The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-08
DRIFTWOOD.

THERE sre 100000 landowners in
little France. 80 ="
WHATS the man yelling at ?" asked
a fsrmer of his boy. "Why1 ehucLJsJ
the boy, "he's yelling at the top of his
voice" -'1
The Canadians did not yell for "nro-
lection" until they learned that their
new Governor General Lorne wrote
spring poetry.
CURIOUS transformations: When q
pretty bonnet becomes pretty woman
"nen man turns ahorse into pasture
when door is found to be aiar.
ST. LOUIS has a store over which there
Is tnls sign; Schlochenhuvser, Max
esteinbeck, EintendOerfier & Coz This
reminds us of the days of old long sign.
FROM the fact that Nero fiddled while
Rome was burning, we may infer that
business had been pretty dull. and he
had insured the old place for ali it was
worth.
" WHEN do you expect to on hack
NIKE asked one old exile of another.
Ii i've till L doye. and God knows
whether | will or not, 1 intend to visit
ould Ireland once more before / lave
this country"
Two darkies were Wanting their
coursge. :" isn't feared o. nothing 7
isn't" said one. Den Sam, l reckon,
you isn't feared to loan me a dollar Pi'-
" No, Julius, isn't feared to loan Won q
dollar, but does hate to part viii an ole
fTen' forebber."
CURIOUS, but we never saw this notice
IN any Of our country exchanges: "OW--
ing to press Of poetry, a large number of
advertisements are unsyoidsbly crowded
out, but will positively appear in our
next. p Puck.
"lHE sentence of the court is" said a
popular Irish magistrate named Porter.
to notorious drunkard, "that you be
confined in Jail for the longest period
the law allows, and / hope you will
spend your time in cursing whisky" 81
will, sir; ard Porter, too"
a SHORT time ago a little bow went
with his father to see colt. He patted
the colts head and made quite a fuss
over it, until finally the stable-man told
him to be careful that the colt did not
turn round and kick him. When the
little chap went home his mother asked
him what he thought about the celt.
6 like him pretty WELL, wss the reply.
u He's real tame in front but he's awful
wild behind"
APATRIoTIC Hibernian, after listening
for some time to recitation of Irish
bulls amid general laughter, cried indig-
1antly: Faith, Mr.. A., an do We
know what I Think" why, indeed,
what do you think, Mr.. DE-" "Sure,
iir; and doye know that think, indade,
hat not more than one half of these lies
hat they tell bout the Irish is true"
ibis was unanimously pronounced the
pest of the lot.
AN art-critic, who has an unfortunate
habit of occasionally indulging in more
vine than his health demands, recently
one day after luncheon, to
pay a professional visit to a private art
collection. Arrived in the first room,
ne found himself opposite large minor.
Mechanically he drew out his pocket
book and therein wrote: ono. I-Study
If head unnamed an old toper. Fud-
lied condition excellently rendered
INST like q portrait. Seem to be
with the original"
THE ingenuity Of the slave mother in
Getting her little boy to run on the way
o freedom by throwing ball forward
or him toget has been surpassed by that
f French governess, whose employer,
very proper lady, said to ner: " 1 am
to 81 = hot = = L.,
eceiving letters in French from a young
nan." Governess-" Pardon, madam
is only my little ruse to cheat NAM
ellie into study. When she would reply
o an unknown lOver-a Frenchman-
non Dieu; how quickly she will learn
ny language "