Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-04-19
CURRENT NOTES.

/ NEEDED reform school for girls.
/ lt Is not round sentences, bat pointed ones,
/ that sure 10 stick il the memory
Boston has existed under city ch.rter but
fifty years
The larges AXE in the world j.. Lake Superior
fur lUnl7ed .ud thirty miles long
Tine name Of she town Of Alexandra, in Lii
uaIs, hss been changed 10 Alexis.
Hot Springs, Arkansas, are already oyerrun
{ witl visitors IN sesrcA Of health.
4 ,aiiioE dollars is the price of well-e,tsb-
iisaec and successtui sugar plantation in Cuba
Another Quakeress preacher is preaching at
| Sug S.ag
There are sixteen daily Newspapers in the
| STATE Of Connecticut
Ore million bushels of whsl, il considered to
| De good sna1s yield for rexts. st present
/ Several butchers in syracuse have come to
/ grief 81 the hsuds Of the law, for dealing in
/ very young veal
The Sal lel Ray, the great salt lake Of Texas
is declared TO be superior in quality and mex
haust;ale
/ Tho iron horse row ruus from Bangor, Maine,
/ 10 san Francisco, Cal, in eight days and
g-E
/ The .a5lest sc91elu,r ia tie world is the
/ Croton scqaeluct. Of New ork Il cost
] 2.510OGo
The Aruo. ns.lereI the finest river in Italy,
/ is 10 larger than tributaries Of the Connect
81.
Stesmtoais were hr,t used on the Hudson iiv
er ia 1907, in Euglsni In 1872, in France in
/ 1916.
/ Fe-ry-iiz thousanj persons in Ilva csn Meth
sr re-d nor write; one-third OF them are
voters
+ Taere s7e p, tie Gernsr Empire sixty
thoussnt lr.1.-y schoo'r With ak million pu-
pills
A New foik po,s officer hs- killed nearly
fifteen hundred -ogs within the lsst twelve
month";.
Tie Grand Amy Of the Republic hold its an
nual invention ~ tlevelani, Ohio, early in
May.
Il IS though. that tae book publishing buIi-
res= vas never better 20 this oouatry th.n st
tae FseseI. t,ae.
The largest % the famous EcyEtiaa pyramids
cover iour fqusrc -crcl. and rs 4sg feet high.
that's all
The last to,sa II Mare A1t5:ue;te was the
sex'ou'- recor--'' Paid seven franco for Widow
C41e.'s coffin
Heavy rains ia ,ae ueish5o-1ooi OF AlbsDy,
Georgia, nave - waslsi the seei ou, Of the
Eslis. t1a' IN r1sny instances they viii have to
he EsPiznssi
AZ. the important journals Of New York city
and New England haI representatives. in Hart
tori On the night Of the Connecticut election.
There is report frcn Cape Colony, that
two ctm7rds, each weighing more than one
thousand cs-Sfs, have been found
They hs7e a htustei house ia Hennepin.
Anu. it has been vacant Ter 4 long tine. tut
every night the upper windows are brilliantly
lighted
Fresh is.rlan Is cau-iies5I high priced at
twelve cents pound IN san Fraueisc5 - this
season. tu- tlag have 20 pay aity cents pound
for hah1at
= aompaay Has paid $4,000 for the privi-
'cge OF bearing ,nd raising Gil on lands Of the
thicSSssR NaJcu, North Of Texas and West Of
Arksrsls
Il is estimated ;hst the gifts TO Chicago IL her
u 1tion, irc.uiiag money and articles cf value
sud lmmeiistc rgice, vii exceed five million
doLs-s
New Jersey is trying 20 rival Cape Cod as to
the ra.s,Gz NJ cr.rhtrries She hsz six hun
drei sc.rs planted 20 tais purpose q, The present
tine
some ilci Of Jle mi'k trade in NeS York may
ae gained from snoFiel-e Of she feet that ~
uto,JD gallons have been brought over The Erie
railroad ia the .sst four years
heeTers Of Cotee-hoaseF, hotels public houses
Sui eating houses ia Rome are punished by i'm
priso-meu1 cf rot ess than ten nor more than
thirty days, if they permit t.asphsmy on the
premises.
The forJ6c.:ions low binding in the passage
ot the tosses-a chain of mountains on the tor-
ders Of 1rsIce. Belgium suI Germany-sre
ssid TO be- master ~oTks Of military engineer
ing.
Az the close Of toe present year the refined
and polite sr' of public gambling will be SUP
pressed in Germany. Hamburg, Baden, Ems,
etc, will be compelled to cl1se the jcors Of their
Hursaals
a uliais,er ho thought that reporting ser
nous wss all vanity, afterwards concluding that
if the hing aust be done it should be well done
sippei sreeubseS into the reporter. hand saw
ing '' Do not condense me-
The gas Company Of Hartford furnished such
poor quality Of css on election night, that the
returns wee real eff sni made up by candle
light in some OF the newspaper oifces and yet
the sas company msSes moaey.
All save one Of The Qr5en's ladies in waiting
ave widows, Ter choice since Prince Albert died.
They receive eight hundred pounds per sunum.
snl are aidoWs of deceased peers. Maids Of
honor smother class.
George Lc-kbart 2ivcs. Al American. stsnds
Eth IN tH's ye1T's .,rHluating c..- kt Cambridge
UuiversijJ ID England There we're forty-fye
con;ss surs ia the el4-s, Of whom the sou Of
Charlie picksHr VS. the lgeuty ninth
". c Stewart, author Of e The Practical IN
rier, is dead tie was kneEn in Englsnd A.
angler OF slmosr miraculous skill, snd was the
suihor OF book which may be sand 10 have re-
oIr-fa izt.lf fhae 50 :
A Ru,sisn priDter hiss invented tyue-setiing
machine which, tie 81. Petersburg pspers assert,
far surpasses AZ siulilar machines ina; have
. hitherto been pyo1ucei. L scts II an hour thir-
ty thousand letters it cos;s ave thousand ru5les,
. sld oue thcassrd letters tet hereby cost only
i've cents
At New5uryp0rt receutiy, a car containing an
OK aud herd Of swine were At the depot for de
livery The swine beng tesiiee ran between the
legs Of the OK wro tr-mpled upon one, which
thu remainder Immediately ievourei Il is said
the swine had nc, been isi since they left Can
e ala
e la recent bull.dgtt a, Bi.ooa, Spain, velO-
oi1eio ysas substituted Tor = horse by one Of the
D picadors, with the most triumphant results. Not
once, We are glssigliy told, this enterprisug
{ performer forced TO dismount and both sized
and rider came cut Of the comSlt quite un-
rcathed.
There are in this country 407 religious papers,
with ID average circulation OF ii, 700 and to-
tai circulation OF 1884 ,35S copies The 4, 1928
political pxpers have Gyersge circulation Of
:, ,O2s pies snd total OF 5 .7T8 320 The az
ricultuTa. financial. and scentifc or professiou-
a. journals hNve each total Circulation Of about
700. 600 copies
There are evidences oi improvement in the
method Of settling qaSrrels in the South. Fer
merry the process challenge, duel and
funeral. Row II is oaslenge, meeting, the
interpo,ition Of considerste friends, and - ami
cable settlement ereditsble sli parties concern
ed This is NICE and avoids the trouble and
expense Of the funeral.
The Governor hss signed the bill allowing the
women Of Illinois 10 engage in any occupation in
wh.ch hey see iit, but At the time prohibit
ing tyrsnt uSn from compelling them to 20 the
whole iglIe snd carry arms, serve juries,
and otherwise endure the inconveniences as well
rs enjoy thr privileges Of manhood.
The women Of Damascus, Illinois. take part
in the d cuSsious Of the Farmer Club meeting
A recent eooundTum uss-'' Shall we dress for
comfort o. for showl' IL was,of course, decid-
ell TO dress for comfort. snd then they all went
away snd At the next meeting each appeared
With :" three-deeker" hesd-dress and % Dol