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

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A Troy darkcY has made a wager that ha
will Kill two hundred and nifty rats in thirty
minutes, with short club. Another case,
probably, of "bring on your rats"
"Iou arc setting US Lad example" al
The algebra class said when the teacher
wrote hard equation on tie board.
Mr.. Bcecher thinks that Benjamin f.
Butler would get Louisiana's vote il he were
to run for President We shouldn't wonder
bit. fine was, 1t AM rate, when If might
have Ben.
a Hartford girl, pursued by a lprocons
dog, turned and faced the animal courage
o'isly and the brute turned and fled. She
had been eating onions for breakfast
"Do you hear lhis!' cried Mrs Blseom.
reading. "rhc excessive death rate in Spain
is owing largely to the mclcanly habits Of
the people, Thousands Of Spau,ard7 have
never washed since they were born M
wonder the poor creatures arc dark COM
plcctcd'
| A new game called "Allilcratlon" is YET
ting TO he the rage. The following /. a
specimen brick "Basy bees brightly buzz
by brilliant bowers, Borrowing burdens by
burrowing brown bodies below beautiful
blossoms Almost as had as one OF Edgar
Fawcctts poems.
The emigration of rcero s from North
Carolina 10 Arkansas has grown TO such pro.
portions that the legislature If the former
State has been urged to apply remedial mcas-
urcs.-Er. The only way ,.turn the tide Of
negro emigration is kill of all your poultry
and stop growing watormc'oA.
HowclI's new noyel-"A Woman's Rca-
sons supposed to he in such unusual de
mand because 50 many people would like to
know what her reason really is We think
we can give it now. It's, "Ol-becLise."
There Is man down Bennington way
with a nose SO sharp and scylhc-lilic That when
he goes GU. and faces q northwest blizzard
the wags say that he is rcauinE tue whirl-
wind.
pretty nineteen year Old girl was recent
" sent from Selma, Ala, to New York by
express, The charges were SD c. q. d.
There we're quite number Of Young men
on the train who hal strong Intentions If
calling on dad, when the package was dcliv-
cred
. There is some fun in floods, after all. The
pc"Pp VINO "lehded an entertainment at
Newcastle, Pa, recently found upon emery
ng from the theatre that the Hood had rap
idly md completely surrounded the building.
The gallsnts took their ladies in their arms
and carried them through III, water ia llgccs
not submerged
Orr Intelligent Police Frenclmu -
monsieur de Gcndarma. c,ua Won direct
me to Booths Theatre - Olirr,ii lately
ilnpoftcd1-"Wil vl.'u f,iri il on Brood
wav. between lwipiy.tir.t mn TNinty..v-
> inth stratc. or rrellcctlyely1 mebbe t's on the
[ noorh soidc Of Foorh avenue, further
: doom. u olHm5id Spectator.
| A little work rubIi,hcd in EnrIauI il IN
titled "Thirty.iiyc WAYS of p7nninr ,Lc
QUESTION p Good rrlcinu,, # mnl,1s me-
, PRESENTATION run down y,nr- man, hack
a to ror the question only ouc way, and + he
hal 10 undergo the ordeal NJ ihirv-iour al.
dliomal pops, there wuui!u'l be- much more
than grease spot If him left Noiyi,tosu
5 H,FdH.
II The man who tried to cxplain oy,v hi.
chicken -stclling experience by sayin. that
he was member If the humlnc sor.c'y and
, felt it his duty to thin ogcrcrowd,d hen
D clops for the sake Of giving them better YER
!. tiatiun has his board paid for ninety div. by
All arprcciativc community. N.hINs tai
&c ents need 20 TO seed in this couulIy.-.St.
one sn she" .h5 'aTir ssP a5 a an i.o I