Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-02
OUR KALEIDOSCOPE,

; pound party-a free fight.
A large acquaintance
The keynotc-"W ifc-lct me I'M"
The ladies' of q country church adyertis
Jug festival Euphcmism, to attract tn
men.
Gambetta began life as newspaper re
porter.
A brakeman speaks of kisses as "cou plinl
lips"
The burlesquc of Iolanthe is called Iligh
and-lengthy."
bootess quest-looking for en- in 8
dark closet
The most humorous member of a dog i:
the wag Of his tail
Montreal girls wear stockings an inch thick.
lhelr feet are too small to suit EN-.
a veracious exchange says, Gage will tell
on man. So will Rerdel
The newspaper business has its induce.
men's' A Philadelphia reporter has inter
viewed leper.
"Oulda' gets $1,000 for every novel she
writes. Pretty quick she will be rich enough
to invest in lottery ticket.
wicked Western paper says that the in
mates of State prisons will henceforth paddle
their own canoes
country exchange, which wishes TO be
very correct, advertses a lecture by Joshua
Billings"
First steps for little feet is the title of
new book. Chicago orders have exhausted
the first edition.
Prevention is better than cure. Others
may save the falling, the New York legis.
lnture is going to save the falls.
Carlyle once threw his dinner GU. of the
wihaow because there was a hair in the but
ter Carlyle would soon starve in America.
gray horse used by st. Louis transfer
company is said to be an habitual tobacco
chewer, even with bits in its mouth. We re-.
fuse 10 bite at this
The Greeks said that wc-proportioned
woman should have a body six times as long
as her feet. Gracious what fairy a Chi
cage girl would be.
An exchange says that a familj Of white
back-Hen is living in Oconee county. Ga.
Yes, blackberry is white when it is green
poet wrote, ''Whic millions # hands
want acres" aud compositor modified
while millions of bands want aces"
A boy in Mobile, Ala, has true business
tact. lie burned down two buildings TO
WIN two bets, aggrcgaIug a. that there
would be two fires in the city before certain
specified dates.
lady in Norwich, Conn, niutty-two
years old, refused to take brandy prescribed
by her physician. She said she didn't want
to contract any bad habits that might fasen
upon her for life.
Detroit man, says the Boston Post, can
use his nose for a billiard cue lie has prob
ably had freeze on it,
Nandcrhl,'s hove! on Fifth avenue has no
number Oh it. lie doesn't want Lis country
cousins to find him out,
r'l's sor Wider lecturiug ut Bowdoln
co'ieEe' recently advertised Tor cats aud Kilt
tens 10 he used Tor dissection and en-
pertinent, Offering twenty cents apiece
for robust specimens. Three days af-
'erward The railroad company was oblis-
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ca 10 inn special cat-tIaln through, and
inc "''oie country Tor miles around smelt as
though II had neeh chr'stencd with musk.
Inc professor Is out nt pocket between $1,000
C.oroio ro,o- ,o,ls RI, - ,or.,, ,,o, .,
wovs refusod IA mil If ,h,oo rorso,s M
matter of wba, size or ,,oi,h, ,roro Il, ,ho
vehicle IN which Ia wos bi,crod Ian, ho ro,
ar ,of,sod 10 Jr, W..
,reasur. ,,,s horso or,1ho - ,,o na,,.,,
ma, vh, 10 ho,ho,o1 hr no,inn ~, ,in,,
mother o,yovs ,osdy f., rita On, 'ri,h ,hnn,
r,,a, ,ho,, no., - ,,,,.,. ,''na.
"a ''"'.'' !" ooHn''''o"' VIM ID e'lucu''y
""'" "p ~, '''''ns "o'c''iscS' la'rohs
".''' 'ous'''' !" u'a"'hs ou'
'''om JA" win ia.r vi pihce's III II
'ooNs ''Nc iuooer souru' Is Tue kihu winch
nun uocsh cure much whether nc gels
A remarkable case ia ronor,ed of n Lov
who roffl ID of his horse. saddle and bridle n
obtain money tn poto school -, ,pr, h;s
head with praise, now ! Bub, you ought tohave
sold that old horse for what he was worth.