Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-12-22
NOTES AND GOSSIP.

NOTES AND GOSSIP.
lngersoll made $4,000 clear profit by his
three recent lectures in Chicago. His Irctch-
ing is very comforting to Chcagcans,
Twelve hours after child la lccn pro
nounced dead by doctor at Nashannock,
Mercer county Penn, it commenced to cry,
and at latest accounts was recovering.
Professor Crudell, of Rome, points out in
the Practitioner that the keeping Of plants
in ill-vcntiatcd rooms may cause malarious
infections even in regions where maluiil is
unknown.
DIR. Brinton does not take stock in Mr..
Herbert Srcncers remarks alb ut Americans
killing themselves with ovcrwork. He says
that the life insurance tables show that the
expectation of life in this country is rather
better on the grand average than in England,
France or Germany.
Since the Canadian government extended
its sway over the Red river colony If Mani
ing enterprise, the colony has been connected
with the Northcrn Pacific railroad by II
branch line along the valley of the Red river.
1t has become a tlourishing scene Of agricul-
turcj and progrt s'ive civilization in that re-
mote region, resembling somewhat the 10
head aspect of the neighbOring American
State of Minnesota.
Ripon Lakaua is the name of great Jap
ancse lord who is travelling through Europe
like Gaulcr's "Fortunio." When he was at
Vienna he chartered hotel ard sen, invita-
tiOns to two hundred women to attend
masked ball, at which he was the only person
of the masculine sex present. He made them
dance and tat and drink: and when they
sat down to supper each found II superb
bracelet hidden IN her napkin. The Parsians
expect that he will amuse thea with similar
fantas,cilities
The President has chosen for the marshal
of the District Of Columbia a man after his
own heart. There was an old fqmily ac-
quainted with the McMichacl family. Clay
ton McNlChacl is. a gentleman distinguished
for his good manners and good style in all
the details and convcntiOnalitCs of life He
will make an admirable master of ceremonies
on subtle days al the White House. Thus
the old functions of the Office will he re-
McMichael stand up together to receive the
public in the White House there will be seen
two of the best gentlemen IN the United
States. NASH. Cor.
In the British Army report for 1850, Just
published, it is stated that the total number
of recruits inspected during the year was 4G,-
los, aud of these Is, 194 or 401. 81 per 1000,
were rejected 1t is believed tha, most OF
these were driven to the recruiting Office by
sheer necC ssity. OF the number of APP
plicants. 27,SS5 were luborers and husband
men by profession, aud 10, 1865 of these were
found to be unfit for soldiers.
Years ago an old gentleman, walking on
the pier at Dover, England, dropped his
gold-headed cane through one of the holes
locally known as trcenal holes, in the plank
Indignant and disguised ut his loss, he
bequeathed n sum OF money to pay for annu-
ally stopping these holes, the overplus to be
laid out in dinner to the corporation. An
annual dinner, consequently, takes place,
and before the party break up they certify
that the holes have been duly attended to.
Did you ever think, asks Paris paper,
how many male and female ancestors Were
required to bring you into the world: First,
il was necessary that you should have
father and mohcr,-lhat makes two human
beings. Each of them must also have had n
father and mothcr,-that makes four human
beings. Each OF those four must have had
father and mo,her,-th.t makes eight
human beings. So on we must go back for
tifty-six generations, which brings us only to
the time of Jesus Christ. The calculation
thus resulting shows that
139, 235, OF ,4so, 534, 97G
births must have taken place IN order to
bring you into the world you, who read
these lines.
cover why his church had not been swept
and busted, learned that the woman whose
work it was had died of starvation.
The worlds stock of locomotives consists
of GG,000; Of passenger cars there are $780, |
900, and of freight cars, 100000. The |
capital invested in railways, which are in all |
300, 900 miles long, is SEQ 900, 900 900. The |
commerce of the seas is carried by 12,000 |
steamers andl 100, 900 sailing vessels whose |
tonnage amounts so over 90 600 coo tons
Minneapolis has in two years had an in
crease of about twenty-five thousand in its
population, and the value of its new buildings
erected is estimated at fourteen millions.
A union has been arranged of Episcopal |
Methodists, Methodist Church of Canada,
Bible Christians and Primitive Mcthodists,
to take effect in Canada, Newfoundland and |
Bermuda.
lao lNfp IN, al, |