The Osceola times., 1875-10-30
NUMBER 36.
PARAGRAPHS OF THE PERIOD.

you Dig hiaiE wen "
musingly answered the parent.
"Whv." Cause | heard some men
talking at the hotel, and they said yon,,
were one of the biggest men in town.
"Wen, | suppose do stand pretty
high" replied the parent, looking
pleased and consequential. There was
half minute of silence, and then the
boy added: "They said it was a won
der how you carried your feet around!
The boy can't understand yet why he
should have received box on the ear
which made his head roar for two leg
hour.
Az aged colored woman in Calves
ton, when urged to leave her residence
TO escape the recent food, replied;
IL Jess don't done nothing OBJ dc kind;
de rood book SAYS dat de world don't
get stroyed by water again, an Use
gwine to stay here suah. In less than
two hours the house went to pieces,
and Aunty came padding to shore on
a part of the roof. The old womans
faith was somewhat shaken, but all she
said as she made her way to the higher
ground was, 81 jess clare to goodness II
dis ere isn't 'markablc.'
HAVE you ever watched an icicle a.
it formed You noticed how it frozc
one drop at time, until it was foot
long or more. II the water was clean
the icicle remained clear, and sparkled
in the sun, but if the water was
slightly muddy, the icicle looked foul,
and its beauty spoiled. just so our
characters are forming. One little
thought or feeling at time adds its
influence. If every thought be pure
and right, the soul will be lovely, and
will sparkle with happiness; but If
impure and wrong, there is always
wretchcdness.
THE husband and wife had ar
ranged that when one was drunk the
other should work, thus keeping on
every day. But once John kept drunk
for three days, and came home in dis
trcss. "And what are you crying
about asked his helpmate. "Oh, |
feel 50 unhappy cried John. I'm
happy. and you've been drunk while
I've been working ever since day be-
fore yesterday. DO you expect to be
an angel"
IT would be little funny to see
the Russians fooled about Alaska,a For
some time after the purchase Of That
territory by the United States govern
mcnt, they used sIyly to nudge each
other and hint that they had got much
the better of that bargain; but now,
the finding of extensive silver mines is
reported there, and if Alaska should
develop sources of wealth like Nevada,
the fun would not be quite all on the
Russian side.-S. Louis Gtobe-Demo-
cro.
TnE Picton Gazette saws Mrs. Rorkc,
wife of the mate of schooner Union
Jack, which sunk in Lake Erie re-
Gently, saved her preserved peaches,
although the vessel sank in five
minutes. The woman who, with jar
Of preserved peaches in each hand,
can calmly await death il worth hav-
ing, although sugar is ten cents a
pound.-OsreJo Palladium.
In the matter of perseverance the
world must learn the lesson from BOYS.
A boy does not sink into despair If tho
first burr he throws at another Roy
fails to stick; he keeps on with steady
aim and a stoical Indifference to ill.,
fortune, and though he may have
missed his mark dozen times, he f.
nally succeeds in decorating pair of
trowscrs in the most satisfactory man.
ncr.
| A TEXAS judge is credited with the
following neat decision "The fact il,
Jones, the Jail is an old rickety affair,
ns cold as. an iron wedge. You ap-
piled to this court for release on bail.
giving it as your opinion that you
would freeze to death there. The
weather has not moderated, and to
keep you from freezing / will direct
the sheriff to hang you at four O'Clock
this afternoon
IS some churches choirs are per
mtted to sing their own voluntorics
with which to close the service. At
the funeral of distinguished gentle
man of Massachusetts, the singers sang
of their own accord:
"ijelieving We rejoice
| To see the curse removed"
"WoN'T you cut open penny for
me father?' said little girl when she
came home from school ono day.
"Cut open penny! What do YOU
want me to do that for?" asked her
father. Cause" said the little girl.
"our teacher says that in every penny
there are four farthings, and | want
to sec them
BoGARDus, the demoniac pigeon
murderer, can shoot fifty innocent
birds in eight minutes without ruffiiny
his conscience. If there are such
things as special providences, the day
will come when this terrible man will
involuntarily blow into the muzzle of
his gun to see if it is loaded.
MONOGRAM waist belts are the !a,cst
agony among the would-be conspicuous
pirIs of the neriod Atm Distance tLo,