Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-09-20
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II the price OF peaches Was a mountain. there
would be snow on top Of Il.
vas bsrefooted boy with = fur cap on his
They say the largest English settlement male
was the Alabama
when female neighbors quarrel nowadays
p nsy GOV spIing for each others hair. Things
No actor has yet been able 20 couuterfei, that
expression OF JOY which 3 man shows when dis
covering ten-oent stamp IN his paper OF to-
Dumb belle ai jewelry stores for the e,ere,s,
OF those Who contemplate the new style of
sleeve studs wouldn't be a bad idea ~
A rather amusing indication OF the season Wa
given last Sunday, when one of the congrega-
ton on being nudged with the contribution Cox
abr. pity cried out, drop them melons, blast
ye Then he awoke, looked around, blushed,
A lady on North Main street saw something
on her carpet on Saturday morning. and hunt
ing up an old paper, placed IL over the object,
carefully lifted IL. went 90 the back stoop and
Stopleeu IN the sioP-p pail a-psir OF gloves She
split himself over IL.
Did you ever stand on a bench 10 reach sauna
thing, and have the bench give out NOT suuash
Gown, but shoot out land fling YOU. That a.
what happened 20 n North street man, Monday
when he went down lie made gully in the wall
with his nose nine inches long. and nearly
turned that valuable organ bottom upwards.
ting wood, yesterday, and he worked AZ IL In =
strikingly natural manner. First he set the stick
on one end and prepared 20 strike az when it
tumbled down. Then he stood IL IN, and put a
silver under the weak side % sustain IL, and
lifted the axe for the blow, when IL tumbled
again. As he had got the axe up quite q WAYS
this time, and was fairly quivering with expecta-
ton, the reaction was not pleasant. 10 appeared
TO weaken him, and before another trial, he
leaned on the axe and looked around on the
scenery. At the third trial he put several
fllNerS under the stick. aud "a iva
minutes doing IL. Then he raised the ave
carefully, deliberately took aim asd
brought the blade down with terrible force and
within about an inch aud = half OF the stick
which immediately tipped over. This surprised
then around At the houses 10 see it anybody Was
looking. He was ten minutes propping the stick
up the fourth time. When he got 10 10 n would
stand without being held, he took up the ave.
and after several mock motions 30 as 10 get the
right aim, he swung the implement down again.
The blade struck the stick with terrible force.
within about the sixteenth Of an inch from the
edge, and took OF a slip about i've inches long.
We don't suppose there u anything quito
so aggravsting As this. Splitting your
shin open 70 the bone is pastime in compari-
son. The Nelson street boy stood that stick up
again without any ceremony, and with the least
display in the world swung the axe over his
head and brought IL spitefully down. The blade
this time clipped Off a half inch chip, and then
swung around with such momentum As 90 throw
the boy of his feet and drive him headlong over
pile Of other sticks, every one OF which he
struck with his knees or face. We On't think
We ever saw any boy get on his feet AS quick as
that boy did. And we were not In the least sur
prised 10 see him snatch up that axe, and, with
screams and sobs, beat that stick until he was
exhausted. With this unpleasant duty per-
formed, he flung the axe In among the tomato
vines, and went In the house for piece of cake