The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-17

nina wnen you see your country's nag
flying ? Private-That the wind Is blow
ng.
There is such n thing as retributive
Justice in the world. A man has been
discovered in the act of trying to cheat q
life insurance company.
What is the difference between the Prince
of Wales and a Jet Of water ?-One Is heir
to the throne the other is thrown to the
air.
Nobody can tell how many disputes for
the front side of the bed have been settled
by moving the bedstead into the centre OF
the room.
1t is n single fact that n girl who when
she is alone can put her hands on the top
rail of n fence and skip over like q lamb ut
play, viii, if her beau is along, give him as
much trouble in helping her over rs though
she was n rheumatic locomotive.
Many n man will sit on the river bank
and wait patiently two hours for n nibble,
and think it fun, who will scold his wife,
pinch his children and introduce n young
volcano INTO his household, if he has to
wait five minutes for his breakfast. In spite
of this fact, Mr.. Beecher says he doesn't
believe in eternal punishment
Benevolent clergyman, to Joe: why
are you standing there, little man :"
Cause I've got nowheres to go to-"
"Where are your father md mother 2
Dunno. Gone away ever 80 long"
Poor little fellow. Well, wells car you
answer this question? When your father
md mother forsako you, who is it that
will take you up?" 1.-THE perliceman."
A nervous man, whose life was made
miserable by the Gathering of two black
smiths, prevailed upon each of them to. re-
move by the offer of n liberal %pecuniary
compensation. When the money was paid
down, he kindly inquired what %neighbor-
hood they intended to remove to. why,
sir" replied Jack, with a grin on his face,
Tom Smith moves to my shop, and
move TO his"
The literary gentleman Of n certain well
known journal was riding uptown the
other evening after Inner with n party oil
convivinl friends at the Hotel Brunswick
Not being particularly pleased with the
funeral gait Of the horses, he deliberately
pulled the strap, stopped the stage, and
bringing the drivers ear close to the orifice
in the roof, remarked, in tones that were
broker with frequent hiccough, Driver,
propcl your vehicle with such remarkable
velocity as TO render surrounding obstacles
entirely oblivious.n He couldn't under
stand why his fellow passengers laughed.
A Scotch farmer once took his wife to sec
the wonders Of the microscope. This various
curiusitics seemed 20 please the woman very
well, till the nnimalculw profcsscd to be
contained III n drop of water were shown oil
These seemed to poor Janet not SO pleasant
a sight MS the others, Shs sat patiently
however, till the water tigers i%nngniied L
The size of twelve feet appeared on til
sheet, fighting with their usual fcrocity
Janet now rose in great trcpidation, mn,
cried
"Comc AVA, John"
"Sit still, woman, and see the show" sal,
John.
"Sco the show, man What wud com
% us if the awfu like brutes wud brak on
. the watcrY
kentucky preacher rose to speak, nm
opened the Bible. The first verse that me
his eye happened to be, Tho voice of thu
turtle shall be heard in the land. - Bre
thren," said he, al first sight one woult
not think there was much i'll this ext
but, on n little consideration, you will Sc
there's n great deal in it. Now, you al
know what n turtle is. If you've been alonl
by n pond, you have seen them sitting on
log summing themselves. Now, it is said
"The voice of the turtle shall be heard in tn
land" But the turtle hasn't amy voice tina
anybody ever heard; so it must be the uois
he makes in plunging off the log into tn
water. Hence, We mnst conclude that i'm
mcrsion is meant, and that immersion vii
become universal"
He had been gone from the paternal roo
six months-lcft homo in the first bloom o
summer, with a smile upon his brow and
pickaxe IN his hand. The Black Hills hi
destination; glory and gold the goal. !
summer spent amid the aurifcrous rocks
industry, perseverance and n rare knowledg
of chemistry and mineralogy his useful tool
in addition to the pickaNe. Results ar
such that he is enabled to return soonc
than his most sanguine expectations hw,
allowed him TO dream of doing.
Almost home, he pauses outside the tow
until nightfall and sends to his waiting
expoctant parents the following suggcstiv
message:
Bring me a large blanket and n pair @
old pants-P6e got a hdt.'
nm ST ON HE'LL