Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-01-15
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

when applied to persons seated at table.
With some people, upon the discovery that
this odd number is gathered around the
festival board, neither the best Of gossip
nor the most instructive conversation can in
ducc them to remain. The superstition
Is not confined to any nation. as the New
iork Times remarks, after detailing what
happened to French party of thirteen who
sat at table together, but appears to be COM
mon to most if not all people. Tom Moore
mentions that 1t Catalani's one day, per
ceiving there was that number at dinner, his
hostess sent French countess, who lived
with her up stairs TO remedy the grievance :;
but In CIinea coming in soon after, the poor,
movable countess was brought down again
And, again, that nobeman told him he
had dined once abroad with Count OrloT
the celebrated Russian, and perceived he did
not sit down to dinner. but kept walking
from chair to chair; he found afterwarl it
was because the Narishken were at table.
who, he knew, would rise instantly if they
| perceived the number thirteen, which Orlof
would have made by sitting down himself
! Lord Lyttrlton, an authority on such points
considers that there is no doubt of the notion
having reference TO the last supper, at which
thirteen were present. Some, he observes,
| dislike the number at all times, while others
limit their objections To it to Fridays. Very
| irationally, as the last supper was on the
| fifth, not ON the sixth, day Of the week. IN
eminent naval officer with whom he vas ac-
| quaintel would walk out OF the room when
the conjunction happened on a Friday, after
the death Of his wife and eldest daughter,
| both Of which events were preceded it may
hc Ires-.med, closely by the said conjunction.
In such eases it is out OF the question TO yea
son with people. They must be left II in
dulse iancie>, which. if foolish, are, al amy
rate, harmless
When Washington buried the hatflet.
and advised lis countrymcn 10 avoid getting
into musS with foreign powers, he little
| apprchandci that a Massachusetts, soap
fat dealer would ever 50 insult Greece
as To call his horse " Blzzaris. Bro'Al}r
lrg's.
Ia New Haven. It.. the Medical College
is on the road to the cemetery; tie Di-
yiaity College oa the rad to the Aims
house. and the law School, on the rlad to
the JAIL
Why, Jimmy" said one professional
hc--cr t. another, d" are you going 10 knock
Oh already" It's only two O'Clock. No.
You mutton head. " responded The other. who
Wa engaged IN lablckiing his crutch, II IN
only going t. pui it On the other knee lou
don't suppose fellow can beg al day o. the
same le-, DO you.
How DO We >lir-up or down 3'' This
question was seriously discussed in literary
circles and in the pulpit, not long ago The
rcaslniH. Of one side was that /. was impo~-
-ihle T. ." Sip dp" stairs, while it was
natural {, Sip down" The other side
contcnlei With equal force that one could
not slip down stairs, until he had
frs; "~.!ppei up. Tie question was arsu-
cl * length, aud either side displayed logic
powers, hut the question was not settled u
tie satisfaction Of dl~intere-ied parties until
Yesterday \ gentlemen who, owing u the
keen atmosphere had " slipped down
large quantity of whiskey, in passing
along Clark street managed to slip hls
heels up and his head down. A. the police
man helped him out of an ash-barrcl, which
was standing near at the time, ne was
heard ta remark that he, " HE, Tipped
down Iii, statement was taken for cor
rect hy the crowd. Later in the day, the
same chap slipped down n cellar in search
for more whi-key. anl stll later, while
holding a laup-p5~, in fond embrace, bis
feet " slipped up The whole circum-
stance j. commended to the philosophical
mind Ctscgp I'1.im..
Tie old story of a room with a number Of
window, one Of which disappeared every
day. and the room accordingly gradually con-
:ractel till i, crushed its occupant to death,
evidently haunted the brain ola dispairing Pa
ri~ian icwe.ler, who recently committed sui
eide. The unldcky Frenchman, ,incons0lab,clnr
the loss OF his hetter-halt. became subject to
a species Of ~omnambuli>m. He was accu>-
TONED To Wear a gold necklet, one OF hl' late
wife : iav0rite ornaments and he used to say
to bis friends that the necklet daily grew
smaller, and that hi~ wife was thus pain.cSsly
killing him. much To his JOY. Ihe fact
was that the s1mnambuliSt rose every night
and went in his sleep down to his instru-
ucnts, knocked of a link Of the necklet, and
put on the fastening again. Next morning
he found the collar smaller. and having 10
recollection Of what he had done, attributed
the event to a supernatural influence. This
continued until las; week. when the necAle-
had grown So small that in fastening it oa
the haples- wiIower literally girrotel him
sci. to death.-Paris FigUo.
,Iamrch, a London dealer in animals,
gives the particulars Of tiger capture in
in Asa Full grown tigers are never
brought away for the use OF showmen. -
they cannot lie tamel, and make trouhc by
euawiug and breaking their cages. There
fore only those under six months O. aye are
captured The natives steaithily watch the
lair. al the time Of hrooding, and upon
w,.vlaviur male 1T Il distance from the te-
male and her litter, shoot him. For his
J head they get government reward oi hity
( rupees. When the cubs are Old enough -
/ live without their mother, she is also shot
[ and behcadcd. The capture of the Young
! ones Is then safe and easy. They are kept
| at Calcutta until tecthinS. and are thence
sent to the purchasers. The Sultan OF Iur-
key buys many, bat most Of them 70 to the
menageries in various parts Of the world.
/ Tigers are also killed by the natives for their
skins, which if handsomely marked are
worth n hundred rupees each. The claws,
too. are bought by the Indian jewellers and
and sold for ornaments Jamrach SAYS that
the number of men eaten by tigers in Sinca-
pore IS very great. and that an average of
one Chinese wood-ehoppcr disappears every
day.
IN innkeepcr OF Lancashire, wearing two
cork legs. has been dragged out Of bed by an
o ther iunkeeper, deposited upon the floor,
MI his cork legs temporarily taken away
from him. The details Of this lamentablc
! aflair appear from the report of a case tried
before Mr. Justice Blackburn, the other day
/ at the Liverpool assizes. to bcas follows The
| plaintiff and the defendant were both Inn
| keepers. ard the former living at Landslide,
near Ulyeyston. and the latter keeping at inn
| Ilklev. The plaintiff, who wears two cork
| lecs. having been deprived Of his own, and
keers race-horsci, went last September to
/ llklev. taking with him horse to run IN
the races there, and engaged rooms for him
self and his groom at the defendants inn.
About two in the morning on retiring to rest
he found that some one else had not only
appropriated the room, bat locked the door
| Moved by his entreaties to he provided with
| some sleeping accumulation. the landlady
| found him another room. He accordingly
pulled of his LEGS and settled himself to
| sleep: but his slumber was disturbed by the
( entrance Of his defendant, who insisted on
his turning out OF the bed, and, ON his reius-
ing to do 50, dragged him from the couch,
laid him on the floor, and refused for some
time to let him have his legs. The plain
tiff's groom at last appeared on the scene
and restored the legs, upon which the de-
fendant turned both the groom and the
plaintiff into the street. \ verdic. was
given for the plaintif-damages 900. No
one will pity the defendant, for there cannot
be- a doubt that artificial limbs should be
treated with the same consideration as
though they were genuine. Under no cir
eumstances Is it justiiable to abstract them
without permission from their owners.
A Strange Dream FULFILLED.
ray.L L. W. Lewis in the Texas Christian Advocate
a curious fulfillment of dream occurred
at the battle Of Prairie Grove, Ark. under
my own eyes \ man naued Joe Williams
had told dream 10 many of his fellow
soldi ers, some of whom had related ii to me,
months previous to the occurrence which