Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-16


out the provisions requiring the pro rata ap-
poriionmeBt Of government employees among
The different States, and Is not satisfied with
the provisions for holding examinations. He
also thinks that more discretion should be
let TO the heads OF departments in the pro-
motions, and various other portions of the
law are now objects of his criticism.
Julictte, the faithful and ignorant grlsette
who finally in his declining years became the
wife of the poet lleine, died few days ago
aud is now buried near him. The union of q
delicate and ethereal being like Heinrich
lleiue with prOsalc creature like his JUL
cite was always source of wonder to the
hundreds Of noted Parisians who knew them
both. 1t was sometimes said that the little
woman had terrible temper and used, when
she was angry, TO beat the great poet. But
llcinc himself never admitted this. His on
~ alusion to Julicttc's temper was pcnncd
IN sparkling little statement which he once
made TO an intimate friend II mean" he
said, ''to leave all my money to my wife, on
condition that she shall marry again. | long
to be regretted after | am dead, and | am
certain whoever marries her will regret, SO
long as he lives that | ever died" Hcines
fortune was little enough. Out Of all his
books he got but small sum, and the wild
ow has lived on meagre income of 5000
francs yearly since her husbands death.
The latest story about Senator Tabor is
that he urged Senator David Davis when
Congress adjourned to hurry up his wedding
if he really was to be married, or to get mar
ricd anyhow, and to make with him (Tabor)
joint bridal tour across the continent in
special car truly palatial in all its equip.
IN OnI IA uIf a Ef,u1 at, a
ible argument Gwen make Rome howl,
and the whole show shan't cost you
cent"
| NJ. De Lesseps has found new field for
his engineering activities in the scheme, now
under advisement, TO cut ship canal through
the Malay Peninsula. The Isthmus is less
| than hundred miles wide at the point where
the canal is to be cut, and it is estimated
that over nine hundred miles to and from
Calcutta by way of the Pacific will thus be
| saved.
The recent purchase of the Brooklyn
UHjon-A,yuS by Thomas Kinsella was a bit
Of strategy. In the first place, Mr.. Kinsella's
act, conceived with no other purpose than to
brighten some of the recilcitrant stockholders
Of his own paper, the Edgle, into giving him
supreme control of that journal, was sue
cessGul the bluff worked to charm,
and MIR. kinsella came into possession of
ii of the 100 shares OF EdgLe stock This
accomplished he had no further use for the
taion. Argus, and he accordingly sold it to
John FOord, for a long time past the editor
in-chieG Of the New York Times.
Alexander II. Stephens WAS devout
Presbyterian, and there was just u touch of
Scotch superstition in his blooi, which made
him believer in omcns. lie used to tell of
this strange incident connected with his de-
parturc from Washington March 6, 1853
As the steamer was going down the poto-
mac he looked back and. while gazing on
the reccding dome of the Capitol, some
friends who saw his mcdtativc mood, ap-
preached and said, you must be looking UP
there and thinking Of your reelection to
Congress- In reply to this he said, mo I;
7 | am taking a last look at that dome, for
never expect to see it or be in Washington
again until | come prisoner of wal"
The steamer sped down the stream, and
! soon disappeared in the distance and
the shadows Of night had hid the
dome of the Capitol from lis view When
nest lie visited Washington AMI gazed on
that dome he was indeed, a paroled prisoner
of war, who had just been released from
Fort Warren.
James Stoddard Boynton, tie president of
the Georgia Senate, who succeeds the late
: Alexander II. Stephens, was born in Iicury
county, Georgia. His father, Elijah 5.
: Bpyntun. was "A native Of Vermont, who car
ly went South, and was one of the first set
tiers of Henry county. lie was OF Scotch
descent. Mr.. Boyntpn's mother, whose mai
den name was Elizabeth Moffat. came from
a South Carolina family, and was of French
extraction. James was the seventh son and
the eleventh child. His opportunities as a
, boy were of the most mcagrc description
, HIS only education was that derived from
, the old field school, lie studied law, cutter
ed the bar, built up good practice, served
as colonel in the war, resumed his profession,
and was elected 10 the present legislature, of
which body he was made president. lie is a
fine specimen Of manhood, six feet three
inches in height, and straight as an arrow.
, The Duke of Westminster, the grea. resi-
dental land owner of London, manages his
property in q fashion less troublesome to linn
self than that employed by the Astors. He
knows nothing OF the bother of annual leases,
mending roofs, putting in chimney pieces,
papering walls, etc. When lease falls in,
, the duke sells new one, for niLety-nine
years usually for cash down, and in many
cases the lessee has to build new house, ac-
cording to the rules of the estate. The ten
ant also pays ground rent and this and the
sum paid for the lease are, in choice locali-
ties, very heavy. Thus the purchaser of
about seventy remaining years Of a lease Of
a not very large house IN Grosvenor square
had not long since to pay SlSO, 900 to hold
er under the duke. The bulk of the duke of
Westminsler's Belgravia estate was let orig
inally on building lease, and thus the houses
: will have cost HIM nothing; but his father
spent millions, toward the close OF his life, in
rebuilding with modern convenenccs very
valuable portions, from which the returns
have already been enormous. The Bclgra-
Wan estate extends from HYDE Park corner
To the Thames, over two miles, covering hun
dreds of acres and this is all in addition to
the almost priceless property in and around
Grosvcnor square, which, in l25 years, has
never abated in value. Grosvcnor square has
fory-hve houses and Belgravc forty-nne,
and every house is worth on an average al,
least $4,000 year.