Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-01-18
GENERAL. NOTES.

The yield Of ice between New York and
Troy is estimated at 5000, 900 tons The
warehouses now hold 100000 or 700 900
ons, left over from last years harvest.
Old King William is very fond of Tic mu-
sic Of the flute, on which one of his grand
sons has learned to play for the old gentle
mans delight and pleasure. The flute is bet
ter than fiddle any day.
Lord Lorne is writing work entitled
Canada Illustrated" to be published in
March. The illustrations will be by Princess
Louise from sketches drawn during her resi-
dencc in Canada.
Jacob Milliken, grand old man" among
his neighbOrs, at Dunstan's Corner, near
Saco, Nc, was one hundred years old a few
days ago. His fist vote was cast for Mr..
Jefferson for President. Mr.. Millkeni is as
lively as a June cricket.
A monument composed of Vermont granite
and costing $4,000 has been placed in the
burial lot of Matt II. Carpenter in the Gem.
etery at Milwaukee. 1t is in cabinet form
and Grecian style, seventy-five feet high,
and simply bears the name of the late Sena-
tor.
A Maine man writes to the Boston news
papers that lie is in favor Of Tilden for the
next President, but if he cannot have him he
will take Plaisted This is not the oarsman,
nut the ex-governor. Presidential timber
such as it is, seems to be very plentiful
Sergeant Bates is now trampng through
| Georgia with an American flag in one hanC
and the hand of his son in the other. 1t doe
not hurt the flag any.
Two of the siliest, emptiest faces that Dl
under which the following is the legend
| Niscouut Foozle Ctenlh transmittcr of a fool
ish face to Earl Booze fifteenth ditto"
heah that p net fellah MI. Whatshisname-
Is going 90 necomc one of u.s.
1t is stated on the authority of Mr.. Broad
ley, the eminent English lawyer who defend
ed Arab Pasha, that Messrs. Bennett an
Barnum actually offered G25O 600 for hin
Mr.. Bennett wished the services of Arab
first, as a correspondent for twelve m NTH.
and then to hand him over to Barnum. Tn
offer was made to Lord Differing
Mrs. Hasalbach, now of San Francisco,
a marrying women. She has had nine hu!
bands, and as she is asking for divorce frol
Ilasalbach, she hopes to have more. Sh
has naturally forgotten the names Of some {
her earlier husbands but she says four al
dead, three are divorced and one is missing
She hopes to add Hasalbach to the list Of Ii
divorced.
The Venus of Milo is said to be the me-
popular of the classic Nenuscs. 1t is calcl
lated that every year some IS, 900 reprodu
tons of it are sold in Europe, while
, photographs the number is incalcuable.
, the recent inventory of State propert
, made by the French government the statu
. was set down as worth | 1900, 900 francs,
Cave city is in the eastern part of Cal
f veras county, Ch. 1t once contained 10(
$ inhabitants, but on the failure of the gray
mines the population diminished as in 9TH
mining towns, till at present the city" co
! siSts OF hotel, Il saloon, AMI a haysack.
few of the curiosties of early times rema
2 to The place. One of these is the graveya
: on the hillside above the town. 1t contain
. sixteen graves, fifteen of them filled by III
. who died with their boots on.
/ Matthew Arnold is said to have been nut
| pleased with his visit to Richmond, fndil
G society in the Virginia capital very agree
= bic. Philadelphia, too, impressed him as
. comfortable and charming town. Evident
he prefers the mud quiet climate of nlal
regions to that of the northern scaboard,
I. it is said that he has described Boston as
,. hill covered with granite blulders, with
, bleak sea wind ALWAYS bowling among the
"a condition of affairs not pleasing 10
taste