Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-30
IN GENERAL,

Chronicle sternly replies So We are sorry
TO be Obliged to refuse to answer this ques-
ton. Upon any subject of public nature
we never refuse to throw the desired light.
But this is altogether different thing. 1t
is family matter with which we do not
dare 10 meddle. Cain died some time before
many of us were born, and such idle curl
osity regarding the family affairs of de-
ceased person we regard as reprehensble.
and calculated to violate the sanctities OF
domestic life. For these reasons, and be-
cause we do not wish to injure the feelings
of the relatives of the deceased. we decline
to answer the question"
Que of the travelling circus companies
reports that it paid Sl20,00O for licenses,
and S435, 900 to hotels and livery stables,
| last season.
A Western engineer has invented 4 hot
water pump with which to squirt hot water
on to deaf persons who walk on the track
Thus another cause of interesting items is
ruthlessly cut off by the inventive genius of
this country.
1t seems that the Memphis pickpockets in
ventOry the effects of street-car travellers.
The Appeal gives extracts from list found
on thief =" Old lady with muff, bag of
dipping snuff, two nickels, a hair pin, thin
|
of chap wEh hair parted in the middle ;
red-headed mechanic, five dollars and plug
of tobacco, knife and the jack of clubs /;
young lady with veil, lockct and two let
tiers, pOcket-boOk with three stamps and
thirty-iive cents, two street car tickets"
Manageable men who do not indorse the
sentiment of the elder Weller are invited
to visit the town of Mission, Ohio, which,
though small contains l2l widows and 200
marriageabe girls. 1t is thought half-fare
tickets on all railroads centering at this
point will soon be issued.
\ well-to-do old gentleman at Nashville.
Tenn, has brought the science of economy
to 50 fine point that he stops his clock
when the sun shines, to save wear and tear,
and determines the time of day from ont
side observations
A Kentucky editor received the following
note from n subscriber, asking that a false
notice of his death might be corrected
= Sir, nOtiS few errors in the obituary
Of myself which appeared in yours of last
wensday, was born in greenup co. not
caldwell, and my retirement from bisni- in
1869 was not OWN TO i'll helth, but to a little
truble had IN connection with horse and
the COS of my deth was not small pox. please
make correction for which enclose fifty
cents
\ scientific gentleman, who has given a
great deal of attention to the habits Of hugs
and butterflies, declares, says a san Fran
cisco newspaper, that he has discovered a
remarkable fact about cells \ stream which
flows through his farm in san Bernardin0.
California, abOunds in eelS. and he SAYS that
every evening, aoout dusk, these extraordi-
nary fish leave the river 10 Craze in the
ffsaNN 10 N.s. Ill IL
attention of Prof. AgasSiz to the fact, but
could not leave the lower country until the
great naturalist had departed The San
Bernardino eels probably belong to the same
family OF those in a certain western State
where an eastern gentleman, very fond of
that species OF fish, once regaled himself
! Delighted with feast of eel>, one dav, he
sauntered out TO view the pond from which
he imagined they were captured. but after
the most dilligent search was unable to find
| either pond, stream or puddle. Coming, In
he inquired of the landlord. " What kind
of eels do you call those we had for dinner.
and where do You get them ?'' Boniface
| replied, ' On, those are bush eels, and we
catch EN- round in the iiellsand meadows. -
An FAthol (Iass.), man had severe fit
| OF illness, during which he experienced re-
/ ligion. One day during convalesenee the
minister called and prayed. followed BY the
( sick man, who then said TO the clergyman ::
" am not much used to praying. and /
/ don't know as that prayer was exactly gram
! matical.'
\ Mattoon, H., father kicked a man yiSi-
/ tor out Of the house the fother dav. because
the latter remarked to the old man daugh-
ter that ." winter seemed to be lingering in
the lap Of spring" The parent thought it
was some Woodhull and ClaAin doctrine.
An important question as to the liability
/ OF railroad companies in certain cases has
been decided in an English Court \ gen
tleman who purchased ticket BY a train
which was announced on the time tables as
making certain connections, was prevented
from keeping an important business ap-
poiniment by delay in the starting Of the
train and its consequent failure 10 make the
connection advertised. Suit was therefore
brought against the company for damages,
and the Judge decided, in spite OF the
printed statement on the back of tickets
that the company would not be responsible
for such delays, that they were responsible.
upon the ground that they had not paid
every attention in their power to secure
punctuallty, and even intimated that. under
the circumstances, they were bound To send
the passengers on by extra train. If the
decision Is sustained, it cannot fail to work
wonderful revolution among the cOmpa-
nies, greatly 10 the public benefit.
An Iowa man and his two sons have mar
ried three sisters. Their spare time Is de-
voted TO solving the relationship of the
children.
In III the snow fell in Portugal to the
depth twenty-three feet on the level.
Some bones have been dug up near Lake
ton, Ind, which must have belonged to an
animal 30 feet long and Is feet high.
\ flock of sheep numbering POS 900 head
VIII form Il part of the cortege which j. tC
visit Mecca during the coming festival.
Some bottle-nosed whales have been seer
of Ireland. 1t Is but fair to infer, then
that they are pointing their noses toward
Cork.
Kerosene averaged one victim a week IT
Madison, Wis, last year