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

Colonel Former tuu> d,-cfilr- tHTf.r-
te2de - bnm h.i ha- Recently fi,. t'ssS.
almost white hair nnd h,.tri ~-,.t vui-e.
rxccliru5 sddrc-- and an evident ea.rr-
ne>- t. please an1 he p,ea-ci Sa4hty
deaf. and therefore not drUois~rlatly,. 90
~. >tll MT necessary L. i3rce h,H L. tHiE.
lie sought others, aud pn~. | noticed. tbut
excellent thing IN man aud ~"hrn, Is good
listener. Alr Reuie an Oz-lI proie--
-or. y G L.. and rruiiSil worker.
and, | should think h very uulab.e person
IN private lite lie urvrr once talked OF
himself, VII, dressed IN PLATA black. and
seemed more anxious for tame a drama
tlst than a. writer of fiction He i en-
ga .ed un Il new novel, bat dId not ask ~
title ~, hen 1t was to apptar- He spoke
highly pf h Is American readers and when
sert him copy Of nv Anscd1teS, lie re-
turned IL n te written Ia PLAIN, open hand
Madame Nilsson has recently been to
! Norwich, Eng On an errau1 a. mercl!ul ~
| II wa- musical ODe ut the many acts Ot
| benefcence associated with the name Of
Jenny Liud i the establishment III Norwich
OF an iniirmary tor poor sick children which
now bears her name. Tne institution has
I done Au Immense amount OF good work
I Msdaune Nilsson, in fulireut oil promise
/ IL aid IN the work began by her gifted
I tuuhLTN NOu!dN. Etttuttf -AFt q t1uNtls a.
/ N,rsich. for the benefit OF the institution.
meeting with success :hat might have been
anticipated.
Santa Anna has ,quandered 5000 COO
during his career.
Lord Rivers, in letter 10 the editor OF
| the Tich5Orne Gazette, states that he, DR..
| Kentaly and &" Lady richbornc,' paid the
/ claimant a visit 10 Mi.lbank prison yes
] I.~.fan
! has lot between seven and eight stone IN
weigh ami notwithstanding that c0nfne-
ment and misery have turned his hair gray.
Re l. in good hv,iih aud gives no trouble 20
any uf,v Far TX months he ha- been " liy-
ing IL A tomb. aad although be- never secs
letter or newspaper. lie ha> S4ryived the
hardship and means still - survive Il.
The charge j. ROW made against the Rev.
Dr.. Swing by 4 brother clergyman that he
l. = >Impiy pInthei~tic Arian Of the hu-
NchIah tNpe, ii mOply y-i;e, n mOnOthelite.
Who does net preach the Apangasmal bril-
lance OF eternal glory We had no idea
that IT was halt - bad. Burn him siIve-
Louisville Commercial
II i mentioned A. something remarkable.
/ that Gcur ge Eliot has been offered $50 900
iura novel which she is now writing but
flty Years ago. Sir Walter Scott made this
entry in hi, diary - have the extraOr-
binary and gratifying news that Woodstock
d. -oii tor Is .22s all ready money!
matches sum for less than three months
work The ~um named may be rIunGly
called $40 900. and it * equal to S61 900
at the present time The date OF the entry
l. A2rrl 3. l526. IN 1874 the reading pub
III, ot Great Britain Is far greater than 1t
Wa in 1926. which has much 10 do with
-, mo- 10 hpr
To- copy rights of works by great writers
TIE Hon. John Csdwallader has, 1t is
aid. ben selected to- the delightful task
ui ari.ias d biography OF James Buchanan,
The late lamentrd was shrcwd enough to
make i. the duty OF his executors To have
that gracious tax periormed and to leave
So COO to pay for the lOh- There Is some
inter. >tins history to be written IN life OF
Jam, Buchanan which shall do justice TO
,he >h.Ject
N.thins To me-" says Victor Hugo;
i, N. re pleasant than travelling on foot. !"
Bat let hun Try to walk 500 miles IN SIX
day. ami be II experience.
The stern JOY that Weston feels
In blisters On his soles and heels
Springfield Union.
Marx Twain thss cTGsheth the hopes OF
I,c;ur,. managers ina letter to Nh Red
path =. Y1rr offer Of $500 to lecture
, 6ity nisht- d,e- not tempt me have run
- about ~, world long enough mean TO
1--we and de al home. now, II starve at IL:
/ love YOU. hdi cannot lecture any more
. Richard Il S,oddard. who has lost the
] u.e ol his right hand, temporarily ut least.
thr.a4e inh ,mmatnry rhsumatlsm,l Is learn
i,,t,sfite with his lett, and already turns
! off manuscript which printers think more
t l.rlbl, than that oi the late Horace Gree
/, ley
There died at Alleg hany. Pa, few days
/ as.. poor old man namedsLe,ker. .6S year.
old. who had at one time strong aspirations
q tD the throne Of Sax1ny Originally mar
| of great wealth and high position, he placed
himself az the head OF revolutionary
e movement. which, had 1t succeeded. w0ll'
II have made him king of SixOny IL result
c ed IN complete failure. however Lasker
= estates we're c1nf-cated. and he became ar
n ,xi,. and died 50 poor that the suthoritle
II of Allegheny City had 20 bury his remains
4 Geo T. Train says be possesses the powe
J. a, lii. and death, and says, Al! my delu
Sims have vanished or rather are concen
rated in one, and that is that at no late da
nv ideas will govern the thoughts oil al
the pevple and my will control their action
When the ospheric changes going o
n make the country's mind sufficiently recep
tive a. to bring the people 20 my psyehoio
yic plsne shall be forced, whether deslr
a il or not, to exercise the power | know
n- posses, a power far beyond Christianity
If iufdelity, Paganism or Spirituaiism
A, There is a striking contrast between Bar
Nuns first and second marriage. ne
" he was Taylor Barnum," helping b
oi widowed mother. who kept tavern IN Dar
'y bury he cour,ed Charity halle.,, ., ;, ssT ~
NJ ~ ardent affection. and became b
II b1ids They commenced housekeeping i
" the -..,ond story of a small building; on tn
a, srst a ,or Of which the bridegroom kept a
is oyster saloon Let this be compared wit
IN ~, B,rnun Of to-day. with property
8 ,hr.. milliuns. and with palace at Bridg
he nor, % surrounded bv park. the establisl
OF mrnt being unequalled in all New EnI
IN land.