Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-05-02

The failure OF T. f. Thompson 4 Co.,
Brattleboro, is announced. Liabilities IN
known.
! Two accidents occurred on the Southeast
ern railroad last week, one when two hand
cars which were being drawn by an engine
were thrown from the track, and one where
! severa! cars were thrown of by the spread
ing of the rails. Several persons were
/ injured and one man fatally. Both acct
dents occurred IN the town OF Newport.
\ dog and cat, in Ilartland, have grown
up together and are very fond vi each other.
One day the dog came in from the garden
completely covered with burdocks, when
the cat, rerceiving his condition, placed her
fore paws on him, and with her teeth pick
{ / of one at time. till the whole were re-
EJyed.
st. Bridget's Catholic church ut West
i ltland, was broken into Monday night and
sone of the furniture of the church taken
AZ something about the altar injured The
Il ewes have not been caught.
WOlcOtt has an old woman who boasts Of
having IS grandchildren and 5 great grand
children; a boy who has a living mother.
grandmother. great grandmother and great
great grandmother and five parents who
have Observation-Disclosures.
Inc INHABITANTS OIL pennington county
village found employment scarce, and funds
ditto. But skunkS were unusually plenty
and uncomiOrtably sociable. \ local paper
stated that good price were paid for the
skins and the aforesaid citasnS determined
to convert the skunks into lucre. The OdOr
IterOus skunks were crusaded by the popu
lace. seven hundred OF them were bagged
and the energetic denlens Of tho place are
worth s. 900 more from their successful
hunt.
One OF the rooms OF the Fall Mountain |
Paper Company at Bellows Falls is light |
ed by an electric light manufactured by |
the Fuller Electric Light Company OF New |
York. A local correspondent says The |
inventor was a native of Bellows Falls, and |
in the town OF his birth nc chose to develop |
his invention. The electricity is developed by |
a machine driven by a three inch belt tax ing /
three horse power to drive 1t. IL consists
OF two coil magnets five inches IN diameter
and twenty inches IN length, being con
nected At the end by pieces OF steel about
the same length. Between these magnets
a wheel about ten inches in diameter reyol-
ses with the rapidIty oi thirteen hundred
revolutions per minute. On this wheel are
placed sixteen armatures, from which a
wire leading from each to the end of the
shalt collects the electricity, which Is con
yeysd to the lamp by large copper wires,
which are not insulated, the wood with
which 1t mes IN contact not taking
away enough electricity to pay for in
sulating. The light Is caused. a. in all
electric lights, uy this lesping of the cleo
trlc fuld over about One-sizteenth of an
inch Of space from carbon points These
pencils are made from the reslduum OF coke,
which Is burned to fine powder, mixed
with some glutinOuS substance and pressed
under hydraulic pressure 10 about | , inch
diameter. and II / inches and , ; inches
respectively IN length These two lengths
are placed opposite in the lamp, the wires
arc connected and the light follows. The
longest pencil being at the top - caused ly
the fact that small particles of tho lOps
pencil pass with the current to the short
one, both OF them keeping pointed and last
ing about five hours and bGrnlng out to-
gether The rest OF the lamps machinery
10 a clOck work arrangement for keeping
the points the right distance spart, which
~ governed by the low of Gle tric.ty
The light - surrounded by glass globe
which prevents 1t from lnluring the eyes
inly enc lamp is placed In this large room,
giving ample light. 1t - of . ,iO,t candles
in intensity. and common light casts n shs-
dow IN Its presence.