Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-06-13

one Vi Jue w eSIeIH OldIeS. L Iiet llin
& Hugs, School Teachers. Free>"an
teaches the boys and Hugs the %ir's,
A good little boy who was kicked
by a mule didn't say any na,,4luv
words or 60 home crying to his mother
He just tied the mule within five feet
Of the bee hive, backed him rouLd to
it and let HIM kick.
They tell Of an amateur sportsman
in Dayton, Ohio, who, ,shaving lrnrI
that there wss an sunusual amour. Of
mushrooms in the Swoods, borrowed
dog and took his gun and started to
kill some.
A devout woman took her bal v t,
church. The voice of the preacher
walked the child into screams. -,
not 60, said tho minister, the | ahy
does not disturb me- That may he,
said the mother still retreating, bat
you disturb the baby
One thousand shingles, SAYS
newspaper paragraph, will cover ore
hundred square feet Of surface. One
shingle, by the way, will cover six
square inches of bad boy, and, if
properly applied, will be productive
of as much benefit and more noise
than the one thousand shingles Oh
one hundred square feet of surface
A Danbury boy of pugnaciors
turn was taken to Task by his mo,i."r
fer striking q companion. She tod
him he must ask the forgiveness OF he
wrongad one. lie went up to HAN,
having his back to his mother, and
whispered through his clenched terl:
I've got to ask you to forgive He
for hitting you, and you id better speak
right up at once Jhat you do, or II
give yon something to remember
The victim spoke up.
DAMON AND PYTHEAs.-A Graft
avenue saloon keeper was sorting ont
the red nicheIs from his till YESTERDAY
morning, preparatory to the honest
}abors Of a rainy day, when a smiling
stranger came in and said
odd fellow, I've got bet of ten
dollars on your head.
The saloonist felt all over the toy
of his head, found no bet there, and
looked for further explanation from
the stranger, whose coat at the elbow
seemed bound to secure ventilation.
The case is this continued the
man. 1 bet my friend B. that you
are a well-read man. To prove it, !
have come to ask you if you knew
what Damon did when there was ev-
cry reason to doubt that Pythlas
would return. While | am slipping
my lager you can jog your memory d
little.
lie pushed glass across the coun-
ter, but the saloon keeper seemed to
be hunting for something down among
the kegs.
It's only a trihe-small wager
but the principle is what | want to
establish, remarked the man, as he
anNiousiy showed the glass around.
4 expect So, come from down
among the kegs.
Damon and Pythias were chums,
you know. When Damon wiped off
his chin, Pythias pulled down his
vest, and vice versa. While I am
drinking you can ponder over my
original query
'Shust so, replied a voice as the
kegs were rolled about.
If Damon had the headache, con-
tinued the man, trying to work the
pump projecting above the bar, 'Py-
theaa had sore eye as an offset. l
Pythias said he would take sugar in
his, Damon sweetened up with New
Orleans molasses. All this you know
Of course; but what did Damon do
when Pythias did not return p
I scball now show you What he did
replied the saloonist, as he rose up
with a metallic spigot in his hand,-
When dot Piddeus did not hurry up.
Damen vhalks aroundt de bar shust
so, un II
The stranger got out, and holding
the door from the oatalde, he looked
through the glass and said:
I am now convinced that you never
read durnel line of Shakespeare !
While Damon was searching under
the bar, Pythios drew and drank
three glasses of beer'
The saIoonist slnIled, laid away his
spigsot, and as he good naturedly
pulled open the door, he cal4ed to
the stranger at the curbstone:
when Damon was drawing dot
peer Piddeus vhas mooying der pump
INTO der schlop- keg.
\ trqmor passed ever the wag. He
turned rIp showed his teeth, and as
he started for the wool yard opposite
hc replied
'lIaD4'd if he didu't-Danon wants
rest. -DotroU LIee t.<,