Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-12-21
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That some dsy all these things shall be,
And rest b, given 10 you and me.
So walt, my friends though years move slow.
The happy time will come. We know.
Undue influence paying man his bribr
before the appointed time.
Some men prefer to be a big sun-hoNer,
and smile upon II world, rather than adorn n
corner of some violet bed but there is no
accounting for taste The Alliance.
MY dear" asked Mrs J. of her husband
on coming home from church the other day,
what wes the sweetest thing you saw In
bonnets - The ladies' faces" was the bland
reply.
Rev Thomas Cook of Long Island recently
lost 81 laying hens, which is serious blow
TO the laity.- Boston Post Is he regular
clergyman or only an egg-sorter p Philddel-
piia Bulletin
A Shoshone maiden, with her beauteons
and graceful form adorned with patchwork
bed quilt, was the attraction OF the whites
and the envy of the Indians on Main street
this morning When Main street lounger
told her she looked ''heap pretty, she tossed
her head, gave the quilt firt, and replied
in good. solid English "You bet yer. life me
heap way up A,,stia'( Neu.) ReueiAe.
1t is said that the instinct of cats gives
them sure intelligence of the coming of an
earthquake. That must have been what a
Huntington street cat WAS talking about
the other night but no one understood her
Rome Sentinel
postage stamp is Just big enough to bor-
row but too small to pay bsck.-Nee Orleans
Piodyue.
Sitting Bull is a Catholic He took his
band across the Canada line, and then crossed
himself. Boston Post.
A little girl whose papa was recently under
the influence OF Moody and Sankey, wanteda
second tart at the supper table, and was re-
fused it. Papa she said abruptly, "wby
do you sing, feed me till want no more ="
She got the tart YOnkers Gdzette.
The Adrian lMich.) Times prints the.follow-
ing as a genuine l'excuse" brought to q teach
er in that neighborhood Miss please
excuse minnie for She was helping me She is
great help to me thou Small she may be l
would miss bur if the lord should Call hur at
any time d oblge Mrs. B.
II has been shown time and again that
man can jump from train running 40 miles
an hour and not be killed, but the old-fash-
oned way OF waiting until the car stops at tine
depot and stepping off on the platform, has
lost none OF Its charms--Detroi Free Press.
The Georgia darkey who planted melon
melons is still looking for sprouts.
4 Detroit (colored) auctioneer offered
stove which he said was once the property of
George Washington. A bidder doubted the
remark and the auctioneer took it up. After
the bidder busted the floor with him, the
auctioneer again mounted the barrel and call
ed out How much do | heah for dis
stove-once de property of Gin'ral Grant
De stove dat Washington owned was. .bustedu up
dooring de war -
Joaquin Miller speaks of him tenderly as his
dear friend, Homer" Oh, oh, oh ; that
makes us think of dear old Billy, poor boy
well never see him and we'll never revise
his manuscript for him again, dear old Billy,
Stratford's favoriteson.
Alden NJ Tripp, OF New Bedford, one day
last week, drank five quarts of new cider, and
arming himself with Jack knife. set out TO
run a muck. At the first house he knocked
in the glass door at the second he stabbed
the proprietor, who knocked him down twice
and drove him away with u club at the third
he attacked a man, who dlsarmed him and
put him to fight further on he assaulted
storekeeper, and being expelled smashed his
windows then he chased Il small boy and
made at d child in a carriage but was knock
ed down twice by still another man. where
on he abandoned muck Ckrunning pursuit,
and flying to the river, groyelled in the grav
el till the officers arrested him and tied him
to a hay-scale Next day he got siI months
Imprisonment, and will have also to answer
to the charge oil felonious cutting. New
cider does not seem to be u successful article
Tor purposes Of Inurderous enthusiasm.
A Canadian. named Thibault has grace
fully diversified the proceedings al q joint
debate where his opponent made him out to
have lied NJ. Tbibault didn't deny the
allegations and defy the alligator he didn't
even break the hllegator's Jaw, but Topped
down on his knees and forgave his opponent
and begged his pardon with the fluent contTi-
tion Of forty Uriah Heeps.
Philadelphia poetess sings 81 would not
weep because the roses die No, indeed.
That's nothing to cry for. But when black
oak wood is worth 81 50 cord, aud the
winter promises to last five months then you
want to lift up your voice and howl till they
can hear you in Nevada Burlington Hd,ek
eye.
A.FEMALE GAMBLER Late last night the
monotony OF one of our second-story sport
ing rooms was relieved by the advent Of II
woman closely veiled, accompanied by an
escort. Her presence. OF course, excited
considerable curiosity, and the game faro
was Temporarily interrupted, the players and
dealer taking more than ordinary interest in
the new conner. They recovered their com
posure, however, on falling to penetrate her
veil, and continued their game, keeping a
good watch, though, lest she might draw
some instrument from under the ample folds
of her dress and castigate or scatter the
crowd from their wrestle with the tiger. A
number thought she wac outraged wife in
search of her dear hubby" whose absence
she had mourned and whom she wanted TO
catch at the green table. All conJectures
were, however, soon dispelled. The case
keeper had risen from his seat and turned in
his checks, when the fair lncOgnito deliber
ately planted herself IN his chair, opened the
case-keeper, piled up several twenty dollar
rolls OF silver alongside of II and appeared
ready for business. All eyes were turned
upon her, and Purdys nimblo fingers trem-
bled perceptbly. A slight paleness was no
ticeable in the dealers face, but like the boy
who stood upon the burning deck, he wa'
bound to stand it, win or lose Luck favor
ed the fair stranger, and from white cheeks
she turned to red and the red resolved them
selves into blue (s25 each.) She kept tbs
case carefully ana played with all the plucl
of an old hand at the business She woI
and lost, but kept gathering in the blu'
checks. Finally, when she was couple o
hundreds ahead, she handed them to th'
dealer and received her eagles IN exchange
and. with her escort, left the room and dis
appeared from view. The eyes of the boy
stuck out like bung-holes on molasses bar
rel, and they looked at each other IN perfec
bewllderment They were mystIhed by th'
fair stranger beyond conception, and 1t Wa
some time before the game was resumed
Who she was no one knew but they woul'
give something to find out toeta (Ner
R7adh'u.
SneakThief Kellogg, rs he Is called al
over Louisiana, will, we assume, be uncere
moniouslY kicked out of the Senate the INC
ment the Democrats get control Of that body
-Nar Orleans Democrat.