Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-08-27

near the disgusting sight OF the unhappy
Carlotta, bat now, as she cannot last many
months. the Queen goes constantly to her.
This Is the sad truth"
GOSSIP OF TIE DAY.
One phase of life at Saratoga is thus de-
scribed; you want to see pretty thing
in this new and spacious store. observe the
young husband humoring his vile with a
dress. She did MT want it until he saw it.
Then 1t was rem, ridi. rici. He semi-cOn-
scicus,y slips his hand into bis pocket
She bushes at the action, bat still looks at
the dress. She knows she should Mt do it,
but then il is very lovely. The feeling is
that of popping the question again, and
the salesman Is the otieious priest lurking
around for marriage fee. lie lays the en-
broitered skirt over her own; her little
high-heeled shoes peeps ont below. John
sees 1t and weakens, ard they send the
parcel home triumphantly.
The following heart-rending sacrifice of a
number OF unsuspect:ng victims is reported
by an exchange: Two clipping couples
from Kentucky were to be married at Casey
vile, H., the other day. and when they
Wen, before the persOn, some dozen of their
/ friends. men and women, stood up" with
D
| ceremony. Rev. K. W. Jeffries by name,
married the whole crowd in this fashion
! "Gentlemen and ladies, d. you agree to take
those standing by your sides as your law
| lul husbands and wives - 10 which they all
/ nodded. The parties who othciated as
/ grOOmsmen and bridesmaids were terribly
/ surprised when they ascertained that nOtonly
/ the eloplng couples but themselves also had
/ been Joined in the lndi~sOluble bonds of mat
rimony.
There Is a story related Of Jarvis. the dis
/ tinguished painter. to the effect that. walk
ing down Broadway one day, he saw bsfore
hlm hard-looking foreigner bearing under
his arm small, red-cedar cigar-box. lie
stepped Immediately into his wake and
whenever he met friend (Which was once
IN TWO or three minutes, tor r popular art
ls- knew everybody he would beckon to
him with 8 wink to fall into line" behind.
BY and by the man turned down one of the
cross streets, followed close by Jeryis and
his tail. Attracted by the measured
tread OF 81 many feet, he turned round
abruptly, and, seeing the procession that
followed him IN MS footsteps, he exclaimed
"W nat for the debbi Is d-? What for You
take me. ch? What FOR you 50 much come
after me. eL?'' ''Sir," exclaimed Jarvis.
y0u going to the grave alone with the body
OF yoar dead infant, and we took the oppor-
tdnIty Of Offering you our sympathy. and
20 follow your babe 10 the tomb" The
man explained in has broken manner, that
i1e box contained only cigar. and he
cylnctG his gratitude for the interest which
bad been mtol'e>tei in his behalf. by break
lug It open AMI dispensing them very
literally - the m0grners.-NrlbEcr.
Speaking Of shooting grounds where the
American team won their recent victory
oyer the Irish, the New York Herdd says
They We changed the name of that place
from Dolly Mount TO Paddy Come Down"
\ colored man employed as a deck-hand
on propeller. was rushing around town
yesterday and inquiring where the polls
were. Polls Polls repeated u citizen:
why, there : no election going on now
There hain't2" mo, sir" The man
stood for 4 moment looking greatly disap
pointed. and then he turned for the river
with the remark: And now De pro-
gramms Is 10 fnd dat sleek young man
who said dey was paying six dollars apiece
for yo:es. '-DHr0H Free Press.
There Is beehive on the eastern slope
%. the san Fernando range, in Los Angeles
county which men have tried several times
to capture and have as often failed. Il i in
rift with pene;rates the rock to depth of
l60 feet The opening Is 30 feet long and
l. wide, with two passages. The bees come
and 60 IN solid columns about one foot in
diameter. Efforts have been made to de-
scend 10 the store of honey in the rock. but
the men were invariably driven back, and
one man lost his life The hive has been
known four years. and it Is estimated that
. saa- h..
tons O., honey in it. \ man who lives in
the cabin not tar from the spot gets more
honey than his family can use from a small
aperture IN the rock. lie has a honey
fountain AZ his door.
N. 7. B0Tien. school teacher at St
James, La filed poke; book with ad-
ycrti-;ng limitations of greenbacks, and
when somebody at the village store offered
to bet On something, he drew out his hand
full, saying, MAKE it $500 and I'll take
you Most Of the hy-standers saw the char
seter OF the Supposed money, and laughed
at the j)ke, but not 50 Carl Ahlbsrg, an
Ignorant SSede, who regarded the bills as
genuine and the amount fortune. lie
therefore enticed Bowden into a stable,
where he murdered hlm with shovel, Sc
cured the worthless roll Of paper, buried
the body, and fled.
= Colorado sermon Boys, you'll find
this lille just ike game of seven-up. You
want 70 save your tens and look ont for
game. an never beg when you hold good
hand. Also, recollect in the long run
low counts as much as high if it is only
trump. The devil has stocked the cards.
but jls; play EN- honest. and when it comes
your :urn - deal yer boun' to get win
min hand every time, and old split-hoof
will ii>t have to jump the game and look
tor a softer suap Also, if you happen to
turn a Jack call it lucky, but don't forget
u remember that turnin' Jack is uncertain
business and IL never do to bet on ."--Dsn-
rer Mirror.
An inqui-itiye French bishop once caught
a tartar IN the dGke de Roquelaire. The
latter passing in haste through Lyons, was
hailed by tho bishop with Hi hi :" The
duke stopped. Where have you come
lrom?" inquired the prelate. Paris, -.
said the duke What is there good in
Paris - Green peas" But what were
the people saying when you left ?''
''Ve-pers." "Goodness, man" broke ont
the angry questioner, who are you p
ignorant people call me iii hi = Cen
t|emen term me the duke de Roqueaire.
Drive On. position"