Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-04-07

Say, how much you do love, me SWEET
Red little mouth drawn gravely down.
White brow wearing puzzled frown.
Wise little baby Rose is she.
Trying TO measure her love for me.
i love you all the day and the night,
All the dark and the sunshine bright.
All the candy in every store,
AL the dollars, and more and more
Over the tops OF the mountains high
All the world, way up TO the sky
\ Sunday school speaker the other even
lng used the word abridgment. but immedi-
ately pulled up and remarked that as some
OF the younger scholars might not know its
meaning, he would say that it was synonym
Of epitome. The members of the infant class
were affected to tears.-Noririch Bulletin.
An Irishman recently solloquized :
'W hat waste Of money to be buying mate
when you know the half of it is bone, while
you can spend it for whiskey that hasn't a
bone in it
Hartford has a city coat of arms. Why
can't we have one, too? A design represent
ing citizen mortgagng his house to pay
gas bill. would please the people.-Nor-
icroh Bulletin
lie was telling her of Belknap's disgrace,
and casually remarked that there was wo-
in the troubles of men. But. after lie had
erawled out from under the bed and apologized,
he gathered the children around him, and
told them that a woman was holy and beau
tiiul thing. So it is that tribes change our
views Of life. \ fat-iron-aye, even an in
expensive rolling-pin-may be the humble
instrument to teach man that the hay-loft
Is good enough place for lin to sleep in
-Brooklyl Argus
Mr. Burroughs, Of South Africa, having
no dog 10 love, bought an ostrich, and now
he advertiseS as follows "tl0 Reward
/ Lost, tame ostrich. SAID ostrich was mis-
sing yesterday, directly after having devour-
ed certain pieces Of machinery, which one
/ OF the ladies OF the advertisers household
had apart and was cleaning on the front
verandah At the time. He is supposed TO have
wandered off in a fit Of melancholy directly
after committing the deed. The above re
ward viii be paid for the return Of the
/ pieces, as they are invaluable on account Of
the long time required to replace them from
the manuiactory in the nited States The
/ parts wanting are iaee-pate. needle-bar
and shuttle Of sewing-machine. am not
/ particular about the ostrich
One friend to another who has Just re-
turned from 81 Trim abr,ad md ,on o,,;,,-
your Fnr,rao, t,,r9.' ..Ver,- ,,,..L j.,
/ deed " "bid vo,, ,,II M, Of ,bo ~.
/ ones 2'' No c,ll.J an t,yo ,.,,,o.,- ,,-'7
/ erenin, 80 .C,uoJ ~, Two ,.,,o,,,I.9 , ". +,
n rIeason+ a f4,ir -, X, no. ro--, f,- TO-
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kings"
i, 'o.MicH D'."'t"N lie was tHAeh SICK IN
Tue h'sn'' ana III ne: lon'hluI ignorance she
alaue TWO mustard plasierS anu put one 10
sarcasm She asked him how Le f.It Rnt he
wasa well-bred man. and merely said that
he realized. with tenderness he had nevcr
known before the truc ,o.i-i,r of !, .,r3-
which in the community.
burlington hnfs'W \ Fort Madison
man went into ms e3W-staoIe' the other da!
ana 10y mistake mixed her up nice mash IN
oo1 ilA OF saw-duSt instead OF bran The
COW merely suIp1Sins the hard times had
come, and they were all gong 10 ec0no-
mise. IneekIy ate hcr supper and that man
never discovered hiS mistake until the next
morning when he muked that COW, and She
-e' Gown nan gaA9n oi tnrpentlne' quart
oI Shoe-legs anu bundle ot iath.
resident or Iy,lltr;i.o .,-so, r,s. , c..,
-ooste- f-,.r bis Gov, ,5o H. a.. ,-l
bslicvjn,, tbot some ,,,. in H., rci.,rI5-I1.1j
sto'e II the case y,as iron ,, a do,e,ti,o
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bo i an IT,. ~, Il Mn, tl, r,rf,,r;,.. le-.r;,
lion "About foot birb broad across the F.
hack one soni,t evc valts ye-,. f,.+. f,u .
WEIGHT srofs an tbe h,dv olvivs a+ homo
nirlt. NIX verv sociaI- c,,I- Sod focr
fond Of roin,. of hv himself :, .,r 5,wn
and think - Dyro. Fre. Prs
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\ cominerciaI traveller J1nrneYins through /
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an omeleiIe 70 be made Wiih Six egsS Tor hls .
breakfast. lie Is suddenly called away on .
business and departs without either eating /
the omeieite OF layins ior 1t. twenty years .
elapsed before, J)urneyns through Nor .
mandy asain, he reappearead at thi, parti'u-
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soon as they were put INTO the frylng-pan-
verdict Tor the defendant
1t was Midnight. The Young man had
farewelled himself out. and Emeline lad
locked the sdoor and was untying her shoes.
when her mother came down stairs with
bedquilt around her. and said Nv anted to
Green up stairs without nv hearing you. eh .
Didn't think | knew it was an hour after
midnight did vou - The girl made no reply,
and the mother continued Did he propose
this time?' "Whv-mother - exclaimed .
the daughter. "You can why mother all
Won want to. but don't know that he has
been coming here for the last wear Don't
I know that you've burned up at least four
tons ef coal courtinr around here p" The /
cirl cot her shoes of. and the mother stood
in the stair door and asked "Emeline. have
Won cot anv crit ~ ~ ouess So Il guess
Won haven't inst wish that teller with |
ialse teeth and a mole on his chin would /
come snarkinr me. Do You know what |
would hannen, Emeline Pr NO well. |
I'll tell vou. He'd come to time in 60 days .