The Republican journal., 1877-06-14
Observations of Men and Things.
BY OUR GEORGE.

BY OUR GEORGE.
l hope my friends will pardon me this week, if
am less brilliant than usual | am feeling sad My
| spirits are crushed and broken. and the gavetv
seems to be all squeezed out of me. l Glanced to
read an extract from article by Prof Pooctor
which did the job for completely. | try to
take things as they come along, but this seemed a
little too much for me to brace up under.
The Prof. goes on to state, that under the most
| favorable conditions the sun will not last us more
than 10000 years longer. This news bursting on
young man in the prime Of life, when he was
least expecting it, fell on me with crushing force,
and left me sad and heart broken. Why could not
the Prot. have equvocatcd little, and made it
$4,000 years, and given a man chance to get his
business in order1 | lost no time after reading
that article, to do what | could in the time left
me- to arrange my affairs. | made my will, and
transferred the bulk Of my property to the younger
members of my family, and now | am simply wait
ing for the end to come. Oh Time how tleeting
thou art One brief 1000 years is all that is left
me- and then--and then-but | cannot bear to
dwell ON this dreadful thought
IL L W WautS 10 hHDN why cllSlut COM
panies turn out at the Decoration Of the soldiers
| graves
This is wrestling with grave subject but there
are some points of similarity between the soldier
and the fireman Both are found to be doing their
duty while under fire, and both work more for the
benefit of Others, than they do for themselves
And one other thought. Does II. F. ". believe in
future punishment A ake-hot fre-burning
birthstone and all that sort of thing! If SO. and
H. P. W. was in the midst of such contiagration
what would please him more than to look round
and see engine company on hand, and hear the
foreman sing out, play away boys" :"
No name series writes from Orland. and en-
qures if can tell her, IA way to keep June bug
out Of lady room at the hour when she is taking
down, Tor Off, her back hair. preparatory to re
firing"
The June bug Yes know him. He looks
like IL date with legs on it. 1t is my opinion he is
a date, at least he dates back beyond my time He
Is something like street lamp, inasmuch as his
usefulness does not begin till after dalk He does
not understand the nature Of glass, and thinks he
can go through anything he can see through, and
will carrom on Il pane Of glass at full speed, re
gardless of consequences. When in motion, he
sounds like Il buzz saw and once i'll a room there
is peace for the inmate, till he is eXterminated
| He generally takes a circle round the room to
| get his bearings, and then makes his first run for
| the light, which he strikes amidships and having
set that down in his log, he reverses his engine
and sails for whoever chances to be in the room,
| selecting lady if possible, and aiming for her
eve, which if he is successful in striking, feels ;ls
| if some one had thrown a pin cushion at it, He
then buZzes for instant. Is up into her hair
and slips off down the back of her dress. Then
there is ii yell a chair crashes over, ii hair brush
| fits through space, and white hand slides down
over white shoulder and hestates an instant
| then gropes around among dainty rutlles and snow
white cambria, and appears again with fingers con
| vulsively clutched over huge bug, and with Il
shiver and ugh" he is carried across the room.
and one more June bug is sunk into oblivion all
water. in the slop jar
| But have not answered your question yet have
! II You say YOU want desirable information as
to what will keep these pests out of your at
the time you mention. Well, if there is one place
where my usefulness crops ont uxuriantly, like a
cttu VI nv" aiicl cNcl- 1t 10 lliil VII lLlS
subject am the only safe and sure remedy that
| know Of If YOU would like to take me on trial
awhile, drop me postal card stating terms
JEFFERSON June, 1877.
Our George-Will you please state through the
columns of the journal what man in the Bible had
| the longest neck, and why so CUR
| | have been so busy that have not been able
to give you an answer that [ would be willing to
buy as the first choice in pool, but ii | could get
| the field low enough should say that Methuseah
the chap you are looking for; because his
neck nine hundred and sixty nine Years long,
which, when you come to measure it, is quite Il
neck: but there are young men in Belfast
| who standing up collars that require neck
| even longer than Methuselah's
BoSToN. June LIST.
Mr.. Geo. A. Quimby, Sir: Can you inform me
from whence originated the phrase, Jobs turkey!
Yours respectfully, FRED |, FRIEND.
| Yes sir can. | originated it myself and had
it copyrighted but if you would like to use it oc-
caslonally do ST.. and will not prosecute you for
| Infringement.
Dear George-Will YOU be so good as To give
me IL receipt i'll the journal for getting up i'll the
morning without being called and obllge
A. SLEEPER.
Great Peter, what an idea Why there
ways than there are hairs i'll a hens head Tie
| rope round your neck and throw it out the win
dow and hire Il man to pull you ont of bed at the
hour at which you wish to rise Buy lot Of gov
eminent torpodoes and put time fuse one,
and light it when YOU retire and place it III the
mattress under you and when it explodes the
4
Sleep with pair Of twins that are about six
months old Start a family OF bed bugs i'll Your
bed Get the itch Place Your bed that the
sun will shine into your eve i'll the morning
Hang a cat ont your window and let the sash
down on her tail Sprinkle a lot of thistle tops
into your bed. Get married. Thirty odd years
experience teaches me that these receipts are all
wool and a yard wide.
Our George AIN DESTROYS Of knowing if it is
any harm to let Young man kiss me, if he is
pretty and real sweet! AGNES
If YOU are realty DESTROYS OF knowing. don't
know but what | am willing to take the risk my
self | never knew young man being harmed
by kissing girl, yet there may be such cases on
record | have kissed girls i'll eight states and i'll
five languages, and | can lift barrel of flour to
day and never saw Il sick day in my life. No;
don't believe it will harm the Young man drop;
and if he has courage enough to knock 4 cat of
the fence, he'll try it if YOU work it right
Paris green having been prescribed as
a death-trap for potato bugs, a Massa-
chusetts savant warns people that parti
cles Of the poison may adhere to the Pc
tatoes when they are dug up, and work
as much harm to the people who eat the
potatoes as it is intended to work to the
insects that devour the plants. This
warning has drawn out the scientists of
the New York board of health and they
declare that the Massachusetts man is
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