Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-12-18

JIG UTE dIiQ IeClfeQ TO Wducn TIE result OF
the strategy. TIE 10y descending observed
the dog and then the fun commenced. He
whIstle0, coaxed threatened, unavailing-
ly, the animal never moving. and finally
the youth accepting the inevitable. settled
down to pass the night in the tree After
some hours had passed, YEARLY enough to
the lad, morning dawned and the proprietor
of the tree coming from the house, asked
him how he came to bein the tree. to which
the boy answered that he took to it to save
himself from the dog, who had chased hlm
quite distance.
8 IboQs elaer Of IFa Scottish kirk on his
way ~ services Of q Sabbath. morning, SOW
siftlo BOY and girl playing marbles. He
v1atlifuily inqtdred boy, do you know
where children go to who play NAL bles oil
Sunday ~ SAY, ay," answered the boy.
'they gang down to the field, by the brig
(hridge.) "Nop' reared the elder, s'the,
go to hell and are burned" The little fel.
low. looking shocked and frightened, called
TO his little sister, s'Come AVA, Jennie
como AVA; here's mon swearing aw.
fully
The saddest man in the city, lately, was
the one who had been told chat the frs
snow OF the season was the proper thin.
IN which to break in his new booys. Ii
says if he can find the walking encycl'
psedia who dispensed such gratuitous ii.
formation, he will SHOW him wrinkle i.
the boot-breaking business which, thou.
Aaging no claim to novelty, has alwa,
been attended by d large amount Of satL
faction to the wearer.-Burli,agton Haokey
The small boys in Vallejo, Cal, ne,
moral or religious instruction. The Va.
lejo ''Independent" Of Oct. says: s..
little boy scarcely six years old WAS stanu
ing on one of the principal corners u.
street yesterday afternoon crying piteou.
ly. One Of our officers approached hima all
asked him what was the matter. IL.
youngter blurted out: i don't know whel
my father is. told the ID SUCKER i.,l
to go far or he would lose Inc i y
In hospital in Montepelier, France, is;
patient who has just swallowed tile.
mometer left on his table, while sufferil,
from temporary delirlum. They have
great deal of trouble with him now. Whe
he drinks hot coffee, that thermomet,
fiies up againt the roof of his mouth |
lift his hat off, and when he eats ice-crean
it gets down into his boots and worries h.
corns.
Poor Young thing she tainted away &
the sashstub and her pretty muse wei
g-slop lisgo the soapS0ds. Some said
Was overwork others, however, whisp
cd that her beau had peeped over the bat
fence and called out 'Hullo there, Bridge'
is Miss Alice at home 2''
A New York State woman owns hv
acres of peppermint meadow. An enyiab.
woman, certainly. She has but to mar.
1nan with > barrel Of whiskey and
hogshead of sugar to have mnt-jui,
fifteen OF twenty times day Tor the res
of her life.
1t isn't always safe for printers to al.
brevite important words. The folIowi:
is a case i'll point. The books of IL Sund
school library connected with Balti>
church in Damariscotta are ernuellls1l,,
with labels bearing the following legend
{ 9mber , DANA Baptist sund;,
Sl,s
11eHt Wayne, Ind, young lady maxi,
the following confession:
| look upon the stars above
And sndlf the baimiy air,
I'm waiting fol my own frue love
With 3 Eiair-pn in nay hair.
Tie San Francisco sea captain wh
traded the ships Bible for thirtren pits.
Of tobacco is spoken of very severely b,
the religious press Of that city.
The fog was SO thick in Troy early IT,,
other morning that the Times solemn
AYERS one could not distinguish Il pole;
man from hitchiig post across the stree
Ii he didn't know that hitching posts new
snore.
Recent experiments with cats liza
proved that full developed tabby {.
successfully eyade the rapid approach
two bootjacks, bar of CASTLE soap, pa
Of No. 10 boots, a gold watch, d bIackin.
brush and d horse pistol.
: A couple of fellows who were pr tty
thoroughly soaked with bad whiskey, go.
Into the gutter After laundering TO
some time one Of them said: Lets go t.,
another house, this hotel leaks.''
:sWhat have you been a doin'?" asked
kf his playmate, whom he saw comm,
the house with tears in his eyes
been \ ollasin' a bircn rod found my
was the snarling reply.
A party of Sioux Indians stole paten
Ece-cream freezer, thinking il was a hand
bryan, and all the big medicine men turne,
Me crank q week before they concluded
here was no music in it.
Itsnow turns out that oat meal doesn't
We brain after all, and the Philadelp!li,
itors who laid in a dozen barrels apiec,
r winter use will be almost mad 6nongl
give it TO the poor.--Detroit Free PISS.
Nothing will sooner tempt bachelor 10
{pandon his resolution to marry than to
Weep in the adjoining room to 3 couple
With colicky baby.
A Colorado exchange says: 1.-The Ca
.on City girls don't take kindly to croq1et
lley say it is too heightened for thur
eap-ircg is their best holds
nc horns will last an OK lifetime, b t
b q man wants that 1a,1ieha e1.a V