Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-04-23

z alA-T tsLE GOSSIP.
Rousseau once wrote. " II it we're ouiy
necessary for you to hold ont yYu- taumb
in order to cause the death 1t an Immense
T lywcalthy mandarin in China. whose heir
[ N1u would be, are you sure that y1u Woali
not extend your thumb2' This passage
one Gay attracted the attention of Henri ne
/ Lacroi-, Young Frdnclma1 OF excellent
family, but whose train bad been q lirtie
affected by the loss of has fortune. lie
thought, " If | could stretch outmy thumb
and that would be enough O. EiI my uncle
and cousins, | should become very rich.
( In sort oi halluciua;iln he extended his
arm toward the photographs of bis relations
and said, " Let them die. 50 that / may 10
herlt. Fifteen days later h.- uncle and
his cousin were carried of by typhoid fever.
Within the last SIX months rem0r>e preyed
upon Lacr0i-'s enieebied intellect. and be
imagined that his spell caused the death OF
his relatives. lie heard voices from all
sides OF his room calling. " rhuu hast kill
Cd Us Thou hast killed Us q" lie dcly-
cred himself ~ to the police and asked 70
be executed. He died few days ago in an
insane asylum.
NotAlone from the mouths Of babes and
sucklings do we Gull words OF wisdom. y
ireckled face frequertcr OF our office. whose
father Is wealthy. and whose time hangs
heaIiy on Us Detimes' tsAAe' arson as
where the man is married ana the woman
Is n5t.-Dgqiiriaa.
say, landlord. said d lalkcc.
IN = Mana Win n I'ob ~ a-,o,,,nc1r
replied, D." Well. sir, yoa re mighty uar,icu-
lar. Sixty or seventy of my bJar1cr~ have
/ wiped on that towel rnis isorning. and vou
are the first one 10 find fault.
4 Virriniaa school-teacler WHO hasn't
got his French down to vcrv fine thing.
who isn'tin fact " up" in French. has been
baIlding poem on the 1iltonan model. Ii
i adapted Tor the use OF schools, and D. in-
elusive OF these two samples
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stand up now and look At me-.
What city stands near Jseeins' J. H.faf.
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There = an elm tree 10 PARIS that was
planted in 1863. in the reign OF Henry ".
This year its leaves were as early as those Of
its Young neighbors.
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tpSY oto'chnan niaAlhS ms wa. n'-hc.
upon uIlsut 'dhuaS h,"I niis N"eu 'lo
soCl Peo9ie were "tHI,n[ '.ei N4l -
AHA' y NIUE ue- Pu'ou '',0 ."''i, mn,
the manu- OF DiuS |no Va -'l-',i- - .i.'-
~ IL ran away RON "oi S.'' ~ '''-'Il ~ ,'o
hfsl pasSeI oI' I9AIhg nm 10 Nu5>''. ~.
hVI pyy.I0 -. .,i. 80,
man can assume. " woman. sh- il NOT
day for whi>tlin'!1
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lac 9l'Fo tunnSl' ''''h Ni. "a
cohneo''en WIN tHq iu,jee. -. -
a,atsd ,n,cnitrds Vbe famou. C,m-foc,
lode j. in a fissure several miles long and Of
nnknovn dentb. Over 5000 600 Ona worth
of eiirer and gold has been taken out of it.
T, reach the rich deposit shafts arc sunk all
alanr the vein. and some OF them are = 900
leet deep The lowest mina5 are the most
productive. nut tue ar II tneni J. - llo'
that the iuiueIS can u"l5 We uI 20.
ten oil h'e MINUTES iao loI'o ~ ~ ~, en-
OF res ms ihaAes iniilius ~ ui,-
c1mi3rtahie anu eApehsNo. 'if' 0ntio
plan = to run tanner i'9W '"e l''t vi tne
mountain heVt'ls 'nc i'Ne "' ~. az
giles aHd then i1ilo".ns IT, .no 'o'"i isis'n
beng about eisht mus as "oIl1 i1I-
nistl - 'andler otue. '"' .'' w ",t-s NJ
draining anu 'ei'iia'ip= - M nm Il.
fuur,c feet wide by tea ieet hlgh, and Till
cost about eight millions. The company
will got royalty OF two dollars ton from
the miners, and the ownership OF any iain-
eral lode- which the tunnel may strike on
the way to the COm>tocA VEN.
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up u' i''"9i'' H. frnit. -. I'LL
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decided to forgi'e the'f cleI3' 'ilan iol oo'e