Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-08-25
BREAKFAST TABLE BRIEFS.

BREAKFAST TABLE BRIEFS.
When early dawn hedews the Orient faint,
And morning vapors quench the stars OF light.
with many snort OF do,orous complaint,
Descends the cook, IN lowing robe bedighi.
Soon through tn ambrosal atmos phere OF dream
Dlstils the incense Of her morning pyre-
The overpowering smell OF Kerosene
LAYING the fagot OF the breakfast fire
Science makes sad havoc with poetry and
sentiment A learned German professor
says that blue eye is simply An eye with
turbid humors. Think of that, amorous
swain, when next you take your pen in
hand" to intllct upon the patient editor what
you don't know about blue eyes. All the
poetry in the world can't dilute that little
acrid dictum of the anatomist. 1t stands
lik. the Rock of Gibraltar, against all the
sea OF sentimental nonsense that froihs about
its feet. Give it up. poelaster, and confess
that there is some good hrnnor in science,
after all .
While the Jumbo craze still fingers, it may
be interesting to our readers TO know what
took place when the mammoth Britishcr
WIS first introduced TO his American
cousins:
Eighteen elephants of various sizes were
led into the ring, and ranged in line
on the south side Queen was not there, as
she had already received the honor OF an
introduction TO the distinguished foreigner
and PLATE was absent, his surly disposition
and unruly temper uniting him for good
society.
The elephants being all arranged according
| to their rank. Jumbo came slowly into the
ring, accompanied by his keeper. When
the elephants saw the huge mountain Of
| flesh, swaying from side to side, coming
down the track, there was momentary thrill
uf surprise along the line. One or two of
the youngest elephants gave audible evidence
of their agitation. They were quickly
frowned down by the older ones. and the
whole party put on II most dignitied and
serene appearance. As Jumbo passed along
he was greeted with uplifted trunks He
returned the salute and shook trunks with
the party in friendly, but rather bored
manner After exchanging civilties with
Jumbo, an elephant would run his trunk
along the monsters back. One ill-bred little
elephant not used to good society gave his
tail a pull just as he got past, and then
looked innocent and appeared to be searching
for peanuts in the sawdust.
There was no 81 IN of fear among the ele-
plants, and Jumbo seemed to consider the
whole thing ''an awful bore, you know, uh-
W he cams W 'he Ilep',anuo u n5 oI,;v 1
out his trunk just touched her and drew 1t
back again, all the time looking at her in
most interesting anu iov'ns ',anne.: ~
na an ,ras ro,,rai,, ,hrown into a an,tcr nj
excitement, but she managed to keep up
decent appearance of coyness. She finally
consented, however, 10 snake 'r,'hks WIN
a nJu a Az ~ a, aau 1'''' ""'' "''
Jumbo was walked nm and down the line
several times, the elephants doing their best
TO attract his attention as ne passed. b'.t NJ
thn, a, on a' s,o,,a% 3,onnd tho ,rack ia,
giddy damscl ran on ahead disdainng tc
walk with the others, so proud was she ap
pareht'y' vi her s'e"n''' 'o''''
We never heard anybody yet say an nm
kind thing of lemons. Like certain very
rare class Of people, they seem to have thu
quality OF agreeing with all sorts OF dispo
sitions and temperamenis The doctor
!, praise them and so do the quacks. Evel
Mrs Caudlc couldn't deliver curtain lcctur
with lemon for subject. An exchang
suggests that it, when people feel the nee'
OF an acid' 'hey "oul" let vinegar a'ohc an
use lemons or sour apples, they would lee
Just as well sat'slied ana receive no INJURY
anu suggestion may moi come a'ii'ss as 10
goou pan when 'eihohs aie cheap III I'll
iha'ne'' ~ pe''on '"o''''' III 'No'' ''u"''
purchase several dozen at once, anu prepar
them for use in the warm, weak days c
q snr;ng and Summer when acids If lemon
!, ~, f. ..,,;,a a.a :, ".a,af,, on1 ,.sot,
: auu r'pe ''u''s are 81 s'u'''"' anu .''''
Press your hand on the lemon and roll
: back and forth briskly on the table, to max
7 II squeeze more easily; then press int Juit