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

g Tell ma to forgive me, for o, L am 50
happy, was the telegram an indianapolis
girl sent 10 her father to apprise him of her
elOpement with a telegraph operator. A
good title for a sentimental song.
Two girls DO all the translating necessary
in the pOst-Ofiicc department at Washing
ton. The work Is very severe and requires
thorough knowledge Of four languages
for this duty a man would think $4,000 a
year about right. but they are talking now
of raising the salary Of the girls to 81 600,
from some unknown low figure.
Clarendon, o., has l2-year old wife.
Mary Clemmer Ames does not think much
of the quality of intelligence which some
of the fair seekers after legislative senSa-
tions carry to the capitol. These were the
words Of lovely blonde, elegantly attired,
apparently about twenty-five or three years
Of age: - Is Mr. Ames a member of Con-
gress - she inquired languidly of her near
standing neighbor, young New England
woman Of about her own age, stately and
beautiful as a palm - Oh yes. said New
England, with a sudden glance of astOnish-
ment. - Well, | supposed 50" said lovely
maiden Washington. = | knew Mr.. Brooks
was with the air of imparting infOrma-
tiOn) - he i the man who had the diff
Guilty with Sumner, some years ago.
4 girl 10 wears Of age has carried thu
mails over "a miles Of Iowa road three times
a week all winter.
An Illinois woman has sued the rum-sellsr
whose rum was inside her husband when he
was drowned.
Mary RalSton, an Iowa girl. is faseina-
ting all Washington with her hair, which Is
sixty-twO inches long.
\ new-made bride in TrumbuIl county,
Ohio, threw sulphurie acid upon the mem
bers Of a serenadlng party, binding one.
destroying an eye for another, and badly
dishguring the faces Of several Others. She
was arrested and bound over for trial.
OVER THE LAKE.-The two-story dwelling
house and barn belonging 10 Myron PulSi-
pher, Of Crown Point, situated on the high
way between the White church and John
| Ober's, was totally consumed on the night
of the sth inst. The house bad been un-
occupied several months, Mr.. P. and family
residing near Mineville. in Al0riah. The
barn was empty. When the hre was dis
covered, about l o'clock, a. m, it had made
considerable headway, and the parties who
first arrived on the scene report that the ap-
pearance indicated that the house and
barn were fired at the same time. There
are also rumors of fresh tracks in the snow
between the road and house. Loss esti-
mated at about 81 600.
A black African goose. belonging to Henry
Winters, of Plattsburgh, recently laid an
egg measuring thirteen inches the long way
and nine and One-half the Otner way, and
weighing one pound.
The trustees of a school district in Ellen
burgh have been swindled into paying for
globes and maps at fabulous prices, an
agent calling upon them and stating
that a new law Of the State eompels their
purchase.
Jas NJ Wardner writes to the Esser
| County Republican that there Is married
couple living in Vermontville (tOwn of
franklin, in Franklin county,. aged re-
| spectively 100 and los years. They have
lived together nearly three-quarters ofa
| century. Their name Is Swinyer.
Dr. Z. NJ. Lyon i the W. c. I. Of the
/ Plattsburgh Lodge Of Good Templars.
Hon. Smith VI. Weed. has introduced a
| bill into the New York Legislature to ia
cilitate the construction of a railroad from
| Lake Champlain, at or near the village of
| Flattsburgh, to the village of Malone, by
the way Of Clinton State Prison, at Dame
mora.
The people Ofthe Sixteenth Congressional
| District, irrespective ofparty, feel disgraced
at the vote of their representative, John
Rogers, Of Ausable Forks, on the bill in
creasing the salary of members of Con
/ gress Though 4 wealthy irOn-mOnger, he
voted to put the money in his pocket