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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-08-29

TIE COsr OF ENCLIsH RoYALTY.-lt has
always been the custom to provide for the
children Of the sovereign in accordance with
the positions which they are expected TO fill.
This Is a part of the bargain made with the
Queen when she ascended the throne. The
Duke of Edinburgh has hitherto had fl5,-
900 wear, and an additional E1O, 900 is not
a great deal to keep Grand Duchess on. 1t
is obvious that if a royal family is to be
kept up at all. it shonld be kept up hand
somely. At present it costs the country
E5I5 GOO year-e;}S5, 900 for the Queens
Civil List, and Gl30, 900 for the rest of the
royal family and Mr.. Gladstone said, half
a million year is not very large slice out
Of a national income of ESOO, ,0O0, 900. 1t is
true that the expenditure on this account is
further swollen by the pay and allowances
granted to the Princes as honorary colonies,
rangers Of the parks, and so on ; but they
do not hold these places as princes, and
these items, therefore, do not enter into the
general question. Prince Leopold and
Princess Beatrice have yet to be provided
for, and something more will have to be
done for Prince Arthur when he marries
and then the list will be closed. There is
an old Scotch proverb which says that when
you have managed to eat up cow, it is not
worth while making difficulty about i'm
ishing the tail, too, while you are about it;
and this is the feeling of most Englishmen
on this subject.-LOndon Cor. N. Y. Times.
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y SWIM FOR LiBEKIi "A 'ei''',.'.I l 81 =
was made IN Australian waters a Jew W week Week
since, almost as amazing q. tii;l' Oh i1iii'i,i =,
l)anles m the nn'ei oi -h""'t '''.0 -
SeenS tiia' the l.ell'n nm - -
J. orne had put iiilo we lp"C' "a va
Melbourne lor e''ll anu l"y' M
board were 3uo NoiilihU'i'-.9' luiiI i,'- t.I'
trencA penal ''''''' p. '' - -
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u.innsr- anu lif snip "''9 f'
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toned at Jndicions distances anu an o.ii1
ceifahie precautions 'aeeh 10 ''r'S'i' 'l'1 VI
the rou'ieiS from e-e'' ''i-' D"' y an "a
iraordinary elmoii''''i o' ''''''' 49,
fortune ana pANSicl eli'"l"li'g' VI.' -'ii.ii0'
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tle vessel ANA DIS "F'IS"l '" At ui
tince oi seven mics "H,i'' NJ my -
n' cNIatria'l'n I'r l"l'i'"- 'ie'''V'' Ho
Wa.I~ Today l''t 1il";
According u lue Ii.''l'.ilic ~ u.s.
S'H@ne. having M'','i'u ~, "tl'o.'uiiIi'5 ioI
several hoet-, To-Igt "'t 'l =" lgI'-HVic I.Io
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prisoner executed MS critical 'h9. enien' Just
Us me sentry vas ina from nm anu 'o-
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'n! win great '""''lo7. anu 1'4I'I''y Over
cd liiASal up among 'leln' ileIe ne liy
until alter niI9i5u'' MS lrII u''oeil ii3Iiilg
been maze al about 4lhe- ne now ''eiIli.lly
lowered hilh-eH 9'erp'aIu anu swain 70 tile
conner = stern Nhgle Il n.'' was l,l>'e,ieu. Z,
OuliihS '.ie rope, ne sen.lS l-Sl'u '',e ''''
away winning oeilnu It, l"S lIlSu. wa
elrA' lHere was "' iil''i, anu i' l"i!ie''
W hen three hoagle" y''iu9 @"as 9e'isuS
heaTd nose on 9.iru 'nc S'1aiii'i, Iip anu
,aaue VI MS iAI'l' Jul, "'I Ni'''' Vl gu'
lie naI"riy inferred 1'i"' .lg ''>''ii'e 'i 'le e
boat No"'H ne instantly ii''ei' anu 'A"', Il
seen .Ae ""'u @' one NE H'5l '"' ne
'h'ffloI' IA@l,thliS req 'i'I' ul'eu wen 1'-
hea'N ',ls 9uIi1'e anu i''7' '7'iii S.'iilJ u,9-
lance on Al was Hulel gam On 'I''Tu inc
mp hut he dareu NOT return 10 'ne poat'
and struck out Tor tne Sh9re- lie eould see
,he iisH'- n, 1"''''lu5e' '.' An'" iio' no"
i'r 'hey might 'e away Ai'eI swimming
nearly an h'aT ne lgl' 'Ha' ne 'ouiu continue
no longer iAPll!, al '"l> J"h'.urG ne
e-pea a vessel 81 aneh'r ana '3htfted 10
struggle 20 her '"'ie- rearing lie Shoulu
laint' ana 50 ~ihE' ne iaSleu hiinSeH TO the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-08-29

\ VISIT TO AN IcEBERG.-A recent letter
from a gentleman on board the United States
steamer Juniata, at St. johns, y. F., con-
tains this paragraph "On the 81 inst. a
large iceberg became stranded at the mouth
Of the harb0r, and the Captain wishing some
of the officers to 20 out with him and see it,,
| gladly accepted the invitation, and as soon
as our party was made up, we started ont in
the steam launch. As we approached the
berg the air grew sensibly colder, and we
found it necessary to slip on our overcoats.
We ran along side Of it and measured it
with our eve, which gave us 50 feet high.
lS0 feet broad. and 400 feet long. anda~ that
proportion below the surface bears the pro
portion Of seven to one, we can calculate the
depth Of thickness Of the berg to be $50 feet
equal to II 200 900 cubic feet. or 2SG. .22j
tons. The berg was melting so rapidly that
water was flowing from it in every direction,
preventing US from approaching very close
to it, 50 we decided to 20 to a smaller one
and cut some ice for our own consumption.
We were very successful, as we brought on
board in the neighborhood Of half a ton.
About five minutes after leaving the ,arge
berg we heard an explosion, and looking
around, saw that one end of the berg had
burst Off, and filed an area of about 800 feet
in length of the width Of the berg. 50 We
escaped an unpleasant dampne~> Just in
time. '-Nac York Times.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-08-29

SWEET CoRN.-This is especially an Ame-
rican vegetable, and whether it is served on
the cob, roasted or boiled, or cut from it
and prepared in various ways, it is always
welcome dish to almost every person /; indeed,
we never yet have met with any one who
did not relish it. Custom sanctions eating
the corn directly from the cob To be sure,
it is not exactly an elegant operation, and
vet it gives the richest flavor of which the
vegetable Is susceptible. But there are both
children and old persons whose teeth are so
imperfect that they cannot eat the corn from
the cob without tearing off some whole ker-
nels, which are not easily digested, and fire.
quently cause a disorder of the stomach.
Careful persons therefore slit down each
row on the cob with sharp knife, and then
the nutritious and digestible particles of
the corn alone are eaten. Some inseni-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-08-29

TIE WRoNc WAY TO PICK UP A SWAPPING
TuRrIE-The Danbury Mars man says q
man named Gilsey, who by strict economy
and severe industry has succeeded in getting
his family little place, free of incumbnnce,
was fishing in Still river, near the Beaver
brook mills. ON Sunday afternoon. After
sitting on the bank for couple Of hours
without catching anything. he was gratiiied
to see on a stone in the water n Swapping
turtle sanning himself. The butt end Of the
turtle was toward him. and he thought he
would capture il. but while he was looking
for place to step, the turtle grayely turned
around without his knowledge, and when he
got in reaching distance and bent down to
take hold Of what nature designed should
be taken hold of while handling 4 swapping
turtle. that sociable animal Just reached out
and took hold of Mr.. Gilsev'S hand with
grasp that left no doubt of its sincerity. The
shrieks of the unfortunate man aroused some
of the neighbors, but when they arrived it
was too late to be of any benefit to him. or
even to themselves, for they just caught
glimpse of a bareheadcd man tearing over
the hill, swinging a small carpet-bag in one
hand, and they at once concluded that it was
4 narrow escape from a highway robbery
However, it was not a carpet-bag he was
swinging: it was that turtle, and it clung
to him until he reached the White street
bridge, where it let 60; but the frightened
man did not sacken his gait until he got
home. When he reached the house the lu-
dicrousness of the affair burst upon him, and
when his wife, looking at his pale face and
bare head, and dust-begrimed clothes, asked
him what was the matter. he said. "Nothing
was the matter, only he was afraid he would
be too late for church, and appeared to be
much relieved to find that he wasn't
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Gus person, however, has invented a Yankee
corn-cutter.' 1t is n halfcylinder of tin,
with handle to hold it on theS cob, and
across it there is a strip of tin with project
ing teeth, and above it is placeda stout wire
The cutter is passed down the cob, and so
held that the teeth cut the kernels of corn,
while the wire presses out the pulp and juice.
In few minutes even a child can cut ami
press out all the nutritious matter, leaving
nothing but empty hulls on the cob. For
making succotash, that most delicious dish,
this little contriyance will be very desirable,
doing the work much re completely and
expeditiously than a 81. p knife could do it,
and for making corn, o. ;ers or fritters it
will he n mnst eycalent assistant
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-08-29

How JEFF DAVIS Cor THE CONFEDERATE
PRr>mENU.-By what means Mr. Davis
managed To become President, never exact
" knew though | have learned through
quite direct channel that he received for
this office, in the convention bywhich he was
chosen. majority Of oae rote only over
Howell Cobb of Georgia. He was only elect
ed to the place of provisional president.
Had not hcstilities been actually commenced
at once. he would certainly have been beaten
in the popular election which afterward oc-
CURED 1t was. therefore, all-important to
him that the war should he begun as soon as
possible. for nothing could be more certain
than that the election Of a new executive
chief in the midst of war would not be deem
ed safe or prudent. Hence the precipitate
order to fire on Fort Sumter. which was dis
patched TO CharlestOn.-El-NHGior F0ofc.
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.
when we knew him, was coroner up in vii
Transport. Business that winter was dread
ful dull. Nobody died suddenly or was
drowned or murdered, and Butcher not only
had nothing to do but he made no fees. and
was as poor as Walt Whitman's poetry.
Suddenly a mania for committing suicide
seemed to break ont among the people. Mrs.
Brown fed herself with strychnine; both the
Smith girls stuffed themselves with arsenic
Aleck Jones took n dose of laudanum John
sons colored girl swallowed some bug poison.
and Mrs Murphy little son ate four boxes
of pho~phorous matches. These tragic events
occurred at intervals Of a few days. and in
each case no sooner We're the facts discovered
than Dr. Bumm was at once on hand with
his stomach pump. He emptied Mrs. Brown
all of sudden he pumped out the Smith
girls be tore the laudanum ont of Jones
he separated the poison from the colored girl.
and he nearly turned Mrs. NIurphy's boy
wrong side out. All of them recovered. The
coroner viewed these proceedings with re-
gret. He went to Bumm and suggested that
he would give 500 if the doctor would
close out his pump. and $50 more if he
would 20 out of town for three or four weeks
The coroner said he did not wish to seem
importunate or obtrusiye, but was tired Of
having doctors NEEDLE with his business
Then Dr. Bumm affirmed that he would not
only not sell and not leave town, but when
the next poisoning case occurred, he would
buy a steam-engine. attach it to themachine,
and pump the patient throughout the un-
ending ages of all eternity if he wanted To-.
That night, Butcher bri5ed the doctors boy
to bring him the pump for few minutes
Then he rubbed some nitr0-glycerine around
the end of the piston, and sent it back The
next day Mary Jane McGCire took oxalic
acid. The doctor came: he inserted the ap-
paratus down her throat and plunged the
piston down. \ snap, shrek, a loud ex-
plosion, and Mary Jane, oh where was she ?
Forty-seven pieces Of her were found, and
they picked up twelve fragments Of the doe
tor, 50 the coroner had chance for iiity-nine
inquests. the fees of which enabled him TO
buy barrel Of flour. get his wagon fixed,
and give his wife pink silk dress He was
the most enterprising coroner they ever had
in WilliamSport.-Nar Adclr
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-08-29

THg CHoLERA.-The following catechism
was invented and published in 1866 by DR..
Henry c. Clark of Boston. Its republiea-
ton at the present time is believed 70 be
aproPos.
l. VIII i; { the cholera come this sum
mer?
Yes.
,. How shall we avoid it
By eating only plain food, in moderate
quantities, at regular times.
By abstaining from intoxicating drinks
BY avoiding unripe fruit and stale or I'M
perfectly cooked vegetables.
By being 50 clothed as never to get
chilled, especially in the night air.
. BY avoiding all Ovor-crOwded and i'll
ventilated places, especially to sleep IN.
By having all cellars, drains, vaults, yards
and outhouses clean, dry, and freed by
cleansing from all bad smells.
3. If we get sick, what shall We do
Leave off eating and drinking, go to bed.
send for your doctor, and do exactly what he
tells you.
4. Is it contagious?
Those who know most about it say-nO.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-08-29

To PICKLE EccS.-Get one bushe of clean
lump lime, free from dirt and all foreign mat
ter. four quarts of fine salt and sixteen ten
quart pals of pure water, hard or soft, and
as free from vegetable matter as possible.
Slake the lime with two or three pals of the
water. and dissolve the salt in a pail of it ;
then add the salt and the balance of the
water. Stir the preparation well let it
stand short time, and stir it again, three
or four times Finally, let it settle, and dip
the clear pickle into the cistern or cask You
are to preserve in, filling it about half full.
After this has been done, dip the eggs into
the pickle with dipper or basket made for
the purpose. When the cistern or cask is
nearly full of eggs and they are well covered
with pickle, spread cotton cloth over them,
and spread on that layer of two or three
inches of the thick lime that is left after the
clear pickle has been dipped of. Be sure
that the eggs are well covered with pickle
while they remain in it, and the lower the
temperature of the pickle, the better the
eggs will come out The best arrangement
for preserving eggs Is to built a vat, or els
tern. below the cellar bottom. being careful
to get it well made, tight. and from six to
seven feet long, five feet wide, and four or
five feet deep. Eggs picked according to
the recipe given have been known TO keep
well for two years.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-08-29

TIE NORTHERN PACTIC.-The road Of the
Minnesota division. from Duluth to Moor
head, two hundred and ffty-two mile is
smooth and well ballastel. The rolling
stock Is new and good, and there is enough
of it TO equip one thousand miles of road.
know OF norailroad anywhere which has
more elegant and commodioas station houses
and freight depots. The company have
large and commOdious reception houses for
colonists at Duluth, Brainerd and GlyndOn.
They have also a hospital and medical de-
partment az BraiEerd. At Fargo and Brain
erd they have erected fine notes.-the Head
quarters.
A. for the country, for the first one hun
dred miles It Is all wilderness. swampy, and
timberel with small pine. But both north
and south of the road the timber Is better.
good Ihe pines are large and suitable for
lumber. The Mississippi Is navigable for
two hundred and fifty miles above Brain
erd. The lumber product oG this upper re
cion will be 2j0, eco, ,0O0 this year.
The population along the line Of the
Northern Pacific Is larger than Is supposed.
There are about eco Scandinavian settlers
in the valley OF the Red, north Of Moor
head. and in the valleys of the Wild Rice,
ttC -AGN emit ulA lAG hul-c. It's ITluuld-
ries About 10000 bushels Of wheat were
received az Duluth. last season, off the
Northern Pacific. This summer merchant
commenced u buy at Detroit, ahd in six
weeks received 6 5000 bushels. All in Min
ne>ota unite in saying that the wheat Ofthe
Red River valley is the best produced in the
State
In regard TO the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company, have this frankly and cordially
10 saY-that il has been the victim alike OF
extrayagant praise and blame. II much
money was squandered last season, the pres
ent management Of the road Is economical
and efficient The road Is well equipped
and well conducted. Now that it has reach
ed the Missouri, its receipts are largely in
creased. Ii Is now doing much business for
the government; and next season it Will do
most of the carrying busincss from the Up
per Missouri and Montana.
TIE country, too, | found much better
than, ior the last few months, had been
led to regard it. Ii Will be settled up by
Scandinayians and other hardy peoples, who
will prosper there; and for the future, Red
River wheat Will he much sought.-Cor.
Troy Times
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from exercise in the saddle we need not COM
ment. This is subject well understood by
all classes, and the practice is daily advised
by physicians as a specific in many ailments
which medicines cannot reach.
Gymnastics, cricket, boating, walking.
etc, are all excellent modes of exercise. some
one or all of which should occupy the at
tentiOn Of those who would enjoy perfect
health. but neither one nor all of them can
be compared with the daily practice of horse
back riding. as an inyigoratOr of the sys-
TEN, particularly in certain classes of diseases
engendered by sedentary occupation The
proper amount Of exercise by the usual
modes can only be obtained at the expense of
muscular effort, which, after the novelty
wears of, becomes mere laborious drudgerv
Horseback riding is entirely free from this
objection. The use of the horse in anv form
Is never drudgery to him who really loves
the animal, and horseback riding calls into
play so many of the attributes Of the mind
that 1t must always be considered the per-
lection OF recreation and exercise combined.
1t demands the exercise Of prudence and
iorethought in the general management and
care OF the horse; intelligence and skill in
teaching him his PAGES and the hest way of
using his powers for ouradyantage 1t teach
es presence of mind, courage, quiekness of
eye. coolness in danger, self-reliance, and
manly bearing. 1t brings eye aud limb and
will INTO harmony, and makes the morale
and physique work together for health and
happiness.
The present is Just the time for equestrian
ism. The weather is inyigorating, and the
mornings are fine and cool We urge upon
all who can afford it (and money thus ex-
pended returns compound INTEREST," to hire
or buy horse.
BE up in the morning with tie lark, and
off Cover the hills and taraway until break
fast time, when yon will have an appetite
that will astonish those who have played the
sluggard, and You will 90 to your business
with yigor that can be obtained in No other
way. Let inyalids, particularly consump-
tiyes, discard drugs and buy saddle-horses,
live ont of doors and in the genial sun and
pure air, and 80 gain a new lease Of life.
Those women who can find the means and
the leisure should by all means perfect them-
selves in an accomplishment in which they
are without rivals. And the little boys and
girls should have their ponies long before the
music teacher and the dancing master are
employed Youth is the time to ride well
and gracefully, and parents make great
mistake in ncglecting to provide a pleasure
50 beneficial to children.-ET.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-01-07

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