The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-03-12
ALL SORTS.

Strong People-shoP-iifters.
Drawingroom-A dentists apartment.
Howto Get Round a Mau-Getsquare with
him
Butchers kill to dreas, mapy other folks
dress to kill.
One Way for a Woman to Keep a Secret
To keep it going.
Euphuistcally-Anunpai for yacht isEow
politely termed q floating debt.
Aclergymnn lately said that modern young
ladies' are net the daughters Of ShcIn and
Ham, but of hsm and sham.
Melvina Briggs, of Nebraska, held a raw
hide in one hand and clasped the paw OF
James Heart with the other to get married.
An inventive genius proposes to marry n
dumb girl, so that in case she sues for q di-
vorce she will have no chance to testify.
1t is a remarkable factwhich wecannot. ex-
plain, that the boy who does not know that
the gun Is loadedis neverthelessalways to be
found atthe safe endof thegun. Providence
oughtto look after thisli!tle arrangement and
reverse it occasionally.
Secretary Evarts told afriend the othsrday
thus records a letter in the Grdphic-thnt
he had Just received q letter from one of his
daughters to thisefect 'Dearpapa Thank
YOU very kindly for the donkey you sent me,
but he's so lonely. Won't you soon be
home, papa:'
A husband, who only opposed his wifo'sil
humor by silence. was told by n friend that
lie "was afmid of his wife" "Itis not the
nm afraid CT" replied the husband, " It's the
noise"
Mr. Rantantenr, the eminent t~rngedian. an.
uouncesthat he will 'be at liberty from Dec
ember 18th" We are glad he is soon to be
out. Let's see, what was it for ?-del!, or
larceny?
''What would be your notion of ahson'
mindedness - asked a lawyer of a witres.
whom he wascross examining. well, y said
the witness. ~ should say that n man Who
thought he'd lefthis watch at home, andtcok
It out Of his poke! TO see if he had time to
go home and get it, was absent-minded-
'.Tha.s my butcher" snid an actor to a
friend, at the same time pointing TO a lenn,
Observation-Disclosures "Iouks
pretty b~Rd-doesn't he p
He does look bad" vas the reply. " He
looks Us if you have dealt with him a long
~time-doesn't he ("
The subject was Immediately changed
A noble lord, one of the canons at Wind.
sor, who is good-nRturedly addicted tosPank-
ing to foldiers in a friendly manner, ami not
asthouSh the wearer of Il red coat were food
forpovder," and nolhingmnre, was naturally
much gratifed when nguardsman saidgenial;
" aud without the least HGNrdiSe koHte, II
like you, my lord-there's nothing OF the
gentleman about you"
A good story ia told of n scap0craccwhom
q mentor reminded thathis aunt had rnldms
4. - ~. ta-l.1,,1N ~. .,gr. ArrlftNHAEFNA
10 the wishes of his relative. The Young
yood.for nothing did not take much heed OF
the sermon but when his creditors were
mentioned. he had areal grievance Yes!
YES =" be allowed cColly, my aunt paid my
creditors; bat Wis. has she done for ne.
she sat upon the parior lounge,
Ard William. he sat by her,
And neither spoke it single word,
But both guzed in the fire,
At last he clasped her dimpled hand.
And told her Of hig love,
And swore lie would be true 10 her,
BY moon aud stars above.
He said he could not live without -
Before he could say more
Her dtd came in, and with a club
Entlccd him ont the door.
There is a locality somewhere in the pre-
ciucts of Norwich, Conn, which bears the
euphonious title of Bean Hill. The citizens
who occupythis serene placeof rosidenc are
loud of practical jokes. One OF them aw bile
ago took ascarecrow that hadstood in Il corn.
held all summer, and just at dusk leaned IL
up against q ~neighbOr's back fence. Tina,
neighbor, upon seeing the object, went and
loaded oil the firearms in the house. aud,
surrounded by his arsenal, sat up AL night
waiting for the supposed burglar to make Lis
attack. Now, the man who did this far,i;ous
business has started for Alaska, ard dont
dare come back.