Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-10-31

Notes and Gossip picked up on the street.
1t was little four-year-old Burlington
ian who was struggling with the Ten
Commandments and here is the way she
got the Fourth: "But the seventh day i
the sabbath in it thou shall
do no manner of work, thou = - or the
stranger hanging upon thy gate :"
Col. Garfield is the rejoicing posscssor Of
letter which for Photographed ccccn-
tricity is believed to take the cake. It is
as follows:
Dior Garfield
You gat Nuhtc from mic, vat is to pay ct
t. first November, and duriur kaunt keep my
nrninis; WlllNou please, s"tt this Nohtc ont
TN nHckst year. viii pay all lntrcSS ct the
first November this year. You noh the
prcis Of the wcct HS well rs l. and it takes
many Bshcl n wcrl 10 pay MONT lcig this
/ brok this year 80 NvkCr, ana think. kan
pay nackst year better too NuhtS. is this Nrai
one. II You will srtt this Nuht out till nachSt
jcar, dem please rct answer to mic, 50 j mo-
wat do. WoudCn You please.
Madcnn, MINI.
There was troubled bridegroom at the
Van Ness House the other day. He was
from the country, he had just been mar
ried and he was ON his wedding tour. He
was turned into the bridal chamber but
at dusk he pranccd down to the office
bearing an expression not altogether in
harmony with the eCstatc condition i'm
which the bridegroom of a day ought to
he.
"Mr. clerk" said he please send a
lamp to my room right off"
"Nhy,' said the urbanc clerk, there is
gas in the room"
is there - replied the groom; 81
couldn't find it,
Off he went up stairs, bounding from
step to step like a mountain goat; but in
ten or fifteen minutes he returned to the
office ShrOudcd in gloom.
Hang it all - he shouted to the clerk
81 can't find the room now -
The much-afiiictcd bridegroom was then
put in tow of brll-bOy, and the room was
found and the gas lighted.
The which anecdote reminded the First
Nice-presdent of the Great American
Horse Club Of another 1t was about a
a rural gentleman who engaged board at
private house. The lady of the house,
thinking perhaps he didn't understand the
subject, showed him how to light and turn
off the gas, and strongly cautioned him
never to attempt to blow it out.
W-wWhat,' said he, lis it dangerous?'
ION, dear no not at all.
81 am afraid it is said he; please take
1t out and gimme lamp
Whereupun the Second Nice-PreSident
Clipped in story about country land
lord. "You know old Smith who keeps
the hotel down at Smithville, don't you =
The members of the club unanimously
voted that they didn't "Well, one time
two lads and two lassies went to
his hotel and got married-double
wedding, you know. While the
ceremony was being performed, old
Smith happened to think that he didn't
have cigar III the house-and of course
after the ceremony the brdegrooms would
want to set EN- up on the cigars. So he
| hustled round and persuaded a drummer
to sell him Il box of cigars. He opened the
/ box and displayed them to the best posi-
/ bile advantage in his showcase; and ht
was gazing on them with great pride and
satisfaction when, the ceremony having
been performed, the two bridegroom:
came out And what do You s'pose they
did Borrowed some matches of ole
Smith to light their pipes with"