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

Two female BARRIERS in Brussels show wo
mans effort to razor self to independence.
A Macedon, (N. " seamstress rawhideC
a faithless dentist who forgot his promises t.
her and married another.
An injured wife is after some Jacksonville
rum sellers to the tune of $500, for selling
liquor to her husband.
Laura D. Fair has sued the managers Of 8
hall in San Francisco for refusing her the
use of it,.
Miss Sophie Barney took premium at a
Montgomery (Ala) fair as - the young wo-
man who would make the best wife for a
poor man.
This dispatch was sent from Portland to
! Chicago, Christmas day Nettie's pres
ent appeared this morning. Very handsome.
! Fifteen pounds. a little Samuel"
\ woman has been presented to the grand
jury Of Owen county, Ky, as witch. They
are most all guilty, but as they areall pretty
it Is difhcnlt to tell which is witch.
4 disguised Danburian wants to know if
woman was designed to be the equal of a
man, why she can't whistle?
Miss Addie Taylor Of Bridgeport, Conn,
attended Frenchman who was sick Of
smallpox few months ago, and now he
has given her fortune Of $50, goo As a
result all the girls in Connecticut are looking
for smallpox eases.
Girls don't give the mitten now, because
they don't know how to knit.
Mrs. Ella Granger Of Cincinnati sues for
$4,000 from each Of the six saloon keepers
who have furnished her inebriate husband
his matutinal tangle foot
The inmates Of the State Prison where
MrS- Lydia Sherman Is confined let their
coffee settle, and pour it out in the saucer
now, before drinking.
\ proyident mother at ST. Mary :. Pa.
left her three children, the Oldest five years
Of aye, TO keep house while she went TO
visit a neighbor. She has now no house to
pay rent for, nor children to feed
An Eastern paper having boosted ola Young
lady who framed and raised a barn, West
ern contemporary reflects upon the enter
prise by giving an account of a Western
maid vino raised--. and all because She
could not find her back hair.
\ lady called on a witty friend. who was
Rot at home, and finding the piano dusty,
wrote upon it " slattern." The next dav
they met and the lady said, &c. called on
you yesterday" .' Yes, saw your card on
the piano"
4 voung man who heard Kate Stanton
lecture on the" Loves Of Great Men, the
other night, found half-pint Of peanuts
which he designed presenting to the choice
of ff- hanrf . h. ca
and Sordid, in fact, that be took them back
and had his money refunded Thus do We
see that there Is a chord in every breast sus-
ceptible Of the finest sentiment when touch
ed by master hand.
There /, woman in Atlanta who went
out the other morning before breakfast and
wal.oped the saloon-keeper who had sold her
husband liquor. She slapped and pnmmell-
ed, and scratched him, and then shook her
fist in his face. Then she went TO her hus-
band employer and dressed him of for pay
ing the old man his money while intoxica- |
ted. The thoughtful Atlanta reporters, in I
giving an account Of the affair. eloquently /
lllGde to the lady as D." MIS-"
This is the way in which a lady CORES
oondent talks: 4 fashionably dressed head
las all the actual hirsute belongings scratch
d together and tied with scalping tightness
and shoe string) directly on the bump Of
enertion 1t is then IF practicable) made
nto little hairy sheep that lay down quietly
nd lamb-like in group on top. hair
ence, made Of braided switch, Is then put
ound en-. and within this enclosure the
omb Is stuck. Some very stylish affairs
re made Of crescent shaped piece of paste
oard, covered with velvet the color Of the
sewed on narrow backed combs.
nd put slightly on one side. Now what j.
he use Of telling the men everything