Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-08-06
CURRENT NOTES.

| Canadians are beginning to regard ii as a
great national work, which cannot he long
delayed.-St Adams Messenger.
CURRENT NOTES.
An instance of the way in which the
children in the average public school
learn without learning is thus related. A
teacher had been accustomed to require
her pupils to say : 1.-The equator is an
imaginary line passing around the Garth,
etc It never occurred TO her that the
bows and girls of her school had no Idea
what an imaginary line meant, until one
day a visitor asked them how wide they
thought the equator is Some thought 1t
was five Thousand miles wide, others two
thousand and others said they could Jump
over it. The visitor then asked
how they thought ships got over
it. One pupil SAID he thought they
got out and drew them over and another
said he had read that a canal had been
dug through it What is the name OF
this canal ?" was asked. ''Tho Suez
Canal !" was the answer.
A leading officer III one of the courts
was charged with never going to bed So
ber. Of course he Indignantly denied
the soft impeachment and lie gave the
particulars of particular night in proof:
| I'VE quote his own words Soon after
got in bed, my wife said why hus-
band. what's the mrtter with you? You
act SO strangely ?" "There is nothing
the matter with me- said | +; nothing,
said /. 'Tm sure there is" said she ;
.'you don't act natural at all. Shan't |
get up and get something for you?" And
she got up, lighted the candle, and came
to the bedside to look at me, shading the
light with one hand Il knew there was
something strange about you, said she.
.Why, YOU are sober?" Such testimony
was considered reliable, and the man now
enjoys his new-fonnd reputation.
"Why is it." writes Lillian Maud, pout-
ingly, to an exchange, "why is it that all
the nice men are engaged?" They're
not, Lillian, they're not. Several OF us
are in maiden meditation fancy free.
Was there anything in particular you
wanted to know for p ROckiand COur-
ier.
The porter of Danbury shoe store
was dusting out the place of business
when a ruralist struggled in. He wanted
pair of shoes. ''What number is it .
qneried the porter. Thirteen, fourteen.
fifteen" said the man, with an absent
look on his face. "Holy Moses!' gasped
the porter, ''three legs, and no two
mates :"
The great trouble about the summer
complexion the girls get at the shore is
that it takes SD long to wear off. OF
course one must look brown i'll the fall,
but it is provoking to be obliged to look
brown for two or three months. The
Montftzburgs, who spend their summer
in the back part of their house. put their
summer tan on with q brush. 1ou can
tell it from the real article, and when You
get tired of it off it comes.-B0stOn
Transcript.
To pick up a horse shoe is an indica-
tion of coming luck, rs We are horse
shoerd by an ancient and honorable au-
thority. Dexter could pick up II horse
shoe about rs lively rs any one, and see
what luck he had-invitcd to board at
Bonners luxurious stable all his life, free
of expense But it isn't always lucky to
pick up horseshoe, as Il man out III Ne
braska realized the other day. He didn't
observe that a horse was nailed to the
shoe, and when the owner Of the beast,
accompanied by posse of his neighbors,
overlook him. they strung him upon Il
tree, Just for luck. Never hunt for a
horseshoe. The best way is to station
yourself by some much travelled road,
the road to ruin, for instance, and wait for
horse to come along and cast one. If
in too much of hurry you can have one
cast at the nearest foundry. The more
nails there are in the slIoe you have found
Al IL rfi =,
ly since the great advance i'll nails. By
the way, it is singular fact while iron
goes up, Horseshoe Falls at Niagara. 1t
is not generally known that n horseshoe
will cure dyspepsia. horse planted
one in the pit of mans stomach who
was suffering from that painful disorder,
should be planted in the spring, however,
to do any good. A red-hot horseshoe
carried in the pantaloons' pocket has been
known to cure rheumatism.-Cin
Saturday Night.
On High street, boy of ten richly
dressed, sat on the steps eating an orange,
and boy with CARLOAD of picked-up
wood stood across the street looking at
him. The contrast was very great, and
pedestrian, vino saw the situation, said to
the poor boy That chap over there is
pretty well fixed, isn't he?" ''Yes," was
the reply. 'Lives in Il big house and
wears good clothes 2" ''Yes." ''Proba
bly, has lots Of spending money" There
was minute of silence, ami then the
boy with the cart started up his load,
saying But don't care cent about
it-he has to eat with a fork and say
Yes, ma'nm' 10 everybody. "-DetroH
Free Press.
A Leadville newspaper remarks
When they had finished the lunch they
asked the price. The man in attendance
said "One piece of pie, fifty cents
one cup of coffee, twenty five cents
seventy-five cents each" One of the
party grumbled little about the price,
whereupon the old man behind the coun-
ter Strengthened himself up. folded his
arms in a dignified manner and said ::
Stranger, look at me 4; do you suppose
an staying out here for my health =
Cabling the Irish Vote.
Under this head that well known and in
dependent Irish newspaper, the New York
Tablet, has some words of advice for
American citizens of Irish descent, which
have good deal of sense in them. The