The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-12-28
aTcr-DinHer Items.


-Aftcr-Dinner Items.
When NAV loaf of bread he said To be
inhabited When il has little Indian
i'll il.
What sort OF throat is the best fnr a
singer to reach high notes with \ soar
throat.
Punch's question TO Il clerical rituali>t
who's your milliner
''Bildy. did you put an co. in the coffee
10 settle it p Yes mum. | put in four:
they We're so bad | had to use the more of
them"
At the ST. Andrews festival member
of the Sons of Temperance objected to the
OK tail soup on the bill of fare ''becau>e,"
said he Iii is whisky
We have al! heard Of asking for bread
and recci,iu" 4 stone, but the case of the
young gentleman may be considered rs
still worse who asked for a Young lady,
iiiiiHl anu IDl Iiti ltiiltT - hDbI.
Tie clerk of Il rural church in England
recently made the following announce
mcnt to the congregation You are de-
sired to llattend Il meeting in the vc-trv.
at four O'Clock. to consider on the means
OF eating the church, and to digest other
matters"
Old lady Ito a hackman)-"But these
hacks are dangerous. You never know
who rides in them, We might get the
small pox." Coachv-"You'rc no cause
to be ;lteard of my coach, mum. for Eve
'ad the hind wheels waccinated. and i;
took beautiful"
\ Yankee farmer Is cndeavering to cx-
tract the beats from musical compositions.
lie states that they are worth irving for.
;l> in some cases it only takes two to fill Il
measure.
y Maine editor SAYS that pumpkin in
that state Grew SO large that eight men
could stand around it, This is like the
fellow that saw flock Of pigeons so low
that he could shake Il stick at them.
The above reminds us of Ed. Ryther.
Il comical genius who in old stare times
drove stage from this place 10 Barton.
When Rev. Mr.. Gallaher. The revivalist.
was in this county, he rode to this place
from Lyndon. on the box with Ell. As
Mr.. G. had never been in this section be-
fore. he naturally asked the driver many
questions about the place they were ap-
proacaing. Ryther never missed the OBJ
portunity to make an impression upon his
passengers : and among other things. he
told the reverend that they had just bought
Il new bell for the orthodox church at
,)ohnsbury, SO big that it took a hundred
and fifty men to hear it ring The fact
was the bell was SO heavy that it shook
the church editice to Its foundations. and
it had TO be exchanged for smaller one.
which is still used.
When is the best time to read the book
of nature {! When autumn turns the
leaves.
':Do you think that raw oysters are
healthy p asked Il lady of her physician.
YES" he replied, Il never knew one to
complain of being out of health, in nv
life
Artemus Ward says: George Wash
ington's forte was not to hev emmy public
man of the present day resemble him to
emmy alarmin extent"
HAD HER THERE-In ALBANY. duripr
the recent session ofthe equal rights con-
'cntion, Il severe looking female entered a
crowded horse-c car. An old gent. rose to
give her a seat but first asked, sbe Won
one OF those womensrighters?' ~ 81 be-"
replied the ancient. You believe a wo-
man should have all the rights of man,
do.you!" he enquired. ''Yes, do" was
the emphatic answer "Then," said the
man, ''stand up, and enjoy them like a
man." She had to stand up.