Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-09-24
GATHERINGS by THE WAYSIDE.
Cling to Those who Cling to You.

Cling to those who cling to ynu.
DO no, harshly judge your neighbor,
DO not deem his life untrue,
If he makes no great prctcnsions-
Deeds are great though words are few.
Those who stand amid the tempest,
F.rm a. when the skies were blue,
Will he friends while life endurcth,
Cling 10 those who ling to you.
when you see worthy brother
BU(rcting the stormy main,
Lend helping hand fraternal,
Till he reach the shore again.
Don I desert the oil aud tried friend
When misfortuncs come in view,
For he then needs friendships comforts,
Cling to those who cling to YOU.
OF man who recently died, it is said,
" his name will be remembered wherever his
deeds and mortgages are known
Iowa this year raised ?+,Oo0,o0O bushels
Of wheat.
The cen sus taker has discovered in Michi-
gan young lady named Luna Aurora Bore
alis.
The Grecian bend is to be succeeded by a
Boston dip, n sort of limp with ono foot.
Sixty pairs If twins less than year old is
the discovery Of the census in one Mississippi
county.
-" Young man, do you believe in future
sta,c?" "ln course dux; and what's more
I intend to enter it as soon as Betsy gets her
things ready
THE woman question:" Can you let me
have S2b this morning."
The man question: What did you do
with $40 gave you last week
An Iowa man aptly advertises "Kcrosine
and COAins.'
-.Whiskry is not tonic. 1t is probably IN
Alternative. for it alters dollars to cents, virtue
to crime, and men to brutcs.
tive been member Of this church nigh
on 10 forty years." said a uinchcd up libeller
Of Cbris,itnity, " aud it hasn't cost me six and
a quarter cents" "God bless your poor,
economical. withcred up old SOU" said fer
want brother in the corner.
A gentleman sent lad to the post Office
with letter aud money to pay the postage.
Having returned with the money, he said,
"Gucss I've done the thing slick. seen q
good many folks putting letters in the post
Office through a hole, and so watched my
chance, and got mine in for nothing.
A professor in New England college wa,
accu stoned TO demand Of students an excuse
whenever they were dilatory at recitation. The
excuse given, he invariably added, avery we'll
but don't let it happen again" One morning
n married student happening to be behind
Gime, was promptly interrogatcd Ne to the
cause. Slightly embarrassed, he replied
uThe truth is, I mad an addition to my family
this morning, and It was not convenient to oe
fessor, in his quick nervous manner, "very
well, but don't let it happen again."
-L.wyers don't have to turn over in he'd
,.. A. M, c> ., In IN AithaP aide n q A reSul
Of their practice.
AN exchange out West has the following
fsh story:
We met a boy on the street yesterday, and
without the ceremony Of asking our name, he
exclaimed, ''You jest ortcr been down to the
river while ago - WhyT' We inquired
Recause niger was there. in swimming, and
a big catfish came up behind him and swal'
lowed both Of his feet and went swimming
along on the top of the water with him, and
there came along another big fish and the Mig
ger swallowed his tail, and the niger ana the
two tish went swimming about!' Well, ther
what?' we asked. "Well, after awhile tht
niger swallowed his fish, and the other fst
swallowed the niger, and that's the last saw
Of either Of them
uSonuy." said we. with feeling Of alarm fol
the boy q you are in a fair way to become thu
editor Of a II ,dical paper"
1T is said that a Harrisburg editor diet
lately from the effects Of putting on . clear
under-s hirt.
DIR. Pancoast, a celebrated Philadelphia
physician, says that most cases Of typhoid 70
YER are caused by foul gasses arising from fea
ther beds.
A young lawyer offered resolution In
Sunday School: - That committee of iadiei
aud gentlemen be appointed to raise children
for Sabbath School"