St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-07-19
Humorous.

Humorous.
Davcmp"u has i Girl VIII" spells
hackv ards. We never thought back
wards Was hard word to spell before.
An editor who reads his exchanges
on Sunday was Informed 10y his MINIS
ter that he would find mach ''ueW mat
ter" in the old and New Restaurants
The jolly local of Il paper i'll Boone
county S:tN>: Come where my love
lies dreaming and see how she looks
without ANY paint on her face
\ Lady entered a drug stone and ask
eel for Il bottle OF ''Jamc'> Experience.
he clerk informed her Thai Jane hadn't
bottled her experience vet. but they
could furnish ''JaNmr'> ENpcct"ramt.
Here is Il specimen of unique advcr-
Using: "rhc author of the song Tell
me " here l. Fancy Bred. i Informed
that il can he procured at the city hak
cry. kept 10y Nj. Martin RerenderS."
The editor of Il country cuntemp"ra-
~ told an apprentice /" Aubrey late the
name of Rev. James puughertN. in Il 10
cal notice: til" apprentice put it in
''Rr>. Jim" t"r short. and that editor
had T." apologize.
Il Just d"rc on L"mgtrlI"N." said a
/ finished Young lady to her less literary
companion. How 1t" Nnu like Hyperi-
on - Hyperion. did You SAY. was
/ the hcVillcrcd reply. II don't know
anlthml about it: always use Bur
1 nett CocnanIc.
/ Ogdtnebnrg had t shower of toad>
during a thunderstorm recently. The
JouHGi SAYS II WAS an opp"rtune AMI
val. a. the old toad crop appears to
have been about exhausted.
Nh. Beechei SAYS the only dancing he
ever did, was When hi- father furnished
the music, and used him as Il fiddle.
The only amusement of the citizens
of Calhoun. ia. j. that of tNing tin
ware t" the tails OF the village dogs.
The dogs are 80 we'll trained that when
eNtI nIr. of them St,~ an nN>ttI-can i'll
the street hi backs mp and waits for
some one Ia tie it on
Pat DOMAIN. the editor of the Lexing-
/ ton Caucasian claims to he the first man
/ that came ont tOr Glcelcl tol President
/ Not much, Pat. you aint. The first
/ man that came ont for Greeley was jeff.
] l'dN Is. W men ne t;tIlltt out bI DGIltSs
Monroe Rorton N"Ajtor.
1t Was ut Amherst that this Fourth
of Jull >t"rN i told. At Il celebration
there Years ago. one OF the college stu
dents read the declaration of indeptnd-
cncc with good deal of Sophomoric
manner. and At the close. one of his lis
trucr>. in town for the day. turned to
his uciyhhor and said THAT Young
man i a mighty smart fellow. and made
Il >plrudId speech. How he did give it
+" old England.
tn" Danhury News complains that IA
correspondent who inquiries the best
way 10 care cnIu>tIlks ntglrciS To state
" hat ais the stalks.
\ book of " Horace Grcclt.N'S Jokes
i announced. The only Joke of Gree
lrNS "" have heard of was his advice To
GratI Brown To yrait Watermelon seeds
ON iuttcrnut vines. 81 as to raise but =
tclrd watrrmclon> for his own use
Free Press
\ New Fairfield man who failed to
get Il thirty cent pineapple for Il quar-
ter of Il dollar. wanted to know ..whcth-
cr we are breathing the pure air of free
dom Oh being >trangled with the frtid
breath of hellish dcspotiSm p The
St"rrkccper said those We're the only
piurapple- he had.
The following pathetic note was pick
cd up on Il Dauhurv. Conn. street :
"Dcar Jane hope YOU int mad he
cause didn't lalt at Won when Won latft
at me last evening at the post office.
| amt pr"Wd. dear Jane. but have