Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-06-09

and went for tie doctor cursin' and swearin' ia
never be ketclcd o. gain
81 know lust what the church people think. when
they come O. q illl ike me,
And what's more O. The pint ] know very well
taat ain & what ought O. he.
Put drappin' tie churches and comm rightdJw
slst mans lone-l know
Tint slrin' the lives Of red headed Lbs won't give
a uaa any show.'-Iroy nm.
MrIcL-Ihe recent great Triennial Fest
val Of the Handel snI Hayden Society Of Boston
did not Day expenses. 1t takes good deal Of
money 20 ee. together and drill chorus Of
seven huulrel singers and an orchestra Of one
hundred performers, able TO present such music
as Dcethosen's great ninth symphony, to bring
a tenor and soprano from London, In addition to
Adelaide Phillips, Miss Gary and the best Boston
solo singers Of both sexes TO give variety with
Mehig's and Rreb's piano playing, and TO pre-
sent inc oratorios and concerts IN seven days,
with perfection never e4uallei on this side Of
the wster-not often. indeed equa.lei anywhere.
An intelligent correspondent Of the New York
Ersaiay Post, whose description Of the open
ing Of the festival Is before us, said Of It "l
have attended q large number Of festivals in
Europe, but never heard anything that could
be compsrei 10 the treat enjoyed this after
noon The expenses Of the festival amounted
to S26.s70, and the receipts were S2),ool
The society loses nothing, however, as there was
a guarantee fund Of 725,0O0 raised by public
spirited citizens Of Boston TO cover all def
ciencies This viii be drawn on by an assess
ment Of twenty per cent Though the festival
did not pay pecuniarily, in every other particu-
lar it was splendid success, and wss worth all
it cost, in the musical cultivation and enjoyment
given by it, to thousands Of music lovers from
all parts Of the country and Canada
Nilsson has given up going to California til
September. She sings in Canada this week. and
then goes to Newport. Miss Cary goes to Bas-
ton next week After going to Calihrnia the
troupe Will give one hundred nights Of opera In
Nes York, Boston and Phiiadalphia.
Thee Thomas has commenced his series Of
sumner concerts AZ Central Park garden, and
has bis orchestra under complete drill for the
season.
At Terrace Garden, a SON Of tine great julien,
has fine orchestra, sind gives nightly concerts,
with frst-elass s5loi,s, in the style of his cele-
bratei father.
Watsou's -fri Journal ssys;
At the concert Of Nile Henrquez de Leon, st
S:einWsy Hall. last Monday evening, very
charming addition 70 our corps Of concert artists
made her first bow to "A New York public
Mrs. ". " Oliver, pupil Of Mr.. Duchnitz,
who sang Abt's sweet and effective song, '' Tel
Ne, % Bird in manner that reused up the
Of the audience She has a voice Of
rare besuty,-s pure, sympathetic, and melo1i- .
Gus soprano. a voice ofsuch delicious quality
Il not often heard il is gem worth taxing
care Of Mrs Oliver sings IN excellent style,
with good onunciation, true information, and flu
ent case. Win such fine natural requisites, ani
&c 90 a basis as she possesses. a few months .
earnes; study viii enable her to take a promi-
neut position in the coucert-room-
TE Bulo.y IS A METEOROLOGICAL Iy.IRu-
gsSr-We read with interest paper in the .
journal Of the Franklin Institute, by John .
Wise, sn1 experienced seronsut, on the svals-
Diiy of the balloon in meteorological research.
If there were any sure way Of asoertaining facts
IN the higher regions Of the arr, no doubt the
comparison Of such facts with those which occur
simultaneously near the earth, would lead to i'm
1ortsut conclusions. Hitherto. very little has
lecn acaomplished in that direction. Some
lrogress has been made in balloon observations
Fithln the last len years, as they were managed in
ur late war, by sending up balloons TO a consid-
rable height, they remaining secured by cords to
he earth, by which they could be drawn down
It will. But much less was effected than was
oped for, even in the way Of learning the pc
itions and movements Of military forces. And,
t best, the heights TO which those balloons we're
ent, were very moderate in comparison with the
Fights reached by free balloons, or with the
ants Of science
The most noticeable point Of Mr. Wise's article
bis assertion that the popular notion ,hst
alloon ascents are particularly dangerous,
ON liability to explosion in high air, is
very fallscious one He maintains thst
i;h proper care in the construction Of balloon
ne danger from the cause above mentioned is
Fry slight indeed-that even if an explosion
kes place. the exploded balloon can be made TO
t az parachute SO as to secure moderate
tie Of descent before the earth is reached Nr. ,
lee relates that be hss more than once tested
is by personal experience having caused his
lloon 20 explode when be Was at a erea; height =,
in one instance, height Of 900 feet, and
ough st frs; the descent was rapid, the resist
&c Of the air gradually increased and the
nth vas reached in safety. lie has, he says,
'ord Of thirteen balloon explosions (in two Of
Itch he was participator), At heights Of from
90 to 5000 fest and in no one Of them was
occupant harmed. So fsr as his knowledge
p, be considers that there need be no more
niger in an air ship, than there is in a water
?, sad that in some respects the danger would
less Mr. Wise has great confidence that dis
ct experiments can show far greater available
: IN balloons, not only for scientific research.
even for purposes Of distant travel than is
' thought by most persons TO be within the