Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-12-31
OUR KALEIDOSCOPE.

Speculatlons are usually followed by
populations.
Mrs. TTcks-Lord has been presented to
Queen Victoria nine times. And still the
old lady don't suspect
4 Boston man wants 20 get door ten
der. He should hire John l.. Sullivan to
pound it.
They are trying to play new game in
Washington. 1t is called progressive
democracy
A Vermont farmer, who is spending the
the holidays in New York, writes nome to
his wife GHOST everybody here seems to
be hard up for money. You can't 20 into
Il store without hearing sombody yelling
for, Cash -
No American has ever yet succeeded in
eating above ~ pumpkin pies, buta strong
effort will be made to break the record
this week.
81 guess ma used TO play base ball when
she was youn-,' said johnny Dumpocy
"Ive noticed tbat every time she spanhs
me it is Just three strikes aud OUT
/ \ woman WITS recently arrested In Fluri-
/ da with Il tin hustle tail OF Cuban ram.
Sedgwich has played the deuce with the
morals OF thi- country.
Ben Buffers portrait hauEsin the harcu
of the Shah of Persia 1t WAS put ia O..
10y the shah to prejudice his cuncdb.r..
against the male sex.
/ 1t is proposed that Congress shall build
several last ocean steamers. We don't see
what use they will be, if tuis country is to
be hed4ed in with eN;raditOn treaties Oh
every side.
/ Another great discovery of diamonds in
/ Kentucky. \ man got five of them on the
/ first deal. Phti0dcIphiu Press.
/ Journalism is everywhere a cUuhning
/ kind of work, but it appears to be more
50 in Mexico than anywhere else, where
about all the editors are in jHll.-CbicVJo
/ TimCS.
Mrs. Ikelstcin-" nit der doctor.
kervick, solomon ter paDy ish aWaliuNt At
silfer toller!" Mr. I.-"Nos it dot Won
leid on ter dablef - Mrs. l.-"Its, dot
vos id hurry mt der doctor" Mr. l.
"Doud gcd ONcided, Rdj-l, it vas counter
weld. "-LjC.
When it Is remembered that the pIcsl-
| dents message and all the repor,s OF the
heads q the department are read in Con
grcss, it seems strange that men can he
found willing to stand Il congressional
| nomination -NOrriStoIru HCrUid.
Squiuib-"Nliss Dlby. can't You sing rs
a song; ~ Miss ID kI-well, learned II
pretty one the other day, which begins
sings IA few notes ~ SquIluib dnter-
ruptinGl- and now does it end -
DCtoH FREE Press.
a book has recently made it, appear
ance IN Boston with the title of "Xpbar. -
1t makes IA clerk look real angry to have a
lady rush in and remark. "Iouug man, do
you keep 'Xobar 80 IOHkcrS StutoSHiujt
The social craze in Washington just
now Is the ''!ellow lunch,' which proua
bly, consists of omelettes. baked squash
and pumpkin pie. The yellow lunch will
doubtless give way sooner or latter to ne
green tea or the blue breaktast.-PhUd-
dClphid Press.
Are you going to hang up your stock
lng dear ~ inquired "A young wife OF ner
hubby.
Hang up my stocking ?" replied the
hubby. I'm afraid couldn't get any
thing on it,
Then he.realiled that he had made mis-
take.-PUtSblTg Chronicle
Young llusbani-Isn't there something
peculiar about the taste of these OuiOus,
my dear
Young Wife (anXously-Oh, hope not,
dear. took such pains with them. /
even spriukled them with Jockey club be
fore put them to boil to take away the
unpleasant odor-NcC lOrk Su1t.
Yes" he said Il was IN California
from 40 to go, so know something about
the country" did you dig much gold p
Never dug any" "Do you mean to say
You were in California in - and didn't
GIg tor gold - Yes, that's what mean
70 say: let other people dig it Tor me /
kept hotel. '-GOpd ChcCr.