The Osceola times., 1876-06-24
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SCIENTIFIC men diaer as to whether
andelions or cowslips make lhe best
'greens'' to 20 with . boiled dinner.
The safest way Is to go between them,
and take ice cream and strawberry short-
cake.
Mushrooms sre delicious, but toad
st6tls are poisonous, yet II 10 vcry din
cult to tell one tora the other. An ef-
fective plan. however, has9cen proposed.
Eat the object, and II you die Il 10 =
toadstool If you live it is = mushroom.
THK young bas with which James
river was seeded are pronounced per
feet success. A Virginia paper says
"they grow faster and are better fish
than any ever caught In our waters, the
brook trout aloue excepted"
As the dew falls SoiselesIy upon the
tender heritage. ~ the pfessnt passes ~
lently into the past, a. the peSiume Of
kindly act rises heavenward uDa1onl0
the hired girl slips out the ba1 ~
nights with little tea and sugar i0f her
relatives.
THE new cook ION receiving "shert"
notice to leave, with hint that she has
given false character -" An Ia 1t mo
false character ye're afther casting in me
teeth A II I'd be bringing me thrue
character wild me, to loose It in your
dirty service !"
HENRY" she said, you don't know
what soothing influence you have on
me-" my darling" he whispered
softly, while glad light came into HIS
eyes, lean it be 20 ~ Yes, she said,
"when you are around | always feel like
going to Sleep
The new lawn game iscalled "vexlllo,"
As 1t IL said 70 resemble croquet, II "
supposed that the way to play 1t IL for
one player to make misstroke, and then
tell the other that she cheats, after which
they both pitch their mallets over the
fence and go into the house.
ANintelligcn foreigner, passing through
the streets Of Philadelphia, took out his
note book at the end Of long walk and
made a little memorandum 10 the effect
that "eighty-nine PR centum OF the
population Of Philadelphia are members
Of tho powerful family Of Roomstolet."
A good many workers
I've known in my time
Some builders Of houses
Some builders Of rhyme
And they that were prospered
Were prospered, know,
BY the intent end meaning OF
"Iioe your own row."
In replying to toast to his health, on
q recent occasion, Lord Shaltesbury told
the story Of man who said, when his
| lordship was presented with donkey by
ccstermongersi 10 London: Somehow the
or other, ! shall never again see donkey
without thinking Of your lordship."
The Catholic csrlinal archbishop OF
Paris receives $4,000 per annum; the
four cardinal arshbishops Of Bordeaux,
Rouen, Cambria, and Rennes, and the
archbishop of Algien, $4,000 each; the
twelve other archbishops, $4,000 each,
and the sixty.nine bishops IN France and
Algeria, $1,000.
The Mexican Diario declares that If
the United States "invade Mexico ON
any pretext, the government will defend
the soil with energy" The solicitude Of
the Mexican for his native soil il 10 great
that he habitually carries large guam
tity of 1t around with him, In order that
he can have it right where he can defend
1t in an emergency.
He must be q very bold man who can
20 up, without a shuddsr, into one Of
these big buildings where one hundred
and fifty lawyers have spread their webs
10 catch unwary clients--each little
Office dusty and dingy, and within the
legal spider waiting and watching. U 1t
is terrible i-iS. Louis Republican.
II there be such thing rs the trans
migration Of souls, don't you believe that
loafers are the forerunners Of geninses :?
Several of this species were sitting on the
pyst-office steps, in the subdued mood
peculiar to them, when one Of them,
whose hands clasped his knees, on which
his face rested, lifted his head and raid
weariedly, as il communing to himself !:
"Am doing wrong to think 70 much r
Dunbxry Ne,cs.
ADoNIs latter his guests have de-
parted)-" BY Jove, Maria, what hand
ZONE woman Mrs. Jones Is! She looks
better than ever!" His vile" Ahem
Well, It may be my bad taste, but ] own
have hitherto failed to detect the
beauty Of Mrs. Jones. Now, Mr.. Jones
is good looking! Come-hang IT, Maria,
Jones is a very good fellow but ! must
nay I've never perceived his good looks,
etc.
LAWYERS are sometimes very par.
ticular. The other day one was waited
upon by a young man, who began by
saying, '"My father died and made 9
will" els 1t possible? ] never heard
of such a thing" answered tie lawyer:
az thought 1t happened every day.
said the Young man "but IL there Is to
be any difficulty about II, ] had better
give you fee to attend to the bssi.
ness." The zee was given, and then the
lawyer observed, "Oh / think ] know
what you mean. You meant that your
father made will and died yes. yes
that must be it.