Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-25
Grape Shot.
IN THE FAIL.


IN THE FALL.
cleavcs,
In the fail the woodlands dreamy with the frou-
tfOH of the leaves
And the wnirr Of the partridge. etc.
In the fall the hazy cleaning with purple glory
burns,
In the fall Miss Georgiana in the Bible places
Ii she has a young man to help her gather
them.
In the fall above the valley snowy cloudets
stretch for miles
In the fall the Broadway windows are profus
with Paris styles .r
Much to the joy of the ladies, be it said
In the fall the merry songster leaves his pretty
summer leas,
In the fall the politician is divorced from rolls of
For reasons which require no explanation
In the fall all breasts with reverie are buoyant
and elate,
In the tall man will fondy kiss his pretty cousin
Or Mary Anne as the case may be.
In the fall the soul of beauty dwels within the
garden sere,
In the fall we all are positive that winters draw
The other fall happenings are too numerous to
mention.
-Noao York Graphic.
Corn exchange-The chiropodist fee.
lis not usually a good omen to owe
men.
A finished rogue-One at the end of
a rope.
Who can understand a corns TALK
Camden Post.
\ bad sign-To sign another mans
name to Il note.
Lightning struck an piary in Denver
recently, and astonlshed every bee-hold-
Cincinnati Saturday Might.
Farmer Jones caught a rooster steal
ing mis- corn, wrung his neck, and claims
to have killed a cock robbin' Boston
Transcript.
/ have seen men who had worn out
their vices, and supposed. of course,
that they were living on their virtues
Josh BHHngs
1t IS SAID that mosquitoes are bred
upon the waters. In that case they
Will return again before many days.
Ne,0 Orleans Picayune.
Lady-"And how long have you been
out Of placer" Lady heI p Indignant at
t" out of place") II have been NAL opro-
pos only few weeks, madam"
The grand and awful difference be-
tween tree anda bore is-hurrah. now!
the tree leaves in spring, and the bore,
why, he never leaves.-Syrace.se Suudav
Times. 60. -..-.s -. -r T.,
I The man who can hum a hymn while
jointlng stove pipe is good enough to
walk right into tull membership of any
church, without probation Cincinnati
Breakfast Table.
An exchange praises very large egg,
which, it says, was " laid on our table
by the Rev DIR. Smith," Brother Smith
seems to be layman as we'll as q
preacher. ~ -. r. .......--. +.
Ihls Is the season Of the year when
the night air is very dangerous. but the
girls face death at front gates with the
same herolsm which has ALWAYS been
one Of the chiefest adornments Of the
sey. rst
a Dutchman was seated in a shoe
store trying his best to get his unfairly
like feet into number nine slipper.
Said he to the clerk "Say, Mr.. Clerk,
dis warm vedder ish shrinking an der
slippers like der tuyfel. Dond it?"-
El1earG Gazette.
A magazine contains a sonnet "On
Returning Consciousness" There is no
foot-note, and the reader is left in the
dark as to whether the poet was stepped
on by a pile driver, or kicked over the
fence by the family mule.-M Ciy Der
rick. s...
There are some scenes almost too
pure and sacred to be viewed by the
thoughtless world. One Of them is a
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS woman with a mole
on her chin talking baby" to an
ounce-and-a-half canary bird in brass
cage.-R0ckla1ad Courier.
Shopkeeper to Commercial traveller
Can't give you an order; quite over
stocked. =" Travelled" Let me at least
show you my samples" Shopkeeper
:" Spare yourself the trouble; [ can't
look at them" Traveler-"Then will
you allow nle to look at them myself?
1t Is three weeks since | have seen
them"
scarlet glow is III the west,
The bird has left its summers nest:
And now 1t is high time each fellow
Should lay aside his white duck vest
". Y. Graphic
The queen of night, with pale cold eye
LOOKS down upon the rivers ashore,
On, coldlv pure, thou starry sky, rH
Light light this shadOwy forest more!
In the blue rivers heaving breast
bathed, and now my bliss is gone;
NY tIousers-coat-my white, white vest
Where Is the bush hung them on?
Darlington Ha,0keye.
All things sink into repose.
The pansy and the woodland rose;
And it's getting hard TO stand s
The straw hat with the purple band.
Tk tlaa ". Y. Grdphie