Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-08-17

the remains Of five primitive human beings
with weapons by their side. 1t seems, then
that there were tax collectors even in those
days.
An exchange wants to know if anybody
can tell 1t how the practice of scalping orig.
mated. 1t Is supposed that white man and
MS wife, many hundred years ago, were
cast away on these shores, and that the
Indians got the idea from the way the wo-
man went Tor her husband when he de-
clincd to go on the war path for kindlipg
wood.
In reply to the question (from an admrcr
of her daughtcD as to who the Young lady,s
favoritc musical composer was, Mrs. Bas-
com said that thank heaven, her daughters
musical tastes were domcstic.kc and she
didn't seem 10 care for anything but Chop.
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There is man in Boston whose strongest
swcar-word is ''holy smoke :" and he always
modiiics this, in the presence Of ladies' and
the clergy, to incense :"
Ex-Mayor Grace Of New York, it is said.
will 80 next week to revisit his birthplace IN
Ireland. 1t viii be like visiting another
ward.-Ne0 OrlcaaS PtcayVae.
A good bourgeois, with his wife on his
arm, cries out to a cartman-"Why do You
beat your horse so cruclly?" "i,ecausc |
haven't got any wife. "-Pdris Pieasaat,N.
Philadelphia girls are learning to play
base ball. Better wait until they have mas
tered the art OF biscuit baking before they
attempt the higher mpishments. -Uar-
J0,d Post.
Telegraph Official to new lineman--"lltrc,
you, that last operator we engaged don't
even know.th the alphabet. Go out and Gu, the
wite he was working on. pii!dd, l0hia
NecS.
Some scientists have gone 50 far as to hold
That cholera could come to This country from
Egypt on the regular telegraph wires. The
epidemic couldn't find a more rapid mode
OF iocomotion in travelling from pole to pole.
-N01ristorR UraM
Inquirer The first person to play faro
old spelling Pharaoh-was Moses, aud since
then they've got the game down SO fine tint
Moses, for all he goi away with the KIM
would be Il lamb in the hand of profession
players. -Bost0n Post.
The original Confederate bonds were held
by the slaves. -Fhladelphia BQiet,a.
y New Hampshire dog is sick from bit
lng tramp. One can not be too careful
what he cats, this warm weather. LorGE
citizen.
The reason why the Lightning does rot
strike twice in the same place is because
nothing of the place is left to strike alter
the first round. -Ne'o orleans Picayune
Boston girls who got lost in the woods in
the White Mountains the other day did not
cry 'ilclp,' but, Three ladies in this di-
rcction .re in urgent need Of asssla nce''-
UOtcl .Vdj}.
The rumpr that the Summer resort piano
has been tuned is rather premature. The
matter is to be investigated in the interest OF
iuvslids -.ltdato CoHStitVti9H.
YES said Fosr, "Dr, pnuollcr is Il
lravc man, no doubt, bat he carries his
bravery to- far. He is lnolh4rdy. sir;
never saw 50 rash man. Called lin to
see Mrs. +. to-day, and lie actually asked
her to let him see her tongue Fact, sir.
wouldn't have believed any living man
would have had the courage to meet that
tongue OF hers. '-BoAtoH 1rdHscHpt.
1t sometimes happens at social parties that
young ady,knpwn or supposed to be sJmc-
what proficient in Music, is requested To cu-
ternln the company at a piano or in a song,
and her reply Is, ideally, yon must excuse
me, caiu'l Singer car'nt play US the case
may be, hut sic is all the time cdging To-
ward the Piano, and finally lands At the H.
stiumcnt. Samuel j. Tillcn is ore of that
kind Of girls. -.SoN FrdHc|sco Post.