The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-06-12
Press Notes.

THERE is now not single justice on the
supreme bench of the United States. They
are all married.-B0Ston Herald
SOME one suggests Baby Mckee be made
inspector of milk Or he might be sent as
minister to Lapland.-SioUr city Tribune.
BOBBY, knowing whereof he speaks, calls
the three feet of trunk-strap hanging behind
the kitchen door his fathers tan
yard.-BmghdmtO Republican.
The smart young man said he had not
been in the drug very long, but he had
been at the soda-fountain long enough to be
a tizzician.- Washington critic.
AN Ohio farmer mas posted up the follow
ing: Notis.-If any mans or woman S
cows or oXens gifts in these here oats his or
her tail will be cut off, as the case may be-
A SALEM, Dakota, newspaper prints the
following unique advertisements " If John
Jones, who tn enty years ago deserted his
poor wife and babe, will return, said babe
will lick the stutfin' out of him"
A WICKED scoffer in Washington says
that Mr.. Wanamaker is "pious enough to
open oysters with prayer" Well, there
are worse faults public man can be guilty
of than piety.-BUBalo Commercial.
MADAM" reproachfully remarked the
tramp to whom the young housewife had
make, " have asked we for bread and we
have given me a stone.
Two mines composed of drug-clerks are
about to play game of baseball in st
Louis. AS they haven't yet decided on a
name, we suggest that one be called "Qui
nine" and the other Strych- .'-Ne,t
York Tribune.
OUR valued townsman, Benjamin p
Hutchinson, vulgarly called " Old Hutch,
attended the first performance of Little
Lord Fauntleroy," night before last, ant
wept like hired girl grating horse-radish.-
Chicago Morning NeWS.
THE grandmother OF the emperor o
China is eighty. nine years old, blind, dea
and a cripple, and the other day. her loving
grandson presented her with 800 singing
birds, 200 silk dresses and 100 musical in
struments. detroit Free Press.
AN Ohio man who was to be initiate,
into the Odd Fellows got scared and ran
He was chased by bull, had three-fourth
OF his trousers torn off by barbed-wir
fence and fell into a duck-pond. The so
Ciety boys agreed that he had had Just abou
the correct experience and took him in a
he was.-Erchdnge.
GEORGE, called to see you this morn
ing and the maid said you We're out" Eyes
uncle, l am sorry that / was" But 20
were not, for saw you sitting at the win
dow as ! came away" Yes; that's JUS
it, the maid did not specify; she only kneN
| was out, sometimes walking out and somt
times looking out. She was stupid not {
say which ."SBurdette.
WE read with grief that Colonel Shepar
runs the stages in Central park on the Sal
bath day. They pay handsomely. 1t is ais
announced that Colonel Shepard had tn
stages taken off Fifth avenue on Sunday
because they did not yield profit. Tn
reminds us of sign over fine meloi
patch: "Boys, don't steal these melons
God sees you-and they're not ripe. Ne
York Herald,
THE Western Rdiiiody Gazette of San Fra
cisco says that no more Sunday picnic trail
will be run out of that city by any of IL
roads. " If this is true" says the Raillco
AGE, Z" the railways have taken in hand
practice which has long been productive
much disorder and no little disturbance
people who believe in Sunday as day
rest and quiet, although the running
Sunday excursion trains has been sour,
of very considerable profit TO the roads"