Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-17
GIEANINGS.

A very patient mathematician has been in
the habit Of pasting away for reference all
items relating tovaSt English estates which
have fallen to American heirs. lie footed
up four years, accumulatiols the other day.
and lound the aggregate exceeded by one
hundred and thirty nine millions the apprai
sed value of Great Britain. flc didn't count
IN the Geneva award, either
IN exchange tells what. it costs to be vari-
Gus things at a masked ball If YOU wish to
be prince or an emperor, it SAYS. your COS
tune viii cost YOU $50; clowns, donkcys,
mandarins. monks, lackeys and pages can be
done for $40 to S25; yoI can he private,
| pompous old gentleman for 50, but if vou
want to he a monkey you must spend $40,
and to represent first class devil it costs
$40.
The San Francisco Neics Letfer saws: " In
the police court, the other day. musician
was fined twenty dollars for pelting a wom-
an with tomatoes We hope this will have
the desired effect to break up this disagree
able custom, for which there is no Justification
in . city paved with cobble-stones.
An impromptu wedding recently occurred
in Missouri the details of which show a
commendable desire on the part of the bride
and bridegroom to get on in the world, if
there is not that strict observance of the con-
yentionalities which are usually regarded as
50 essential to wedding ceremony The
betrothed couple CHANGED to be guests at q
birthday party. Recorder Theis was also
presant, and as soon as he saw tine young
couple come in, with an eye to business he
suggested that if anybody was present
who wished to be married he was at their
service. The young couple at once took the
hint. The young man was willing, but the
maiden was backward and would not con-
sent The Recorder then resorted to a lit
tie diplomacy, and offered to give hand
some co2k-stoye 10 any couple that he should
marry that night This proposition delight
cd the company, and Others began offering
presents. One promised nice bureau, an
other spring mattress, another rocking
chair, another n breakfast set. another some
br0nzes, another a clock, and 50 on until
the presents amounted in value TO a hand
some sum, the Young couple meanwhile
blGshing and hardly knowing what to say or
do. Several friends of the young lady got
AROUND her, and told her she would not
again have such favorable opportunity TO
make start in the world. and Just as the
party was breaking up she repented, and
the wedding was had forthwith. The
company stood ~till in hats and bonnets,
while the Recorder. in a solemn and impress
i've manner. pronounced the happy couple
man and wife. to the intense delight and
satisfaction Of all present.
Recent geological surveys of the new ter
ritorcs of the far West revealed the very
g.,
It's of the Rocky Mountain region extend over
an area Of upwards Of 80 600 square miles,
in strata varying from five to - feet in
thickness.
\ Western editor said in the most iu-1lent
manner possible that q good ilat-iron would
probably ooii-e the new style of ruiles to
stay down. and now he Is squelched 10y bush
el- of letters from indignant ladies. ironioal-
! iv asking him torcId work on mistaken Voc
( cations.
In Iowa the price of marriage license
: has been reduced to a quarter Of "a dollar.
To call homeopathic physician quack
in New York State is adjndged to he libel.
punishable by fine.
A couple of California gamblers lodged six
] bullets in each other, and then went the
same way together, SO the minister said.
Name, Daniel Lewis; age, 10l; residence.
/ Williams county, q. Served in the war of
/ 1912. the Mexican campaign, and was two
months suppressing the recent rebellion.
/ Doesn't smoke, but does drink whiskey.
a western man who mad been sitting ON a
wasp. and had just noticed it. arose partly to
his feet and with pathetic tenderness remark
ell couch l'' lust at the time when the lect-
urer intended to have the people laugh.
There Is a paper church actually existing
near Bergen. which can contain nearly Loco
persons. lt Is circular within, ocagoual
I without. The relieves outside and the stat
ues within, the roof, the ceiling, the Corinth-
ian aWtals. are all of paper-mache. render
edwaterTroolb by saturation in vitriol linle-wa-
ter, whey an i white Of egg.
Providence seems to be getting pretty sick
of lis mayor. and no wonder. His latest
performance is to issue a special message be-
rating the School Committee for adding So
to the mcagre. salary Off female teacher be-
cause of her past success and experience.
And the man who does this is the same iudi-
yidual who twice gave the casting vote to add
$500 to his own salary for the next year.
because Of his experience.