St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-10-25

.iu-ri-ously briling that the breath of the
little birds, as they sat to sing, set every
bush on fire as if the foliage had been
stepped in rosin. Wa'al, sir, sat down
on the ground to take off my shoes, for
the soles Of 'em were so red-hot that they
scorched my stockings. Just as | had
got 'em off, and was a-blowing 'em cold,
see, coming at me, with the speed of
forty thousand kilograms, a bull, sir -
vas, great, montrous bull, sir "a bull,
he wa. of such preponderatIye size that
he hid the horizon behind him. The
bull roared like thunder, | ran like
lightning when, in jumping over a
hedge, in my endeavor to escape, my
breeches split .-yas, sir, burst with such
crashing crack it seemed as if heaven
and earth were rent asunder, \ fact,
SIR. vas, fact :"
''N ell, sir, YOU interest me: but did
you escape, or what became of the bull =
Escape, sir. bull, sir, Oh, bull. he
dropped down dead The noise of my
rent brcechcs so commissioned the air
that the animal nature couldn't stand it.
and bull rolled over Vas, sir; and
what IL more, sir, the sun was So hot,
and the day 50 hot, with the earth SO
rurnatiously blazing, that in three min
utes from the time the bull fell | sat
down on his head and ate from his hind
er-parls as good beef-steak a. mortal
man ever tasted w
If there is any defect more striking
than another III the American character
it is baShfulncss Young America. in
particular, is painfully affected by it.
An incIleat Is mentioned by CORES
pondtnt, who WAS desired bv his aunt to
% H. naIglbUr Shaw and see if he had
Tor sue any straw suitable for filling
Da,l-. Mr.. Shaw SAYS our informant.
''";,~ hc~-ed wiki goodiv number OF
}il~~rr SHAW. Md | therefore felt Little
,'HId IT crc1nnIcrinc them To make
IA" matter wor>g, | arrived just as the
,,Ll!y "crc aicd for dinner. Stopping
IA the doorway, hat in hand, STAN
mvr"d out M Shur, can Won spare
m'u4h .>l,,tr t. I'LL a couple Of bed, ,
~ Ell, rcpic.i ;ile old gentleman. gldnc-
a., around al his iar1e family and cripv-
~ my mistake. Il don't know but | can
now many Will you need p Before
rr:ld Recover, those hateful Shaw girls
burst INTO chorus of laughter, and |
returned to my excellent aunt"
\ Quaker having lost a quarter Of
nnIIon by Il lawyers DOC, repaired to
tie utlicr If the lawyer. and said: Il
have come to Ask Il piece OF thy advice.
suppose IA doc carried oft a lcg Of NUT
ton from me where do | looE, for pay. to
the dog or his owner !'' oh" said the
man OF the quill, ITO the owner of the
dog; he is responsible for any damage
his dog does you" Said Broadbrim
Thee owes lie Seventy-live cents. -
= All. sad the LAWYER, then my dog
lid the mischief? Well, here is the
The face Of the Quaker ex-
pandrd with smile at his shrewdness
n torestaIing the opinion of the lawyer.
md he was making his exit from the Of
ice, when he was brought to a halt by
he lawyer saying: 81 have small bill
gainst you, my friend" '.Ah, for
What ~ sad the Quaker. ''For advice
n the dog case-two dollars was the
'ply This was Il poser. 1t being
iriclly LEGAL, and the lowest fee in the
alender for advice, there was no dodg-
~, SC the money was forked over, and
departed a wiser if not bet
nr man