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

out after pouring down 90 glasses. This ex-
plains the antagonism manifested in Germany
towards the American hog. 1t is jealousy.
Dakota is filling up with emigrants faster
than any other part of the West.
Clouds gather around Great Britain, Mr..
Finneriy, the new Congressman from the
Fenlan district Of Chicago, has declared In
favor of war with England, and will whip
her, perhaps, before he lets go.
The Pennsylvania legislature has passed a
bill providing that no free passes or discount
passes shall be issued by any railroad in the
State to any one but officers and employees Of
the company, and that violations of the act
shall be punished by $500 fine or six months
imprisonment, or both.
The question as 10 whether husband has
n right TO exact that his better half shall
build the fires is to be settled in Indiana. A
minister's wife has raised the issue in suit
for divorce. The jury in the case have u
solemn duty to perform. This is time when
married men should stand together.
The French gourmets who are practising
on unusual victualments have tried angle
worms which, they say, being cleaned in
vinegar and fried in butter, arc even better
than snails. The compliment TO the worms
could not have been finer
An extraordinary scene took place in
Wells Cathedral, England, on recent Sun
day. Mr.. Manning, one Of the priest
wears, preached sermon at the afternoon
service, in which he expressed surprise that
any one should be ashamed of the sign of
the cross, and generally defended its use.
When the bishop the clergy, the Wears
choral and choristcrs, and the vergers reach
ed the transcpt in which they dispense, the
bishop astonished them with ''protest"
against the doctrines to which they had just
listened, on which he proceeded to comment
with much asperity. Mr.. Manning was
about 10 reply, but the bishop shook his head
and hurried on.
1t costs considerable of sum to maintain
royalty in Great Britain. Kings, Queens,
princes and princcsses "come high, but they
must have EN-" The total amount annually
received by Queen Victoria and other MEM
bers OF the royal family is 1893, 1872. In this
sum is included the maintenance OF palaces,
expenditures in connection with the royal
yachts footing up E35, 1856, households of
deceased sovereigus reaching to E8475, and
many other similar items 1t is estimated
that only about $500 per aunum is all that
would have to We expended were there no
royal families 10 be provided for,
The Great Eastern is great elephant on
the hands of the shareholders. At a genera
meeting of the directors and proprietors, held
recently, it WAS stated that the efforts 10 sci
or charter the ship had been unceasing, and
the directors regretted that. although they
were frequently receiving applications in re-
spect to the steamer, nothing had resulted.
The income for the year was made up as
follows: Transfer fees, FL interest. fl40
visitors fees to ship, Els. The expenditure
for the year IN connection with the ship ha'
been E4i02 Is Id.
A report comes from Montreal, Canada
that the right of nun to take of the vel
and rc.enter society will soon be tried in the
law courts there, as the opulent friends Of
IA young French Canadian lady are about tC
apply for II writ of habcas corpus to compe
the mother superior OF one OF the local con
vents to open the doors and allow her t
leave.
The "Black HIND" as the anarchist con
federation in Spain calls itself, counts il
Andalusia alouc 1870 different centres. aut
3S 900 members, Of whom more than 10O(
belong to the town Of Ncres. The desti,u
ton III the whole province is described a
very great The working population o
Xercs numbers about 1000. The rate o
ut nplk- Sl,illntvo q huv
work is not TO be hal for more than five Of
six months Of the year. Some portion of The
distress Is attributed to the falling off in til,
demand for the wine of the province, in con
sequence Of The numerous limitations of sher
~ now manufactured in Germany and in tn,
south of France,
Bishop Coke of western New York has in
vlteG the clergy Of his diocese to unite il
celebrating ut the cathedral in Buffalo tn
'otlicc of Te Deum," in memory of the cen
,cnnial of peace with Great Britain, on tn
18th Of April. On that day in 1873, Gen
Washington announced the peace to the ar
my, and ordered its chaplans with the sew
cral brigadcs to render thanks 10 Almight'
God for all his merCies, particularly for hi
| Overriding the wrath of man to his glory AM
causing the rage of war to cease among tn
| nations.
The largest operation in live stock whic
ever took place in this country, was effecte
Il day or two since, when seventy-five thou
sand head of cattle were sold by lizards
Harold Brothers of Texas, to the Franckly
land and cattle company, which company
composed of Charles e. Francklyn of Ne'
York, Frank G. Brown, President of tn
Bassick mining company and b. b, Groor
u Son of Lexington, Ky. The compan
owns over six hundred thousand acres {
land, part of which lies on the banks of h
Canadian river, In what is known as the Pat
handle of Texas, between Mexico and the Ii
dian Territory and on this there are som
three thousand head bf cattle. The compan
further owns fine herd of short horn Gait
at present in charge of the Messrs Groom
Son in Kentucky, which are to he kept up
breed with the native Texan cattle.
Northern capitalists are purchasing larl
tracts of timber land in Alabama, and whs
the northern sources of supply are cxhaustt
extensive lumber operations will be carried {
in that State.
Rev. DR.. Thomas of Chicago in a rece
speech said he had lived in that city thirtc,
years but only recently found it necessary
20 armed through the streets. lie did II
feel safe now without cane pocket kuif
or some other weapon.
A very curious bet has been made by "
officers belonging TO the Versailles garriso
Rising high above the Chevreuse road is
acqueduct, the top of which 1.-TWO yards
breadth is devoid of any kind of parapet
balustrade, Some time in the last centul
one of the kings musketccrs performed 4
reckless feat ol riding along this very difilc,
path. Since that date no one has cared
, brave destiny in a similar manner. An {
tempt is however, now To be made to repe
, this mad performance, though whether it W
be crowned with success is quite anoth
matter. The slightest false move means
| slant destruction both to rider and horse.