The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-08-15

His horse to see what she was hidifr,' ~"
Wrapped up in her apron; twas whisky.
9 An lis That the stuff, he says, to earry
To your home An the bottle was smashed Haas
sit WASP" said Mrs 0'Larry. @s"
IS An they say t'other NIGHT euch a uir.c,a
Tux place at Pat Shaughneseyi b wakip'
The byes wsur all dfinkin' when news came
OF fight just below wild headahrakin'
ochl what shall we do9' says Jim Rooney
t0p my account none of yeg larry
Says the corpse, spatcin up, quite polite lfkep
'iMuaha no 2" said Mrs. i0'Larrv.
4" AM thin niver q word more raymarked he.
Pat bhaughnesey always was oliver:
But faith must bid We go0d-day, ma am
OR llstand here convarsin' furives.
Ills eildOm Innate one so plisint-
Not at all like your cousin Jane Barry;
An hope coon 10 hear mere of your talk. lns,smn
q" Arrah now" said Mrs DIARY.
A good character ish pretty mucb
der same to man ash goot umbrella
Ven larg clouds dhreaten over his head
all he ishg got to do vas to hold him up
und der storm BASES over, heis noneder
verse.
MIR. Mackey, of California, has an
income of $4,000 per day, but what
good does it do hima He can't dtink
over ten glasses of soda water per day.
and he's got to die on his merits, The
same as the rest oil us.
of every Thousand men, twenty die
annually. The population Of q city or
country is renewed once in thirty wears
The number Of old men who die in cold
weather is to those who die in warm
weather as seven to four.
The phonograph may bottle up the
voice and pass it down to future ages;
but the smile that twists the face Of a
man as he seeks solitude and gages upon
his name in print for the first time, will
always have to be guessed at
"A man was writing an order fora
few things he wanted, when the trades,
man, glancing at a memorandum "wun
hat pond of schott," said, You don't
spell shot right" That is 40 said The
customer, put on another t."
-" Here rests his head upon the lap of eaFth.n
The brave young man that rode the brindie mule
He learned. when meek Asipas bust the girth,
Too late the lessonof lifcis harshest school,
Broad culture solid Judgment, breadth Of brain,
Thought that has drunk at the Pieran spring;
Grand Depth and heights0f culture he must gain
Who safely rides the trick mule Eonnd the ring
t-lHawkeys.
"A gentleman observing a servant
girl, who was 1eft-handed, placing the
knives and forks on the dinnerrtable in
the same awkward position, remarked to
her that she was laying left-handed.
/" Oh, indadel" said she, $50 1Ihave.
Be please sir, to help me turnth table.
round p~
10 what base uses do we come at last
Hostess Whispering to amateur)--sl
want you to sing next Amateur
(whose voice is not quite what 1T used 20
.be)-"I thought i wasn't 10 sing tlli
quite at the end Hostess Yes; but
there are not ices enough, and awanE
some of the people to go'
Waterford, N. X, has the champion
tabsentminded young woman. sne wa
recently married, and q few days after
had her furniture insured, but the NEXT
day appeared before the agent an0
wanted the policy changed, explaining
that ahe had forgotten that she wss
married, and had had her maiden name
inserted in the policy.
!" How did you come to know nor IS
asked mother of her little girl, o. sne
saw her bidding goodsby TO q poorly
dressed child at the chuEchrdoor. way
you see, mamma, she came INTO ouf
Sunday school alone, and 4 made place
for her on my seat, and ] smiled ana sn Z
smiled, and then we were acqualnsep'
was the sweet answer.
1 Sergeant Major =" Now, FfiVav
Smith, you know very well meme ~
officers and none-commissioned oInc0 "
are allowed to walk across this grass
Private Smith- .a But, Sergeant Ms,Oi'
I've Capt. Grahaln's verbal orders "
Sergeant Major None 9 s0s -,
sir! Show me the captaia's verbal ofae's
Shown to me, sir Punch.
.SeIfahness l. poverty--itisthe mOs.
utter restitution of q human beng !.
can bring nothing to his relief v aa W
soreness to his sorrows; 1t shafpens ~
pains; il aggravates all the losses % \