Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-03-27


right thing on the marriage OF Miss Jet
| 20 Mr.. Ruby. We once knew man wh'
could have done it, hut he is too old now
When Jacob Hogg married Ann Blcon il
Cincinnati, he asked
Now Jacob, did You pause to thinh
/ When Ann YOU made mate on,
| That ifyou changed her name 70 Hrgg.
| You'd surely spoil her Bacon -
AgassizIs small handwriting, (which seem
ed unnatural in 50 broad and impulsiye a
character" :" was the result Of early necessity.
| On fe backs of old letters, and on odd scraps
fl per. he copied, as closely as possible,
many volumes which be needed bat which
ne could not buy
Dickens lietel himself while in America.
and altogether lived in the most absternious
style. as he himself states in letter to his
friend Forster: AT seven in the morning,
in bed. n tumhler of new cream and two Ia
blespoonfuls Of rum. At twelve, sherry
cobhler and biscuit. At three DINNER
time), pint Of champagne At five minutes
70 eight, an egg beaten up in glass of sher
~. Between the parts the strongest beef
tea that can be made, drunk hot. At quar-
ter past ten. soup and any little thing TO
drink that can fancy
\ well-known young gentleman Of Utica
attended party, the other evening. Being
quite popular with the young ladies, he was
not in the ball room long before he filled his
programme, with the exception of but one
engagement. This being set aside as the
time for obtaining little spiritual refresh
ment, be filed the blank with the suggestive
memorandum. ''Drnks" 4 Young lady.
examining his list during the evening. inno-
Gently remarked, as her wondering gaze WAS
turned upon the memorandum. LA me,
what q peculiar name for a lady she must
be a stranger here know all the ladies of
quality in town, but never heard Of Miss
Drinks before" Evidently the lady's ac-
quaintauce was not 50 extensive as that Of
the gentleman.
nder the sermons of . well-kn1wn reei-
yali-t, the moral feeling of the editorial force
Of the Missouri Republican has so improved
that the editors % quietly round 70 The back
door after their hitters.
Among the causes of death last year in
Massachusetts,. we find that one man between
ca and 20 was killed by the bite Of horse.
Consumption carried OF 2,54i males and
3,Ol2 females, oi all ayes from andcr L. over
so. pelirium tremenS was tie death Of =
males and females. OF deaths by drowning,
there were 2S2 males and 33 females SS-
teen male~ and two females were victims of
homicide. Nine persons were struck by
Lightning. of males seven. and Of females
five. died Suddenly" whatever that may
he. Eghty--eyen men and thirty women
committed >aicide- BY accident or nerli-
gence 733 persons lost their lives
The latc~, sleeping beauty" is Mary
Vance. Of Kingston. Wis Fell in dirzi-
re--, is kept in a church, io;nt- supple, skin
loose, bat purple. pink and scarlet sI'ot- a2
pca7 every iew hours and disappear.
nlrin- the fiscal yea- ending June 20.
l,I". Illinois manufactured one-iaartl 90!
all tie spirits in The country. and Chicago
and New York each absorbed ahou, tte Same
proportion of tle whole pr'lac-.
The tunerl mesquite Is a,rtal, ll7ria-
his midnight wings in Richmond. Va
4 ha,-larea young men went from
Shreveport. La.. when the .a,o w-r began.
tsoy ve-e a-. IN one mess they AL went
tar,a-I the wa- without scratch, and re-
O. their homes. Thcy were lively
p IS iG o hlr-room, and al carried pistols
One after another they killed and were
killed. and in lSG1 the la,, or W. hil in
% bloody grave.
A'1-, tV1 m1Lth- a-u i.--ii -4arlaa
Was cu@rtacI mile south o. For, Hau-
al. Dakota. The skeleton measure Is +
feet go .cn-,I. aai If reriec, would probably .
measure - fest. las armed With paddle F.
Ike Che wHa.r, Las crpc1dilidn head ard .