St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-04-19
Humorous.

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en- ""NS' Jus! got 'iliil l"r my vote.
Se ,;r Hr''i "'nEht iolr or hVe tlmes III
my me- "I'' us Is M tne ilrS' tiihe eper
ai''"' general servant, IN
I'''"'l i''hiiH "heic Il man Is kept. Inc
H'"sT""rk ana cooking all done by the
'h''''Prr> "l lhc family. The gentle
man "i 'hc mouse rises early, but pre-
f'"'rH 'ht"hii'S' iiliilSen' All the wash
| ny II p''' out ana lhe Kitchen provided
WIN every comfort ana luxury. Cold
meat ana ilasil stldl"usiN avoided. Wa
Ses II" "hIcctloh I" IA competent party.
references ana photographs exchanged.
In one of his tours, Elder John
Leland came up ut night to a public
house, where he was acquainted, and
where he proposed to pass the night
The landlord met him with a smiling
countenancr, and told him that, having
built Il new barn, he was nicely pre-
pared To accommodate the clergy. 81
have,' said he, "a very good stable,
WIN all the improvements, for Episco-
lai nolSeS, ana comfortable sort OF
stable 1"r Presbyterian horses, while
Keep 'he "ld barn for baptist horses
the ieed Is according t" the style OF the
stables wv ell" replied the Elder,
'everyhody knows that am Baptist,
hut my morse Is an EP'sc0pdtdn.-B -Bdp-
ttSt quarterly.
- Robert Collvcr tells ii good story
about Fred Douglass. That unfortu-
nate gentleman was travelling one gus
ty night on IA Sound Steamer, and fail
ed to get ii berth Tucked up in us
comfortable il corner on the deck as he
could secure, he was pitied by one of
the officers of the steamer. who thought
that he might perhaps do for him some
little kindness. as he wasnot very black
after all. SO he went up to him, and,
with meaning look i'll his eye, touched
HIM and inquired, - Indian :! Douglass
said he feared he would have yielded
to the temptation and said YES On
the contrary, Fred Douglass said, ''No
-nlgger. and rolling himself carefully
up, made himself as comfortable in his
stormy corner as possible. That reply
Indicated clear grit.
- Among the workmen in the fac
tory at B--was IA man who made
himself very disagreeable by always
failing t" see anything new, or aston
ishing, or interesting in any of the sto-
rice that were told over their dinner
pals. He WAS always replying, "Oh.
that's nothing new that's the very way
my grandfather DONE" until it became
a nuisance. One day one of the boys
WAS describing the manner of hang
ing he had witnessed. to which all seem
cd very attentive except this man,
whose thoughts seemed somewhat di-
vldcd. Some one turned to him and
said, Nv ell, what do You think of that :"
"Oh p>haw.' said he. evidently with
out thinking, that's nothing; that's
the way my grandfather was hung
standing expression III the shop to this
day.
'Lb LINES. W hen Jackson was
PRESIDENT healtleSS clerk III the Treas
urN department ran upan Indebtedness
with Il poor landladN to $50, and then
turned her of, aS he did every other
creditor. She finally went To the Pres
ldrnt with her complaint, and asked If
ne could not compel the clerk to pay
I'll" hlll. "lie offers his note, but his
i"lc lS llood Tor nothing.
Hald the President "Gct his note
ana bring 1t t" me.
The clerk gave her the note with the
lecrlng request. ''She would let him
know when she rot the money on it,"
Iaklngit tothc President he wrote can
drew jackson on the back OF 1t, and
iold her she could get the money ut the
htllk. w men II became due the clerk
refused To pay the note, but when he
learned VINO WAS the prominent endor-
>cl. made haste to raise the wind"
The next morning he found Il note on
longer required lay the government
and it served him right.
BIC SUNDAY DINNERs.-A SUNDAYS
dinner is made the most sumptous meal
of the week in "A great many households.
and the guests retire from the table
more like gnrgcd anacondas than intel
icctual human beings, with the result