Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-06-19
SCRAPS.

The sip most liked by tie ladies-go
The best maiden speech yes.
The New York Nal says that II. 6. has
experienced a change Of hat.
The most fashionable costume for evening
wear.-Ncck. OF nothing.
4 pound on a mans nose is supposed 10 be
rather more than sixteen ounces.
The seat Of ciyilization-a chair.
Judy thinks the best air TO the throne is
God Save the Queen?"
An uuclassical monster-the Fenian Head
Centaur.
To the clerk Of the wcather-who borrows
the season when it IS Lent
Motto for an engrayer-cut and come again.
twill never do to abolish the cat in the
army. What viii the soldiers do for kits?
The more a w5man's waist Is shaped like
an hour glass the quicker will the sands Of
her life run out
\ bald publisher wants a sensational story
that viii make his hair stand on his head.
II is asserted that persons with weak diges
ton VIII DO vel To prefer female fowls in
their eating as hens are more likely to set
well on the stomach.
An uncallant New York paper, noticing
the departure Of Madame Parepa Rosa for
California. adds, 1.-THE steamer took out six
tons Of other freight
1t was a pretty conccit Of a romantic father
whose name was Rose. and who named his
daughter ovid" But the romance Of the
thing was sadly spoiled when she grew up
and married a man by the name Of "Bun.'
was sitting beside
Ny destined bride,
Ore still sentimental day
50 How long, said ],
90 But 10 make You cry,
And Ia kiss the bright tears away n'
Fair Cicfy blushei,
Her voice grew hush'd,
Thought she would cry to be sure;
But she lisp'd 10 me,
Pouting PRETTY,
Prevention Is better than cure !''
A lawyers client. being shown into his Of
Zee, was pressed to take a seat and uncover
his head. but st0utlv declined, urging as his
reason that he desired to - keep his expenses
down as much as possible -
Theodorus had several wives and many
children, and when on the first anxious day
of negotiation. Lieut.. Prideaux told him that
honorable treatment would be given to him
and his family If he surrendered himself and
Alagdala, he broke out with an odd mixture,
for such a moment, Of humor and indigna-
ton. " What does your chief mean by my
family? Is he prepared for a thousand"
A facotious gentleman dining upon a
tough fowl in a Boston hotel, asked the land
lady where the fowl came from. She re
piled, 'from Williamsburg. Impossible, 20
said the gentleman. for the town hasn't
been incorporated over forty years.
Dubbs, the Spectator, met Stubs, the
real estate broker, in the street one windy,
dusty March day, and, mailing Stubs, asked
him how real estate was. ''Wel' said
Stubs, taking off his spectaclcs and wiping
the dust out Of his ewes, E. real estate Is very
active to day, Mr.. Dubbs every one see has
q spec in his eye
A gentleman, on a visit To q Paris lady,
noticing on the wall the picture Of a beauti-
ful woman Of five and twenty, inquired if it
was a family portrait ''She was my daugh-
ter, - replied the hostess. "Has it been long
since You lost her?" asked the gentleman.
''Alas, sir, replied the lady, .'she died Just
after her birth, and | have had the portrait
painted 70 represent her as she would appear
if she had lived till now"