Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-07-10
CURRENT NOTES.

Our English worI shocking has been all
optei into the French language, but it Is spelled
Taneyrand s.,iI Of Madame lie Stael. ..sbe
/, really n-upportabie; = which he quslifcf
after short pause. by 'but that's her oa's
fault
We hear that about nifty per cent. Of tie newly
appointed cadets at West Point ftIel ta pass tls
examination. Some Of those deficient viii tc a--
corded the privilege If second ezamfuati-a.
The misery Of being callel upon suddenly.
make speech was once -ot over rsr~t
English Mathematician, who delivered hin-ef
in this fashion: Gentlemen. morbid desire .r
originality prevents me from saying. This :. rhe
proudest moment Of my Hty,' and II ,Ioes mol, ..-
cur 60 me TO say anything el-e''
Little Mis- Stars male quite "a hir at s,- r.--
seutation To Louis Napoleon. who asked her ir--
name. ~Helen,' she replied Il -,uII wish.
Nademoi-elle. THAT were Piri-. calamity .-
turned the Emperor. Impossible. Sire. since
you are France go siii she. with really vii.
A gentleman Of Boston, re-arIe,l BY the i.orts
Of that town with great yeucrttiou for tie zooi
be doe- in the way of manufacturing ~sz-erie,.
has exhalei the following II Tiln,,bv TreomL
should visit Amsterdam duria- his absence in
Europe, would there be any ab>urlry Ia saying
the Dutch have taken H,Ilauds
Mr., CoIex Is already paying the rsnal,y Tor
early Popularity. a Western Ts,ye-declarc- that
there are 50 many boys in Indiana nameI for
him that all the g1ave-stonc cutter, keen on hand
stones cut. Sacred to the Memory of SCHUYLER
Colfax-." the last name to be inserted after
the funeral
The '-wages' of the Prince Of VALE. ~ nI1.
amount to about e5oO, 900 per annuu. s1I there
is talk of giving him another $50. per annum
TO enable him to keep up an establishment In
Ireland. His last proposition Is To- establish
new club where the american game of ten-piu-
is to be made feature
They talk quite plainly about the s,i vsys
into which the Emperor Of Russia Is,s Fallen.
He drinks too much-luite too m~,A eoe- 60
bel nearly every night in what the Yankees call
"a state Of Hail Columbia, anil has been ON thc
very point of del trelns' His wife feels
shocked about it, the more 50 as She {, n COM
fruel invalid
Prince Alfrel Of England is credited with SLY
ing: AT Adelaide they stole my jewels ~ Mel
bourne my character, and at Sy,laey they
would have taken my life The Australians
say that this speech wa- Manufactured for the
Prince. But they admit that he was robbed at
adelaide, slanderel at Melbourne. and assassin
ated at Sidney. Nothing is said Of his oau be-
havior at either place
Mrs Caroline II. Dali ulv,rti.,~ r,r a vo,rr,
woman to study theology III Il Massachusetts,
theological seminary She should be a person
who Is strong in health, with proper prepara-
tory education, and clear, agreeable voice. ais.
Is reniy to take advantage Of such an opening
and able TO defray at least one-half Of her ev-
penses, or sum less than 500
Speaking of hats: Daniel Webster were 4 hat
the size Of which was seven and fye-eirbtbs.
rhurlow Weel wears the same size: Abraham
Lincoln's was seven and one-sixteenth; Daniel
Lords, six and seveu-eighth,; Horace Grecley's.
seven and one-half; james Gordon Heunett's
seven and three-eighths. Mr. James 7. Brady
has head a, large as that Of any public man in
the country.
The question of revising the tariff on ais'ii-
payne wines was up in the ways and ua'' Gun
mittee, and an agent Of the French governments
appeared to represent that interest IN ih'eiii-
gent Pennsylvania member ofthe committee no
tieel that the duty wa. levied on botte7' WHERE
upon he was struck with an economical He'A
''Since you complain 50 much Of this duty a
being heavy on your manufacturers, why don
you make it lighter by importing your ''il'-
payne in easks,'' The poor Frenehm'n "'' '''
polite to laugh, and the Congressman h'sh ! !''
learned why it was not a good suggestion
There is an old Spanish prOverb which says
g Fruit is gold in the morning, silver VI "''
and lead at night In all tropical e'ui'''"'
where the fruits form so large portion oil 'n'
daily food, it is customary to eat them during
the early part of the day. This practice V0uld
seem to confirm the teaching Of the pro'ei'
There is little doubt that the common ha'' u
gorging ourselves with fruit at dessert Wien w
are already replete with : superibundAn' u"-
ner is a bad one.