St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-20
Pat at the Railway Station.

"Tiket to Ne lark," said Pat. the
other day, at the Providence railroad
station.
by the Shore Line ," inquired the
ticket clerk. who always wants to he
certain with this class of customers.
"Shurc line, FaiN do. and mighty
>hrlrr. too. for want t" see me broth
CT Dennis in WorcrSthcr. Shure, on the
way.
''That'> not the Shore Line. You
want to go to the station on Albany
street.
"Divil bit do want to go to ANY
station. FaiN. | was i'll Il station all
night for givin' an omadahn ii black eye
that was blackguarding me, jest"
''lou don't understand. The Shore
Line don't go to Worcester"
''Augh. bother that, Me brother
t"Wld me the train was always Shure to
go To Worccsthcr. an | want the Slurc
train.
No. no." said the clerk. laughing.
This train does not run to Worcester :;
this i the Shore Shore Line ON
shore. You understand what coming
on shore is. don't You! ,"
Coming ashore. is it An is il
laughin' We are hcka>e You think I'm
Just ashore. an Il Nntin' more than II
dozen times wild the bNc> - the oW ld
sixth since | set me fut in AmcrikN ;"
Il tell You this train does not run To
Worcester.
''D"m't it Brdad. perhaps it walks
there thin. for I've heard oi things he
III slow and >hurc'
\nn want In On I A \,w nIl I\
way of Wore"
Il don't want t" =" amy hl-way.
aNir; its the >hurc way. | told We. and
stop at Wnrcc>thcr."
This road don't stop at Worcester,
tell You il goes To New York..
AN Worcester j. hctwamr Boston
an Ne lark -
~ e.. but not on this road.
"Am@h ." away Wild We. Give me
me ticket and let me 90. FaiN. I'll
stop if the road DON'T"
"Ihclr'> Il ticket t"r New York.
said the clerk. "hut You can't stop at
Worcester with it. mind that
''>hurc do. said Pat. passing over
his currency. "FHiN. i've no desire Ia
>htnp AT w orcc>thcr wild it. Shurc I'll
leave II wild some gentleman in the ear
till return"
The ease WAS hopeless. and the tick
ct seller WAS obliged t" let Pat 90. but
could not hut smile at the task the con
duct"r had i'll prospect. H">t"n C"m-
mcrcim HUIi,fn.
The editor of the Baltimore .lmcrionn.
who l. one at the most >trIdt;I>t of rh,
friends of Mr.. Collar. reveals " hat has
been known here for some time. that
Mr.. Greeley would never have made
the grand mistake of his life, had he sue
ccrdcd in pcr>uadimg Mn. C"ltIN to CON
test with Gen. Grant for the Rcpuhli
can nomination for President
''Em"ti"mal insanity" will soon hr
h"l"W par III Indiana. if the Irgi>la-
tulc passes Il hill which WAS intrudurrd.
the other day. This hill provides that.
whenever an accused person l. acquitted
ON the ground of Temporary insanity.
the Judge shall send him t" II lunatic
asylum f"r Il term of Years pIopurtinn
ate 1" the crime he committed. which.
in cas-, of murder. would. ot course. he
for life
The Springfield Republican is about
right when il remarks that "Onc great
umd"uhtrd evil of legislation in Yer
mont is the Lack of grncrcl laws. Every
change of name. charter of Il cheese fac
tory. etc. requires Il special act. \
vast amount of this business might hc
delegated to the inferior courts. and the
rest of il he disposed of 10y general laws.
In the session just ended of only -
days. over 200 bills were introduced.
at least onc-tlird of which were pri-
vatc.