Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-01-25
oUIP AND OuIRK.
Inc Point OF Several Jokes At a.
Dairymen's Banauet VIZ

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| With Col. Geo. W. Hooker as &,
master and presiding genins !, ~, i.
feast, Il was not SURPRISING INV i, n
second annual banquet OF tbs ras.' y
Dalrymen at Brattlebor0 last Ned.
day was a great success, Every s6ss9
er had a point 10 make and ma j.
them made 1t. At such times m -.
OF the whole was conveyed In ~
story or a pithy comment. We M
try to recall some Of them.
In Introducing a local aHsra Al
Hooker said he hoped they woa5 ~
the hymn be heard sungatamfEr,,
funeral not long ago-"Shall VEGA
er at the River 2a
Il is one Of Col Ho0ker's prgreh
that 'the great secret Of sneecss n "A.
is 70 laugh when YOU ought moi sf
Iinkham, q, NJ. he OF Pomife "a
lied the truth of this during Gm
Smiths speech. The governor =,
waxing eloquent. was drawing IN
ancient mythology the story 81 i,
winged Pegasus had got bis hlyh AR
up where the tips OF his sweeping 6.k
ions were just touched with the In
Of the departing sun, when there "
a crash in the middle of the haaqss
hall aud il was discovered thatihe zen
tleman from Pomtret. like BelerUphon
had gone too high and had come don
with tremendous crash. the spiala
posts aud rounds OF his chair diving ID
all directions. For once he was speech
less. Il am sorry. said the g5YemN
THAT took You up SO high that zoo
should fall 80 far. and the hiafItT q
the company knew no bounds.
Hon. &. !. Bell OF Walden sp0ktt
good word for the Grange aud Dr. r.
ID. Holton OF Brattleboro discussed
Sensation In introducing che Joe
tor, the POSTMASTER told the story u
the Brattleb0ro Irishman who went 70
the undertaker's to get a coffin 10 his
brother. "A coffin for your brother
said the astonished undertaken. "Ny
he isn't dead 2 "No, but be will b
before mornin, for Or Holtos lot
erin i'm. and he knows what med.
zine he's Civ him
Speaker llaskins was given ehane
presumably, TO make a strong BID iN
Woes in response 10 the toast lh
Farmer In the Legislature He stara
III well when he called the daigma
he cream. bat he sixed in quite Il.
lie sour milk and cmj when be aa
hat with a majority ot over a hundred
n the last legislature the iarmeueoal
lot accomplish anything because i0sI
iidnt know enough He may discqV.
II his mistake a little later.
Snpt. NJ 5. Stone had the last Won
md had a chance to turn the langb q
district Attorney J l.. Martin Rao
lad had his Joke on the educator % lf
vening. "District Attorney MarilA
eminds me, said Mr.. Stone, "ol 10
nan who was about to be eSeciiea,,
he time had arrived. The doomea
1an babe the attending clergyman )
earful farewell then turning TO lle
rosecuting attorney on the front q
c said II won't bid you goodbye
Ir. I'LL see you later
Speaking of varying reminds y 7
hat one exhibitor said "stFansg
mt it? made two exhibits ou' y
he same churning OF butter and o1s
,ored SO and the other scored oni4 y
he Judges must have had pretll An
,nse to see all that difference
One Boston commission house j. y
lie to be enjoined. Wishing TO bAMg
for a souvenir when VIZ
ring their name before the dairyuea
icy provided a thousand coTkS.ig,Nss
amped with the firm name ana -
lem in box in the exhibition ~ ti
arked, '.Pree, take one" IheA -
Before night OF the first day the ~, ~
as empty. "Handy in opening w
r color bottles, v know reIaAlN''
lie exhibitor with knowing WihA.
Alpha Messer was called upon % NJ ~
e needs of the farmer. lie >ald ll+
dying from the lateness Of the IN IN
e farmers present need was I'm N
there was any further point ~ y,
remarks the scribe N"s ~
sepy 10 catch the force OF 1t
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