Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-02-20
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\ Cincinnati editor says that anat Ter ci-
i;or ricrc Is q liar-or rather. tlaJ "hc is
prone to Impair, an unhealthy swelling 10
truth.
..Poi>onou- Sugar. arc 50 Geo nmon in
New York that drinkers who are fond of
spelling their liquor with S~cct iniu-ions
have been forced to take it neat and nos
nasty.
Mr.. Marion Of Cornwall Bridge. Conn.
went To the woods To chop re, entity. To-
ward night his wife told their little son. aged
three and one-hall-vear~. that he might -
to meet his father The father returned by
different route. and learning the f,ct~ 'eJ
out in search of his boy. The darkness low
cred. the wind blew, and the iro~t seed up
on everything exposed. Meanwhile the lit
tie fellow wandered about. calling Ccr his
father. Forty men turned ont taat hittcr
cold night to search for the LITTLE boy. In
the next forenoon he was discovered On the
north side Of the mountain aoout = mile
from home. lying at the foot ol = rock, quite
dead. On the rock were found one little
shoe and stocking. Tired and lonesome and
sleepy. he had tried 10 20 to he'd on the cold
stone. and rolling of on to his face below it.
the bitter wind had sung him to sleep for
ever. and the chill frost sealed his cyclic-S.
c. IL. Stickncy Of Boston went 20 B,igh-
ton, 10 weeks ago. in very feeble health and
commenced drink Ing half tumblcr-flll OF
warm blood twice 4 dav, and Is now i'll ex
cellent health Several Others are using the
same treatment with the best results, onr of
whom is lady who has been sick rom
paralysis, six years. The medicine costs
nothing.
\ western paper under the hea ling Of
..Sporting news copies the aunou nccInent
that the Colts Of Hartford are run ling on
fall time.
\ Mis- Ruby has married in Maryland 4
Mr.. jet. Look ont for the trinkets.7' oh
serves a contemporary, which is neat thing
neatly said.
The art of shop-keeping i carried to 4
high degree of perfection in Charleston, Mo.
| When lady rides up to Il store in that
| place. three clerks seize the bride. TWO
take the horse by the tail and yank him
close to the stile-block. Two more clerks
spread roll of Brussels carpet across the
sidewalk, while the merchant in white XII Is,
white vest and forkci-tail coat. escorts the
| lady to a luxurious divan. where she sits at
ease and makes her purchases.
Mary Brown, factory girl at Glovers-
Vile. n H.. was 50 deeply wounded because
of her inability to disprove 4 charge of
stealing thread from the mill that, protest
inc her innocence. she took poison and died.
In her dying letter to her father she slys ::
II am in the hands of the Lord. taken
through enemies for the sake of the revenge.
Bury me by the side of my sister, and place
stone at my head with the simple words ::
'Ier sister Mary, who died of "A broken heart,
aged TWENTY" There is not the slightest
doubt now entertained that she was, rs she
asserted. the victim of malicious eonspira-
cy.
The withdrawal OF the free railway passes
from the members of the Wisconsin Le-
.rislature has had salutary effect upon the
I, Friday adjournment habit; and now, in
| stea. of running home. each week, the yir-
! tuous legislators grimly stick to business
| from Monday morn to Saturday eve, a thing
vii ich has not happened before for years.
The hotel keepers of Chicago talk of or
caniz ing n dead-beat mutual protection So
eietv The city is much infested with this
class of swindlers, this winter. and many a
hotel bill has been eyaded.
Pennsy. 'yania is considering the question
of whether punctuation shall be taught in
the public 'chools.
"The Jou. nal of the Disciples of Satan
is the highly descriptive title of recently
started Italian newspaper.
Two New ILL., ven, Conn. clerks who had
a disagreement resolved to settle it with pis-
tolls. Their seco nds played q joke on them
! by loading one q the pistols with boiled