Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-12-29
Personal AND POLITICAL NOTES.

New Mexico wants to be a State. So does
Utah, for that matter but cowboys aud
polygamiss are not indispensable to The pre-
servalon of the Uuion
The Garfield statue, whose corner stone is
to be laid at San Francisco next summer, is
to he made by Frank Happerberger, young
American who hos been in Europe for sew
eral years.
Lord Deiby's surplus income is estimated
at 500, 900 year. lie has lately been buy
ing property around London He is child
less, and his only one brother and one sister,
who is married to a man comparatively poor.
Lady Derby has 100000 year jointure
from the late Lord Salisbury.
1t is understood that after visiting some
cities in the Southern States, her royal high
ness Princess Louise will embark at Rich
mond on British man-of-war and proceed
TO Bermuda, where she will remain during
the most severe portion of the winter, as her
health suffers from the intense cold 1t is
expected that when the weather becomes
warmer she will return to Ottawa.
Ex-senator Eaton OF Connecticut is report.
ed to have finally decided to make fight for
the speakership of the next Congress. He
believes he can find platform to run upon
somewhere between the prott ctivc principles
of Randall and the free trade theories of
Carlisle.
Canadians who have been persuading them
selves that Sir John Mcdonald would be APP
pointed Governor-General of their county
when Lorne steps down and out, are quietly
told by the Toronto Globe that such an idea
is n deusion and day dream, as a deadly
blow would be dealt to British connection
should the vice-royal position be filed by a
Canadian instead of all Englishman
The Indiana prohibtionsts are going TO
try again. Their defeat of last month only
ncrved them 10 greater effort. The submits
sion of prohihitory amendment to the pco-
pie is one of the aims in view. Petitions
which, it is asserted, will represent two hun
dred thousand voters, are to give trouble to
the Democrats. who will naturally be forced
TO take one side or the other of the question
in the coming session. II the Prohibitonists
| are in q minority, as The Democrats say, nc
harm will be done by a popular vote, and
| If they represent majority, then the good
old Democratic doctiinc would give them
their wish.
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tall, straight and slender, ana his forehead Is
very high, rising massively into region Of
snow white hair. The face and head in ap
pearance are almost Semitic. His religion
and his habits are those of the Quakers. The
writer of this paragraph remembers hearing
Bayard Taylor with Iuddy rugged face anC
William Cullen Bryant (with checks still
hoylsh and with an elastic step saying sew
soon lose Whittier but they are no longc
with U.S. while the Quaker poet seems "a
fresh as the roses mat iit'le school girls daily
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south IN u G last eighteen years IN reference
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