Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-12-13


Ii 4 heart, 1t pslps you
Thy voice j. muG melody.
'Ii>I TO be thy loved |. =
Say. Oy nymph, Will marry me! -
Then l.ped she. WV, l3ly!"
81. Louis Journal.
Dear VI. no love that tongue can tell
said he. my own love eau Nj
No. CD lover here youC,
For medical degree;
No fell DEC my skill deiies,
The elbow joint | can XII;
Sweet A rab maid. your ii in me
Your own devoted, loved NJ. II. e;
Then fv with me TO distant Texas.
YOsr own devoted, loved LNA.'
burlington Hatcksye.
Mother wants you TO let her take your
polonaise pattern, and be SO kind as to fill
this cup with yeast, and is your clock hight,
and what time is it. and little meal in this
pan, and won't you write down your recipe
for rye mullins, and please do not let your
turkeys roost on our fence any more, cause
dad says he shoot EN-. i New Haven Reg
lister
The genteel tramp mounted the landing
and rang the front-door bell. Would you
be so kind, said he, as the mistress of the
house appeared at the door, ''to exchange
this piece of pie for a couple OF bard-bo;led
eggs and a cup of coffee. lam of q dyspep-
tic turn. and this is the ninth quarter of
mince pie that have tried to 60 through
this morning. / can't stand it, it's too much
of sameness. If you accept my PROPOSE
ton, You can also have the satisfaction of
telling the neighbors that Mrs. Robinson,
across the street, uses allspice instead of
cloves, and that the under-c crust is very slack
baked. The temptation great and the
genteel tramp had his eggs and coffee and
large triangle Of frosted cake as Il bonus.
New Haven Register.
A friend of ours has little boy who, on
account OF his mother being an invalid, has
been undsr the especial care of his nurse
During the summer, however his mother
went away for the season. taking the little
boy and his grandmother. Being unused to
receiving orders from his mother he at one
time rebelled, and she WAS obliged to punish
him. To this he demurred, affirming that
only the nurse had right TO punish him,
and going TO his grandmother he complained
that his mo:G,r struck him. That was
right, said she, IF yeu were naughty she
is your mother and has q right to whip you,
if you don't behave" The little fellow, sob
bing asked "IIave mothers right to
strike their children? ?" Certainly" she
Piled. Are you her mother?' he asked.
''Io be sure am We'll, then, cried he
''hit her - Bmgor Me- Hhg
Sometimes the services of II civil engineer
are cheap at twice the money. A Henderson
County farmer worked four days last week.
digging a ditch to drain a bit of low meadow
OF his own into big pond on another mans
farm And when the ditch was opened the
pond Just walked right INTO the meadow and
located about twenty acres of swamp right
where ths hay used TO grow. And the farm
Ct was inst the meddest man.
Not long ago, as an elderly couple were out
walking. a lady on the opposite side of the
street tripped and fell down. The old gen
tleman rushed across the street, raised his
hat, and offered to assist her in any possible
way. His wife followed him across at Il slow
pace, and witnessing his devotion to the
stranger, she got mad and shook her fist at
him. Its all right, its all right. he whis-
pered. "les, | know it is, she hotly ex-
claimed here an unknown woman stnb5
her toe, and you plow across the street to cat
her up with kindness The other day, when
l fell down stairs, you stood, and laughed
and chuckled and, and tickled your ribs, and
wanted to know if | was practicing for cir
Gus"
The right kind Of man will always have
his life insured. 1t gives his wifes second
husband start.
tOo-sensitive lover in Burke County,
Georgia, has broken of his engagement be-
cause his sweetheart named her pet calf after
him.
DIR. Peterman. the noted geograpber. com
mitted suicide TO escape the malevolence and
persecution of his first wife, from whom he
was divorced last year. II is only the man
who kills himself the day before he is to be
married who appears to be entirely safe
Cincinnati Saturday Night.