Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-10-31
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New York is, | believe. the only CITY in
tho world ,bat has fioo,i,a pubIic school
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Gallon 'elort entering on Their new stuuios'
The commander is always an offer of The
United States Navy. and the instructors are
clrefullv selected rho Youngsters are iut
mon sailors and take .t has, one long sea
voyage each wear When they graduate
they usually find little difficulty in obtaining
responsible positions AS mates in the mer
chant service The shin il A somewhat cy
pcnsiyc school. aud ON tLst account there is
ALWAYS more or less opposition to il among a
large class of tax payers But others are
very strongly in its favor and its cya.nna
zion DAYS one of which has lust passcd. is
ALWAYS great occasion. The Chamber of
Commerce, which claims the position of pa
irons TO the school, always turn out in force,
with their sisters. cousins and aunts, and
the bows have CAV and festive time indeed.
The good people of Bronklyn are very an
gry and disguised with the ways that are
dark and tricks not in vain of their various
gaslight companies, which have consolidated
and now threaten To put up the price of gas
They have not had it all their own
way. however Numbers of citizens and
storckeepcrs gave up their meters and took
to kerosene, while a few got small gas ma
chimes for themselves. \ gang of unsavory
politicians recently got incorporated rs n
gas company, and for months have been
tearing up the streets To lay mains. They
have been bought out, and now il turns ont
they laid their pipes only two feet under
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every one useless so that it was evident the
whole thing was nothing hut shrewd bit of
blackmail
One of the sensations OF the day is the an
nounccd unrcscrvcd auction sale next week
of tifty-six horses, brood-mares, colts, etc.
of the famous trotting stock of Mr.. Robert
Bonner of the Ltiytr lie docs not sur
render the two or three supreme marvels of
his stable hut the value of the tifty-siy is
probably as many thousand dollars and
the notice of sale plainly states that there
will he no reserve, even if they don't bring
SO a head.
Speaking of which reminds me of an
other current item of news which in
tcrests lovers of horses and which runs
after this wise: The purchasing offices of
the United States army are located in this
city, and an enormous amount of supplies of
all kinds are absorbed hy them. Pursuant
to the orders of the Board of Army Equip
ment at Washington, the agents here are
soon To give some very heavy orders for the
Whitman saddle, which, after official tests
and examination, has been decided by the
Government to so far surpass all other Eng
lish and American saddles AZ to warrant the
of the kinds now in use. and
the exclusive adoption of the Whitman
throughout the mounted branch of the ser
vice. The new saddle is the invention of
Col. Il. +. Whitman, of the regular army.
and has for the basis Of its superiority a tree,
the under side of which is 50 modelled as TO
g Onfom exactly to the curves of horses
back, which it fits like glove. Since its
for our own cavalry. foreign rov-
crnments are examining it with "A view To
its introduction abroad
Missing men, women and children. are too
common here for more than passing
thought To be yivcn to them, but it is not
every jav We have such Joke aswas PLAYED
on our yachts-men the other t,ay. -Four
sloopS If different sizes sailed To Cape !
May and back for cup given |
by Mr.. Robert Center There was no partic- |
ular excitement, because everybody knew |
precisely what must he the order of their re-
turn. The owner of the saucy little Wave. |
however, thought he would get some fun |
out of the cruise, and accordingly slipped in |
at night and went off into the interior of the |
State. The other vSSsel. reported - duo |
course, and then inquiries were made for |
the Wave. She had apparently been lost or |
disabled at sea, and tugs put TO sea to see il |