St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-12-04
Squibs.

said, when he thrust his hose into Il
b""Gs.lers shop Ia unt ant the flames.
The boy who ran away from school
to "go fishing all alone" and caught
himself III the lip, SAYS he's got enough
of fishing on his own hook
Cicer" said, The pursuit of all things
should hr calm and tramquil.' How
about capturing ti.'a>
In the we'll settled districts of Texas
You can get free ride OH Il hearse by
picking up Il I;Ittl"Smake.
"Ali the girls ale becoming vegetari
ans. They wear turm-np hats And
reddish IIo>r> and clrrrN lips.
When Noah made the alk fast with
cable tow there was Il tied in the affairs
uf men taken at the flood.
The one thing needtul for the per
| feet enjoy mcut of love is confidence"
/ Same with hash and s;,u>ages.
The crow i- not 81 bad bird after
| all. Ii never shows the white feather
and never complains Without ciws.
Grimd>tones are considered safe prop
rItl to invest in; becaIl>e, if YOU cali
not sell them for cash you can always
| turn them.
I'm old lady. hearing somebody say
/ the mails were irregular, said 1T
WAS just So in my Young days s-no trust
ing any OF EN-.
\ Texan. named WISER, who broke
one of his aims while wrestling with
tiirnd. i still WISER, but the doctor
SAYS il will bc some time before he will
Lee IL better man.
y san Juan miner who has been
prospecting III southwestern Colorado
has found II whole forest of petritied
trees. with pctriticd birds sitting on the
limbs singing petriiied songs.
Douglas Jerrold says, in his Hedge
hog Letters. that "respectability is all
very we'll for folks who can have it for
ready money but to he obliged to run
i'll debt tor ii. is enough to break the
heart of an angel.
y Canada man tied his dog to the end
of a rear ear the other day, and then
hrt the beast could keep up with the
train. Strange to say, when they got
into Detroit, the dog was ahead-there
VAS nothing else left of him.
"rhat dog of Nourn flew at me this
morning. and bit me on the leg, and
NOW notify Nou that | intend to shoot
il the first time see it, The dog is
not mad" 'Mad know he is not
mad. What's he got to be mad about
Its me that's mad
Mark Twain says that since he has
hrcomc Il Director i'll an accidental in
Surancc company, the Hartford, "acci-
dents have assumed Il kindlier aspect.
look upon Il cripple now with affec-
tionate interest, - an dvertisement.
Io me there Is Il charm about Il railroad
collision that Is un>peakable."
One of the least tlattering tributes
, ever paid I" Il rising Young artist, has
been paid to Il Cincinnati dauber by Il
Western critic: ''llc possesses some
merit ~ an artist. but it is hard to say
whether ii lies i'll landscape or marine
painting you cannot tell his COWS from
his ships. except when they have their
tails exalted, when the absence of spars
bctraH> their characters. Even then
they may Ice mistaken for schooners
>cudding under bare poles"
An cIIing husband. who had exhaust
ed all explanations for late hours, and
had II" apology ready, recently slipped
INTO the hou>t. about one o'clock very
softly. demndcd himself gently. and be
/ gan rocking the cradle 10y the bedside,
aS il he had been awakened out of Il
: sound sleep 10y intantilr cries. He had
:. rocked away for tive minutes, when
=. Mary Jane. who had silently observed
the Whole manTuver, said, Come tu
bed. Nom fool, You the baby amt
/ there.
, This striking business may he over
1
smith in New York. IL cooper, Ion the
t strike, who struck james Bagley, a
, m"m m->ncirtE man. who presumed to ex-
erci>r the privilege of working where
he pleased ior such pay as he could gel
rather than let his family starve, and
NOW Patrick has been sent to the peni-
trnIiarl f"r Que month and fined $3.50
II When w"rkmen strike, they should be
- careful no they hit. o.. p;
" The quaintc>t thing of Late in baby
- r;Ih \ little girl, seeing dog scratch
in% to hc let IN al an opposite door
Il promptly knocked ar the window aud
: called ont. ''lmge e bell. doggy ing {
i bell"
It Anxious mammal (tn her brother in
law. VIII" i ais" the family doctoI) BY
, the hy, Alexander, I'm 80 glad You ve
" come. | wanted to talk to Won about
hahN. | cant understand why he doesn't
speak vet. SURELY he ought to bN this
time Alexander Wccl. yer see, Ann
Nr just talk trir Nari highest o'EngliSh
an my hither John, again, he Just talks
the Vara braideSt o'Scotch; an the
pun haiIn. We see, il haSna just made
:. up it> mind which side - the house it'll
Just taxi till. Punch.
, MEDICAL PROPERTIES OF EGGs.-T The
, white of IN egg has proved of late the