Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-12-12

wo MANS wILEs, COLD POISON AND TURKEY
WHY VANDERBILT SOLD HIS sTocK-A
REVIVAL OF FETIAN1sM-THE sEA-sER-
PENT AGaIS-A TRANSGREssOR'S TRIALS.

WHY VANDERBILT SOLD HIS sToCK-A
REVIVAL OF FETIANIsM- sEA-sER.
PENT AGaIS-A TRANSGREssoR's TRIALS.
New YORK, Dec. s, 1879.
To the Editor Of the Free Press and Times:
The Inconvenience of being too sociable
have been felt by more or less respectable
country merchant by the name of Blair. He,
it appears, formed the acquaintance of two
fascinating females on Boston boat, and
made an appointment 10 eat his Thanksgiv-
ing dinner with one of his charmers. She
was married to large German who some
how got 1t in his head that Blair carried a
considerable sum of money on him. The
results of the dinner were that Blair. who
had swallowed considerable beer with it, be-
came deathly sick. According 10 fascinat-
ing female No. ., who forthwith posted oil
to the nearest police station, the poor man
was poisoned She SAYS the idea at first was
for the German TO surprise Blair with his
wife, and bulldoze him into paying roundly
for his indiscrction As he delayed falling
into the trap, a new plan suggested itself to
the ingenious husband This was for the
wife to poison her unsuS6 guest, while
he took up strategic position under the bed,
and TO shave the corpse, dress il in the mean
est rags and deposit it in the cellar, 50 as to
give the impression that some poor tramp
had crawlcd in to die. The case occupied a
week in the preliminary investigation, and
the prisoners have been committed for trial.
The accusor, who according TO her own CON
fession has been in the State prison and the
penitentiary repeatedly, and will not
swear that she has not been arrested
over fifty times, has been locked up for
safe keeping as a witness. So, too, was the
alleged victim of the conspiracy. for some
days A benevolent Brooklyn lady of wealth
has at last come forward as security for his
appearance when wanted; but, whether pois-
oned or not, Mr. Blair must feel that Thanks
giving dinners are as a rule likely TO be
more digcstible at home than in the retired
apartments of casual female travellers.
1t has puzzled every one why Mr.. Wander
bilt should have sacrificed such an immense
block of New York Central stock 10 a syn
dictate of bankers and former rivals, and he
has been pcrsistcutly interviewed on behalf
of the great daily metropolitan journals. 1t
is needless to say the results of the pumping
have been dry enough. Perhaps the cx-
PLANTATION of the whole matter is that he was
bul-dozed into the measure by formidable
threats of cut-throat competition by n power
full combination of men. who, together, were
well able TO carry it out. The fact that he
has acquired large interests in Western
roads connecting with the one left him by
the old Commodore lends color to this view.
Ii may look odd enough for any one 10 give
up eight per cent interest upon such an in
vestment as he held and to purchase stock of
far less value, but. Vanderbilt is a far sighted
man, and il is probable will make great
deal more money eventually by the operation
than if he had held on to his own stock and
found Il new trunk line carrying Of all his
Western feeders into another channel
Two new morning penny papers have just
made their appearance Starting daily
paper is quite an undertaking in these days,
and even with large capital behind them dis
ister has ovcrtaken more than one venture
Of the kind since the panic OF 1873. The
Iostoh cart is the title of one of the new
for the favor of people who like
cheap reading The other, Truth, is con
lucted by G. A. Byrnc, who graduated as
reporter on the New York Htrdld, and spc-
,ial sensational saturday contributor for the
Sunday Urcayy and subsequently edited
he Dramatic NGcS. lie is one ui those
men who is pcrpetually i'll hot water, but
Knows where to gel his raw material and
row to serve it up in spicy mInncr
Buying II pig in IA poke is generally con
,idcrcd unbusincss like; hut purchasers OF
,undries left unclaimed at our express
offices have occasionally AN OPP
,ortunity of trying their luck. At sale
eccntly held where no one was allowed I"
.xamine the goods offered, hid of $40 for
plain pine box secured cutlery worth 800
or the happy buyer. Some unfortunatcs.
however, were well iibrd when they opened
lcat little boxes for which they had paid
perhaps 50 and found the contents to be
awdust
There seems to be some danger that We
nay have II renewal Of rampant FcnltnlSm
lerc Several prominent Irish nSltators
ire on the way, and no doubt will strive like
heir predecessors to RAISE No little sir IN Inc
shape of public meetings. and professions,
md as much spare cash as the lirldStts ana
he males of their social Status AMI species
mn conveniently or nconvcnicnily disbursr.
some OF the moro influential and wealthy
hackers of the invaders in Canada and ennis
arics to the old country are not, on the other
land, very likely 10 hc again victimIAcd,
have seen two who were few Years
,ack among the most ncilyr AMI gen
.rous partisans of the cause, who now
lccIare they will st their faces AGAINST |
my present attempt OF II like nature. Fen
anism is played ont with them.
our Sandy Hook fishermen have had
rood view If what they unanimously declare |
o be IA real sea serpent, which was calmly |
casting along shore. II is described rs at |
east three hundred feet long. with n head as
arge as II hogshcnd brilliant eyes rs large rs
,oup plates, and tail like that of bI%eel /
\ fleet of .Icrscymcn put ont IN vigorous
pursuit of the unusual guest, bat they dld
not catch it,
One of our colossal fnrgrrs al respectable
amily, has Just been rard"nrd out oil STATE
Prison II Is William G. Gilman "a ntphc"
# Henry Ward Bccchcr, and hr"iher-ir- law
o Rev DR. IIuughton, the actors chaplain |
II ordinary of the Little Church Around the
Jorncr), who got ''scnt up Il year or SO ago
mid the tears of "a weeping courtroom. Tho |