Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-05-07
CURRENT NOTES.

Spring brings joy to the heart of Wy.
oming editor. who sings: "Soon the dusky
squsw will be seen straining Inaple-sugal
through her winter stockings"
A Boston Father is telling every body who
will listen to him that his little girl, 2 year:
old, brought his pen back to him and said
she wanted some juice put into it..
A young man in Illinois complains of the
disadvantages under which he Is doing his
counting. He says he usually meets the
| object oil his affection on the neutra ground
| OF the parlor, with the old lady in one cor
ner, the old gentleman in another. and n
| big dog under the melodeon - Boston Jour
| nal.
That's very foe dog you've got there
my lad" said an appreciatiye old gentleman
| to pensive-lookiDg urchin, who was drag
| ging alter him reluctant Scotch terrieI
with rope about his neck. You bet
He's VERY nice dorg. he is. | calls him
'Celsior." -'Ah Excelsior-you must have
been reading Longfellow ~ Never heard
of the teller afore. | calls him 'CelsioI
cause he alters plnts his tail up"
Ia an Austrian paper we find the follow.
ing official decree considering |. Thai
the schoolmaster N, applying for permits
sion to marry. is possessed of no private for
tune and enjoys an income of only i3l
| forms p. a., which would not suffice TO sus.
taine family and 2. that his affauced
bride has no more than 400 forms of private
fortune, the legal license 10 marry cannOl
| be granted to said schoolmaster" Accord.
| ing to Austrian law schoolmastcr cannot
| marry without permission OF ,oreInmeut.
| An English country paper the other day
| contained the following announcement Of
| the death of Lord Cliiden ave regret to
record the death of Lord Citizen, announced
in the London papers of yesterday. His
| Lordship had been aiiing for some time, we
| understand, 50 that his decease was not at
together unexpected The noble Lord was
much regretted among large circle of at
tached friends. and his loss will be seriously
| felt in the society of which be was 81 bright
| an ornament" The Lord Cliiden whose
obituary is thus glowingly written was The
famous racehorSc, and not the noblcman oil
| that name.
Several passengers ON the lower Mississippi
were attracted by the alligaturs basking IL
the sunshine. Are they amphi5ious. cap
tain ?' asked lOoker-on. '.Amphibiuus
thunder?" answered the enthusiastic officer
they II eat hog in minute
10 one of the courts lately, there WAS a
| long and heated discussion between th,
counsel as TO whether witness should be
| allowed 10 answer the following question
What did Mary say?' Three judges took
nearly an hour To decide the point, and al
last allowed 1t. The question was put to
the witness by the defence, and the reply
was short and sSeet-"Not wLrd
The boss" tramp of the season went
| through here yesterday morning. He grew
| in the pine woods OF North Carolina had
| come a distance OF over 700 miles on foot
| is on the way to Rhode Island had on an
| original costume; hair enough on bis face
10 stuff mattress; tile eighteen inches
| high ON his Uranium; four bundles and a
| knapsack, and was happy. withAl -EastOR
| Dispatch.
Robert Collyer says the children must
| haye less study and more iun. He is right.
There is the boy in the family across the
way Last Thursday afternoon he put a
dead mouse in his mother work basket
| attached d split stick to the tail of the next
door cat, set the vinegar faucet up in bust
! ness, palmed himself off as ghost on the
hired girl when she went to the cellar after
the butter, uesmeared his fathers choice
bantam rooster with blue ink. and finally
wound up the entertainment by tying the
boiler TO a strange dog tail, and slipping
down Ia the slush and hurting his back
His exaSperated father hardly knows when
to hunt up hrst-the strange dog with the
boiler or Robert CollY DGHJuTy Macs.
Bailey tho DanburY Macs man, in d let
ter from Paris, s'ys: Alter dressing,
looked outside Tor my shoes, but
they were not there. Ten | ruug for
them. Pretty soon 4 young maid ap-
pearei. She curtsIed, and | replied
That : ell right. and proper enough, too,
bat | wish 10 direct your attention 70 the
fact that my shoes have not arrived - She
curtsied again, and stood there, and looked
at ne IN pleasant off hand manner.
"Shooshee.' said |, happening TO remember
my tlencA. ShOshee. b0Otee, noee cDmee.
Then she stared AZ me. and suddenly turned
and disappeared Ii is Just as well that
happened 10 hit upon tins pigeon English,
and a. | thus reflected the maid returned,
bringing with her q shock-headed youth,
who revealed IN every lineameut OF h.> face
and every haIr IN tue tunhlst mas. the re-
Voting aa1 awful fact that the Eo-li>h
language ~ts further bey Und hi- reach than
The North Pole. | would much rather she
mad no; brought him, a. II l. hard enough.
goodness knows, 70 talk with one French
man. "ShOosee. sh01see. sad where
On earth are they ?" lie bowed in &C
know dgement OF the wisdom OF my 0hser-
Walton, but It Was evident he didn't intend
i permit 1t to upset him. "Heree, lOlkee.
Johnny" | said. holding up my loot, and
going through the pantoulme Of pulling On
4 very obstinate boot. ''ShoO-ee hringee
luickee His lace lighted up in an instant.
Oui.' said he, Cit, said |. And in five
",nn.es hsd the shoes