The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-09-06
WIT AND WISDOM.

DURING thunderstorm two dogs
that howled dismally at night were
struck by lightning. Howling dogs
should cut this out and paste it in their
bats.-Norgistos0n Herald.
THE mosquito biteth where 1t hste'n,'
and man beareth the sound thereori but
NO man knoweth whence it cometh, or
whittier it goeth. This also is vaniIy
and vexation of spirit.-Ro'''e oe'''',.Ss'
OxE of the best efforts of the Rev. Ut.
Henson, a Baptist divine, Is lecture OF
I" Fools On 3 recent occasion inc
tickets for this lecture were lacohlcany
TINS. "Lecture on Fools. Admit one
The house was full, and in due time tne
ond;.,nce saw the immensely of the hit.-
Montreal Herald
II the Nez Perces will kindly spare
Con Howard. 1t is probable arrange
monts viii he maa>e 10 promote nun "
the position of AssoeiA, ECU rress Asens'
He has such cheerful Wy O' 't@nS
hitting dreary intelligence thst Us seIV-
ices in such capacity would be I'M
able.--Philadelphia Times.
AT recent funeral in Danbury, the
services were delayed in waiting for the
attendance of a neighbor. As the pa
thence of those gathered was nearly
exhausted, the little daughter of the
tardy friend appeared and said her ma
had baking in the oven and would
have to wait until it came out.-Ddn-
bury NeDs.
THE cruel fates never appear half so
grim and pitiless as when they marry a
| girl who has gone through Vassar, and
can play divinely, paint like an angel,
dance like fairy, and slam the front
door in seven languages, to a man who
owes for the clothes he was married in,
begs his tobacco, and buys his wood
half cord at time.-HGDkeye.
Now that the excitement over the
riots has wholly subsidized, it is proper to
consider the lessons they teaeh-one of
which is that the enthusiastic rioter es-
capes with a broken suspender while
the innocent spectator has an iron ram
rod shot through his abdomen by an ex-
cited Worcester Press.
"THEsE are such small peaches"
said the man to the dealer. "Wal,
ya-as," answered the dealer, "they are
rather little, but what else can you ex-
pect but they would be stunted-like,
takin' inter count the war this year, an
hard times, an the strike, an what not,
AM This was all the other man
stopped to hear of the argument.-Cbt-
cGg0 Journal.
"THIs may seem work of supererO-
CATION" he remarked, as he toddled
down to the front gate, and commenced
operations ON the hinges with feather
and bottle of oil, ''but the critical pc
Rod is approaching when young man
has to be handled very delicately, and
Just the least little bit of a setback may
throw things. The smallest creak
might be disastrous and this gates got
to stand for two girls more besides Imo-
gene. Puck.
"SAY, mister" said small boy to
one of the assistants at the public libra
~, 81 can't find the books | want to git
into these here catalOgs. | wish yer'd
find i'm for me' ''What work do you
wish to draw" paternally inquired the
official. "Well, hev yer got 'Mulligan,
the Masher'; or, 'The Cory Cabot OF
the Galtees'? '' The man shook his
head. swell, I'd like 'Red-Headed
Ralph, the Ranger of the Roaring Rial
to-" ave don't keep any of that kind
of trash, my boy" "Wot sort of Ii
berry is this, anyway" retorted the
gamin. "Wy, it's just like every thin
else in this country-run for the rich,
an the poor workingman gifts no show
! at all. Boston Traveller.
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