Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-04-04
IN GENERAL,

A. ingenious machine has been invented
for reading mortar on walls. 1t consists
of n trough three and half feet long, fur
nished with two trowels, one above the 9th
er, and the mortar is spread by the moving
of the trough up the wall between two up.
right scantling. by means ofpulleys WORKED
by crank. The inventor claims that the
machine effects great saving of labor, timt
and expense.
The Bank of England covers five acres ol
ground and employs nine hundred clerks
There are no windows on the street. Light
is admitted through open courts; no moi
could take the bank, therefore, without can
non to batter the immense walls. The clock
in the centre of the bank has fifty dials at
tached to it. Large eisterns- are sunk in
the court, and engines in perfect order are
always in readiness in case of fire. This
oank was incorporated in 1854. Capital
| 800, ,0O0, 900.
A Maine makes artificial oysters out of
Hour paste, tapioca and salt, which he
places in second hand shells carefully glued
about the edges.
\ Kentucky editor received the following
note from a subscriber, asking that false
notice of his death might be corrected !:
Sir, nOtis a few errors IN the obituary of
myself which appeared in your of last wens-
day, was born in greenup CO., not cald-
well, and my retiremen mt from bisnis in 1863
was not OWN to i'll heth, but tn a little
truble had in connection witha horse, and
the cors of my death was not small pox.
please make correction for which i enclose
50cents."
Here is n Minnesota journal that, with
gravity that Is characteristic Of 1t at all
times, describes the old flag which the lst
Minnesota Volunteers carried to Bull Run,
and says " 1t bears the inscription May
God defend the right, the regimen having
been on the right, during that battle
An old man died in Fankl:7 Pa, a few
days ago, who, although he yed there /
years had never revealed to any one his
name. lie was known among the people as
grandfather lie was a foreigner, fine
ly educated, and able to speak several Ian
guageS.
And now they tell of a young Connecti-
cut doctor who spends his leisure hours
IN practlclng on the comet, and paSsers-by,
thinking an anputatiOn going on inside, are
deluded as to the number of the mans pa
tients.
The attorney general Of England propo-
ses to reduce the number of juryman to sew
en- in all except criminal cases. and to rem
der valid the decision Of a majority in all
civil suits.
\ Kansas lawyer used Latin quotations
which the court did not understand, the
other day, and got committed for con-
tempt
\ Syracuse gentleman and his wife left
home, Il few day ago, for an extended South
qrF mt IVA
months in Florida They got as far as New
York, and in visiting one Of the theatres the
gentleman was robbed of his wallet, con-
tanning the several hundred dollars with
which he was 10 deiray the expenses of the
trip. In the rear of that gentleman Syra-
cuse house may be seen a thoughtful man
chopping wood in shirt-sleeyeS while n sad
eyed woman within spat- butter and sighs.
There are seven thousand lawyers in Lon
don.
San Jose, Cal, boasts that in its halmy
climate tomatoes and tom cats flourish in
the open air all winter.
An Oil City boy. one of that class Of ur-
chins who seem sent upon the earth for the
sole purpose Of bringing pious gr0wn-up
people 10 a recollection Of the fact that this
world i not their home, recently put some
nitro-glycerine in his sisters hustle when
she was going out SKATING.
\ Wisconsin boy found an apparently
empty Sardine box near the scene of some
blasting operations for railroad cut In
innocent mischief he put the box, in one Of
his fathers No. II boots. Tho family sepa-
rated It precisely half past six next morn
ing, and the survivors will erect a new house
after the estate is - settled up.
IN Omaha policeman was awakened BY
rat nibbling at his ear. and when he saw
the immense and hungry creature glaring
at him he became paralyzed with fear, of
which the rat took instant advantage by
springing upon his yiSage and seizing his
nose. lie was choked off and thrown yio-
lently against the side Of the room and in
stantly disappeared, but returned in about
twenty minutes to renew his meal lie was
again driven TO his hole, and n powerful
trap placed in position, but As yet the trap
has declared no dividends