Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-01-16
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garments
1t Is proposed that the BarthoIdi statue
be used Us government lighthouse This
is a patriotic scheme. Let Congress shoy-
el out some Of those supernuous silver
dollars.
An exchange has an article upon "Char-
acter in Walking" This just suits us
We can tell in tNo minutes by the charac-
ter of Il mans tracks in the mud whether
he is boW-lcgged or has been out 'cee-
brating all night.
\ Georgia man was recently ridden on
Il rail by his fellow tOwnsmen because he
bad married Il woman twenty-five years
older than himself. They tackled him be
cause they didn't dare TO tackle the Wo-
man.
"What is the end Of fame ?" asks II
youthful poet. Fame has 10 end, my son
but it has a beginning, and that il sitl-
atcd 50 low down that there Is NO danger
of your ever finding it,
II have found my queen" sin poet.
II lie i, married. you can just hct yoUr
boots he hts. And she will bcuin to cN.
erciae her authority with "A vengeance
pretty soon. too.
\ new magazine is called "Thc Wo-
mars Agc.' We have searched its PAGES
diligently, but we can't find out how old
she really was
At II dinner given by the Washington
ID. c., Christmas club to 600 poor chill
dren, Miss Nellie Arthur was one of those
present. We see now why they want to
increase the Presidents salary to S1o0,OOO
"IEow can the drinking water of North
western Minnesota and Northern Dakota
be improved :" asks a Western exchange.
Try it II little longer; Of course it tastes
brackish and inspid after what you have
been used to- But don't give up the blue
ribbon till you have made a fair fight
\ little Burlington boy was making a
great cutlery on New Years day, chasing
hi, dog about the yard and shouting at
him. when the boys mother came to the
door and told him to make less noise.
"Why can't holler, ma p asked the lit
lie fellow. "Ain't New Years one Of the
LEGAL hollcrdaya ,"
There are but three courses in life open
to a healthy young man with plenty Of
money and ii constitutional aversion %
'"''' anu 'i'''o Oo"i 9V9 "'r soup entrees
anu "'9N'i''
Western farm aGencie, are advertising
new lands dirt cheap Some folks pre-
fer TO stay nj home and accumulate their
farms.
Ma'l'llact'lfefS OF diaries complain that
sales nave been rapidly talllhg OH Tor Il
lolIg period OF years. Inc average man
never buys bUt one diary
According to Il Western contemporary
hitN'"he thousand hogs arrived III Chicago
the other day. Inc cutting OF passenger
rates makes great ulltfehce III the VOL
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y CONNECTICUT man saw the ghootof his
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'"5' /. Is h"I'' 10 pl'll'e 'he poor man.
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mere are some people VINO talk with
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tnc'r are "'Ho " it"-" very Jew" IL
'h'"N N"ho"' 'alNll'H'
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Don't | wish | wasa Senator, ma -
"Why. Johnnie ;"
Because when Senators want reces
all they have to do is to vote for it.
Il do love dress :" exclaimed an youn!
society belle "Then | should think you
Wnull wear more of il - rptOrtpl n CVuiCu