St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-12-08
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The New York Express says: lit
said Horace Greeley was not put on III
committee ofreceptiou for fcaI he woul'
advise Alexis 10 go west.
An enthusiastic professor of cntomol
ogy, having entertained Il friend owe
night, accosted him in thc morning viii
the usual inquiry H. to how he slept:
Not very well. \ strange bed. pen
haps. But
All" quoth the doctor, eagerly. ~,
were bitten by something, ch ;.
"Well. to tell you the truth. doctor
| was
Just think OF that! Bitten, were yc
Now, can We say that it WAS anything
noteworthy that bit We peculiar, eli q
''Flcas, | think. But such chaps tol
biting never saw in my life
Il should think 50. indeed with
great glec). They're Sicilian I!cas.
imported them myself"
y COURT SCENE.-The tedious SIS
sion of the supreme CONT at Pittsticld
was relieved by an incident. one day
last week, that drew little smile. i
leading member of the bar, rather noted
for his strategy of confusing witnesses
by working them into Il passion. had
under crosS-eXamination Il woman who
seemed an apt subject for his favOrite
tactics and, having wound her up To
the desired pitch. inquired. Madam.
are You now living with Your first OF
second husband ," That's none OF
your business sharp and short. Witt
an air Of offended dignity, the attorney
turned To Chief Justice Bingham. who
remarked with smile. Il think tn,
witness is about right in that. is She
not - Which reminds the older mem
bcr> uf the hal OF Il similar misadycn-
turc that still more distinguished
member of the berkshire bar once met
at the hands of Chief Justice Shaw.
Nv here did You get the money with
which you made the purchase spoken
Of" asked the learned brother of ::
witness under the fortunes of cross-eX-
animation. None of Your (gentle eN-
pletivc) business ," Numbered the vic
tim. Now, may it please You, are
counsel to he insulted in this manner ;!
appealed the lawyer. Witness" said
the chief justice compassionately, do
you wish to change your last answer o.
"No. sir. don't "Well, | wouldn't
if | were i'll your place ~ And the
chuckle that shook the bench WAS audi
bly, echoed.
The paths OF glory which lead but IL
the grave-allopath and h0mnopath-
LOtreH Courier.
y Detroit girl couldn't have the mot
tied till her corset strings were cut.
She was so bound up in them, thar she
couldn't gasp out the Glove, honor. and
@" oh. pshaw. that has been obsolete
Tor years.
George Francis Train telegraphs to
his agent Tell Omaha to rally around
the Train League Immediately. OF I'll
sell my 5000 lots at auction. remove
headquarters to st. Louis and bust the
town. Omaha people better get out
their umbrellas and take to the woods.
The fate Of Chicago wouldn't he Il patch
to theirs.
An unsophisticated parent in Ports
mouth, y. H.. observed with pain that
his first born had no teeth, and hasten
cd to remedy the ''deformity" by pur-
chasing 4 titteen-dollar set of molars.
which he handed to the nurse. with the
remark that the baby shouldn't suffer
if he had to wear only one shirt 4 week.
-Erchdngc.
\ Chicago lover, ruined, pecuniarily
by the fire, called the other night on his
girl, who was very cool to him. He re-
manned standing in the parlora few mo-
ments, but finally made a movement
toward the door. remarling that she
guessed he'd CO." oh" said she,
starting from beautiful condition of
semi-uncOnsciousness. won't you take
a chair ," We'll, l don't care il do
was his reply, and took the chair, thank
ing her kindly. and carried ii home. He