The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-09-17
10 AK.


Men dying make their wills-but wives
Escape work so sad
Why should they make what all tl4ei
lives
The gentle Il mes have had.
-"Boy," said traveller to Dis
bedient youth whom he encountered,
''don't you hear your father speaking
to you?" "Oh! y-a-a-s," replied the
youth. "But I don't mind what n~
says. Mother don't neither, and
'twixt she and J, we've about got the
dog so he don't,''
In the Savannah market, tho
other day, man from the country
sat down upon the Stats Of a box
which happened to contain a hugo
turtle. The turtle reached for him,
and the reporter who describes the In
cident predicts that the man "vill
carry the marks to his grave"
"A rural paper observed, with
great facility of expression. these
moonlight nights! Ah,' by how many
a vine embowered gate soft eyes look
love to eyes that speak again. and
the pressure Of a tiny. hand in tho
huge masculine paw awakes to sosts.
cy the living liar!'
-"Did not I give you a doegine
the other day." said a schoolnastes
to trembling boy. eyes, sir" IN.
swered the boy. "Well what do the
Scriptures say on the subject?'' 4
don't know, sir" said the other, "s1'
cept it is in that passage which says
1T is more blessed to give than TO ~
ceive.'"
Most cruel-When young Green
man wore tail-coat for the frst time
he gave himself awful airs, and want
ing to pretend he had another party
to 60 to, he approached his hostess,
thanked her for the pleasant evening,
and was going on with his story when
she broke in with-"Oh, I'm SO sorry
you have Been sent for so soon. -
An eight-hour man, on going
home the other evening for lis sup
per, found his wife sitting in h.:
best clothes, on the front stoop, rea.-
ing volume of travels. "IIyw'.
this ?" he exclaimed. "Where'. nv
supper?'' Il don't know" replied IS
wife. Il began to get your br-akiia*t
at six o'clock this morning, and ny
eight hours ended at two P.M.
-"Your Honor" said q pri:oocr
to Paris Judge, my lawyer is rot
here, and request a delay Of the
case for eight days. "But" said the
judge, "you were caught in the act of
theft, what can any lawye' say II
you % "That IS just what 7 shcj.''l
like to hear" said the pr;soncc, :
the court laughed, but sentenced Il J..
to a year.
1t was r. io couple from
village Of Dave nort, who, on h :
first and bridal - - the mc;ropc::>
of that State, I,:::;Haque, callel: at /:
Main street COZ cj:oaery and ra>:
ordered soda at. The obi. :
clerk inquired ',!a syrup they w",:.i
have in it, wlco 80 =waia> Iel:i>s :
ately leaning c>, = counter, ~
piled: ''Sts:angc1 scy is TO objeci
to me; put sugar i. :t.''
1T seems that a certain country
girl in Scotland thought il quite pos
sible that there might be an excess in
scrupulous regard to appearances.
On her marriaye-day, the youth to
whom she was about TO be united said
to her, in a triumphant tone, "Weel,
Jenny, haven't 7 been unco ceevl,"
alluding to the TACT that during their
whole courtsbip he bad never even
given her kiss. Her quiet rerly
was, "Ou, ay, llal; senselessly
ceevil'"
"A pcos:ve yoo:y r':a in Wis
coesio: while S. & . 'C".Ie, love,
come," benca,h Il J. :, u>':ci0ec s widow,
Ire OK - i, ho., ], sc, :tusic, ~4lu,
and everyt:' T.; t',e l. sec ed OF Ct
J .''',, as~.e .:,a :o:.; vie
= sc ): ..,at ~ y - ,9nber
w.t." I. ] ) ovc,. - &C no',"1y bet
h -, Il, Wm;, i'cr - ely 70 Know
" 30 ~as Sc: NC < ,lc:', leaned too
a ovc' he ": GOV ( -; ie1ce Tie
:~,';. lie s:ys ~bc, he s;czs
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kce.' sw: .'.,'l., e. lie W = ow, ss
Il 5 >ys IL tl.I S, ltu ha.!y sdLl
shocks.
"A CH:.lose laucd, ymcn ii St.
Lonis was ling; ine saaGe, c..y
~ .wO y, vel 50 o-e threw 4
ia 20 w: ~ ~. & - "a ~inury
above u, 500. /, h 5 ,'ea,. lie
went i,',o ne 10. sc enc Got a -
ho'>c-o s;o', a -. g o.., f.ot !;
a;>a;Hst 30 - =; pont 1'::-',
toa -; :: t.p'e We = -c OF l.i:N n
the sic o. he house, just utdt-' lie
w.odoS wie,'e be supposed the nd
cane {ro'h. TIE repo ! was Like a
clap o!,>. 49,. a.. ii having o->d
away, ]"'' we &C.: ,''y i, the hcs~s