Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20
Our INALIIDNSIOpL

WeekllcS 40 not nave To ScnI out Tor thclr
lies.
We may perhaps print, five can't nm
dcrstand, Mr.. BLOSSOMS suggestion that
between FL Mahdi and FL pahdi, John
Bull is having an Ell Of time.
After George Eliot had seen Emerson
for the first time, she wrote to u friend
81 have seen Emcrson-the first ladn |
have ever seem In spite of her mascu-
line name, George seems to have been
quite II prude
A citizen of burlington sent his wife
unique valentine, &C insisting of = set of fifty
fine line cngrayings o. Is. They were
all portraits Of the Father Of his country,
each with figure . at the hottom)
Mr John Orlup OF Cohocs. y. y, was
recently knocked senseI"ss by the kick Of
II horse. The doctor said it was Orlup
with him, but he got over it, just the
same.
An exchange, speaking about slippery
sidewalks, says shortly somebody will
fall and break limb, or Il leg, or an arm,
and somebody will have to pay for it, /
Limbs, exclusive of legs and arms, are not
so numerous but that the town can stand
the expense, We guess
Prof Virgins advises everybody to pre-
pare for the great storms, which are book
ed for the 18th to the 2Oth of March. He
says there will be cyclones, turnadocs, hur-
riCanes and everything of the kind. We
are glad that MIR Virgins has come out
so positively. for we were IL little afraid
March would be an Indictment month.
In Canada hogs are singcd instead of
scaldcd to get their br>tlcs or. some
human hogs do not lose their hristlcs in
either waN-that is not in this life
\ New York judge gave a lesson in self
respect to Il school teacher. ~ used to
know you when we were cquais,' said the
teacher. 1t is the same STILL replied
the judge; "a school teacher holds ~ high
Il position rs amy man in tins country
The moderate and reasonable request
which the Ohio Divorce Reform League
makes Of the Legislature Of that state, is
that the law allowing divorce for the
vague Cause of "gros, neglect Of duty be
repealed and that the immediate mar
rIge Of the guilty partner be forbidden.
South Carolina has taken one step
toward the reform OF its prison labor sys-
TEN 10y euacting Il law requiring that CON
wet labor outside OF the peniteutiary Shall
be performed under the supervision and
control of sworn officers and guards ap-
pointed by and RESPONSIBLE to the supcrin-
tendcnt of the pcnitentiary. This will de
privc the contractors Of much of the power
they have 50 inhumanly exercised.
The Massachusetts, House has passed Il
bill prohibiting the sale Of intoxicating
liquor at saloons on election day from
midnight to midnight. Does the Massa-
chusetts House wish TO suppress the insti-
tuition OF the ballot altogether;
Three Chicago clergymen preached on
dynamite on the same Sunday, bat not
one of them, we will wager, knew what
the stuff was made of.
"rommy." said san Antonio mother
to her boy, your uncle will be here To din
ner to-day, and you must have your face
washed. " YES, ma but, s'posin' he
don't come What then :''-Tt.rls SIT
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\ bright wife whose husband had con
tractcd Il club fever hit upon Il brilliant
scheme recently. She procured Il partly
worn Eenlcman's glove and left it On the
parlOr sofa when she retired, after sitting
up until l. o'clock for her dcrrlCt lord. lie
doe, not 20 out in the evening uOW.-I'rOy
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