The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-05-08
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" cheap drapery-tfe curtains Of the
night.
How to tell the weight Of a fish
By his scales.
What animals arc often seen at
funerals Black kids. 4ssx-,sf r..
Self made men are very apt to wor-
ship theif maker. T6'
T'im, / il money, aisa many people
pay their debts with n. 10 = - :. Z
A depraved ppnstef ssya he shall
smoke if he choOse too. - = ','s'''H y
Retiring early at night Will surely
shorten mans days. 81 f9i3s4.s fs
When q man l,ows to circumstances
he is forced to be polite. So . Il RI
A close observer says that the words
which ladies' are fontlest of are the
first and last words.
A dressn,aker's apprentice speaks
of her crOss-eyed lover as the fellow
whose looks nre cut bias. 81 y .
The one thing needfal for the per-
perfect enjoy Of love is cOnfi-
dencc---sanle with hash and sansages.
"I wisll1 was = pudding, mammal"
+" Why Z" "Cause I slst,ultl have
such lots Of sugar put Into me.' si.
A bright boy recently told his teach
CT there were three sects: the male
sect, the female sect, aud insects. t.
A baby in Milwaukee, Wis, has,
been christened "ZcrO." in honor of
the cold Sunday upon which lie was
born. Ia ) SD 4 % 81! i+-Ai
Why are the days in summer longer
than the days in winter Because it
is hotter in summer, and heat expands.
A Chicago deputy sheriff was re-
fused free admission to u Chicago
theatre. BY way If revenge he im-
pannelled the manager on l. petit jury.
Thespelling schools that are spread
ing all over Ohio are said to have
the fHct that woman
can spell Ave times better than a man.
Pleasaat-faced pst,pso are geoerally
the most welcome, hut tho ;snctioneer
is always pleased to see II sfnan whose
countenance Ia for bidding. ).
A printer, hard Of hearing, at -
spelling mattel, the other evening
asked the Captain ~ !" Write the
darned word down ~ u fcllow can tell
what 'tis." .f Sid.
A handkerchief Of William Penn
is to bc Oh exhibition at the ccnten-
nial, aud curious correspondent
writes TO ask il it il the original Peni,
wiper.-N. Y. Mail. 81
A newspaper biograpl,er trying to
say his subject g WAS hardly able to.
bear the demise of his wife," was made
by the cnexorahlc printer tO say,
+" wear the cl,emise If his wife,
A printer out. West, whose Office is
two miles from any other building,
aud who hangs his sign on the limb
Of ~ tree, aalvertises for u boy. He
says, "a boy from the country pre-
h:rred.'
Two 1rishlncn travelling on the Ral-
timnrc and Ohio railrOnd track, came
to mile post when Onc of thsns saitl':
'' Tread aisy, Pat; here HES man
lO6 years oll-his name was Miles
from Baltimore
First class in geography" How
many States in the Uni.,i, &" J" Tho
books say thirty -seven, but the news
papers have it thirty -niue." The
are AHEAD, as usual, my
son. Go e, the 1teaaI."
Mrs. Evarts said to Mr.. Evarts yes-
tciday morning: - Grt up asd open
the hampers, Willian,;' and Mr..
Evarts said abscntly, turning, OyeI for
another nap, :" Your honor will please
note my exception 'ls''z7 - '=
An Irishnan with 4 heavy bundle
on his sl,Onlder, riding ON the trout Of
a horse-car vas asked' Why he did not
set his bundle on the platform. He
replied: "Be jabl,ers, the horses
have enough to drag me. III carry
the bundle"
The DanbMrina is responsible for
the following: The lnn,tswain's pine
will not lc loaned to ,yon tn. smoke.
It's mistake I" ie4aire the time of
day by the larhsssra ,xAtch. Don't
think you can steer . boat because
yon have been q tiller Ut tile sail. ga
Miss Eastman of Boston sl,eaks Of
eyes as bright AZ l,nttons sssi an an
gels ui,slerclotlins.r II il . startling
comparison. and the nsslasel,ply part
of it il the snggrstion that We fellows
haye got t., te troubled with buttons
over there al well IA over here.
A country youth. who ,lesived to
know b"w t" lr.cnn,e rich, sest t,ar-
ter in answer t., an advertisement.
and received tie f,lIOMine valuable
recipe: ..Inerease your receipts and
decrease Your expenditures. ,'WUk
eighteen hours a day, and live on hash
aud oatmeal gruel.' "
\ contemporary a4ks: "What arc
the street lamps for ?" The man who
doesn't know what . street lamp ia
for is hardly tit to sit in an edit0rial
chair and luplsl puhlir opipi0D. Street