News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-04-03

prayers the little boy rendered them as
follows
Now lay me down to sleep
pray the Lord my soul to keep;
If I should die before | wake
pray der Lord dake anydings,
But leave dot Yawcob Strauss"
-SOnerU5LLe Journal.
IS THAT YOU, CHARLEY
There Is venerable story illustra-
tive of Western manners and customs
Wisconsin girl who at
tended picnic and wandered some
distance into the woods with the possible
that some one would follow
ner. While she was seated on log
if he would never come a
grizzly bear stole up behind her, and
Oracing his hind feet against the log,
hugged her with all his might.
Dreamily closing her eyes, the girl MUIR
els that you, Charley? Clasp
me closer, DEAR" whereupon the humil-
lated bear went back to the forest "all
broke up"
BOUND TO COLLECT SOMETHING.
A colored man entered grocery and
asked for cash contribution of twenty
five cents toward the erection of a new
colored peoples church edifce.
"Where is it to be located" asked
the grocer.
"Wall, that hasn't bin dun decided
On yet"
'fWhat is it to cost ?"
''Hain't figgered on dat, sah."
"Who is the pastor ?''
"Dun forgit; but L reckon we can
find one."
"Who is the head man of this enter
prise ?'
''De head man Wall. Ize bout de
head man, [ reckon"
81 am not satisfied with your explana
tions," said the grocer. Chow can
be certain that you won't appropriate
the money to your own purposes ?"
"Am dat what bodders you?"
ST confess it is
"Well, sab, we kin git ober dat purt,
easy. Instead of making cash contri
button just weigh me out two pound
of crackers wild instrukshuns to turl
EN- ober to de BUiIiin' Committee. Il,
cheerman OBJ dat committee if 1 aim
nobody else !'-Detrot Free Press.
THE TRUE MEANING.
"Will you grant me q kiss ?" sale
General Sherman to very pretty young
lady in st. Louis.
"No," was the blushing reply.
"Ah, mo- means yes" said the Gen
eral, with much manner, and he helped
himself to couple of kisses.
A few moments later he was asked i
he was candidate for tie Presidency
and he blushingly answered ''No. y
Evening Call.
TOO STRICT.
In Germany, the police regulations
are very strict, and any violation of then
is promptly punished. The people have
a holy terror of the law. Two gentle.
men happened to meet in Berlin, and
the following conversation took place
"Have you heard the dreadful news
about MilIer?"
"No, what is it ?"
"He was in boat in the river. He
fell overheard, and was drowned. The
water was too deep"
"Didn't he know how to swim %
"Swim Don't yoa know that all per.
sons are forbidden by the police to swim
in the river ?"-Teras Sgttiags.
LITTLE INTERVIEW.
Reporter-'1 suppose you feel pretty
bad over the failure of your Lasker reso-
luton to reach the Reichstag?"
Ochiltree-"Well, I don't mind that
so much, but there is one thing that
makes me sorry I introduced it,"
Reporter-"What is that ?"
Ochiltree-''It has given Bismarck SC
much prominence.
REGARD FOR NUMBER ONE.
Gather" said youth of tender
years and sympathetic nature, as he
paused for a moment before dipping
into the bread-pudding which formed
the dessert of his dinner; "father,
wish the cook wouldn't use the bread tC
make it up into puddings. Why dom
she crumble it up and throw it out to the
poor birds p
"But, responded his more practica
sire, "that would prevent you from hav
ing any bread-pudding, which you lik'
so much"
"But the poor birds p said the tender
hearted boy. 81 am afraid they vii
starve."
eyes" returned the parent, "but i
you have no pudding you may starv
yourself. If you should throw ava.
your food to the birds, and then fin
that you were hungry yourself, wha
would you do?"
The boy was silent for moment, the
his face frightened, a touch of hi
fathers practically illumined his eye
"Why, then, he said, softly, "couldn
we go out and kill the birds ?"-BOSto
Journal.
TOOK CARE OF THE HORSE.
Passenger-How long have you bee
employed on the street-cars ?
Driver-Fifteen year-barrin' whin
was sick.
Passenger-You must be great favol
ite with the company
Driver Ha! ha | ha al-D'ye sc
that ovid gray mare Tn dhrivin'
Well, we both fell sick together at wan'
last winter. They sint fur a docther fo
the horse, and they sint me me resigns
ton.
THE AMENDE HONORABLE.
A stranger travelling on horsebac
through the backwoods of Arkansas wa
very much impressed with the famihal
itv that existed between the pigs an
the natives. The swine had a free pas
to the privileges of the house, an