Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-20

Two hearts ana Two IlVerS were taken from
chicken killed at Lock Haven, Pa, recently.
The general committee Of the Methodist
church has appropriated 81 ,222, rs for mis-
sionary purposes during the coming year.
A man Of Van Vert county, O., on bet
wheeled a barrow containing 80 cats three
miles through a muddy country road.
In 1900 there were no potatoes in England.
Now the total yearly crop of the United
Kingdom is valued at 916,20000O, and that
of Europe at lG0,G0O,O0O.
Last years gross receipts of the railways
of tho United Kingdom amounted to 973,-
100000, q sum not far short of the total treas
ury receipts from the customs and inland
revenue taken together.
Little John makes good use Of observation
and reason. "Mamma,' he said, one day as
they were driving along, "a horse has mems
legs in front and turkeys legs behind"
Stout officers are unknown in the United
States army. No man weighing over 160
pounds can join a cavalry regiment, while
officers in the general service arc liable to be
retired for obesity.
In autumn hugo baskets of snails for sale
may be seen in tho Lisbon fruit market In
Madrid and other wealthy Spanish cities as
many as fifteen different kinds may some
times be counted on the slabs of the dealers
A mass of rock weighing about 800 tons,
fell, Nov. 20, from the high cliffs on the
Canadian side of Niagara river to the banks
below, within few yards of one of the sup
ports of the old Lewiston bridge. Had the
immense rock struck one of the stone pillars,
the bridge would undoubtedly have given
way.
Artificial gems at the Paris exposition are
said to have surpassed anything ever before
shown, some of the specimens pulling even
dealers and experts. The artificial pearls
were especially successful no means being
found to distinguish the genuine from the
artificial except the use of 4 file
A little girl Of my acquaintance saw par
rot for the first time in one Of our ice cream
parlors; as she was looking at it, the parrot
said, "Hellow The child gazed in astonish-
ment moment, then answered, in an awed
tone, "Hello, schicken!'
To dye pearl buttons, wash with lukewarm
solution OF potash. then place in a strong
aqueous solution Of the desired color and let
them stand, with frequent stirring in warm
place, To cause the color to penetrate, an
immersion of two weeks may be needed Use
the anilne colors
\ New Bedford clergyman. who has been
in service a long time. adyorti,as 20 sermons
for sale, covering all subjects and applicable
to any locality. lie only wants j apiece for
the lot, ii taken il a lump, "whi,u Is one
half Off regular price and a decided bargain
for the money"
The other day on account appeared in the
city of hungary, vino had reached his Ssh
year, and then attempted to commit suicide
because he was unable any longer to support
his father and mother.
An almost miraculous escape from death is
reported from Jackson county, Ga Last
Saturday two men were working in front OF
a circular saw, when one of them reached
over to remove chip from behind it. The
saw caught his sleeve and dragged him over
the shaiting. Round and round he Went I'M
III his fellow workman could run and stop
tho machinery. When he was taken out not
a scratch or bruise was found upon his body,
but the saw had torn every thread Of cloth
ing off him.
Consul Turner writes from Cadiz to the
state department that farming in Spain is in
primitive state. Grain is cut with "a small
reaping hook and thrashed as in the time of
the CAESARS, by trampng it out with asses
hitched to a stone boat Tho plow is a
crooked stick pointed with iron. In the
towns are to be seen heavy wooden carts
drawn by oxen. Most of the carrying, trans
ferring, etc., is done by donkeys. Sand
brick, lumber-in fact, almost everything
that has to be moved-is carried on their
backs.
One Of the strangest things in India Is the
multitude OF deserted capitals. There are
three old DelhiS, three successive capitals of
the east, all close to each other, all south of
the present city. One Of the three is Tug
luckabad, marvellous city ON hill, rooiieSs
and absolutely deserted, but solid and gigan
tic. The second is Foro2ebad, with a hand
ful of inhabitants. The third is the old Delhi
OF kutub, vino was born a Turkish slave and
died emperor of India. His name still sur
wives in the finest tower in tho world and in
the oldest mosque in India.
YES, sir" said u man with a grudGe |
against the orator of the day; "his speech |
was funny enough to make donkey laugh !
| laughed till | cried"
The sum of s4OO, 900 has been paid by the
Quebec government to Father Turgeon, rep
rcsenting the Jesuit order in Canada, in con |
of tho orders total and perpetual |
of claims TO the estates which |
became the property of the crown when the |
order was suppressed nearly a century ago.
Living within two and a half miles of Mat |
tapoisette, Mass, where all were born, are |
nine brothers and sisters named Bodies, who |
range in age from go to SO years Altogether |
there were twelve children, but three died. |
one at the age OF 90, another ut the age of 90, |
and the third when he was %. The mother |
lived to be a nonagenarian The father died |
IN his fifty-eighth year.
King Otto of Bavaria receives 4,23l, 044 |
marks, or a little over a million dollars, a |
year, from which $3.50, 900 is deducted to pay |
Off the debts of his predecessor, King Lud- |
wig. How large those debts are may be in |
ferred from the fact that it take fifteen years |
to wipe them out entirely.
In France, when patient is under chloro-
form, on the slightest symptoms Of failure Of |
the heart, they turn him nearly upside down |
that is, with his head downward and his |
heels in the air. This, they say, always re-
stores him; and such is their faith in the |
efficacy of this method that the operating |
tables in the Paris hospitals are made so that |
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