Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-08-07

A heap of sausages en- steamer COM
ing into San Francisco harbor looked
so toothsome that a customs Inspector
lifted one to admire II. Altogether they
contained $4,000 worth of opium.
In the towns of Clarendon, Walling-
ford and Dandy VT, the COW that gave
the most milk in one month is owned by
B. j. Riley. of Clarendon. Her record
was 1900 pounds of milk and 50 pounds
of fat
SO urgent is the necessity OF some
British and American business men IN
England to reach America that they are
now frequently offering from $3.50 to saw
to holders Of early steamship sailings to
give up their berths.
Solomon L. Baxter, jeweler OF wei
I lesley square. Boston. has made gold
handled penknife with two steel Diades
which is only three thrty-seconds or an
| inch long. and would pass through the
eye of an ordinary-sizcd darning needle
J. s. Luke. of Nevada, Texas, recent
~ celebrated his sgd birthday and now
he is a bridegroom. His bride is Mrs
Morgan, 70, mother of City Marshal Jack
Morgan. Of Nevada. The two were
sweethearts in Mississippi in their youth
| Many bootleggers have been arrested
in prohibition communities, but the police
| of Homestead. Penn, have just arrested
the first stockingegger-Clara fiohson
/ who was caught selling liquor on the sly
to passers by. and who was found to
have II half-pints tucked away in her
stocking.
/ Not single hid was received for the
United States navy's surplus 3o-ounce
navy blue melton finished cloth. upon
which a minimum of s. a yard had been
set, or for iS-ouncc cloth, the minimum
on winch was S95 yard. when tne
scaled proposals were opened at the
Brooklyn navy yard
An efficiency expert found that the
girls in hat mandatory whose work
it was to sew silk ribbons bows and hat
! bands on hats wasted bits of ribbon
valued at $500 a year in cutting by guess
from the rolls of ribbon given to each
girl Now the ribbons in that factory are
| cut by accurate gauges.
illustrating the violence of the wind
! in Nebraska the Wood River ,Neb) In
terests says: "A bunch of cattle belong
ing to Alfred Lompe got caught out in
the field when tho blizzard came along
| last week, and he had a two days job
getting them back in the corral. The
wind had whipped off the tails of two
| of them"
| A six-weeksold pig was sent by parcel
| post from Bryantvlle to Cotuit by Mrs.
Joseph Dowlar, who is the pigs foster
mother, having brought 1t up on a bot
tie since ii was one day old. The little
black and white fellow has been a great
| pet and wherever Mrs. Dowlar went 1t
trotted behind her like dog. She sent
him to her brother. who is an invalid,
thinking the pig would amuse him and
help him pass the time away.
Sir Marcus Samuel who has purchased
from tho Earl of Berkeley for the sum
| of s25.o0o,oNo parcel of the fashionable
| residential section of London, known as
Berkeley square. started in business life
keeping a little shop in one of the poorer
quarters of the British metropolis, where
he made and sold for a shilling or two
ornamental boxes made of shells from
! the seashore. Later he invested his saw
inss in oil. made money and started q
company called the She'll" thus iden.
tifyinC his big new venture with his or
iginal struggling business.-Boston Globe