. She is also cutting new
teeth, and her sight has come to her for th,
second time.
1t is stated that Winchester, Va ex
porienced several shocks of an earthquake OF
Wednesday morning last, at the early hour o
3 o'clock. The shocks, some half dozen il
number, were distinct, and the reports wer,
so loud as to awaken a number of persons il
different; parts Of the town and in the %countr,
round.
- At the last sitting Of the Academy o
Sciences, Paris, sir. Flourens remarked tina
the use Of chloroform in the field hospital 0
the army doubled the strength and power o
the surgeons. In the campaign in tn
Crimea, chloroform was employed rs 90,
times, and always with success.
-FRoM lNDlA.-Recent intelligence from
India is of interest A battle has occurre,
ct Dude, between the fanatic insurgents an
the British troops assisting the troops of tn
King ol Dude, Nov. 2. Five hundred dea'
were left on the field, and the insurgents wer
dispersed, but the country is yet unsettled
Herat has been taken by the Perslans. ]
causes excitement, rs Ilerat is the key o
Northern India. An expedition up the Pei
tian Gulf, to compel Persia to give ny he
conquest, is talked of.
Manila dates Of the 9th Of N1vemhe
report a dreadful occurrence that ~happene
on board the American ship Waverly, witt
Chinese laborers, which put into Manila T.
10 bury her captain. Some trouble ensue
on board, when the mate shot two or three
and drove the rest below, and then went 0
thore to attend the funeral. On his retur
the matches were opened, when out of As
nen, 25l were dead from sufocation. III
mate and crew were imprisoned by the Spar
ish authorities.
-PRIcE OF DrcKs.-A gentleman wa
asked "What was the price ofducks," whe
lie confessed that he could not tell. lie ha
leen out that very day with his wife, and 81
purchased no fewer than three ducks. FRS
ly there was "a duck OF u dress second
"a duck of a parasOl and thirdly "a duck
Of a bonnet. The united cost of these pr
eiOus ducks, was E5j, so that each due
stood him IN no less than SlS and a few shi
lings a piece. lie supposed there wer
ducks TO be had in the market cheaper, BIZ