Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-06-23

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strung to swim across the basin to dry
land, and so had to Chamber up through
the narrow crevice near by. A large
crowd soon gathered, with every ap-
pliance to extricate him from his pre-
carious situation. Watson was COM
pletely exhausted when drawn out by
his friends.
-Four little Chicago boys had a hang
ing matinee in stable, the other day.
Each was suspended in turn and was
to yell when he got enough; but one
little fellow, ambitious to excel his
companions, deferred yelling till it was
no longer practicable and there is now
but three of those little boys.
There is nice little boy at Sparta,
Wis. He amused his leisure hours by
boring a hole through the dam just to
see the water spirit. In fifteen hours
after he started the leak, the dam had
given way, carrying off a valuable mill.
What fogging that boy would have
got in "Ancient SPARTA
BUILDING STONE WALL.-Old Tim
othy Pickering was pretty smart
man in his day, and they could not
take him in when they offered to work
on his farm. To one of these chaps
that think they know everything, he
put the question if he knew how to
build stone wall,
eyes," said he, "any fool ought to
know that"
"Well, how is it done ?" said the col
onel. "Why, by putting one stone on
another" replied the man.
"Not by any means" rejoined the col
onel; "you know nothing about wall
building"
"Well, how then, sir, l would like to
know, would you have it done?'
'By putting l stone upon 2 stones
so as to break joints and have wall
that any fool like you could not push
over. Good morning"
Thirty years ago man entered the
City of New York in an almost pen
niless condition, and without single
acquaintance in the great wilderness
of houses. To-day his name is known
wherever humanity breathes. 1t il
spoken in every city, and is as familiar
to the worker in the mine as to hi
brother in the mills, and whereve
language is known and ideas are ex
pressed the name of this penniless, un
known, and uncouth lad of thirty year
ago is uttered. 1t was John Smith
FORCE OF IMAGINATIoN.-Buck
land, the distinguished geologist, ONT
day gave dinner, after dissecting
Mississippi alligator, having asked
good many of the most distinguishes
of his class to dine with him. Hi
house and his establishment were il
good style and taste. His guests con
gregated. The dinner looked spler
did, with >glass, china and plate, an
the meal commenced with excellen
soup.
"How do you like the soup?' aske
the doctor, after having finished hi
own plate, addressing a famous gou
mand of the day.
"Very good, indeed" answered th
other;" turtle, is it not? only ask b.
cause 1 do not find any green fat
The doctor shook his head.
81 think it has somewhat ofa musk
TASTE" says another; mot unpleasan
but peculiar"
All alligators have" replied Bucl
land; the cayman peculiarly so-tt
fellow I dissected this morning, an
which you have just been eating
There was a general rout of guest
every one turned pale. Half a doze
started up from the table; two or thre
ran out of the room, and only tho'
who had stout stomachs remained
the close of an excellent entertainer
'See what imagination is said Buc
, land. off / had told them it was tn
tie, or terrapin, or bird d's-nest soup, sa
water amphibia, or fresh, or the glu
ten of fish from the NAV of a sea-bir
they would have pronounced it e
cellent, and their digestion wou
have been none the worse. Such
prejudice.
: : 'But was it really an alligator" askt
a lady.
As good a calf'shead as ever wo
a coronet," answered Buckland.
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WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE
: short time since worthy magistra
7 of New Orleans had rather a difficu
l question to decide, iii the solution
: which he struck a path hitherto II