Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-11-24
CURRENT NOTES.

3o,iiaH aa{ Ci-fia's Hss.ly has in its
Jas, two numbers been putting Socrates Tnis
o5ss as though Mrs. ". Ess shout 10 - g5 back
T on Old Dsm0sihenes and soft so4p the other Old
hesth-u into becoming h5r mentor
90 Nsckt.e s5cia.s are popular in Arkansas
. One OF the gues-s usually htEgs around the
scene Of the festivities after the balance Of the
company retire
Ine japanese mske pager cloth which can be
washed without injury. Boxes, trays and even
s.uceplas may De mtde Of this cloth; and ssuce-
pans thus manufactured sustain no injury over
strong charcoal heat. Bsgs may be male Of it.
In which wine mty De plt snt hsatel By irser-
ti5u IN boiling watc-.
a we'll known Justice Of the Peace subscribed
p 90 The relief flni yesterday. aui returning
f Co his oE-se Immediately received the amount
\ FOR marrying = couple. Ilus Is virtue reward
ei Another nan wss requested 20 contribute,
I tlt declined, aIl within two holJ- heard thst
I his uother-in-law hs1 come 10 stay a month
/ with hiu. Can aay one hesitate which course
/ 10 pursue ~ orrict BlHdiH.
I Baaiek. the prophet Of the fusiouist Goi, ="
All eZ- member or the Paris Commune, hss re-
| spres-ei in the streets Of B.rue, Switzerland,
I oa a donkey deczet 10 rel tTa2pings He pro
claims he is tle prophet Of the E'erasI' on
earth.
A Newfoundland dog swan out TO a wreck eli
the English coast. seized lice thrown by the
I captain, AMI swan back with it to toe shore;
aat by this means saved the whole crew
Minstrel companies are doing h1urishing
business in the large cities Of England They
are call there Amsricln Save troupes
Ashbury has gone home without being .ble to
either win the Queens cup or goblet
A St. Louis usan worth 5000 bequeathed
bic children one dollar each-tbe rest went to a
hospital
A sharp mal i1 Ohio vas lately sequit,el Of
murder on The plea Of insanity lie had &c
cared his lawyers previously BY A mortgage on
his farm. tut be u1s regulates thst on the
ground that, b. their oWn shoEing. be was IT,
zane when be mads it.
New Jersey has b.ossomei out il A new branch.
most Of ths art.dsia. d)wers ussi in America
being there manufactured.
The sunnal profits of this country arising
from ST is industries are estimated ~ 81 OOO,-
100000.
The New Hampshire Orphans Home is Lea
ted on the oli Daniel Webster farm
The Louisville lhy) C0urisr-Jaraal says
'' To the seventeen people wi0 have sent Us
Sc poems hesied '' Chicago" We would ref
pac.fuuy syth4i Chicago has suffered 50 much
that We haven't the heart to add Fifty per cent. TO
he- wee by publishing ;heir rhyues.'
N- Mulst, the government architect, says
ths.e is but one re-pro5f building in the Uni
rei States, sni tbs; is tie appraisers stores IN
Pai.sle'pLis. There IS also but one hrs-proof
material aai ths- is brick.
A shreEi old IsIy clmpl-es her husband to
ts.low candle; be tlEays sputters and smokes
when he's put out
Itis computed that a Milwaukee sewing 30
ciety csn biSs, persons reputation in seven
minutes.
kansas City speaks scorafally Of IL
worth"
90 Ia the midst os life We are in death" is not
in the Bible, as is generally supposed. IL Is
found in the Ep-c5p.J burial service, aad is
taken fem L.Jiu aotphou, composed by
monk OF 81. Calls At tsrt.-tahel, in 9lI.
D.rHiu's sbeory 4,S led TO the extinction Of
one ueul1er OF tle hamlu race. At any rate. A
young man drowned himself 10 England. leav-
ING note. "a which DE stated that the Darwin
isn theory had proved men 20 be dsssnded
from monkeys, ana therefore be iii not wish TO
live any longer
Virginia c4lf i've months oli has begun a
career OF usefulness by giving quart Of milk
Atf. naNllE NN Nli7 iN- % Tvs u"AH " oeuAhe-
i, contributes 90 heslpp0rt of cherished play
mate.
Asa specimen Of what Calif0rnit farms can
do one has yielded, the past Season, ll6 bushels
Of oats 10 the acre ami another 10.
Tom Murray, a Chicago bootblaok, has been
buvinra house LOT IN Cincinnati snd paying
5000 in ten cent scrip for He claims 10 have
earned it all 10 three years, b1t as it is since the
fire there are fears that Thomas Is neither hon
est nor truthful
Prince Galitzin and his private orchestra
says St Petersburg psper. - sre about to
start TOR New York in order to aequAiut our
transatlantic friends with the popular music
Of Russia"
A firm in Baltimore have now in operation
fifty sewing machines that are worked by steam,
and il is described 4 curious sight 10 witness
fifty young girls seated at the machine. with no
other duty to perform but 10 thread needles and
guide the muslin By this new system il il
stated shirt san be made entire in ffty-iVe
minutes
young man named Frederick Moore. st
Mount Clemens County, Mich. went into the
wsods on the 10Th ult.. and committed suicide
by shooting. because bis wife. TO whom be had
been married but few months, the re-
cipient Of attentions from some young men Of
the neighbOrhcOd.
For every English visitor to Switzerland, this
year. the hote-keepers count five Americans, and
the other favOrite Swiss resorts tel a similar
tale. Nearly all the available lodgings in Rome
for the coming winter are already secured for
families hailing from the States.
A sharp Jsnssyille beauty has subscribed the
s. her father had given her with which to pur-
;hsse a dress. TO the Chicago Relief Fund, or
course the pleased are gave her silk dress
costing $50. Charity pays.
A curious story is told of Horace Greeley with
egard to his finding wife. IL is said that he
srote to a female contributor 10 his paper tell
ng her not to write him any more poetry The
enigms studied over by her
snd her friends, until at last il was pronounced
IN offer Of marriage She accepted, be did like
wise and they were married. Great encourage
nent to poor writer's ought to be found in sucha
history.