Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-12-08
Personal AND POLITICAL NOTES.


The Boston HeraM suggests There
must be good many political relic worship
pcrs in Pennsylvania. They are forming
Til,lcn clubs and Blaine clubs out there
Mrs. Francis lIodgson Burnett, the novel
is,, left Lauc ,shire, England, whcn she was
10 years old, AMI settled in Tennessee She
is Of square, English form, with fair, brown
hair, long, straight nose, a wide, we'll
shaped mouth, and large, beautiful blue eyes.
The Artist Whistler is a rcmurkab,e-look-
ing man, with thick mop of black curls on
which rests one single white loclt-a family
popularity res imbling feather blown
from n lady's fan. lie wears his collar alto
gcthcr too low and ctlappcl to his dress
coat.
Utah has had no delegate in the Forty-scv-
cath Congress, since George z. Cannon was
turned out. The recent Mormon success has
50 cacd the leaders that Mr. Cain, who was
elected To the Forty eighth Congress will try
to get into the Forty-snvcnth also, 80 ii is re-
ported.
Mrs. Annie Louise Cary Raymond, seeing
the effect that she was soon to reappear in
concerts, said to n friend: 81 shall never
sing again before an audience ! have rctr-
cd from the stage definitely" AT the same
time scarcely II day passes on which she does
not receive letters asking her to sing for the
benefit OF young lady who wants to raise
money to study for the opera in Italy for
Sunday-school and, worst of all, t. g away
| ont IN Denver and sing far charity.
Gen. Ordway and Chief Justice Edgerton
o! Dakota are now in Washington as the
bearers of memorial asking Congress 10 pass
bill enabling Iankton county to settle the
protested debt, which last Winter was I'M
del TODD to be the only obstacle which pre-
vented the admission of the Territory us Il
Stat. The action of the mcmoralists is
very crcditabc but ii is much to be feared
that it has come too late TO secure the adj
mission OF the Territory the present Winter
1t is understood iIat the Democrats will re-
sort To til6usering to prevent its admission
the prescn, session, not reishng the prospect
of two more Republican members of the Sem
ate, aud II they caa prevent the passage of
an admission act the present session they
will have for the next two yeats matters in
their own hands. Evidently the prospects
for speedy admission of Dakota into the
sistcihood of States are not bright.
In the United States Senate, on Monday,
among the bills proposed was one TO restore
William Beebc, TO the army, although physical
y disabled. Mr., Edmunds opposed it, and, in
deprt eating the practice OF such r. storution,
said that there was reason 10 believe that
there was some discomfort felt about the way
Congress had been doing business, and it
would b. well to heed it. His motion to
indefinitely postpone consideration OF the
bill prevailed by II vote of 81 to 20. The old
judicial habit is still strong upon Mr. Davis,
the president of the Senate for he announc-
ed: This bill is indefinitely postponed,
Call the next case"
The Rev. James Freeman Clarke of Bos.
ton, in his Thanksgiving sermon, made
rather pungcnt allus;on to hnst p,rs) ns in
the upper classes who neglect their polli-
cal duties and speak scorntully of the rcpnb-
lie and 50 To Europe for their opinions
The eldest sister of well-known English
Marquis was II patroness of a charity school
in which II yonng man learned the trade of "A
baker, and now, nj the age of forty while
he is half AS old, she has found in him u
husband, Thus does charity bring its re-
ward.
Mrs Langtry was not 'rcccivrd 10y So
cicty" in New York, rs the phrase goes.
Charming little dinners. and, we are told,
still more charming little suppers, were made
for her and her companion, Mrs Labouchere
by wealthy bachelors. and gentlemen who are
not bachelors attended these unaccompaniod
by their families, but of society" the Jersey
Lily saw nothing, or next 10 nothing She,
herself, is reported to lie rather bitter over
her Social oslracism. The story goes that
she was lately invited TO n supper by one of
New lork's rich young men. and accepted
the invitation, with one condition. That con-
dition she stated in person rs follows: Il
understand Lord Vaudeville is to he one Of
the patty. If 50, | shall not be present |
Lady Vaudeville has been now II fortnight |
in New York, and has not Nncc honorcd me
with II call, though We know each other |
Therefore, l refuse to meet her husband" |
As sequel, Mrs. LanStry attended the sup |
per, the heir of the Montagucs did not al
tend, and Lady Vaudeville has still neglect
cd to call.