Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-02-20
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Chief Justice Waite Is said to have tie
largest head Of any man in Ono
\ fine old gentleman. Thomas DIniorj
of Boston Highlands. aged 30 years, gave
/ birthday party rscentiy and entertained the
company playing cid marches and other
ancient tunes on the fiddle
The Kingston Fireman has some remarks
10 make about the Troy lecture platform.
II refers TO Eli Perkins statement that b.
/, in great demand with artists e. ST iJr
landscapes, sea views, animals, etc, AM
that IL Is extremely difficult % dress - a. O.
represent j drove of cattle. Iue Fireman
agrees with Perkins and suggests that if
lac would conline himself 10 sitting for
-rriptural painting Of Bllaam.~ as, lie
wouldn't be obliged TO dress at all.
The two most dandifed men in the House
are :. ;. Cox and Fernando No0d-'ter-
mandy Wudi. " a. his constituents still call
him Even with liz gray hair he still
makes up well. When he began his career
he stood on dress. lie went down o. tho
! Bloody Sixth. drank bad whi-key with his
| cane and cloak. pattel little brats on the
{ head with hi- neatly fitting Paris gl0ye~,and
the roughe,, of the rowdle~ liked him all
the better for it. There, look at Fernandy
who can boa. hia
/ Mr.. Elliott. the colorei representative
/ from South Carolina, was born and elu-
Gated in England.
Henry " ard Becchcr made :, ll3 pastoral
visits last year.
Rev. Samuel Fisher. for several years
president of Hamilton N. " College, died
at hi, home in College Hill, o., recently.
Asa Packer. Of Nlauch Chunck, is one
of the wealthieSt men in Pennsylvania, or
indeed in the Republic. lie l. worth at
least 80 900 900. and began life without
a penny as q driver of canal boat on the
Lehi-h Canal. His immense fortune came
mainly from the purchase Al low rates OF
coal lands in the region Of hiS present place
re~iieuce-the lands advancing enormous
" within a short time after he bought them
\ Young man who gave his name Is Lord
George Lambt0n, second son of Charic-.
Earl Of Durham. Leml.on Castle, England.
recently applied Mt the city Jail OF Peters
burg. Va. for lodging. He represents him
self Is having, in q tit of youthful inii~-
creti0a, ran away from his home 20 seek
adventure in the western hemisphere, and.
if his story be true. he succeeded in finding
it, lie had travelled from New York To-
Philadelphia, thence 70 Petersburg, stop
ping only &c brief intervals. and Is endcay-
0ring 10 reach Charleston.
R1chefort thinks he viii he pard1ned in
o couple Of years, and he is planning 10
come t. america after that.
Ir j. said Of Senator spencer Of Alabama.
that when Ire was q bar-keepcr in Indiana.
before he got TO be a sdtier in the army. be
could fling a whiskey cocktail further with
out ~pi.iiug il than any other man who Wa
ever In the business. lie was the sutler oi
q Nebraska regiment. of which Ihayor, late
Senator from that State, was colonel. and
| Upton, the Greeieyite Senator, who still
occupies q desk in the Senate chamber. wa-
Chaplain.
ThackeraY had a nose Of most peculiar
shape, As may be seen by his portraits. The
bridge was very low, and the nOstrilS very
well developed. en- one occasion "a party
where Douglass Jerroii was present. IL wa
mentioned that Mr.. Thackcray'S religious
opinions were unsettled. and that q lady OF
his acquaintance was doing her best 70 con-
vert him % ROmani~m. 10 ROmani>m
exclaimed -Ierrold Let u hope She viii
begin with his nose
Mr.. Greeley did not invent the phrase
60 West, as Is generally supposed. The
Original OF the remark was when Ruth said.
(many years b. c., Where thou % Wet
| viii 20.
The appointment Of ex-senator b0olitjlc
to the temporary presidency of Chicago nj
versity may seem somewhat strange. says
the Christian Union. to those who know
Mr. Dooli tie only as politician identified
with the tic faSco of Andrew johnson
administration. But the personal friends
of the Senator know that he Possesses both
character and a scholarship which make
;ho offer of college presidency TO him ami
the delivery of a Biblical lecture by him
among the most natural things in the world.
- learned and iacilc an exp0sitor Of this
Subject has he become that 1t wouli not
aStoni~h Ms to hear thar. besides practcins
law and organizing the opposition party
and presiding over a University. the excel
lent and iniomitablo Senator wa- also dis
charging the duties OF professor % Biblical
literature in some theological seminary