Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-14
PITHY PARAGRAPHS.

There ought to be no difficulty in shut
ting up the dry goods stores on Saturdays.
From dry goods standpoint Saturday is
Sunday.-N. o. PicdUUHC.
The girls cart will soon pass out of fash
ion 1t is not so pleasant as four wheel
vehicle. So say the girl and the horse, es-
pecially the horse. -Chicdg0 current.
Nearly 900, 900 copies of the penny edi
ton of the revised New Testament have
been sold i'll England in the last nine
months. A million more might be dis
tributed among the aristocracy in London
and do no harm.-BOStOH Post.
The discovery last week of snow under
the sawdust near the mill of Senator Ed
munds has proved evena richer boon than
was anticipated. Toward the setting sun
the paragrapher is already gleefull at
work on it.-BostOn ErcuilIg Record.
King Alfonso of Spain, who recently
went through the cholera districts as II
boys goes through graveyard at night,
is now preparing to leave the country al
together Alfonso lacks the courage of
his predecessors He is too timid to lay
claims to greatness. Press.
Considering the amount of advertising
that Mt. MacGregor has received, the hotel
there might have afforded to forego the
attraction of dancing at least until the
| body of the dead general had been remov-
ed.-BOstOn TRANSCRIPT
] mere Ill Z dCCllIll'ldllHB DItlllOllll luis III
Il robust and vociterous row between Bro.
| Hendricks and the administration. We
violate no confidence III stating that if it
becomes necessary, Bro. Hendricks will
read the administration out of the Dem
ocratic party without benefit of clergy
| Philddctphid Press.
Doubtless from an appreciation of the
shy and shrinking nature of Newman, the
newspapers have in too many cases omit
/ ted to give his long lucubration in its en-
tirety to their eager readers. But we have
IL conscience i'll this matter, and expect all
our public to read every word it.-Spring
.dCid RcpUbiic0H.
Why does not Vice President Hendricks,
! emulating the example of some of his dis
tnguished predecessors, accept the situa
ton Cheeefully, shoulder his fishing rod
and devote all of his time to beating the
Waltonian record 1t will pay fully a.
well, and add greatly to the dignity of his
position baltimore american.
"When the cat is away the mice will
play" General liazen is on the way tC
Europe The weather bureau is in the
hands of the boys. They seem inclined tc
give things Il vigorous stirring up. New
| England is getting more rain and more
thunder and lightning than it has had al
this season for many years .-Bostoh IFdr
CliCr.
According to the Hotel GuzcttC which
who have boarded IA few seasons alta sum
mer hotel. and been generally popular
lose all their lOvable qualities when, 10y
any accident of fortune, they become pos
sessed-by IL tleeting and summary tenure
of COulse-Of Il cottage If this be true
It's pity.-N. y. MdH ana ErprcSS
The cable announces that Il Mr.. Lee hai
arrived at Vienna to take charge of The
American legation. Mr. Francis has tax
en- his departure. Meantime Mr.. Anthem!
NJ. Kelley, who is accredited as ministe
to the court of Franz Josef, is Wandern!
about on the continent someWhere-a sOr
of lost diplomatic comet What is hi:
status, anyhow N. y. WOrtd.
The nomination by the newspapers OF
Mr.. Conkling, Senator EdmundS, Mr.
Villas and half dozen other gentlemen t,
deliver the funeral Grafton of Genera
Grant seems premature, because no az
rangement has yet been made for an oc
caSion when an Grafton may be calle'
the funeral Grafton. There will b.
many orations about General Grant.
e number have already been delivered, AM
wherever Il monument shall be erected
there will be an orator. 1t is not unllkel.
that all these gentlemen will be invited
to perform sucn a duty, or that ther
will be occasions for them to do so but
is not yet clear what is meant by the
: funeral Grafton, for the proper delivery o
which this controversy has arisen
BrOoklm Union.
The fact that lightning struck the cot
: tage ut Mount MacGregOr, where the bod
: of General Grant still lies, immediatel
after striking the spot on the hilltop o
Riverside Park, where he is to lie hereai
ter, is Il coincidence so striking and 5
singular that 1t must bring home yer
forcibly to mems minds the depth and ii
= debility of the impression made i'll an
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