Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-01-30
OVER THE COFFEE CUPS.
Breakfast Table Talk with Just Hint of
Splcc In IT

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The new woman has been officially ruled
out of the Methodist ministry in Msss-
sippl. At the Methodist conference in
Iazoo City, the other day, Bishop Duncan
ruled that the Methodist church did not
recognize womans right to preach, but
adhered to the doctrine of st. Paul This
is said to be the first time the question has
been brought up in conference. and the
ruling is the subject of much discussion in
| Mississippi
A hundren-pound shell that had lain in
nocently about the yard of farm neaaS
Williamsburg, Va, was used the other day
to prop up Kettle in which water was to
be boiled for hog killing. There were
two young men concerned, one white and
one black. The latter believed the shell to
be dangerous, and dragged 1t out of the
fire. but the more intelligent white de-
clared it to be unloaded, rolled it back,
and when 1t exploded lost both arms and
was good deal knocked to pieces in other
ways
Mrs. ELEPHANTS vehement and outspoken
attack in the January issue of Blackwood
on Hardys latest novel, Grant Aliens
latter-day, books, and the whole school of
imitators, whom she describes as the Anti
Marriage League, is distnctvely the liter
airy event of the London season, says the
New York Times cable letter. She Is the
Oldest of the British novelists, with per-
haps a larger record of honorable. palms.
taking a good work behind her than any
other writer in our language, and she has
never been given to scolding or to saying
unpleasant things. This frankly scathing
onslaught, therefore, comes with a pecu-
liar force and everybody is talking about
IL.
Little Sammy has been visiting in Florl-
da. Mrs. Bronson took him to see her
niece. IlOrrip n n ~
tation where the vegetables in the world
are grown. She was proud of this fact,
and she felt happy in being able to escort
Sammy 10 large garden of exquisite to-
mato plants. To her surprise, when she
pointed out the beautiful plants with the
ripe tomatoes and fresh green leaves.
Sammy replied: Say, what are you CIV
ing me? Say. ! come from the Greater
New York. You can't fool me! Tomatoes
grow in cans!"-New York Mail and En-
press.
Ligonier, Ind. claims to have living
there the largest and smallest man In the
State. George Washington Walker is i6
years Old weighs $50 pounds. and his
weight is steadily increasing. He is
feet 10 inches tall, measures 70 inches
around the waist, 6S inches round the
chest, and his arms is a tribe more than
two feet in circumference. During hot
weather he lives entirely in the cellar of
his house Jesse Allen. a nelghbors of
Walker, is 10 years old, his legs are ex-
actly a foot long, and he stands but 8
feet inches high. He weighs 70 pounds.
A sort of boom in antarctic exploration
is developing at London where a syndi- !
cate has just been formed to send n whale |
and seal fishing expedition on two steam
whalers of about 400 tons, while smaller .
whaler will accompany them and take a
small scientific party under the guidance
of Borchgrevnk, the explorer Pearys
late companion, Astrup, Is also expected
to be included in the party, which will be
landed at Cape Adare or Coulman Island.
A like expedition is being fitted out at
LEIGH, and the most interesting matter is
expected to be collected as result of these
researches.
Lizzie I don't understand this" said
the teacher. What is that circle?"
"Oh, that's the we'll"
"And why have you three buckets?"
lone is the oaken bucket, one Is the
ron-bound bucket, and the other is the
bucket that hung in the we'll"
Then what are all of those little dots?"
"Why, those are the loved spots which
my infancy knew"
r. G. Dryenfurth, the alleged rain
maker, has now turned his attention to a
plan for dissipating London fog. In brief,
It is to blow up the fog with dynamite as
t comes up the river. Then, he says, 1t
viii fall in the form of RAIN and London
will be freed from one of its greatest null
;ances. The report is that some confding
persons have raised $4,000 for Dryenfurth
f he win try the experiment
Many queer reasons for suicide have
been given. but none more curious than
hat of John c. Kelly of Mt. Sterling, KY,
Who killed himself the other day by taking
,arbolic acid. He left note saying that
no made an end of himself because his
aunt did not invite him to dinner on
Christmas day.