Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-04-03

chorus with the refrain "Gorgonzola !
he's the cheese for me ~ | knew young
Fullerton qnte well before he went
abroad. He was a bright boy, sunny in
temperament and fun of poetry. His
skill at improvising on the piano was very
remarkable | am glad that his operetta
has been successful for aside from a per-
sonal liking for Fullerton always enjoy
hearing of an American victory on British
soil.
The sudden cold snap has put an end
for the present to the exercise of race
horses on our suburban race-tracks and
the racers will have to content themselves
with walking and cantering on the Gov
cred tan-bark ring usually connected with
race-courses claiming to be first class.
Speaking of horses brings to mind the
accommodations enjoyed by the East road
sters, both for saddle and carriage, owned
by our rich men. There is for instance,
Mr.. Frank Works stable which, cXclu-
sive of the value of the ground on which
ii stands is worth about $4,000 There
are Swiyeller and Edward, his famous
team regarded by himself and many 9th
crs as the fastest road team III the COuu-
try if not in the world. They are cared
Tor better than many princes of royal
blood and are surrounded by luXuries such
tS Oilll ilIt bIiNtNCIsllS 'tulblB uOISCS Gull
boast. Mr.. Work never sells Il hose.
When the animals use is impaired by age
or injury or sickness it is put on the re
tired list aud that not on half but full
feed. W lille such an example of human
ity is pleasant to contemplate il is never
theless sad to reflect that thousands upon
thousands of human beings in this city
are in AFFECT want and poverty ut the
same time that a few hundred animals
are revealing IN luxury We hear good
deal OF talk just now about improving
the breed of horses. Would it not be well
to consider the subject of improving the
breed of men and women
Poor General Grant How he always
enjoyed IL brush on the road behind fast
PAGER. Time and again have seen him
during the summer ut Long Branch driv-
ing along the ocean avenue And it is
but only fortnight now that he can raj
ly strength Tor a drive in Central Park
with another at the reins while he re-
cliIses on cushions and pillows. At pres
ent writing the General is again worse
and il is feared that poisonous discharges
from his cancer may cause intestinal diff
cultles which will aggravate the case and
hasten the end He Is suffering greatly
from insomnia, WithStanding the fact
that narcotics are regularly administered
4 to him. This sleeplcSSneSs has lately in
creased owing to the excitement caused
by the arrival of his daughter, Mrs. Sar-
toris, from England. The General now
has the comfort of having his wife and all
his children about him. understand the
members of the family take turns in help
ing hum to finish his history Of the war,
writing to his dictation or reading to him
what tie desires to revise
One Of General Grants physicians, by
10, :. 1 1
prove comforting to smokers. He says
that the General cancer was not brought
on by excessive smoking and that such q
view OF the case is absurd. The germs of
the cancer ne says We're there and would
have ueNelOped smoking or no smoking
This knocks on the head the arguments
some enthusiastic anti-tobacconists have
been bdsng on General. Grants disease.
1t is feared that when the big Barthold
Statue of Liberty arrives here Liberty
will have to lie down and take for seyera
years IA nap, until place for her to stand
upon has been provided. However, the
committee i'll charge of raising funt
for the pedestal has issued an urgent ap-
peal and II morning paper has started q
private subscription fund. | fancy there
would be. more enthusiasm on the subject
ildil NIIC ltllCll gwen US IL WllDlt anu not
only half gitt-statue and pedestal both
instead of the statue only The fact that
the French Republics generosity mani
Tested itself in this peculiar manner leads
me to believe in the opinions expressed by
some artist friends of mine who have tray
elled extensively i'll France. They say
namely, that the Spontaneous tribute
business is all nonsense that the French
r as a nation take no interest ut all in the
matter and that the whole thing is Il little
enterprise of NJ. BarthOldi and his friends
Indeed they intimate that the statue wa.
originally constructed for very different
purpose, and that it was only after the
failure Of that enterprise, that there was
the alleged uprising of the French PEG
pie"
Meanwhile the effort to get up an ex
hibtiOn Of Meissonier's pictures for tn,
pedestal fund has dissolved the fact tina
Mrs. a. T. Stewards SIS, 900 Meissoner il
cracked The person who sofa tnls PIC
ture-NapOleOn Reviewing his Guards
TO the late merchant prince made Il hand
some profit as it cost him about $40. OO
less, he having bought it on speculation
before the great master had made such
Stir in tbt4 world