Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-08-21
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PLEASANT PARAGRAPHS.
An Irishman who was very near-sighted
about To fight duel. insisted that he should
stand six PAGES nearer to his antagonist thar
the latter did to him, and they were both u
fire at the same time.
\ teacher, wishing to improve the occa-
sion, said 10 the boys at the conclusion of q
strawberry festival, ''llaye YOU enjoyed these
berries to-day ~ "Yes, sir, YES. sir, -
came from all sides with unmi-takable
heartines> '.Well. children, if YOU had
seen the berrie, growing in my garden
and had slipped in through the gate with
out my leave. and picked them from the
vines, would they have tasted Is good As
now - NO, sir, was the prompt reply.
.'Why mo-, p" .. Because" said wide
awake boy. Then we shouldn't have had
sugar ami cream with EN-"
\ Western journal has tie following
I'VE have seen in one of the payers an ar
ticle upon the Power of Music in which
the writer tells how, when he was PLAYING
his flute at his par0r window, a toad would
come out from under the front step and ap-
pear to drink IN the melody with an air
of rapturous exultati0n This must he the
man who lived across the street from us.
We noticed the toad the other day. He
came out when the playing began, but short
" aiterwarl, disappeared. lie soon return
ed. accompanied hv another toad The two
then went and got the lid Of an old backing
box. fixed q string 10 it. and hacked into il
their little store of dead Il e. and thincs
and three or 6ar small loads of moyablcs.
and all their domestic. comforts Then they
hitcbel ON q, the ~triu,. and be-ap In move
down the street IN search of new resi-
denrc."
The Louisville Csar,a-Joayagi wonders
why Wisconsin tolerate. a town called
/ Packwankec. Ii is a peculiar name and the
/ adjoining towns make considerable smart of
/ II The aIi;nin.. town. are Waulrato.,
/ Wer2uwe,a. Nepeu.kun. tla1om3nie Kew
a.k9m Nglwoi3.-,. T,v,Le.I,b K,nka-
una. Weluio.k. and q few orbars vI;,a NJ
50 have .-e >5f. Italian name-.
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In th.. I,yi,, a New York .,rn.-nirb MI,
bo. labelled 81 Iar.,.. b.r., ,.r In H.. Show
window. ..G,.I fir ,it. Will. t,., fri.,lt
little r,.ser y,e.,r.,r .r,. s-taalel the ,y.ri.
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tor.e-r.i.t..'-,~ lax. f,. ...,t .T ,-,.,,a.,r.',-
\ on'-.e--fi soldier. Mormon. recently
ASKED b'i-aan Dung 10 supply. 'y a mira
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ituaI BODY. mine also iein. of divine oii.in
becomes immortal. and. 10 ills case. observe
how very awkward q three-lc.-.eI an.,el from
I tah would appear among IL. inhabitants
of the eternal world ="
He wa- young, and -eria.-. and in tie mir
cleaning De escorted his wife ,,.whcre tie
SPARKLING soda pushed from % marble fuu-
tain. Grayclv be- sazci go the man who
asked. .What -yruu2" and answered Cru
SADIE. Life seemed beautiful nc that moo
meut, bat ramiyziu- horror seized him
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f1r,ed with the fas1n he desired. lie wishes
never I, stand upon such an apex of agony
d-ain.-Nr var. TrHun.