The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-08

stirred up the entire community
Arizonu Kicker.
If that story about the catching of
twenty-one-pound trout up in Lake
Winnisquam hadn't come to hand right
in the midst of this centennial period,
when everybody is extolling the vir-
tues of the boy who never told lie, it
would have been difficult to have swal-
lowed it. The gentleman who claims
to have landed the speckled beauty
should be presented with little
naturalization Herald.
AS the fremen's parade passed the
Union League Club, in the civic pro-
cession, Chauncey M. Depew remarked
/ belonged to an engine company for
two years when was young man. l
learned great deal there in the way
of practical education; it was a grand
school, the advantages of which young
men lose nowadays" The Rev. Dr.
Tiffany, who sat by, remarked: " May
be twas there Mr.. Depew learned to
spout. "-Mail and Cypress.
THE attention of the passengers in a
Canadian smoking-car was riveted on a
strangely-behaved negro. He rocked
himself from side to side without ceas.
ing. What's the matter with your"
asked traveller who was in the car.
"Does you know Dan McGarry?"
Yes" Well, sab, he sold me a
SLIDER watch for 800" continued the
negro, still swaying from side to side,
can eff l stops movin' dis here way
de watch dom go no noah. y Troy
Times.
"THE lobbyists who haunt the New
| York legislature are angels of light
compared with the black horse cavalry
which disgraces the capital of Mime
sofa. "-Albdny Journal. Well, it is a
great comfort to know that the lobby
lists of Albany are CANCELS of light y
by comparison with anybody on the
planet or even under it.. If it be true,
however, we are mighty sorry for Min
nesota. No wonder that billiards. and
cyclones are born in that region. -Neu
York Herald.
A RETRACTION.-"La Last week" ex.
plains the editor of a New Mexico
paper, we spoke of Colonel Allgore
as an ignorant old scoundrel who de-
served to be in the penitentiary. The
colonel, we are informed, says this Ian.
guage is actionable, and he intends tc
sue us for SANDER. In order, therefore
to show that we are not actuated BY
malice, and are willing to meet the
colonel half way in settling this matter
amicably, we voluntarily retract the
word Ignorant
WE apologize for mistakes made in
all former issues and say they were in
eXcusable, as all an editor has to do i:
to hunt news, and clean the rollers, anc
set type, and sweep the floor, and per
short items, and fold papers, and write
wrappers, and make the paste, and mai
the papers, and talk to visitors, anC
distribute type, and carry water, anc
saw wood, and read the proofs, anC
correct the mistakes, and hunt the
shears to write editorials, and dodge
the bills, and dun delinquents, anC
take cussings from the whole force, aDt
tell our subscribers that we need money
We say that we've no business to make
mistakes while ate ding to these little
matters and getting our living OF
gopher-tail soup, favored with magma
ton, and wearing old shoes and no col
lar, and patch on our pants, obliged
to turn smiling countenance to tn,
man who tells us our paper isn't wortl
ST anyhow and that he could make
better one with his eyes shut.-Sdul
Rapids Sentinel.