Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-01-12

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the meeting OF the Maryland Leg stature at IN
p,pois. which is an unusual sight there
A Vermont lady ha, girls school in l 0ka-
hama, Japan which was opened on the hrs' Vi
September last, exclusively for girls and II NUM-
bers seventeen pupils now.
Gen. Halleck's physicians have now but little
ho,e Of his recovery. His complaint has now
assumed dropsicsl form, and it Is thought 'hA'
he can 1--we but short time.
Howard, the Rochester negro who outraged
the little girl, Ochs, and whose crime exci'ed
the recent riot. wss on Tharsd,y evening Sc
crstv taken into court, snd, pleading guilty.
sentenced to twenty years in the State pr'on al
Auburn.
Atalate Plymouth church picnic, Mr. beecher
va, s.kei why lie did no; dance " There is but
one reason" he replied don; know how.
The only dancing ever did, was when my
father furnished the music. and ufed me as
fiddle. TOOK al the steps, then
The Census Buresu reports good record for
Massachusetts. There are il that State but two
tbous,nd xix hundred men who we're disirsn-
ohised under the obligatory poll tax paying and
the reading and writing provisions.
President Grsnt utteriur a truism, made
very respectable pun in his message IN the stale
ment that agriculture is the groundwork Of
our prosperity lie might have added that II
isa work in which every farmer ought to have q
share, to vita ploughshaTe.
In order to stimulate the public in the pre-
yention OF CONTRIBUTING, the Association Of
Banks Of New Englsnj have offered special
rewards for the arrest and conviction Of per
sons unlawfully engaged ia engraving plates
stamping or changing notes or pa''ing cour-
terfeit bills
wilHard's dotel, at Washington, is to be re
opeped Daniel Chamberlain. proprietor Of the
Adams House. Boston, hiss leased it for Gye
years. the rental to be $4,000 for the first
year. 1900 for the second, $4,000 for the
third and fourth, and $4,000 for the fifth.
During the p,st thirty day, aboa; $4,000
boxes of Fayal and ST. Michae. oranges have ar
rived at Boston, cau,ing glut in the market.
Whole cargoes h,ye been sold at from p to Az
cents DER box, snd oranges are selling on the
street corners for fifteen ceu's per do1en' while
apples at the same pisces cannot be bought fer
less than double that price
The Norwich, Conn. Bulletin helrtle''ly
ssys: q" A Franklin street gentleman and his
wife had. little srgumen; on Christmas eve,
when he kindly said he would hang up her stock
ipgs for her; which he did, ba, Inadvertently
omitted to take her out Of them. She stood on
her head for nine minutes, when the neigh6ors
arbitrstei"
General Eaton. commissioner Of education,
has prepared his annual report. snd as finally
made up it will be a psper IF great interest
From the tables therein It appears there are
1850, 600 perfous IN the United Ststes who can
not read and write, folr-htths Of whom are IN
the southern states. The iLitera;es credited to
New Eaplani are as follows Maine, 1901
New Hampshire, a.925 Vermont, 1900
Massachusetts, 97.72i Rhode Island, 2l,99l
Connecticut, 29,5s5
The Liquor Prohititiouista, not content With
past defeats in the field Of politics, have issued
call for National Mas Convention fthe party
to be held a, Cleveland on the pa 9i February
next. for the purpose Of nominating candidates
for President AMI Vice Psesiien; Of the United
States, to which all tue friends Of the movement
are invited The call states tie platform Of the
party to be d" that it is the duty Of the govern
rnent fanctiorally, both by municipal snd gen
eral legislation, to effectively prohibit the manu-
facture, importation. and sale Of all .ntoxicI-
ting liquors to be usoi IS Leverage
The record Of the Freeimsu's Bank in Wash
ington indicates pretty vel what the negro is
capable Of with fair chance Five year sgo
this bank started with iep5s.t Of tvsuty-scyen
dollars bu; the gradual increase compelled sn
increase in the faci.itios Of the bans, and the
number Of tepos.tors now ranges from one hun
| dred and fifty to two hundred lsily, and within
month, recently, the deposits were 100000 in
excess Of the drafts.
DANGEROUS GREEyBAcks-W learn from Pc
terron's Counterfeit Detector tba, number Of
exceedingly dangerous c5unisrfe.ts have made
their appearance How large the number may
be cannot be known flr the counterfeit Is So
nearly fsultle.s that it IS with the utmost iiti-
Guilty thst it can be distinguished from the gen
uine. The spurious bin is S tsenty dollsr green
hack The only weak point IN tie execution I
seems go be the central figure. which i. little I.
too oosrsely done. When presented ia package. /.
however, this figure is not seen in rspii count /
ing, It being hidden by the hand or everything
bills The other points Of the bill are 50 excel I
lent as to stand the strongest light
F.rtle Free Frcss.
FsAycE.-Ihe country being SO dry, these
pignsdss Cpnes) are liable to alarming cona,-
grations; one of them that took place in 1903,
continued burning Tor two months. The mode
adopted for extngushins them is Iemsrks5le;
when one part Of the forest is u flames, it is
customary to set FIRE TO another spot, at a great
er or less distance, according to sthe magnitude
Of the evil csrrent Of air soon takes place
between the burning mssses, which drives the
coufsgration from both siies onto the interme-
diate trees; these are shortly consumed, the fire
dies out for want Of fuel, and the rest Of the
forest is preserved Pelse send this to the far
West MARIyARo.
a RENARKABLg CASE 1t is stated mat post
norton examination Of the body Of Rufus
Ripley, the young CLERK in the Bank Of New
York, in New York city, on the 18th ult,
shows thst several th.rp neeile-like growths Of
bone bsi been forcing their way from the in,iie
Of the skull into the unfortunate young mans
brain, and it Is probable that they we're the
direct cause Of the headache to which he was q
martyr, and Of the giving way Al LAST to the
suicidal impulse Some Of these bones pre-
iecte1 quarter Of an inch or more into the
brain, and we're exceedingly sharp. During
the last eight years Of his life, Mr.. Ripley