Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-03


No viciets, nor haimy y-hreathed hsast's-esse.
No heliotr0pe, nor, buds 20 dear to bees,
The honey y-hearted s,sckle, no sod-eysd
And lovly dandelion nor, stretching vide,
: Clover aod covslip cups like rival seas.
Meeting and parting, q the young spring brcez
RaI Runs giddy racs: playing :sek and hide:
, And all the world vas Aowerless avhiie,
4 Until . little child was laid in earth;
Then from IL grave grew viclnts for it, eyes,
And - al Aewers from that child's death tool
/ birth. @
HUMOROUS.
! THE mud dies hard.--Oa City Darick.
HENS have again begun to be set in
their ways.
FIRE-ALMs-the gift Of 4 load OF
wood.-LoWeH Courier.
QUEEN VICTORIA is pensive; her fam.
| lily expensiye.--W Worcester Press.
SOME people are like eggs, too full Of
themselves to hold anything else.
AN exchange asks: "Can We drink
with impunityr Certainly you can, il
Impunity invites you.-Cs.. sal. Mgkt.
FoR "obstruct thieves' read CAB
stract thories," ays An unhappy Balti-
more paper.
THEY don't call them tramps any
longer in Brockton., They are Z impe-
curious pedestrians"
Now plant cucumbers.-N. Y. ,Grapk-
&c. We had rather pick lily BosesN
Bulletin.
"GRAHr has finished his sandy cruise
in Africa" rum-arks the Worcester
Press man.
CANON FARRAR holds that hell b 1
temper, but the big gun Of the Wofcss.
ter Pres says hell is temperature.
A BOOK agent was killed at Lsaven-
worth, recently. The mills Of the gods
grind slowly.
MEN are frequently like tea-the real
strength and goodness are nos properly
drawn out until they have beeI in hot
water.
NEW ORLEANS P;cayxne: 1.-THE
thing to remoaetixe now is branL Tho
bill to be prepared should allow every
Congressman to coin his own cheek"
Kass de night hefs' he vas up 90 late,
Dat ,oa'n .iip pss; Him I'm ioS "a ssssl risSs l.;
De angels always act on De squap; I
Dsy know you here. an dsysii know yoa dar.
A YALE graduate Of 1 dozen year4
standing went back to New Haven one
day last week and paid tailor bill OF
SIG and interest, contracted while he
was student at the college.
KING ALFONSO took i look ut his nous-
tache the other day, and then went right
off and removed Victor Emanuel's & picture
from the family album. CincianaH Chm
mercidL
WILLIAM MUSTARD, Of Delaware, has
been appointed an honorary commis-
sioner TO the Paris exposition. He
should have been appointed to represent
the Sandwich Islands- CoHsase1ciai Ds.
lct;M.
IT beats al. Over one thousand tons
of beet leaves are smoked every year in
Saxony under the deluiou that they arc
tobacco leaves. Now in this country It
would be. impossible to beat people in
this way.
LADY (calling ON IN intimate friend,
who unmarried, and only hes ono ssr-
vant)-" Is your mistress ct homo,
Sarahr' Sarah" No, num-" Lady
-" Then will you kindly aay that Ieali-
ed to see il she would como and spend
the evening with usT' Sarah "Oh, no
mum! A. sure she can't, cause its my
turn ut."-Jsdy.
OxK who has had . great deal Of ex-
perience with the Rumian army mys that
q It is wonderful how the Russian soldier
loves to sing. He sings when he b hap
-. -l~~ - &. ~~I ~.kas L. r,r-k~ ,~bs-e
he walks-he il always singing. On the
attle-field he even marches 70 his death
with Russian song on his lips. They are
brave ret Of men and loyal 70 their
hearts CORE"
A WAC had kept q, continual fre Of
witticisms at . social party, when : puri-
tanical gentleman, who enjoyed sermons
and snuff better than iokes and puns,
sharply observed, II you keep On you
will make every decent person leave the
house." "That would Be Z sorry Joke,
was the dry reply, for you would cor
tainly be very lonesome when laft here
alone"
RrsIxa in his pulpit tho clsrkyman
said, with Z beamiDg 0nile: BfethDen,
/ have an important announcement =
make to you. Mr.. Kimb" At this
point the stampede began, and, though
lie rose at once 70 the importance Of the
occasion and yelled, sis not here" he
was too late 10 arrest the fight oe ~
eral prominent nemhsrs, who weTe.
already out in the open air and Tying
for home like startled fnwns.
On one occasion : man Who eonai11se1
hs~.>lf ~.ls~snspa hat uhn waa krnoau NJ