The Hickman courier., 1877-06-29
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/ Arm in arm with the onetbat lsnaws potatoes,
Say, now, Annie, don't Foa via that We wSfe dead
- The Boston school board refuse to
appoint or reeOmmissiOD female teachers
who are expected to marry soon. ,
"A superannuated Turkish officer has
Just been given position wbere.he will
have nothing to do. He is paymaster
.." When it can be arranged. as the
Bible suggests, so that only those with
out sin shall indulge in the pastime OF
throwing stones, we won't have 70 dodge
around as we do now"
." Aut official patronage aut nihil."
Boston Post o. course it.ought- The
world is pinioDed, checked, smotbered
by these absurd conventionalties. Off
cial patronage eught to be on The Nile
just as much as on the Potomac
Each day in turn serves to disipate,
one by one, the superstitions Of an
tiquity but there isn't enough time
marked down on the calendar to sufi % to
wean boy from TIE practice ~ spit ing
on his bait be ore he attempts 70 catch
any fish.
The butchers, b.lkers and trades
men generally are now all converts 10
the c. o. D. plan because they have
been defrauded so often by dishonest,
hotel keepers The chief poultry-man
there has &C. o. c." on his sign
9 as,ai. -, .'.isi-s.,s ?, --s-...
marry the women they love, and to love
women not cause they are ban'sum or
know how to play the pianer but be.
cause they can cook, an air satisfied to
eat a plain dinner and hev an idee of
religion and the valy Of truth.
Florence-"I have news for you,
dear Harry Burton has got command of
the Spit-fre" Estella And who on
earth is Harry Burton?' Florence
& Who2 Why, you were dying for him
when he sailed two years ago" Estella
-" Two years Ny dear girl, one dies
a great many times in two years. ."-Mqy-
fair.
There is horrible story from
Niagara A bride and bridegroom, with
the formers mother were standing on
the most dangerous point, when sud-
denly Mr.. Younghusband attempted to
push the old girl over the precipice, but
she was too quick for him, and hit him
one, two, three on the nose, and then the
whole party went to the Cave Of the
Winds for stormy consultation.
&C." Take you TO the West End for two
dollars" said Long Branch hackman
to a gentleman who got off the train
yesterday. No" SAID the traveller.
Dollar and a half" The gentleman
shook his head Seventy-fve cents"
yelled the Jehu. No answer Jump in
and I'll take you for a quarter, or I'll
punch your head for n cent?" The
Branch hackman are rivals Of those Of
Niagara.
There is a Methodist church at
Trinidad, Col, almost on the line OF New
Mexico. which has not single male
member in it, 1t is an adobe buiding,
plastered inside and out. It cost SO 900
and is paid for The official board is
composed entirely Of women, who keep
their finances up 20 the mark. The pas
tor, Rev. J. f Richards, q talented young
man, aayshe never had a board that kept
its business in as good order as this one.
AT the last quarterly meeting the min
ister's salary that OF the presiding elder,
the sections bill and the incidental ex-
penses were met promptly.
A Toronto barber who had become
converted 10 religion was told that he
must work for the souls about him.
The tonsorial artist was difficult man,
and he did not know how 10 begin but
one day pretty hard case came in TO be
shaved, and he thought he would inn
prove the opportunity. The expected
convert was seated IN a chair. duly lath-
cred, the razor stropped till the edge was
as keen as a Damascus blade, and just.
ready to apply To the customers throat,
when the barber Whispered in his ear,
" Are you prepared 10 die?' With
bound and a shout the victim lett the
chair, crying, 90 Not if know it, rushed
up the street hatle-s and terrified lest
he should be purrued by the, as he sup
posed, would be murderous barber. The
wielder OF the razor has given up conver-
sion during business hours.