St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-04-18
Squibs.

When S. Bull comes riding across the
line look ont for another equine-ox- -tial
storm.-BOStOn Transcript.
The Pope has sent 5000 lires to the
relief of the Hungarian sufferers. The
lire is coin, not a sewing
agent.-Danbury Ne,rS.
The Lewiston Gazette knows a fiddler
who ''draws the hairs of the equine over
the instestines of the feline in a most
mastery manner"
Detroit Press wickedness - "Potter
Palmer says Chicago is rapidly paying
off her mortgages. That ought to in
fate the currency Il good deal if it were
true"
George, dear, don't you think it's
rather eXtravagant of you to eat butter
with that delicious jam ?" ''No, love;
economical. Same piece of bread does
for bOth.H
A young man went into Il florists
store the other day, to buy rosebud
for his atfianced. Seventy-tive cents
was the price asked. ''Will it keep ?'
long While" ''Then you may keep it,"
One thousand lires in Italian are just
equal to one Eli Perkins in English.
p. S. The pronunciation of lires is
changed for this occasion for the bene-
fit of Mr.. Perkins.-BOStOn Post.
Two darkies were vaunting their
courage. "Iisn't feared % nothin',
sn't," said one. "Den, Sam, l reckon
you isn't feared to loan me a dollar ?n
''No, Julius, isn't feared to loan you a
dollah, but does hate to part wild an
ole fren' forebber."
GOverness (desirious of explaining the
word ''enOugh'O-''Now suppose, Fred
dy, that you gave pussy all the milk
she can lap, all the meat she can eat,
and all the sweet cake she cares for,
what will she have ?" Freddy with
surprising alacrity) Kittens"
A lady told her little son, who was
teasing for something to eat, to wait un-
til breakfast. With tear in his eve
he burst out: 81 jest honestly some
times think you're step-mother !"
An agricultural paper advises the
farmer to count his sheep every day. If
it comes to that, we should advise the
farmer to move into better neighbor-
hood.-Iurner's Falls Reporter.
'He is Democrat says the Hawk
eye of Il western editor, ''but that is his
only vice" "Yes," said Kentucky
man, che is horse thief, but other
wise perfectly moral" - Jersey City
Journal.
A gentleman addresses another gen.
tleman whom he doesn't know, at a
party: "This affair is awfully stupid
let's go out and take a drink" 81
would like to do it," was the reply,
"but ! can't leave very we'll" "Why
nOt? ''Why, you see l am the one
who is giving the party."- Cincinnati
Saturday Night.
tirmness of jackson, the intellectual
Racon tha inteoritv of an
Allstldes, and the riDe schoIorSLin of a
Cushing" InIs uc1vIrIs,.,N 9P VI
joke of the season when it is stated that
it is an extract from the biography
of Gen. Butler, written by DR.. T. A.
Bland. Yes, that's description of
Ben detroit Free Press.
Overheard in a horse e-car last week
'tWell, Miss Cary came to our city once
and went to the church, State
street, where she knew the organist.
He asked her to sing, and she consented
on condition that he would not tell any
one who she was. She sang through
the entire morning service and, at the
close, the organist said to the director,
critic of great logical reputation /:
How did you like that lady's singing p
'Oh y said the critic, she has quite a
fair voice. If it were only cultivated
she would make very good singer, |
should Think" Miss Cary still sur
wives.
WHO ARE GENTRY ?-The other eve.
ming, at little dinner party up town
one of the guests, the younger brother
OF an English nobleman, expressed will
commendable freedom his opinion O.
America and its people. 81 do not al
together like the country,n said til,
young gentleman, ''for one reason be
cause you have no gentry here" ''Wha
do you mean by gentry 2" asked anoth
er OF the company. "Well, you know,
) replied the Englishman, "well = oh
gentry are those who never do an,
work themselves and whose father be
fore them never did any" "Ah," ex
claimed the interlOcutor, ''then we hav
5 plenty of gentry in America, but w
don't call them gentry, we call ther
; tramps." A laugh went around the ia
BILE, and the young Englishman turne
his conversation into another channe
, -Graphic.