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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-07

STATE OF VERMONT, I The Honorable
DIsTRTCr OF CHITTENDEN,s IS. { the Probate
Court for the District Of Chttenden.
To the heirs and all persons interested in the
estate of Margaret Read, late OF Burlington, in
said district, deceased.
Whereas, application hath been made
to this Court in writing by the
administrator OF the estate of said de-
ceased. praying for license and authority
to sell the whole of real estate OF said deceased.
representing to said Court, that it is necessary
TO pay debts, and would be beneficial to the
heirs and ali persons interested in the estate OF
said deceased. to sell the whOleof the real estate
of said deceased and convert the same into
money.
AMI bringing into Court the consent and ap-
probation IN writing of all the heirs TO said
estate residing IN this state. and setting forth
til" situation Of the real estate
NhcreUlOn, the said Court appointed and as
signed the 10th day Of February $50, at the Pro-
bate Count Rooms, in arid district, to hear and
decide upon said application and petition, and
ordered public notice thereof to be given to all
persons interested therein by publishing said
order. together with thc time and place of
hearing. three weeks successfully in the Bur
late, in the ncig hDOrhCOd Of those persons in
trrCsted IN SAID estate all which publications
shall be previous 10 tie day assigned for hear
Ing.
Therefore, You are hereby notified to appear
before said Court, al the time and place as
signed, then and there in said Court. to make
your objections to the granting o. such license,
if You SOC cause.
Given under my hand. at The Probate Court
rooms, this '-Wh day 81 January, lt>l
JENNIE STACY, Register.
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-07
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
A HALF HOURS PLEASANT READING
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
A Pretty story in Which is Told the
History of the Rose of England An IL
Illustrated Account of the Cake
and the Mice.

\ lady writing lvr the special entertain
ment OF "Our Little Men and Women" gives
a pleasing account Of the Rose of England.
She say~:
In earlv times England was called al
b.on, a word which means white because of
its white cliffs But the rose did not become
the national flower of England until many
years after the country was called Albion.
When Henry VI was king, great trouble
arose in the land. He was good man, SO
good that he has been called the SANITY
Henry He belonged to the Lancaster
branch of the royal family. And the other
branch which was the House of York, wished
for the throne themselves.
The leaders of these two families met one
day in the Temple Gardens at London, and
disp"ted together. The leader of the House
of York plucked white rose from n rose
bush and called upon all his friends to do the
same The leader of the House of Lancas -
then puchel a red rose and asked the friends
of that house to pluck a red rose also. 80 IN
the great wars that followed between these
two branches of the royal family, those of
the House Of Lancaster wore the red rose FOR
a badge, and those of tho House of York
wore the white rose. These wars are called
in history the WARS of the Roses" They
lasted thirty year.. and very many men were
killed Then prince Of the House of Ian
caster married Elizabeth of York, and this
marriage put an ond to the wars.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-07
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

They have Just unearthed In Kansas the re-
mains of turtle which must have been in
life at least eighteen feet long by twelve
broad, and have been capable of floating n
dray horse across the river.
A Berlin professor while dissecting q shark
found in in its stomach "A dolphin, weighing
1913 pounds, forty three fish, decomposed
seal a human arm and four human legs
Notwithstanding this feed the brute was
probably after IA bait when he was captured
Jeremiah Smith, of Morgan county, O.,
has Il cat which is known by the neighbors as
"solar spectrum" From the tip of its tail to
the end of its nose there are distributed all
the coors of the rainbow Its nose shines
like a carbuncle and there are several shades
of violet on the forelegs.
A remarkable little animal has been added
to the London Zoo. 1t is deer, though in
size but a trife larger than full grown cat.
The cloyen hoofs proclaim its position in the
mammalian world beyond doubt, but it has
no horns. In the male two long canine teeth
project from the upper lips, and these, per-
haps, serve i'll their stead.
James Robinson, farmer living near JEFF
fersonville, o., is the owner of a carniyerous
horse, which wants nothing better for a
SOOu, square meal Unan u laO pig. w nom
ever the horse sees n pig that it can get at it
grabs it by tho back of the neck and shakes
it to death, much as dog would shake rat.
The horse then devours tho pig with great
relish. Mr. Robinson is very careful to keep
his pigs away from this horse as far as pos
sible.
A Bombay paper relates an incident illus
tratiye of the sagacity of the elephant. A
battering train had TO cross the sandy bed of
a river which at the time contained but n
shallow stream of water. An artilleryman
who was seated on the timbrel of one Of the
guns accidentally fell off, and would have
been run over by the wheels had not the
elephant, which was stationed by the gun,
Instantly, without any warning from its
keeper, lifted up the wheel with its trunk
and kept it suspended until the carriage had
| passed clear of him.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-07

In his last comedy, 'Marquise," Sardou
maintains that gentleman, escorting lady
either from table or from church, should offer
her his arm, and always the left arm. The
reason he gives is, that IA man should keep his
right arm at liberty, that if noedful he may
be able to give cuff to any person who does
not make way for the lady, or for the more
peaceable purpose Of opening door which
may bar her passage. A writer in LInter-
mediaire states this doctrine, but contends
that it ignores distinction. delicate indeed,
but which ought by no means to be disre-
garded. In ordinary cases he admits that
the left arm should he offered by an escort
and that for Sardou's reasons
In church, however, and in a salon he holds
that the right arm ought to be rendered. In
churches and salons there is no danger, and a
man ought not by his gestures or attitudes to
show himself apprehensive. In festive hall,
accordingly, giving lady ones left arm
argues suspicious temper, and may he taken
as an insult by supersensitive host In
treating this matter L'Intermediaire mem
tons an odd custom now in vogue on the
French stage. At the opera a man never
offers his arm or hand to queen or princess,
but presents TO her a doubled fist lie poirg
fsrme). San Francisco Argonaut.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-07
How to Study Natural History.

A writer III Wide Awake suggests TO youth
ful readers iesrous Of stndying natural his
tory that they begin with their OWN dog
they have one. Study his face: note the
things which you say to him at which he is
alert. note the occurrences in which he seems
to have thought reflected, reasoned and
planned. Remember. however. that these do
nestle creatures, which are made much of
and treated with consideration are found to
manifest the most intelligence.
Miss Milford, who was fond of animals,
and had great many greyhounds and other
dogs. tells interesting things about their
ways Her Dash would sit gravey while
having his picture taken, and occasionally
would rise and peep at il, as if 10 see how it
was getting IN, but in a stcaithy way, us if
afraid of being thought intrusive or inIpa-
tent that it took So long; and she wrote
about the dog who knew when it was Satur
day. ON that day he was allowed to go with
his master to the beach, and that was the
only day on which he refrained from going
up to her room in the morning, clearly
through fear that if he did 50 he might be
left behind. SIZE said that Laudscer's "Nep-
tune Newfoundland, would while being
painted. maintain his posture long rs his
master kept his palette IN his hand. however
long that might be-, but the moment it .as
laid down he would be off, and would sit no
more that day What think you of the
''brainsn of THESE dogs.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-07

The names Of the great lakes Of America
are generally of Indian origin. The early
discoveries of Ontario called it st. Louis"
and afterwards the early French called it
"I.ake Frontcnac.n after the governor. The
English. when they first claimed dominion,
called 1t "kataraku, or Ontario;H Mitchell
called il "Catarahu" and Powual the same,
but the name Ontario was tho one always
used. Huron was named from the Indian
tribe on il, shores When first discovered.
From Romans, 1907, and De llsie, 1923 it re-
cevcd the alias of "MicAigau;' Honnepin,
1888, and Coke, 1121, called it Huron" or
"Klregnondi;n Washington's journal l1&,
calls il "Quutogh, or Huron Lake Michi-
gan, persstcutly called ut first "Illinois," WAS
called Michigan" frs; 10y Seuer in 1874,
since which time ii has been generally known
by that name. Champaign, the first topogra-
pher of Lake superior, called it "Grand Lac"
The wonderful Jesuit map called it Tracy, or
Superior" Coke md Seuer called it 10y an
alias after the SiouN or, rs they were then
called, NadousSiauS. ON its shores Lake Erie
received its name from the Erie, on its banks,
and uniformly retained the name, The Fries
were known as the Cat nation: therefore some
early writer's call ii "Felis' and ''Du Chat"
Sener called it ''Cadaragua." WashnEton's
journal, Mitchell and Pownall called 1t "Oks-
WegO'
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-07
The CURIOSITY SHOP.
Annie Laurie-she Was a Real Person In
Scotland.

Annie Laurie-she Was a Real Person In
Scotland.
Nearly everybody who sings has sung or
certainly they have heard sung that beauti-
full ballad of "Annie Laurie" IL is doubly
interesting to any one who has spent few
DAYS in the region which the song has made
immortal, and especially to one who has en-
joyed the hospitality Of the Laurie family at
the Terreglcs farm, in Maxwelton near Dunn
fries Annie Laurie was no myth. About
200 years ago Sir Robert Laurie, of Maxwell
ton, on the opposite side of the River NTH,
from Dumfries, Scotland, quantity wrote i'll
his family register these words: cat the
pleasure of the Almighty God, my daughter,
Annie Laurie, was born on 10th day of De-
cember, 1852, about O'Clock in the morning,
and was baptized by Mr.. George Hunter, Of
Glencairne." Armies mother was Jean Rid
die to whom Robert was married 'Upon the
eth day of July, 1914 at the True Kirk,
Edinburgh, by Mr.. Annanc," as was also re
corded by her father himself Posterity owes
to Mr.. William Douglas, of England, in
Neutrality-suspicious. (who wooed but did not
win the capricious Annie, the song of Bon
ME Annie Laurie" wherein he celebrated the
beauty and trauscendent perfection of the
maid of Maxwelton.
Annie should have rewarded with her hand
the poet lover, who was determined to make
her name immortal; but, as 1t TRANSFERRED, she
preferred another and richer sutton, Mr..
Alexander Ferguson, of Craigdarroch, and
him she married. The William Douglas
named is supposed to be the original of the
song, willie was Wanton Wag,n and it is
related of him that, after having been re-
fused by Annie Laurie, he married Miss
Elizabeth Clerk, OF Glenboig, in Galloway,
by whom he had u family of four sons and
two daughters. Thus it is while the song of
"Anne Laurie lives from age to eye the
names of all concerned with tho original OF
it survive in the recital of the romantic Incl
dents connected with its composition. The
air of "Annie Laurie" familiar to our ears in
these days is the composition of Lady John
Scott, authoress of both words and music OF
many songs which have become popular in
Scotland. Her maiden name was Alicia
Anne Spottiswoode. She married i'll 1886
Lord John Douglas Scott, a son of the Duke
of Buccleuch. brooklyn Eagle.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-07
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tMsT1Ss ITSSS YlssiN - asSzE2
Mbe RoSepf UnnIR'nl1HSssssf

There is pretty story that, at the time
of this marriage, "A rosebuSh i'll Wiltshire,
which had always borne white roses, put out
roses of mingled white and red. However
true that may be, there is n rose which grows
in English gardens Of mixed petals, white
and red and which is called the York and
Lancaster rose
And s., The two roses have ever since been
united I'm one, ami make the double rose,
which is called the Tudor rose, II is carved
up>n royal palaces and tombs.
Thi, prince of the House of Lancaster who
married Elizabeth of Eorl; was Henry VII.
He built beautiful chapel at Westminster
Abbey. Iu which he and his wife were buried
There may be seen tho rose carved all over
its walls and on its doors. and also upon the
monument under which they lie
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-07
George w. Wales Estate.

We, TIE subscribers, having been appointed
District of Chittenden, Commissioners ~ re-
ceivc, examine and adjust the claims and dc.
George ". Wales. late of burlington, in said
district deceased, add also all claims and de-
mands exhibited In Offset thereto; and six
allowed by said Court for that purpose we do
therefore hereby give notice that we will at
tend to the business of orr appointment, ~
said district, on the fourth Tuesdays of March
and July next at 10 o'clock a. m, on each of
said days.
Dated this 25th day of January 1900.
CHAENCEY w. BROWNELL, JR. ! e,o,,,.-
CHARLES p. SMITH, o'"i re-
al
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-07
MY BOUQUET.

q rarc, sweet rose, your creamy leaves
Enfoid dream of one fair June,
That month of violet skies and flowers,
when birds and hearts sing but one tune.
Your velvet petals touch my cheek
In mute caress. you do not know
That even now your sweet leaves fall
Down to my feet, a drift OF snow.
They fan as fell my dreams Of June,
When birds and hearts sang but one tune
o pnnsy, with your baby face,
You bring to me forgotten years.
smile but, all, in human hearts
A smile is so akin to tears.
az thought" all, yes, n thought of ono
know in days that buried lie,
A tender thought, given for the sake
Of those dear days SO long gone by,
o pansy blossom, tender, true,
Wen keep that thought, just ! and you.
Ny fair, sweet lily, many time
Our rocking boats adrift would lie
Upon the lake, while, floating there,
We watched your sisters bloom and die.
"Oue shall be taken, one be left"
His boat has drifted into June
Where living waters cool the land,
And pure, white lilies ever bloom.
Fair lily, In your waXen cup
A dream of love is folded up.
Dear flowers, tho innocent You seem,
whole life's history you conceal
In your true hearts, but TO none else
VIII you the hidden thoughts reveal.
The dew lies thicltly on your leaves,
My tears shall mingle with your dew,
Twill seal the promise you have made
My secrets shall be safe with you.
My life has lost that month of June,
Tho birds and hearts still sing that tune.
Florence A. Jones In st. Paul Pioneer Press.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-07
NOTICE.
Sherift'S Sale of Real Estate.

BY virtue Of an execution in my hands. and
by direction Of the creditor therein, ! VIII sell
al public auction, al Hotel Proctor, IN Milton,
County Of Cuitlcndeu and State Of Vermont,
OH the 10Th day uf lehruary, 4. d. 1880. at 10
O'Clock IN the forenoon, the following des-
ciined real estate, situated in said town OF
Milton aforesaid, to wit; one half acre of land
bounded on the south by the highway leading
enstcry ON Milton depot, on the West by
land OF the Vermont and Canada railroad
Company. and on the North and East 10y land
Of Mrs. y. :. Wood together with the buildings
standing thereon, to wit Hotel Proctor now
ased bJ William LandOn Of A. y. Austin
and occupied by said L3ndun rs a hotel, for-
merry known by tha name of the Austin
House; also the barns and he dwelling
house now occupied by said A. \ Austin as a
dwelling house. said premise are fully res-
crlbed in a mortgage decd given by A n AIS
tin to benjamin fairchiid dated the 18th day
of December 1883, for the sum of seventeen
hundred dollars and recorded in volume 20,
page jH5, OF the land records of said town OF
Milton.
! will sell all the interest of \. y. Austin to
said leased and mortgased premises described
above, including his right TO n homestead
which he will be entitled to after the hrst
mortgage is paid, which was given for the pur-
chase money of said real estate and the
debt on which this execution was issued was
contracted in 1858 All leases and mortgages
will be stated by me at the time OF the sale.
Milton, VT, January 10, lsSO
A. Is. ASHLEY.
%, W tFeb 10 deputy sheriff
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-07
Ill Awful Story.

There was once an awful little girl who
had an awful to everything. She lived in
an awful house, in an awful village, which
was au awful distance from every other aw
ful place. She went to an awful school,
Where she had an awful teachcr, who gave
her awful lessons out Of awful books. Every
day -he was 50 awful hungry that she ate an
awful amount of food, that she looked
awful healthy. Her hat was awful small, and
her feet were awful large. When she took
an awful walk She climbed awful hills and
when she got awful tired she sat down under
an awful tree TO rest herself. In summer shs
was awful hot, and in winter awful cold.
When it didn't rain there was an awful
drought and when tine awful drought was
over there was an awful rain. If this little
girl doesn't get rid Of tuis vulgar way of say
ing awful about everything, | am afraid
she will come to an awful end.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-07

In 1853 Stanley went to Abyssina with
the British army. In 1870 he started to
''tind j. ingsGon." and found him on Nov.
10, 1871, at Ujiji on Lake TanGanyikn; he re-
turned to England i'll July, 1872. In Novem-
Der, 1874, he started b. explore the lake re-
giops of equatorial Africa; he explored the
Victoria Nv0nza in February, 1873, and
came down the Congo to the Atlantic coast,
having crossed Africa, in August, 1871 In
1878 Stanley went back to Africa under tho
auspices of the International African assoc
citation to continue his exploration Of the
Congo river. lie founded Leopodville on
Stanley pool. put steamers on the river and
explored much of the country. In 1882 ne
returned TO Europe on sicI leave; in 1888 he
went back to the Congo, and in 1884 re-
turned again to Europe, when tho Congo
FREQ State was founded, with Leopold, king,
Of Belgium. as its Sovc.-ign. In 1Ss, Stanley
went to relieve Enlin rasha. He went by
way Of Zanzibar to the Congo. aud left Boz
Iornbo. nearly 900 miles dp the river, on May
II, lSs,, marching eastward. He nadc many
discoveries. underwent much danger and
many hardships, and at last found Emin
fasha After marching and countermarch-
ing thousands of miles he reached Bag1moyo,
near Zanzibar on Dec. 4. There Emin got
hurt. Stanley is now on his way 10 CaIv
Egypt, where he viii spend the winter He
said in a speech at Zanzibar that he should
devote the rest of his life to Africa.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-07
Ann WaItOn's Estate.

STATE OF VERMONT, To all persons
DISTRICT OF CHITTENDES. IS. { concerned in the
estate of Ann Walton, late of Burlington, in
said district deceased.
GREETING.
At n Probate court holden at Burlington
within and for the district OF Chittenden. on the
2jth day Of January, 1890, an instrument, pur-
porting to he the last will and tesamrn Mt Of Ann
Walton, late of Burlington, in suid district de-
ceased, was presented to the Court aforesaid,
for probate. And 1t is ordered by said Court
that the I'D day of February, 1910, AT the Pro-
bate Court rooms in said Burlington. be assigned
for approving said instrument. and that notice
thereof be given TO all persons concerned, by
publishing this order three weeks successfully
in the Burlington Free Prees, q newspaper
printed at said Burlington, previous to the
time appointed,
Therefore, you are hereby notified to appear
before said Court, at the time and place atore-
said, and contest the probate of said will, if
you have cause.
Given under my hand at Burlington, in said
District, this 18th day of January, 1880.
JENNIE STACY, Register.
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-07

Rifle bullets are now photographed in their
course by means of the electric spark The
camera is taken into dark room, which the
bullet is caused to traverse. As it passes the
camera it is made to interrupt an electric cir
cult and produce q spark, which Eliminates
it for an instant and enables the impression
to be taken. The wave of condensation in
the air before the bullet and tho rarefaction
behind it are visible in the photograph and
can be studied by experhs thus enabling the
form of ball or rife, which minimizes the re-
sstance of the air, to be selected.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-07
N ervous DebiIity.
Weakness, Nervousness. Dependency
and Depression of Mind.

We are careless of our strength. vigor and
energies in youth and early life. Weuse them
up in business, work, pleasure or dissipation,
and suddenly find ourselves old before our
time, broken down in health, exhausted in
brain md nerve power and left without ply
steal energies, nerve, strength or ambition.
Then follows that terrible dcspondency-tha
gloom and depression Of mind which is n
thousand times harder to bear than PAIN. 1t
blots out hope, happiness and ambition, and
makes lifoeeem scarcely worth living; turns
nights into sleepless, restless anxiety, and
days into almost hopeless despair
Luckily. there is a great and wonderful res
torativc which will give back to the weakened
and exhausted system the strength it has lost;
a marvellous remedy which imparts strength
and vgor to the brain and nerves, vital yes
and nvigorates all the physical powers, dis
pels if by magic the dependency and gloom
of mind. and restores us again to that grand
degree of usty strength, of bounding pulse,
and strong physical and nerve power which in
ignorance or folly we have exhausted.
This wonderful discovery is DIR. Greene's
Nervura, the great brain, nerve and strength
rcstorer. II is purely vegetable and perfectly
harmless, and can be procured at any drug
gist's for 81 per bottle. It is an absolute spcci
fic for nervous and physical debility. Persons
with weakened nerves and exhausted vitality
can regain perfect and complete strength by
its use. 1t restores o.t energy and nvigorates
| the weakened vital forces in old and young.
Try it, and you will never regret IL.
POSITIVE PROOF.
! was afflicted for five years with nervous
debility, and last winter wns down sick with
it. had good doctor. but got only Temporal
ry relief. | then took six bottles of Dr..
| GTeenc's Ncrvura and it cured me.
". W. CORNELL.
1921 Ward st Philadelphia, Pa.
| DIR. Greene. the great specialist in the cure of