Pullet (pül'et), Aunt

A selfish invalid, one of the principal characters in George Eliot's "Mill on the Flo ." She henpecks her husband, whose mi ion in life seems to be to flatter her and find her pills for her. She is the sister of Aunt Glegg and Mrs. Tulliver. ✔ Pullman (pulman). [Named from George M. Pullman.] A village in Cook County, Illinois, 13 miles south of Chicago, now forming a suburb man. He was educated at Westminster and at Oxford (Christ Church), and in 1705 entered Parliament. He was a prominent Whig in the reign of Queen Anne: when Walpole was sent to the Tower by the Tories in 1712, Pulteney defended him in the House of Commons. On the acce ion of George I. he became secretary of war, retiring in 1717. Neglected by Walpole, he became his opponent in 1725. On July 14, 1742, he was created earl of Bath. Pultowa (pöl-tō'vä), or Poltava (pol-täʼvä), or Pultava (pöl-tävä). 1. A government in southwestern Ru ia, surrounded by the governments of Tchernigoff, Kharkoff, Yekaterinoslaff, Kherson, and Kieff. It is one of the leading agricultural governments of the country. Area, 19,265 2. The capital of the government of Pultowa, situated at the junction of the Pultavka with the Vorskla, about lat. 49° 35' N., long. 34° 35' square Population (1890), 2,898,600. E. It is noted for its fairs. Near it, June 27 (N. S. July 8), 1709, the Ru ians (about 70,000) under Peter the Great defeated the Swedes (about 25,000) under Charles XII. The battle marks the fall of the latter's power, and the rise of Ru ia. Population (1891), 43,563. Pultusk (pöl'tösk). A town in the government of Lomsha, Ru ian Poland, situated on the Narew 34 miles north of Warsaw. Here, in 1703, the Swedes under Charles XII. defeated the Saxons; and here, Dec. 26, 1806, a battle was fought between the French under Lannes and the Ru ians under Bennigsen. Victory was claimed for both sides; the Ru ians retreated after the battle. Population (1890), 9,224.