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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-10-26
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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-10-26

EXAMINATION OF TEACHERs.-An examin alton
of teachers for public sc FOOLS was held here on
SATURDAY. last. by the County Superintend emf !,
John Hess. E q. aud Rev. J. W. Tongue and Jo-
seph Barry. Esq, Board of Examiners. About
fifteen teachers, we understand. were present
for EXAMINATION,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-10-26

~ FoR4 sALE.-A Lsdy's Handsome Gold
Watch and Chain nearly new-at a bargain.
Epqnire-at the GSprit. 0aiee.z i,,.s-.A, ~,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-10-26

Committee.
The Peabody Fire Insurance Company respect
fully sOl:citS a continuation of the patronage If
tie late Fire and Marine Insurance Company.
guaranteeing satIsFaci ION. bv fair dealing. ample
protection md prOnp' RettlemPnLs.
WIN. BAILEY, President.
J V. l.. ROGERS. Secretary.
LEWIS BAILEY, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
YIN 1%ssP R1 fsfssr Hs Ri HRisaH5ftf sF
Am Adams, HeDIV Schmulbach.
Jas. T. Barnes. DR.. w. J. Bates,
Thomas Hughes.
Messrs Washington & Alexander, aud D. S.
Rentch. Esq are the only authorized gents of
the Peabody Insurance Company in Jefferson
County. Applications tor Insurance made 20
I, EN- VIII receive prompt attention: and to II.
II. Cook, gent for Charlestown andIts vicinity.
We rake pleasure IN representinR tile Peabody
Insurance Company of Wheeling irst-c;aSs
institution in every resnect
WASHINGTON &c ALEXANDER.
T. 3. WAsHIN GTON.l IL. A. ALEXANDER.
june g. 1876 Bin.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-10-26
CO.RARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
Woolen Fabricse SC,

" ooIen EEabrIcSs &C.
HAYING formed eO-partneEshig under the
III firm naRe of YUunE s. gimberlpke. We
would most respectfully announce TO the tIade
and public that We have puICHRsed the entire
Stock of Goods belonging TO helatef firm OF Tim-
berIaSe 81 S"IC' and 0lsn their expiring lease
on I. B. WOODS WOODEN. FACTORY, Fred
erlck county, Va. styled
"NIorSan RG111ss''
where We intend conducting the
WOODEN MANUFACTURER BUSINESS,
rs formerly done by the late firm. We haye on
hand aud are constantly manufacturing every
class of Goods found Ii st class V'rguiR Fac
tory. consisting IN part "f Twreds, Doeskin Cas-
sImtreS. DiaGonals. HerEing-Bnne Kelseys,t Sati.
nets. Drab ana, Grey Pulled Lhnseyss Black,
Grey and Orab Beaver Cloth, Waite. Grey and
brown Flannels, An Wool and Cotton Warp
Blankets. YHrHs Of every size and quaiIty, aud
other articles too annmetonS TO mention
Highly Hupt eciatlnR the patronage extended to
tho late finn. we hope by employing none but
the nost sEliied wOi kmen and by 81 Sc Apprica;
ton TO business and honest dealings, 20 TneTt n
continuance OF same to the new firm.
< YOUNG 81 1IMBERIsAEE,
Successors TO tImbeTlaE" 81 Young.
o. We are also IN the MAJ ket for WOOL. and
are orehar. to pay the highest cush prices.
May is. 1873 -h1D Y.&.T
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-10-26
oFr1cr F1nr & MARINE Insurance Co..,

WHEELING. W. VA, March 81. 1875.
Rssoir,d, That tue proposition If che Peabody
Insurance Company of Wheeling, for the rein
surance OF the hire business of this Company. be.
and the same is hereby acc"Die", and the Pres
ident of tbs Company. together with MeSsIs
Reid. Gns' ORR and O'Brien. are hereby appoint ed
u committee to cOnSnnmate the transfer of Teru-
slTance. Provided. that upon examination by
the committee of the assets OF the Peabody IT.
su ance Company: 1t is found to be perfectly re-
sponsibIe.
ISiguedI G. Fl. COLLIER. Secy.
lSiguedl A. WILSON, Pest.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-10-26

FINE PorAroEs.-we have, been shown
beautiful lot of Potatoes raised by Mr.. Gideon
Leisshhr::usI. Ct This place. They are of the
'.tPserIess" gariety. and the crop is over three
hundred bushels in bulk s., raised from about
eighteen; bashelsef sesda --rs
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-10-26

PRnpEurYIN MARKEr.-The
attention of capitalists is called to the adver-
'tisement Of the Ha!ItoWn Paper MilI Prop
srty. Eve undivided sixth parts of which will
be offered at public sale on Friday, November
18th. 1915. This is one of the most valuable
pieces Of property in Jefferson county. its To-
cation one ofthe hest. and it should command
the serious attention of those who have money
20 invest. -.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-10-26
SCHOOL booKs! SCHOOL BooKs ]

My stock is complete with all tho icrc ut sorts
w OF BuoES uset by tn. different Schools. His-
tOrIeG. Granmors, Readers,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-10-26

REVIVAL AT UNIoNvILLE.-An extern
sive revival of religion has been iu progress
IN the NJ. E. Church South. at Uniouville, in
this county, for several weeks, in charge of
Rev. A, A. P. Neel, assisted by Rev. Dr.
Register Presiding Elder. Upwards of thirty
persons have been converted. aud yet nuns
Der, Of ,pe0itents are seeking salsatiou.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-10-26

CONE TO ENTHUSIASTICALLY Rev. Jno.
w.. lea, has removed to Martiusburg and
taken possession of the ReetOry of Trinity
Episcopal Church, of that city Many re-
erets atrtheir departure from Jefferson will
follow him and his estimsble lady to their
ns1 abo1essGr sH
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-10-26

FoR SALE.-A Grover & Baker Sewing
[MaehinSes4asiinls y good oorderZCheau Enquire
Ut the Spirit Office. ''is-'7 - ''s'
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-10-26

A FULL IiBr Of Paints. Oils and VArHisbes. AZ
a Nov 3. 1874. HENDERSON'S.
A L l. airs " irdoy Glass and the hest putty at
n Nov g. 1874 HESDERSOE'S
OR-EEtTaets lemon Vanilla. Ginger. &c.san
for al hsvorins EsseneeP, sr.. gni0
nov 3. 1914. HEHDERSOEB..
1NHE best quality of White and AIotIled CASTLE
] Sosp At HENDERSON cos.
Nov. ,. 1914. Sign big Hand.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-10-26

Upon examination of the assets and liabilities
of the Peabody Insurance Company I'VE fully
satlsf ii as to its responsibility
[SIGnedl JOHN REID,
A. VIII son.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-10-26
LOCAL ALMTELIIeEacf.

ia WOOD AND UoRN.-Those who pro.
a,pOse furnishing the 4Spirst establishment with
Wood viii plesse1repo the fac. in practical
way at Once. Those who have promised us
60 corn viii also please deliver it. ~
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-23

OLDEST BIBLE MANUSCRIPTS
The two most ancient manuscripts OF
the Bible known are the Codex Sin
aiticus of the Imperial Library at St.
Petersburg, and the Codex Vaticanus,
of the Vaticanus, of the Vatican Lii
brary at Rome, both of which are be-
lieved to have been written about the
middle of the fourth century A. D. The
Sinaiticus, so called because it was OBJ
tanned Gin 1850 from the convent of
st. Catharine, on Mount Siuai, is sup
posed by Tischendorf, it's discoveror, to
be one Of the fifty copies of the Scrip
lures which the Emperor Constantine
directed to he made for Byzantium, in
the year 331, under the case Of Ces-
area. 1t consists of 345 IL leaves of
verv fine vellum, made either from the
skins of antelopes or asses, each leaf
being IA rs inches high by 73 1-2 inch
es wide. The early history of the Vati-
can manuscript is not known, but it
appears in the first catalogue of the
Natican Library Of 1475. Itis quarto
volume, containing 146 leaves of fle,
thin vellum. each 10 IL inches high
and 10 broad Both manuscripts are
written in Greek uncials, or capital let
ters, are without spaces between the
words, and have no marks Of punctu-
alton. .-Appleton's american Cyc1ope-
dia, Revised Edition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-23

To be saved is to be brought into
Christ's kingdom, and that is moral
condition, state of soul, and Christ is
name for definite character or
group of qualities. Whoever accepts
him by accepting the sway of these
qualities in his life and character is
Christ's. Whoever accepts Christ
merely as name, or in technical and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-23
CONNECTIONS !:

At Milwaukee with Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul. and Western Union Railways.
At Plymouth with Sheboygan L Fond du Lac
Railway, for Fond du Lac and Sheboygan
At Green Bay with Green Bay & Minnesota
Railways, for New London, and Chicago 4
sofa Railway. for Grand Rapids, and points
Vest.
At Junction City with Wisconsin Valley Rail-
way, for Wausau.
Ell, PHILLIPS, General Manager.
III, PRATT, Gen, T, A. Mil,
B, BACON, AssirtaAt,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-23

*Dinner. tSupper.
Trains run daily Sundays excepted.
Trains run on Chicago time, which is % min
utes faster than Win2na time
At Green Bay with c. 4 ". R'y for 0eonto,
Menomonee Escanaba, Marquette, IAnse,
Appleton, Neenah & Menasha, Oshkosh, Fond
du Lac, Milwaukee and Chicago.
G. b. 4 NJ. arrives at Green Bay Station at
$40
c. T. N w. leaves Green Bay Station at 6:5O
p.
with Wis Cenrtal R. R. for Milwaukee and
points on line of their road.
Also with Union Steamboat Co.'S Line of First
Class Freight and Passenger Boats for Detroit,
Cleveland and Buffalo Erie R'y for Eastern
Cities. Through Tickets sold at Principal
Stations.
Et New London, with the best equipped Stage
line in the Northwest, for Clintonville, EN-
barrass and ShawanO.
At Amherst Junction with ". C. r. R., for Wau-
paca, Weyauwega, Medina, Milwaukee and
Chicago.
At Piover with fast line of stages for Stevens
Point arriving at 8 o'clock p. IN.
At Grand Rapids with W. V. R. R., for Tomah
and Wausau.
At Hatfield with Omnibus line for Neiilsville.
At Merriam with W. W. R. r., for Black, River
Falls, Madison, Chicago, Eau Claire. Menom-
once, Hudson Saltwater, ST. Paul, Minneapo
lis and Breckenridge.
At Winona with C. NJ. & st. P. R'y, for Lit
Crosse, La Crescent, connecting with c. d. y
NJ. for Dubuque and Stations on their line,
Wabasha, Redwing, Hastings, ST. Paul and
Minneapolis.
And with Winona & St. Peter R. R. for ST.
Charles, Rochester, Owatonna, Mankato, and
With keokuk Northern Line A. I. Packets for
all Mississippi River Points.
D. NJ. KELLY, Gen'l Manager,
S. b. KENRlCK, Supt.,
r. w. NATHAN,
GeD'l Pass. and Ticket Agent,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-23

1.ATNs GOING WEST. TRAINS GOING EAST.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-23

In Probate Court-Wood County Court.
In the matter of the Estate of Frank Y. Juneau
deceased.
Letters testanentary on said estate having
been granted to Joseph Reyaume, and three
months from and after the 10Th day of Novem-
Der, A. D, 1885, being allowed for creditors to
present their claims against said deceaed for
examlnation and allowance.
Notlce is hereby given that the Judge
shia county Court will ON FEBRUARY 18th 1876, at
me PROBATE office in the City of Grand Rapids.
M eMnarllne and adjust all claims and demands of
All persons agasnst the said deceased
l. L. MOSHER, County Judge.
nov.1Sw5t
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-23
GRAND THURSDAY, DEC. %, 1875

theologic way, and not in sympathy
and personal affinity, will miss the end
of faith. Christian uniion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-23

MICRosCoPIc.-A we'll known natural.
ist tells of an insect seen with micros-
cope of which twenty-seven million
would not make a mite Insects OF
various kinds may be seen in the cav
tiles of a common grain of sand.
Mold is a forrest of beautiful trees,
with branches. leaves, flowers, and fruit.
Butterflies are fully tcathered. Hairs
are hollow tubes. The surface of our
bodies are coveredwith scales like a
fish single grain of sand would
cover one hundred and fifty of these,
scales and yet single Gale
covers five hundred pores.
Through these narrow openings the
sweat forces itself out like water throu-
gh sieve. The mires make FIVE hun
dred steps a second. Each drop of
stagnant water contains world of ami
mated beings, swimming with as much
liberty as whale in the sea. Each
leaf has a colony of insects grazing
upon it, like oxen on a meadow.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-23
First National Bank.

Grand Rapids. Wis, Nov. 29th 1875.
NOTICE is hereby given that a meeting of
~ the stockholders of this Bank for the
election of directors for the ensuing year will
January, a. D. 1876, at o'clock p. N.
". u. CoCERAN, Cash,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-23
IF. TNGRAHAM & Co., Publishers.
GREEN BAY AND MINNESOTA
RAILROAD

SUMNER TIME TABLE IN EEFFECT DEC.
10, 1875.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-23
EI HAYDEN,
Abstracts of Title
To Real Estate,
81 WOOD COUNTY, WIS.
CoRRECT Your TITLES AND TAX AND ASSESS
MENT ROLLS.

have prepared complete abstract of titles
TO real estate in Wood County, Wis, and can on
short notice giveinformation to title to any
tract of land in the county. PAY TAXES. Make
collections. Agent for Continental and Phoenix
Eire InS. Cos. Grand rapsds, Wis.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-08-19
The Land of Horse.

A correspondent writes: The moment
you enter the famous Blue Grass region
you hear nothing but horse talk. The
stable-boys banter pedigrees in nomen-
clature of their own. The men utter
pedigrees with volubility like the flow
ing of never-ending stream. Even
the ladies Of polite society will chatter
pedigrees, and talk rs huently of sire and
dam as if they had received their accom-
plishments in the precincts of the breed
ing portions of toe stock-farms. Every
where it is hor1e, mare, FLY, foal, geld
ing. The stables are swarming with
them, the streets are alive with them, the
fields are dotted with them like the cat
tie on thousand hills; and the visitor,
even though he came merely to see, has
a secretiveness and obstinacy more pro-
found than the mysteries of the Sphinx,
if he does not buy, before he comes away,
some little equine specimen for which he
has no earthly use. There is certain
Freemasonry or brotherly love among
the horse-dealers of Kentucky. If one
breeder has nothing in the horse lire to
answer your demands, he will furnish
you with saddle-horse and accompany
you for miles around the neighborhood
to inspect stock which he assure will just
suit your fancy. Their houses are thrown
open to your entertainment. The rarest
wine of corn and the freshest of mint,
and the richest of Attorney cream and
tenderest of spring chickens are offered,
with a princely generosity, to feed the
flame of your horse fever, which must
not be allayed till you have left your
money behind you on some Of the stock
farms. That is the logic of all the atten-
tionsand pedigrees and horse enthusiasm,
and it is wonderful how the interest is
kept up year after year, and how the
surplus funds of our wealthy horse fam
ciers are poured, with an increasing vol
ume, into the Golfers of the stock-raisers
of the Blue Glass regions.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-08-19
A Cat Assaulted by Robins.

The Troy Times mentions an interest
ing instance of Robins protecting their
young. 1t says: While a short dis
lance from the city, yesterday, we heard
robins chirping in the leafy top of tall
elm. A large car from neighboring
house stood under the tree gazing aloft
and watching the feathered songsters as
they fitted hither and thither. Her eye
was eager and gamey, and she evidently
longed for some tender birds meat. The
robins, it appears, had a nest of young
ones, and the mother bird, observing the
crouching attitude of the cat far below,
was filed with anxiety for the safety of
her little ones. She set up q loud, chat
tering cry, and for moment both parent
birds flew about the nest wildly and nois-
lily. Finally they swept down straight
for the cat, their huttering wings and inn
petuosity driving her away on run. As
she neared the gateway of a house, and
was about to enter, ,one.-of- the robins
swooped down and give the cat sharp
.clip on the back with its .beak. The cat
rushed into the doorway, and up the
robins rose and sought the nest Of the
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-08-19
Interesting Town.

A correspondent of the Boston Journal
writes: A few miles away from Shelter
Island, on the eastern end of Long
Island, lies the ancient town of East
Hampton. 1t consists of one long street,
on which were formerly the houses, the
old church and two burying grounds,
one at each end of the town, laid out in
the form of coffin. The people were
buried in the middle of the street, with
their faces toward the west. But one
tombstone faces the east, and that is over
the grave of the old minister, Rev. Mr..
James. He ordered his friends to bury
him in that position that he might face
his congregation in the resurrection.
This fact is recorded on his tombstone.
The old Beecher mansion remains as it
did in the early years of Lyman Beech
ers ministry. 1t is a large-sized two
story mansion, end to the street; the
sides covered with shingles and in the
old manner. But internally it is en-
tirely changed. The door is in the center
of the house, and the right-hand lower
room was Dr. Beecher's study. A huge
forest tree rises in stately proportions
above the dwelling, evidently older than
Uut ulluISbIy vi LIZ DtCCuCis 4NCai phlo
house is the dwelling of j. Howard
Paine, who wrote Home, Sweet Home"
He was born in the town, educated in
the Academy, and wrote his celebrated
lines in the dwelling, which still remains.
1t is an old-fashioned wooden building,
the walls of the parlor being ceiled, and
an ancient buffet, carved, occupies cor
ner of the room. Nobody seems to know
any thing about Mr.. Paine, what room
he wrote in, or any thing of the circum-
stances connected with his early or later
years. Had he been born, or had he
lived in Kamtchatka, he would not have
been any more stranger to his native
place than he is now. Talmage has his
summer residence in this town. 1t is a
plain cottage in sight of the ocean, with
out a shade tree or shade anywhere
around it. The house was built by his
brotber-in-law. The ocean view is a fine
one from the house, but the Deserts of
Sahara are scarcely more desolate.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-08-19
but no one knew what the stone man

but no one knew what the stone man
thought about it.-&. Nicholas.
"JAcK-IN-THE-PULpIT" -IsMs.-Light-
ming is composed ofelectricity. Kites are
connected with it in some way. Probably
by the string. A big man proved this
once to the complete satisfaction of the
youthful mind, and his memory has
been honored ever since. He was so
good that grown people rarely speak of
him without a sigh, and young people,
ifleft to themselves, never mention him
at all. He was born in Philadelphia,
and he is to be honorably mentioned at
the Centennial, by the natives.
Mushrooms and Teadstools are ex-
planned as confusing objects in fields.
You can tell how many years old
they are by saving off their heads
and counting the rings on the top of the
stump. No, Pm thinking of oaks. Oaks
are slow growers. Mushrooms and toad
stools are not.
1t is important to know the difference
between tOadstoOls and mushrooms; but
it is not worth while trying to learn
this difference unless you belong to q
very lOng-lived family, and don't object
to being poisoned at the end. 1t takes
years to find out, and authorities differ.
The only sure test is to eat one. If you
live, it is a mushroom. If you die, it's a
tOadstOOl.
Miasma is one of the charms of
the country. City folks are afraid of
it. Though abundant in most ATTITUDES,
it is hard to find, because it is always a
few miles down the road" 1t causes
chills and fever, and Injuries property. 1t
very bad for little girls and boys, and
often catches them if they go out after
dark against the wishes of their parents.
"Speci6c gravity" is a wonderfully
important subject for young p,ople. 1t
affects the very food they eat, and, in
one way or another, enters into nearly all
the affairs oflife. If you put lump of
sugar in water, you'll have beautiful
instance of specific gravity sweetened
water being much denser than water
without sugar. However, If you eat the
sugar and drink the water, the expert
ment can be carried on internally, and
you can 60 out and play, without
troubling yourself any more about it,
which is just as well in August.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-08-19
Household Helps.

PURE WHITEwAsH.-One pound of
pulverized alum, one pound of rice; boil
them in four gallons of water; pour over
half bushel of unslacked rock lime.
Stir we'll, and cover for an hour, then
add six gallons of cold water. Stir well,
and add quart of alcohol. Thin, if
necessary.
To PREVENT KEROSENE EXPLODING.
"A great many accidents are happening
every day from the use of kerosene. l
will tell you method by which they
can be to a great extent prevented, and
I hope you will publish it for the benefit
of poor people who are obliged. to buy
cheap oils. If the body of the lamp is
filled with cotton, such as jewelers. use
to wrap their articles in, after it is stuffed
lightly, it will receive one-half the guam
tity of oil which it would if the cotton
were not put in. If any accident hap
pens the oil can not spill or flow about,
but is as it were stopped up" in the cot
ton, which burns like iagot, but all
in one one place.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-08-19
Foreign Fun.

From Punch. Fun, and Judy.l
SUCH is LIFE.-Old Please,
sir, give me penny to buy bread; Pm
starvingp
Philanthropist-"Don't stop me, my
good woman, I've nothing to give. Be-
sides, Pm in hurry. I've got to speak
at the Society for the Relief of the Des-
titute."
INDIA-Go.-The members of SEINE out
landish religious sect in India recently
hymn, intending to propitiate the Nep-
tune of their mythology. The incident
adds new point to the line in one of our
own hymns about "India's choral strand"
ONE FOR GRAMMARIANs.-Mam
ooh, Allie, you must not speak such bad
GRAMMAR"
Alfie-"Why notp
Mamma-"Becaus incorrect grammar
CRATES on the ear of those who speak it
we'll"
Alfie-"Serve them right for learn
ing it,"
HIS OWN WAY.-Materfamilias-
"John, love, you know you said there
was sure to be something wrong about
Dieppe, because it was foreign, and all
that. Well, there can't be anything
wrong, for wrote to the agent, and I've
just received letter from him, saying
there is only one apartment unlet in the
whole town. Do let me telegraph and
secure it at oncep
Chorus-"Yes, do, papa! Fancy =
only one apartment unlet in the whole
town.
Paterfamilias (grimly)-"Only one
apartment inlet in the whole town?
Then there's sure to be something wrong
about that apartment"
DANGEROUS WEAPoN.-Papa, whose
slumber has been disturbed by Johnny,
who wants gunpowder for an old High
land pistol, has told the hopeful to ask
his ma for some flour.
Johnny-"Ma says it's all nonsense,
pa"
Papa-"Oh, see, I've made a mis-
take; it's Scotch pistol--ask her to
give you some oatmeal"
"WE'LL NOT CARRY CoALs"-Shaks-
peare: "Romeo and Juliet" Act l, Scene
1.-"rNot your place, but Mary's, to take
up the Goals to the nurseryP You con-
sequential little monkey! Why, you
couldn't give yourself more airs if you
were butler ~
"Ah! though l mayn't be butler, I
ave the feelin's of One!"