Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-06-30


surrection Day the IOth inst, was Buss-
tag. or Penitence Day; June first, and Sec
ond will be Pfngsten, or Wbitsuntile on
all these church fast days, the stores are
closed and the churches are opened, but the
people are principally in the streets.
Yours, ESP.
Light and shade.
MATTERS GRAVE .Sna.y FROM ALL sorxcrs
~ ' N
A BIRDS song
The shadow Of a bird
On the shadow a boush;
swee. % .ahd clear MS song shear = heard,
The bird swings out A. Of reach IN the swaying tree
Blu; his shadow on the garden-walk below belongs
to me.
The phantom of my love
False dreams with hope 10th fill,
soitiy singlns, ,iit iar above 1. thu. ..u,u
The cruel vision hoVers Al INV sad hesrt;s door.
But the soul love is soaring out Of reach forever
more.
NJ '"''
JOHN" ON AMERICAN DKPRAvIrY.
fclsxsland Ieadsrl
Me ale go same centennial, said Hop,
clothes down on Wan Lees floor.
You allie same damme foole. :" said Wau.
sententiousiy' as ne prepared 70 III ms
mouth with sptinking water. natee
you goee MIN i0i - -,
MEXICAN man aiie go mop "au hKee
be ale same as MEXICAN man; ~,
Hon wan aiie same as Meiicah man
shlneu "au' mop "au no "orAee me-
tnen.
No WOrkee fOl YOU No cdlly clio Ndu
Lee? Why him SO! why him SO
wan opened his mouth, sent the prisoned
Jet oil water over tne snirt ID mana. squat
TED on stool, and deliberately responded
Hop wan want be ilkee Meiican man
en-! Then Hop Wau cuton pig tall. lette
whiskel glow on lace. chew bacco. sweal at
siieet cal oliver anu Iookee at pietty gii
on stleet. Ale same Meiican man, en
lhen Hop Wau go out TO saloon; spend
on IL, 80 ;n ,oI;oo honsai ToImoIlow
Ou So ~ po'ee
n, ,,ahaa ~ 1 Voi;ca = mo- ha-s ~,
,roobao darn,no fooj horoIn and w. Jes
nearly smssbed a fancv loss and a connt-
inc mod in hi. eTcitsment AMI that il
he rcasnn that Clavsland's Chinese nonnIs-
,;on i not rsnressn,ed ar tho eantcnni,I
CHILD OF SHADOWS.
Detroit Free Press.l
,t,,,h no.,o;,. ,. 30 Al.
- sf .as-aa,;a. g.. h.h;,,.1 S.,rta.
ness The wifs a bard-wortins woman
and sorely afflicted In health, managed to
ir,r,,I ,ha o,har day wh., doa,h ca me 30
end the struggle. The little girl. hardy
eight wears Old was ali alone in the bou,s
when her mother died The event occurred
Mt dark and at midnipbt the child was
heard sinoiny in the darkness. A nedes-
trian who halted heard her saw:
Mother. won't Won wake M and Iipbt
the lamp7 /. Won will will sing sumo
more"
Susnecting vha. had happened. he roused
some OF the ueighbors. and as they went in
the child sat in the darkness, holding its
mothers cold Land and singing:
,,, ,...,,,
49, ,sscb ne haSs 10 me nr,v ,.'i1
a uai ioou' ueA'u En VIC oea, po'eity,
u munger anu SoIu W naAe ner si'ua'ion noie
uesoIale. anu te' tns cniiu o' snauo~s Was
no, a'iaiu' 31e saiu
kePt s'i,l long WINE 10 let notnef
sieep. I1en l sang al NV songs 70 Keep
drw and d;an,, move San that the angels
wouldn't be afraid to come and talk to her
anu maze her stnie l s "lsn ~, uou nau MAUI
more uayIisht ior poor ioiAs
=, ro,is e,ohsI
There were out three who fol-
lowed her to her last resting place. besides
the undertaken, and they bad known her In
life and been co-slnners With her. These
three poor creatures, deprayed as they are,
had retained their better nature and 1t came
~ ~. IL ''...'..'. -
"a a,1a,;-.n "a ,ho,, ,nsr.for. - 20
rs,sc II bv snbscrInt,op in the bsun.s where
She was hest known Yesterday morninr
thew wen, nm and down P,pIar. Almopd
and snrace Streets and when thew had COM
pleted the round. compared notes. only 10
find that their own sutscriptions-s each
the aggregate receipts. This
was but a drop in the bucket but the
small fnnd was exnended toward the pur-
was nnrchased and rhough " Roxdv Nell'
She carried IN the grave This token of re-
memorsnee ifcm ner 'hree sisters III sin'
AN A"A"AAD rA'sA'
Newark IN. j. uniOnl
A young gentleman undertook to relate
one Sunday evening. in the
presence of some Young ladies'. lie CON-
menced as follows:
A lady friend and myself. last Sunday
evening went to Bed
With sudden spring the old lady bounced
him out of the house. The next day the
old gentleman met him in the stree, and
asked him for an apology.
Was about to saw" commenced the
voanr man. that a lsdy friend and nv.
old mans cane started him back several
feet, upon which lhe exclaimed, at the top
of his voice
A lady friend and myself went TO Bed