The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-10-25
PUSGEsT PARARAGPHs.



Is wicked king vice roye
A SHIP ruled by women Courtship.
WHEN q thing is once begun it is al
most half finished - kiss, for instance.
ONE of the best known girls in Pitts
burg is Allie Ghany, but water mouth
she hasl iaiSl lot
5 A CLOCK and business concern both
have 70 be wound up when they run
down.
No baker ever made . singer. Why
notP o, because your baker never gets
beyond dough.
\ A LITTLE school-boy asked his sister
the other morning what made her wear
/" pot hooks 1" on her forehead. M
HE blew into his gun TO see
b If loading up was needed; ,s
THAT the gun blew after he did.
THINK Of It; the Emperor of Ger
many doesn't smoke and doesn't drink
beer. We expect now to hear Of =
Chicago man who never took . little
deal in wheat. HasOkeye. siisia
THE maddest man in seven countie
Is the farmer who worked like . hero TO \
save . drowning man, only to find that
he had rescued lightning-rod agent.
/ Boston Post. ~, ,...es
THE editor of the Elnira Gazette rises
to remark that ga circus can always
extract 60-cent piece from pocket
book that was never known TO shed bali
that amount for legitimate unpsia
BILL"
"JoHrxr, 8 said fond mother to her
boy, g which would you rather Dc,
spesk Enalish or Freuchp'' "Iwould
rather, !" said Johnny, rubbing his waist
band and looking impreesiyely ct the
table, !" would rather talk Turkey. ~
IoUG State Register.
KANKAKER has . Justice who beats
them all in the way Of doing up . job
| Of matrimonial splicing with neatncss
and dispatch. This Is bis formula
/" Have 'erP'' "Yes.'' 81 Have imp,
"Yes.n "Married; o."
DocroR-Bathe with greas care, and
don't fail to test the bath with the Their.
mometer. urse-Sure, phwat wud o.
be afther dom Wild q thermOmeterpy II
the baby (bless him!) comes ont blue
the wather's too cold; and II the baby
(bless him!) comes out red, sure, the
Wstherss too hot. Go away wild yer
thermometer. docther dear!"--Rxck.
/ SCENE in restaurant near the Court
| house -Four gents ct bar and four glass
ca ON bar. Gent in drab: 81 pay for
these, Counselor.'' Counselor !: o.
| no. III pay" Gent In drab: = But \
J insist. ;, Counselor "My dear boy,
4 il comes out of the estate, 10 it's Al
] right Gent in drab: Pity that the
dead man has to pay for the drinks but
can't have one. Ha! ha! hal" They
drink, and the estate. per Counseiors
pays.1 --Nesc York World. W
/ SABBATH SCHOOL concert. -Subject
goods Providence" Teacher-ssVhy,
children, the good Lord cares for ever
the little sparrows you see hopping
about your doors. Can you not tell me
| in what way he cares for themP'
"Fesds them,', "Tells them how. *
build their nests,'' Selves them wing
to fiy," are some Of the answers given
when all are done, q little mite OF tel
low, away ia the back part Of the room
pipes out, 'sHe dives 'em fedders. -
N. Y. Tribune.
i IA GOOD name is rather to be chosen
than great riches.'' 1t Is, it is. Ant
when we reflect that when Solomol
|. wrote that he Was the richest man y
! the world and carried enough mons,
loose In his pocket to pay the nations
: debt, and silver sswas accounted - moth
ing IN the days Of Solomon and b
wouldn't sft upon, ride In, or eat Q
drink from any thing bat pure gold, an
was raising family .of the worst boy
: that ever troubled lKasl, we-~but ~
: | is not the sermon department OF ia
: paper, what We were thinking was, tia
perhaps we don't make it very clear
{ but Solom0n's head was level, after al
) That may not be what we started ont
! say, bat It's great deal r.-Bus