The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-26

the river to the Eternal as Saturday
night.
Miscellaneous Notes.
Spinner, who is in Florida, writes
his signature on the sands of a bayou,
and the aligators come up to look at
it and immediately get the jim jams.
elbow one thing brings up another, -
said Il lady, absorbed in pleasing retro.
spection. "Yes,'' replied the practi-
cal Dibbs; san emitic for instance"
''You don't buy boquets of me as
you used to- said Madison street
florist to u sad-eyed man, the other
day. ''No, twas the pathetic reply, 81 m
married now.'' And while the florist
turned into his shop, the young man
turned down the street toward a hard
ware store.
swell, Pat,' said an indulgent mas
ter to his coachman, who had Just
been describing the glories of a St.
Patrick's Day dinner. 'swas your appe.
tite sated?'' 'sSated, is it, yer Honor
Sure, an it wasn't, It had to shtand
up along wild meself most of the
time.''
There is q deacon in Cleveland who
is training ut present with the noble
army of independent voters. The
other day a party man twitted him
with being on the fence. Eyes" said
our deacon, II am OH the fence, and
there | propose to stay as long rs it is
50 confoundedly muddy on both
sides.''
lis that the way to Aberdeen % ask
ed gentleman of man who WAS
breaking stones. ''Noo, whaur did We
come frae - was the thoroughly Scotch
answer. ''What business is it of yours
where l come from?'' returned the
gentleman, angri]y. "Ou, jist as
muckle as it is whaur ye're ga,,n,' re-.
piled the lapidary, quietly resuming
his occupation.
Ephemera die all at sunset, and no
insect of this class has ever sported in
the beams Of the morning sun. Hap
pier are We, little human ephemera {!
le played only in the ascending beams,
and in the early dawn and in the east
ern light; We drank only of the preli-
bations of life; lowered for a little
space over u world of freshness and
blossoms, and fell asleep in innocence
before the morning dew was exhaled.
An obliging gentleman, who thinks
that personal favors do not cost much,
while they make friends, was applied
to by a ''Nigger' for certificate of
character, by which he might get a
situation. The testimonial proving to
be more complimentary than Scipio
himself had expected, that worthy, on
recovering from his establishment, ex-
claimed: s:Say, Mr.. -, won't you
glib me something to do yerself on dat
recommendation -
''Bonnymune, said the connoisseur.
there's an anld folio-it's play book
that wad like to borrow fora while.
if there's nae objection % "Borrow!'
replied the Laird; ''the chaps doitit,
think. Didna tell We to cart ava
the hale lot o them? Pit the folio in
your saddle-bags, man; max kirk
and mill OF, or licht your pipe with
the paper This despised volume
happened to be the yeritable first edi-
ton OF Shakespeare, rarity now al
most unattainable by collectors at any
price. and which afterward, 1lankcd
by the second and third editions, all
richly and uniformly bound in Russian
leather, was sold to the late Mr.. James
Rouche, Of Castle Granagh, for 5000.
So much for the Laird of Bonnvmune' s
worldly prudence in regard to his esti-
nation Of old books.
The death of the lioness ''Old Girl.''
we'll known to Dublin folks, was at
tended by touching incident. When
dying, old lions are much tormented
by rats knawing their tails. During
health, they rather welcome the yer
min, and lie blinking at them rs they
frisk about their cage nibbling the
bones that are left from their 1.-THE
lion's) dinner. To prevent this annoy
ance, a terrier WAS put into ':Old
Girl's'' cage. At first she growled,
but when she saw the dog ''fetch'' the
first rat, toss it up and catch it in a
professional manner across the back,
with one quick fatal snap, she drew
the brave animal to her, licked it and
fondled it; and in her shaggy breast
it slept every night, her great protect
ing paw oyer it. During the six weeks
OF the lioness' illness the rats had
rather hard time of it. s'Old Girl
had borne fifty four cubs, and had rear
ed fifty, bringing in by the sale of her
progeny fl 300 to the Gardens. She
was the handsomest lioness ever rear
ed in the country.