Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-15

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THE FREE PRESS ASSOCIATION,
G. G. BENEDICT. Editor.
rerms-Sa.OO year, always in advance.
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The Boston Hcrdld is both wise and
witty, when it says, "Auyone can abolish
the whisky tax for himself" Can" and
"willn unfortunately are not convertible
terms in this matter.
President Cleveland shot random
shaft in the air, in his remarks about ely
ing newspapers :" but his arrow has bee
discovered in the heart of the New York
EUcning Possibly its own confession.
1t appears to have been hard to get the
Massachusetts Assembly to order on the
first day of. the session. The presiding
officers gavel was broken in the effort
Germany has an appetite for islands and
has seized the Samoan or "Navigators' Is
lands" as they are called, in the Pacific, in
spite of an American and English pro-
test.
A Western loan agent, who operated at
Clinton, Mo, has recently run away alter
swindling his customers out of 100000. 1t
is found that he forged the names on mort
cages, and also the name and seal of the
recorder.
Mr.. Bergh of New York thinks that NJ.
Pasteur of Paris is Il fraud. NJ. Pasteur's
opinion of Mr.. 3ergh has not yet been
cabled. 1t will probably, however, cost
the newspapers less than one of Tenny
sons poems
Secretary Whitney has decided to &C
cept the Dolphin The vessel stood gale
which made all the crew seasicK made
twelve knots an hour in the teeth of the
tempest, and had no occasion 10 use her
pumps. The Dolphin Will do.
The Frenchman long ago brought com
plant against America that it had "a
thousand religions and but one gravy"
Brother Jonathan can now retort that
France has no religion-to speak of-and
but one Grevy.
NJ. Pasteur has drawn upon himself the
persecution of the autograph hunter, and
his mail is daily loaded with letters from
L his most persistent of mendicant classes.
But this is one of the prices that every
man has to pay for fame.
The New York Graphic gives a cartoon
entitled "Crime and Rctribution." In it
Mormondom, on horseback, is crossing
the United States railway track and IA To-
comotive labelled "Edmunds law flashes
its headlight on the frightened rider be
fore it knocks him endWise.
The premiums ON the pews of Mr.
Beecher's church have fallen off one-half
in five years. In 1881 they footed S29, 90
AT the sale on Wednesday they amounted
to but SASS But Il good many churches
would be glad to get that, in the way of
premiums.
The cold wave seems 20 have rolled over
every section of the country, even Louisi-
ana reporting zero weather. The North
eastern States have suffered severely, the
thermometer in Minnesota reaching the
extreme point of IS below. The storm
and cold has been much less severe in
New England.
1t seems that the United States govern
ment, so far as any present legislation on
the subject is concerned, has no power
to prevent timber thieves from entering
upon Indian reservations and cutting anC
removing timber therefrom. Congress.
should remedy this defect at the present
session.
The lamentable condition of the peopl,
in certain parts of Ireland, at the presen
time seems to call for prompt and activ,
I. ~,
that on the island of InnisDofin the en-
tire population, about 5000, are verging OF
starvation, and 800 are subsisting solel!
on seaWeed.
Senator ingalls, of Kansas warned Chi
cago interviewer to be sure and make hi
remarks grammatical; adding that h
didn't care about the ideas. In the case o
some other public men, their ideas caus
the reporters a good deal more troubl
and la Dor than the grammar.
Senator Sherman's nomination for re
election by the Republican caucus of tn
Ohio legislature was foregone conclu
sion. There has been some talk abou
opposition to him, but never any goo
ground for it Mr.. Sherman of course j
pleased, and he sent Il note of persona
thanks to each member of the caucus.
Chicago seems to be rather hard plac
for the wOrkingman. When he dOesn'
want to work-as ON Sundays, for in
stance-he is compelled to, and when h
does want to work, his dissatisfied fe
lows, about half the time, amuse them
selves by pounding him on the head wit
clubs No wonder that the Wester
metropolis is II great breeding place 10
tramps.
The Brattleboro RCtOrmcr admitting
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