Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-11-10
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lhcu Walhtu Ou dll-lOufs. 4 lie Lowell Ctti-
zen knocks all novelty out of the idea by tell.
ing him he did the same thing when he was
young.
a yew tree in Tortwortl churchyard,
England, is said to date back
10 the time OF Julius Caesar. II the tree il
as tough as the story it still has II long life
before it.
Oscar Wilde is taking it out" of the rc.
porters. In a recent public speech he said
that he had been deeply impressed by the
high Imaginative powers Of the average
American reporter and that he had more
than once been interviewed by onterprising
journalists whose ideas of painting had
been evidently derived from Tie chromos in
the stationers' shop windows; their ideas of
sculpture from the figures in from, of the TO.
bacconsls' shops and their ideas Of arch.
lecture from the local jail"
Miniature kitchen utensils are the latest
thing in cheap jewcry affected by young
women. They literally obey the old bchest
"Poily, put the old kettle on"
"Dyc moind the blag-gard attn the
bokayf' is the way Mitsiau woman at
New York hotel called her husbands at
tention to gentleman iarloking of celery
A man out in Oswego County, NY, found
a diamond pin imbedded in plug Of .oLac-
co. And now everybody will have an excuse
to chew plug tobacco.
An Italian scissors grinder, living in Co
lumbus Ohio, has opened up a new industry.
lie recently adopted child from the charity
home FOR waits, and after keeping it for
three months tried to sell for $50. lie was
about to dispose Of it for 50, when the au.
thorities heard of his doings and recovered
thepoor unfortunate.
AT ale College the other morning while
Professor Barbour was writing in his room
III North College pistol ball entered the
window, whizzed by the doctors head, and
| struck Hebrew Bible on Tie shelves oppo
site him. How often we hear of mans lie
being saved by bullets striking Bible
Extract from the report of New York Sal
made moderately Ling speech. The bot
toms Of his pantaloons were turned M. Mrs.
Moore bent down and adjusted them. I'm
glad I'm married. Praise the Lord, shout
ell the gallant Major. I'm glad I'm not.
Praise the Lord, shouted brother in the
ranks. Among the distinguished fighters
were the Maryland Prophecies, Happy Baiy
Kansas Jack Hunter, the IIalleluiah Scotch.
man, Happy Jack, Hallelujah Able and
| ConCeitlua Joe"
A distinguished naturalist SAYS bear is or.
dinarily TO more TO be feared than wood
chuck. We leave the proof to the distin-
guished naturalist.
| The New York -Nml and Erpyess is re-
sponsible for the statement that half of the
persons who 80 to make up the 'society" of
that city think that the Beyof Tunis is u body
of water.
Horace Greeley was funny man. To one
of numerous class of bores he wrote: "Dear
Sir-iou ought to be in better business than
hunting autographs Horace sent this
without signing his name.
1t is rumored that as soon as Mr. Blaine
moves into that new house. Mr.. Conklins
will SEND young man into the neghborhool
4 to learn to play on the cornet.-LouisrHl.
e Courier-Journdl.
c Young Achilles" wants to know if we
think cigarette smoking is injurious to the
brain ?" Oh no, not bit OF it, Young
@ Achilles" No man with brains enough tl
hurt will be guilty of smoking paper. INA.
, Nngton Harkeye.
Judge: "What | can not understand i,
how you could kill man with sing,,
blow CuIprit: shall show you how =
-Fhegende Blatter.
5 The Philadelphia jury which decided that
the jew s-harpis musical instrument would
c probably render the verdict that Gilmore
National hymn is a grand and inspiring com
{ position. -Lo,reN Citizen.
r Orpheus drew rocks by the all-compein.
G power OF his music. The music Of the harm
a less, necessary cat is still more potent. Il
not only draws rocks, but pokets, bootiac
aud all sorts of movable furniture. II os,o,
S Transcript.
o A peasant comes TO broker to exchange
e hundred-mark note for silver. The broke
O gives him a hundred mark roll which tin
v peasant opens to see if it is all right Ii
l. counts up to sevcnty-one and then put its al
Is in his pocket. 1T was all right so far, so
r. suppose the rest is right too FNtgend
q Biatter.
II The following bill was Lately presented /
- farmer in Sussex: ITO hanging two bar
lie doors and myself seven hours, four shill
&c ings and siXpcnce. - Gldgo,o Erenint
Times.
, A confirmed cynic is curious 10 kno,
whether the fact of IA gentleman having n
II TIM may not have something to do with til
Il answer he invariably gives of mot in" whe
ID anybody calls upon him with little bill ?
y The Judge
y The gddy gilded youth this season al
- catching On to the fact that it pr fitch ma
III to bay new ovcrcoat with which to cove
IL up an Old suit of clothes, rather than buy
l. suit OF clothes to be covered up by an oil
r overcoat.-L0reN citizen.
M An aesthetic Washington lady, who move
"a in the best society Of the capital, lives in
" suite OF rooms and does her own cooking O
no an oil stove. The fact that she has he
is kitchen hung with japanese fans-two tC
as five cenls-is what saves her -Phladelphd
l l Neios.
he In gambling saloon-One If the bysland
n ers eNclaims, :" take back one louis" TIL
e. banker replies severely, Pardon, monsieur
n, but You have not deposited anything" "Ol
Ne then, I'll take back what Isaid."-Le Fgar,
Sc The committee on judiciary of the Lin,
In Kiln Club reported a petition from $50 CO
ic ored citizens of Ohio, praying the club to us
its lniluence to secure new pension law
ID Under the present law the grandson of a ma
!. who intended to enlist, but never got arouL
s to it owing to the pressure of private bus
er ness, cannot make the Pension Bureau cloth
ne and feed him, and Congressional Act
ed needed to remedy this ersight.-Detr0
CT Free Press.
81, There will be no change in the cut of swa
w owtail coats tins season, except that the