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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

The Curiosity OF FLY.-Ialk about the
curiosity of women We will back fiv
against any woman. just watch him rs he
gayly traverses a bald mans Uranium, halts
on the eyelid, and, taking cursory glance
around him, waltzes over to the end of the
nose, peeps up one nostril, and, having sat
isied his curiosity there, curvettes over the
upper lip and takes glance up the other.
With satisfactory smile at having seen all
there is to be seen there, he makes beeline
to the chin, stopping moment to explore
the cavity formed by the closed lips. Arriving
at the chin, he takes a notion to creep down
under the shirt-collar, but. suddenly hesita-
ting, he turns around as if he had forgotten
something, and proceeds to an exploration of
the ears. This concluded, he carries out his
original intention. and disappears between
the neck and shirt-collar, emerging, after the
lapse Of some minutes, with an air seeming
to say he had performed his duty. What
matters the frantic attempts to catch him,
the enrnged gestures, and the profane ian
guage? They disturb his equanimity not
moment. Driven from one spot, he alights
on another; he finds he has got duty to per-
form and he does it.-Larrence american
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

have seen my abominable vileness; if ]
were well known, there would be none il
this kingdom to ask how l do. Many take
nv ten for hundred, but am deeper by
pocrite and a shallower professor than every
one believeth God knoweth feign not But
think, my reckonings on the one page
written in great letters, and his mercy tC
to such wretched, forlorn, bankrupt on the
other, to be more than a miracle. If | could
be saved-as | would fain believe-sure
am that have given Christ's blood, his free
grace, and the bowels of his mercy, larg,
field to work upon, and Christ hath manifest
ed his art, dare not say to the uttermost
but to an admiring degree. Rutherford
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26
AGRICULTURAL.


There have been in the Providence mar
ket this season a few hundred pals of butter
which have a history They came from a
single dairy in Illinois, and are uniform in
quality, hardly distinguishable, indeed, one
from another, although made in summer,
autumn and winter They are sweeter, and
have a fresher and more delicate aroma than
any ball butter we were able to find last
summer in Rhode Island They contain
little salt and no buttermlk. y This perfect
butter is churned daily from yfresh milk
Here lies the secret. Milk one hour, but
ter the next. No setting of milk pans and
skimming and storing up ofcream. No sub
lection OF milk and cream to atmospheric,
electric and thermal changes No expen-
siye cellars with running water to secure
fresh air and equal temperature, or, in de-
fault Il perpetually huctuating product of
butter In, place of the hand churn, the
power-churh. In place Of the inefficient
hand working of the butter, Jaws worked by
power, squeezing out the hHttermilk, Just as
the melted Stag is squeezed out Of the soft
ened iron in pudding.
The dairy farm at which this butter is
made has, we believe, hundred or more
COWS, in addition to which milk is purchased
from the neighboring farms 1t is, in other
words, a factory, producing butter on a large
scale Of uniform, excellent quality. Our
theory of butter making has always been to
carry the milk from the cows directly to the
chun and only to delay churning long
enough for the milk TO cool to the proper
temperature. There would then be two
churnings each day. and the quantity should
be sufficient to make one or more complete
packages for the market at each churning
theoretically. also the caSeine should be i'm
mediately separated from the residual milk
and buttermilk, and the ultimate products.
butter and cheese, be the only substances
remaining to be cared for from dav to dav.
In such factory, power and good machinery
would substitute hand labor, and a uniform
ly good product Of butter should result.
The cheese would be Of secondary. though
considerable, Importance.
At the pr sent time large quantities of
French butter, of uniform quality, are sold
in the English market, ut a good price.
Meanwhile, American butter. in England.
brings much less than it, value, from the
fact that no two packages are alike, even
from the same dairy. This holds good Of
Rhode Island butter. in our own market.
The butter from the same dairy, in success
sive weeks, in summer, has hardly recog-
nizable resemblance. \ principal cause Of
this diversity and inleriority of product, Is
the difficulty or impos>ibilitv of keeping
milk and cream. in our variable climate, and
in any but the best appointed dairy rooms
or cellars The remedy for this is in churn-
ing fresh milk instead of stale cream
D,.-... f..... T,-.T
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

RIVER WHRLTooIs.-AmOng the many
phenomena Of the Colorado River are
= swirls.' 50 called They occur every
where, but only at high stages of water. \
bubble rises from the bottom and breaks
with a slight sound upon the surface The
water at this point begins a rotary motion,
80 small that an inverted teacup might COW
er it. Larger and larger grows the circle,
till surface of forty feet in diameter Is in
motion, spinning round funnel-shaped hole
in the centre, two or three feet across at the
top, and coming 10 a point in the depths
below Often a large tree, floating down
the stream, is caught. and it, foremost end
thrust up in the air twenty or thirty feet,
while the other passes undemeath-the ex-
posed end to be slowly drawn down again,
and to disappear Three soldiers-deserters
from Camp Mohaye-passing in skitl
through the ravine Immediately below the
fork, suffered their craft 10 run into a swirl.
One of the crew. at the first intimation OF
danger, threw himself overheard far beyond
the charmed circle and as he swan away
he turned his head and saw the boat spin
round and round until one end being drawn
into the vortex and the other upheayed il
the air. it slowly sank, a. it revolved, into
the turbid bosom of the river, Its human
freight to be seen no more, for the ColOrad
River does not give up its dead-no corpse,
lodge on its shore Greeley Tri5WHc.
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GOSSIP OF THE DAY.

london . don mad mad elghty-three cases Of genuine
larly GOOD wear for them eitber "'''' IL
Pr;l.-. ~.
the other 1;gbt VI H. ,LL. Iani,i4 la tu tree
to boct b;S r. e hn. 'Iosn; tIo nc maS trylh2
nate. Rising in his bed and seizing bis 'i 6eJ.
fellow bv the cbin-yrbiskers he aid ..paoI,
We ould diyil. or I'l knock Yer dashed bead
Off" In another moment he found himself
on the floor on the opposite side of the room.
very much wide awake, while his roommate
stood over him with clenched-tists, and want
ed to know what he meant ''by such CON
auctions as those
The Common Council Of Albany has tran
sacted no business for several months mast
Resting upon this rock of comfort, neither
disease, pestilence, nor famine can prevail
against the general cheerfulness Of that com
munity.
\ barber at Lampasas, Texas, thought it
was queer he had never seen a white door
knob in that State, and he put one on his
front door. No sooner was the Job finished
than the citizens began to fire at the choice
target, and the barber retired in the cellar
uutil the knob was shot of His door opens
now with a string running through bullet
hoie-
Mrs. Wood of Iowa has been divorced
| four times from Mr. Wood and now becorsa
he wont re-marry her again she complains of
his ugly temper.
\ member of the Nissis.inpi Legislature
is in Jail for stealing 50 hog \ 50 hog
may look small to some folks, but there are
men who can't stand temptation.
That AGED and resrectohle old ,yo,nsn i.r =
piecinr bed-ouilts ar knittinc stockings any
more, but has gone to cuttin9 tan-bark. She
averares five cords ner dov and tbev cav She
can dTint from t,ro-,,slIl,, ;,,c ,ritbort
couobino 10
S9mneI Morton oe .J,cl.so,viue III N
ascertain if bis gnn ,r,s LODI arIlieJ Tho
crrcioI ,o5+ or 97ra-.;,,,. IL -. -
With bis foot and bIo,Si,,, r, +Lo -r,T1Ie
with tLe I,s,,,i res,1t
A New York paper anxiouslv inquiries why
it is that - drowning men catch at straws ?''
To which conundrum another parer ans
wers We don't know that they d. We
have seen a number Of gentlemen drown, but
those Of them who had anv preference at all
seemed to be preiudiced in favor Of plank.
We don't remember ever being asked for
straw by a gentleman who was drowning.
and it i lust as well. perhaps. because we
never carried one with us.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

TIE $1,000 Cow. - The highest price
realized at the Utica sale was $40, 600 paid
by Mr.. r. P. Davis Of England for a seven
wear old Duchess COW. While she was being
sold a rather humorous event occurred. As
the bidding proceeded, she followed the
herdsman quietly around the ring. display
ing her fine points to the best advantage,
but as the auetioneer reached the bid of
$40 900, she suddenly stopped in her walk,
menaeingly threw up her head, as if amazed
at being rated at 50 astounding sum. and
began to back out of the ring with all her
might. 1t was some time before they could
bring her back, and it took three stout men
to do it. The bidding again began upon her,
and was finally run up to SAC, 600, at which
price she was struck off, when the noble
cow quietly'followed her herdsman back to
the stall.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

SHouLD HoRsES WEAR BuNDERS.-W
never could see what vice or deiornity lay
in horses eve, that should make it neces-
sary to cover it up. and shut ont its owner
from at least tw0-thirds of his rightful field
of vision. The poets say that old age looks
backward; but we never heard such an
idiosyncrasy charged upon the horse The
theory that n horse is less apt to be frighten-
ed when shut ont from every thing behind
him, we suspect to be fallacy. else saddle
horses and war-h0rses would be duly blind
ed. Every horse i as familiar with his own
carriage as with his own tail, and, as far as
his personal ' fortitude is concerned, is no
more disturbed at being pursued by one than
by the other. As for other scarccrowS that
come up behind. they are mostly so familiar
to the animal, that, the more fully the horse
can perceive them. the more quietly does he
submit to their approach. Then Is such 4
pity to cover up one of the most brilliant
features of this most brilliant creature. The
horse has borne such a hand in the ciyilia-
ton of this rough-and-tumble world, that it
seems not 50 much a cruelty as a discOurtesv
and disgrace to hide his form with embar
r,lsSing togcery. No wonder we estimate
the force in the world As - horse power -
no wonder the Romans and the Germans.
each in their own languages, designated their
aristocracy as "riders: = no wonder their
descendants made "chiyalry synonym
for their highest virtues. Let the horse be
given his due, and unhlinded The check
rein Is another nuisance in harnes~-ware
which has almost entirely disappeared from
England, the army having at last given itup
by order of the commander-in-chief, Sir
George Burgoyuc Uejsir Times.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

4 correspondent of the Maine farma OBJ
iects 90 dwarf apple trees, and finds '' one
thrifty standard apple tree to yield aS much
as half q dozen dWaris.' OF course And
the standard takes up as much room a. the
half dozen dwart~. Dwarf apple trees are
not planted for the purpose Of obtaining
heavy crops ON a large scale. but are adapted
to garden culture, when it Is desired not to
shade heavily the ground, and where several
early or amateur sorts may be obtained fresh
from the trees for home Use. II handsome
ly trained and well cultivated, they like
wise present am ornamental appearance ;
and they have the advantage over dwarf
pears, that most varieties Of the apple grow
well in this way. while only few select
sorts of the pear viii succeed well a~ dwarf.
-C0uHfrV Gentleman.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

WIFE Trade N CniNA.-Thc Nl0ngiq.
BgdT of June DIST, SAYS VI uch-
amusement has been caused In the settle
meut by an incident which occurred vester-
day. some people sitting go-sipping in the
usual way in a tca->hop near the Maloo. it
waS incidently mentioned that in a house
close to the Loun Police Station a marriage
was going forward. Bv-and-bv the uartv
broke up. and some Of those who composed
il lived in the lOuza direction. they thought
as they passed the house where the noise of
crackers and the sound Of music and other
Accomplishments of oflestivity gave evidence of
a marriage, that they would 20 and have q
look at the fun. Accordingly, with the
freedom which the Chinese custom permits.
they pushed into the little court yard in
front Of the reception room where the guests
were assembled with the bridegroom and
bride making merry over the marriage feast
But no sooner did one of the tea-shop goS-
sips set ewes on the bride than he gave an
unearthly yell and other tokens of intense
excitement When the tumult of his feel
ing- had so far found an equilibrium rs To
make utterance possible. he declared that
the bride was no other than his wife. whom
he had supposed TO be quietly attending to
her domestic duties at home, as he had left
her not many hours previous. of course
the most intense sensation was produced bv
this announcement and the husband rushed
off to Iouza for assistance. \ native cor
stable went with him and on questioning
the bride she admitted without hesitation
that she was the wife Of the - claimant. -
had been so for four years, and had by him
a daughter, two years old. On this a stop
was put to the marriage ceremonies, and in
due course the parties were brought before
the magistrate of the Mixed Court. 1t then
appeared that the disposal Of his daughter
in marriage, for consideration, was IA
yorite method of raising the wind" with
the old man, her father. The bridegroom
in the above scene. q cooie in foreign
hong. being in want ofa wife, was told by
I the father that he had marriageable
daughter. and though he had never seen her.
the coolie paid $40 to the father, and ar
rangements were forthwith made for the
marriage which had been SO seaSonably-or
easOnably-interrupted the coolic all
the while not having the dimmest suspicion
that his fancee was already the wife of
another. The daughter considered she ought
to do what her father told her. 1t turned
out, indeed. that he had since her marriage
been once already in treaty with
another man for her, but that swain heard
the real state OF things AT an earlier stage of
the proceedings than did No. 3. The old
matrimonial speculator did not attempt to
deny that the above allegations were true.
and he was removed in custody till formal
| proceedings could be taken against him
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rogue). no doubt advised them As to the best
way to get out Of it.
There are others who believe that COlvin
was really murdered, and that the man sup
posed to have been Colvin was an impostor,
gotten up for the purpose Of clearing the
BoOrns. Some color was given to the sup
position from the fact that jesse Boorn was
afterward arrested in Ohio for forgery where
he made the statement that it was not Col
vim. and that his brother Stephen did, ac-
tualy, murder him. This statement was
published, and some. W were not personal
" acquainted with the ,arties, believed it ;
but no one who examinr the proofs of iden-
tity Of Colyin believed it for a moment
jesse Boorn died many years ago. Stephen
removed to Ohio, where very little was sub
sequently known of him. Some of their
relatives are still living in Manchester, and
the son of Colvin, who testified on the trial,
is now living in Arlington, Vt.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

SORRY LOVER WATCHED nY a Bio Doc
Young Manglebury will probably not visit
Miss Sixties again. He called upon her n
few evenings ago, and as She was not at home
he sat down ON the porch to wait for her.
In few moments Old Skittle's dog came up
and after eyeing Mangleburv. and growing
at him IN a manner which made caiils run
up and down his back. the dog walked uu
and began To sniff Manglebury'- leg. While
the animal was performing this operation.
the young man maintained q condition Of all
Solute repose 1t Is doubtful if he will again
be as perfectly still as he was then until hi,
immortal soul Is in the land of everlasting
rest When the ceremony was concluded.
the dog lay down by Manglebur, chair.
~ soon as Manglebury felt certain the brute
was asleep, he thought he would 20 home
without seeing Miss Skittle, but when he
ATTEMPTED % rise from bis chair the dog leap
ed up and growled SD menacingly that Man
cIehury Immediately sat down again. Then
be thought it would be better uot tn 90 home
at once Ii occurred % him. however. that
j, would De- as well % call for some one To-
remove the dog in case circumstances should
render 1t desirable for him to derart but
at the very first yell, Skittle'- dog iumuelto
his feet, with iendish bark. and began %
take q few more critical smcll-at Manrlcbu-
ry'> leg, and whenever MangleLury -hullel
his feet, OF moved his arms. or uttered the
Slightest sound. that infamous dog. was ms
family up and at him. Once. when be- had
20 ~nccze, he thought from the boiS,erou- in
dignatiou manifested hy the dog. that his
hour 20 last had come. Mansicburv had Of
ten before wanted % see Mis- Skittic- alone.
but now hc felt as II he would welcome any
member ot the Skittie- family. even the
cook. with fee.ingapproachins enthusiasm.
finally he heard voices in the Iarlor. Il
was Mis- Skittle- and young man who had
come home with her and entered the side
door
And they sat there at the window. not
thirty feet from Manglcbury. sparkling and
cooing, and every now and then ma king some
di~agrcab.e remark about Maugieburv. until
az last the visitor left and Mis-, SkittleS lock-
cd The door, closed the shutters. and went to
bed. And the dog never moved until morn
ing. when Old Skittle> came down to look
10 the thermometer. and found that faithful
guardian still watching over the miserable
Alangiehury. who still sat in the chair in
which he began To wait for Mis- Skittlr~.
old Skittlc- offered to shoot the dog, in order
to ~oothe Manglebury, but that person was
beyond reach of such remedies. He was too
mad. lie cut the SkitileS familY dead and
he is now endcayouring 10 select o >ocial cir
Gle whose members do not keep dog. lie
hates q dog now worse than q doctor hates
healthy climate-NaI Adatr.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

A woman has been Arrested in Baltimore
for being common scold. She is toibe tried
under the old English law, and universal
manhood holds its breath in suspense as it
awaits the result o.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

In early youth it was the height of my
ambition to be a stage-driver. Later in
life, when troubles multiplied upon me and
my consistent and edifying life made me
many enemies. the omnibus-driver became
my special envy. He is perched so serenely
upon his elevated box On summer days,
when the sunshine is little too severe to
be pleasant, he can obtain an enormous UNI
brella Of some manufacturer anxious to ad-
vertiSe his goods. by simply depositing q
dollar, which dollar is returned to him whom
he brings back the umbrella. | have never
beer tble to borrow an umbrella on these
teri: And then if he sees an enemy cross
ing the street he can pick him upon his pole
and carry him block or two; if he I'M
pales him it doesn't matter much-omnibus
drivers are never hanged, neither do they
marry. Nor Is it necessary that he wait
Tor his enemy to attempt to cross the street;
he can 90 for him on the sidewalk, spear him
on a balcony, lift him from a third story
window if he 50 choose. His horses aid him
willingly. When you see an omnibus horse
fix his eye on you, beware you are gone
man. There is no escape from his diabolical
intentions, and if you are particular about
little things, and want your name spelled
right on the coffn-plate, see the engrayer at
once. Talk of black-horse cavalry! |
would sooner iacea whole brigade of them
than stand the charge of single omnibus
horse Of any color whatever. Think of
what the Six Hundred would have done at
Balaklaya had they been mounted on six
hundred omnibuses drawn By twelve hun
dred wall-eyed horses If ever charge of
this kind occurs, let me be its Tennyson.
But Just now my ambition is to be the joe
key Of the winning horse to ride by the
grand stand in streaked and speckled raj
ment, with my hand over between the
horses ears, and every body applauding, Ia
dies and all
How sweet the looks that ladies bend
On whom their iavors fall
when YOU win the layorish-colori gloves
from them. Negotiations are going on with
a purpose, and hope soon to be jockey
and with the jockeys stand-the grandest
stand ofall to my thinking. At present my
weight is rather heavy, but am drinking
llathorn water, and shall either be a losing
ghost or winning jockey in the end.-JoiH
y .ssfN
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

The following from an exchange just fits
the groove: . Don't loaf about the streetjo
and depend on the Lord for your 'daily p
bread He isn't running bakery"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

William Michael Rossetti is to edit an
edition of the poems of William Blake. the
artist-poet, for Bells series.
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MURDER.

Printers of newspapers throughout the
United States are desired to publish that
Stephen Boorn of Manchester, Vermont, is
sentenced to be executed for the murder of
Russell Colvin, who has been absent about
seven years. Any person who can give in
formation of said Colyin may save the LIE
of the innocent by making immediate com
munieation. Colvin is about five feet five
inches high, light complexion, light-eolored
hair, blue eyes, about 40 years OF age.
Manchester, Vt, November &c, 1919.
The notice was printed in the Herald, but
in the same issue was an editorial maintain
ing that there was no possibility of doubt
that C0lyin was murdered, and ridIculed
what it termed foolish attempt to adver-
tise for information concerning him. The
notice was copied into the New York Ere
ning Post of November %, 1919. The next
day it happened that the notice was read
aloud in one of the hotels in New York.
Another man standing near, named Nhelp-
ley, said he had formerly lived in Manches-
ter and was well acquainted with Colvin,
and related many anecdotes and peculiari-
ties concerning him. Mr. Tabor Chadwick
of Shrewsbury, \. j., was also standing near
and listened to the conversation, which made
deep impression upon his mind. On think
ing the matter over after his return home il
occurred to him that man then living with
his brother-in-law, Mr. William Polhemus,
of Dover, n. j., answered exactly the des-
| cription Of Colyin as given by Whelpley.
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\ truly touching thing happened in lndi-
ana the other day. As an Evansville family
was going calmly about its business, It wa~
surprised and awed by a wild and mysterl-
Gus melody proceeding from the closed piano.
1t was pt once proposed to send for &c me
diuu.. when the howery strains died away,
the piano was gently opened, and large rat
respectfully but rupidly bounced out. y
more vathetic incident Of this kind has rare
" been chronicled.