Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-06-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

l. your name Jones ?" inquired strang-
CT YESTERDAY as he pulled the bell of A See
Chd-sireet house and got the man II the
door' Does 1t say Jones on the door
plate angrily inquired the man. pointing
To ms name on the plate. do those letters
SpeN Jones Il dunno" replied the
stranger; as he got his nose down to the
| pIate' m no judge OF spellin'. and
kno" Jones lives IN this ward somewheres. "
,, 4 oecond-street man called at the CITY
liali market yesterday, and engaged a sol
| ored man to DO job OF whitewashing. At
noon tue "hltewasher not having appeared.
.ne man made a second call. aud finding
the ueiinqnent, he exclaimed You, sir.
are a poid liar ~ 'Dat's fact, boss. -
replied the negro as he slid off the bench
Il greed to be dar by 10: but inst a.
war ready to 60, along comes lot % nigperS
and begins to talk politics and. when
dere political discussion on De door. I'm
gong to be right dar, if don't make
cent
A well known drummer for a dry goods
house, who CHANGED. last summer. to be in
Maine town where the circus was to show
that night, made bet that he could pass
every one OF party of thirty whoha come
over rom a nelghb0rlng town. into the
sho" without paying cent. The wager
oeing accepted. the party was marshalled
and proceeded to the tent where the door
keeper was busily engaged taking tickets
IRON all who passed through the aperture
IN the canvas. Coming up with his crowd.
the drummer rushed up to the ticket-taker
with his hand full of cards. and said
Just count these men as they pass in end
ing with the one IN the straw hat" Ger
talnlY. sir. and the Cerberus went to work
rive, ten, fourteen, eighteen etc. as
they past by him and mingled with the
crowd, TIL the straw hat was reached. when
ne shouted "thirty-One, and turned around
for the tickets. But the polite individual
who had bade him enumerate had vanished
the only one who was stopped before he had |
mingled with and melted into the indistin-
guIshable mass of the crowd inside proved |
TO be an innocent cOuntryman who had le- |
Ultimately procured his admission paste /
board. The ticket-taker couldn't leave his |
post, for the ingress of regular spectators
was pressing, 50 he made the best of it, and |
said nothing lie had learned lesson.
however, that made him take tickets first /
and count afterwards.
The course of justice in the magistrates
courts at Columbia. ) c., writes a cores
pondent. is painfully ludicrous. The ebony
Judge Is strong on one point. that of fines.
For simple assault the fine i so. 1t the
party fined does not have the money, the
witness must pay it, or perhaps the best
dressed man Is picked out and directed to
ante. Justice must receive her dues.
belligerent and irascible Dutchman ian
anomaly as great as ferOcious sheep) en-
ploys great many negroes in his shop.
hen they won't work, he loses his temper
and commences to knock down the knayes.
haaa fk-oa l. n
One day, he not only knocked down one of
his lazy crew, but gave him good thrash
ing in exchange for some nsolenee. This
without putting on his coat
and with his shirt-sleeves rolled up, he
marched into the presence of the inky
Midas, and, pulling out his purse exclaimed,
81 We licked a niger how much Is 1t 2
They have a reviyalist preacher down in
Mississippi who, though his language Is not
strictly according to grammatical rule nor
his pronunciation faultless, has way ot
going straight to the point that is refresh
ing in these days of gospel platitudes and
pious namby-pambyism. II this clergyman
were to travel with Varley and Hammond.
Or Moody and Sankey, there might not be
such crowded anxious seats" a. now, but
there would be more sincere penitence, Tor
men would realize the danger OF 'ioolln
wild the Lord" Here is the report by a
Cincinnati Commercial correspondent OF one
)f this preacher most eloquent and striking
Efforts Now, bredren and sisters, We want
nounahs hesh tonight. No foolin'. Et
you can't moulin for your sins, don't come
oOlin' roun' dis altah. | knows ye. fou's
.ryin, mighty ha hid TO be convarted 'thoHt
'ein' hurt. The Lord 'spises mockery:
'ometmes you sinnahs comes foh 'rd an