Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-03-11
GATHERINGS by THE WAYSIDE.

Why should spider be a gool cor
respondent? Because he drops line by
every post.
-Spurgeon thinks some ministers would
make good martyrs-thcy arc SO dry they
would burn we'll.
The reason there are % many mutton
heads in existence is because such NUN.
Der of children arc perfect little lambs. y
Tho Bellows Falls (Vt) Bank rec'ect-
cl Nathaniel Fullerton, who, 9j years old,
has been president Of the institution for
the last fifty years.
"A Boston paper comments with Sc
verify upon the fact that member of the
Massachusetts Legislature was recently
seen smoking a cigar in the streets on
Sunday.
--Oho is beng actively canvassel by n
most energetic corps of chicken thieves
The people fnd then an agreeable change
from book agents.
The less a man knows the wider he
wears his mouth open. 1t is as impossible
for fool to keep his mouth shut, as it is
for sick oyster to keep his shell closed
The conioincd capital of all the bank
ing houses of the Rothschilds in London,
Paris, Frankfort, aud Vienna, is said to
be, in our money, not less than S5o0,000,-
600.
Seventy four thousand doctors fnd
subsistence in the United Statcs-onc for
every five hundred and eighteen of the
people; and yet our population continues
to increase.
Out West when VIGOROUSLY lazy
man is caught at work, they say he is
mcddling with industry"
Women have actually no rights. A
Troy judge has decided that woman can
not steal from her husband.
Young swcl!-"I | say, boy, what do
You do with your clothes when you wear
them out" Boy" Wears EN- 'omc
agin."
If you cannot inspire woman with
love for you, fill her above the brim with
love of herself, and all than runs over will
be yours.
-Zena, Ohio, girls have a pleasing habit
OF kissing strangers in the street, aud then
wildly screaming. "Oh, my! l thought it
was cousin Charley"
A good deal of the consolation offered
In the world is about as solacing a. the u.s..
surance Of the man to his wife when she
fell into the river: You'll find ground at
the bottom, my dear"
Hearing physician remark that a
small blow would break the nose, rustic
exclaimed, "Well, l dunno bout that.
I've blowed my sose number of times,
and never broke it yet"
"A man advised his drunken servant
to put by his money for rainy day. In a
few weeks his master inquired how much
ho had saved. Faith, hone at all" said
he. it raued yesterday, and it all went" I"
Thompson is not going to do anything
more in conundrums. lie asked his wife
the difference between his head and a
hogshead, and she said there was none.
He says that it is not the right answer and
left.
"A stranger in Belfast, Maine, spent
much time the other day looking for his
lost pocket-book, and in the twilight hour
found it in his coat.tail pocket lie had
followed too literally St. Paul's advice in
forgetting those things which are be-
hind"
Two New York ladies' were talking
about the sparrows and their usefulness in
Kidding the city of canker-worms which
used to be such nuisance. One said that
the noisy chirping of the sparrows early in
the morning, when she wanted to sleep,
was as great an evil as the worms the
other disagreed. Just then a gentleman
came and was appealed to-" Mr.. A.,
which DO you think the worst, sparrows or
worms " He Immediately answered, +" I
don't know; Inerer had sparrows."