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The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-03-13
Advertising Ratss.
The Last Slave.

The last slave weld in a state of
bondage in the Soath was owned
I by a negro II was not usual for
negroes TO hold slaves, but it was
The case in some instances, and it
| Il said by those who had an 5tpor-
ltuuity to know that the negro was
! II hard tdsk-master, and more
cruel and eNaeting owner thun his
brother in white
There lived in Thomas county
One Collin Aston who for years
before the war came on had been
his own muster. He was thrifty
| fellow, and as soon as he became
possessed Of sufficient sum of
money he bought Milly Reynolds,
II negro woman. lie did not own
land ON which n work the woman,
aud SO he hiredher out. IL seems
that the woman was something Of
a physician, after the peculiar
methods Of her raee, thus her own
Ell turned her skill III this respect
to his own profit. aud her pills and
her root teas eame to be well
known among her eolored neigh.
bors, and it may have been among
the whites as we'll, for the belief
IN quack remedies and quack doc
tors is one of the strongest in
stincts OF human nature.
After while the war came ON;
the strife grew more bitter, and
the tide of success wavered be-
tween the two sections, but with
every returning wave the limits
of the Confederaey grew more cir
cumacribod, and then came the
end. During all these bloody
years the woman physician piled
her calling for She benefit of her
eolored owner and even after the
end had come, and the rest of her
race were realizing the mixed Joys
and sorrows of freedom, she con-
tinued the unwilling slave of her
sable master. OF course she had
heard Of the close of the war, and
of the freedom. but such was the
influence held over her by Aston,
her owner, that she dared not rs
sert her right Among the fast
ness and jungles that skirt lovely
Miecosukie her master held her in
bondage, and now that the negroes
had become their own masters,
and had money Of their own, her
calling brought additional wealth
to Collin Aston. Nearly year
thus passed, and, although Milly
Reynolds had often spoken of the
boon withheld from her, she could
mot induce herself to break the
chains that bound her. At last,
however, with the aid and by the
/ .,l,i,, ,f "a ln,Iy ALL. =, ,tS,,,. 80.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-03-13
4 Mason aud n Brother.

- 'AAfs+''fAAF = VIZ D ~ " AtAFH#AtF
SAID Captain Jennersm. in answer
to query from yong companion,
Yes, I'm Mason, and have
been for many years. Have ever
seen marked instances where be-
ing Il Mason has done temporal
good? Yes, indeed Why, we'll
remember one little instance
which occurred during the war. -
And the captain settled himself in
his seat and pulled steadily at his
pipe.
yes" he continued, utter a few
moments calm contemplating
the smoke which curlei above his
head, "if | hadn't been a Mason
in '63, | doubt if | should have
been here to-day And again
he paused and blow Il cyclone of
white smoke up into the vayering
cloud above his head,
Yes, Of course I'll tell you
about it, he said noting my look
of eager expectancy. 1T was out
in the western borders OF Tonnes
see, Was III charge Of Il small squad
of boys in gray, with whom | was
out on q scouting expedition. We
were well away from our own lines,
/ bat had no idea there were any
Of the enemy III our immediate
neighhorhaod. 1t was late Ill the
afternoon, and rs we rode down Il
steep hill into a picturesque little
valley, the sun streamed through Il
rift in the mountain to our left ind
flung a bright robe Of golden light
over the earth. Through the val
! ley ran 4 stream, over which ctr
Iold extended by means of a mar
row covered bridge beyond which
the road WAS lost in the woods.
"As we approached this bridge,
out from the woods beyond rode a
Squad Of men. The wore the blue
of the Federal troops, and the
sun flashed back bright from their
burished announcement.
We were bound to get over the
bridge, and giving the word We
made dash. As we dashed the
boys in blue dashed too, and both
squa Is reached the sides of the
stream at the same moment.
1t looked like there would be a
war Of determination for few mo-
ments, but Il halt was made, and
there we stood looking at each 9TH
er through that bridge.
We were just making prepar-
atoms for a dash, when | observed
the Federal leader ride out before
his men. He came forward upon
the bridge and / II lvanced to meet
him.
As we neared the center he gave
the sign of the Royal Arcanum, and
| answered it. Why, in moment
we had each other by the hand as
il we were brothers. Our men
came up, and mingled together.
They gave signs and grips too; and
would you believe it, every man
Jack OF EN-, gray and blue alike,
was Mason. Such laughing
aud hand shaking you never saw
before; and as | looked about and
thanked God we werenot slaught-
ering each other, and the redicu-
lous side, too, was SO apparent !
couldn't help smiling. The men
who but minute before were pre-
I pairing to fly at each others throats,
were now cracking jokes, swapping
coffee and tobacco and telling stor-
les as merry as a lot of school
boys. We conversed together sew
eral minutes, and then each went
our sepcrate way, leaving that old
bridge bathed in Gods GLORIOUS
sunlight, and all nature seemed to
be smiling and happy-L3 Of
Little Rock.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-03-13
Pure Blood vs.. Common Stock.

Iuie DtOOu W.. NOHlItOH Sl0th'
The question may well come
home to cattle breeders and own
ers all over the county Will it
pay me to keep common stock
when | can buy full-bloods at such
a slightly higher price? The
autumn sales have averaged very
low, and many who have been de-
TERED from selling, are very will
ing to sell at low prices at private
snle. Farmers, who have never
kept fulI-blooded stock, can hard
ly expect to get high prices for
stock which they may raise. They
will think perhaps, that it is be-
cause they are not in the ring, or
have not influence. That is not
the reason High prieed stock
have reputation, supposed to be
based upon merit, and it is this
reputation which gives value to
their progeny. A few days ago,
mn eight-months bull calf sold for
three Thousand dollars, not because
Of his intrinsic value, but on ac-
count Of the reputation attached
to his pedigree, added to his own
good qualities. He is the son OF
the Jersey COW, Princess, I'd, aeow
credited With having mady forty
six pound, twelve ounces Of but
ter in one week, and his sire is
Black Prince of Linden, a bull,
combining more famous blood
elements than any other We know
Of, except his sons. Princess ID
is dead, SO there will be no more
bull calves Of that breeding. There
may be just as good. 1t is no rea-
son why a farmer should not Sc
cure Il good full-blooded bull, be-
cause he cannot at once realize
high prices for his calves. If he
knows they have merit, that should
satisfy him. Suppose Ill q herd
of twenty fairly good cows we in
troduce u good full-blooded bull,
at a cost Of oae hun lred and fifty
dollars, which will secure It very
good one. The twenty calves will
probably be half males, good for
veal There will probably be a
gain of fifty cents to dollar Il
head on even veal calves, for half
bloods always fatten quicker and
better than scrubs, and generally
grow larger. The ten heifers will
be marked after their sire, will
follow his dam in strictly feminine
points az rule, but will be infu-
enced also by their own dams III
whatever may have been the
line Of their breeding. If the
dams have been kept, and so
far as they have been bred at
all, have been raised and kept
wish reference to their goodness
as milch COWS, this trait will be in
creased in the daughters, SO it is
fair to assume, that hardly less
than five dollars each, or fifty dol
lars for the ten head, should be
added to the value of The calves,
and credited to the bali. Fifty
five or sixty dollars, or more than
one-third of the price Of the bull
will be returned as clear profit Of
his influence ON the little herd al
the end Of the first year. This is
certainly IN under estimate in
three cases out of four, as many
know to their profit
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-03-13

"Eyey spendthrift to passion is
dcbtcr to thought HycnjH
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-03-13
Robert Dick
ESLGNE7 AND BUILDER,

HARRISON, ARKANSAS,
Is prepared to do anything and every
thing in his line in worhmanhkc manner,
and ON the shortest notice. Framing a
specially. Plans and citmntcs furnished
free.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-03-13
j. III. EurzE1
MACHlNlST G nlLLWRiGNT,
Carpenter and Builder,
HARRISON, Arkansas.

TNEtFENUN, AiAAnSHs'
Building mills, overshot wheels, setting
up and repairing machinery specially.
Persons desiring to order machinery, OF TO
have mills or houses of any kind built are
especially requested to call on or address
me before making orders or contracts. All
work done ~ low rates.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-03-13

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mrbo, all 90
an onds :, meet ,,oo,li,r u.,,.
and u;)y Iva . can,,,1oto snrnn;;so -
yonr rooaors Tbaro,s mana of
tb;s oil bnro md Loro;no roo,,,,
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IT,
Tban u,o ,.,,,,a. o,,4h.u H.
tho r,onrsc,;,,+ fr5,n his noolo4
and raod os faI1ows.
Miss Dyrp,a 4nvrvrrrr
~ '', - ! IA ~ . -NpN iN ! i'I''
'o'"ilo o'eA'
II was d 9'a'N4rt Po'ieen"ll VINO
handy had bo v;tb tina mid ~ h;s
com ,o,io,y .IearaJ 4ho rood
com ''"l'loil9' tleare,' t1e [oa''
"Hen " ,'l' 'iiSi me eIoSelS ioli'"
~ ~ " i''e Gait o'7'leo cow
'''e 9tirV''
W III you permit me 10 ellVl-
o'90 l"4 "ite'' the eot'ol Ol"liel-
~
1ertalhIy'
nel, "".'iu suggest 'il"t the
hofSeS o'Sneo ooWh lhe street
"ot 'he engine Engine" seldom
''aSh'
4 'lank YOU l "h"il make tDe
colrec'loh' but 10 proceed; Hard-
~ hao 'lle engine passed "heh a
young man SpranS from the crowd
ana started 20 iollo" It,
Hto?' ShfleNed one OF the pc
llcemel'' oo' me young man. palo
no o''en'loll 10 'lle word lhree
pollcenle'' look nr'ner grips Oh
'nelr clu'o" ana SI''fteu III pursuit
an ''l"V was "lI fA'l'lHS cll"9e'
l[st 'lle engine 'lieh 'he youIn'
ana la'' 'he PolIco'nen' Inc lat
Ter gained roPloly al llr't' Out the
endurance OIL Iile youVh soon De
gan 10 teil III ms laYof'
"N hat is the matter? WHY does
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-03-13

He who strides after a long and
pleasant form Of life must seek to-
attain continued eyenness Of tenn
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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1886-05-25
Wnnlmer IA.

bpnaitiidcn S9wierisfsiten sebObsn, Die
inneren Sutrisueu blsibsn.
Aus 9tuBlano bringt Der telegraph
cine Seuiationsuadri9t iibsr einen Morbs
usriu6 zines lioa6ii6sn gauern am Gsar,
uon Der man ni6t rueiB Oh man bic Sa5e fir
SpaB ober grnit nebmeu iou. @ir tiI6en
bic fette gnte uniern 9eiern bier aui:
Gines SagsS, als Der G;ar i'm geeriIis itanb
auf bic Sago gu iabren, pollte er ben galait aui
elmer rpenig benusteu Sintertreppe perlaiien.
Floeli6 Semabrte er, baB Soloaten Der S6lob=
ipa6e eineu on SGnoen linb Qrmen nit Qeoerz
rierten 9efeiielten gauer, Der ii6 piitbeno mebrz
te, nit Gelpalt pon otr Sreppe fprt;ulhdiien
perIu6ten. Der S;ar iragte, per Der Mann lei,
es IunrSe bm mit9etbeilt, oa8 er Der sSiibrer Der
Jeibiliten in Der @eaenb iei unb iid an Der Gnt.
;iinbung Der 0albbrdnbe. rpelde neulidt Bel
gipaoia ssbault baben, tbdtig tetbeilst babe.
Der GSaf befabl, bem Manne Sic Seiieln ab;u.
nsbmen. Sobalo bies 9ei4eben. biidte id Der
Mann nit erbobeu Sdnoen, Die Singer trallens
drti9 9etriimnt, alS mollte er iid aiif ben G;ar
itiir;en. StfiSiere ans beS 9stteren @eiolee
marteu lt6 oaipil6en; Der G;ar mics iie ieoo6
drt ibre Elase iliriid nno erlpartete unbemoiinet
ben an9rlIT, Der aud ofort eriolate Ger
Bauer ueriud)te ;peimal I9 i'm Spriinee aui
ben G;aren 81 merien pirbe ober beioe Rale
pou biciem bel cine arme gspatt unh nieberses
rporfen. Sonn blieb Der Souer Sitternb unb re-
9un9slos aui benz Slibbooen lieseu. .gsun
idge lporiiber cSbr Sunoe Sud beIdwert"
berridte i'm Der GSar au. Der Iibiliit be9ann
nun IN beitiger @rre9uug bic 8srbreden ailiSus
sablen, Iir pelhe nG6 ieinem unb ieiuer Sc
nollen llrtheil Der Sior ben Sob erleiocu miiiie
Ger 6iar h0rte ben Ribililtsn an, erbob iidb TO-
eann NIT Der &emerfIns III ieiueu Sesleitern ::
; SSest polen mir unlern Saobausflug iorts
iesenl" urb uerl,eB ben Ialait. Der Bauer
wuroe pieoer gebunoen uno IN ben unterir6iiden
3ellT IN benz Setter oes &alaites gebrabt, no
er ioI toot 9eprii9elt porben ieit.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1886-05-25
sege8raYeilAs gepslGsn.
Oeutid I lamb.

Berlin, II. Wci. Der bohbeicbrte
@eidi9tsi9reiber 9eopolo p. Gante III
Idper ertrantt. ~
@s beiBt, baB bic Resieruns ben Nsi6ss
tag nm eine 9elobswiQiguns Sa einer be-
beutenben 8eritdrtuns Der Bsiasunsen in
gliabssotbrinsen aususeben beabiibtise.
Berlin, Is. Mai. Der &aiier @ils
beIm bat bic Soee, bas unuollsnbe S9loB
bes &Sniss pon gaisrn am Gbiemlee sll
iaufcn, anfseseben, neil bsr GOnis Cub.
mig ii1 aasbsbunsen bat, baB bas SdloB
na9 ieiner gollsnbuns bas sstrsue Nbbilo
bes Seriailer S9Ioiiss, sinidliebli9 Der
beribmten 9emdlbe, iein iole.
Berlin, IS. Mai. Die Resieruns
bat benz &eidstase sinen 8eritbt iibers
rei6t, in weI9em iie bic tirsli5 erIaTene
Sercrbnuns re4tfertist, wona9 auf @run6
oeS @eieses sesen ZEN Sosialismus bic
abbaItung OffsntIi5er geriammlunsen in
Berlin, Eotsbam unb limsesenS pcrboten
wirb, iofern ni6t bereits As Stunoeu por.
Der Die poiiSeilt9e @enebmiguns oasu er,
tbeilt woroen lit. Der 8eritht Iast, es iei
auSemein befannt, 6aB arbeiterueriamms
lungen baSn benust perosu, bic loSiaIiiti.
i6en 2sbreu gu uerbrsiten, oas cine Iolias
liitii5e a9itution bsitebe, unS oaB Die 6ro:
benben Seriamullunssn pon giienbabnar.
beitern in Berlin fir bnS BabIitum uers
bdnsniBuoa perben t6nnteu.
Berlin, 10. Iai. Ultra: itrenaalau.
bise @bssorSnste baben I'M preuBiiden
eanotase ben 4ntrns ssifeut, Der protes
ltantil9en Rir3e in Seuti9Ianb bieleIben
Treibeiten gu sewdbren, wel5e in 8rsuBen
ben &atboIifsn serpGbrt rporoen iinS.
9 9weis.
2onbou, 10. Mfai. Sie id,pei,erii6e
&esieruns trifit sur llnteroriduna Der
Serbreituns Der WormonenIe5re in Der
S4peB anifalten. gsreits lino piele
Wormonen SenbIinse usrbaitet worben
uno pabrldeinli9 peroen nod nebr gsrs
baftunsen erfOIsen.
StaIien.
81 m, II. Mai. 0ie dineliide Fes
sieruns 1T bur9aus ni9t wi(lia, Die
Wadtuollfommsnbsiten bes papitliaen
9su"tius in Betting mad irsenb elmer Said.
tnra hin Su fiirSen. unb wiinId,t ebenlo.
mel Der fran,0fii5en &esiernna bie ans
ldi. blibe @ontrole ii6er Die Miiliouer in
CHINA Sa1ugeitsben.
81 ON, II. Mai. glus 8euebia iinb
beute pier @rtranfunsen unb pier SoSess
tdae unb aus Bari feds grtranfunoen
unS pier EoSesfaae on Der GboIsra sentsls
bet worben.
9onbpn, 10. Mai. Iou gatania
auf SiSilien wirb Der aus6rud bes 9letna
semeIcet. Sn Der Ndbe bes Iultans iino
@rbltoBe wabr9enommer porben.
Spanten.
Mtabrib, II. Msai. en- BEN gortes
iprad Sasaita bic BeirieSiauna Der ipas
nii9en gtation iiber bic @eturt zines SSs
niss aus unb forberte bic Spanier ,ur
gertbeibisuns ibres iunsen Weonar6sn
aaf. Sennor Eoreno ipra1 iid i'm Otas
men ber &onieruatiuen abnIi6 aus. Oie
Gaufe bes 6inbss wirb I'M Qaufe Der
Wo9e ita'tFinte unb ss wirb wabrIdsins
LID ben Namen Sernanbo SIbsfonlo erbals
ten. Der papitli9e gtuntius wirb ben
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1886-05-25
preiie Der 2ln,eisen.

/, 6 Wonate $1,000
/. 8 Wonate 5 6 90
&oeaI Wotisen.
Siir iebe .3eile grepier, ober beren Rain, bas
eritenlal 10 Gents, bic nG6iten Wtole @ents.
Seirst6ss uno Sooesan3eigen nit Sprn9
S1.5O, oGre Sprlt9 $l.00.
anfiuGrsr anssiorn iniiifeu porausbesaslt ue ben.
anSei9en fir Yicnics, 9otterien, @lidsipieIe
&C., bic benz @ctte oer iatb. Sir6e ;umioer, frs
ben feline aufnabme.
gtn5eigen ienoe man Sp&teaenS
Wontas Wforsen cin.
Job-Qrbeiten aller Dirt prompt unb
billi9 aus9efiihrt.
ciiiee Der ,,@asette":
Gde Der 6. uno Jopd.Strdse.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-04-22
ST. Johnsbury Church Directory.


Advent-Paddock Village. Sabbath Services al
1880 a.. m, las and $50 p. Sabbath School
II IN. Prayer Meetings at 1880 D. m. sunday Tues
day aud Friday evenings.
Baptist-Railroad Street. Corner Maple. Rev
E. L. Sandford Pastor. Preaching 1880 a. M. )
School II NJ. Prayer meeting $3.50. Prayer meet
ing Wednesday evening at 1850
Free BdptSt-Main Street. Corner Prospect
SABBATH services, 1880 AN. and $3.50 2. N. Sabbath
School at IL NJ. Prayer meeting Wednesday even
ing at 1880 Rev D. H Adams, pastor.
Church of the MeSSiah-( Universalist) Eastern
avenue, corner Cherry street. Sabbath services
at las P. NJ, $50 P. NJ. Sabbath School at 1901
wednesday evening meeting at $780,
Methodist-Central street. Rev. L. L. Beeman
Pastor. Residence next to the Church. Sab
bath services at 1890 NJ, and $50 NJ. Sabbath
School at II 90. Wednesday evening meeting al
1880.
North COngregationaL-Main street, corner Of
church. Rev. Chas. NJ. Lamson, Pastor. sabbath
school at Las P. M Wednesday evening meeting
at 7:30.
South CongregationaE-Main street. Rev. Ed
ward L. Fairbanks. Pastor. sabbath services al
1880 A. M, and $50 P. NJ. Sabbath School at II NJ
wednesday evening meeting at 1880.
Presbyterian Church-Eastern Avenue. Rev. W.
K. Laird, Pastor. Sabbath services at 1880 a. m
and $50 p IN. Sabbath school at II m. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening at 1880.
ST. AndreW's-(E piscopal,) Main street. Rev
+. ). Fisher, Rector. Services on Sundays al
1880 a. M, and 3 p. m. Wednesdays at 1870 D. /.
Sunday School, at 10 m.
Roman OathoEic-Cherry Street. Rev. j. A.
BOlssonnault Parish Priest Mass and 10 a. IN ;
Nespers and BenedictiOn at p. On the
second Sunday of the month, service at $50 a. m.
anu p m At Lyndonville same day at 1890 a. M
T. az. @. A.-Meetings at the hall of the Y. M. C.
A, Eastern Ave-, Sunday mornings at $50, Satur-
day evenings at 7.3O. Young Mems meeting Sun
day at $50 p. m. Building opposite Soldiers
Monument.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-04-22
ARBoR DAY PROCLAMATION.

The custom of designating an annu-
al Arbor Day has already become hon
ored by time, and the welcome recog-
milton and observance of it by the Cit
liens in several of the common wealths
of our Union.
1t has been extended from year to
year, and now prevails in many states
and will, it is believed, embrace our
whole country in the near future.
No measure can be devised which
will contribute more to the value, at
Effectiveness and beauty of our YER
mont towns, villages and homes, than
the JudiciOus improvement of the eco
nomic adOrnments of nature, which
may be so readily utilized by all.
The so general and earnest response
to the executive recommendation of
last year by the people of the state,
demands that day be again designat-
ed for united progression in the work
then Sc Systematically organized and
prosecuted throughout the towns and
villages.
Therefore, in obedience to the popu-
lar will, and in hope that the practice
may become general with VermOnters,
as it has with people of other progress
sive states, do hereby designate and
set apart Saturday, the oath day of
April, instant, to be observed as ArbOr
Day in Vermont. And l recommend
that the people prepare for it's observ-
ance by an interchange of views, and
by further organization, discussion and
distribution of information on the sub
ject, that the labors of the day may be
directed toward intelligent and endur-
ing results.
And 1 invite all societies, associa-
tions, army posts, schools and individ
uals to devote the day to planting
of trees, shrubbery, and the vine, for
ornament, comfort and use in the parks
and commons, as we'll as by the pri-
vate home around the public build
ings and society halls on the school
grounds, by the church, around the
cemetery, and along the rOadsides and
the village streets.
SAMUEL E. PINGREE.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-04-22
Burdette ON Giant Monopolies.

Do you know l never until recently
felt the iron hand of a gigantic monop-
oily close on my throat, and so realized
how slowly, but surely, it was tighten
ing it's constructing folds, like the dead
ening upas tree, over whose blighted
valley there flies no living bird and
comparatively few dead ones, as it
were, upon the life of nation ? Need
less is it to say that refer to the rail-
road. live in d small village off the
line of the Pennsylvania railway. We
have no competing line. We lie at the
feet of the monopoly that hauls us in
and out of town; we are passive and
boxes of freight to send West by this
monopoly. L went crOnching into the
Office of the freight agent. When L
told him 1 had two boxes of stuff to
send to Chicago, a distance of about
800 miles, [ saw his eyes light up with
the keen glare of savage greed. He
said he would ask Harrisburg for rates
which | knew was mere subterfuge
to gain time while he could guess how
much money l could raise this side of
the grave, and then the grasping tool
of a sOulless corporation charged me
SO cents for carrying two big boxes 300
miles. What's more he made me pay
it. It's no wonder that shippers kick.
l am only surprised that they don't
boycott the railroads. Let us return
to the days and the quiet ways of our
good old fathers, when, by paying only
one-half the price of the boat, could
have sent my boxes to Buffalo by canal
and the rest of the way by lake boat,
and got them through to Chicago or to
the bottom the same year.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-04-22
SQUIBS.

He: "What pretty fan !" She
Eyes; [ had it given to me when |
first came out !" He: Greatly II
has worn well r- Punch.
Somebody says that Freddie Geb
hart is the happiest man in America
This is case where ignorance is bliss
Il New Haven News.
Lady-"I'm afraid, Hannah, that
this new carpet will get perfectly
ruined if we don't do something to
preserve it." Servant-"Yes, ma'am
that's true, and 1 think if you was to
put druggist under the table it would
be as nice as anything."- Harper's
Bazaar.
Gentleman (entering barber shop in
a hurry 81 want you to shave me once
over; | have no cup here | do not
want my hair trimmed l do not re-
quire a dry shampoo | part my hair
on the left side" Barber (tucking a
towel under the gentleman's chin)-
"Shave, sir ~
Maud (outside)-"Is papa in there
with you George 2" George
Miss Maud would you like to see
him 2" Maud-"Please ask him for
me" GeOrge-'T was on the point
of doing so when you interrupted"
Papa-"Bless you, my children"
There is story afoat in California
which for neat summarizing the situa-
ton, deserves remembrance A Chi
naman, discharged on account of the
boycott, turned to his late employer
with an air of genial and impersonal
regret. "Oh, yes, Ilishman ask Nell
can send away Chinaman. That all
right. He go back to China pretty
good. Bimeby Iishman send Mclean
man away. Where you goP"
The butler of great lady of fash
ion was overheard by her one day dis
cussing the vicissitudes of life with a
fellow servant. "My dear feller," he
calculated, 81 am afraid that our peo-
pie are going in for economy. Only
fancy, at the party yesterday evening
l see with my own eyes my lady and
Miss Hisabel playin' on one piano at
the same time !"
Once in while schOOlbOy gets off
a real witticism. For instance, it was
a I0-year-old Concord school boy who
when asked what the letters p. S. O..
r. on the standards of Caesars legions
stood for, replied that he was not quite
certain, but he imagined that they
meant "SOciety for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Romans" Not so far out of
the way, perhaps, after ALL Boston
Record.