The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-03-06
WAITS AND wHINIS.
10, THE POOR INDIAN.

Across the prairie slowly gends his way
And vanders on, like rome poor tramp turned loose
Behind him leaving vigvsm. squaw, papoose.
Poor Loi he diregzrds the goldsa rule,
and steals the settlers horses. OK and muIs;
: It's seldom that he leaves their scalps behind,
Or any little trine he may and;
Ibis done, no longer there he cares TO stay,
And homevard nov he plods his weary way.
An apt observer he Of natures laws
He leaves all labor to be done BY squavs,
Nhiis he on vsightisr matters Of the state,
| With pipe in hand, ats down to mediate,
And pescsful thoughts his simple mind psrvsds
While contemplating where 70 make raid.
| A naughty soul TO conquer, he ne'er stoops-
Unless psrsusdsd BY the q. & troops
To lay asids his prond, disdanful mien,
By muskst-baiis or sabsrs sharp and keen;
For they bslisve-st least, I've undsrstood-
That only Indians Who are dead are good.
OH where thy equal monarch Of the woods
You burn our houses and you steal our good 9;
The scourge Of every settler on the plain
Pray, get thee hence, and ne'sr return again
Your image, may IL nser confront Us more
Unless In tront Of some tobacco store
The most torgetful of men can al
ways remember those who have injured
] them.
Young swell Il should like to
have my mustache dyed" "Polite bar.
Der: Certainly; did you bring it
with your
Those who have made mistakes and
suffered for them are the ones to help
Others; to show that any error can be
stoned for.
You may mend a rent in damaged
reputation SO that it may not show, but
you can never make the reputation quite
whole again.
"A student inquiring for Prometheus
Unbound, at certain bookstore recent
ly, was informed that they only kept
the bound copies.
Reware Of prejudices; they are like
rats, and mems minds are like traps.
Prejudices creep in easily, but it is doubt
full II they ever get out.
There Is believed tc be only one
thing slower than molasses in January,
and that Is lady making room for an
other lady in street car.
Put q new pair of trousers on q boy,
and in fifteen minutes he will have them
stuffed In his boot tops to cover the holes
In the knees Of his brooches.
Thompson says you may talk OF
your water cures, your movement cures
and your blue-glass cures; but there Is
nothing like the sinecure, after ell.
Friends do not grow on every bush,
though lovers may, and when one finds
good, true friend, one ought to value
him-nor feel ashamed Of it either.
ave don't know everything" re-
marked the professor, i" and we don't find
many that claim to,except now and then
one or two in the sophomore Glass;
There is young lady in this city
who goes by the name of 4" Earthquake
among the boys, because she has shaken
50 many of them Toledo Commercial.
In some lives all is bitterness with
out one ray Of hope, but they themselves
will 1t 90. God gives us brightness, but
We must reach out our hand to take it.
..Adolphe to Ariminta, on their way
to church: GLOW / would 1 were the
prayer book you clasp 20 lovingly"
Reply: Chow l would you were, for
them I could shut you up"
Ethel: "Isn't 1t shameful That
young Parker declares that when the
light was turned out for the dissolving
views he ki.ssd all Of us-except one !"
All (simultaneously): Except onsf
Which could that have beenf'
~ say, my fren', can you (hic) tel
me whore the other side OF the street
hT "Csrtainly-just across the way;
why do you askF' Why (hic), be-
cause . minute ago ! asked another fel-
low the same thing, and (hic) he said
this was the other side Of the street."
"A member of fashionable uptown
congregation called at music store and
inquired: "Have you the notes of 9
piece of music called the Song of Solo
mon'r adding: "Our pastor referred to
1t yesterday morning as an exquisite gem,
and my wife would like to learn to play
it."
AN agent who had sold q Dutchman
some goods was to deliver them at the
residence OF the purchaser. The Dutch
man gave him the following directions:
You shoost goes behind de church den
you turns up de right for while till
you come to house NIT bigi hog in
the yard. Dots me-" 49, .-f
"A short sighted man went to an OPP
tician's to change his glasses, which
were not strong enough. After he got
the right one he asked: "Whst number
must / wear after these cease to be
strong enough P' "This one" said the
optician showing him another pair.
"And after that ?'' "This." And
after that % cater that after that?
You'll need little dog and string"