Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-06-30
CRAVE ND EAY.

a letter from one tramp 10 ..nJ,.ier
wa picked up in Fai:hav-n, Vermont.
the other day, which closed as follows
~ wont ketch me in this stat agin nv
! advise to IL tn GO back tn YORK ceer
clere of vermont fur it IL not q goo! hum
for sensativ tramp"
! d. notwithstanding her tep,orab,e
mental condition the ex-Empress Char.
lOtte of Mexico is in excellent i.,.;,y
HEALTHY and it is said that she IS now
more attractive in appearance than She
was before her widowhood.
Speaking of the great men that con
stitutes the Hayes cabinet, the Indepen-
dent says: Every one has great biz
mouths, noses and ears. The size Of the
fourteen ears and seven noses 81 the
cabinet is something remarkable. Mr..
Evarts' ears and nose, compared with
his body, are immense"
America Is re queer country
viseet one fine house wiz friend Eat in
wife me. l say, BEG parzen, bin
mooch thirsty" an re peoples quickly
go bring one beeg.-very Deeg pitcher
wiz glass and puts zem before ME, an
smile an smile---oh! 70 sweetly; An
Eat waz not wine---nO, no, zat waz all
waiter my cote ~ see nOthinks zu
smile bout in Eat waiter.
A local correspondent Of the Boston
Transcript writes: Zone Sunday. in
the absence of the teacher, l took charge
of class of boys of from four 20 six
years of age. Speaking the truth, Wa,
the basis of our conversation together.
l asked the boys if either of them could
tell the story of George Washington ana
his little Ratchet. One os the boy
promptly began telling the story, and
was listened 10 most attentively 10y tie
dozen or more of the class One little
fellow, who had given the most careful
attention, turning his head a little to
one side, his bright eyes swapping, and
with most determined expression upon
his face, exclaimed, "Well, Mr.. B.,
] don't care, my father had an oleander
bush and cut it down. He asked me
i'll did it. I told him l did--and he
licked me-"
The Burlington Hawkeye man is p.
we'll as could be expected. He gave the
baby some paragoric the other day and
launched out thus: death, while pass
ing through Des Moines county one day,
met an Iowa tramp going to Burlington
to beg his breakfast. 'Ah!' exclaimed
the King of Terrors, with a grim smile,
I'd give 81 900 to get hold of one Of you
fellows But the tramp only laughed
in a sardonical manner, and giving
Death a kick that made his anatomy
rattle like street car, passed on TO his
repast while the King of Terror sat down
on the hillside and cried with vexation.'
And then he Immediately turned right
around and did thus: "a man on Pond
street went down to New York bank.
rupt sale the other day and bought Il
beautiful spring suit, imported goods,
worth $S5 for $50. The first day he
wore it he was caught in a drenching
rain, and then as he walked out in the
sunshine his new clothes began to shrink
up around lis shoulders and pulled his
arms out of joint, and his trousers gath
cred themselves up like balky horse
picked the man up, walked him along
on his tip toes for half block, and
were ja-t on the point Of twisting him
clear over garden fence, when his sus.
penders gave way and let them fly right
over his head and he never saw them
oUainO