Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-04-06

Inc DralnS Of james ii. Of England have
lately been discovered at the old Scotch col.
lege in Paris. The dcthroned monarch took
such Interest in the seminary that he be.
queathed TO it bis brains, aud the relic was
rchgiousy guarded until the time Of the
rench tevoluiun, whcn the mob plundercd
both the college and the adjoining English
nunnery. Since then the treasure has been
missing but now, during some drainage op-
cralions, cavity has been found under tic
college chapel containing both james II s
brains in lcadcn case, and the heart Of the
Duchess ol Perth. Apparently the mob dug
thls cavity as grave for the English nuns,
whom they intended to massacre, and flung
The relics in rs worthless. TLcy will now he
quietly icintcrrcd.
Among the classmates Of josiah Quincy
at llarvaid, was Ralph Waldo Emerson, and
IN his recently published diary, as evil
dcnce Of the fact that success, or non.success
IN college is no criterion Of mans future
career lac iacetously prilcs himself upon
having taxes prize over Emerson during
Their senior year. OF WAshm.tuu's farewell
address, John Adams tod q iincy "The
farewell address to the people of the United
states was, think, written bv himself, and
then given to llami ton aud Jay. Hamilton
49, w wv ""upt' bul lhlhk luut jag
finally drew it up and finished it, / know
that 1t has been attributed to Hamilton.
but 1t is not in his style. 1t is in jays
style
The death of Col. lIcrndon, Representa-.
tive in Congress for the First Alabama dis.
tIict, adds one more name to the long mortal
ny record OF the present Congtcss. Col.
llcrndun won his title Ia tie conicratc army.
In 1872 h WAS the Democratic caudidatcfO for
governor, but was defeated byJ ines Milton
Smith, and in 1875 he WAS a member Of the
constitutional convention, being chairman Of
Me committee on the executive department.
lie again served in the State Legislature in
III 1919 and N,and was chairman of the House
Judiciary committee. Col. llrrulon was
elected TO the Forty-siXtl Congress In 1873
as Democrat and was reelected to the
Forty-sevcnth and Forty-c- hth Cougr s,cs
On the day before tic reception rendered
her at ST. Georg s. Bermuda, the Princess
Louise went on a Stretching expedition along
the shore, all alone, and after n time becom-
ing thirsty, went for drink to the cottage of
a negro fisherman. NJ one WAS there but
'aunte, aud she was busy as could he iron
ing shirt for her ''oe man" 10 wear at the
reception. The Princess asked for drink.
us no tliM.to b0dd rgctting water f. YOU
was ihe reply; rs fca'fA busy. for Use
bound to see dc tlneen', chile tomorrow "
''But II you'll get me Il drink, I'll iron while
you do So said the thirsty Princes. Tno
offer was accepted, the Princess in he'd the
shirt and got her dilk, aud then revealed
her identity. 20 de Lo'd, honey cx.
Claimed "auntic, when sAe recovered from
her surprise, "Uld man NJ no one else ever
wear ddt shirt again, nOhDw 80
George Augustus SalA has come down
ndsJmely, and makes very frank confess
sion in the preface of his new volume,
America Revisited When fist went to
the United States" he writes, Tin the wear
1863, was, comparatively speaking a young
man-very prcjudic ID, very CpucOitcd aud u
great dea more ignorant and pr, Sumptuous
than q hore) | am now. When landed IN
America the country WAS coHyuIstd by one
of the most terrific lntcrnccjuc struggles that
history has known. | took, politically the
wrong sidc-that is to say. wa, an ardent
sympathzer with the South in her struggle
against the North. In so taking side was
neither logical nor worldly wisc--in shJt,,
approved myself to be what is commonly
called fool but my Partially for "DiNic's
l. nd was simply and solely duc tla sQlii-
mental feeling and at 81 years Of a,c it is
permissible 10 possess some Slight mcd!cum
OF stntimentality.'
Among our foreign visitors Is Dir. Otto
Wilhelm Strive, director of tie Imperial
Observatory at Pulkowa, Russia, whose OBJ
ject in visiting this country i. TO test the
oblect-glass lately competed hy Mcssls.
Alvah Clark K Sons OF CambrjdscpNt,
Mass, on the order Of the X s,ian govern.
"a 10. IL 1,,.
structed. being thirty inches in diameter, four
inches lnrser than the one in Use ON the
great equatorial telescope Of the Washington
Observatory, also made by the C.urks. The
instrument to which it is 10 be applied will be
constructed in Russa-as the efficiency II
telescopes of course depends solely ON the
perfection Of the object glass, and ROT ON the
mounting, Tie Messrs Clark are also IN
der contract to furnish still larger object
glass -thitty-siX inches in diamctcr-lJr use
at the Lick Observatory, in California. As
was the case with the Russian glass, how
ever, It will require several years tor its
completion.
Chicago is described by one Of the papers
there as the ''dirtiest and darkest city in the
world The mayor is accused Of making
the police force 'the accomplicc and safe
guard of the vilest description Of iNquitts
which ever cursed great cay" 1t is allcg-
ed that Mayor Harrison has constantly re-
fused to cniSrce the laws. until Chicago is
known throughout the Union as city with
out protection to life, dcccuCJ or property"
The death of Postmastcr-G General Howe
leaves in active public life only three men
who, with him, occupied seats in the United
States Senate when President Lincoln called
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