Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-12-07

Notes and Gossip Picked Up on the
street,

street.
AT the last regular meeting OF the Great
American Horse Club, the PRINCIPAL feature
was an able essay by A. G. Stafford, ESQ Ip
this the following auecdote was narrated To
illustrate IN abstrusc legal point. Years ago
an eccentric old chap kept one of the hotels
at St. Albums One fine day he had his rooms
REMEMBERED and he caused the number to
be neatly painted upon the back of the front
door. After thut, when traveller came
along whose looks he didn't fancy he would
simply give the order 10 his porter "Sbow
the gentleman to No. Il" and the porter
complying, the undesirable guest would And
himself escorted to the front door. This
was the same old citizen, by the way, who,
when dunned by one OF his regular boarders
Tor the value of an overcoat stolen from the
Motel, turned to his clerk and ordered make
out this mau's bill right off I'll be hanged If
I'll board and clJthc him both for So q
week ~
The ideal Bad Boy got around 10 the Van
Ness House the othei day. He was only
nine years old but he was SO bad that
his father couldn't leave him with his mother.
and go he took him with him on his
travels. He hadn't been in the house
fifteen minutes before he got hold of how
considerably smaller than himself and took
him up lhe elevator, and after long search
the juvenile couple were found at the top of
the house admiripg the scenery. The next
day MIR. Drew took all hands down to the
farm, and while the male portion of the party
were looking at the cattle in the pasture the
pad boy persuaded the hostler to saddle a
horse, telling him that Mr.. Drew had ordered
II and lnI n rOvul hproahaply 81 Ill.
Mr.. Drew Oh his return that tho hostler had
asked him to ride the horse. The party then
returned to the hotel, but pretty soon the boy
slipped away and walked jdown to
the farm. He told the housekeepcr
that the men in the field had sent
him in for "A pan of milk. She said that
she had no milk for them, whereup,n the
lad stole the milk and fed it to the calves,
and on coming into the house said that he
bad slipped and split every drop of the milk.
lie then asked the housekeeper if she had
letter she wanted to post, as he was going
right into town. She entrusted him with a
couple OF letters, whereupon he slipped into
the barn, harncssed young and very risky
colt and drove off toward Shelburn at a
Maud 5. gait Mr.. Fred Drew hsrncssed an.
other horse and started of after him and after
driving some distance met him returning, the
colt covered with foam and tearing along the
road at tremendous speed. In answer to
Mr.. Drew's circumstances the boy merely
observed that the housekecper had sent him
10 the postoificc with some letters. lie was
then taken back to the hotel, where he again
distinguished himself by going up to the roof
In The elevator, but that achievement was his
last, for his disguised father shut him up in
his room and the days record was closed.
For nine-y ear. old boy it must be acknowl.
edged that he got in his work pretty lively
The Idler rather prides himself upon his
gallantry, and yet there are circumstances
under which even his profound consider.
aten"ss for the genlcr sex must Surrender 10
his superior love Of good story. The Ider
Is disposed, in the perversity Of his heart
to give away" one OF the innocent remarks
of leading lady in one of the tourisbinr
towns OF our State-not a thousand miles
away. This good lady had been to New
York, ami on her return was describing to
her husband the chief features of metro
politan life which had impressed themselves
upon her memory. After going through
long list OF those things likely to impress
country people, she suddenly exclaimed,
but there was one thing which did me
more good than anything else, because il
thropic charity in our large cities. On nearly
all the streets, at very frequent intervals, i
saw Signs over the doors reading, Free
lunch-free lunch | could not help think
lngs as walked along, what blessed work
the relief societies in New York are doing ="
The good lady in her enthusiasm did not
notice that her husband had turned aside to
stralghten nut the lamp mat on his desk nor
does she know to this day the true sgni-
hcance OF the metropolitan free lunch"
The railroad boys had semireguar ses-
sion at tho Van Ness House the other night
and the talk happened to fall on remedies fer
diseases. "Wcll," said Mail Agent Walker,
"a few years ago l was greatly troubled with
boils-had 'cm worse than Job did. |
couldn't do anything with them. One day
fellow down there told me OF sure cure. 1t
was to pound up couple Of egg shells vcry
fine and eat 'em. We'll, tried it, and sure
enough, ii worked toa /. The boils went
away and I've never had one since. Then |
came up here and, you know fatty - that
used to be night clerk here? His face and
neck were all covered with boils. He was
the worst looking sight you ever saw. told
him my remedy, he tried it, and it cured him
completely. And he's never had boil since.
don't know how to account for the remedy;
| suppose its part faith and part lime; bu. ii
does the business everytime.'
There's lots of queer things that man
can't account for" said Brakeman John
Brown; NOW you take warts there's moth.
ing will cure EN- 50 quick as to cut off A
small pairing of your finger nail and pu, it in
little hole In the bark of growing tree.
tn fetch 'em every time"
II know it, struck up listener ~ had
237 on one hand, and week after | had
Tried that remedy didn't have one left"
Hello, here's John Clifford" said sno,h. |
er; John, what's that story you started TO |
tell about the big squash :"
"Ob. said Conductor Clifford, modestly, |
1T isn't much of story. 1t is only truth. |
Ful incident which proves, what is often
urged, that agriculture, rightly conducted, is |
Just as profitable IN rocky Vermont as in the |
..erlile West. A young farmer bought a
'arm near Brattleb0ro and was obliged TO |
il back for four thousand dollars. |
Among other things he raised, the following |
'eason, q squash that weighed eight hundred |
pounds"
Eight thousand, you mean, don't you, -
lsked listener.
mo, sir eight hundred. never heard
II II squash that weighed eight thousand |
pounds. Well, the young farmer took this |
quash 10 Inc county fair, and 1t was there |
to him that he might do well |
sell the seed. lie adopted the sus-
,estion, and sold all there was, recriy-
ng dollar seed And when he
ot home he found that he had money enough
0 pay the mortgage on his farm aud thirteen
thousand dollars besides. l tell you, boys,
arming pays, II you 90 to work the right
vay.'
This agricultural anecdote was allowed to
AXE the cake; and after listening to Brake.
lau Browns story about the eel fifty long
nd weighing $50 pounds that stopped a
'ater wheel down at Bellows Falls, the meet
* went into executive session and soon adj
burned.
WASHING ron HOUSES.