Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-12-29
MATTERS AND THINGS,

'St 'llc i'iuuc III Hi'cnlnS UP ny Il htc-ciSihc
company in New York during the recent an
nual inspection of the fo,ce. The slowest
was 11l seconds. The record of the hook
and ladder companies ranged from 81 Sec
onds to 10 seconds.
"llitcracy, as shown by the census of
$780," WIS the subject Of an address by
Mr.. John Eaton, United States Commission
or of Education, before the Uniou League
Club, New York, the other evening He
thought that it behooved tho Nation to be-
come the patron for educating the 5, 700, =
600 children who do not attend school, 1t
would take 81, 100, 900 and 10000 teachers
TO start the work.
They have phenomenal hackman in OF
lava, Canada. lie saw a lady drop her
purse in crossing street the other day, and
got down from his cab picked up the purse,
ran after the lady considerable distance,
and gave it to her before she missed it.
During November $4,000 immigrants ar
rived in the United States; 5000 from Eng
land 1000 from Ireland, 10000 from Ger
many and 1000 each from Hungary, Italy
and Sweden.
Gambling IS becoming one of the great fea-
lures of Washington social life. There are
so many wealthy citizens of leisure settling
in Washington as u winter residence that it
is not very surprising that gambling should
become a leading amusement with people
who have plenty of money and little to do
More than sG,25O,OOO worth of ostrich
| fpui b.r i.I fro A fri In
supply of feathers greatly depends on the
supply of food.
The chemical Reuiep says that recent
analyses Of water from the holy well at Nee
ca-whcre it is eagerly drunk by pilgrims
show ii TO be ten times stronger than average
London sewage.
Prohibition is making some Roadway in
Alabama. Efforts are making to procure
legislation during the present Winter.
-Four sophomores of the Wisconsin Uni
versity locked Il freshman in his room. lie
promptly broke tie door to pieces with an
axe. The president approved of this, and
sentence the sophomorcs to pay for the re-
pairs.
Lady Brassey opened oan exhibition of
fine fans, and 'curiositics generally at Has
tings, England, the other day. The intrinsic
value of the articles on view is said to exceed
800, 900. Among them are a claymorc
which belonged to Prince Charles, and was
presented 10 him by the Provost of GLASGOW
the hlt is of silver, baskct-shapcd and richly
ornamented 1t is now the property Of Lord
Clanronald, and is priceless. There is an
other palmer but hardly less priced sword of
the unfortunate Prince which he left behind
when he made his escape in the attire Of Flo
ra Macdonald.
Canon Dr. Book, the well-known Swiss
antiquary, who has been making an cxami-
nation of the relics belonging to the Calhe-
dral of Bernc, declares it to he richer in
archaeological treasures than almost any
other Protestant church in Christendom,
Canterbury Cathedral included. The money
worth of the treasures he estimates at up
ward of 4, OO0,0OOf lie has found many
interesting objects hidden away in cases
which had not been opened since the Ref
ormation, and which the guardians of the
collection looked upon as so much lumber.
Not few of the relics, moreover have
been incorrectly catalosucd, out of sheer
ignorance. A supposed carpet, part of the
spoil of the battle of Morat, described as
Charles the Bolds horsecloh, proves to be
the mantle of that prince as grand master |
of the Order of the Golden Fleece, and
possesses an intrinsic value, apart from its
associations of 80, OO0f.
The archbishops of Canterbury seem to
have been long lived. The late incumbent, |
DR.. TAFT, when he died was aged seventy
one his predecessor, DIR. Longley, who died
al,
one, DIR, Sumner, who died in 1862 was
eighty-two The preceding one, DR.. How
ley, who died in lS4s, was eighty-three
his predecessor, DR.. Manners Sutton, who
died in 1928, was seventy-three. This looks
encouraging for the new successor, Bishop
Benson Of Truro, whom the late archbishop
consecrated to his see only five years ago, In
the Episcopal church on this side of the wa
ter, its bishops seem to have right to lon
gevity as well as in the' cases of Bishop
Smith OF Kentucky, who was cOnsccrated
half a century ago; Bishop Lee of Delaware,
who is in his forty second year of service
and the bishops Of Mississippi, Connecticut,
California New York and Rhode Island, are
very well advanced, with services of about
thirty years each at this date. Thirty other
bishops are in services ranging from twenty
TO ten years in extent.
The school census of Nebraska revealed the
fact that there are seven thousand
more boys than girls in Nebraska, The total
number of children in the State is l65, 5l1
girls, 10, 49, boys, So 395. OF these, 49,
900 are enrolled in the public schools.
The daughter of wealthy citizen of Buff
falo quarrelled with her father and left her {
lome A large reward was offered for her
discovery, and the detectives soon found her {
ioing kitchen work in II Detroit family. ,
Denver has hal an increase of twenty five
thousand in its population in two years, The
,ity takes great and laudabc pride in her |
public schools her churches, her beautiful S
heatrc and the various lesser institutions Il
hat mark the higher civilization. a
Two New York cities, Troy and Roohes- /
cr, are trying an experiment in the direction a
# school reform. They have abolished :
recess" and give longer time at noon, thus .
mailing the children to 90 to their homes =
nd take warm meal 1t is claimed that
he recess is spent in Improbable gossip and !
productive of evil rather than good results.
Reform that leads to bettcrment in any
hape is worth seeking but it will be gen.
rally thought tina, three hours is too long .
0 continc the younger pupils in Il school, 4,
DOM. =,
An Iowa correspondent of the New York
tribune says that the foremost question in u
owa at the present time is the cheapenng =,
{ railroad transportation. In the West, %,
there, owing to pooling arrangements, 80 n,
ents a hundred is charged for the transpor- OF
,tion of yrnjn for less than 400 miles wi lie -,