Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-04-10

English noblemen'' are sometimes su,
: prised at the way We do thingsin this cour
try. One OF these, Marcus Slade. who rep
resented himself to be son Of Sir Freler
; lck Slade, late solicitor-general of Grea
Britain. and brother of another noblemai
worth S5O,OOO year. was arrested in Ney
York Tuesday night for obtaining none
under ialse pretences. The nobleman re
ierred hls captors to - Burke's Peeragc.
and pronounced his arrest "the most ungen
tlemanly thing" he had ever heard Of lii
asked whether they treated folks well il
Ludlow street palace, whether they kept
champagne there. and after little blus
tering turned to the plaintiff and requested
a loan of So to fix up things" One o,
two other restaurant keepers are now max.
ing anxious inquiries in regard to the fu-
ture movements OF the - noble lord"
Madame Nilsson is again the victim Of
the correspondents, who say She is naturally
stlngy and very unreasonable in her de-
mands on Strakosch. For instance ,Strakosch
pays all her expenses besides giving her a
magnificent salary and the former include ho-
tel bill for self, husband, man servant. and
lna!d servant, horse and carriage, amount
ing to $500 a week. Washing. newspa-
pers and postage-stamps," says New York
letter to the Boston Saturday Gd-effc. "all
are charged to StrakOsch. Whether Nilsson
acknowledges any personal expenses at all
Is question. She has already received for
services, this year, SOL zoo in gold, - one
would suppose that she might keep herself
IN postage stamps. During recent visit
to Philadelphia, the orchestra of the troupe
thought they would give the prima donna
a screnadc it would be good advertise
ment and let the people know that Nine
MI l.,l H. i
came and played under her window at the
Continental, and were invited in to cham
pagnc by the fair cantatrIce. and they
drank and were merry. Next DAY Strako-ch
received bill of $50 for Champagne.
hilc ont IN Chicago, Nilsson wanted 10
attend the theatre 50 she took q box anda
carriage, and invited her friends, and sent
the bill To Mr.. StrakOsch No wonder that
she has made money and Strakosch has lost
Ills expenses have been $500 eco, and hers
nothing. That he Is poorer to-day by SO,
GOO than the day be opened here last ta.l i
not surprising to those Who know the ins
and outs Of tine business
1t Is announced that Mr.. Harriet Beech
cr Stowe has decided not To write any more
Tor several years, which leads 10 the con-
clu>ion that. while soiournins in the land
Of fiowcrS, she has discovered the fountain
of youth and taken new lease Of life.
Dr. Brown Seouard tbe lannon's nbysi-
cian. Is not a Frenchman as many have sun
posed. but /. the son of a Philadelnbia shin
master, and was born in MauritiuS in 1917.
ms h''hef was Il French woman
Judge Goldthwaite. tine colleague of
Senator Spencer, Of Alahama. and Demo-
crat, would never have got his scat but for
spencer. Who -ot him up and beat Warner
"ith him- Although be was Chiei-J uStice
9i A.ahama, and l. six;y-cisht years old he
ha~ neither influence nor activity, and Is
gem supposed 20 have worn out his
-iou on iicuue>-ey brandy while waiting
t' Do idnnttei-
Qgccu Victoria will De rlty-iyc next 9th
OF May She is la the thirty seventh wear
of her reign.
The D,nbr-,. u. r,.,-,,. .i..
respondent. Gcorge Alfred Townsend. was
other correspondent no NaSLinrton. and
thinks such cxhlhitinu- beneath the chorae-
ter ot gentleman. still. with an air of
pride, 1t declares. We l... .-iat that our
Correspondent licked
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