Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-15
t,rnefal summary.

Five daily papers. eighteen weekles an,
one monthly, suspended publication las
month.
Alice Howe, young widow. aged TWEEN
ty Two, daughter OF Dexter Scarles, o
West Crown Point, \. V, committed sui
eide at that place IL iow days ago by taking
corrosive sublmate. No cause is assigned
Theodore Iilton'- autograph letter wen
begging sale in New York last week. L
only broaght five cent, two cents less thar
George fGGncls Trans.
The fn-seeins Legislators OF Oregon, now
propose 10 license consumers. Every mar
who intends to drink intoxicating liquor.
will have to pay s. for a license, and then
he can get drunk as often as ho likes.
Theodore Smith, aged eight years, in a
quarrel with > girl about the same age. at
Rochester, n. y, on Friday. stabbed her
with knife, and she was probably fatally
injured
The Salt Lake HraM pron0unces the
story of StillsOn, the Now York HrdiEs
correspondent. of the attempt to assassinate
him fabrication. Ii says that he is suffer
ing from too much whiskey.
The iIallOwell tNIe.) grants company
have nearly finished the goddess of liberty
which is to surmOunt the pilgrims monu-
ment ut Plymouth. The figure is forty five
ltct high. and the stone from when one
arm alone was cut weighed sixty tons.
\ young man in Philadelphia, whose
wife died last Fall, leaving him small
child, has Just walked all the way to his
fathers home, IN Koone, n. II carrying
tho infant IN hi. arms lie was two weeks
on the journey.
The first of the drink reg STEERING appar-
atuS. which new law say must be used in
NIrginia harrooms, has been set up IN Rich
mand II Is IA wooden box about n cubic
loot in size. ON one side is Il crank. and on
another du.ls like those of a gas meter. The
hIrkrrper turns crank once round at every
sal, Of a drink, bell strikes and the dial
rcgi. ter one Though heavy fines are i'm
posed for NEGLECT to uso these machines, and
officers are appointed To detect offenders, 1t
Is believed that they will not answer the
purpose. because drinkers will conniyo at
violations nj the law
NoTuI\. so Coon As PARIS GREEN.-Ih he
following Is from the Country Gentleman
I've observe number Of remedies for tho
Colorado potato beetle advertised IN the
newspapers. maat of which are particularly
recommended ~ beng 'sOluable IN water.
PARIS green being well known to be insolu-
Die All these remedies, as Il matter OF course,
I'VE their efficiency to their poisonous charac
or. otherwise they would not kill the IN
ccts and At soluble they wOnld be absorb |
u by the pores OF The potato plant and the |
ubers. Their soluhilIly would therefore |
make them dangerous by pOlaon'ng tho |
potatoes Nothing has yet been found that
will compare with Paris green Tor the Ger
AIN destruction 0i this insect, and itS en-
ire safety Is partly owing to ITS InSolubility
nd It. not bong absorbed by the plant
mother point Of safety ~ the IRON contain
I. - all coils, mostly about ono hundred
INES ~ mncn AS re-, ulr5,, to neutralze tho
uienn ~ soon ~ 1t ~ washed DOWN. StIll
mother IL thc vcry minute portion required,
hen compared with the centre bulk ct the soil
n which thr plant. grow The lact that
has been ured on tens Ot thousands OF
arms Mt the west for several years past.
Iithout the slightest trace of any injurious
fleets ou the wholesome character OF the
otatc. il conclusive proof of its entire
itety"