Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-26


ons distinctions. OF course hens belong
to the laily, and geese believe in INNER
81 n.
When they get telephones in the hotels
it will refresh the weary traveller who is
sent up to the fifth floor. to sit do n unipt-
ly and impart TO he clerk down in the
office his private opinion of that function
AIRY conduct.
" He is II man after nv own heart, ps,"
said Julia, reverling to her Charles Au-
gustns.
"Nonsense!" replied Old Practical; 'he
is Il man after the money your uncle left
you" And then all WAS quiet.
Daniel Webster once good naturedlv
wrote IA letter for an ignorant servant. and
when he asked him, =. Is there ANYTHING
else you wish me to say Mike?" the
man scratched his head and finally said:
" Yes if you please Just say they must
excuse the poor scholarship and want of
sense the letter shows; and !" the god-ike
Daniel " accepted the suggestion.
WELL STATED-An exchange, COM
menting on the prevalence of crimes COM
mitted through jealousy, says: "A wo-
1
good for nothing, she is not worth getting
&hl'gH GHho iGaheris,,a F@aJusy""Xn Hhn
is il brute 10 he Jealous of Il good woman;
II fool to be jealous Of worthless one;
bul double foot to cut his throat for either
OF them.
MAKE NOTE OF IT.-A little note
book for the vest pocket may he made by
folding a sheet of paper until it is abou two
inches long and one inch wide, Stitch
this into plstb mrd cover, cut the edges
and keep the book in the vest pocket with
u piece Of lead pencil. Note down every
thing that needs attention rs it occurs,
and in the evening either dispose of it. or
make II more permanent memorandum.
Having prncticpd this method for years
we can commend it rs very useful.
OUR TEMPORAL HOME This little
life boat of in earth. with its nOi.y crew
of mankind, and all their lrouhled history,
will one day have van>hed faded like
cloud peck from the azure of the All
VIVA. then is man! He endures hut for
an hour and is crushed before the moth.
Yet in the being ard in the working of
II faithful man is there already Gas all faith
from the beginning, gives assurance) u
something that pertains not to this wild
death element of time; that triumphs over
time, and is, and will be, when time shall
be no more --ThonlaS Cwlyle.
A PUzzLE.-Suppose man and girl
were married, and-which is, of course
impossible.-t at the time of the
hymenial contract the man was thirty five
years old and the girl five, which makes
the man seven times us old AS the girl rhey
live together until the girl is ten years old;
this makes him forty years old, and four
times as old AS the girl; they live until she
is fifteen, the man being forty five, This
makes the man three times ts old; they
still live until she is Thirty years old. this
makes the man sky, only twice us old.
And now, us we have not time tn work it
out perhaps some one will be good enough
To tell Us how long they would have 10
live 10 make the girl rs old rs the man.
Can you cure my eyesp" sail man
to the late DR.. Brown. of jefferson Co.,
New York. Yes, said the doctor, if you
will follow my prescription. o GER
tainly. doctor" said the alarmed puient,
- will do ANYTHING to have my eyes cur
ed. What is your remedy, doctor? You
must steal Il horse" said the doctor, very
soberly. Steal Il horse, doe or? said the
ulan in nmazrmrni. how will that cure
my eyesp' You would he sent TO State
prison for five years, where You could not
get any whiskey. and during your incar-
I ceration your eyes wonld get WE'LL said
the doctor. The patient looked somewhat
credulous, but he did not adopt the doc
tor s rpnntIV