Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-02-09

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Which doesn't duster Custer,
lie r4ora her not. although 2 - sait
Laat Custer really hlssed her.
When truth taste Ike melioiue, it is 8 pretty
sure 81 gn thar We are sick
Some oue suggetts, as the next subject ,or the
Debating Society, she question II you bal 90
bsve boil, where voali you prefer to have
it ''' Tle unanimous decision probably voui
be, 'On some other fellow
Emerson say- tlst Of al books depending
purely upon their intrinsic excellence. Snakes
pcsrc is the one look Of the world Oli Of the
circle Of religious books be is the one unpara,-
lelei mind
Alarm;nc-thsrs Is d" hustle ia fashions
be ciiclss All the hiies are getting their
bscks up.
Notwithstanding the verdict of the Corouer's
Jury tits quite cerssin thst James Fisk's death
vas causei By & series Of bad spells
The Charleston Nous announces that the work
Of putting Forts Sumter and Moultrie in de-
iensible condition will begin immediately The
T contractors commenced mounting forty heSvy
guns yesterday. Fort Palsssi, below Savannah,
is also &c be strengthened with extensive earth
works sad guns Of greater cslibre.
George Eliot ia sad to have received the
largest sum ever agreed IN advance 10 be paid by
publisher FOR novel.
Miss Rose Hawthorne the youuges, daughter
Of the novelist, has recently married, snd By her
change OF name destroyed the proverb. She
is now Rose without Hawthorne.
Msrk Tssin is '' R5ughiug It. among the
lyceums, where he gets necessarily laughed At,
yet be does not teem to mind it much.
Rev. W Il. Il Murray, Of P.rk-str5et church.
Boston. leciured on " Prohibition, 3" in the Citi-
zens' Course, ST + lot Hal. Newton, last Thurs
day evening, in his usual eloquent msnner The
lecturer drove out from Boston with his own
besutiful span O. horses. one Of which be values
ss high as 5000 -.ieicioG Journal
Repaid to Ststes for raising volunteers $780,
600, 600; 50 600, 600 more asked.
The new tariff hill will reduce import ievenues
S23 ,000,00O.
A wsg suggests thst bill collectors may be kept
Al = distance by displaying = sign announcing
'' smsli-p0x."
Hartford 10 longer SLOWS goats the freedom
Of the streets, and they will henceforth be con-
fined TO the Masonic lodges.
The wife of Ex-Governor Reynolds Of Missou-
ri was burned to death last Thurtday evening.
Punci's mental philosophy Whist is mind
No matter What is mstter2 Never mind
Whist is ,he nsture of the s0ull It is inmate
rial
" know a grocer who sells ycu tea
Take care
Hen prove an arrant cheat to te--
Beware beware
Trust hin not he Is doing thee,
he has Two scales for sugar brown
Take care!
And then one goes up and the other down
BeUars beware
Spinal meningitis Is raging among the horses
10 New York city. The best constructed and
spPointed stables are visited by it and fearful
desjh-rate has been the result
If any man wants to " see himself a. others
see him be csn hardly DO better than run for
some Office and then read the papers faithfully
The Archbishop of Paris no longer for6ids the
priests the luxury Of boards
A cynical psrsgrspher remarks on the story
Of the London lady who hung herself because
she thought the devil vas in her. that if they
should 90 to hanging Themselves just for thst,
women would be scarce
The school boy who wrote the Ientence on the
word g chimney" has rival who gave pane
gyric" this setting: A few drops of pane
gyrc, given on a large lump of sugar. is often
bes; for baby With the stomach-s.he."
A young lady st Annapolis was ende.voring
10 impress upon the minds of her Sundsy-schooi
scholars the sin aud terrible punishment Of Ne
huehadnezzar, and, W hen she said thst for seven
years he ate grass ike a COW. she was ssiouished
by little girl Who sskei, - bid he give mik7''
The Lafayette dad Journal refrsins from
kicking an obscure Indians editor in the usual
prominent locality, for fesr Of producing con-
cussion Of the BRAN.
The King Ct Dshoney received the Italian
Scentidc Commission with bis form decorated
profusely with variegaied druggists labels, tax
en- from European medicine bottles
Mrs. UpdySe. Of Unadiils, n T., burst blood
vessel and died Two days after her marriage
Tight laoiug.
Retailers are accustomed to add salt to their
beer, for the purpose Of InskiDg their customers
more thirsty.
Mansfield (Conn.) justice has decided that
to spit tobacco juice onthe Aoor Of public hall
is an unlawful ofense and fined an offender who
did 10 81 and costs. Excellent Now let us
proceed against people who eat onions before
travelling in the cars.