Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-31

peror returns to Vienna and will then go
TO America. In the meantime Mr., Kelley
draws his salary"
Mr. Rufus Hatch disclaims, in positive
terms, any personal responsibility for the
erection Of fences in the southwest neutral
domain, which has the anomalous position
of neither being nor belonging to state
or territory.
Harvard base ball players are coming to
the front as brainy men. The newly
elected president of Bowdoin made a fine
record in the university nine and Mr..
Kent, a famous first baseman of the Har-
ward team during his course, has been so
successful as teacher'of the Concord, n.
H.. high school that Portsmouth is trying
to win him away at Il salary of S24OO.
John Pondir, the Wall street broker,
who is staying at Long Branch, is said by
those who have studied the subject, to be
the homeliest man in the entire world. 1t
is related of him that n Spectator recent
| ly approached him and said: John, |
will wager Il case of champagne against a
pint bottle of salt water that you are the
| homeliest man in the world You would
| lose your bet" said Pondir. "Iou doubt
less have forgotten the fact that have Il
SON"
Roswell Smith, founder of the Century
magazine and president of the century
company, is sick and has left work and
gone to the sea side for several weeks
rest. The report was all around New
York, and got into some of the evening
papers, that he had suffered IL stroke OF
paralysis. but this is denied by his asso-
ciates.
Hon. John ;. Wise of Virginia began his
political career early in life, but not so
early as did his famous father, who, when
he presented himself at the bar of the
House of Representatives TO be sworn in
as Il member, was mistaken by the
speaker for page. The elder Wise was
| a tall, nervous, skinny man, weighing
about one hundred and thirty pounds
with large gray and deep-set eyes, promi-
nent nose and thick lips. He was an eN-
ceSSiVe cheWer OF tobacco, and was never
without cud in his mouth. He was not an
ardent loverof slavery, and always be-
lieved it to be Il curse and stumbling
block in the way of progress.
A special treasury agent directed to in
quire into the character of the appoint
ments made by the surveyor of customs at
Cincinnati reports to the Secretary of the
! Treasury that it is true that two of the
men appointed have been convicted of
crime. and served terms of Imprisonment,
and one was indicted for murder, but
escaped by the failure of the jury to agree
their favor and secretary Manning thinks
it is best to retain them in the service, and
encourage them to reform.
Miss Cleveland has absolutely refused
to allow her portrait to be used iii connec-
ton with the publication of her essays
She had, however been prevailed upon by
Mrs. Laura &. Holloway to have ii steel
engraving made for The Ladies of the
White House The pictures thus struck
nj hni a la n - n
gle sheets, neatly framed, without any
reference to the book, and bearing an in
scrIption stating that they are authorized
by Miss Cleveland and issued by Laura c.
Holloway 1t is to put an end to this use
of her portrait that Miss Cleveland has
gone 10 New York.
Mark Twain has written a letter in
which he asserts that his children are
wel-behaved, ell-governed, and com
panionably charming; and he refers to
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Charles Dud-
lew Warner, and his other Hartford
neghbors AS witnesses. He attributes
this goodness to his wife'S training. He
emphasizes the point in her discipline that
no promise is broken to the youngsters,
whether it involves whipping or pic
mic In administering corporal punish
ment she invariably let's IL few hours
elapse between the sentence and the exc
cutlon, so that no anger on her part shall
enter into the matter; and he atlirms that
the "child never goes away from the
scene of torture until ii has been loved
back into happy heartedness and a joyful
spirit"
Mr.. Blaine has written a letter to Gen
Wise the Republican candidate for COVER
nor of Virginia, in which he says aside
from your eminent fitness, politically, and
your complete equipment, intellectually,
| Tor the important canvass thus developed
upon YOU, confess that there are some
| personal features connected with your
candidacy which deeply enlist my interest.
| When | entered Washington college, IN
my native county in Pennsylvania. the
| fame of your father, who belonged To the
| preceding generation, was stlll fresh and
still honored as one OF the most ardent
students who had ever left our alma
mater. AT the same time, and for many
preceding years, your maternal grand
/ father, John Sergeant, was the Pennsylvan-
| ian hOnored before all others by the wings
of that statt-cldrUHl ct rCHCrdbiC HOIncH.
| Many forms Sf assumed arlstOcracy are
justly condemned and even derided in Il
| popular government, but an aristOcracy
of talent Is one that can be indefinitely
| multiplied with safety to the republic. If
| Nlrgnians retain their traditional respect
for good blood and brains, they can demon
strate it by giving their ballots for John
Sergeant Wise"