Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-12-29
mERE AND THEME.

comes whisperinx down the glen, :
And ono fond VOICE alone is hssfd.-oh, Night IS
lovely then.
But whom that voice. In feeble means Of sickness
Bat mocfs he snxioas ear that strives to catch its
When .iIsnilylv. watch the bed. by the tapsr''
hicksrng light, :,
Where all We love Is fading faAt,-how terrible Is
Rev. Richard Norris B1hsn.
DIR. Richard McSherry, of Baltimore. If
writing series of scientific articles on 1.-The
Perils of the School-room" in which he as
sails the defective ventilation in our school
buildings. When We went to school the
great peril did not arise SO much from defec-
tive ventilation as from supertiuity OF bent
pins and a luxuriant, spontaneous growth oil
hard-inish rattan.-[ Burlington Hawk Eye.
The following is gwen as q poor mans
breakfas: near Cotton, San Bernardo Valley,
California Tea, sweetened with pure.
white, strained honey, thick cream and bread.
milk, eggs. Hubbard squash. ham, pome-
granate, black Hamburg grapes, Famine de
Tokay grapes, green figs and peaches. Cost
of breakfast for man and wife, fifteen cents.
Not SO hopeless as it looks-Edith (that
dreadful young flirt) "Do you know, coz,
think l shall marryl" Cousin with de-
signs in that quarter himselD Really J
You amaze me Soon p Edith Well,
perhaps in a month or two" Cousin 90 And
may ask the name of the happy man ?"
Edith The what Z" Cousin The
man, the-er-what in 1.-THE Intended p
Eaith All. by the way-yes-I must be-
gin to think OF that, too, mustn't Il"
An agent for the sale of some household
article attempted to mount the steps of a
hau lint arounH the
corner and took half yard of cloth from
the back of his coat. The man Was sliding
out when the owner OF the house came and
asked Did doze dog bide You = % He
didn't bite me, but he ruined my coat" was
the reply. My goot friend. excuse doZe
dog if he didn't bide you. He ish young
dog now, but by und by he shall take holt OF
some agents und eat der pones ride oud OF
them. lie bides coat now. but he shall
soon do peter +"
Specimen Southern item-A man at Jack
sonviile, Ga, shot at doctor two or three
times. but saw-bones closed and dissected
him with surgical knife. Having spiked
the gun, the doctor dressed his antagonist )
wounds and went on to see the next patient.
jenkins will be so exact in his questions
that it is difficult to answer him. lie reads
in morning paper about a man who fell
into the river his name was not ascer-
tained," and innocent.y inquiries II his
name was not Asoertained what was it 2
The Scientific American has this comfort
ing intelligence for smokers 49, The effects
of tobacco smoking are dlscolOring OF the
teeth by carbon, excitement OF the sallyary
glands by the ammonia, headache and lassi-
iude from the carbonic acid, disease OF the
heart from the carbonic oxide, nausea from
the bitter extract, and II talnting OF the
breath by the volatile empyreumatic sub
stance. The system may become used to
these things. yet is made liable TO consump-
ton, nervous exhaustion, paralysis and other
ailments"
Not thousand miles from Richmond =
wife lay in a dying condition. Having
brought up a clever orphan girl. who was
grown. the dying woman called the young
woman to her and said 81 will soon leave
you my little children motherless. They
know you and love you. and after am gone
want you and my husband to marry The
young woman, bursting into tears, SAID :
ave were just talking about that. II Lynch =
burg News.
young lady Of this city, who was mat
tentive ut whist, has broken off her engage
ment with her lover because he recommend
ed her to =" scoop her mind up in peanut
shell and fx it on the game. - Brooklyn Ar
gus.
He said "Will you excuse me, sir p
and the gentleman addressed excused him.
lie continued - am not in the habit OF
begging" And the gentleman said lie was
=" id glad TO hear 1t, and walked of
New Orleans Bulletin.
Funny monkey" said Mrs. Darlington.
as she saw him patiently sitting, " but he
sets as if he had plumbago in the back, and
! could wish there wuz more hair on his rep
resensible tail. / cannot yet believe. neith-
er, that they're our posterity.'
remarkable incident occurred at a saw
mill in Acton. Ont. while pine log was be-
ing sawed up int lumber. The outside slab
and one board had been cut of. and while
the workInen were turning over the log they
were surprised TO see large toad poke his
head out Of hole IN which lie was imbedded,
and where he had barely escaped being cut
up by ths saw. How the stranger got there
was a mystery, Us he was completely encased
in tie wood, with no possible means Of IN
gress or egress. As the log was the fourth
or fifth from the but of the tree, his position
must have been at least fifty or sixty feet
from the ground, and lie had no doubt grown
up with 1t from infancy being probably hun
dreds of years old. The animal was quite
Hat and nearly as large as 4 mans hand He
was perfectly blind, but when taken from his
bed he made Use of his limbs t. crawl away.
The tree was perfectly sound. with the e1-
ception of decayed spot of about loot IN
length below the hollow place IN which he
WAS lmbedied
Mr.. Agathourpopousky publishes vindi-
catory card in an Alabama paper. Very natu-
rally man with good name like that wants
to be careful Of TN. Y. Commercial Ad-
yertiser.
When n stranger strikes town says the
Norristown Herald) Ill which there are seven
teen drinking saloons and only one church,
he puts the place down Democratic without
further canvassing, slips his pocket-book IL
his bootleg. and leaves on the next train.
brave and good little Ohio boy sat on the
fence two hours in the freezing cold OF dead
winter, watching a broken fence rail on the
railroad truck, 30 as to carry the latest news
of the impending accident 10 his father, who
was local editor.
1t makes one sad to realize that all the
train-robbers and bank-burglars were once
good little boys and sat on the dOOr-steps
waiting for ma to come home from the So
ciety meeting Detroit Free Press
They've just got rid OF another president
in San Domingo. Its right hard 10 ind an
executive there who will run much longer
than an eight day clock Brooklyn Argus.
Bible history creates great confusion some
times. - II somebody didn't saw and split
the wood SAYS the Burlington Hawk Eye,
after profound thought, - how could Pontlus
Plate ?"
A correspondent wants to know the best
time made in walking. The best time We
know of was when we were going home from
o Thursday evening lecture one night aud
made a mile in a little over four hours. We
wouldn't have walked so fast only the old
gentleman was expected home at midnight
and she had to leave the night KEY under the
mat Norwich Bulletin.
What is heavens best gift to man -
asked a young lady OF Sunday night. srhihng
sweetly on a pleasant looking clerk %
boss, replied the young man. with great
prudence.
An old gentleman who is gettin thin at
the top" says Always pick out a bald
headed barber to shave you, because he
can't &C nsistently ask you to buy any hair
restorative.
A family in Cleveland. Ohio. who lost a
favorite dog by death. applied for permis-
sion 20 bury HIM in one of the cemeteries.
They had to be satisfied with making a
grave in the back yard, and the crowd who
came to the funeral broke down the fence.
A miner with a revolver in each boot leg
and a gallon Of California whiskoy under
his hat, was laughing in the streets of
Deadwood City. in the Black Hills, when
suddenly stranger happened 10 brush
against him. Out came the pistol from the
right boot, and up went the right arm with
flourish. Now. look yer. everybody in
this yer gulch, look mt me and crawl I'm
Wild Cat Tip from Bear Gulch. Git out
here, half dozen of yer, and form line
of battle, cause | can't hold on to this yer
hammer much longer; so trot EN- out"
Some one in the crowd fired pistol in the
air. and simultaneously rotten egg struck
Tip between the eyes. I'm murdered.
he yelled, dropping his revolver and fall
ing heavily to the ground. In moment be
care to himself. and strengthening up. re-