Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-03-06
NEW ENGLAND NEWS.

The village OF South Winiham, Conn.
l. undergoing a terrible afiliction in the
ravaccs OF smallpox. The disease has at
tackled every house in the village, and
several deaths have occurred. Business l.
suspended the trains on the New London
Northern Railroad are rushed by without
stopping. and no communication from the
outside is allowed The disease l. said to
have been introduced by lady from Mystic,
whose child was recovering from the
malady The spread of the disease to other
towns l. feared.
The laborcr- Of Boston have formed a sort
Of Board of Trade to look after their general
interests.
The Saco D,n.ocra nominates Gov.
Dinslcy for United States Senator, 10 sue
ceed llamlin.
John Mcnamara went into 4 New Haven
saloon. sat down and begun to sing song.
Before the first verse was finished, he fell
dead
\ Providence. L. l., boot dealer, has
been sent 10 Jail for ninety days for selling
blind man TWO odd boots Of different sizes
rs pair
Tie Boston H.rad reports that in one Of
the public grammar-schools OF that city the
AfAANN lAlz Af~-fNll WIS ItN lu4Itu Ol Tut DAlll-
of ono class To rccitc from memory the
names of fifty rivers. forty-two straits.
channels and sounds Of North America, and
pass in review, from memory, also. the
fifty seas, gulfS and bays learned, or sup
posed to have been learned, on the day pre-
viou~. Besides this, recitation in history
and arithmetic was expected. and all in one
session. Wonder II children ever die in
Boston?
Rev. Charles Chaplin, Of New York. very
unexpectedly encountered an old debt.
short time ago, at kecnc. y. II. Some 80
years ago. when he lived at Bennington,
Vt. he bought of one Forbes a quantity of
leather, which he failed TO pay for. The
other day, be went 10 keene, to deliver
lecture. when the bill. which had grown
from 81 to over so, was presented, and he
Acknowledged the corn
Gov. Dinglcy, of Maine, has cited the
Sheriff OF Knox County to appear before
him. u show reason why he should not be
impcached before the present Legislature
for not enforcing the liquor law in his
county The matter was instigated bv the
Good Tcmplar~, who claim that they have
made repeated requests to him to put the
law in force, but he refused The Governor
l. also reported as saying that upon com
plant against any sheriff in the State, he
will institute criminal proceedings The
law being one of GOV. Dingley' own form
ing. while he was in the House, he i evi-
IDENTIFY anxious to have it carried out
\ SrooNEY" PERroRMANcE.-A very
singular occurrence happened, one day last
week, in the family Of Mr.. Stephen Bailey.
residing on the - twenty mile stream"
about two miles from Proctorsyile 1t was
this; Mrs. Bailey brought n pan of milk
from the pantry into the kitchen to skim it,
She used a spoon 10 take the cream from the
milk, putting the cream into another dish
After skimming the milk she laid the spoon
bottom side up in the dish of cream. and
taking the pan of milk, She started for the
stove. AbOut the time she reached the
stove she heard the spoon rattle, and turn
ing rOcnd-hcr husband came into the
room at thar m0ment-she saw the spoon
drop at his feet. Mr.. b. said he saw the
spoon a. he entered the room. rise from the
dish nearly to the ceiling and then drop at
his feet. No one was near the spoon when
1t performed this strange freak, there being
no one in the house Mt the time but the aged
couple. This may seem to some fictitious
story, but il Is true Mr.. and Mrs. Bailey
are well known here and elsewhere and are
considered by all their acquaintance as
honest and truthful, and - they are but
the performance of the spoon is mystery
to all the neighbors here. Vermont Jour
nal.