Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-01-31

Opportunities, like eggs. must be hatched
when they are fresh.
Somers. little Connecticut town, has
eleven couples ready for their golden we'd
ding-
Americans read more newspapers than
any other people, but do not read more
books Probably because the average news
paper Is better than the average book.
The latest conundrum from Georgia is,
"Why Is South Carolina like a piano -
Because the darkies OZARK keyS) are above
the whites.
The Duluth Herald says that there no
longer doubt that a blast furnace will be
put ir operation in Duluth next Summer.
Some of It's rivals are already beginning to
call Duluth "blarsted' city.
The Italian papers have an account of a
curious attempt at the assassination of 4
prima donna ut Palermo, BY a rejected
admirer. \ beautiful bouquet was thrown
upon the stage, and when the signora
stopped 10 pick it up, there was loud re-
port. and bullet whizzed by her The
bouquet, on examination, was found to
have a small revolver concealed in it, 50
arranged as to 20 of the instant the flowers
were grasped.
Maine has nineteen large taneries, which
consume 10000 cords of bark. and turns
ont some 10, coo tons Of leather.
Borax. hitherto mainly procured from
foreign sources. has been found to exist in
inexhaustible quantities in Nevada.
\ philosopher. who married vulgar but
amiahle girl. used To call his wife brown
sugar, because, be said, she was sweet but
unrehned.
patent medicine manufacturer in Eng
land is going to build 100000 insane
asylum; presumably to show his gratitude
to the class from whom most of his fortune
was derived.
Punishment Is not played out in Italy
vet, nor old methods of accomplishing it.
On the 10th of December. young girl was
bound and hurled over precipice in san
Marino, according to law, for killing her
illegitimate babe.
man will die for want of air in FIVE
minutes, for want o. sleep in ten days, for
want of water in week, for want of food
at varying intervals, depending on consti-
tuition. habits of life, and the circumstances
of the occasion.
DarIen man discovered that the fumes OF
burning birthstone were preventive of the
epizootic, and fired some in his barn, and
then went to dinner while 1t burned. lie
subsequently admitted to neighbOr that
that barn never did suit him where it was.
Three months have elapsed since the as
sassinatl0n of Charles Lane, the Boston mer-
chant, in his own doorway at Dorchester (;
and the jury, although morally satisfied as
to the identity of the murderer, have not
sufficient evidence for his arrest, or even ac-
ensatiOn.
New Hampshire Possesses natural curl
Osity in one of its ponds, in the shape of a
genuine floating island" ninety-sIx feet
in circumference. 1t is covered with low
bushes, and presents novel appearance, as
it is often seen floating about at the mercy
of the winds.
The native born residents of the United
States, in a careful census return of each
State, make an aggregate of nearly 80 200, :
900. The foreign born population gives n
little over 800 900, Of which the Germans
claim 500 ,553, Great Britain, 766, ,292 and
Ireland | .s55, ,S27.
The following we clip from Mr. Puneh's
Almanac for this year Doctor am
pleased to say, Mrs. Fitzbrowne, that
shall be able to yaccinnate your baby from
a very healthy child of your neighbor, Mrs
Jones" Mrs. Fitzbrowne-" Oh. dear
doctor | could not permit that. We do
not care to be mixed up with the Joneses in
any way"