Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-12-18

pleasure IN announcing lntl lutN nave NolIl-
pletCd arrangements with Mr.. IS. Mcclure OF
New York city, the managcrl OF the famous
international service of 20 ular stories 10y
lcadihg American authors, 10y which for the
next SIX months series Of original and charm
ing stories will appear in these columns
weekly The FREE PRESS will have sole
control of these stories for Vermont.
The series will include II Thanksgiving story
by Sarah ID. Hobart, an inimitablc character
sketch by Joel Chandler Harris t'Unclc Re
mus'O, Il story of adventure 10y b. u. Nalcn-
tine, II beautiful and fas mating tale 10y Julian
Hawthorne, entitled 'Such stun as Dreams"
n Christmas story 10y Harriet Prescott Spot
ford, and 1.-THE Octave II series Of short stO-
res by eight Of the most popular
American authors, Charles Egbert Craddock,
Frances IIudgsOn Burnett, Elizabeth stuart
Phelps, joel Chandler Harris, Frank n
stockton, Rev. +. T.. Hale, j. T. Trowbrdge
ami Julian Hawthorne. These eight authors
will Furnish stories tor sixteen ont of the
twcnty-sX weeks during which the proposed
series will run III these columns. That the
OCTAVE series is composed of stories 10y the
strongest names i'll American fiction Will
be rccoguizcd 10y every person ia
miliar with current literature. stories
by the above authors are never re-
rejected by any magazine. Other stories will
be furnished 10y MIR. ~. A. Hays, who has
Wr'Itn I"r I,y S'ioS , t,',,t e o M n"
~, i,,,i MINK. I,,.I,, and o,bcrs mis-
list OF names may nt larry Sa'u J." sulloSS inc
Ploe ""'''e ~ '',,s ',n M ,,,'I'rYtnnd
~ ,',,,l, ,I,,7 tt,osa st,,in. ,ro nil ori,rin,,
ond unfinished for thc first time ON the date
when we rive them to our readers. They have
boon secured by us ut considerable en-
pcnsc. are all copyrightcd and will
appear in no other paper in Vermont. We
Shall publish them-unless special occasion re-
OF the DAILY ana III c'ch issue u ,nc weekly
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fine pnbiishcr. of the FREE Pass TO keep il
abreast Of the newspaper enterprise of the
day, by adding still more literally to its grow
Tuesday was an election day IN Boston,
and the hotel registers dld large buSI-
ness.
.,tr Eln,uud- &c SAYS fine \rw Norl,
ITorI5 81. stiu the most imnortnnt Re
,,,l,Iic,, in tho T-nitnd STATES senate 80
MESSAGE he is entitled TO be called the
most pronounced Iudcpeudent in the coun-
trv.
Senator hdlnuhdS mas introduce" DIS
giving H'oVo Il year ana 'he lraHhIhS PrINF
posed that they Will pass.
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The Prohlbltlonlsts OBJECT to having
their successes Alluded 10 ITS poiltlcal
straWs' Inc expression suggests 700
VlVldly certain unsahctihed New Eng
land custom, for which they are under
stood to entertain no fondness whatever.
,.........,..
in this closing month OF the old year, and
the report that Emperor William OF Ter
many Is seriously Ill makes probable Il
notable addition to the list. Inc age ana
lnfirmity of the emperor render 1t not I'M
likely that he may be taken away at any
time.
Dispatches from Mexico state that
President Cleveland's message had the
effect of causing decline in Mexican
silver from eighty-three to eighty-one
cents on the dollar. This Is Significant
fact for the silver men.
NJ. Cannon's, that his indictment under
the Eumunds law did not allege that he
was male person. This is a little cir
cumstance which the lawyers, when they
indict man, generally take for granted.
DIR. o. w, Holmes has incurred the DIS
pleasure OF the gentler sex by coming il
ne" "oru- ShSoPnooi"' l'"' VI Wo