Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-11-14
CURRENT NOTES.

Minnesota revels in pumpkin pie soeia-
bles
4 monster, which is described between as
a cross between an alligator and a mule, IS
making the Menomonee river IN Wisconsin
peculiarly interesting.
HOLLAND is the only civilized country that
is now without that great blessing, ma
tonal debt.
Cairo has only two policemen, and these
spend half the time fighting to SEQ who
shall be chief and who the - force.
A Chicago paper states that at the expo
stion the other day facetious veteran IRON
Milwaukee, stumping around on wooden
leg, came upon group OF aDorlglnes gaz-
ing at a buzz saw in full motion, and know
ing the initiative proclivities ofthe red man,
laid his timber limb across the saw with
perfect equanimity. An Indian undertook
To show that he could stand 1t with the
same stoicism, and put his leg on the savage
implement, but Withdrew it with an awful
veil, and Immediately demolished the ma
chine.
The people Of Iceland celebrate next year
the one thousandth anniversary OF Its set
Element.
The great fortune of $4,000, 900 left
twenty-three years ago to the cities OF New
Orleans and Baltimore by John McDonough,
who died in the former city, has been SO
wasted in lawsuit brought by Mellon
ough's heirs. on account of a flaw in the
will To recover the amount that not more
than sos 600 of the whole is said to remain.
The rest has gone to the lawyers. Melon
ourh's purpose in making the bequest was
that the money should be devoted to the
maintenance of free white and black schools
in the cities named.-N. Y. World.
The postmaster-generalo of Madras, India
has n yery mean estimation of linguistic
talent. lie adyertises for clerk who can
read. write and speak English, Hindustanl,
Arabic. Bhora, Gazebrati and Mahratti,
and all for Sl4 month.
An Iowa man built himself a $4,000
barn, and sat down in 1t TO have smoke
and contemplate the structure. lie liked II
exceedingly well and will at once build an
other on the same site, having obtained hi
insurance.
A bull frog weighing fifteen pounds and
half, l. said to have been caught lately IN
Cayuga lake, and sold to French epicurt
for six dollars.
In tho employ of firm at Newburgh
y
each other in four battles during the war.
The largest lump of lead ever found wa:
recently dug up at Minersyille, Nd. i
weighs 60 900 pounds and is worth almost
100000.
\ Detroit business man found n counter
felt fiity-cent scrip among his currency th'
other day, and he put it in his vest, anC
that afternoon gave it to little girl beg
cing in the streets. When he came back
| from tea he found the same piece OF scrip II
the drawer again, and questioning the
clerk he learned that little girl had brough
| it in, bought a stick Of gum, and gon'
away with 10 cents of good money.
A sweet potato six feet and two niche
| long eraces the sanctum of the Selma Ala.
Times. and the editor has no fear of fam
inc.
\ milk examiner Of Reading, Pa, doe
not saw that milk is adulterated, OF watered
but puts the case in an inicrential manner
as follows: There is reason to infer thai
water existed more largely in some speci-
mems than nature furnished in her milk
producing laboratories.
Speaking of extravaganza in dress,
writes Captain CrOsstree, the most ex
pensivelv dressed man | ever saw was ar
] African I mel on lut AfQll AOd-t. LIS " &c
| had anointed him thoroughly with palm oil
| and then powdered him from head to foo
with gold dust. You never saw in you
life man got up 50 utterly regardless o
J expense.
The St Paul Press. speaking Of tn
! Chicago Tribune, says, Prosperity Ina
| only enlarged its sphere to make more con
/ splcuous by contrast the littleness Of tn
] - I 10, aff1l .tfsr,l 10
| all the petty and boorish personal yirulenc
! and rowdyism of the lakewood DULLES VIII,
represented Western journalism in Its day
of primitive frontier barbarism, when tn
pen of the professional slanderer was sup
| plemcnted by the ready dirk and pistol o
! the assassin" This is savage.
The elections are sacred affairs in Hi
nois, and the State Government, or rattle
the Supreme Court Of the State, has sus
pended the laws relative TO gambling. il
case said gambling is in form Of bets upol
abe elections The decision was made il
case of appeal, a lower court having decid
cd that Judgment rendered on note il
payment of an election bet was valid. From
| this time henceforth, Illinois will be para
| disc for the people who are in the habit O
/ stalking money on political chances.
The monument to Lincoln soon to b,
erected at London will cost Il, 900, of whicl
Americans are expected to contribute half.
Abram :. Hewitt, receiver of the Ney
York and Oswego Midland Railroad, dis
covered upon taking control of the roa'
that the - dead head travel on it amount
ed to between thirty-six and forty per cen
Of the passenger traffic. He abolished tn
system and cut of certain Improbable con
tracts. 1t is understood that the amour
of money which he has thus saved Is equa
to seven hundred thousand dollars per an
| mum one estimate being 81 $50 900.