River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-03-14
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Miscellaneous Paragraphs.
If you dream of Patagonian with the
chills and fever, paying assidious court
to rheumatic lion with pink polo
naise draped gracefully over a point
aiguille tunic, cut bias in dark night, il
is a sign that you'd better wake up, for
yon are dreaming like three-ply jackass.
There may be an eternal fitness in all
things but it is mighty hard for an un
shackled mind to make out why soap
and full ofwoe as a camp meeting exhor-
er.-Cin. Breakfast Table. Perhaps it's
because soap deferred has made his heart
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An old darkey who was asked if, in
his experience, prayer was ever answered
replied, '..Well, sab, some pra'rs is
ansnd, an some sn't-'pends on wat you
axes To-. Jest arter de wah, wen it was
mighty hard scratchn' TO- de culled bred
dren, 'bsarved dat w'nebber / pway de
Lo'd to SEN one o Marse Peyton's fat
turkeys fo' de ole man, dere was no no
tice took ob de partition; but wen !
pway dat He would SEN de ole man TO
de turkey, de matter wus tended to be-
fo' sun-up mex mornin', dead sartin!''
"Why, Pete, you've got back from
| Dobb's very early; isn't Ruth ter hum II
inquired aYankee girl of her akward
brother who had been q courtin' about
half an hour before. ''Yaas, she was
thar; but and the old man didn't agree
very we'll, SO he gin me a hint and | left
Yew see, Sal, he opened the door and
pointed down toward our house, and
then kindly TUX up his right foot as
though he was goin' to kick, and felt sc
ashamed of SIGH conduct afore Ruth, that
started off without sayin' word"
A story is told Of deacon in Tennes-
see, who was in the habit of riding a
bucking mule-that is, mule that can
make camel's back of his straight one,
and by spasmodic movement of his -four
legs and hump, discharge its rider ike a
cannon ball. The other day they came
to the edge of the worst mud hole in the
State, and the mule gave unmistakable
indications of bucklng. The good dea-
con knew that lie was about to be thrown,
and his mind skurried about for prayer
His table grace came the easiest. lord
for what we are about to receive make us
humbly thankful he exclaimed, and the
mule had bucl1ed and he was in.
A man finds he cannot make his way
in the world without honesty and indus
try, so that, although his fathers exam
pie may do much, he has to depend dpeH
his own exertions; he must be honest, or
he can MOI attain to any enviable rank.
But the tender scott -ings of mother, her
sympathy, her dcvoledness, her forgiying
tcmper-all this sinks deep into child's
heart: and let him wander ever 50 wide,
let him err or let him lead a life of viz
tue, the remembrance Of all this comes
like holy calm over his heart, and he
weeps that he has offended her, or he re-
joices that he has listened to her disinter-
ested, gentle admonition.
Some years ago there lived in Nights
town, New Jersey, young man named
Clark Hutchinson, to the manor born"
He was a carriage builder, and an expert
workman, but was also "jack at-all-
trades" always ready to leave his legiti-
mate business and engage in anything
new that turned up. The Universalists
had church in the town, and Hutchin-
son became leading man in the society.
He was fond of controversy, and on one
occasion was expounding the tenets of his
faith with much energy TO crowd on a
street corner, when " jim " Norris, we'll
TODD blacksmith, who was listening with
much interest, broke i'll with, Make it
strong, Clarky, make it strong, for there's
a good maany Of as a-dependin on It,"
General Palikao, distinguished
French officer who has just died, was once
the hero of scence in the French Senate.
He served with distinction in Algiers, and
was subsequently under the empire a
member of the French Senate. On one
occasion he was addressing the body, but
his voice was so weak that he could
scarcely be heard. Cries of "louder "
interrupted him, and he paused. Putting
his hand to his throat, he said, 81 ask
pardon, gentlemen, for not speaking
more distinctly, but fourteen years ago /
received ball in my throat, and it still
there" The Senate rose, and thunders of
applause testified the appreciation of the
hero's explanation.
A maker of tombstones in Suffolk,
lately received a call from countryman
who wanted a stone to place over the
grave of his mother After looking
around some time, and making sundry
remarks about the taste of his deceased
mother, he finally pitched upon one
which the stonecutter had prepared for
another person. II like this one" said
he. sBut, said the other, "that belongs
to another man. and has Mrs. Perry's
name cut on it; it wouldn't do for your
motber- "Oh. YES If would" said the
countryman. ''She conldn't read And
besides, = he continued, as he observed
the wonderment of the stonecutter,
perry was always a fayorite name of
hers r
Though we are almost as much rice
loving nation as the Chinese or japanese;
few cooks in this country know how TO
prepare it properly, and the soggy, salvy
messes into which we convert it would
disgust heather housewife. This is the
way they cook it in the Flowery King
dom. Put only just enough cold water
in the rice to prevent its burning to the
bottom OF stone or earthen pot; cover it
tightly and set it on the back side Of the
stove over a moderate fire. In this man
ner the rice is steamed rather than boiled
till nearly done. Then, by taking off the
cover of the pot, the surplus moisture es-
canes in steam, and the rice turns out
mass of snow-white kernels, each seper
ate from the other, as superior to what
we usually get in the United States IS
fire. mealy potato is to water soaked,
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