Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-11-12

\ HEARTY w HONE Address oi wei
come by the principal Of the Vindicator
Seminary Dear Girls You have return
ed to our, 50 to speak, parental care for an
other session. From the erect and prim
parlor boarder to the liveliest little romper
among You all. Don't scream, its only a
fgurative.) You have returned from
world fall Of pin-backs and other snares Of
the unwary. hut here you are safe. Within
these sacred walls you may pin your dresses
back until YOU stop the circulation and the
unhallowed eye of man shall not gloat over
it. Man generally has two ewes, hut YOU
will ind IN your composition that :" eve"
has a better sound) Every arrangement has
been made to secure YOU against the intra-
sion Of these pests Of seminarics. No man
shall enter these hallowed premises unless
he brings q cast-iron certificate from a pre-
siding magistrate that he is your father or
mother, or at least your aunt At every in
teryiew The cook will be present with R
doube-barreled gun, and at any attempt 10
hold your hand the reckless invader will be
shot on the spot. Any day scholar who
Shall speak to vou of the German or Of the
club, or shall mention TO you that she has a
BROTHER, will be expelled. With these pre-
cautions, the Principal hopes to prevent the
fell destroyer. Your Principal cannot re-
frain from congratulating YOU that you have
not lost your appetites. Whatever Won may
have lost during your absence, YOU have to
thank Providence that they have been spared
you. And after all, my dear children, what
Is geometry or trigonometry or any other
ometry to Z good appetite? And then, to
think how many Of the trials of life you are
rid Of by being in this sacred and pious in
stitution Other girls outside have to sit up
and dance till 3 O'Clock in the morning and
crimp their hair with red hot irons and Gov
er their faces with powder and their cheeks
with paint and take moonlight walks with
the boys, while you have only to sit here in
quiet and survey the placid features of your
beloved Principal Separated from the
world you have time for serious thought
and to reject on the follies of your fellow
men, and to remember that - man is born
Of woman. Is full of sparks and flies mp
wards, or words to that effect. You will
find it in your catechism. First class in
Physical Geometry, stand upi-NGafon
(ld.) lindlcafor.
LETTING LOOSE THE MALs-Last night.
says Paris letter, the celebrated Menagerie
Bidel closed its doors with grand farewell
performance, which was likewise gratu-
tous one. This menagerie added to the
us@al display OF wild beasts and the feats Of
lion-tamers, new and popular attraction.
NJ. Bidel was in the habit, al the close of
the performances, of letting loose a number
Of tame and harmless animals to receive the
caresses and admiration of the audience,
particularly of those spectators who had re-
served seats on the front row next the ring
First came three men, bearing on their
shoulders the enormous boa-cOnstrlctor, with I
head erect, and quivering, darting tongue.
Nobody cared particularly to touch him, so
his bearers marched around the ring with /
him and then disappeared. Next came a
huge alligator carried in the same way, the
first man carefully keeping down his threat |
ing upper jaw. He was not popular pet
either, though many curious individuals /
yentured to touch his scaly back and dang
ling paws. Then came group of soft-eyed,
clumsy llamas, who blundered about, and 1
walked over the spectators. and tumbied on
the children, and behaved themselves absurd !
ly in general. Then the siraffes and the |
elephant were turned loose, and were i'm |
mensely caressed. \ race was organized |
between the elephant and one of the giraffes, |
wherein the former got beaten, and testified /
his sense of discontinue by a series of hor-
rible howls. Bat the great success of the
evening were the lion cubs, FIVE jolly little I
fellows, looking like kittens On an exaggera-
ed scale, and all perfectly wild to be let out
for a frolic. As soon a. the door of their
cage was opened, out they all tumbled, down
the inclined plank that led to the ring, and
all nightly inclined to play. They were
picked up and patted and hugged by every
body who could get hold of them, their tails
were pulled and their ears were pinched, and
they were were generally treated with fami-
liarity to which members Of the royal family
are totally unaccustomed. They took it all in
good part, however, growing a little some
times when royal tail was pulled too hard.
or a royal ear unduSy pinched, but never at
tempting to scratch or bite. After gener-
al frolic all around, some of them got under
the seats, curled themselves up. and went
to sleep, in comfortable, domestic-cat sort
of fashion