Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-12-15

ine MOpIie Montgomery railroad engineer
are investigating the bottom Of the marsh an,
Ti'er preparatory to building their bridge
ror tAls purpose scows are moored in tn
river to accommodate working parties. ,
steamboat passing the scog the other Gav. ,
passenger hailed one Of the negroes at work
w hat are you doing?'
boring hole, was the reply.
What ior2'
Don't know; they jess ret me to bore, an
'se boring
The Essex Statesman says hoy in South
/ Danvels wrote the following composition
upon his native tONn, which 1t thinks IS very
I good Tor schoo.boy. "S1uth Dauvers is in
/ the United Smtes. tits bounded by Salem
/ and reaches 70 Nliddlet0Wn. It's rrincipal
. river is G0ldthwaitc's Brook, which emptic.
into Salem Harbor. Its principal lake is the
mil pond. which is dry in summer. Its pin
cipu productions are leather, onions. South
Church and George Peabody. South Dan
ve-s has many religious sects. among which
arc the Orthodox, who worship t be minister.
the Spiritualists who worship everything.
and the nitariaus, who worship nothing ''
Congressmen are gathering from near and
from Tar; the trumpet is sounding congros-
sional war; the lobby is assembling so hun
gry and strong, and all the correspondents
are marching along.-LorsI Courier.
Nummies % not look as though they were
ln 81 hurry, YET tits certain that at first they
must havc been pressed for time
ofcourse. Miss Alc1;t's Morning Glories'
are very different from her Little Women;
because morning glories occasionally shut up
while Yes. Donhcla, dear. coming ~.
y Pos.
To latter persons adroitly one. must know
three thiugs-what they are. and what they
taink they are.and what thcv want other
people % rhink they are
iawa,ha IS to have counterpart in
new poem, Low Water, showing how the
banks OF Tweed mo allusi0n q the Broadway
and the Tenth Nationa1 are not 30 full rs
they once wcrc.-Er-tWge.
$50 you are going TO keep school3 said
youu- lady to her maiden aunt We'll.
l9r my part, sooner than do that | would
marry widJwer with nine children Il
would prefer that myself, was the quiet re
p.y 'hut where the wdowcr2'
The boy who wished he was a fountain SO
that De might be T.aying. didn't reflect that
fountain doesn't play unless i, works well.
Why is hltormilk Ike something which
never hapronei3 Because it hasu'; q curi.
(occurrcd)
A friendly word Of warning o homes, New
Aorkers-julEc NOS, lest Won be "a Judge
A fat man may be q gross man. but a man
who sells ,-l, coffee, and spices, isa grocer.
We head this one -An Ohio Eriaph'' Oh
high h.yrlsf foc--hle authority
Aa- under these trees
L.IeIH the btf-
yOioalomon Paase
He's not iu ibis An.c,
But -ulY MS pod
Tie shcied cut his soul
Ana went up To his God.
One of our vicinity deac1ns nearly clurur.
ell five boys who had been dcyes.a.ing his
chestnut trees, Sunday afternoon. Shaking
his iistaiter their rctrcltiug forms. he augri-
.y shouted. ''Ihe snoakin. little devils i'll
had hold Of EN- one minute I'd" and then
suddenly espyng hi- pastor on the scene, he
imptessively added. "l'd rray fur 'em. -
I olIiry MRS.
Aa on. West man lately came to New
York. aui took lodEing- az one of the high
houses Telling the waiter he wished to be
called 10 the morning for tie boat, b1,h of
them proceeded 0u their winding way up
ward. till, having arrived at the eighth flight
of stairs. Hoo-ier caught the orm of his guide
and actostci him .hus. -L1lk here stranger
If you intend 70 cali me 20 six O'Clock 10 the
morning. You may rs well l3 60 now. as twill
. o. hoe