Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-06-20

E0NsNCE af a. -LE-Du-inc Generu.
oherlluu .a-- Vl--- O. ILdianapllIs. be-
talked over ll- campaigns with MS t-len1-
there. saT~ the Journal. and recalled o pre-
F face o. one l- bis moss noted nattla> Iu
F s1me-hInE ike these terms '' There is @
mighty =lrl- oi romance and b rrea- many
F Interesting episodes connected with The way
. that tle historians never GOT hold 0- For
instance. tle-a has been O. great deal SAID
about -ue battle a- Winchester Vel j
was pretty Isl. uare iirt-- 1uI d. v1u know.
tla- BATHS WIS fought Oh -he strength Of
T information which obtained from vuu1-
lady IN the town Of " nchester and i the
/ rebels had known tna- she was giving d t.
me. they w11li have hun- ner u O minute.
f wasverv anxious o. ret information cd the
+ re1e. strength and movements. ~ Gst1 know
T Just when and where 81 strike them. but ]
cid not know now o. ge- lr. Finally. ]
heard Qt mon Young LADY IN Ninche~-
Ter who could be- relied on i / could get
word y hc-. Her name wa Ms Wright
I think she is in rle Treasury Department
at Washington now. But the trouble wa
70 communicate with her. One usy / heard
0f an old col0rel man. living outside OF my
lines. who had pass u q mt Nlncle~-
ter u sell vegetables ] sent for the OLD
nan. and on talking wiki nm found lin
i0val. as all the c0l1red folks were. y0u
know Finding be- could keep secret. ]
asked him if be would undertake 70 deliver
@ letter d Young lauy IN " Iucnes1cr. The
old fellow sall be would. So / wrote a letter
on Tim tissue paper and rolled il up ID TN
fol. Il made q hal about a. BIZ as the end
OF Your thumb and ] told the old man o.
put Il II his mouth ana deliver j. T. Mis-
Wright II NInchester. He went Of. and
II about two DAYS came hack with an al
swer rolled MP IL The same piece Of tln-i0i-.
l found ] lad struck @ mighty good lead.
and ! followed II carefully III I GOT al the
information ] wanted The rir- gave ne
more important information than c1- ron
eli other sources. and planned The battle
Of Winchester almost entirely Oh what I
got from her. she was nice rlr. and
true a. steel.
TEL ALELANnEA PALAE.-Tne AieEan6-n
palace which was DESTROYED by IRE on Mon
Gay, was an immense and elegant building
Standing 10 the midst OF PARK Of more
than Two hundred and twenty acres OIL Mu--
wei HUI. nelr LONDON. Il wa G new
structure. having beer completed within
rWo wears past. and W. intended u contrib
ute % GARD popular Instruction and anus
mGnt- l. wG- opened for the first time last
month under the management Of q Board Of
Director Inc nave was nine hundred feet I
long ana was fitted with statues. fountains. ]
snruD, and flower BEDS. over the central I
transept rose dome 10 the height Of twa F.
hundred and twenty feet. with q circumfer- /
ence OF one hundred andseTenrv feet Tins /
transept contained large organ for concert +
purpose In the Northwest transent was .
another concert hal. The N0rthwest tran /
sept was fitted wiki stage Tor the ballet and .
similar entertainments Several apartments /
were provided u serve a. picture galleries.
anC c0utaIne7 many rare and beautiful
paintings ny eminent masters. h0tn il oils
and water col0rs. Many of these were OVID
ed by private gentlemen. The programme
o. amusements proposed hy the directors
was Intended 10 attract visitors At all sea
sons Of the wear. Il included. besides con
certs. ballet ana dramatic entertainments.
cat shows. dog shows. horse shows. pigeon
and poultry shows. caEe-bird shows. race.
cricket matches, crO- net matches. archery
matches. volunteer fe1es and reviews. 4
gymnasium and an aquarium were als1
contemplated. a railway II connection
with the Great Northern and METROPOLITAN
ines ran directly into the building The
oss hT the destruction Of this magnificent
building and Ijs contents Is estimated at
:. 600 900, on which the insurances
10 about 5000 600