St. Landry democrat., 1879-11-22
His Hrnan Was Pied.
New York ODserFer.}


Blithers. u ho is a profound philoso-
nh.r in his way. remarks that type are
much like ideas, i'll the respect that
they are apt to get confounded mixed.
Il do hate pi,' says Blitliers, bOttll II
the actual aud the zeal. But, tell
YOU, when both is com bined, its the
meansst racket YOU ever did tumble to.
Now, | knowud u fellow what worked
:em together. His name was sam Jones,
and ttey used to call him Dollars on
account OF his attachment to the plous
pastime of pitchin' dollars--wbeu he
had auy to pitch. Well. that fellow
! was always pieing his stick, or maybe a
i Whole galley, and maxim the foreman
roar, aud, curiously enough, he expected
| the other fellows in the Office to help
HIM distribute it. If that amt q de-
cided proof Of 3 disordered Intellect.
the champion boss lunatlc had better
be advertised for right away.
This same galoot, one day, WAS put
on lob of music-scttln' that come IN
Il new waltz, by u local aih"tcur-~ana
| be rushed into the pearl music cases
faster than dead preacher rushes into
Heaven. To do him justice, he was a
good hand only for vi. He stuck up
the whole business and put 1t on q slice
What do you think he did : He called a
sub to reset the job, and he went in and
set I'D the music type for distribution
takjn' it lust 30 it come, oil the floor.
Then he went down and across the
street to Max Hoopeteiner, who was a
clariouet artist of German extraction,
and blew in a dollar to him, and give
him orders. and that night he invited
us all to a concert, after the paper was
of, at the beer place next door,, and IN
} the meanwhile he worked off few
copies Of that blessed pi on the proof
press. We went. The musician Waltzed
In. It was the awtullesI thing man
ever heard. After q few bars, that
sounded like hell in full blast, Max got
I'D in great excitement, protested tina,
he couldn't be expected to play Schu.
bert's music, and raced away.
> " "Hes,' concluded Hlitilers, "that
. mans brain was unauestionably pied.
APPALLING SALUBHlTY.-A young gen
tleman and ha h!us|ting bride, wht
were recently married in Philadelphia
calleu tne ncX1 wct.s, - an apartment
3 house and were shown the fiat that wa
! to let by the ]oquacious person VIZ
! otficatcs as janit Or. This estlmabl'
e woman, who would appear to be goq'
$ motherly soul, Wept on to f!sustFat
& how very healthy the house happenee'
e to be. "There was Mrs. -- VII
p lived OH the first :!oor she came heI
!, o bride and went away with three chis
q dren, as pretty little children As ever
e saw, madam. And there Nas MTs
-----, the second who had q little SO
q born to her here, and fourteen month
;,t ar
'r Mrs. ~--, tho third iloor, she was
II bride too, mem, and it was twins, men
e within q year. If .nu please, mem
@ am the mother of four of tho darling
n est --" "Thanks,' said tho bride
t groom, from whom cleaned this II
ct teresting anecdote, latter all, ! thin
t it would be better to 60 further Il
rs town" And he led the bride" husl
IN ing againT--iuto the open air and OF
III of the healthy nelghhorhood.- Il Bostc
NJ Sunday Times.
ey A MUDDY TowN.~-I have heard
st said that Houston was muddy tow
as and that on one occasicn 2 'G.tIn who "
pt walking on ono Of its sidewalks obst
Ip. we'd hat apparently gliding along
z the mud Of the street. He reached oy
nd to pick it up, when q voice from I
60 muddy deep greeted him With" Sa
Stranger, can't you let a fellows h
alone p He was amazed, but. on pee
ing closely Ie digcoyered = man leisul
III ~ nicbing his way through the mi
Cd ~ nynable M to mount the sidewalk. Brown
vile. partakes after the style OF Houst'
onlc that Il, some places ne would ha
oes TO swim. Nothing can be done to rem
ted ly the streets, for there is scarcely a 4
if flat passes that rain does not fall
Of Brownsville (Tex.l Letter TO The. ~
pus Christi Free Press, "p