Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-02-06

AZ INTERESTING Doc oRi.-lhe Nr-
ginia CITY CNeyD. EnteYpr4se thus discour-es
about dog Of It's acquaintance state
Printer Putnam. who h. been sojourning in
this city for a iaw days past, returned 10
Carson last Sunday noon. He was present
I'd fine Newfoundland pup. about ioAr
months old. while here. For safe keeping
this iuvenile of his mother was placed in the
Eul,rpri,e preS--room last Saturday night
As he was now the property OF a printer he
felt it duty he owed his master 10 get some
insight into the business at once After IN
,pe,:ting the running ola job press for some
time with much interest. he went up To IL
and stuck his nose between n par ol e'.
wheels Leaving between the wheels
piece of skin of the end Of hi nose about the
Size of a trade dollar, he retired To corner
and sat down for a tins 10 reflect upon ms
first lesson. After he had for some time
paWed and licked his wound hi> attention
was attracted 10 the bed of the power pres,
which seemed to be shooting in and out IN
nec,rliar manner. After this he Started-en-
com aged bv seeing It retreating from MN
but was almost instantly knocked down by
the wifi return ci the bed Here he th'ugn'
he h, d found foe worthy OF his steel At
liz kn ocked down. As each paper was struck
of Tor about three hours lie theh sAt
down and watched the thing the rest OF
the night. bobbing his head up ana do"h a.
the b d plate moved in and out, but cured oil
hattl ~ with 1t. Being shut up IN the room
and left to his own devices till noon on sun
dav. he found an empty ink barrel on as
! side and made that his home Being black
Il Z IL. 4. q ~
not disco vered until his master had taken
! him abo lrd the train Tor Carson 1t was
then fou nd that he was as full OF ink as one
Of the ir,k-bells used by printers in the carry
| DAYS Of printing. Being an afectionate ana
| playful little cuss, the CONSERVATION Whlch
| he created aboard that train can well be
imagined At last it was found necessary
10 wrap and tie him up in a lot OF neWspa
per-. and thus the printer dog rode away
with his new master. a newspaper-earrer-
SnAKf>rEAREAN UouaESTARIEs.-' Mine
host OF the garter The landlady. OF
.OurSe
And thereby hang, tale''-Larwinian
heory
The lunatic. the lover. and the poet -
Properly classified
w that tells old iokes.
Il know a bark whereon the Wild thyme
bloy 7s''-The faro tank
.-..1ake, oh. take those lips away '-Soh'
verv pretty women will eat onions
1T hath an ancient and fish-like smell -
Codfis h aristocracy and Credit Mobilier.
is she not passing fair r'''-- Doubles The
lady en- gagged in passing the hat around al
church SociableS
.'lf Il. lies he but young and fair. they have
the gift t. know it"-They are, indeed, re
markably conscious.
He dra,7eth out the thread NJ his verboS
ity finer than the staple of his argument -
The ''heayv" editor.
How use doth breed habit in a man =
Good though here. usea man meanly an'
he'll soon get the habit Of kicking yon
A needy, hollow-eyed, sharp looking
wretch Tie 'ery picture of Il modern IN
teryiewing repol ter. Truly we can never d
instice to the for, sight of the immortal hard
1T i~ a familia beast to man, andsignhe
-love''-This T, fers to the love OF drink
and the beast is be imp that climbs bed
posts and Jumps all over soakist who ha
pursued his love to excess.
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