Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-02-25

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Q. ti.e il...r " the Free Press and Times
low I-,l ,la ..it.e busy b" should
be e.ll % answer, '' Very well, thank you %
o. DIR. Watts conunlrum, ba, 4ooth 10 say
tia; would hardly be the truth. TIC fact
is. L IS IA good Zeal bothered. three or four
of him, iy the Trials Of life and law. For
instance there's Baecher Poo. man. He
has already bal t;-4Ls anl worry enough
"a hi= hzaailt.us affair, to czpiate good
deal Of wrong-doing. AMI then there IS
Bowen, tie thin-b!,oiei dragon, who. after
publishing lis column or 50 Of bitter sheer.
sarcasm and innlendo. settled back in his
chair % receive the Fiaudit4 of the country.
to see, by the scathing contempt heaped
upon him from all sides, that he had open
Ell hi, moa;a and put his foot in it," Then
too there's Babeock and his IS indeed
very hard ease. Only few short weeks
ago, this little busy was humming peace
fully and securely about the fower-garlen
OF Washington society. But truth was
ever stranger than fiction, and to-day. the
work Of the St. Louis court, a. it traces the
trail OF the serpent almost 10 the yerv door
OF the White House, i watched by nearly as
many people, and with an interest scarcely
less 1reathless and intense than that given
to the proceedings OF Judge Nelson's tribu-
nal in the year gone by. The best resources
Of law, OF rhetoric, OF party and personal
influence are 20 be exhausted on the trial,
and it Is not impossible that the fate of this
little Is vainly tying from that big B-ristow
may be the fate Of the next Presidential cleo
ton
And -Teak.ng OF that brings me to men
iion the other b which | had in mind. \
very busy b Is this oae-working 50 hard
and Yet 50 quietly to get all its little cells
made by next June, and filled with the
honey which through some subtle alchemy.
known only to Itself. it manages to gather
from thistle and nightshade, a. well a.
from fragrant clover from violent personal
abuse and calumnv, A. easily as from popu-
larl'y and APPLAUSE, and its name Is Elaine.
Those ale the B'S that are attracting
rather more Of New York's attention this
wee@ than any Others IN the hive. But in
addition 10 apiaIy pursuits, We have other
things to think Of
Everybody Is gong a-cousining." to
Philadelphia this summer, and the hospital
ity of the citizens there viii be taxed to the
utmost. Let nobody think he can 90
down any day and he sure OF a welcome
from his friend Mr. Smith who hAs 50 often
invited him to spend few weeks at his
house the chance, are ten to one that
smiths house will he already as full as
1t can hold, when he gets there Phila-
deiphians are writing in all directions
to their relatives Iii yoG mean to come to
my house this Summer say nour when YOU
will come and for how long | have
heard Of one man Who las built cheap
wooden extension to his housc. containing
eighteen bedrooms, lnd says to his friends,
81 can give You a comfortable place to
sleep. aud that is all You must arrange for
your meals at some Motel or restaurant"
Probably he wont have a single room unoc-
cupiel. either.
We have had n warning OF what NAV be
IN store for US, by tie burning of whole
square in the heart f the city Favorable
circumstances alone prevented confagra-
ton, which it takes away one breath to think
of. Of course n confagration Of this magni- |
tude was a terrible ordeal for vaults and
Safe. But the severe trial was. as usual
only the occasion for another triumph of |
Maryin's Alum and Dry Plaster Safes One |
oil them already extracted from its fiery bed,