The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-12-20
a NJ u S L N G
DAD TO TIE ATLANTIC GABLE.

Hustle hal his pen in readiness
The first wcrd to he sent over was got red1y,
When, in unhappy moment, you snapt!
And ware air we; No ware,
Ware air vou? Gone like Dnnt and
Bccrtiis to the dark cavurns Of the sea
Crate questions now uri,c:--
Wot j. En..laud 20 do witlout this meens
OF support? Air we cNsTectel to send over
MIar >lip lodes IT billed potatoes
II 50. speak aud We are rc,llv
Is the commercial whirl,l to waite
On its ores till You are li,hed up asiu?
| nearly ask for information;
They wood like to know,
tn wccls Of enterprise air rushing on
Meanwhile; and vile you. mitev string
Air LAYING in over otian bed, with
Pcncnants the boans of Ioucr's wall
Fora pillar. We hev put up our hankercherS
Ahd air hizzv ncim.
We hey lict up our anvilS and tulcs,
Oar pen and our ,ords and
Mir to work.
Wen ever latter end was seen gliding
over the ships hoves, pcple moarned!
Strong men ,hricked.
The cruc got together in the / cllssle
| Ard rlmg each others hand
The Gaping went into his galley and shed
! \ few secret tears.
The operator StcWel in n maize
Desortv raiycd, but the huniuy Otian
| He'd done il wust.
! The storm king triumftd.
! Odd Neptune was coukrcr,
! Aud the Wlrll was dun
! We abingdon you iur vile
| But not forever.
Yankee wise men air rubbing their heds
/ Together over il, aud something will
7 Come. or tharell bc u brake.
This YOU nay set down as reliable.
Oar foxes wood have done it before
! II yOu'd requested; but " all swell
That end SWELL the pock saws
80 You may expect to he raised air long
d utlprtn
Some say that the quickest way to de-
/ stroy ''wecds' is to marry widow. 1t
is no doubt most delightful species OF
( husbandry.
II you make love to widow who has
Il daughter twenty years younger than
herself, begin by declaring you thought
| they were sisters.
An Arkansas Butternet advertises that
"any gal what has GOT a cofiee-pot and
skillet. and one who knows how to take
care OF Children" can hear of IL situation
by applying TO the undersigned"
\ widow, who had just lost her hus-
band was weeping bitterly for the dear
departed. \ friend tried to console her.
NO, no." said the fair mourner, ''let Inc
have my cry OUT after that shan't
think anything about it,"
During the prevalence of the late an
gullr eclipse, Il colorcd individual in Nor
folk, Va, became greatly elated. '.Bress
dc Lord said he, ''nigger's time hab
come at last,-heS free, and now we
gwine TO hab black SUM- surely de
Mar,tcr OF glory am wild de cullud folks. "
/ \ traveller stopped at an inn to break
fast, and having drank cup of what
was given to him. the servant asked.
"What will you take, sir; tea or ccf
fee - "l'lnt depends upon circum-
stances" was the reply; eff what you
gave me last was tea, want coffee if
it was coffee, want tea; | want a
change
The officials ut the Internal Revenne
bureau recently enjoyed II hearty laugh
over letter from New York commission
merchant, who wrote to ask an explana-
lion of Il notification that some whiskey
consigned to him had been seized in t'dn-
stu, on suspicion that the tax had not
hccn paid. II will thanl, you,' said the
latter, ITO write me where 'Transltu' is,
as I want 10 send ii check there, and
cant iinl out what railroad it is on -
A gentleman, having put out candle
by accident one night, ordered his waiting
man (who was Il simple fellow to light it
/ again in the kitchen. - But take care,
John" added he, that you do not hit
yourself against anything in the dark. -
Mindful Of the caution, John stretched
out both his arm at full length before
him but uniuckiIy "A door, which stood
half open, passed between his hands, and
struck him wuful blow upon the nose.
Dickens ," muttercd he, when he re-
covered lis senses "a little, 81 always
heard that had plagucy long nose, but
] vow never should have thought before
that it was i0Hge, tiaa my dm.'
TnE 0Lp MAIDS DREAM.-The old
maid sat in her old arm chair, with half
closed eyes and pchsive air, and without
Il blush on her maiden, fell into old Muir
phys sweet embrace She dreamed that
her husband, kind and true, her form to
his side 80 iondly drew, while in accents
gentle, clear and slow, he called her the
dearest name below. A fire was kindled
upon the hearth, while the tea-kettle
sang merier lay than it had whistled
for many a day New light was diffused
in the old maids heart, as she felt her
loneliness now depart the table all
spread, all clean and new, and plates, and
cups and saucers for two (IIerc the
poet kindly pauses for the landablo pur-
pose of prolonging the cold critters bliss
But to resume At last as the dusky,
dim light was fast giving place TO the
shades of night, she reached her arms for
sweet embrace, and, alas alas found
but empty space. As from her vision OF
bliss she awoke, and found that her dream
had persisted and broke, she arose and
said, with shuddering sigh; 30 would