Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-09-24
Personal.

q HUI OOuu NJ ludCutI, itit SOuihi>
sioner of Patents, has formed cO-partner
graduate of the T. V. NJ, IN tho class o
'59). and will carry on general law bust
ness in that city, making pateut law q
speciality. Mr.. Thacher's long connection
with the patent office, i'll which he rose BY
successive promotions from clerksnip Il
the head of the department. eminently fits
him for the successful prosecution Of this
important branch of the profession. The
many friends of the firm. in Vermont, will
wish them all the success which their supe-
, rior abilities warrant
| John Rogers, the sculptor, was clerk in
the Amoskeag machine shops at Manchester
N. H., 20 years ago, and his old friends
there and other friends Of art have dubbed
to place all his statuettes in the art rooms
of the State house.
Capt. Lahrbusch. o. New York, has been
celebrating his l09th rthday. lie has re-
duced his daily dose oil opium within the
last ten years to 2i grains, but says that he
would just as soon drink half pint of lau-
danum as the same quantity of Burgundy,
and knows that he could do so with the same
impunity. His habits of life are very simple.
lie rises at ,, takes nap at noon. and goes
TO bed at g. This rule is imperative, as at
the latter hour he bursts into a profuse per-
spiration which compels him to resort TO his
bed. At midnight he wakes and takes his
opium in one or more pills as large as he
can conveniently swA Nv. 10 his prime he
stood five feet nine Inches, but now he has
settled and is some inches shorter.
John G.. SAKE has been confined to his bed
for nearly fortnight with neuralgia of the
left leg and arm, but is now recovering.
Miss Louisa Alcott, it j. said, has male
$50 600 from her books.
The death of Governor kemble. at his
home at Cold Spring, on the Hudson. GA
Thursday, reviyes the memory OF that cotere
OF dstinctiyelv American authors and their
sympathiZers, OF which Washington Irving
was the central figure, and James Rodman
Drake and james X. Paulding were loved
and admired members. Mr.. Kemble was
member of that cotere. Beside interesting
him self in literature he also took an active
part in public affairs When young in years
he was appointed Consul to Cadiz. in Spain.
While in Spain he became interested in the
process OF gun casting as practiced there.
| and, having learned its details. introduced
it into this country. lie first experimental
at Cold Spring, and the ordnance he pro-
duced being pronounced good, he started
| the fOundrywhIch is now celebrated through
out the world as the West Point foundry
With that institution Mr. kemble was AZ
ISOLATED the remainder of his lie. From
1887 to 1871 Mr.. Kemble was a member of
Congress, and in 1916 he was a member of
the State Constitutional Convention. lie
was one Of the founders Of the Century Club
! of New York.
We learn. By a circular from Redpath's
Lyceum Bureau, tina; Colonel Homer &.
Sprague. of Brooklyn. late Professor Of
! English Literature. in Cornell University,
| is in the field as a lecturer. lie has SIX lee
lures one on Milton as an educator which
is doubtless substantially the sane a. the
very fine address on Milton, delivered by
| Col. Sprague. at Commencement in this city,
| in 1874 one entitled Nv hen | was in Jail,
or the bright side Of life in Confederate
military prisons "a chapter of the lee
turer's experience in the war; others on
| Riches and what constitutes them Shakes
| peare's Youth; Shakespeare Manhood; and
| Oliver Goldsmith. Col Sprague has lecturei
| in & number Of the regular courses, in places
| like Troy, Albany. Worcester, Ithaca Bridge
| port. Brooklyn. and other cities which are
not apt to be content with secOnd-clGss lee
turers, and everywhere his lectures were
spoken of by the press as among the yery
best Having heard Col. Sprague. we need
no outside testimony to the el0quonce and
interest of his efforts. and We trust the
proper committee will secure him tor lee
ture, in our Burlington course. this winter.
Olive Logan tells. in the Baltimore liner
4cqn, how Jim Collier. the actor. fooled
Maggie Mitchell, who i his kinsw0man,
while spending few days az her Long
Branch cottage. |, l. story Of wicked
and elaborate deceit Snakes were thick in
the yard, and Collier habitually went out
in his slippers. The repeated warning cry
of the anxious lady. was" Jim look cut Tor
snakes Adders the grass Is full OF them
since the rains Better come off the grass
with those slippers on ~ lie baselY repaid
this sO.icItous attention, according to Olive,
in this way Procuring one day at a toy
shop on Broadway. one Of those papier-
mache snakes which make one shudier u
look at them. he fastened it to his trousers
leg by a string, whose actions he could
regulate at his waist. The family are seat
ed on the piazza. Suddenly a howl rent
the air. 1t emerged from Collier. The at
frightened group locked toward him, and
with horror beheld snake writing out OF
his trousers leg. Snake Adder. shout
ed he, jumping hom the hammock and
careeriug wildly over the lawn. I'm bit
oh, take him off Murder Bring him
something quickly Whi>key-srnica.
cried Maggie. wringing her hands On
bring the whi-key-don't bring any arnica,'
shouted Collier, rolling on the ground and
making the snake perform gymnastics IN the
air Mr.. Paddock (Maggie's hu~bini)
having got big stick. was about u rush to
the rescue. Keep away roarci the -uf
ferer it shall bite nobody but me-oh
oh Then Selling the reptile in both hands
at its ends, he attacked it with his teeth in
the middle, and apparently accomplished
its destruction By madly chawing' It N
two. TO the Indescrioaole horror OF the iAni-
y on the PIAZZA
Mr.. james II. Allen, formerly of Burning
ton and WnoOski, whose funeral
place in this city. last week was theyou
est son OF the late Hon. Heman Allen, Of
Burlington, and brother Of Charles Alien,
OF Port Kent, Prof. George Allen. OF Phi!a-
delpeia, and the late Mrs. j. X. C0nver>e,ot
this city. HIS death took place at Prescott.
Canada. where be has resided Of late, and
was quite sudden lie was about his bust
ness On Monday. and died from hcmorrhage
from the lungs, on Tuesday.
We learn throngb , nrirata f.tt,- owl
from the New Orleans Tunes of September
ith of the death of Dr. Shakespeare Allen.
at his home in Centrevi.lc, Parish 81. Mary.
Louisiana. DIR. Allen was native OF
keeseyille. and for a number oil years. IN
early life, was resident OF this city. lie
entered college here but was compelled by
i'll health to leave the University before com
pleting his course. lie afterwards studied
medicine. graduating from the medical
school with high honor. lie left the North
in 1853 and has resided since IT Centreylle.
La. lie was member of the Board OF
Health of New Orleans. and the Times Of
that city, IN a report OF the announcement
| Of his death to the Board. says
lie had been connected with tbe R,ar3
! .ioce $50 and was ind,ciors and G,itbfrI
a.s onarantinc oficsr lie wa. roraaroj by
destb u hile in tho ri; TO of ~ ,ron.,,l
newer lie has c,,tribn,eJ ranv raInaIIs
ar,;cles IN the nnhIi ~,
| tain;n, IN medicine and Ion, - ~ ,Ie
nrogress Of the med;raI sc;drca If rho 400
In ali oI his social Relations he was Tho nor