The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-07


Angelina, said the youth holly N
he entered the parlor, :" it remains fol
you to say whether our neutral friend
ship shall continue or be ended here
at once"
what is the natter" asked the
beautiful girl opening her lovely dark
blue orbs to their widest extent.
"Your father has just called me a
blasted idiot.
"And you want me to apologize fol
him?"
81 do"
"Then | cheerfully do it. Father is
altogether too frank, and have often
told him that even the truth shouldn'
always be spoken" New York Press.
The Social Side.
"Whom did Mrs. Desmond ask to
her house party?"
"All of her intimate enemies and
some of her friends. "
The Lady's Mistake.
The Maid--"No, sir, my mistress
is not at home.
The caller savagely y" Well, tell her
not To sit before the front window
with the curtains open, then. Chi
cago Record.
He should Know Better.
Fizz My dining room was too cool
for comfort, last evening.
Quizz Furnace out of order?
"No. | invited friend home to
dinner without first telling my wife. y
Explained.
May-How many men have you be
come engaged to this year SO far?
gnes--Between three and four
May-How could you be engaged to
three men and half?
Agnes-Well, you see, the half a
man was dude.
Truly PugiIistic.
Corbett-I see that the manly art is
receiving some distinguished mem
bers.
Fitzsimmons Yes, Oney's and Sal
isbury's fight promises to be as wordy
as ours was,
After the Honeymoon.
Yungh chubby What's this cake you
made, dear!
Wifc-Angel cake.
Yunghubby-Do you think | am an
angel?
Wife-No: but you will be if you
only eat enough of il. IN. \. World.
A Grateful Memory.
''You must miss your husband very
much, Mrs. De Lynn
Miss him | should say | did. He
was the only man ! could ever trust
darling Fido with" and she wiped
away pensive tear. - Detroit Free
Press.
Unprecedented Indignity.
81 had not expected anything of
this kind from you. sir!' said the
Alderman from the 'Steenth Ward
looking with flushed and indignant
face at the agent of the corrupt monop-
oily that had dared to tempt him with
a bride. Il had not expected this
from you" he repeated glancing at
the $50 bill that lay in his hand.
"This is merely an insult. ~ From
the Chicago Tribune.
The Three "wakes"
Mike O'Fannigan- Well, how be's
ye this marning Pat?
Pat McCarthy-Sure, I'm that wake
that yen be comen to me wake before |
the end of the wake -f From Truth.
willing TO stop.
Etbel-But if you love me SO much |
you certainly should be willing to give
up your cigars after marriage.
A lgernon--Not much. | have been
giving up my cigars TO your papa and |
brother Bob for the last six months,
After marriage Tn swear off on that
- From Judge.
And the War Went On.
Spanish General Why did you let
the rebels defeat you?'
Colonel-"I couldn't help it, Gen
eral; they got to the telegraph office
first, y Philadelphia Record.
At Lonley,yood.
Mrs. Commuter-"I don't think
much of those new neighbors of ours,
Ferdinand y
Mr.. Commuter-"W Well, my dear, it
isn't necessary for you TO be on more
than borrowing terms with them un
less YOU care to- ''-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
How Girls Love Each Other.
Tippie- Harry proposed to me last
night.
Sibyl-Yes He told me he was GO
ing to when | refused him.
Tippie-Then, | understand what he
meant when he said that, outside of
one gigantic piece of folly he had led
4 pretty blameless life.
Dealer-"Thls violin, madam, is a
Stradivarius 1t is nearly 200 years
DID," Mrs. Newrich You don't sup
pose | would take that? | can af
ord the latest style, let me tel! you,
Record.