The Osceola times., 1879-02-15
FACTS AND PaScIrs.

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THE convict's serenade to the warden:
How can leave thee?' e
The imprsvident man Is hard to kill,
because be will not die worth cent.
"You fatter me-" as the grange aid
to Judge Davis when he sat down upon
it.
| FORTY saloons and ten faro banks a.
ready enliven the young mining town Of
Bodie, Gal.
FRon the debris OF their coal mines
France mskes annually 100000 tons
OF excellent fuel, and Belgium 500 900
tons.
MORE timber ID used unier ground In
the Comstock lode than has been en-.
ployed in the construction of San Fsau>
cisco.
"CArALoa Is the ~ay in which the
Library Journal spells 1t, the word 70.
mindine one Of his bob.taiI brother,
program"
IF the characters Of all our young men
stood NJ high a. their shirt collars, the
community would present ettersspect
than 1t does.
Do you really, truly, love me,
| More than anv tirl you bnov1
Well then, hug me just little,
II you must, before you 70.
Fold your arms around me tighter,
Rave you never husssd befoTss
Draw me nesrer diav me closer;
| Cant YOU hug me any no'sf
= Ep,6a GaseHe.
NOBODY seems to know what becomes
of the bumbie.bee in winter, but they
are on deck and ready to b. set down on
as soon ~ the first bareiooted boy sp-
pears.
The Novristown Herald indicates its
belief in the oriental origin Of man BY
stating the well.known fact that both
the poppy and the mummy come from
the east.
TEMPERANCE societies have lately been
formed In Hanover and Gottingen, with
q view, not sf preventing the use OF beers
but OF reducing its consumption TO mod
crate proportions.
In Kentucky, when q mule gets -
lazy that he won't work more than nine
or ten hours q day, they trim his ears
down and sell him 70 Chicago man Ior >
carriage horse.
"YouR late husband madame," !" began
her lawyer. "Yes, / know be was als
ways late ont O nights, but now that he's
dead don't let US upbraid him." said his
charitable widow.
IT is pretty hard 10 find believer IN
ghosts, and 1t Is also pretty hard 70 and
: man who won't wobble little whom hs
suddenly runs across table-cloth Dap.
ping on the clothes-line in the dark back
yard.
| A -FOUR YEAR OLD girl, lsft alens
with an infant In Urbana. o., said 70 H.
mother on her return: "Oh, baby's al
broke" The baby was dead, having
fallen from the little girls arms and had
its neck broken.
The plumber came dnvn like volt on ths tcld,
His pockets were laden with solder snd gold,
And for four mortal hours he made love 70 the eoes
And seventeen doIare we're charged up In the essk'
Wheeling Leader.
o rsHDER are the murmurs Of the maiden taisins
whea The sss violss are blooming and the stsn M
Blu. .ss.'sr % tan isr nurnup. or the rsbia in shs
4. the vol soss tbs. sally vsrblss: Pnshss set thsn
| up again
Hartford Journal.
Mr.. STURGEON is credited with thh
design on hubby's happiness: " WHEN
am marrying young couples ! ecnsr'
ally tell the young lady to let her hus'
band be the head, for that h according
to scripture and nature; but always
advise her to be the neck, and twist hin
round which way she likes"
| A PLAIN.sPoKKH woman recently
visited married woman and said 70
her: How do you manage to amuss
yourself" "Amuse," said the other,
/" don't you knew that have ny house
work 70 do 7" Yes" was the ansveT,
II see that you have II 70 do, but = 1t is
never done ! conclude you must have
some way Of passing the time."
| AN Irishman, in describing America,
said: Z" am Id that you noight roll
England thru It an It wouldn't make >
dint in the ground; there's fresh. water
oceans inside that ye moight dround
old Ireland in; an - for Scotland,
We moight stick 1t In corner and ye'd
niver be able 10 fud It out except Il
} might be by tine smell Of Will ky."
"PooR HERBERT How I with you
did not have to slave 10 ct that horrible
BtOre lkOm ulufuiHB VII nsBoss ~
wife as, with iond cares, she seated
herself on her husbands knee, and gently
stroked the auburn locks from his siop.
ing brow. And the grave, stern man o.
,, business understood her at once, and
answered: "Well, Susie, what Il it--a
bonnet, or what? Go light on me for
money is scarcer'n ever"
u A MAN gave q vest into his wife's
hands to be repaired, and when he came
| homs TO dinner she showed him thr>e
, pencil stubs, piece Of chalk, four watch
KEYS. nineteen matches, six pant and
four coat buttons, q receipt for making
! milk punch, 4 buckle, . blank lottery
ticket, small handful Of cloves, part oi
| | a roll OF lozenges, three seat coupons %
} last winters lecture, poker chip and
7 a chew Of gum that had slipped down
t into the lining OF the vest throush . nole
. in the pocket. 1t was the most startling
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