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The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-23
Facts and Euiicics.

What is thai which by losing an eye has
only a nose left? \ noise.
Never scare off ny with a club when n
feather will do rs well.
Among novelties in the way of foreign
toys are grotcsque figures ingeniously cut
out in sponge.
~ can always tell water when see it,,
remarked Teddy Blossom, the other day,
ait looks so much like gin
'Ten acres considerably more than
enough" is the opinion Of the suburban
man who has been digging over his gar
den.
\ French wit said of Il man who was
exceedingly fat that nature only made him
to show how far the human skin would
stretch without breaking.
Two reverend gentlemen of Illinois are
in the second week of public discussion
whether people who differ from one Of
them can escape eternal punishment.
Our unprotected bachelorhopcs his land
lady wont Join the Cremation Society, as
he. would be sorry to have her hashcs
handed down to future generations.
We recognize good many new names
in the new quarterly ministry OF Spain
Somebody must have given the political
pepper box an extraordinary shake.
Our exchanges are circulating story Of
ga church that began in Il dog fight"
But it isn't a circumstance to the story OF
"a dog fight that began in church.
Lucifer having been cast out of the
celestial regions, il is reasonable to con-
cludc that the matches made in heaven
are not Lucifer matches.
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girls at school, the Rosys and Matthias,
was made out, and the invitations sent;
the flowers and the good things ordered,
and at the appointed season Ida smiled at
her own image in the glass so pretty with
its rose colored silk, while Janet tied dol
lys flaxen curls with their ribbon, for the
twentieth time, and got 1t right at last. A
prettier little party could not be found
than that playing "blnd mans bluff" and
all sorts of things for fun, and everybody 8
face was bright in the flash of the many
lights.
Nobody knew that feet halted outside on
the pavement, and inquiring eyes peeped
through the lattice, or past the damask
curtains, aud nobody knew that lips were
saying, low but firmly, 81 am too poor to
give feasts, and yet see this extravaganza
in man not rich enough to pay what he
owes did intend to give him his time.
but he has deceived me; this piece of ex.
travagance has opened my eyes; tomorrow
shall proceed against him."
Nobody knew it and so nobody was
sad except papa, as he walked in n room
alone, his hands classed behind him, feel
ing the weight on his mind of affairs that
hung with him as in balance, ready al
any moment to bring him ruin.
The lips that whispered at the easement
were true to their promise. On the NOR
row the first blow was given that brought
anguish of mind, and finally poverty, to thu
| father and household!
Then did the little girl being told how
| ithad happened. wish she had loved tru
! ly,' and not brought such trouble to thu
father always ready to give pleasure t
those around him and especially to hi
children; and she realized how sad I
thing it is to bring to those VIC love, no
pleasure and rest, but work sorrow Ne'
! Iori ObS6rCeF.
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CursLDREN'S UoE.st5sN.
The Ghost-A True STORY.

nc SuOst-A Z rue >sOtI
When was a boy, In an Old churehyarl
A terrible ghost appcard,
And oft looked over the ChurchYard gate,
with grlsly, grlsly beard.
lie had eyes as bright and as round as suns,
And pale and haggard cheek,
And you saw he was thinking, thinking much,
But never q word did he speak
Save once, when drunken old man declared
The ghost his thin arm did stretch,
And slnote him hard, and the old man heard
Tue ghost call out, "You wretch
And he staggered away, and rom Ina same
day
Did the drunken man repent;
But never again down SOuthernlaj Lane
The frightened sinner went.
The ghost had his hmoc behind an Cd tomb
Meath nettles and brambles hid,
And there | was told that he slept in the mold,
And his cover was coffin lid.
hospital close by the churchyafd stood,
And the nurses were known to declare
That, whenever the dying I'm iorurc1 were
crying,
And once remember in drcary December,
At night. as Il truant pass'd by,
lie saw the Old ghost looking white as II post,
land flashing out frOwns from his eye.
such at last was the fright that at evening and
Not soul passd through Scuthernhay Lane;
For no one could doubt that the ghost was
about
Denial was almost profan'.
When was a boy. twas my tremulous Joy
At noon through the churchyard to pass
And there saw naugt but hairy old goat
. That quietly brOwsed Oh the grass.
\ stranger al last walk'd through southern
hay Lane.
And the ghost Us accustomed appeared
so he sta ed the Old grisly one full IN the face
And vallantly grapplcd his beard.
And "What makes you here, my old fellow" hC
naid,
"Wth beard that's 50 haggard ana gray ?
And the ghost with sOlcmnty shook ks grave
head,
And opened his lips and cried-"Ba!"
Since then all my fears and my fancics grew
COOL
And learnt, from the story quote.
Had the old man been sOber-thC young boy a
school,
They had secn-not ghost--bul a goat.
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THE RUTLAND DAILY GLOBE SATURDAY MORNING. 49, 1874

he has the capriclous appetite of an in
valid, and dry bread is certainly not an in
viting Diet" with jarring laugh
MARY" sobbed Kitty Kane, clinging
around her friends neck, 81 never dream
ed of destitution and misery like this. Here
take this money-spend 1t !" and she put
her purse into Mary's wan hand. "My
God and not an hour ago | was repining
because could not waste it in silks, and
laces, and gew-gaws."
Mary Ford looked eagerly at the bills.
"Ten dollarsl" she gasped, feebly, as
she looked down at the crumpled bits of pa
per, "Do you mean all this Cor me?'
"Take itl'
"God bless you, Kitty" said Mary Ford,
with n choking sob in her throat, "To me
it is more than ten thousand would have
been two years ago! God bless you!"
"And l will go home," Kitty added, ''for
wine, and jelly, and delicate crackers, such
as invaids like. will not be gone long,
dear Mary"
Kitty Kane did not so to the party. She
spent no time on flounces and furbelows.
All her leisure hours were devoted to the
sad necessity of her friends.
The evening after the party, Mr. Fordyce
called
II on WtIt HOl ~ MISS OlANl i"ot
night" he said, when the first greetings
were exchanged.
"No."
"But / know where you were Kitty.
never felt towards you as | felt when the
poor, sick man, in the tenement house, told
me how you had been an angel of mercy
and tenderness to him and his! -
GLOW did you happen to know of himY'
Kitty asked colorinr
"a friend, Il benevolent old clergyman
desired me to go there. "They need help"
said he. GAN Gods children should help
one another. You have leisure, Harry
Fordyce. and you have money SO |
went--and so | heard of your gentle and
charitable Office, Kitty
She was silent
GLOW many Of the bellies who waltzed
away the hours at Miss Porter's ball, last
night, would have given up everything to
Gods work, rs you have done. do you sup
pose, Kitty" asked Fordyce, after mo-
ment or two.
"Many, hope!"
'But as | know of only one, | would
like to make sure Of that one" said For
dycc, smiling. ~ always liked you, Kit
ty. To-day, as stood by poor Ford's pill
low, and heard him speak Of you, l knew
that lored you. VIII YOU be my wife,
Kitty?'
So Kitty won the coveted treasure of hci
| heart, and won it too, without an effort
She had enlisted under the divine banner OF
! Charity, and she had her reward!
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u. IN.
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TRAINS LEAVE RUTLAND.
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-09-10

The Manchester Guardian says: at has
long leeD recognized that there are no
witticipms so good As those made by fate.
1t even seems, from tie instance we are
about to mentor, that when nan dey:ses a
tolerably good ore he only Anticipates des-
tiny IN bringing incongruous things togeth
er III an amusing manner. AT the kensing-
ton Petty Sessions in Lon don a grocer was
fined for selling green leas which owed
their seductive color to copper which had
been init oluced in the process of preserv-
ing them. We are glad to be told that
this article Of commerce is not All Eng
lish product, but a French work of art
which appears to have left its country
for its country's good. Scientific wit
nesses who exposed the imposture said
even that the peas were manufactured
especially for English consumption, as
the French authorities would not allow
them 10 be sold in that country, SO dele
FERROUS were they to human health While
we continue to seek such things and eat
them, We must not, We suppose, be sur
prlsed to find that they are suspected of a
congennl taste Of verdancy. But here is
the only coincidence, which may help to
make the case remembered. Who TINT
resollects one Of the eldest jokes in the
Bri fish jest book will not be yleased to
hear that the tradesman who sold tho peas
carries on his business at rurnllam
Green?"
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A WenSelS StrntREom.

An exchange gives the following account
of awcasefs stretagem, with the suspicious
remark that it is vouchsd for by friend
A, grist mill was invested, vi. ID large rats
Until a weasel came there, and DESTROYED
nearly all of them. There was, however,
one large rat which he could not conquer
They had several pitched battles in which
the rat whipped the weasel, until whenever
the rat appeared the weasel would seek
safety in Sight They were watched for
several days, when the weasel was OBJ
served to be digging hole in the earth
under pile of lumber. After, he had
completed it be approached the mill. and
the rat came after HIM as usual. lie made
some show Of fight until be had. got the
rat interested, and then ran into his hole
The rat followed, when the weasel was
seen to come out at the other end of the
hole, and run in at.the entrance after the
the rat. Subsequent exa1inatioa proved
that the weasel had made the hole large
enough for. the rat to.epter,. but. had con
tracted the other end so tina. he could get
out. Having thus trapped his antagonist
the weasel took him in the rear, and easily
conquered him.