Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-10-16
GOSSIP OF THE DAY.


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sam Bowles once had IN idea that
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l.'i'yi y. 'He ".ioie Soun,y' put nc hnS
81 81 I,ti ',i',t d HIS1 Ge@I 5not very
':iIls 1or ,ne De'ioi' !, re. i'eSS u say
~ ~ '''''N u MI n'"IeS getting oer ''i''
Inc local authorities OF Auckland, New
i Zealand have instituted yearly tax on
bachelors OF - head, to be devoted to edu-
ton
An iowa minister was recently killed by
lightning while standing on the bank Of a
marmurin- stream and endeayorin, 10 con-
vince some bad h,vz that bathing on Sunday
was wrong.
I, +bc 5ifsrsrr ,-i..,rs +, p,-i. t,or. or..
.ere-,I d,atb.. %, er,. veo- fr,m tbs eiFsc+s
Of swallowing what is known as an q" escape
box" coatriyance for the spe,ill accom-
moiation of prisoners. 1t is Of polished
steel. about three inches long. and contains
turn-screws. hammers. silk thread and other
implements necessary for escape. Sometimes
the box fail. TO apptar a. expected after be-
ing swallowed. and the death of the victim
i is the result. When it does rass the bowels.
however. the lucky prisoner is preparei to
cnt the thickest iron bars and SET himself at
/ liberty.
Paris +. excited over the tale of a horse.
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,,a. rIilin.. IN tr,s -a,. c,,,;t,i ono da,. arJ
recognized in the shafts OF a vehicle driven
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teer. who had borne him to many triumphs
/ in former days. but who was now a wan and
wretchel specimen Of the equine race.
] Charlie, was tip-v. unfortunately. and be
rushed from the sidewalk To the roadway to
nuos,raphize the whil5m hero Of the tuf,,
and Sympathize with him on his condition.
Mo1~-in, the cocher, was neither tilsy nor
/ p1etlcai, and he struck the jockey in the
face with hl> whip hereup1n the jockey
/ drew knife and plunged it into the driver :
heart
When an enternrising and in,eniou, su-
rerintcadent Of a San Francisco street rail-
road line invented "A plan to register the pas
sengers by a -Pring on the lower step of the
rear platform, he made no provision FOR the
ingenuity of the conductors, who became ex-
ce~>iyely polite and stepped OF - assist par
ties to alight. hat all the time Kept one loot
on tie step, 80 that no more than one person
was registered, aS the step waS not allowed
to spring back.
At an auti-moHopoiy convention in Iowa,
recently, some fellow hawled At the door
Candidates are requested to step down
stairs few minutes Then everybody
went down stairs except deal Old fellow
who wantei to run ior JalIer-
H3;e.-keepers justify the high pri,e' they
charge. from the fact that they have more
at steak tnan any other cas- II is rare
that We see the thing 80 well done.
Thee was s3methia. lovely sl1lt them
even IN death. r. was on Kansas prairie.
and ;hev av side bv side. Toms thumb
in Jack, Eft eve. and Jacks revolver
pushed into Toms --.ht ear. They hai fit
1t oa;-
In tie savannah market, the other day. a
man from the country sat down upon the
sats Of box which happened to contain
a huge turtle The turtle reached for him,
and Tie reporter who describes the incident
predicts Tint the man e. will carry the marks
10 hi. rrarc."
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III -. r.l.'ooc On ana 7,-;..s NJ ei5 ,,er
ooo S,. ir;,rin,, in re-jict Of s3l4 6a0
for the plaintiff. After being sent back they
/ corrected their blunder. and the Judge
said tlat he had rrea, pleasure in di,mi--ing
them
/ \ correspondent writing from Slrotosa
sends the following Scene in the dining
room at the United States Hotel, Slratogl,
during the Unitarian Conference Charar-
/ ters-Two c1,ored walters " Sambo, who
am desc nitarian people Wy fe'e'
/ Don You know Dey am de nrain' ol ue
/ clln'ry- lAi7 cQniao Oh course ln5iI ~ .iy
WATERS 4ai'e poi ular, anu l'o'Sl''Y ei. eii nl'
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CnicaE9 merchant was fl'hd u''I ID
BIS office the other day, bat there were no
marks upon ms person 10 lnui'Ate rio.ence
the unbarrv man had undergone two
h,1r's interview with an unknown lite insur-
ance aront who had ouietly left. after liter
oUv t,Ikirr him +, death
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one %. '"g il'c'l'-sn youI -, ,Lo
per'Jd' anu IN act ol | ai 'iaIiieli'
destruction "i 'He en''ie edit'on'
\ gentleman Just from Wilcox, tells u
that he asked an old veteran OF that country