Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-14
CURRENT NOTES.

there Were over fourteen thou sand per
sons sentenced TO Imprisonment for drunk.
enneSS IN England and Wales last year.
One mouse catcher at Aarburr. in Swift.
zerland, caught ll.3ol mice In the last
three months Of ls72, for which he re ,eived
bounty Of three cents head.
\ forlorn wanderer appeared nj F r;5co-
( port. Conn. the other dav in search of II.
middle name lie hunted the church cord.
all over, bat did not fnd it.
OF the stock of the Centennial rvb;l.;
ton. more than Si0O. GOO bas ahead,
been taken in Philadelphia, which a-noT-rt.
TO more than twice the quota IF the civ.
At 81. Paul, the other day. they heated
ne eap!'oi i1r more thu an hour with more
than half a million dollars non1i1ai
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\ Lafayette Und.) Street-car onduetor
Aa, sot rieh eno' Oh to buy out the companv.
ana no" propo,es to extend the road and
y TWO ,lfipa a day, which viii ecesSirate
'He purchase OF another horse.
4 eolore'i woman aged lO7 years has in.
died near Louisville, who. on her deatb-hed
eoiie>-e'. that she never knew Washington,
MOI hlJ Sed any Of the distinguished men of
"Iclei / times She deserves a statue.
The verdict of a Michigan jury in a case
IN W hich the defendant was CHARGED with
nav me disturbed religious meetin q was
Not guilty but the court i recommended
- advise the prisoner not to 20 there any
Jlore.
When Kansas City girl. who vas clerk
IN candy store, learned She had fallen heir
TO one hundred thousand dollars in England
she refused 10 attend customers. and perch
ca herself on the counter and ci.ewed gum
drops the rest Of the day.
Chinese bird-fanciers tie tin whistles N
'he tails Of their feathered pets. to protect
mem from vultures. As the hi I'd dies the
" AisIieS shrieks, and the vultul,e Is scared
lnu mes away But he isn't any worse |
,cAFed than the small bird, nor does he hv /
away any faster.
II Sergeant Bates must re urn to this |
oui,'Iy "A louisville newspaper ha. a wager
e119 5hat ne can't carry the Am erican or |
~ '.ueI nag through the streets of that |
- J.S' after the schools are d ismissed |
nun ,. showing how accurately the bad |
''lS can throw stones.
. ! :, correspondent of the Boston e om,per-
r.. 3.',s'tE sends to his paper pic ture of
=, :, -. sli>h country inn yhh h will |
us readers thar out Of r. ard f fnr them II
ught to have been SUI ,6Tesse5 a He de-. |
- an iiiil winch no one dreamed existed
l ! ', clean, cosy and homeIik ,. with
pc Veriiable party 81 eyening Tili orr ST. ST.
ny around i1i IN the 3 .nded, bright In tie bar
80. .I, .elIihs stof .es and chatting lust as
. . .I were ,lttin in Joe Willitt7s parlor |
' .l,-- ~ I one and the fare. this what
{ Says OF II And when 5 O'Clock came
NV M WIN II reakfast, there wouId he a
race rae OF swee brook trout as the me- . d.
s ~ , u mixed by some exquisitelv i.v.
.eu eolne- cured breakfast beacon. and a
IN 9i ne laid eggs, and butter ike
.1Il .. gold, in setting of crisp. cErly
iis.es- And the bedrooms, with their
i I'M furniture, and = little lattice yin
I'VE EMPOWERED in jessamine and wild
T. - e glasgow (ky.) Times says th at III, re
wing IN that State gentleman who As
irrled by the same minister each time in
ie same house, and married four sisters
Divorce is abolished in Japan.
" mte jet is an anomalous fact.
me me Niagara river has fallen thirty fee.
one Of the three ablest journ Ais in All In.
. y written BY Hindoos, r,rd wields 2 !