Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-11-10

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GOT a hen that would set. whether or no;
alters would set. tried every way in the
world to stop her. and never could do it.
But, last Sunday. aS | was comm home
from mcctin'. an idee struck me. No. it
wasn't n"thin' in the sermon; nothin' TO
do with the sermon: il WAS chestnut burs.
| went TO The hcu-hous,'. and ] pulled her
off the nesi and Just put three likely lookin'
burs snu. into the nent. anl waited 10 see
what would turn up Wei. sir. You would
hl' llffcd. She @ivea >IGawk and jumped
up onto the edge o that nest and looked
round at the hur> You ouwht 10 have seen
that hen look at them nur> and there she
Sot and Sot. and looked ont of the door and
considered: and every nox and then she'd
look round at the bars and consider
Well, sir. she considered for iii>t exactly
two hours, and then she came down
amongst the other hens. and hlin't been
nigh the nest sine Fact. Just a | tell
We. .'-F,srmityhth th4 Ga-ct.
TuAr'~ TIE WAY" We knows the
public i> down on us. remarked Il
Detroit milkman. as he dipped ont the de-
sired quart from one of his biz cans. . bat
the public is mistaken In the first pace
We put in a lerilc witcr-only a bit. Ia
make up for the shrinkage. II goes TO
the biz dealers. ana they Amt a bit keerful
when they gets To pouring in water They
sells it 10 the @r"ccrS. ami they put in
chalk with one hand and water with the
other. and they are thinking of politics and
ret in too much. The servant gal goes
after the milk for the family. drinks
third of it. and then puts in water TO make
up the measure; and. You see. when the
family Its if the taste amt there, the look
amt there. and they goes for Us poor Old
men, who hasn't a dishonest hair in our
heals That's the way. mister-gee up.
there Homer,
1t was in Detroit. of course. The tele-
scope man turned the lens toward the illu-
minated City Hall clock ut as the bell
struck eight. A stranger. who had great
" enioved the view, turned his head from
the instrument, and taking the owner by
the hand. he addressed him Is follows;
Shake, old man. You've got the boss
telescope I've looked through smoked
rlass at the eclipse, seen steamboats, on:
on the lake through the marine glass. but
this beats EN- all. For when You can
draw the moon so close rs to see the clock
and hear it strike. besides, n fellow gets
the worth of his money every time.
The Hartford C0uraA tells of f,rmei
who. if the story is correct, has a head al
most rs innocent of brains rs are the
pumpkins he raises. He brought into
Birmingham a few days ago pumpkin
which he sold for Sl-15- He explained
that the pumpkin WAS an unusual kind. he
having paid iive cents apiece for the seed.
and offered TO buy the seeds of the pump
kin from the purchaser at one cent and
half each. The offer was accepted. the
pumpkin cut and the seeds counted. There
were 6l;i in all, but the farmers purchased
them
An old lady residing in Ohio lost the
companion with whom she had logged for
many wears. She neglected to mark the
spot of his burial by even stone. Not
long after, coming into possession of a
small legacy, a sister of the deceased said
to her, ] suppose you will now put up
stones for Daniel ?" Her answer was n
setter ..If the Lord wants anything Of
Daniel, at the resurrection. | guess lie
can find him without guide-board.