Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1875-12-23
DIAMOND SPRAY.

in sllbli1nity to a prairie on fire.
Running aWay-water from the sluices.
The miners are spiling their claims.
A Diamond-woolen wedding was the
novelty this week.
Check wins in this country-especiallv
if it is dimpled and rosy.
1.-Two so1es that beat as one" remarked
the boy to his mother, as she was dealing
with him for his sins with both slippers at
once.
If there Is anything in the world that
will make a woman mad, it is to have a man
hang over the fence and survey the weeks
washing on the line, and grin and grin and
grin.
Tim remarked to his wife, the other
evening, as he left home for the office: "Tll
be back by ten O'Clock, dear, if | don't meet
with any serious pull-back." 1t won't be
well for you to meet any pull-backs,
Timothy, serious or smiling, if I know it,"
said his better half.
Lady to servant-Mary, lido not approve
of your entertaining your sweetheart in the
Kitchen.
Mary-Well, ma'am, it's very kin O. you
to mention it; but he's from the country.
you see, ma'am, and I'm afraid he's too
shy and orkard in his manners, ma'am, for
you to like him to come up-stairs."
An apprentice sailor-boy fell from the
+" round top" to the deck, stunned, but lit
tie hurt. The captain exclaimed, in surprise,
why, where did you come from % sFrom
the North Of Ireland, yer honor,'' was the
prompt reply, as the poor fellow gathered
himself up.
A traveller visiting a cathedral was
shown by the sacristan among other mar
vels, q dirty, opaque, glass phial. After
cycling it some time, the traveller said "Do
you call this a relic? Why, it is empty"
Empty" retorted the s~acristan indignant
ly; "sir, it contains some of the darkness
that Moses spread over the land Of Egypt
"A clergyman, meeting a little boy of
his acquaintance, said: "This is quite a
stormy day, my son?' Eyes, sir,'' an
swered the boy =" this is quite a wet RAIN
The clergyman, thinking to rebuke such
hyperbole, asked if he ever knew of any
other than wet rain. Il never knew per-
sonally of any other,'' replied the boy "but
I've read in a certain book of a time when it
rained fire and birthstone, and I guess that
was not a very wet RAIN
"A Saratoga philosopher says that a sin
gle woman, as a general thing, can be told
from a wife; and yet, he has known many
u girl to be taken for a wife.
"A little girl in Boston cut her finger a
few days since, and the fond mother ordered
John to run quickly to Charles street and
bring a doctor. eff one amt in,'' were the
orders, "leave word and go to the next
John obeyed orders, and twenty-one doctors
called inside Of an hour.
-"I If Smith undertakes to pull my ears,''
said Jones, she will have his hands full,
now" The crowd looked at the mans ears,
and thought so, too.
George, dear, don't you think it rather
eNtravagant of you to eat butter with that
delicious jam? No, love-economical!
Same piece of bread does. for both!
An Englishman was Boosting to a Yam
kee that they had a book in the British Mu-
scum which was once owned by Cicero.
"Oh, that amt nothin' 1" retorted the Yam
kee " in the museum at Bosting they've
got the lead pencil that Noah used to check
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