The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-02-23
mo. 16.
All Sorts.

To become peace-makers-Piay
at football in crockery shop.
The tax which presses most
heavily on neutrality-suspicious..
The mouth that is always open
The mouth Of the Mississippi.
When is literary work like
smoke? When it rises In volumes.
Great works are performed more
by perseverance than. strength.
What was never seen-The i'm
preston Of a kiss made by typo
on his girls lips.
Young folks grow most when In
love. 1t increases their sighs won
fully.
A good name win wear out; .
bad one may be turned; q nick :
namo lasts forever.
The species most wanted to set
tie our country's financial dificul-
ties-Gold and silver.
1t is frequently remarked that
girls who dress LOUD" soon come
70 talk and act loud.
| Pericles is dead. He was Pari-
sian rhinoceros. Butler will soon
be the last representative of the
species.
BY an Irishman- Why is storm,
when Its clearing mp, like . casti-
CATION? Sure an ain I 1t q batngf
i ~The rude forefathers Of the ham
| let" are not known in Utah, but
there are often four rnde mothers
! ina family.
The man who three years ago
married Newport belle says he be-
gins to realize that q thing OF beau
" is a jaw forever. .a
1 Mrs. Darlington declares tnat
she does not wish to vote, as she
, fears she couldn't stand the shock
, of the electrical franchise.
They have a new test for intoxi-
cation over in Canda. When .
man can pronounce reciprocity
J without tripping, the police let him
go.
/ A young lady in Camrisborough,
, tired Of "going it alone" has mar
: ried John Rightbower. 1t is alto
j petl,er probable she viii "order
a him up" on wiuter mornings.
O This ia the sort of notice that
an Oregon lecturer gets from bis
village newspaper: "Col. 10. Meek
has sbouldered his jaw-bone, and
: will tell the people more than they
! ever dreamed of about mining.
II Tommy, conscientious boy. has
y been told that he must remain per-
u fectly still as his mamma wants tt
e. take 4 nap. Tommy-(in the mid,
W die of the nap): Mammal Mamma
re What shall do? I want to cough
q The Georgia negro has no more
1t faith in banks. He lays his money
b. ont in store clothes and hair oil
ne and the news of bank suspension
a causes him to exclaim; Bust ava.
w wild We, but you can't hurt desc ~
Of vender pants
y Young man, beauty fades .
70 70 the years go by. Do not fail =
~ love with woman simply becaun
70 she has q pretty face. Relnembe
3 that wealthy father-in-law is bel
\ ter than the rosisst damsel in save
= States.
oil If there is anything that excite
ng my utterer efferesense, it is to p
n, aroused from sleep by the ie
Mt cream vindicator somnambulatln
v" the streets at night with his incal
sal nabell," said Mrs. Darlington,
Ill. we sat at her froEt stoop playin
to checkers.
op We always admire the cheerf
nd and hopeful spirit Of the colore
we man. VINO, when struck by lightin
ng, simply rubbed the abradsd sp
'ou OF his skull and remarked, I'd
nus makes free times I've been strnc
la'l now. / shouldn't wonder it 1T
~ ~" me alone"
A little miss was taken to chur'
,ur for the first time, after being du
A impressed with the necessity To
ats she should keep "as still as
ter mouse" She behaved herself nm