Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-01-18


Our ulster's gone-the good old coat
We ne'er shall see 1t more
We used to wear il. rain or shine,
All buttoned up before.
Last spring We showed il up the spout,
And now carnot get IL out.
All vainly we implore
Old Uncle Moses bitter smile
Stirs up the fountain of the bile,
And yet We shver all the while
And finger at his door;
But that ulster from that spout
That lies back Of Moses door,
shall he gathered proudly out
Shall be lifted nevermJre
There is n place in California where oys-
sters grow on trees, and the woods are made
musical by the clatter of the shells as they
are shut together to keep the sun out. This
California story is repeated from memory
and we are not sure but We have slightly en-
larged upon it, Worcester Press.
Even the church going infants of Toledo
are precociously wicked. On recent Sun
day small child grabbed all the coin on the
contribution plate in q church in that city,
and had to be violently shaken before he
could be convinced that his date for resump-
ton had not been reached Clerelrrd Her
aid
The San Francisco Mla sits down heavily
on a correspondent, thus "Why is it that
every anonymous viper who desires to SIAN
der his friends or belittle his neighbors al
ways sends a communication to the paper
signed Veritas? Echo answers why? but we
supply the required information by suggest
ing that this kind of contributor has as n
rule neglected the study of the Latin tongue.
and supposes that Neritas is the Saxon for
bloated idiot
Public opinion has no. decided yet whether
the Sweet Singer of Michigan" is a reality
or hoax, and before the doubt is removed
comes Judge A. Stanley. author and scribe"
with "dual song" whose opening verses
are rs follows -
May tho Temple-dOms,w with spiritual, mental light
Reflect the INTEL. GENT rays within the minds of the
worker
And prodacer Of all branches for the worlds bsre
All spiritual good May our life as such, with all
True followers. ever comprehend the necessity Of
Worlds base foundation for the TEN pie dome in the
Flesh. and the minus beattude in harmony. for,
Saving per .ectOn in color-li.ht, the compound
eeed and soil as one.
Sitting Bull has only once in his life, it is
related, perpetrateda Il joke. That WAS one
day last autumn, whom he sat down on
cluster of clover in which there fingered the
humble bee OF all humble bees. The petu-
lhnt insect produeu the warrior win q Sung
that marked one hundred and ninety degrees
in the coolest place, and with q mighty howl
the cheitain rose up in the air and felt
around for his tormentor Now is the win
ter of my discomfort" he said, holding the
writhing bee up in his thumb and finger :;
"this is the Indians hummer" And no one
laughed and no one said anything nor asked
him to say it again and say it real slow, and
the fores, monarch withdrew his card from
the paragraphers' association and never joked
again. Iid,rteye.
There are some things about this tobacco
question that would puzzle Philadelphia
lawyer. We give pair of items. lst. A
young man in Wisconsin. aged sixteen, drop
ped suddenly dead with paralysis, n few days
ago caused by excessive use of tobacco. 2d.
case is mentioned in New Jersey o: the
death of an old pioneer, ut the age of one
hundred and eight, who had been an habitual
user of tobacco for Sc 'eniy years. The moral
suggested by these conflicting statements
seems to be, that man must use tobacco for
seventy years if he would live to ripe old
age. Cnlchgdti BredktdSt Idbie.