Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-11-23


frequently seen on Summer evenings.
called shooting stars, were observed u fall
with unusual frequency and splendor
They continued from that hour to flash
athwart the skies more and more. until they
were eclipsed by the glories of the rising
sun tins morning. From four to six thew
were very numerous and reiulgent. Not a
cloud obseurei the broad expanse, and mil
lions OF meteors sped their way across it on
every point Of the compass Were it POS
/ sIble to onumerate them in the swiftncss of
! their arrowy haste, we might venture TO say
that for the space of two hours, interven-
| ing between four and six, more than a
/ thousand a minute might have been count
ed.
Their coruscations were bright, cleaning
and incc5sant, and they fell thick as fakes
| IN the early snow of December. la one in
stance. one distinctly heard the explosion Of
a meteor that shot across to the Northwest,
/ leaving broad and luminous track. and
witnessed another which left a path Of
| light that was clearly discernible for more
| than ton minutes after the bail, if such it
| be, had exploded lis length was gradual
. ly shortened, widening in the centre, and
apparently consisted of separate and dis
unct globulcs Of light, drawing around a
common centre. glImmering less and less
gIyidly until they finally faded away in the
+ distance. Compared with the splendor Of
/ this celestial exhibition, the most brilliant
/ rockets and fireworks of art bore less rela.
/ tion than the twinkling Of the most tiny
star to the broad glare Of the sun. The
/ whole heavens seemed in motion, and never
before has it fallen 10 our lot too bserye a pho
( nomenon 50 magnificent and sublime.
THL BRAD AND Butter PARr.-The san
/ dusky Register tells story Of the recent
I visit Of Senator Do5httle 10 the Green Bay
region. \ prominent Republican politician,
who has Radical wife, applied to the Sen
at0r for an appointment, promising 70 be
publicly JOlnsluiz-d If he got 1t. The SEN
ator brought the appointment in ucrs %, and
was invited 10y tie gratifrd app5intee to
dinner, bis wife having first been notified Of
the intended honor. The hungry Senator
and bis host marched 10 dinner. found the
house serted bv mistress and maid, tu. the
dinner table set and covered 10 keep 0f the
flies. On sitting down and removing ihe
cloth, the grand banquet set ioT the Senator
sui lie newly made official wa found to
. consist solely of bread ami butter.
a NfRv1srs Pe5u31Ep.-Am0ns those
who Aay, won marks Of distinction in the
caile service is Curtis Mirlnder Lamls0n,
w.- has been created a Blronct by Queen
Nlataa. lie is native OF NlE llayeu.Nt.,
vigr. be spent the first eighteen years OF his
le His father brought tie first Spanish
u,un1 shcep 10 Addison County and was
ruined fuaueill,v JF the sTCc-l--I %. From
H. fItrN
sons Bay Co. = territory, whore lie remained
some yc-r>. In 1884 hc went % England and
settled. lie wa- lue oi the first directors of
t.a Admit. Telegraph Company. and has
h-tl active ug,T sls-. ig the V TX. iie 1.as
named ly Mr. Peabody as one of dis tlscc
trustees Of the magnificent fund whicl be-
founded. lie yNus fine estate 1t Rowlaut
and upon It Is tie old Tudor Mansion -
lie has TWO sons WHO were odue-ti at
Cambridge. and vii succeed him in his
business Sir Curtis MiTander Lamp son has
% brother who is a banker at Leroy, y. \,
who vi. al-J De remembered 10y some If tic
pc9Ily ai N-w Havln.-Niad' iUy Ls.isier.
orr pI..-SlmcwLcrc near Camden lives
"a nun WHO is not smart enough Tor Jersey.
Last Fall he wanted 90 leave home FOX a
month Or moge, but had no one to take /
charge If his pEi So be proposed 70 .
neizhblI that hC should ft,cn j., and then
keen one half when i was time 20 kill.
The bargain was agreed to. The piS iw-s .
Transferred 60 Smith pen. and Of went cur .
friend on h.s journey. lie WAS gone only .
week. and the day Of his return home walked .
oyer 70 see bis pig. lie found Mr. Smith .
with shirt sleeves rolled VI, hard At work .
dressing q hog.
"uullo, cIiel our friend and a slight
suspicion entered 2 is mind that be had been
sold.
..WLat haze You b.eu killing
"Our zig" answered Smith, as cool as an /.
iceberg.
oar pig?' faltcred the victim.
"lcs thought it fat enough to kills
but you needn't be alarmed, You will get
your half
Our friend returned home q sadder and
wiser man. lie had paid about twenty-five
ollar- fr . weeks board for bis pig.
KEEPING ArrLEs.-D. ". Adams of
Wawkon, in a communication to the Gard
ug's Monthly for October, says that the
best plan Is 10 freeze the apples perfectly
solid and keep them frozen as late in the
slIing as possible.
lie says tnat his attention was FIST called
10 this method twenty years ago,In the town
Of WIu3hendon, Mass. \ merchant bought
a lot Of Baliwins, and stored them away in
a lott, where they were neglected until they
became completely frozen. Having large
stock Of Buffalo robes, he covered the floor
with them, and placing the barrels on these,
he covered them with several thicknesses Of
robes. so that the fruit remained frozen until
Il. .Laft .f tho r-gd
gery gradually. These apples kept sound
until July. He says that last winter a mer-
chant in Wawkon bought a lot Of apples,
and stored them in a cellar that was not
frost proof. Ia December he was keeping
up fire in the cellar to keep the apples
from freezing, but be had to give it up, and
the apples were frozen, and remained so all
winter. In May be sold them at q high
figure, as they were n fine state Of pres
eryation.
The same correspondent says that few
wears ago he received barrel of choice ap-
nlcs by wagon. in December, when the
mercury was-22 a distance OF thirty
miles. OF course they were thoroughly
| frczen. and ratified in the barrel like stones.
| He wrapred the barrel in blankets and set it
/ in A cellar at about 40o. In a month he
opened the barrel and found the apples per
/ fectly sound. He says that in those l0cali-
ties where the winter is sufficiently cold and
steady, apples may be frozen perfectly solid,
/ in winter, and remain exempt IRON decay
/ for three or four months. Freezing does not
iniure them in the least, if they are thawed
slowly, and in situation where air and
light are excluded.
A SUFFICIENT REAsoN.-The Argus wad-
dies through nearly q column of ghos;ly ar
gument to-day, under the caption, why
The Democratic Party Will Never Die" 1t
fails to find the real gist of the answer,
which may be summed up in few words
The Party Is dead already, and there is no
hope Of its resurreetion.-Abdny Journal.
Louis Napoleon, a son of Francis Napo-
leon of this village, aged 10 years, left home
on TIE afternoon Of the 9th INST, and has
not since been heard from. The boy is