Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-11-03
Gossip

favor tmong tie Indians, because u5st Of The
pSrty were bald.
A rev style Of ornamenis .or ladies hair ore
large beetles and butterflies O. gsy colorod vel
vet, with virgs Of spaur'cl mother-7f-pearl
sui jewe.ei eyes Which sparkle very brilliantly
iu ihe ess-light
A new Journal devoted 20 the literature Of
smoking mas appeared IN London, and begs 20 De-
the organ Of an lovers Of the weed u is in
tended 20 be couuier-hlasi 90 the troublesome
auti-tobacc1 society, thinking IL a E1ol tine 90
strike, as that organization is badly in debt.
Saginaw county. according to the Chicago
Times. rather prdes itsef on cJTpuleui infants.
The latest arrival kicks the beam az eighteen
pounds, aul when be inquiries for the paIeglr.c
during be lone watches of the night be can be
heard IN great dis,nc-ncss 81 s. distance Of ten
blocks
The ss1u Of thelns Nr. Gf5ie Wa opened,
according. 20 request, and an examination made
Of ibe brain. \ gres, many public men in our
country ought 20 follow this example, AMI thus,
by their death, settle what their lives lef, in
doubt-the great question as to whethe- or not
they possessed Any Of thst sort Of thing.
A Maine partridge, sfter s,anaiag still aud
being shot al seventeen times withou; effect, b.
came weary Of the nonot0ny snl aew lvsy.
Nj McFadisn was knocked down hy ta1ee
1uuavsy horses in succession, 81 Detroit DIE
gustsd AZ such treatment. he concluded TO die
The U'orld says that Joaquin's ytrsef are
foury in consequence Of their being ground cut
by a Miller. This is hard AID cruel U'orlL
California paper, in speaking Of Miss FL
gerton's lecture upon the " Cause and Cure OF
Gossiping." says the only " cure" consists IT
fIs
Of head, being careful to operate AZ the top.
Miss Kane Of Baltimore, set cut 10 write a
list Of the wrongs Of women, but found 20 usny
of them that she was driven TO the conclusion
that women suffer wrong in being born 81, all
This dlsposes Of the whole question in a nut
shell.
10 escape maternity wife only siz months
married committed suicide recently in jefferson
vile township, Iowa.
An Iowa woman put starch in her husbands
beer, thinking il was arsenic, aud was surprised
lecsuse it diia't stiicn hin.
Nothing is 60 disgusting to all respectable au-
diiors As to see bony old maid with elncsve
stomach and a neck like chicken get up in a
suffrage meeting and preach free love
Ml.le. Ni'ssoa loses $4,000 by the Ch.csgo
Ere.
\ Philadelphia paper says that oue-half Of the
servant girls in that city are dIunkards.
Five hundred vittuous women TO one yr,uous
man is the latest estmste Of the womsu-wo-
men.
Nissons favorite ornamental design is 2 horse
shoe, and many Of her jewels are set in this de-
vice. Whether abe is afraid OF witches, or st
some time loved a blacksmith, is not stated.
A little girl Of 10 out West. has been present.
ed By her fatEer with small patch Of 7 600
scres in a corner Of his back ysrd TO play st
gardening in.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps writes that % pecu-
mary dependence upon men tends 10 make wo-
men weak, eowsrdly, ignorant and childish, if
not worse. Pecunisry authority over women
tends to create in men oyerWeaning sel-conf-
dance and self-asseri0n, arrogance in their
treatment of, and a thorough lack of respect tor
the sterling qualities in the character Of wo-
man.
The Boston Post having veatured to express
the belief that - it is wrong to fig to one ex-
treme to correct another,'' the New York Com
merciGl AdUertiSer hastens to reply that '' eve
ry disobedient pig-hesded urchin in the land,
about to be spanked would endorse that senti-
ment"
Zanesvile man, eghty-seyen years old,
WAS born when bis father was seventy eight,
and he wants to know if there is another man
living whose father was born one hundred and
sixty-fye years ago.
The latest idea is to have the instep Of ladies
boots padded, so as to give them the srched aP-
pesrauce which is so much admired.
To poultry keepers-Is there any difference
between hen stealing and cock-robbin'i
Put money in thy purse, as the pickpoeket
ssid when he robbed a man Of an empty Que.
A growing disposition is apparent in churches
to employ ladies as assistant pastors. The plan
where it has been tried works WE'LL as women
are generally fitted by nature for visiting the
sick and unfortunate, and performance Of many
duties for which the pastors Of large congrega-
tons find no time
In view of the luxurisnce OF the castor bean
crop in Kansas. Horace Greeley is OF the opin-
ion that furniture dealers need have no fears
regarding the future supply OF castors.