Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-10-25

Nhom the dew - softly falling.
Moistcning an the distant plain.
Oft and myself recalling
Youthful longiugs wild and vain.
Gently o'er nay senses stealing.
Soothing tire summer rain,
Then, the past to me revealing.
Brings my childhood back again.
missing on these DAYS OF pleasure.
AL 50 little thought Of theni
Gradually find the treasure
OF my long lost youth again
And the future, though uncertain,
May not draw from mo a sigh;
Soon for me will roll the curtain
Yelling deaths great mystery.
To notices Of births III western pa
per, is now appended, "COme to meet
his dad"
A man in Hartford carelessly threw
some yeast cakes into his back yard. and
his rooster ate them. They exploded
and blew the stufing out of him.
Now that there is no longer any occa.
sion for secrecy, won't Mr. Spinner be
kind enough to tell US what the two ini-
tials of his name really are ?
From the versatile pen of On Hang:
Was gal name Moll had lam,
Fleas all samee white sno,
Evly place Moll gal walkee
Ba, ba, hOppee long, too.
A Nevada paper, noticing a new brew
cry, says: "The projectors will lay pipes
throughout the city, and furnish beer at
a less price than is now charged for wa
ter"
For sport, says a western paper. 90 to
Texas. They have panthers thirteen
feet long and exceedingly vigorous and
if you have no sport, the panthers GER
tainly will.
A bolt of lightning struck a tree in
front of a Chicago alderman's house the
other night, and in his fright the alder
man remarked, "Hold on : I'll restore
the money" !" . ......H
The eldest son of the Prince of Wales
is big enough now to dance with his
grandmother the Queen. He appears
in the Court Circular as Prince Albert
victor OF wales.
A Michigan stump-speaker boldly an
nounced, that 1.-THE country is drifting
into arnica." Judging by the steady in
crease of baseball clubs in this country
the Michigan orator is about right.
"Ef country fair is goin' to do agri-
cultur emmy good" says Long Island
farmer, keep out the women. Them
air pull-backs gets mans eyes so sot
that he can't see nothin' else. Brook.
Ign argus.
The woman who shufles around in
cloth slippers, broken down at the heel,
and wipes her nose on a fat-iron holder
Is the one who leaves gristle in her minct
pies and runs hair-pin in her bread
to see if it's done.
We are requested to believe that q
mammoth spider living in the cellar Of
a Mr.. Pointer, at Benton Harbor, Michi
gan, catches half grown mice by entang
ling them in its web. Size of the spider
not stated, nor what he does with the
mouse.
A certain clergyman was sent for sud
denly to 90 to cottage, where he found
a man in bed "Well. my friend, saiC
the pastor, what induced you to sent
for me ?" The patient, who was rather
deaf. appealed to his wife. "What dOe'
/ he say ?'' ''He says" shouted the wo
man. what the deuce did you send fol-
him for ?''
Said wife to her husband Chow il
it that you can't come nights in some
sort of season ?" The gentle retort was
"You got me in the way of it. Before
we were married you used to throw you
arms about my neck at three O'Clock, ,anC
say: Don't 90, darling, it is early yet,
but now if | happen to stay out till tive
o'clock, it is a terrible affair"
An innocent looking old man was 90
ing up Washington street yesterday anc
a drayman nodded to him and asked
WANT dray. mister p No,
guess not, replied the old man, I'm
too fur from home, and can't pay ex
press on it. Much obleeged, though
Vicksburgh is q powerful nice town. A
feller back there asked me if | didn'
want coat; another inquired if wan
ted hack, and now you offer me dray
wish / lived here. - Vick:sb1rrgh Her
Gld
Speaking of infants we are quite sur
that the following poetic gem, by Gin
cinnati songster, will be read with de
light by every parent who has what b
proudly regards as a choice specimen {
the Juvenile article
"DOT LITTLE BABY"
Droo as leye. most every day
laugh me Wild 10 see de way
Dot shmall young baby dry to blay-
Dot funny little baby.
Ven / locke of dem little toes,
Und see dot funny little nose.
Und hear de way dot rooster crows,
| shmile ike l vas crazy.
Some times dere comes little squaII
Dots ven de windy Wind Will crawl
Right und his little stomach shnalb-
Now dots too bad for de baby
Dot make him sing at night SO shWee
And gOrry-barric he must eat,
Und | must jump sphry on my feet
To help dot little baby.
He pulls my nose und kicks my ksTr,
Uud crawls me over every Ware,
Und slobbers me-but vat care?
Dot vas my shmaIl young baby
Around my neck dot little arm
Vas squozing me so nice und warm
Oh may dere never COON some harm
To dot shmall little baby.