Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-09-11
THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER.
Bits of Gossip, Comment aud Curious In
formations.

formation.
Nearer, My God, to Thee" with can
non accompaniment, fired Oh Sunday by II
detachment of Massachusetts Volunteer
Militia, is one of the novelties at Nantas-
ket Beach.
a savings bank in Portland, Oregon,
has IL twenty dollar gold piece which was
taken from the stomach OF a slaughtered
COW, and found to be worth SlG2J The
milling is worn off the edge. which is
smooth and rounded, but the designs up.
on the sides remain visible. The date of
the coin is 1870, but how long the COW had
been digesting the 50 70 no one can tell.
1t is related of the late Stanley lIuntley,
humorist, author of the "Spoopendyke"
papers, that at the age of fourteen years
he set about trying to cultivate an mag
inatiOn that should be as peculiar us DOS
sble. One of his favorte tricks in follow
ing that bent was to smoke through the
bones of Il skeleton. The skeleton stood
upright III his fathers study, and young
Huntley putting pipe between the jaws
of the grnning thing and his own arm
around the bony waist, would puff at the
pipe by means of IL stem twinng down
among the ribs. Sitting thus, he would
read such tales as the Gold Bug but he
never became an Edgar Allan Poe.
Any one who has brought ordinary pow
ers of observation to bear ON sea bathing
as practiced at any watering place, says
an exchange, must have noticed the SjIpc-
rior ability of the women TO stay in the
water. Boys are amphibiOus and never
know when they have got enough ; they
do not count, but the adult man who has
soaked himself in cold water for ten min
utes is generally ready to come out and
warm himself in the hot sand, or other
wise. But he will generally find that his
associates of the gentler sex have just be
gun to enjoy themselves, and that while
his lips are blue and his skin blanched so
much of their epidermal surface as meets
the eye retains its customary pleas
ing tlnts Commenting on this NOR
tifying circumstance the Buffalo conn
mCrcidl says: "The average male bath
er appears to be much thinner blooded,
and to become much more easily exhaust
ed Some try to explain this by saying it
is because the men drink more and are
more irregular in their habits, and do not
keep their systems in as good shape.
But this explanation will not wash. OF
course Il well man can generally freeze
out IL sick one, but the average woman
easily outstays either of them. at is a
very good tcsto ones physical condition,
continues the Commercial, "tO 90 into the
surf for il short time. If there Is anything
the matter with your heart or lungs you
will find it out directly. 1t Is only those
who are IN fine condition physically who
can 20 mo the water and stay twenty
minutes or half an hour without feeling
great depression and fatigue afterwards
As to the proper length of time for bath
ing, one must he the Judge OF that him
self. No one should remain in up to TN,
period of being chilled or exhausted. :.
long as You feel well i'll the water and d,
not sullcr after you come out. it makcs Il,
difference how long you stay. rms, 1t
least. is the opinion Of the oldest and mos
experienced bathcrs atoms the Coast.