Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-08-15

They seem to have very careless ways of
conducting Court in Cambridge, Mass. The
case of liquor seller was recently called in
the Superior Court, and as the District At
torney said that the prisoner had virtually
admitted his guilt, and as no one appeared
for him, sentence was pronounced. At the
time man was standing near the dock who
was supposed to be the liquor seller. Soon
afterward it was found that he had no con-
nection with the case, and that the liquor
seller had not been in Court at all The
Judge. of course, ordered the sentence to be
erased.
One night last week Louisville gentle
man. who had retired to rest after light
supper of soft-crabs and cucumbers, awoke
in the night with certain pains which excit-
ed his fears of an attack of cholera No
time was to be lost in warding off the fell
DESTROYER. He sprang from his spring mat
tress. and seizing bottle of camphor, took
A swallow and then vigorously rubbed the
afflicted portion of his person with the res
torative, continuing the application after he
had returned to bed. He experienced prompt
relief. but. as his fright left him, it occurred
to him that his camphor had lost its custo-
mary oder. Again he rose, and this time
turned On the gas \ single glance at his
night-shirt told the tale. Instead of cam
nhor he had used a bottle of superior writ
ing fluid. Another discovery of the virtues
of ink was made at Washin. ton during the
recent heavy thunder storm. An elderly
l. DIV. deyout Catholic. became so alarmed
at the severity of the electric discharges
that she closed the windows and curtains of
her bedroom. and having made the room as
dark as possible, procured from the cupboard
a bottle of holy water, with which IN one
b,,nd and PRAYER beads in the other, she
sp,-inkled the room thoroughly. As was to
be expected the storm soon ceased, and with
n fe, ling Of relief the curtains were raised 8,
tine : hutters were thrown open, and the good
lady discovered the carpet, and furnieure,
and counterpane. and walls sprinkled with
violent ink of delicate hue. Every effort
was ma de to remove the spots and prevent
the Joke from leaking out, but in yain-the
nrinter heard of it, and the good old lady is
now visiting friend in the country.
Two Young men, one of them from Gin
cinnati' went out in a boat below the lower
falls of the Genesee at Rochester the other
dav. and concluded to take bath. The
Rochester Union tells the story of their ad-
ventures thus:
Selecting point where the water was
w,,nty or thirty feet deep, they undressed
in III boat The first one sterpee upon the
edce # the boat and plunged in. The beat
timed. throwing out his companion and the
clothing of both. They made grab fol-
their ciot hing. but only one vest was secur-
ed. and in the pocket of that was valuable
gold watch and roll of bills. The watch
was good | 'ut all of the money with the ex-
cention Of I, vo dollars was lost The CLOTH
inc sank to the bottom, boots and all. A
man who was trolling in the vicinity was
hired by the wo unfortunates to fish fol
their clothing. but he succeeded in bringing
up OF " the pan falcons of each. The efiort
to rec over the ] est was finally abandoned