Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-17
THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER.
Bits of Gossip, Comment and Curious In
formation

Ii1tS OF GOSSIP, Comment ana Curious In
formation.
California papers report the discovery OF
a new wine-peach wine, made from the
juice of soft ripe peaches. 1t is said to be
the finest favored and most delicious
wine ever discovered.
At Saratoga the Hathorn Spring di
vides with General Grant the honor OF
being the great invalid of the season. The
famous spring suddenly ran muddy in the
midst of a terrific combat of competition
with the Congress.
According to the new city directory OF
New York, which contains $40, 146 names
the present population of Gotham is about
800, 600, or more than the population OF
the entire State of Virginia, or Wisconsin
or North Carolina, or Georgia, or Maine
New Hampshire, Vermont, and Rhode
Island combined.
Long school terms and compulsory at.
tendance are fast making II literary
class" of the entire population of the
North.-N. Y. Herdld.
Uncle Sam will not lose much By carry.
ing letters weighing IN ounce each for
| two cents, but the people will gain a great
deal in the way of relief from petty an.
noyance by the change of the limit from
half ounce to an ounce.-N. Y. Muil
N'N iS'Hftco'
More is required of young ladies in So
clety than OF young men. A young man
need not be beautiful, need not sing, play,
or say anything intelligent. He may he
positively idiotlc, and yet get ON well in
society, as is shown in numerous in
stances.-N. o. PicdUunc.
We are compelled to observe that the
able pilot of the Cincinnati Commerciul
gazette is doing much to soldify and in
HuInn bn ID hui ,it AZ
his majestic vtuperatOn the temperance
people ought to be able to poll about Is,
900 Republican votes in October-N. \.
WOrd
a Philadelphia admirer and student of
Shakespeare claims to have IA pair of
gloves, one of which was worn by the
hand that wrote Hamlet" and Chicago
boasts OF genuine autograph. But no
modern playwright or poet gives any evi-
dence OF possessing piece Of the great
bard's mantle. boston Herald
The following bona fide challenge was
recently printed in the columns of the
Salt Lake Daily Herald: TO Harry Ken
dali, Esq, proprietor Denver restaurant .
We, the employees of the Fountain lunch
stand, and Beehive restaurant, do hereby
challenge you and your employees to a
friendly game of base ball, on Washing
ton Square, on Thursday, July 2. 1885,
LOT tne Deer, TWO eight gallon Kegs.
FRANK SUFFER-, Captain.
1t is related of apassenger on the Hudson
River railroad that the other day he tore
his ticket into Il dozen or more small
pieces, shook them up in his hat and
when the conductor came along dumped
them into his hand The man of punches
and tickets took the fragments, placed
them together and satisfied himself that
the ticket was all right and then punched
the largest piece and handed the frag-
ments back to the passenger. 1t is sup.
posed that the passenger expected that
the conductor would refuse the tore ticket
and would put him OFF the train, in which
event he could have sued the company for
damages.
A very near-sighted gentleman and a
very whitehanded dude sit next to each
other at one of our prominent hotels. In
the midst of dinner yesterday, the guests
were startled by a piercing yell, emanat-
ing from the mouth of the dude, and there
was rush to S. e what was the matter
The dude had rested has hand for a
moment on the edge of the table, and the
near-sighted man took it for piece of
bread and jabbed his fork halfway
through it'd shbury Park journal.