Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-10-23
From London Once a Week.
A PRACTICAL JOKE.

-.- Itv of their abusing II. Another ul
- r,ealIarities iu the government Of the
wGs the rigid determination with
. De czactei the most scruUulous neat
..-- and order throughout the whole ostab-
..Hmeu- He was like Captain on board
alu-at-war He would have everything
..s place. Nothing annoyed him so much
dining approaching TO slovenlness or
-auce. lie reminded one sometimes OF
-. answer an old woman once made t. a
-r. suau. who was clmplimenting her upon
e extreme neatness OF her little cottage.
- 1000 know the old saying, Mrs. Brown,
t cleanliness is next T. gJdlincss. -
I.-." was her reply. e. and far afore it, as
ruk- There was nothing prying or
-v 10 -le doctor manners, only nothing
-.4,I % escape hIs eye. It seemed to pain
90 witness confusion OF want of method.
consequence was, that We all acDsired
.l1it of putting everything in It's place.
be and stumps We're never pitched down
.Vaerc, when We came on from cricket.
..f- were never tossed on the sch00l-r0om
..Ie for any one whom it might concern to
10 sway. The football was not left out in
play ground when the game was over.
.e raining we thus received was admira-
e. although we sometimes tb9ucht il rather
bore.
ln the maintenance Of thi- man-of-war.
S. discipline the doctor was ably seconded
a humble member of his establishment
a..m ! must now introduce to the reader
lry Gauett was a bright, neat-handcd SER
nj, whose duty it was to attend upon the
ys In the dining-hall at meal times She
vas lu uubluuded favorite. although she con-
rryod to exercise considerable authority.
Many a lad was indebted t. her for keeping
him ONT of "a scraie. for her yirilaur eve
never overlooked any stray article Which
ought Z. have been nut AWAY In III. at.ulirr
ed place. e.. Master Thornton" she would
say. d. Ni-,us won't be- best uIel-ed If she
sees YOUR wet towel lvina ON yiu- bed '' And
AWAY Thornton would hurry Z, rerairt5e
.ter-i,bt only 10 find that IL lad been dome f Il,
him already q. Master B5rla-e. she would
-av agam. :. the doctor won't let vou keen
-,5tit, anv l,nrer. if Won let diem ret o1t
and run INTO the garden. And Borlase. in
lis turn. would De of In s-reat treridari.l,
..Iy to discover. to his relief. that the gar-
..asr bad already received a friendly hint
and tlc offenders had been cartlred and re-
.araed To- their butch. Il was no wonder
therefore thar Mary was Il flv,rite and thar
..- auict way, of keeuinr THING, STRAIGHT
e.re thoroughly aurrccIated
I- hgrrened tbaf family affair. n,a.ls II in-
1.euit6t for he 70 90 home the last Easter
Idav- before / left HIlihraw Borlase and
..rrfoD were in the same ,.lsifion 81. NV
eff and so for nearly three weeks we werc
.t very much 10 uur own re.,ur.c. 10 find
s.susetncnt and oecury aur time The doc
. ..rucyer acccltcd any invitation during the
half wear. although he frequently entertained
.i- friend. III his own house. But In the
HOLIDAYS ne ayaileI himself of the hosritalitv
of his neirhblrs. Our evenings. therefore.
during that brief vacation were often entire
rs at our own disposal. 4 fair amount of
ertv was uermitted us during the dav. 50
alt we presented ourselves at meal times.
and our orders were To be within bounds by
eight o'clock 10 the evening
Among the dav-blarlers who attended our
school was a boy named John Brandon. lie
va, universally known ly the name Of Jack.
His father was surgeon residing in the
town. who had an excellent practice, and was
extremely popular Jack was intended for
fathers profession. and was already be
ginning to learn it 1t was his great delight
9 hold the patients head while a tooth was
. -ing extracted. lie was perfectly uum0yed
leu witnessing tie most excrucating ac0n-
not from any innate cruelty Of di,posi-
.u. but simply because bee was himself al
- 20 insensibir % pain. His father used tf
- that he would have made a subject of his
.ta hand and arm. rather than 20 without
And this was not altogether such an exaeger-
..lla as il would seem for he had during
several weeks an open wound in his leg,
ought on bv an accident. which must haze
.usad him intense pain every time It wa.
-e--ed and vet he endured the olt-reueat-
"a torture without the culver of a muscle
Iai- Young enthusiast lad an old lumber
-,.a, m the ton of his fathers house which
ta used to cali the museum and thither he
Id -,nveved. from fine to time. collection
f-.. srrap,,,.t od3.apd end. tbat were over
t-la,lt together in the same arartment.
T7. doctors eollapiu,itv yyould have becu
-.-i.i-Iv disturbed n 6v chance. he had
,,sr crossed It's threshold and witnessed it,
wild H-irler 4 deal table near the window
wa, covered with ,yorn-,ut .,roiceI ipstrp-
meur.. which il was lacks deliGbt 10 sharn-
su for his own uriyate anatomical studies
tourniquet. carefully eobbIed up by his own
lauds. was a .,e,i.I r,.,rire and ita ,r3ed
aim .-reat pleasure q, FRY If on any or his
friend, who wonIJ submit to the inaioti,D
and In det,ult of an acc,mp,odafin- IN,
-.-nt. he vould G,sten II puon one of bis o,v,
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-., .selet.r .r 81, ,.',r,l-,,. ~, a .b.i5 ,,,-.;t
.. the door. and he vis f,nr5 or tbaami ev-
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7ids1us dIsc,lored sl,1I or n ,,a,, ,rh, Ia
.,sp bun- f,r nIrler o- ,f -. rn;I ,,'''
r ,,;sc7,i -. ti S i.y I'm '1n'5 jan
cart in the outbouss .,f q, ,,'.;.,,.I...;...
rse She was de.irous f l-el.; ~ arm,
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What do vop mean lack o.,
s.. YIN IN M. It'd ',r c,,,,i,,., ~, ber.
/, tho ,o..anl;,b, arJ ,r;tb t5at ,59rr5erinc,
owe -.rinn;na NJ ,,,, !. : cnnn,,b ~ ~
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i saw .Iacl, i Tb,rnt,n s,il .ftcr , c.,,.
minutcs' silence. dnrina- which he ba5 c,;-
IDENTIFY heen turninc so,rerI,in,, i-,,'lrtar+
.vsr il, bis mind =. d, ,..., +t;7,l ~, LII
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3. What f,r y
.. For sucb a l,rk I'll dress II ,,,, Il, ,,.,.
ni-btrown and fri-bten caoL and ,Idr, :,
:. Stunninr. we nh exclaimed Inv Iniver
sal consent
u saw. Jack =, Tb,rnton continued q. b,t
You will lend it US. old feIIow wont Won
You shall have il bacl[ all rirb, =
As 1t was simply a 1uesti]1 ,,c ,,rr,it;.-,,.
ed mischief. the result of onr deIiberat 6ns