The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-03-08

| And we win mot sting yos,
But by-and-bye bring yoa
Some honey, sweet neighbor.
When every writer who knows .Ov.
thing about whales asserts that one Of N.
fish can't swallow good-sized apple ".
realize what a dwarf Jonah was.
The wife of his buzzum: Was that
Che kiss of dooty or the kiss of affection
MIR. Bodger? Mr.. Bodger: decline to
answer that question:
When you.w to get the best Of
an argument with woman of thirty yoa
should lead off with: "Now, then,
woman of your age" etc.
"A Ohicopee small boy declined toest
soup at dinner the other day, on the
ground that he ''hadn't any teeth that
were little enough for soup"
"A pretty girl down east is q tfmina
reader" She said to a baahfnl beau the
other night: "I,al I believe you're
going to kiss mel" She was right.
The exact number of counties in
Texas ia still matter of dispute. One
authority says two hundred and twenty.
ak. One OF them is as large as the state
of Massachusetts,.
.."Young men may die" cheerfully
remark an insurance circular on our
table, 'old men must" This may be
right, professionally, but doesn't itsound
rather peremptory on the old men?
When man dies suddenly, with.
out the aid of the physician, " the coroner
must be called in. II man dies regu.
larly, after being treated by a doctor
everybody knows why he died. and the
coroner's inquest is not necessary.
In the Brooklyn bob.tail Car it ID
possible to be garroted and robbed with
out the driver knowing anything about
it. But you can't ride block without
paying your fare unless the TACT is noisily
nnounced by the bell
Turn the knob gently, there's paint
or the door.-[New York News. Wal
along softly, we've just washed the floor.
Il Meridian Recorder. Set on the soty
we boughta at the store Graphic. And
don't say word till you hear daddy
snore.-[ Philadelphia Bulletin.
How some women change their
minds respecting their husbands Mrs.
Jinks was forever telling her husband
that he wasn't worth the salt in his
bread But when the poor man got
killed in railroad smash-np, the fond
widow suedGthe company for $1,000 dam,
ages.
The English language is wonderful
for its aptness of expression. When
number of men and women get together
and look at each other from the sides Of
the room-that's called as0ciable. When
q hungry crowd calluponapoor minister
and eat him out of house and home
that's called donation party.
"A Connecticut school teacher re-
Gently called the village blacksmith "a
Son of Vulcan" and the smith--a mighty
man was he, with strong and sinewy
hands-hit the luckless pedagogne apeit
that would have knocked in the sidesoi
q mountain, and then had him arrested
on the chargeof using language calcn-
lated to proyokea breach OF the peace
1T is said that a small chr in the
house is more proteclionfaga burglars
than is large dog. We would prefer
the burglars to the dog, however,
when the canine lies awake
and keepsevery personinthe house awake
I'll night by barking at the rats and
mice in the wall or by keeping up avery
spirited pursuit of fieas.-7L Rochester
Union.
"A beautiful girl in Iowa named
Jemima recently committed suicide be-
cause she could find no diminutiye Tor
ner name ending in aie.D A few hours
afterward came a.letrer from ciassnaate
dear, dating Minnie ibut
it was too late, and she was borneto the
grave by eight companions, named
.Abbie, Bessie, Carrie, Dol
lie, Elite, Florrie, Georgia and Hattie.
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