The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-07-21
Pith and Point.


A Los ANGELES, Cal, man has spent
more than $3.50 in lawsuit over the shut
ting of door.
No wonder the Prince of Wales is a trife
wild. His wife keeps eighty dogs.-DdnUHe
Breeze
SIR JOHN LUBBOCK has tame wasp
which will let itself be stroked and which
eats sugar from his hand.
JUDGE BEER of Ohio is a candidate for
reelection. He must hop round lively and
put some spirit into his canvass.
REFORMATION makes such slow progress
because each man tries to reform his neigh
Dor instead of himself. philadelphia Call.
A YOUNG woman of Ithaca has nearly one
thousand silk worms suspended in paper
cones, and all spinning away industriously.
Four times a month the Catholic priests
of the diocese of New York meet and dis
cuss theological subjects in the Latin tongue.
THE great mass of mankind can only gaze
and wonder; il they undertake to think they
grow listless, and soon tire out.-J'ncle Esek.
AN old lady being late at church entered
as the congregation was rising for prayer.
La" said she, curtseying, don't get up on
| my account"
THERE is house in a Connecticut town
on which there has been $50 mortgage for
eighty-one years, and the annual interest on
it has been regularly paid.
IT costs but little to live according to the
demands of nature, the main expense is
living according to the requirements of
Observation-Disclosures Standard.
A FARMER near Davisville, Col, is so
absent-minded that he actually forgot the
day fixed for his marriage, and was obliged
| to offer most humble apologies to his in
| tended.
FIFTEEN years ago man quit Berlin
Canada, owing ten-dollar board bill. The
other day he returned, found that his cred
itor was dead, hunted up his family and paid
the debt with interest.
THE village of Wilton, Iowa, twenty
miles west of Davenport, with 800 inhabi-
tants, has furnished seven suicides since
January / and thirteen instances of self
destruction within two years.
COUNSEL for the defence: " Gentlemen of
the jury, if there ever was case which,
more than any other case, challenged care
full comparison with similar cases, this case
is that ase."-Fliegende Blotter.
IT is the Congregdtionalist of Boston that
closes an obituary notice with the following
rather ambiguous paragraph: " He was
| twice married, and leaves widow like
minded. May God multiply such uncom-
mon servants"
A TRAVELLING show struck hard luck re-
Gently in Texas town. Among its curios-
tiles was an alleged Egyptian mummy, upon
which the local coroner insisted upon hold
ing an inquest, at a cost of S25, just 81 more
than was taken in at the door.
ANNIE and Emily were enjoying their
first bath in the glorious surf at Old Orchard
1t began to rain while they were in the
water. Emily started to wade ashore.
"Where are you going?" asked Annie.
After my rubbers," said Emily.-Harper'S
Bozdr.
In these times of money lying idle" we
hear of man in New York who, when he
attends church, occupies pew the furthest
from the pulpit to save the interest on his
money while the collectors are passing the
plate for contributions.-Shoe and Ledthe,
Reporter.
AN old man died recently at the age o.
ninety in an Indiana county asylum whose
son held $4,000 INSURANCE policy on his
fathers life, and had instructed the asylum
people to telegraph him whenever the old
man died, that he might at once get the
necessary proofs of his death.
ART auctioneer: 1--WE have here ladies
and gentlemen, most superb marine view. ;
Assistant lin loud whisper): Hold on
its picture of a sheep" Auctioneer: AS
Twas saying, ladies and gentlemen, we have
here picture of most superb merino
What am / offered on bid?"
THE Irish harpis three hundred years old
1t was invented in the time of Henry VIII.
and that monarch is reported TO have sale
that the device was most appropriate, fol
"a harp was an instrument that cost a grea
deal of money, it took long time to learr
and gave but sorry return"
COMMAS are sadly wanted in the offices O.
some Paris, as well as some London, papers
In the last published installment of
feuileton appears the following passage
Raoul looked at the beautiful girl. HI
admired her teeth and her hair black as
ebony, her nose and her lips of bright red.
: In localities in Florida where the orange
trees badly iniIlra1 and yybpra IN vya,
feared there would be no fruit this season
the trees have blossomed to some extent
, and fruit is appearing, which indicates tina
the next crop will be sure, if the coming
winter is favorable. This years yield l.
about COG, 900 boxes.
MAN Ito friend): "You didn't seem to trea
that gentleman with politeness. Friend: a.
spoke rather roughly, admit" Man: "Yol
have changed toward him. The other day
! saw you cordially shaking hands with him
: Friend: Yes he owed me then, but he ha
: paid me; consequently, you see that l an
: no longer under obligations to him."-Ar
/, kanSa0 Traveller.
WHEN Miss Boodleswag of New Yorl
, heard that the princes were banshed from
France, she said she didn't really know
whether to make up TO one of them or not
, OF course they'd come TO America, and /
4 she set her mind on marrying one OF them
r pa would see the prince right OIL and get hi
a lowest cash price. Pa was so indulgent an,
: never denied her anything. Tran
a script.
n BABYHooD, which always has some brigh
Q sayings of the little ones, tells this; Littl,
z Johnny, aged five, was greatly taken witt
o the circus posters and begged his papa t,
n take him to the circus. He could get m
!. promise from him, however, until making
9 last beseeching appeal on circus day, hi
a father replied; Well, Johnny, we will g
$ down street and see the tents" Johnn,
| walked along with his fatbar lonlipu m hi
Q GUS indeed at such a scanty privilege, until
= glancing up, he remarked Papa, I'd mucl
g rather see the contents" That decided il
e They went inside.