Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-21
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

I.ausingbarg, \. y. has the latesthaune-
ed -chool-house, though it appears to be
dwelling house where Miss Clementina Jones
receives pupils Miss Jones told a reporter
Of the unearthly yel!s heard and the rocking
of the whole house. Mysterious noises,
light footballs and heavy, have been brayely
followed from cellar to attic, and still We're
heard. vet there were no visible boots or
bodies. Falling bodies, the emptying OF
vessels and other interesting phenomena are
heard also strange voices. Miss Jones does
not believe in ghosts or hobgoblins, and says
she Is not superstitious, yet she feels as II
surrounded by evil spirits.
\ citizen of Charleston, ). c.. claims
notice because he has read the Bible through
in 6j hours-50 for the Old Testament and
- for the New. Send him among the
heather.
Several English railroads run very fast
trains bat the quickest Is the l. o clock train
from London to Bath-distance l07 miles.
The time Is two hours and thirteen minutes,
including a stoppage Of ten minutes. The
rate Of speed Is over y miles an hour, and Is
the fastest in the world.
The principal Of the Albion, Orleans
county, \. y, Academy, has expelled four
pupils because they attended dancing school.
Their parents propose 90 test his right to do
50 in tie courts.
\ man in Janc>,iile. Wis. las brought a
breach of promise suit against a wealthy
widow. and pat the damages at the low
fgureof $5.0Go.
\ gentleman who politely held a lady's
lap-dog while she was preparing to pay her
omnibus fare has since commenced the study
Of entomology. lie says that the flea Is a
very small insect. with hopping propensities,
and rrodigious bite. and that it Is almost
womanly in It's foudness for men and shaggy
little dogs lie carries some beautiful live
specimens around with him.
The smallpox excitement Las abated con-
siderably in Boston.
\ newspaper correspondent in the Modoc
country says he sometimes imagines that the
Modoc w0men'S IDEAS Of morality are a little
perverted. Glad the thing has gone no
further.
English papers report the horrible death
Of lad who was employed as an engine
cleaner at Paddington. The boy crept, for
warmth. into the furnace-hox Of an engine
standing in the shed. and fell asleep. Soon
after the engine driver, not knowing he was
there, kindlei the fire, and the poor boy was
literally roasted to death,
Switzerland will vote on the question Of
aholishing capital punishment.
\ Sioux City youth, aged twenty, Lately
eloped with his stepmother, aged thirty.
Huge fans. two or three times the average
size, are all the rage at Washington, now
adayS.
An Indiana bigamist let the cat ont by
buying supplies for both families Of the
same grocer.
\ bachelor editor who had pretty sister,
wrote to another similarly situated, - Please
exchange
\ Nebraska conductor, when he finds 4
man on his train without any money to pay
for his ride, punches three holes in his hat
and - passes him along
Within the past four months no less than
thirteen English steamers have been lost at
sea, and in all but two instances with every
soul on board.
For swindling poor widow out of pen
sion, George L. Taylor. a New York law |
yer, pays fine Of SlG0 and goes to prison at
hard labor six months.
Dodge County. MINI. Is afflicted with |
cattle disease, adult mumls, nlantile whOop- |
ing cough, frozen potatoes, bad colds, scarcity |
of butter and eggs. itinerant peddlers and |
counterfeit money all at once.
Here Is letter from a " sorrowful moth
er'' to the Chicago Tlmes What am to
do ? My little two-year-old darling is bap-
tized Schuyler Colfax Pomeroy Horton Was
ever a child 50 afflicted? And what can we
do