Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-09-01
MATTERS AND THINGS,


coming year is expected to cut down the Ma
tional lessipg 800, 900, 600 at least
In England military drill is systematically
taught to the boys attending 1l72 day
schools cookery is taught in 300 schools; in
1887, savings banks have been established,
and school libraries in 1882
"'rhc Pearl Princess" is the latest title
given to the new Gilbert and Sullivan opcr.
eta, aud it is now announced that the work
VIII be brought cut simultaneously at Lon.
don, Boston, New York and Philadelphia.
The population Of upper and lower Egypt
as given by +. Amici Bey, is 5,5l7, 427.
Number of feddans or acres some 5,739, 1874,
of which 4,7l4,35G arc cultivated. Cities,
towns and villages are very numerous.
The proposed underground railway of
Paris ls 10 be- twenty four miles long, inclnd-
ing branches, and will cost $50 900, 900, or
81 300, 600 per mile ; ten cents first class fare,
four cents second class fare, two cents work
mems fare
The National Woman Suffrage Ass1cia-
ton holds its annual convention at Omaha.
Nebraska, September Goth, eth, 2sth. The
speakers will be Miss Phoebe NJ. Coz
zens, Mrs May Wright Sewall, Mrs. Eliza
beth B)ynton IIarbett. Miss Matilda Hind
man, Miss Rachel G.. Foster, Mrs Ada NJ .
l'itteuhcnder, Mrs. Clara B. Colby, Susan b.
Anthony aud others.
The eX-Minister of Guatemala in the
United States, Senior Montufar speaks very
| Ta ~ Ia.
to Europe. He says the purpose is to nego.
tiate loan, and he hopes that Barrios will
be unsuccessful. IF he fails" says this
diplomat, Guatemala will not suffer, be-
cause his success would only involve fu-
tuie generations in debt and the money
would only be used according to his ca
price,
In Montana, the father Of Katie McGrorty
learned that his daughter intended to elope
with John Ceary on Wednesday evening
| Early that evening he took his blankets and
spread a comfortable bed under the buggy
which he expected the young people to take.
lie slept sOundly the whole night through
and in the morning found the buggy over him
safe. The young people had taken another
buggy.
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land to India is likely to be an established
custom. The Indian women are averse to
treatment of physicians not of their own sex.
The statistics of the British medical service
in India show that the women have rarely
awaited themselves Of prescriptions or attend
ance. staff of trained women is proposed
as Il part OF the public service in India, a
department coordinate and not subordinate
TO the existing medical bureau
The meeting Of II National convention of
Gcrman-Amcricans in Chicago for the pur-
pose OF promoting the cause Of temperance
is a phcnl menon Of great interest There
were "A hundred delegates, from various
States, and their proceedings were character
lied by order and good sense. 1t is time that
this element of German nationality came to
the front to prove to the American people
that the Germans are not, as Il class, in favor
OF Sabbath Dissertation and unlimited beer
drinking.
the reports from the Panama canal. An Off
Ger of the Panama railroad, now in this coun
try, says there are no signs of a canal vet
that all the engineers whom De Lesseps
brought to the lsthmus are dead, that the
machinery which they brought was useless
and that no work is being done at all on tn.
proposed nteroceanic canal. Per contra, it
is asserted that the work is progressing fine.
", and that the $4,000, 900 already expcnd-
ed has been simply preliminary, while the
work upon the canal proper will begin in
November. A San Francisco firm has taker
the contract to dredgc seven miles of the
canal from Colon to Gatun, in 10 months fol
50 900, GOO
In Schuyler County,N. y, says the Ithaca
journal, there is said to be young-old man
who, without apparent cause, living quietly
on farm, has in eighteen years passed
through the physical changes of fourscore
AT the age of six he had all the development
of strength and muscle usually in lad of
fifteen. AT twelve his beard was grown and
gray hair appeared. Now. at eighteen, he is
as decrept rs an old man of eighty, and
seems lettering on the verge Of The grave.
Thomas Smith, prominent mulatto resi-
dent OF New Orleans, who was buried the
other day, had ten wives at ole time. Nine
of them survive him. Seven of his widows
attended the funeral services and wept free
ly. -Four of them rode to the cemetery, and
after the lnterment returned to the late resi-
dence of the dead man, where, with the other
widows they engaged in free fight about
the property. The furniture was demolished,
and all the women more or less injured
Smith was married by n Baptist minister
every time he chose a wife.
Professional etiquette is strictly insisted
on at the Belgian Bar. At the recent session
of the Appellate Court at Brussels young
advocate who was about to address the Judge
was interrupted by the presiding magistrate
with the remark that it was a violation of
precedent and pfopriciy for counsel to ap-
pear before the court with mousache. 81
was under the impression" replied the adj
yocate, THAT my moustache was Of such
microscopic magnitude as not to be likely to
attract the attention of the court" 1T is
not question Of quantity" said the magis
trate, but one OF principle Somewhat
afraid of giving offence, and reluctant to
have the interests of his client prcjudiced,
the young lawyer suggested adjournment Of
the hearing to enable him to betake himself
TO barber; but the magistrate replied tina,
that that was not necessary. HIS remarks
were intended for consideration on future
| occasions.
The New York Times follows up its series
of articles on church life in New York and
its envlrons with an equally interesting review
of the Sunday-schoo work of the metropolis.
There are in New York 1856 Sunday schools
against BOG in 1872, and total membership
of lis, sos, against 81, 9S5, ten years ago The
Episcopal church has the largest number of
schools, scholars and church members The
Presbyterians and Me,hodists stand second
and third, while the Untarians are at the
bottom OF the list with three schools and 800
scholars. During the decade the Congrega-
tional church shows the largest percentage of
increase of scholars, the rate being POS per
cent to A per cent for the Baplists, who
come next They are closely followed by
the Jews, Dutch Reformed and Episcopalan
The Cougregationalsts have a Commanding
lead also in the percentage of increase Of