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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-09-22
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
WEST pE1KSHlEE.

Nr. a. Mashire Of this place and hTr.
Hanson Clark of st. Armand started for
California the 10th inst. to look up the es-
state of the late Ezra Burleson. The estate
is sold to be worth upwards Of SAP Geo, which
was to be equally divided between the wives
of Mr.. MGshire and Mr.. Hanson aud one
nephew, Frank BurlesOn. Mr.. Emet Gay
lor and wife Gre stopping for a few weeks
with his grandmother, Mrs. Fay. j.
G. Weld, our town representative, enter
tanned his friends at the Burleson hotel the
evening following his olection.-Nrs.
Wedgeworth, our PASTORS wife, who has
been at her sons, DR.. Martin OF Salisbury,
for the last two months, returned the
18th inst.-Mr. and Mrs. Curtis or New
port were the guests of Rev. c. Wedge
worth the 18th and 18th insts, also Mr. and
Mrs. Davis from Euosburgh the 18th inst
Mr George Is. Ewins of Canada Pacific
railroad at Montreal was in tow the loth
inst.-Mr. E. L. Fay has gone TO Lowell,
Mass, to spend the winter. -Mr. Emet
Gay!or and family returned to their home
at Lowell. Mass, the 10Th. Miss Minnie
Norris Is teaching school at East Richford.
MIR and Mrs. Cassus Olmsted, who have
been visiting in this vicinity, have returned
to Spring Water, Rock County, Mimi
Miss N. J. Daring is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Howard. al Malone, y. y, also her
brother, Robert Darling, at Saint Regis
Fall in the same State.
MONT GOMERY CENTRE
Rev. Daniel Mcintyre has finished his
pastoral labors in the Congregational
church and has returned to Andover semi
nury.-T. 3. hopkins has gone 10 Boston tc
| "a n Of nh ovi
mas returned from New ! ork.
FLETCHER.
Ami Lemay has moved to Westford. -
Our representativo-elect, ". b. Hooper
gave his friends honey supper Thursday
evening. Mrs. c. l. Prouty aud daughter
of Swanton are visiting relatives in town
also Alrs. Christopher Wetherbee of Nortt
Fairfax and Mr.. Marcett. Mrs. Bailey Ia:
returned from her visit to Massachusetts. 49,
Intelligence has leon received of the death
of Mrs. Edison Rood of Now Jersey. Mr.
Rood was a native OF this town and hi,
/ friends here vii! sympathize with his family
in their bereavement.
HIGHGATE.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. W. HeAor have return.
ed to Boston. Mrs. Fannie Mclloane, nee
Seward and son Of Little Rock Ark, are
visiting friends in town. H. J. Lyon and
wife are visiting friends in Fair Haven
Mrs. o. W. White has returned to Wash
iugton, d. C.-James steele has returned to
Marlboro, Mass. Liner Burlck says its q
boy and is happy. Charley Chappall has
left town for "a indefinite period. N. p.
Leach of Iowa is In town. -Barnaby Leach
has gone to New York city to attend a
. T't.is ii
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JERICHO CENTRE.

Mrs. Jennie Hart started Thursday
morning for New Orleans, where she /. TO
teach in Straight university. bingham
Stone and his sister Susie returned to
Oberlin, Ohio, last week Saturday to attend
college there Mr. Gleason pays the farm
ers 81 cents per 700 pounds for their Au-
gust milk. --Butter is = aud % cents per
pound this week Tho potato crop is very
small
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500 Reward SiO0.

Topley's Breed Winner" oatwears all other
shuns.
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HUNTINGTON.

The foundation to the new creamery in
the south part of the iowa il being aid. -
Nanks Brothers are pl'tiu; io now so
horse power engine at tho ton,ge. -- Ben
Lyster is visiting relatives in Canada. The
lit.le daughter OF Deputy Sheriff Norton has
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BOLTON.

Miss Esther HAYDEN has been very IT with
scarlet fever. - Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvenus
Siockwell left last week for their home
in California, after n three weeks visit
among relatives. Butler teaches the
fail torn Of school at North DuXbury. Mrs
W. H. Stevens la, been quite Ill. Her
father and mother, vino reside in Michigan
are visiting their daughter. Miss Emma
Stevens is Attending Prof. j. S. Clley !
private school in jericho.
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BRISTOL.

Butter brought from 10 to 81 cents Sat
urday. big crowd Was in town Satur-
day TO witness the game Of bail between the
br!stols and Ni1d!ebury college clubs. -
Severa! residences in town are showing the
good effects of the energies of the cerpon-
tars.
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WHITlNG

Rev. S. Kinney horse, harness and Lug
gy wore stolen last Friday night The
horse is a bright bay color Morgan blood
and N high condition. Hand bills IRE issued
Offering a reward for tho recovery Of tho
, rOrartv
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WILLIS

DR.. Keefe returned to his home in Kings
ton, y. y, Monday, taking with him bis
mother They will spend the winter there.
Miss Wood and Mrs Bryant went to Wa
terhury Saturday to visit Miss Woods bro
;her, who is in the asylum. Mrs. Ward was
called to Nashua last wee, TO care for hor
daughter, who is very iH.-There is to he
IA corn sociablo at tho Methodist church
Wednesday night,
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Rov. Joel Bingham, d. D., o: Dubuque,
lowe, occupied the pulpit Of the Copgrega-
tional church on Sunday. Mr.. Bingham is
Il son OF the late Deacon Asahel Bingham
SOUTH STAHKSBORO.
Freeman Clark is not any better. hu,
rather growing worse Mrs. Perlry Dotv
IS on the gain. There were two funerals in
Lincoln last Wednesday, Unclo Gilman
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MONTGOMERY CENTRE

Rev. Daniel Mcintyre has finished his
pastoral labors in the Congregational
church and has returned to Andover semi
nury.-T. y. hopkins has gone 10 Boston tc
attend schoo! of pharmacy. Levi Longey
mas returned from New York.
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Mrs. II. d. Edgerton went to Montreal
Monday morung to visit relatives and
friends for week Samuel Whal!ey has
been making extensive repairs one tho old
homestead at the lake. L. Mech
has gone to New York, where he will enter
into business with r. L. Polk a Co., pub
listers OF State ga2etteers and marine di-
reCtories.
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n. S. Bradley has in his possession clocl;
made in Connecticut over ITO years ago,
which keeps accurate time, and powder
horn that his father Samuel Bradley, used
in the battle OF Bennington. b. il. ingalls,
of Swanton has opened hotel here.
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Henry McNall is attending tho &, a. r.
encampmeDt at Washington, Miss Belle
I.on5e has returned from Franklin. he
creamery pays 80 ceL,s per hundred for
August milk. Evelyn Grow has re
turned from the White mountains. Miss
Agnes Smiley of Chicago ia the guest of
Mrs George Allen -- q Jorge Bliss Of Euos-
burgh Is visiting friends in town.
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WEST NIL

Annie Osgood is so fer recovered from
her qunsy trouble as to be abe to attend
school this week.-Mrs. Swan is more com
Portable and DR.. Dixon has slight hope Of
her recovery. Mr.. Swans sister from Bur
lington is helping to care for her. Mrs
Hawley of Wi!sboro, y. Y, is visiting at
\. A. Hevrick two daughters OF l.. T.
uerric!i, Mrs. Savage ard Mrs. Kay Of
BROOKLYN. y. Y. are visiting their pnrents
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-02

the attempt over the ieud, vu rout uud
by sledge journey, establishing, as the
line OF discovery progressed. necessary
dcpots of supplies Tor the purp ose OF se
curing retreat, or tiding over unseen de-
lays.
Although Peary reached North Green
land last year with a broken leg, good
luck seems to have been his portion. He
was fortunate In being able to procure
plenty OF dogs. He took with him on
the ice cap twenty of these animals, bred
10y the natives OF Whale Sound, aud they
hauled four sledges as far as Humboldt
glacier, where the return party went
back, and Peary and Astrup, with thir-
teen dogs and three sledges, kept on
their course. Peary had killed an abund-
ance of seals and warus for dog food
during the winter, and Travelled in the
lightest marching order. Pemmican,
pea soup, beans and biscuit formed his
sole provisions.
Eyard Astrup, who accompanied PeGry
on this journey of 1900 miles, is young
Norwegian who had lived in the United
States only u few months when he volun.
teered for the expedition. He was skilled
in the use of the "skie, as the peculiar
snowshces of Norway are called.
Peary's enumeration of the Arctic high
landels gives total of less than $50 souls.
They are apparently decreasing in num-
bers, but not so rapidly ms was supposed
a few years ago. In their recent inter.
course with the whites they have been
favored beyond most savage people. A
large part of the men whom they have
seen were rough, and they haven't al.
ways been treated with justice. Kane
had serious difficulty with the natives,
aud two of his men accused these people
of plotting against their lives. THIS time
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-02
Vegetable Oddities.

Freaks of vegetables, especially Of
turnips, radishes, parsNips aud the like,
have probably been observed from time
to time by most people, though very
rarely in such distinct aud striking
forms as in these instances, which have
been recorded in old prints, says the
Strand Magazine.
The fadisb, which we give first, grew
in sandy soil at Harlem, more than 200
years ago, aud was painted in fac simile
by Jacob Peuoy, one of whose fricnd,
presented the picture to Glandorp in the
year 1872. This picture was engraved
by Kirby, showing the root exactly a,
we reproduce 1t here in Figure l..
Nor is this the only instance in which
the root of radish has taken this par
ticular form, as another, exactly resem.
bling human hand with fingers aud
thumb complete, was possessed by Mr..
Bisset, Secretary to the Birmingham
Museum, in 1892.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-02

plow or hoe in the field. 1t would be-
stolen. Each man guards his own
property. and it is a case of the ''survivai
Of the tittest.' A Chinese rural family
usually consists of from twenty to forty
people, all related. The family govern
ment is patriarchial. A small family
would not dare to live isolated. In the
big cities murder and theft are about the
only crimes punished. Every Chinaman
lies. and the man who is the most skill
full liar ls considered the best man. Pun
ishment for theft is made by locking a
big heavy wooden collar around mans
or woman's neck, and then exposing him
Or her to the gaze Of the people.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-02
The Bible Is POlYglnf.

There are 5000 spoken languages. The
Bible has been translated into about 200
of them, but is accessible to fully two
thirds Of the human race, u billion peo-
pie. The Mandarin Chinese affords
communication to 200, 100000 souls;
the English to 100, 900, 900; the Hindo-
stani to So, 900, 900; the German to 54,-
000,00 the Arabic to $4,000, 900. It
appears, however, that there are still
500, 900, 900 soul: who have no Bible in
their own tongue. The English people
have translated most OF the versions
that now exist.-New York News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-02
An Instructive Trick.

Here is trick that will amuse and in-
struct: 1t consists OF supporting pail
filled with water by means OF a stick
placed on the edge of table aud passed
through the pail. To be successful with
this experiment, which appears like an
impossibility, it is only necessary TO
place a small rod of suitable length be-
tween the point Of the suspension stick
and the bottom of the pail. The system
thus consolidated forms, after manner,
a single mass, and the pail is readily
held as in the engraving because the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-02

pedes which reach these shores in ba.
nanas, aud when workman discovers
one crawling upon him he stands per.
fectly quiet and allows it to crawl off
without disturbing it, Theu it is crushed
beneath heavy boot or captured and
sold, as the man feels disposed. They
are usually summarily killed, as the
workmen prefer foregoing the loss of
fifty or seventy.iive cents rather than run
the chances of being stung.
peculiar crustacean in the shape OF
a crab also hides itself ia the punches of
bananas from Baracoa occasionally aud
makes free trip to this city. How
these animals find their way among the
bananas is known only to themselves,
but the supposition is that when the fruit
is piled up for shipment they crawl
among the punches aud stick there. In
shape there is scarcely any difference be-
tween them aud the ordinary crab OF
commerce, but in dress they are as gay
as a stylish woman Easter Sunday. Their
legs, claws and eyes are flarng red and
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-02

Qrom European standpoinO their car.
riage is erect and exceedingly graceful.
The long, swinging motion which they
affect in walking is produced by their
habit of carrying all kinds of merchan.
disc on the head. The Hindoo head is
small aud the face is refined, with de.
licately chiselled features. The hair,
''woman's crowning glory" is blue
black and very abundant. It was worn
parted in the middle and drawn down
straight behind the ears, being coiled al,
the back of the head in a heavy knot.
They practice the barbaric custom OF
piercing the nose, through which gold
or silver ring is inserted. The fingers
of the small black hands are usually
covered with rings of various kinds,
while silver bracelets adorn the slender
wrists. Rings are worn also frequently
on the toes, and the women are seldom
seen without heavy silver anklets.
The single garment worn by the Hin.
doc woman consists of a long scarf,
always OF some white material, which is
dexterously woven about the body until
it forms skirt aud what looks like 9
sleeveless jacket.
The caste is denoted by the color OF
the mark which the priest OF the Brahman
religion places each morning on thel
foreheads.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-02

Figure 2 represents parsnip, which
also strikingly resembles hand, but In
different position, as it appears to b,
grasping another root. This oddity was
sold by market woman in the ordinary
course of business, and was passed from
hand to band as curiosity until it came
into the possession of au eugraver, who
made the drawing of it which we give.
Figur, 3 is q turnip with face, o
plumed headdress, body, arms and a
number of intertangled legs, like those
of some sea monster, sending in snaky
twine." This root grew in garden in
the village of Weiden, in Germany, In
1928, the fact being recorded in the
curious columns entitled "Misccllasss
Academic Nature"
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work with all its body aud soul. II
catches on with its two arms and head,
aud giving sudden hump of its joiuted
back 1t jabs the end of its needle pointed
tail into the flesh where it calculates to
do the most harm, and the subject usu-
ally jumps and creates an atmosphere OF
a sulphurous odor about him for several
minutes. The little stowaway then, as
a general thing, Is made to expatiate his
crime by being crushed beneath a large
sized foot.
Centipedes are not uncommon amons
cargoes OF bananas. They are not
the domestic order commonly kno wn al
"earwigs" either. They are long, fa
fellows with two rows of saffron cslored
legs and brilliant purple bodies. and
their stings are feared more than small
pox by the handlers of bananas.
1t is said that these creatures are S.
poisonous that when they walk upon the
bare flesh their legs leave Il red trail upon
the skin rs If pin had scratched it. Il
Is also said that with such lightning like
quickness do they sink the ends OF tn eli
numerous legs into whatever they ar,
crawling upon, when they become
alarmed, that il is impossible to knock
them of. Should the legs penetrate Q
persons flesh, so the men who unload
ships will tell you, death is inevitable
and when the poison is injected the flesh
mortiiies almost Immediately.
These are the sort of tropical cent?
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mcnts to travel On loot aud by means of
,ledges.
The expedition sailed on the Kite,
4 steam sealer, which on July 80, 1891,
left the party on the south shore of Me-
Cormick Bay. After constructing a
house, a series Of boat trips and short
excursions was begun. These trips con-
tinued through the winter and until May
Sd 0! this year, when Peary and all the
party, excepting Mrs. Peary and Mr..
Verhoeff, left for the north. On June
Sd the supporting party returned, having
parted from Peary and Astrup at Hum.
boldt glacier. From this point they
continued northward until July 4th they
discovered Independence Bay. After an
absence of ninety.three days, during
which time Peary and his companion
travelled over 1900 miles across inland
ice, they returned to Mccormick Bay,
meeting the Kite, which had in the
meantime returned for the party.
While preparing to return home, Mr..
Verhoeff went on short geological trip
to neighboring settlement. Not return
ing, search was made, and after some
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give the impression that they have
stepped into hot water and managed to
hop out again without being parboiled
all over. Their bodies arc about as
large as the back of a mans hand and
are perfectly black, and their long feel
ers are of dark blue color. They are
known among banana handlers as land
crabs. Sometimes they are caught and
kept as curiosities, but they are generally
killed, as they live only short time
after they have been capturad and con-
fined.
Big cockroaches, pure white in color,
are regular travellers among punches of
bananas. They are about twice the size
of croton bugs and appear to have uu-
dergone Il bleaching process at some
stage in their existence.
A beautiful butterfly, with big body
and large wings, is also among the in
sects found in banana ship. Its body is
almost white, except for delicate pink
tint, and its wings are of pure white,
dotted with brilliant red spots. Asuper-
stition exists among some OF the han.
dlers OF bananas that If one OF these but.
teriles lights upon person it is an as,
surance of good luck.
Innumerable varieties OF sea shells find
their way into the banana punches,
many of which are priced highly by the
workmen for their beauty. 1t is sup
posed that they get into the bunches
when the latter are piled upon the sea
shore, preparatory to being slowed away
i'll the holds Of the vessels.
Rats and mice run out of the bunches
when they are being iolted about, aud a
few days ago TWO little birds eggs were
discovered by Washington street deal.
er in piece of folded leaf which had
become in some way attached to stalk.
They were white, speckled with brown.
OF the thousands of small spiders
which stick to the banan as none Is more
feared than red one, which is so small
that often it is not perceived until 1t
has perched itself upon mans hand
and has injected its sting. The sting Is
not fatal, but 1t causes no end OF incon-
venience, as the spot it penetrates be-
comes exceedingly painful aud swells up
to great size.
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they have been treated Ivy their white
visitors with kindness, consideration and
generosity.
On the North Greenland coast Peary
found no traces Of human beings. IL
has been favorite theory with some
scientific men that the east coast derived
its population from the migrat alton o! peo-
pie living on the northwest coast. There
is no evidence whatever TO substantiate
this unlikely theory, and it is probable
that the remains OF Esqumaux huts
found on the shores of l,obeson channel,
in Grant land, indicate the most north
ern limit of human occupancy.
Peary intended to do for the Arctic
highlauders what Holm did for the 500
natives he discovered on the east Green
land coast. He has thoroughly carried
out this purpose. He has made com
plete enumeration of the inhabitants, and
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Flesh That Is POls lnOus.

The polar bear presents one Of the
best attested examples OF poisonous
animal, this property OF its flesh being
probably derived from some Of its vege-
t'ble and berries which 1t .eeks on the
shores during the autumn. Scoresby
says that sailors who have been obliged
to eat bears flesh. and have not taken
the precaution OF rejecting the liver,
have almost always been attacked with
sickness, aud peelng oil of the skin.
and have sometimes died from its bane-
full effects. The same thing happened to
Sir John Ross party at Fury Beach,
also to the party under Sir Edward Parry.
In America, whsre the snow lies 50 deep
as to prevent the deer from gazing, they
are compelled to subsist by browsing on
the leaves and bark of the laurel, in con
sequence of which they secrete so much
of its well known poison that their flesh
proves hurtiul to persons who eat it.
The flesh OF hares and rabbits Is occs-
sionally noxious, owing to their having
eaten largely of poisonous barks and
poisonous plants, which, strange to say,
do not hurt them. The fact is, certain
animals will eat with impunity various
plants, barks and berries, which prove
poisonous to human beings. In the same
way the flesh of many birds that cat
poisonous berries is sometimes hurtful to
people who partake of it. During the
time that the American rufiied grouse
feeds on laurel buds It's flesh is highly
deleterious. Southey says that the flesh
of parrots is so powerful that it is used
incidentally abroad.-Yankee Blade.
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his long association with them enabled
him to secure photographs of fully hall
the Arctic highlanders. He brings bac !,
a large quantity of chronological material,
including tents, costumes, sledges, boats,
dogs, aud photographs of the people and
dwellings.
Eight days afte. Peary and Astrup
left the party and pushed forward by
themselves they saw, says Peary, "the
land at the head of the St. Georges
ford, and then for two weeks were baf :.
fed and harrasscd by storms, fogs, ere.
vases and steep ice slopes, while trying
to weather the feeder basins of the st
Georges and Sheard Osborne glacier
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explore. They arc quick to adant them
selves to their surroundings aud possess
unusual skill in contriviug means by
which to attain the desired euds.
In dispatch to the Navy Department,
from st. Johns. n. f.. Lieutenant Peary
Jays: United States Navy claims high.
est discoveries on Greenland east coast.
Independence Bay, 50 degrees north
latitude, "a degrees west longitude. dis.
covered July 4, 1892. Greenland ice.
caps end south of Victoria inlet"
Lieutenant Peary presented his ideas
Of exploration to the Academy of Natural
Sciences of Philadelphia in January,
1891. His plans showed so wide a
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familiarity with existing conditions, aud
we're so practical in character that the
academy, which had previously borne
the expense of the expeditions under DIR.
Kane and DIR. Hayes, accepted his propo-
sition and provided the outfit needed for
the journey.
1t has been the experience of Arctic
explorers who had heretofore attempted
high northern latitudes by means of
ships to find that once their way was
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-02
Hot Water ON Tap.

Public fountains of hot water are being
established in Paris, France, on the au-
Somatic system. BY putting half
penny in the slot, anyone can obtain
nearly two gallons of thoroughly hot
water, heated by the public gas service.
The first fountain put up as an expert
ment proved a great success, as In cum
,per few housewives In the poorer quar-
eers care to keep ire. New York
Telegram.
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barred by ice it was
impossible to proceed
farther with their
ships, and, should
tn ey become ice.
bound, they must re-
main there until their
vessels are destroyed
or drift out in the
springtime. Peary,
recognizing this fact
made careful arran nre.