Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-08-09
NUMBER 6.
General summary.

iund oil SlOO,OOO Tor the worthy poor OF
twenty two towns in that vicinity.
Mr.. Jay Cooke, since his failure, nearly
five years ago, has been living with his son
in-law. lie has grown old rapidly. His
tall form and white hat can be seen almost
daily on Third street, Philadelphia.
Washington Irving's old home at Sunny
side shows marks of age and neglect, and the
most attractive things about the low, squat
house are the vines which Chamber over the
old walls and creep into the windows.
A dreadful story is current in London that
some audacious beauty slipped piece Of ice
down the august back of the Prince of Wales,
startling that goodnatured young man out
OF his temper and dignity at the same time.
A wealthy resident of Brooklyn, having
been informed by the spirits that, if his dead
wife had lived a few months longer, she
weuld have borne him son, tas erected
monument to his spirit son. whom he has
christened Charles.
Niagara Is promised a sensation soon by a
woman who is going oyer the rapids in a
small boa., waving the American flag and
shouting Moody and Sankey's hymns. The
life Insurance companies refuse to have any
thing to do with her.
Cant Joro,b,n W.rLo, ..,b, Ma, v;,h
A. P-5aJ IL, - -nu r'u
weeks ago, has had monument erected to
his memory which was unveiled at Muske-
gon, Mich, last week, his old friend Parker
Pillsbury, being among the speakers on the
occasion.
A Frantf,rt Kv\ b,l5-bo,aaJ hea,
boucbt a hottla Of Hail. ba;- ron.wa- snd
fnund a mote ;ns;ds tba rrarna. e., ,ha
girl who packed it. saving that she should
Just dote on a husband with no hair on the
top of his head Letters and photographs
have done the rest
I,, recent breacb Of rrou;.e oaos tho
nla;ntitf wos a widow of "a With seven
children. and the defendant n widowrr of 20
with 10 children and tbev had agreed nnon
n MARRIAGE tho verv first time theu met
The faithless father of a family went back
on the bargain and the iury muleted him in
E60 damages.
Tbere ara cona;,t;nc re,or,s ob,r, tho
G,,,nncs Of ,,;Imo-.,s 6,nd obro,d Sorna1
III :, r. 10, -. s., -.
SAVING that the hand was in Germany JnIv
10. f1lfllinp enoaoements for eiubteen con.
certs r,ceired viii entbpsiosm and wi,b
fiattering offers from English managers for
the Fall.
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in W;cb;,an ,,Iacs ,bo ent,re vicld a, an ooo
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1. ~ ~, "le n,andasa ma '"'f'O"' A'' "'' n'' up
conference intended to promote the uni
heatlon oil welgh'S ana measures, also oil
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'ohh bright mas Represented b'rmlasham
IN the BRITISH Parliament Il years, ana To-
ware tne eioSe OF september or the nrSl oi
~. wooe a. y ptopossu ~ IonnG".e ahI;a -" ano
49, n.n.7; @ s"o 5jr,ssai GS VIZ ana :" - d;n,a
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"eien, BiSelo" " Co., OF cambridge,
Mass the printers whose exquisite work Is
weii-known throughout the country. have
lhade an assignment Mt Johh >. CidrK.
{ Co. and Osgood { Co.. and lately in the
firm of l. Prang < Co. is to become husi-
ness manager o. the establishment by al
arrangement between tue ereuitnrs OF 'he
University fTesS anu Mr' marshall l. bise-
agement of the business have been transferred
to Mr.. Clark as trustee.
C,u.bl;,c :. rorr anil of s,r,,,,a .,,,-
pared with former times Ii is only after a
big race day that the clubhouse rooms are
at all lively. Morrissey's successor at he
clubhouse is Charles Reed. who is described
as "a well-knit, muscular man, about five
feet ten, of strongly marked, svarthy fea-
lures, quiet demeanor, warm hospitality,
and ready to take the chances without
hinehing.
young man OF - years went INTO the
private Office OF the Judge ot the county
court, IN Milwaukee, last week, and asked
ior an injunction to prevent the young wo-
man he was IN love with from marry ing
m.n's father arcompanied the young man.
and tbev were much cb,gr;nsd wLrn thev
learned that no legal Injunction coulh he
laid TO preyent a wedding
The Marquis oi L1rne VIII not 20 TO
'an"ua un''i No'e"i'er'
1t is reported that Jay Gould has lost
81 ,OO0, 900 to S., 500, 600 by the decline in
Granger stocks.
IN, oo.,
mus iaf uui,hS tne SEASON -o,vuo iueii
number ever recorded.
ra, ,ho,s,o1 ,or,, ,r ho,,-r;oa, IN r,n-
a,J,n,o5 ,';oiJ al II ,Isd ,ha - II
hon-arnwsrs ond Lesr-maL.ss
mop
IL has oeen discovered oy Minnesota farm
ers that Two acres oi sunnowers Will Snppy
family win iuei through long winter
seeds make roaring and cheerful fires
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nna "' ~ 80 ~, 'It
o,,vuG .f""'. ~ III .non ar NJ 80 t's psa"
1f.i !, '"e We; - ~ y, ef,h as -, IL
syNa'''t, y - IN ,us Ti "a a. -. .no
P'ou"''''' wal III VI ''e "'''u
One Of krupp's new guns is 30 feet long,
and weighs ia 900 pounds The shells for
this monster weigh .l55 pounds, and 253
P"unuS y o' P""t'' "'' :Iqu't'u 'o' " en.' 81
' h"'
:, >: -
Mrs' solomon mart oi Mauisoh'iile, ny
d. was 50 miSeiaoie aiter year oi H'c
with her wealthy husband ei ~ tnal she
hnns htrSei. anu the afternoon 1i ner
funeral the w'uo"er suddenly died' leaving
II children ny Two previous marr'ag'S-
The greatest eel pond in America is on the
farm Of James y. Wells, IN the town OF
RlyeThcad, y. \. IL covers hSe acres. ana
and Is now 81 inli oil eei' that they can DC
rakei out with garden rake. Two years
ago Mt NeiiN put Two thonsanI dozens oi
GELS into the pond, intending u nave them
undrt urbed l0r i've wears These have IN
creased to millions.