Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-02-17

The report OF the United States Revenue
Marine Service shows that a. present the service
has thirty-tour cruising vessels en- the coast,
/ great lakes, and waters of the interior. twenty
/ hve Of which are on the Atlantic, six on the
Pacific, and three on the lakes. The work done
by these vessels during the past year was the
rescue of LA lives, the examination of 40, ,00e
vessels, and the seizure Of 1913 for violation Of
revenue laws. Twelve hundred and tWenty-four
vessels were aided in distress To accomplish
all this the cruisers sailed ,j92, POS miles.
fee fight took place the other day among
the Shakers at Pleasant Hill, or Shskertown,
near HarrOisburg, Ky, in which fists and
stones were freely used, and one Of the pugna
cious broadbrims was stabbed with a pocket
knife by another Of the fraternity. Such an oc-
currence would have seemed almost incredible
hsd it been located in any other State than Ken
lucky. No arrests we're made, as il was the
first fight the Shakers hal INDUCED in for sever
81 years.
In Pittsburg, Pa, an enterprising young
woman succeeded for three years in passing her
self off At a respectable boarding house for man,
went through complete course Of studies at
commercial college, graduating with honor. and,
to csp the climax Of her iuiquity, courted and
promised to marry al estimsble young lady, all
without exciting any suspicion in regs7d TO her
sex until some untoTarj accident exposed the
deception.
Two Cinnamon on the gallows IN California
recently, asked thst they might have the nsmes
OF the witnesses who had appeared agaius; them
in court written on piece Of paper. The names,
after being written on smsll pieces Ct paper By
the Chinese witnesses. were handed to them,
and after being carefully folded. were put away
in their jackets, to be used on the great day
against their sccusers, 70 convict thCu Of perjury
and false swearing.
The following queer definition Of martial bear
ing is reported by the Delhi Gl-eife as having
been given by constable at Jubbulpooy not
long since Magistrate (to cons;able) What
leads you to suppose that these men are deser-
ters? Constable Their msrtial hearing. Mag
is;rate What do You mean by their martial
bearing? Constable They were very free
with their money, were drunk. swore grest
deal and wanted to fight Magistrate Is that
your definition Of marital bearing? Cors;a-
BILE; Yes, sir.
Kentucky is oyerhowing with the best Of B1ur-
bon whiskeY, for which there is no remunerative
markets. \ prominent dealer in that staple pro
duct Of the - Dark and Bloody Ground " says
there is now on hand ful two aud half years
supply Of the best quality Of Bourbon. The pro
ducing capacity Of all the registered distlleries
in the United States is 20l ,29j 300 gallons a
year, while the amount consumed, according 10
the estimste Of the Internal Revenue Department
is only $1,000. 600 gallons This accounts for the
recent numerous failures il the whisky trade
Tie Bishop AMI clergy If Versailles have
published an appeal to tie people Of England,
IN which the distresses Of the districts about
Paris are most uite0usiy set forth The Bishop
says that the destruction Of houses, crops,
farms, manufactures, the absolute s-oppsge Of
al work, have LED the population TO injescrjb-
shie misery. aud that thousands must die of
hunger. In the l.tle zone 20 which be refers.
ere were a; the date Of the appeal 100000
persons without the means o. subsistence.