St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-11-23
Squibs.

COnkling says of Morrissey: 81 new
er saw him but | learned somethingn
That's the experience of good many
persons; but it costs so like the deuce
to "see" him, remarks the Worcester
Press.
Useful to know.-A gentleman of
considerable experience writes to say
that, in order to thoroughly enjoy a
roasted goose, there should only be two
in the company the goose and the
Ooseeater.-Judy.
A Detroit man jumped into the river
the other day to cure his tOothache.
He must have had what they call "a
jumping toothache."
The old maxim, ''Be chaste and you'll
be happy" is contradicted point blank
by Black Hills man, who was chased
ten miles recently by a party of red
skins.-N. Y. Weekly.
A young lady, in conversing with a
st. Louis. "Was st. Louis your native
place ?n asked the gentleman. "Well,
yes, part of the time," responded the
lady.
AT midnight, on lonely road "You
don't recognize me? Why, you defend
ed me and got me off at the last assizes.
Thanks to you / have been enabled to
resume my avOcation. Your money or
your life !"
GLOW lovely in the calm stiffness of
the evening to listen to the nightingale's
note ~ ''Ye'th, he's doocid fine fellow
is the nightingale but thay (bright
idea) he must be a beasthly noo'thaDce
to all the other little birdth that want
to go to thleep."-London Fun.
"LoOk at that crowd" said gentle
man to a clergyman he was showing
through the state department the other
day. "Just look at that crowd going
up in the elevator to Mr.. Evarts's rOom."
''Yes,' replied the divine, ''that's the
largest collection for foreign missions
I've seen taken up in many a day.
~ Z. Commercial AdUertiser.
A story is told of two New England
deacons, between whom bitter feud
had long existed concerning some con-
tested point. Neither would yield, and
the matter threatened to be handed
down to the next generation, when one
day Deacon Smith appeared before his
old enemy and sOlemnly said, "Brother
Jones, it is shame that this quarrel
of ours should bring scandal upon the
church. l have prayed earnestly for
guidance in the matter, and have come
to the conclusion that you must give
in-for l cannet."-Er.
A detroit doctor entertained a few
guests the other evening. He is the
father of a very bright boy, five years
old, and precociOus beyond his years.
The father descanted on the boys
knowledge of anatomy and his familiar
ity with Latin terms. Bringing a skull
into the room, the father interrOgated
the son as to the Latin names of the
various sections of the skull, receiving
prompt answers, greatly to the wonder
of the guests. After this had been gone
through with, the father was startled
by question from the son, who asked
"Did you kill him, father ?" pointing to
the skull.
Paul, on one of his trips TO Damascus
by street car, not having a newspaper
IN which to bury his gigantic thoughts,
was compelled to give up his seat to a
woman who had been down to Corinth
shopping. This so reused his ire that
he at once dropped postal card to
Timothy, saying: 81 suffer not wo-
man to teach, nor to usurp authority
over the man, but to be in silence.n We
publish this incident for the benefit of
women who believe, with the driver,
that the car is never full.-LOuisviIIe
Commercial.
Some colored men were talking pol
itics in front of store the other day,
when one said atom, dey say de Pub
licaD DartV am dead an, pona to da In
dependents; what sort politics dey got ~
''Well, dey is the same as the hypo-
crit, dey want de votes of bofe side,
and minds me of a nigger what come
up from Ebert County he went to the
Baptis' meetin' and he big Baptist den
next be went to the Methods meetin'
an outshout dem all, but he took care
to eat harty wild both 'nominations."-
Hart,ce1 (Ga.) Sun.