Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-04-26
1l)tt on0 Amllsrmrnt.

A teamster, who drives between Bangor
and nelghboring town, and is somewhat
OF wag in his way, was bringing a lot Of
salt pork in barrels. When within few
miles of the town, while resting his horses,
he was met by a man who had been there,
and was about "half seas over" He had
but gone just far enough to feel aIstroug thirst
for another G lass, and seeing the load of
liquor, said
I'm dreadful dry I wish knew where
/ could get something to drink, i" as he came
up, casting askance wishful eye at the
load. The driver took the hint.
I've got plenty of it aboard, said he;
elf we had it tapped, you might have as
much as you can drink
Toddy's eye sparkled and mouth watered.
Can't we get gmblet and tap in
OFF starts To-day and borrows a gimblet.
Our wag gets goose quill and all is In
order, This iS the best liquor aboard; we'll
have some Of it," says the teemster, pointing
TO barrel at the bottom of the load. Ills
load was 90 q sled
A hole was made in it near the bottom
of the barrel end the goose quill inserted
There" says our wag, I'll hold my
thumb on the quill, while you get down
where you can have gooq chance, and you
may have as much a. you eau drink"
Teddy gets down upon the ground, eager
for his dram, lays hold of the quill with his
mouth and draws Justify away at the liquor
and to such height is his Imagination
wrought that until he had swallowed a good
half pint of strong pork brine does he fine
out his mistake
Khahr' exclaims Teddy, " what kind O
liquor is that %
" Ha ha!" says the wag, guess you wont
want any more till ynu get home! Stops
the gimblet hole and starts off laughing.
FLEW OFF LIE HANDLE.-Anna Handle
and Fedrick Handle have been divorced tn
Philadelphia We suppose Anna wanted a
new blade.
Eliza Still and George Still, have like
wise been divorced in the same city. They
couldn't be stlll together, and so they took
the wiser course and parted. A couple o.
Richards did the same thing, and are now
themselves again.
A rich joke was played by ono of the stu
dents of Dickinson College, upon the pres
ident of that institution, the other day.
The latter was about attending the annua
conference at Stanton, Va, when one @
the students wrote TO the secetary of tn
convention, in the name of the president, in
hof 10
man would present himself for admission
claiming to be the delegate from the college
His dress and appearance were particular
described, S4d~r&vn the professor went o
to Staunton, he experienced great difficult
in proving himself sane man, and the lette
hoax.
How TO SET FIRE TO ICE. Place piec
of potassium upon it it instantly produce
an intense heat which sets fire to the hyd
rogen gas evolved from the water
The MISSING PACKAGE.-A clergyma
latel y lecturing on memory, instanced stage
drivers, i'll delivering message and bundles
He once rode outside with the owner AM
driver of a stage from Troy, who could nc
have had fewer than fifty parcels and me-
sages to deliver by the way, but he was at
loss, he knew he had forgotten one parce
but" ding him if he could remember viii
it was" At length the stage arrived at h
own door, when his children came runnin
out with " Welcom home, Pa; but, Of
where did you leave MAJ" " MayI be t
totally scorched (said he) if hain't forge
Sail p That was the missing parcel.
EYOver watering place in Vermont,
gentleman found inscribed the followir
spirited verse, which he transcribed viii
watering his horse:
Temperance fountain, good as can be,
Better far than rum or brandy;
If this truth excite your fury,
Let your horse be Judge and jury"
Sir John Franklin. The British Cover
ment make the muni6cent offer of TWEEN
thousand pounds sterling as an inducemel
TO Arctic navigRtors to make exertions f
the discovery and rescue Of Sir John Franz
lin and his ships, or their crews. We hoT
that some of our enterprisins whalers mi
be fortunate enough to gain the distinguis
ing honor CT restoring the celebrated nav
Rator to his family and his country.