Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-10-06
MATTERS AND THINGS,

sionally instead Of ordinary reading books in
the public schools.
Sportsmen in Florida have alligators pulled
by the tail out of their holes In the mud, by
expert divers, at 50 Il head The saurians
come to the surface to see who has been |
bo'hering them, and are then despatched by |
huntsmen in waiting
some 10000 names were on the payrolls Of |
A. i. Stewart n Co. when the establishment |
aud all its branches were in full operation : |
1000 of these were in the city of New York |
alone.
The estimate of the cost Of the fire depart
ment of New York, next yeur, is Sl,67l,
800. The appropriation for the current year
was 81 30, 49,.
The hltietll anniversary Of the foundation
Of Mcthodism in Germany will be celebrated
this year by jubilee.
An Arkansas girl refused tomarry her lover
unless he performed some heroic deed lie
coped with her mother
Chief Justice tolcridgc of England says
that four tirths of tho Grim. that conos inf
''''', '''' ,'"e' '"'o
court results from drink and that drink costs
Great Britain five hundred millions of dol.
lars year.
The Pennsylvania railroad company pur-
poses to set "A uood pxannl. hv nrovilino
h,peo,,s and c,hs -, ito t,,,;o, :, p,ua,,i
III. ''''''' III ''''o'''''
pun pun, ~, ia"Sli"I'ati"h vi passengers 10 any
i,oil' III ', Nv wy III RAGS that VIII De less
t''"'' "''' '"'H' '"''@c' ~ hackmeh
4 fashion reportcd from poris ia IN SAVE
,horr,, ,,l,,,, ,,..,,l. ..I - -, ,',,
dry them, and keen them until a frosty nigh,
makes IN open fire agreeable. Then bring a
handful and throw them among the glowing
couls , inry crack ana sputter Tor mo-
, ,,'t1 ~" W I'm" W,I'ian, naiiie' anu lhe
""''' '''''' - mt" Win "ei'lous ooof'
~ Ut" use mas "eeh discovered Tor pota-
''''' i"'S va" III converted mo SUI
S'arc' resembling c'''uiold ny peelipg them
UNI "'lc' soaN'ilE III water lmpregnated
prrssin,, hn,,y,n shan,s of iJ1,,;,Sy lug au.'
In France riros nrn r,,.,o ~ ~, pulea
scarcely distirrnishai tra,, 'o,.aha'',',
Nv suhirctinlr In, muse T., or.,, ,,r.aaI'n Iii
hardness. ''''' !"
Chinese teacher in Hong Kong has com.
1, ple,ad n present which hn interdod sor IA.
British Princess. It consists of a s,unza o,
poetry. composed hv the teacher himself AND
contains thirty-thrcc distinct and WELT form
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ny ~ IAN VI Pauuy Is euci"seu, unuei
d nasn,lS Jug RIasS IN SILVER locket. An
"sm.' ,,'''i'',''''' aS Inscribed SIXTY 'hhes'
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English statistics show that ont of 100
113 nno,,ln ,,,,,,,od in li,.r.,, ,,,r-,,;,, .,,
,,'"'' p"'ou''' o'i''
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4 ing the number OF people who became luna
ta0 Il9 h,vc MOI h"cr M,i;te' ny th
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VI" nv" '''"'''',', ou '''e corner Oh fi'ty
j seventh street ana flltil avenue, New \ ork
y are in the latest style of art ncedlework an
one of item in solid nnhroid,-v n, siIvo
cloth. after a beautiful Hover ana fr,it a.
" sim by Lalnrgr. with the ,lntr in Rom,
letters Mt the ton. and the whole framed i
n heliotropc plush. is eycentionollv hnou,ifu
:, The wall innrinrs are In nanrls of hn,v
- rold embroidery ON silver cloth the rnlde
{ hues shaded from, the palc,t straw color I
Il the dccpest orange
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i !" '''e prospectus Vi heh'uchy colleee
c for young women is the following eth
l. president is Southern by birth nv rearinc
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i The London yjy.,x nlhlisbes - sv,ors;s
som. nau.,s an fine ,,rremors of III. oar,,
u bv fine committee onnointcd ia measure ~
Is lunar ds,urhorc, nf gravity, which c,o,oi,
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T. depth can be found at which recording i
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