Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-15

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Alas I'm in such sad disgrace
| tried TO pencil OF her face,
But couldn't.
she kindly sat an hour the while
, And archy faced me with a smile,
She shouldn't
: Love took the fallen pencil tip,
And gave a charm to cheek ana up,
lie shouldn't.
Icaught her roguish smile again,
| To snatch "A Kiss could refrain
Couldn't
, The wife of Congressman having
been abroad said to gentleman IL
splendid on pictures; I'm regular com
mon sewer of art. More and over. when
l play whist l play third and hand high
In France they have lots OF francs ana
sardnes for money. But I've travelled
and feel little 6yasc. That's French.
Its a regular language, is French. They
don't speak nothing else IN SPAN and
Italy and potage countries.
Fsthetic Love in Cottage: Mis- Bill,
derbogie (age uncertain) "Yes, dearest
Toconda, l am to marry young Peter Phi
cox. We shall he very, very poor. In,
deed, how We are going to live | cannot
tell" Mrs. Cimabue Brown ''Oh, my
beautiful Mariana, how noble of you
both Never mind how, but where are
Won going to liye?" Miss BilderboSle
.Oh, in dear old Kensington, suppose
everything is SO cheap there, You know.
Peacock feathers only penny apiece -
PaHch.
The reason given by the colored man
for not gong too near the hind legs Of a
famous roam mule was SO satisfactory that
we can afford to adopt it as an excuse for
not doing a great many therthings. "De
reason" he said, "why | nebber 'proach
dat roam mule from de rear is dat I'm too
fond of my family, an don't belong TO no
church nudder."
From French paper "My husband
is brute" declared Nine. Y. to an init
mate friend the other day. Why, my
dear. what is the matter?" "He found
fault with little vivacity of mine yes
terday, and | threw candlestlck Mt his
head then, what do you suppose he
did % Il don't know" why, he stood
before the mirror, SO that l couldn't t
throw the other" Both ladies in chorus
The brute"
They wero watching the sea gulls whirl-
ing in graceful circles above the waters
of the bay. while the rays of the sinking
|
gold. Finally he turned to her, and III n
voice trembling with emotion, asked {:
Darling, if We were sea-gulls would you
fv away with me and be at rest?' To
which She answered, with her gaze fixed
on far off mass OF castellated clouds !:
NO, George I'D let you fly away, and
then I'd have all the rest wanted here.
-BrOoklyi Edgic.
The late English naturalist, Mr.. Gould,
used in summer to haunt the banks of
the Thames upon his scientific oxlibi-
tions. One day he had gone up tree TO
explore the contents of nest, when
glancing by chance down at hollow
formed by the bifurcation of two large
branches, ho suddenly exclaimed, As
I'm a living man, if there is not a large
owl here in this hole, looking straight at
mo with its ghoul like eyes!' The ex-
citement was great, as WAS also the mer-
riment of the bystanders, and the dis
comfiture of the naturalist, when, on
putting down his hand to seize the sup
posed owl, he found it simply i'll apool of
water, which had reflected his own face
rs in a mirror.
Several fashionable ladies were drink
ing tea in n palatial residence in Calves
ton, and, of course, they dissected few
of their friends, among them n married
couple who did not get along very well.
"Yes, said one lady, Mrs. Blank Is n
yery positive woman. She comes right
straight out and never whips the devil
around the stump" but she chases
Mr.. Blank around the orange trees with
broom stick, for seed her doing it the
other morning when l went for milk,
remarked Johnny. who was taking III the
conversation with open mouth and ears.
Johnny's seat in the senate was imme-
diately declared vacant by unanimous
vote.
The sextou's sweeihearts name was Nell
And she Was called the village belle
When hope had made the sexton boit,
one night his love for Nell he TOLD,
While 10 his neck She fondly cun.,
And lovingly her hand he wrung:
Her sentiment with his just chimed,
And his appeal she thought well-tmed,
And having TOLD h- love so well,
She whispered he might ring the belle.
SomerriHe Journal.
The .Red-headed Rooster of the Rock
les is the playful name put upon Rep
resentative Belford of Colorado.
Bartlett -Coutts loves to lounge and
smoke cigar while his dovey sits at the
piano and warbles "Will you kiss me,
darling, when | msuld ?"-N, y. COM
mercidt.
Mrs. Brown, do wish you would try
to bring David out little. Why, dc
Won know he's 80 bashful that l really
think if he caught the measles they
, wouldn't come out.
A prominent lumber man in Burling-
ton had his coat of arms painted on the
panels of his carriage, with the Latin
motto, "Vidi." Which by interpreta-
, ton is, 81 saw. ."-Hawkcye. Which is
, about as good as the motto enblazoned on
the rich tobacconist's carriage-"Quid
rides"
One man said in the car You're 60
: ing down early to-day, Charley" "les,
to tell YOU the truth, I've been married
only two months. and yet my wife has
Just taught me what blizzard Is.
1t must be very disagrecable TO be III
vited to dinner parties because you have
, II knack of telling good stories. One day
Dumas, who had this knack marvellonsly y
developed, resented the call for stor,
. as an insult. When asked for an anec
, dote lie pointed surlily TO a military off
5 Ger who sat next him and snid, Every
one to his trade, madame ; let the gentle
man who sits next me bring cannon
here and fire it, and then ! will tell ont
- of my little stories.
1t is possible TO take cheerful view
even of disastrous event. There arr
| few experiences which have no bright
side, and it is mans duty TO look fol
that bright side When young lady, OF
being asked TO give her hand and fortune
To nm impecunious adventurer, said 'No,
i'll a very decided tone, the man Of brass
d told his companions that he had discard
ed her why, how il that 2" was thu
: natural query "Well, you see, was thu
reply, 81 asked her 10 marry me, and sh'
declared she wouldn't do 1t if | were thu
only man in the world, and then hinte,
that had better leave 1t was bruta
: conduct, and | won't allow any younl
woman to treat me i'll that wny, SO dis
carIed her at once"
u In order TO get on satisfactorily i'll TIN
world and be able to look at ones pas
=, deeds with complacency it is necessary t.
; have u clear conscience. At least H
thought the Irishman Ill the follOwin.
story. The priest snid to HIM III tones O
' severe reproof, Patrick, how much ha
=. did You steal?" The reply was that q
- one who takes n profoundly philosophi
:. view of things, and who proposes not t
;. allow his religion to too seriously inter
6 ferc with everyday duties. well, sal
h Patrick, Il may ns well confess to you
:" reverence for the whole stack, for I'm &c
ing after the rest tonight"
Il We know n man 10 cross eyed that Ia
= put his hand INTO another mans pocke
/ 1
!, wanted To learn the time The Judge toll
- him that it would be three years. -hcc
h EUh Gate City
r "Whnt are you going to put in tina
e book % asked the delegate. "rime," +,
Piled the secretary. And then the dele
gate, who WAS II wise man, knew that h
e was going TO copy hls minutes into it.
II BuriUgton HdWkeyc.