Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-04-20
ORR KALEIDOSCOPE.
Did you ever stop to think
That a single drop of ink,

Stage setting-ruts,
Female at Tyre-Dido.
A suit for epara'ion-broken lots.
Country banks-snow banks.
A brown study-a mulatto model.
n nack drlver-one who writes for living
The man who has small por is to be pit
ted.
Ioothache Is touch of nature that make
all the world achin'.
Enthusiasm Is the 'rah material of a cheer
The man who took laudanum and went [,
sleep overlooked.
When an aesthetic maiden steps on a piec,
OF banana.skn, her limpness is beautiful,
increased.
Musicians are architects of their own fol
tunes.
1t is said that negroes very seldom en-,
pickles They arc afraid of spelling theil
compilations.
An exchange says, 'this is the season fol
cleaning up" The ducks seem to ,hinl, it's
the season for cleaning down.
Can you tell me where can &c, some in.
FORMATION on cat lorel Lucy. We can
not, Lucy. That is little lower than we
go.
A pretty little volume just issued, is en-.
Al
Titled "Chais about Books" It is lust in
time The housekeeping sex will soon lie
invading the library, and 1t will be well to
nave some choice bits Of dialogue cut and
dried for the occasion.
There is one man, at least, in this world
VINO ought to be conicnted with his lot, and
mat is the man who owns ifty foot front
IN Broadway.
One seweth and another rippeth," is the
oiOie text which Burlington mother haa
framed and hung up in her big boys room.
ANY coward says a popular writer,
can fight battle when he's sure of win.
ling, but give me the man that has pluck To
light when he's sure of losing" Yes. that's
'o-givc us that sort of fellow, too, if we've
,ot to 60 the militant.
An old Arabian proverb says "Tbere sn,
'urer ally than truth" Well-tbat ia the
act with some statements that pnss for
ruth.
"Have you got Il sser2' asked one little
'choolboy OF another, a. they met for the
list time on the playground. "Yes-two of
en-" BE they prettyf' "WclI. you've
ust sud ii, now you bct." Say. you'ie
lust the Teller want to get acquainted with.
come over here ard play game Of marbles.
will your lExeunt boys, swinging each
other by the Land.l
1t is not considered in good form for young
gentlemen to pad.
A rural bride recently took out her hard
ierchief, during the weddin. ceremony, ard
blew her nose in genuine old-fushioned Ner
England style. Her mamma said she only
lid it to hide her embarrassment. That's
rather rough on the nose.
Lady Florcnce DiNey has bud portrait in
many Western newspapers. They make her
look Ike murdercss. - Ojcogo HcrdM
)id you ever see n newspaper portrait III At
iidn't make person look like iirst-clnss
errobate' Even such good woman AS
lydia Pinkham bears a tan, resemblance 10
| fraud.
There is time in the life Of every youth
I'll artist when he sets at the fee. of a mas
or. Tha, time usually comes when, upon
he secrecy OF his slate, he turns the first
ong-noscl carcature of the dominic, aud is
'aught in the act. The length of time dur
ng which he sits under the desk is usually
determined by the clevcrncss Of the sketch.
Better be a little wise than to a'ound in
ovc," wrote the poet. Judge of his dismay
when it appeared, Better be a little wife
han to abound in love"
Georgia COW recently attacked man
Ind hurt him so badly that he hasn't been
able TO stand up straight for three weeks.
Guess it was the kind Of COW they call Il
,oycumber.
II have little conunirum for YOU, "sid
Dumpsey to Blobson, the other day. Can
Az Indian have delirium tremens; :" Ger
.ainly.' "Why how o?-hc can't have
snakes in his boots MY dear friend. "
replied Blobson, taking Dunpsey by loose
restitution and pulling it of, didn't you
ever hear OF mocassiu snakes before 2"
Dumpsey sadly took the button and walked
away, wiser and more medtativc man.
Every man in life, sayY gloomy writer,
lis between the mllstones and Is ground aud
ground Considering that we are all made
Of dust, tits statement is no, invaIida,ed by
anthology.
Two young roushs, out fishing, took II
mans boat by force and set Ii i'm ashore. WAY
ought he TO have been made happy by this
.ctI Answer because he was Il landed pro.
pIietor.
II is rumored that the larbarous frontier
word 'teuder foot is TO he ch prcI oil ,at
he corners, smoothed down and Otherwise
,lyilized for the exclusive use OF the modern
lude.
Everything without tells the individual
hat he is nothing; everything within per
'uadcs him tina, he is everything. ~. Dou-
tan. Mr.. Doudan had evidently been GU,
or Glove, when the above brilliant thought
wan into consciousness.
What are You doing here exclaimed an
angry granger 10 young artist who had just
climbed slope newly plated with corn, 10
'nioy the sulroun ling scenery Didn't YOU
know this field belonged 10 me 7" well,
zee, suppose So, " replied the young man
AT least, | thought i. was COOL field of