Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-02-03

officer, whose governess she had been.
In Iowa. recently, brakeman lost his hand
IN coupling cars, because he hsd n wet glov,
which fr0ze 10 the link 50 that he could not with.
draw his hsnd.
The new cattle disease will probably be mad,
the subject Of legislation. not only in the life
rent State Legislatures, but in Congress
i contemporary uugaantly makes the obser
walton that The ieliiug champions Of s. woman'.
rights are generally found to be man.
LET'S
Delegates from the Oneida Community have
been examining sites il the vicinity Of Ie,roit,
with view to the location Of a similar com
maniiy near that city.
A sharper has developed the latest sEindle-
taking out a life insurance policy for another
nsn, paying fo- it with forged check. and get
ting his commission in good money.
Complaint il msie,hat at the woman s suffrage
meetings in The West the girls &c, together in
corners and chirp among themselves, paying 20
attention to the regular proceedings
4 hcet'ols Atltutiu was mistaken for Gov.
Bullock by a crowd OF Africans, and called on
Tor % speech. lie replied by urging his sable
auiiiors % % go home and work Ike the devil -
The advice v-- DO; satisfactory
4 girl in Springfield, Ohio, who danced with
her corsets pulled up 10 the last hole was the
next day 10 heirse that pulled up the last hole
that had teeu dug in the graveyard.
An ola criminal sentenced BY Judge Bedford
Of New lcik, 90 five years, naivey remarked =:
" Iha, Judge Is nice l.tte fellow, but guess
he'd rever t,eu 90 jail himself, or be wouldn't
have tucseiit ten so hard"
Madame Ge.olt; wife Of the Prussian minister
AZ Washington, hl- ser a refreshing example Of
true Christian charity IN transferring TO the
French i4il many articles 0f value uusoll in the
la'e Piussian fair
4 tlil hss teeu introduced 10 the Michigan
Legislature 90 create q State Insurance Depart
ment, which shall be charged with the execution
OF all laws relating o. insurance. The Secrttlry
% STATE n9w stt,rls 90 such matters.
A number of persons we're poisoned in Barton
county, Mississippi, recently, by eating buck
veat cakes made iram A5ur the wheat Of which
had been ground up with uight-shsie
A Chicago lady recently received a letter from
cir. 10 Paris Zoo which was the following sen
tence " DO not mind the reports Of our des-
ponieacy. We expect % begin brilliau: ball
season IN week or two
A thief recently vcut through the house Of
Gov. Yarmouth Of Louisiana. and among other
90 loot captured portion If the Governors
message To- the Le-islttuee. in consequence Of
which II was nor delivered upon the assembling
Of that body
The Pcs. oi Chicago has invented a new his
toric and geographic fact OF much interest about
Penu.ylvauia T. slys the late Mr. Covole was
born ' IN We-tmlreisnl county-that part Of
The Keystone STATE that was wrenchei from
Connecticut after the revolution"
California, looking over 1870. rrioices that it
has seen during the year the shipment cf the
nrst bale Of home-raisei silk the Kissing Of the
hrst successful crop OF cotton, and the frst sue
GEES ia the manufacture Of beet sugar.
On the drst DAY Of ls7l, four Of the great
capitals ot the world we're in mourning Wash
iu-ion, lIalrl. Paris sul Rome London was
suffering from political agitation, Berlin weep
ing over war funerals, aud Constsntinople trem-
b.irE towards S. P,ters5urgh
An exchange, hearing that member Of Con-
s7tss has prepared TWO hours speech to show
how the country Is going TO be ruined by the
cheap labor ot the Chirec, says it sas no doubt
one Of these hcstlcu Chiuee would make two
hours speech for one-haif what the c5untry rays
The honorable member for T..
\ "c'oul-burst recently occurred on the
Pacific coast, ahou, sixteen miles south Of Mon
tefey, California. A great volume Of water
dashed 20 The elrJh with tremendous force, pour
ing torrent ten feet deep through previously
dry canon, destroying a substantial bridge and
sweeping away lumber ami cattle
The Cinc.naeti Egggirer thinks olergymen,
railroad superiuieulents and others liable to be
tcstimonisizei, should try 20 get accustomed 10
such things, instead Of being taken by surprise,
oTerpcwerei, struck dumb, etc, when they take
+ place,
\ cous.g. q the Maine State prison for mur-
Der, Las presented TO the governor Of that State
ring ingeuou>ly cut from bone On the sig
net silver rooster is iulaii, around which are
the figures 10000, Mr.. perham's msj lrity at
the last election.
Careless or furious driving in the cTosded
streets has been se verely punished by 4 Judge in
Montreal, who condemned a h0tel-keeper to pay
SEQ damages 20 an ola man who was ruu over
aud injured by the hotel keepers horse, though
a servant vas driving it.
The snow on the higher parts Of Mount Wash
ington is said TO he hard enough to bear up
horse. Five men lately descended the mountain
in ninety minl'es, sliding on he crust nearly
two-ihiiis Of the way. Some appTehensions are
expressed that the new railway depot in which
the scientific party are living may give way be-
fore the violence of the wind
Springdeld's " hlppiest man - is sn old dar-
key who, late in the fall, contracted with several
persons. mostly owners Of corner lots, to keep
their sidewalks clear Of snow during the winter.
Thus far he has only had to collect his pay,
while " de shubci and de hoe " hang rusting in
his cabin.
Major Meriwother Of Memphis, Tenn, pro
poses new method Of extending municipal aid
T to railroads by making the sum advanced an
/ oqualzei stock subscription, each taxpayer to
receive certificates Ct stock in his own name for
the tax he pays for this purpose.
An Ohio man who passed around a plate at
religious meeting FOR contributions for the hea-
then, and then pocketed the money, has been
acquitted Of stes!ing by Jury Of the viciDage on
the ground THAI he was the greatest besthen they
knew, snd therefore justly entitled to the money
Counterfei,ers on Long Island have been vic
timing the farming community there They go
around giving handsome prices for mich cows
snd iatted cattle, paying in counterfeit money,
always arranging 1t so that they must receive
several dollars in change In several cases far
mers have followed their cattle only to fud the
hides.
In Washington theatre, Gen Garfield was SO
excited over the sleep walking of Janauschek IS
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back Of a chair before him, and with it portion
Of the curls belonging to an elaborate chignon
The consequence was that when the fair owner,
AZ the end Of the scene, threw forward her head
the whole structure came tumbling down, curls,
braiis, hsir-pius and all.
woman at Brighton Mass, is seriously sf-
fected with sore mouth in consequence Of drink
ing the milk Of diseased COW, aud this is not
solitary case Of the kind There is apprehension
in Boston that western cattle dealers, foreseeing
the impossibiity Of getting cattle tainted With
disease 10 market in the shape of live stock, may
think to save their value by slsughtering them
at home and forwarding the dressed carcass.
This story comes from Cedar Falls, Iowa An
uptown bridegroom dreamed on his wedding
night that he was being chained to log on a
railroad track, and awoke 10 and himself on the
floor, with his head nearly smashed with chair,
aud an excited woman standing over him, asking
if it was customary for brides to be dragged cut
of bed by the feet She said she never had sub
mitied to such extortin before. and she'd be
darnei if she would now. He told her it was
new to him, too.
During the services Of a prayer meeting at
Fall River, Mass, messenger came to summon
an N d. who was present, TO attend a little boy
who appeared to be suddenly attacked, after a
short nap, with symptoms Of paralysis, to the
great CONSERVATION Of his parents, as one hand
was plsced against his head and be said be could
not remove it. The doctor hasienei to his
relief. and, upon examination, it was found
that the hand was firmly fastened with chew
ing gum.