St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-11-10
Squibs.

An exchange SAYS that "a shrcwd
| business man told Louisa Alcott that,
| having II wife aud six daughters on his
hands. he could not help believing in
woman suffrage"
There was Il little gathering the other
evening. and Il lady, with the desire to
| hasten the convcIS Sation. asked Il young
man if he had never felt Il deep and
| subtle thrill. Il tullmcSS of feeling, 81 to
| speak. that reminded him of another
| life. He said he had once. 1t WAS
when he was in the country. and the
doctor called il cholera mon IbuS aud
charged him four dollars Il viSit.-Nor-
Wich BuHetin.
An agent for the sale of some house
hold articles, attempted To mount the
steps of Il house recently, but Il dog
came around the corner and took half Il
! ward of cloth from the back of his coat
| The man was sliding ont when the
owner of the house came and asked
Did duZe dog bide You ," ''Ilc didn't
bite me, but he ruined nay coat" Was
the reply. My g"ot friend, excuse
doze dog if he didn't hidr You. He ish
Il Young dog now. but 10y und 10y he
shall take holt of some agents uud eat
der pones ride Oud OF them. He bides
Il coat now. but he shall soon do pet
ter
whats de occasion of dat big smoke
over dar :" inquired one coIored man of
another at the market. Yesterday.
Fire. sab" WAS the anSner
And what's de occasion of dc ire p
''Comhu>tShun.
And what's comhuStShun p
..N, f,i.nl ,.,Ii.I Z Ia. at I,,.,
ing his legs. 'dar's heaps of things in
this world that no niggcr ever knowcd
or ever will know. an we'll change de
subject to goosebrrries. DetrOH Free
Press.
An insurance agent. happening to
meet il Lion, asked him if he would in
sue his life. NO.. responded the
monarch of the forest. with Il rcsound-
ing roar, "nor yours" Thus saying, he
tore the unhappy man to pieces, and
fed on his damaged cheek and other
more penetrable portions. Worai
There is such Il thing as being instant
ont of seasom.-New York lIorid.
An old lady at the Exposition last
week was in as much trouble as her
immortal prototype in the mur >cry tale.
who eXclaimcd
If this is l. and amt sure il he
I've got a little dog at home, and he'll know me"
She was found wandering about the
grounds just as the gates were closing
had missed her companions, and knew
neither the street noI the number where
her party were stopping in Philadcl-
phia. \ policeman took her to Il tcIc-
graph office, where her name and resi-
dcmcc in Indiana wcIe obtained, and Il
message w;ls dispatched to her son in
Indiana, asking if he could tell his
mother where she WAS staying in Phi
adelphia. \ satisfactory answer was
soon obtained, and the old lady WAS
restored to her frantic friends.
Stories of the Exposition are in orucr
now. The Philadelphia Bulletin tells
about three Massachusetts people who
halted before the bridal ul Neptune"
and decided, after IL brief conference.
that it was either Il picture of the
Dcluge, or of the bursting of the Wor-
cester dam.
\ nearSi"hted man in Burlington
went wandering around among his cur
rant bushes, and stopped down and
pulled Il live Centennial wasp'> nest up
hv the roots To see what it waS He
didn't get it anywhere near the focus of
his eyes before he had IN idea that it
was Il tiatiron some of the women had
set outside to cool then hc thought il
might he Il concentrated ease of pickly
heat; and then it dlwncd upon him
that he had picked up IL RAW thunder
bolt, and finally his heart went clear
down into his boots us he realized that
he had got hold of the dangerous end
of the He'll Gate explosion and pulled