Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-29
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

t A Milwaukee man has applied for paten
!. on a fountain pen which by the pressure o
~ the thumb on a small rubber ball, projects
stream of ink through the holder into tn,
| face of the fellow who is looking over youl
: shoulder while you are writing.
When the anaconda was on exhibition
: here, says the San Francisco Alta, it was
customary to feed him with rabbit every
few days, and the reptile throve on his Diet
When the snake was taken to Sacramento
TO- exhibition it was uncertain how long the
sl ' would stay but the patronage of the
Saeramentins WAS generous, and the agent
at once telegraphed for his snowy posters to
"bill the town" The despatch read "Send
200 cuts Immediately" but when received
it read "Send 200 Cats Immediately" 1t
was little bit of surprise to the agent in
San Francisco when he read the message, but
he reasoned that rabbits were scarce in Sac
ramento, and it was necessary to substitute
cats for the regular provender, so he started
ont an army of BOYS to catch all the stray
cats. BY the afternoon train he sent crate
of IS cats, with letter saying: 81 send IS
cats by this train and will forward balance
tomorrow, but l am afraid that number of
l
stead of being eaten BY him
novel revenge was perpetrated in Uni
versity-place car New York City, few even
ings since. A gentleman entered the car,
both seats of which were almost filed with
passengers /; another gentleman was reading
a newspaper and occupying considerable
space on the seat. The first gentleman APP
preached and said he would like to sit down,
but he did not wish to sit in another mans
lap. The gentleman replied that he had no
desire to hold any one on his knees, and then
made room for him on the seat, but with
rather bad grace. The ear stopped and an
old woman, with shabby, filthy, clothes en-
tered. The first gentleman Immediately
surrendered his seat to her, and an audible
litter passed around the car.
The lawyers of indianapolis are torturing
their brains over an extraordinary problem.
Some years ago a lady of that city was mar
ried, and four months thereafter separated
from her husband. was divorced and remar-
ried in month, and from four months there
after gave birth to a child by her first hus-
band. Quite recently the second husband
procured a divorce, and the custody of the
child was awarded to him. Now comes the
first husband and claims the child. Who Is
entitled to its possession? Where Is King
solomon?
The treasury department, with view to
accelerating the reduction of the force, has
issued an order that any clerk who will vol
unfairly resign may receive leave Of absence |
and fall pay until June 30. Not a clerk,
however, has yet exhibited any desire for
vacation on these terms
In Mississippi the liquor dealers will now be |
required To obtain the written consent of the |
majority Of the male and female citizens Of |
the town they propose to establish in, before !
being granted licenses.
Charles summers yignette i being en-
srayed to 90 on shin-paStcr'
\ physician of Paterson. y. j.. Is charged
with malpractice in mistakenly treating
fractured arm 80 that it had to be lmputated
and then in order to conceal his blunder.
giving the patient morphine enough to kill
hin. The doctor has been bailci in $1,000,
and lively corpse and the amputated arm
are both on hand to testify against him. The
morphine failed 10 carry ont it, part in the
programme.
1t Is noted ly the Philadelphia Press, a.
an interesting instance OF the balance Of his
tory, that the first application from foreign
sources for space in the centennial exhibition
was from the present Marquis of Butte grand
son of George HIS marquis, than whom
there was in England no more bitter enemy
of American independence The marquis
offers the facilities Of Bu:e docks, Cardiff.
for shipment of articles from England, and
desires to exhibit an assortment of the metal
an min in 3
Wales and Durham
\ year ago $1,000 salmon trout were
placed, by order of seth Green. in the o.
wcgo river and it, tributaries and a day or
two since. SAYS the Osweso Times, a salmon
trout foot long and fall Of spawn was
caught in one Of these streams.
Oakland, Cal. Is in fall enjoyment of
ghost, which makes a racket resembling
storm at sea. Bells are rung, and coal boxes,
trunks and other effects fly around A. if in a
tossing ship, and n screech H. Of 4 woman !
drowning has been heard The people of the
haunted house seem les afraid of the ghost
than of reporters and Others who pry around ,
the premises at all hours trying to find ont
the secret of it. !
\ warning to persons wearing tight boots
comes from Nashville. where a gentleman.
after putting one ON the left foot, was strug- F,
Cling with the one intended for the other
foot, when a swapping sound was heard and
the mans leg was found to be broken.
Cremation may be all very well, but ,
French chemist has found better way By ,
some process he has condensed the body of ,
his wife Into the space of an ordinary seal, ,
and had her highly polished and set in 4 ring.
He made nice income by betting, with lap ,
diaries and others, they could NOT tell the
material of the set in three gucsSes, and, al +
ter pocketing the money, would burst into j
tears, and say at is my dear, dead wife
wear her on my finger to keep alive pleas q
ant remcmbrarces OF her l.
OF the members Of Congress one hun f
lred and twenty-lour are college graduates. d
Of the non-graduateS. eighty-iye received an a
academic education sixty-fiye only com :
mon school education. Four Were educated 5
in private schools, and six were '.selfeducat-
ID. OF the remaining Seyenty-six, a large n
proportion took partial courses at college, or !;
their early education by study =
in the law or other professional schools \ i
classification Of the one hundred and twenty .
our graduates reveals the facts that Yale
heads the list of colleges represented in Con i
,ress-the number of its graduates, includ-
ne Mr.. William Walter Phelps of y. j.. ,
md Gov. Washburn, recently elected as
he successor of Charles Sumner, being c
light v
The surest method in learning the length J.
If your proboscis is to attempt to drink out i
If the bung-hole of "a lager beer cask with !,
he train going twenty-miles an hour At \
east 50 say four individuals who have tried 4
They tell queer story about the doctors :,
n a certain Texas town, who were all away :,
asst summer to attend a medical convention. !
They were absent about two months. and on "
heir return found all their patients had re- !,
oyered, the drug stores had closed, the =
nurses had opened dancing schools the :,
cemetery was cut up into building lots, the .
lndertakers had gone to making fddles, and :
he hearse had been painted and sold for T.
rcus wagon. n
kissing your sweetheart says tr.f- 4
ing young man, sis like eating soup with a f
ork it takes a long time to get enough" ii
Heres your money, boy and now tell me a
Why your rascally master wrote eighteen
etters about that contemplate sum- ''Im
ure, sir, | can't say, but if you Il excuse me =
ir, | sort o reckon twas because seven "
cen didn't fetch it. Il
Building is stagnant in New York
At recent Sunday school service in a n
rOminent church in New Haven. Conn. c,
he rector was illustrating the necessity of of
'hristian profession in order properly to en-
oy the blessings of Providence in this
Torld and, to make it apparent to the m
outhful mind, the rector said .'For in =,
tance, | want to introduce water into my ~
ouse; l have it pumped. The pipes and T.
iucets and every convenience are in good h,