The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-06-05

ANrcpou OF lIrNRY CLY.-The great
statesman and orator was travelling some.
where 'out west, and pat zap fot- the night at
"a country tavern. Mine host in looking
yer the register, discovered the name OF
rn,i,y r!g1,y Clay. There was 5at one CLAY
,,.;-htd man under his root. lie was AS
founded, delighted, Next morning. as soon
as the great man appeared, the admirable
iiunliNcc hustled forward and made his rude
how. Mir. Ciur.-i i,-ii,.e,.- -2---a -ait-h4.
-. si the FrTT;!r+s4aF. u, ziz
aiilhlc tone. MIR. Clay, the C0HgI eSsmaH ~
Yes SIR We'll sir, I've Aecrd Of YOU, and
! thought I'd just ask you wouldn't give me-
and my old woman a LITTLE Speech before you
go"
ilE CHICKEN ANp FEATHrRs.-At break
fast one morning,in that quiet and comfortable
old inn, the White Swan, in old York, a
foreigner made quick dispatch with the eggs.
lhustiug his spoon into the middle, he drew
ont the yulk. dcyourCd it, passed ON to the
next When he had got to his seventh egg,
an old farmer, who had already been prcju-
diced against Monsieur by his mustachios,
could brook the rS.rayngoncc no longer, and
speaking up, said Why sir, yu" leave all
the white How is Mrs. Lockwood to afford
tn provide bcikinst at that rate ~ W. re-
me to cut dc vitc? De yok is de shicl>en
de vitc de frddcrs. Am to make Won bolster
ofmy belly P. The farmer was dumb-foundcd.
~ i say, Jim said ploughman, the
other day, To- his companion, i kuuNof a new
fashioned macintosh to keep out the wet
What is that p why, il you eat red her
ring in the morning, for breakfast, you'l be
dry all TIE day
-" \ Chinese thcologion Informs the
Trinity journal that the little tapcrs left on
graves 10y the Chinese are for the convenience
of the devil. Ancr three hundred years that
personage comes To the grave, and il arriving
N the night, might stumble about among the
Fombs until provoked to do mischief
~ "What was the use Of the eclipse ?"
asked n young lady. "Oh, il gave the sun
time for reflection" replied %ag.
~ Jury" said an Arkansas Judge, "you
kin go out and find verdict. If YOU can't
find one of your own, get the one the last
jury used They returned verdict Of suicide
in the ninth degree.
~ DR.. Franklin used to say that rich
widows were the only pieces OF second hand
goods that sold OF prime cost.
rV- A story is told of person asking an
other whether he would advise him to lend a
certain friend of theirs money "whnt lend
him money You might give him an cmetic
and he wouldn't returnit.'
-" An old bachelor. after his matrimonial
Tturrs, rxri5iurs trv7r rrrrr1rrlrcr MI II
girls I've met together, feel like rooster
IN the fall, exposed to every wcathcri | feel
like one alone who treads some barn-yard al
deserted, whose oats are fed. whose hens are
dead, and oil TO mark ct startct:'
~ The following affecting critaph may
be found on graye-stoue in Connecticut:
Here lies. cut down like unrpe fruit,
The wife Deacon Amos Shute:
She died OF drinking too much coffee,
Ammo Dominy eighteen forty.
THE EIGHT ACES OF LOVE-, -Atthrce years
of age we love our mothers at six our fnthersi
ut ten, holidays at sixteen, dress at twenty,
our swcethcarts; at twenty-five our wives );
at forty, our children at sixty, ourselves
This is condensed from some practical writer
who has experienced them all.
W A Western editor wishes 10 know
Whether the law recently enacted against the
Carrying of deadly weapons applies TO doctors
"ho carry pills in their pockets