Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-04-20
MATTERS AND THINGS,


Colonies of Russian Hebrew refugees ha,
re been established In Dakota Kansas, Virgin
le and Oregon, and good reports are receive
from them.
n The first railroad that reaches Tampa, Flo
{, ida, gets the land grant, and five railroads Of
q scratching gravel for the prize.
n Herbert Spencer says that every Ame
G lean appears to have been born half O.
l hour late, and to be trying to make up for los
time.
Canada has system Of postoiilce saving
r banks. The deposits in 1889 amounted t
~ 435 $50, and the amount due to the 10,
. 573 depositors was 50, 473 Gel The increas
In the business has been constant.
Down In Athens, Ga, there lives mer
chant, who, according to local newspaper
started life as II Circassian beauty in side
show, and who now exhibits, with pardona
bic pride, photographs of himself, taken it
That period, with the regulation short drcs
and red stockings.
II is said that every Chnaman on the Pa
cifc coast is engaged in the occupation o.
sweating and altering coins and that the de
tectives dare not arrest the culprts, for fcal
OF being murdered.
English capitalists have high apprecia
ton CT the values of landed estate in the Uni
ted States, as shown by the large tract,
bought in Florida, Texas, Dakota, Minneso
la and other States.
A celebrated physician recently was the re-
cipent Of letter from lady asking medical
advice, and giving detailed account of her
diseases: The letter was written on scvera
sheets OF ioolscap paper, very closely, and by
actual measurement contained four yards of
symptoms for the doctors pcrsua.
A visitor in Florida writes: II asked a
young black at Palatka, who seemed idle at
the time what he did for living. In Sum-
mcr, he said. i fish for living, and in
the Winter live off the Yanks '"
The tallest man in America is Henry Clay
Thursorf of White Oak, Titus county, Tex
as. lie is now so years of age, n respectable
| farmer with an interesting family, and meas
lres seven feet, seven and half inches in his
| boots
Miss 1lousa of Paris, H., has trancc.lkc
sleeps, during which, as she and her friends
believe, She visits heaven. She gives what
purports TO be accurate, and certainly are
cab rate, reports OF what she sees in these
celestial trips. 1t is claimed, too, that she
describes persons who died long ago, and
about whom she Can Of herself know moth
ing
The birth of an eccentric child IN Turkish
| Kurdisan is announced The infant was
born with beard and moustache, perfect
| set of tbrty-two teeth, and with no fewer
than forty distinctly formed fingers. 1t is
excessively noisy and violent, and, owing to
the cruel bites it iuiicts on all who come
within reach OF its mouth, it has been found
necessary to extract all its front teeth
The average age of United States Senators
is "a. Only one of them was born west of
the Mississippi.
1t Is now confidently predicted that Fifth
avenue, New York, will soon become bust
ness street.
Mahogany, ebony. rosewood and cedar are
used as fuel by the poorest people in some
parts of Mexico.
1t costs England 5l250, coo to build one
OF her large war vessels, and the expense of
keeping them at sea afterwards is about
$1,000 day.
Estimates fix our government expenses for
the year ending Juae 30, 1884, at $40, ESQ.,
ICE, with $3.50, 900, coo of receipts for im-
ports and internal revenue, giving us less
than 10000, 600 with which to reduce the
national debt that year.
An Anarchist Congress met at Pisa few
days ago, at which fifteen Socialist organiza-
tions were represented. 1t was unanimous
ly decided at the congress to found "revo-
lutionary and anti-dynasty organ" which is
to appear in Tuscany Another congress of
Anarchists is to be held at Bologna, and
revolutionary woman's society has been form
ed at Ravenna
murderer recently convicted in Salt Lake,
Utah, was given, under the provisions of the
law, the privilege OF choosing the method of
death, and said: II have been talking with
the marshal about it, and had not fully de-
cded, but now | will say that prefer to be
A coop Of live prairie hens from the Uni.
ted States was forwarded f.w davs s;rce
s.o., :, -, C,
'.o'i, h''erpooi 10 Tue queen at WINDSOR
similar consignment has been sent TO the
Price of Wales at Sandrngham. The birds
are to be turned into the royal preserves, in
order to try and acclimatize them.
7, :, ,o-,a, ,
''fo''eu '""t ."o olc nas gwen
blshop Spauldlng, OF Milwaukee, his endorse
ment of the project of a great Catholic uni
velsliy in the United States, for which two
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