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Sept 20,
lf> DiiliPi ftp||,
j ,
J t iii % JA ... . | \ ■
\ ■ V v PAKJn-'N-.v* mix'.-
••J b lit ve ] U sell the farm, Jane Aim.
j buy a place in town ;
j Jqhcs made an oiler y er<*i<biv—lie'll
jm the money and nvn.
' bo wasn't anxious. but he had
the cash to spare,
; Atiil loiumded inethatv-nowadayscash
I Sides arc very rare.
J
i Ibo farm ain t worth much, apy-wav,
the soil is might v t iii
Afitl work ITie crops 1 1 yields are
i hardly the puttin’ of them in:
; Besides, the pesky railroad that
! r 1 never puffin througlj this way
ill cut the old place ship iu two—
Jones told me so to.dav.
| I.aiut afeaicd of work, you know—
my dadflv alias shid/’
, ‘There ain t a single lazy hair in
Xeheminh’s bead.’
There wau l no lazv hairs, I know, in
that old head of his,
For he did the work of three
men in spile of rlmniatiz.
No, an, I’m not afeard of work—of
that I don't complain—
I’ve tried to work with willin’ hands
in sunshine and in rain :
And I've alius wore a cheerful face,
except at times, maybe,
\\ hen them giddy, head-strong steers
o’ min would ‘haw’ when I yelled
‘gee!’
Perhaps it may be sinful for a mortal
to find fault
With toiling hard both day and
night, if he only makes his salt,
But I’ve thought while cradlin’ rain
lodged oats on the side-hill there,
That my cross was most too hefty for
a small-boned man to bear.
It’s alius been my custom when a
plowin’ stumpy soil
To hum some good, old-fashioned
hymn—it sorter eased my toil;
But I tell you what, ’twits piety hard
to smother words of sin j
Whene’er a ' springy root ud break 1
and whack me on the shin.
I mention those ’er things. Jane Ann,
because I’d like to lead
A peaceful, blamelesskindo’life, from
all temptations freed,
But as long as Hessian llies exist and
tnter-bugs abound.
There’ll be some tall profanity at
times a floatin’ ’round.
So now if you’re agreed, Jane Ann,
1 11 sellttliefann to Jotie-
Ho’ll mni that what it lacks in soil is
well made up in stones—
And well move into the towu next
week—what’s that you’re savin,’ wife,
You'll never leave the good old place
as long as you have life ?
Well, there it goes again, I vurn! Go
on and have your say—
Your bound to wear the breeches, in
. a uggiau\ e way ;
But you’ll find Til have nfy way this
time, old girl, as well as you,’
So if you’re bound to stay right here,
bwgrannies— l'll st ’y too !'
\ S£tttiiai-,>t Ft < in Par
A Tourer ninn wl.tr woo in Alaska
some fur years go foil in lev** with j
the only young lady on 'ho 'eland, a j
gill ol fifleiui, who was ptn-sr.-swi "1
extraordinary beauty, and w iioae hair
fo lTelow her knee*. But he was una- j
bWtocommuuicate the ‘‘old,old s'ury
to t.er, for sho dil not understand a '
English, nor di<l he speak
Itnssian. in his dile-tnrna the ai'iva.nt
the pries! on his once-:n-two years '
visit was a god-send, and to hint he
mud* known his love. The priest,
knowing the young man to b possess
ed of a high character and a fair fottune,
thought it was a lucky chance for the
y, ung lady o escape from a life of
siC' isolation, and he willing y pei
suaded the girl’s mother (her lather
was dead) to consent to the match,
but the young lady hers If wa* not tc
be persuaded, tihe argued that she
had never spoken to the young ruan
who expressed such a dosiro to be her
husband, aid had only set n hsm
twice,*aud he had been on the isiai.il
only forty-eight days, but Iter . l j c
tipii s were oyer,-ruled, and the ni lin
age took p ace. Af.er living in Alaska
tor several months, the young man
brought his hride to hi* heme in
Cleveland, Ohio. She was astonished ,
at the fashions she saw, and dec'nred !
that nothing woud induce her to
vv ar her lmir otherwise than Blowing
—as she had always worn it. But
lie fore twenty-four hours had passed
In r mother-in-law had peisuaded her .
to try the effect of braids around her
broad and shapely head ; and now she
dresses as much in the fashions as
any lady iu Cleveland. Last year her
husband went to Alaska again and
brought home the Votingsister, who is
eleven years of age, and promises to
lie ai beautiful as the elder. Tim
mother, bet eft fll both her children,
still clings to her home on one of the
islands of Alaska. - /Vr.'tW Tran
tfipt.
DAWSON. GKOKGIA, liH iiSDAY. FFBIH ARY 28 1878.
Jie'stoi y >f Hilary’s Lillie.
Lain (>.
Thousands of the lit tie f. >1 ks have
h ard of Mkry and her little latnb,
but fo iv, if any, know the oiigin of
ibis iiur;,my Buyg. F.,r the benefit of
our young readers, v. egive the foil aw
ing as the history of this interesting
piece:
“Mary had a Little Limit” is the
true account of an incident that hap
pened 61 years ego, n.>t 50 miles from
the C edle id Liberty. And ‘Maty’ a
delightful old lady of three score and
ton. s iii lives and cherish**.- the m<*m
o:y of the event. The wii'er, on a
recent visit craved from her own lips
the true n.toty of the afliir, and will
reproduce it as nearly ns possible.
‘lt ttas wlmn I was nine tears old/
she said, ‘and lived on the farm, I use
to go out to the barn < very morning
wi h fa her to son t meows and cheep-
They all knew me, and the c, ws, old
Broad and Southern and Bnudle
would low a good moruiiit; when I
came to tlmir stables. Ouo cold day
we found that owing the night twin
lambs had been born You know
that sheep wi 1 <dien disown one of
the twins, and this morning one poor
little lamb was pushed out of the pmi
into the yard. It was almost staived
and almost Dozen; aud father told me
I might have it if I could make it
live. So I -oek it into the house,
wrapped it in a b anket, and teed it
on peppermint nml uiilk all day. When
nig t came I could not bear to leave
it tor fear it wouid die, so mother
made me up a little bed on a seine,
and i nursed the poor little thing all
night, fed it with a spoon, and by
morning b could stijid. A ter this
we brought it up by hand until it
grew to love me v ry much, and
would stay with me wherever l weot
unless it was tied I used, before go
ing to school in ’ho morning-t" see
lha- the lamb was all right, aud se
curely fastened for the day,
‘Well, one morning when uiy broth
el- Nat and I were all ready, 'he iamb
could not he found ; supposing it had
gm< out to pa-tore wi'h the cows we
s! II ted on. Ilied to fie n great sing
er, and the lamb would follow the
sound of my voice. Tins morning, af
t-r we had gone some distan e, I be
gan to sit.g,.and jhe jfiiub. healing
me to In we a on; and bveitook us he
loie we go! to the school bouse. As
it happened we v era efltiy, So I went
in quick y, and took the lamb in.o my
seat where i went to sloop, and I cov
ered it up wall my -h^wl., Yy h<-j) thj>.
lecher came and the rest of the
i.cholais, they did no' uottrte anything
ami*-, Hid a.I was quiet until mv
e ss wift caller) l.lia t paidly til It n
my place, t'efure the p .tiering of lit
tie ieet wis lizard coming down th
aisle, ail ihe an b stood by m ready
tin his word. 0! course the cllildterfc,
.il int&lifdAnn ttfe teacher laughed'
to •, at.rl t o pom cfua'tire had to be
tprui'd out of doors. But it kept
ing bulk, and at ln*t bad to be
tied in the woodshed till night.
“Now, th.it day rliiiie a> you-g
man iri school, J< Im If ulston by
name, who was on a visit to one of
the hut's, and came as a spectator. lie
wnsia Bust n hoy, and oin of a rid
ing sslio and master, ajidVi a few days
alter lie gave us the fir-' thro verses
nf ihe song How or when it got into
p int I don’t know,”
Thu* she ran on telling of the care
she bestowed on her little pet until it
I rrrow to he n sheep and she w ti'd curl
its long wool over n stick ; and it bore
lambs nn’Tl there was a ll"i k nf fiv,
al her own; and finally it 7.ns ki lei
by an Sngrjr cow Then she brought
nu' a pair of stockings ki.ited of yam
spcn f.ora the lamb’s t.ho. 'he heels
ol which had been raveled nut an*
given away piece-meal as mmen
j tors'.
John Ronkdon died befo e entering
| colb go. What he wwld Inst in him
who wove into verse the immortal
ized story of Mary and the Lamb no
one may know.
“Mv wife tells tho truth three
times a day,” remarked a jocose old
fellow, at the same time casting a
very mischievous glance at her. “Be
fore rising jn the morning, she says,
‘Oh, dear, I must get up, but I don t
want to.’ After breakfast, she adds;
‘Well, 1 suppose I must go to work,
bpt I don't want to.’ And she goes
td lied saying, There, I have beeu
fussing aIT day. and haven’t done
anything."
A spccelile** Since of Men.
Dr. Field's book says: “This part
of the wor tl w ould deiight Mr. Darwin
,by the strange races it contains some
'of which approach theanaulil tribes
In the Island of Rbi" the Resident
asured m* there were wild men who
lived in tritas rod had no language
hutetie'-. and in Sumatra the Resident
of Pah nibeiig said there were men
who lived in the forest with whom not
only the Euiopeans but even the
Malays could have no i t rcouise.—
He himselt had never seen om ; yet
sti -.iigeto say, they have p etty
traffic with the outer wciid, yo! not
th.ough the medium of speech, i’t ey
live in ttie woods, and live by the chase.
They hunt tigms not with tboguo hut
with a weapon called sumpitan which
is a long tube, ut of which they ! low
arrows with such force and tha: are so
keen of point and touched with such
deadly poison that ihe wound is almost
immediately fatal. Tneso tigar skins
or elephant tusks they b ing off
barter —net for sale—they n ver
anything ‘or mousy is about the most
useless tiling they could have; they
cannot eat it ; nr drink it or wear it.
But as they have wants thejf exehangn
ye', th- v themselves are never seen.—
They biing what they have to Die edge
of the forest and leave it there, and
the 'he Malays cone and place what
tfisy have to ispo>e of, and rathe. If
the offer is satiafacory, when the Ma
ay-s ret urn t hey find what they brought
gone, and take what islet l and depart.
If not they add a few tufles more to
tempt the eyes of these wild u.en of
the woods ud so at last the ex hunge
isaff-cted. yet .ill the while ihe sellers
keep themselves invisible. This mode
oi barter hi goes houesty on both
sides.”
The Diibo i Cilizi’n says: “Q iite ,
startling t-ugo ly, we 'ea• n, occurred
in the neighborhood < fry m Facteiy
one n gh' mst week. A in in went
there wi t a load ut oo't m wliiuli he
sold f r Uit> mi'Ley, aeveia hundred
dollars O i his lem n hot ehecamp
od for the night w ' i>i t nnie o. two !
of (tie f io‘o y, ..ud j-'* - tief ire.tet ring
to his improuip ll ed Hi the iv g II •
large c.use look; g winriau e mo- up
a-id asked if sue oiu 1 w ,n 'te
fi-eas she was vn.iy cold P. mi in m i
was given, and som alter the mmi
wen' to l ed in his wac-.n ; hut h-f r •
going 'o sieep his utlie so.i an a
negto hey who w te si'ti' g r.round
the camp fire, dise.overel t .a- ihw.
woman hadon a man’s bunts
mi pan's, and the sen went and told |
his father of the fact, which ar ,u.*o 1
his suspicion, and put him on t e
a'ert. Alter some l.ttle time had ex
pined, the booted woman suppniing
the man and .ittlo tiny in the wagon
were as ! eep, blew a whistle, when two
oth-r men, with their fanes blackened
and their persons otherwise disguised
immediately appeared upon lie scene
Horn ttie adj duing wood, and instantly
cut the throat of the negro boy. Who
win sitting by the fire, ki 11 fig him
on ilu spot. They tl/vri started for the
W'gpn, when the owner who was
w I'ching their movement**, op- ncl
fi e upon them With a double-barrel
gun, killing two of them ■in 'Ueir
t acks. The oue dressed m woman’s
clothes made his escape. Upon the
ex .mb,alien of the dead men it was
f,,uml that they were white. I hi-y
had evidently oen the mau leceivo the
money at the factory fot hi*cuttm.,
nnd their oij.-ct w e, of coins'- the
murder of the whole party aud rob
bery
A negro minister who married
rather sooner after the death of his
wife than Some of the sisters thought
proper and becoming, excused him
self as follows; “My dear brederen
and sisters, my grief was greater dan
I could bear. I turned ebery way for
peace and comfort, but none came.—
I sarchetl de Scripturs from Giuisee
to Rebelation, and found plenty
promises to de widder, but nary one
to de widdfrer. So I took it dat de
good Lord didn’t waste sympathy on
a man when it was in his power to
comfort himself; and habin a fuss,
rate chance to many in de Lord, I
did so, and would do so again. Be
sides. brederen, I consider dat poor
Patsey was juss as dead as she would
eber be.”
Happiness or nnhappinees of man
kind depends as much on their tem
peqpcnt as upon thoirfortuue.
The VJ'iriiitiii Wh cw.
Satutday forenoon * lit 1 fe old wr>
man who bad come to town in a one
i.oise wagon entered a stole on Wood
ward Avenue where gents’ lurnbhiog
goods are sold and asked if they- uept
such a thing as a man’s nigh "-shirt.
“Ceitatnly we do,” was the xep'y,
as the e'erk reached for a box
“Well, my old man was travelling
down in Rhode Island last fall, aud
he heard about ’em and saw one,” she
continued, “and he’s been half ciazy
ever since to own a couple. Things
have come to a pretty p i-s wh u men
have gut to hav6 om shirt for day
and the other for night, hut Thomas
is rather childish and I thought I’d
git him one.”
“Most-ail m- n wear ’em uow.” said
t‘ e cleik as he opened the box.
‘What juice do you want to p>*y?”
“YY’ell, I dunno,” she mused, as she
jiicked u{ one after another and let
them drop- “I didn’t say I wanted
one for myse'f, did l i 1 ”
“Why, no, of course not. These
nie gentlemen’s night shirts, madam
—three different styles.”
She picked up tiie plainest one,
shook i' out, held it at arm’s leng-h,
and coldly said:
“Young man. do you pretend to cull
this garment h night-shirt for a niaii. ,)
“Yes, ma'am.”
“Y ui do, eh? You stick to it that
this frilling and furbelowing and
tucking and rtfll ng belongs on a
man’s night-shir ?”
“I do.”
“Then you’d beltei go to driving a
sand wagon, young roan !” she snap,
pe 1 as she threw tho garment down.
“I’ve worn night-gowns for fifty-one
years, and if the day has come when
a voung moonshiner like you puts on
aiis to tell me that I don’t know what
a night-gown is, my old mau can sleep
in a fatness for all the nighi-.hirt
lie’ll ever get n,e to buy! Good-day
young man 1”
And she went nut with a defiant
g|t-a in in her eyes —Detroit Free Tress.
A Mr Davis of Medfmd Ma**., a
short time ago, while shaving, fell
backwa'd up m (lit fl u r, and was pro
nounced dead. As fie had expressed
feats that he might be I uried alive,
be body was kept several days ill the
house and carefully watch'd. The
remains wore finally buried at Mal
den. A f :oi 'he funeral the widow
and fie daughter, who resides in dif
f'rent hocs f, 8, on a certain night
dreamed that the deceased was bu
iied vivo and was trying to ralei.no
himself from the grave. They told
theii dreiiins to each otli-r, and fina -
ly caused the grove to beoppi nd lo
the horror of ail, fhecovpse was found
lying on its side, and the top of
the oaske* broken, showing that the
man had made strenuous elTotts to es
c pe do ith by suffocation.
A c’erguman unco preached on tlife
miracle whore the exorcised devils ou
tered the h'lid of swin*, and after the
sermon asked a young man in the au
dience if ha was a Coristian.
‘No,”.said he, ”t*ut lam ail right;
I am perfectly sal's now ”
“II w so? saj's Mi F
“W iy,” savs tiia youth, “yon have
just told ns that the devils were a
! drowned; so we are no longer in dan
! Mr. Fkn lit close hy the yiun*
, man an . offered a very earnest pray,
eras following: “0 Lord we read in
till’ Word tht the e-wiue al ran
down into the se i and we fup|:.sed
they were II drowned •ut it seems
one hog swam ashore and is rig lit
before rue, Bird, cia: the d.-vil out
of him.”
A sprig Fair in Ihiutuii.
We are glad to observe '.he fret that
th ‘ Terrell Cos tin'? Industrial A.s-o
ciatinu are making preparation* to
have a spring fair. It will doubtless
be a creditable one. The lairs held
several ye-re ago by ‘his Association
were highly successful, and t! e emu
lation they exci ed amoung farmers,
stock dealers ech, tended in a great
degree 10 the material prosperity of
the people of the co"""Tne
in sp-eking of the forthcomeing ex-
hibition, says: “Everybody is invi'ed
to attend and pi ice articles on exhibi
turn free of charge. Any proluct of
! the farm, workshop, factory, or any
! thing else of general interest, and ci!
| ciliated to tnako up a big show and
! advance the interest cl the country,
will be admited on exhibition Al
i haay Writ s
Tho IVo*l Vii'Siuiit Sanger.
A corespnnrlet of a New York paper,
writing from Lynchburg, Virginia, d--
scribes the “Satigcrs,” their habits
and their conn ry. They aro a curious
race of moun'aineers who inhabit sev
eral wild counties of West Virginia.
Th'-ir origin is unknown'. The pure
j Bagor is a being by hintse’.f. The
Digger Indian is the noire*; parallel
to him, hut tho SiUger is Dot tor pliys-.
itally, and lias more intelligdnuo than
jhe Digger The colonies of the Sati
gers were recruit*d I y deser ers from
Doth armi'B during the war, and the
influence of those fot feigners nmoeg
them has probably elevafej thejnoial
and social condition of the race. Law
ful marriage is unknown among them
ar.d they havo kj use for lawyers, doc
tors or preachers or school teachers.--
Tiiey live in the woods and'among'.ho
rocky fastnesses, far away from high- j
ways and civilized settlements Tlwir j
abodes ere Fg cabins, with mud
chimneys and sometimes caves and
ltobsiu ihe ground. They live on
game, and include iu the list which
furiti-h jtheir hill ol fare laeyoorta
opossums, ground hogs, squirrels,
snakes, owb, crows, polecats ard oth
er animals that come to their traps
The women drink tea >.f sassafras and
the roots of t*'e gi lden rod. In the
spring they find a delicacy in brook
trout, which people the mountain
streams and pools. They das; ie frogs,
which are about the only living things
lli6 ‘bigger does not eat, while I’iied
grasshoppers are a rare luxury. The
Singers have a commerce, tro. They
dig the ginseng root, width is p'onti
ful in the mountains, steal into the
nearest settlement by night and sell
it by appointment with their groc°r,
and steel out again with corn moa!
and tuicon, of which they have learned
the v due, when their small tame i*
scree. The ginseng is slipped to
China, where it commands n high
price. So they contribute to the
onmmorcepf the ou’side well I, aftar
all. anil are not altogether useless
human bpings.
ID'Cfps far Uk- Blue*.
Things wore looking decidedly blue
es'erday. The westhe was a'rocioits ;
the war news perph-xinJ the lad e*
could no got out, aipd the mercli n's
held 'heir heads low. At the hotels
the dinfftjJ-ronnis r<fleeted ttie same
,ad nn-1 sorry tale. There win nr
conversation, and there was i-ven a
few tearful eyes at some of the t ildes.
It was just such a p ; o:ure that {in*,
sell ted itself to the genial Dr. Reed
ns ho entered one of the leading
houses yeasteiduy, and tho following
impromptu remarks pertinently esca.
pe l Ins 'ips in the ptosenceof a Timo s
man. “The best reoipt I know, i f
want lo lie miserable, is to tl'dnk
about yourself, how much you havp
list, how much you have not made,
arid the poor prospect for the future.
\ brave man with a soul in him gets
out of such fret.'ul rot* and laughs ar
di-courag merits, rolls up his
ifhistles and sings and makes the
best ot life. This ear'll never w'*
inter dad as a paradise, and a man
who rises a -ove f)is di-<y>urftgemenl
and keeps bis manhood wll fie the
better for h's adversities. Many *
nobb ship bus been saved ly t 'rowing
overboard its rno.st valuable cargo,
an I many/* rnari ii better and more
humane after he has lost bis gold.”
!Ih 'I rouble.
‘ Why, dear, what is the matter ?
What can you mean, you look so do
p, ossed? It cannot be—tmd yet —oh,
re!.eve this kilting suspense? Abxan
de , have you—have you failtd?” said
h 8 wife wiih clasped hands.
‘•No, mV 'lea', my credit is unim
paired, Htid business is looking up.”
•You don’t mean to say, dear hus
band, that vour old pain in tho head
lias coma back ? ’
“No.”
“You haven’t had to pay the no‘e
tor yonr brother Joseph? ’
“No.”
“H ive you -now tell m<, dear Al
exand r Bid luck —hive yt,u had r.n
ottor attack of vetigo '
“No ”
“N >w, I know -I exoected it, I j
knew it ait the um. I felt sure it
wov. and ho so: Mi. Da onnii has ask
ed for Sorapliiua ?
“N'>, nothing of that kind ”
“Then tell me, without waiting an
other miuu'e, wbht h' happened; I
can he ir it ; let me know the wo.si ”
“Weil, that brooches button 1 told
vou about lias got tired of hanging by
one thread, and here it is.”
VOL. XIV. —NO 1.
SliHint; Up Potato**.
i tliifik that hilling up, in the way it
is praciico.il, is, as a general rule, in
jurious, ex cepting mi very wet land.
Ifli rl cultivated properly, and to
the light depth, I claim that the crop
whi r* no hilling up in the usual way
is done, will ho nearly double that
hilled up, - because those hilled up do
net rsor-ivo the proper amount of moist
ure. Should there be abundant rain
to suit potatoes planted on the leel,
it would Scarcely reach those on hills-
Modern hi built as if to ward
idi' all the moisture possible, and com-
pel ihe poor potuto to eke- out exit*
tance in a heap of dust. I have often
wondered when opening out a
how the po'atoys grew at all. My ex
perionae impotato growing is, that the
pioper way to plant is <>u the level, and
then after -this 's dohe, mulch the
ground well wi'h some manure to
sine as much moisture as possible in
jhe ground. Hetuetimosit is necessary
to draw up u litde earth where the
tubers are pressing up through tho
ground, bu‘. I would only pat ou
sufficient to cover. In drills,‘l would
plant one good seed-eyo every fifteen
or eighteen inclios, and jnjhills, two
or three eyes at the most. Asa gener
al rule, I think potatoes 'are planted
too thick, and too much seed put in
the ground, and frequently we fiod
peop e reserving all the small trash of
the pit or bin for seed, us
ing the medium sized potatoes*
Lxhbax, Goderich, Out., in the
Country Genii man.
“Tlisii’s Hie Way Papa l>oe.”
A friend gave me lately the experi
ence o! a skillful professional man in
about tlie folliwiug words'. “My early
practice,” rail the doctor wassuccssn
ful.'and I soon attained an enviabln
position. I married a lovely girl; two
children were born to us, and my do
nieslic h complete. But
I was invitad often to social partie*
whero wine was freely circulated and
i soon boo,uie a slave to its power*
Betoiu I was aware of it I was R
drunkatd. My nobl6 wife never taunt
ed me with a bitter word,n9ver ceas
ed to pray for my reformation - We
became wrefehedty poor, so that my
family was pinched for dai'y bread.
“One beautiful Sabbath my wife,
went to chutch and left me lying on a
ioungc, sleeping oil my previous nights
debauch. I was aroused by hear I
something fall heavilvto the floor. I
opened my eyes and saw my little boy,
six years old tumbling upon the car
pet: His cider brother said to him;
‘Now got up and fall again That’s
die way papa docs; lot’s play vre ara
drunk’ I watched the childjrs he per
sonated my beastly movements in a
way that would have done credit to
an actor. I arose and left the house
groaning in agony and remorse. I
waked off miles into the country—
thinking over my nboininable sin and
the example I wassetting my children.
Iso o mily le-olved that with God’s
help I would quit my cups, and I
did; No )ee ure I ever heard from
Mi - G.iugh’tn ivcd my soul like the
spectacle of my own sweet boys ‘play
ing diiink as papa does.’”
A Minneapolis boy wus sent by bia
teacher, a woman, to the superinten
dent to bo whinpt and. The lad suspected
the c i.tents of the note and hired a
boy he melon the street to deliver it,
giving him ton cents.,The superinten
dent didu’: discover till after thecasti
gattou was over that the boy he had
floggel lial not seen the inside oft
school house tor a month.
Pe r young thing! She fainted
away at the wash tub u nd her pretty
nos went kerelosh into the soap suds.
Some said it was overwork ; others
however whispered that her beau had
peeped over the back fence and called
out ; “Hullo, ihore Bridget, is Mias,
Alice at home ?”
A dentist tried his first operation
with gas upon a robust colored woman.
After she had used up all the gas in
the uflicu she wheeled in the chair and
shouted ; “Hurry up and on
am thor bug of that sweetened
wind.”
A firm reeenly sent a lot of Jbills
West for collection. The list came
back with the result noted against
each name, one being “Dead.” Three
mouths after the same bill got into a
| new list and came back with tht
1 name marked “Still dead.”