The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-08-06
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Toronto Gossiper. 800 :. -. !
Murrain is carrying off Colorado cattle
by the hundreds. ~, /.
Iowa has 100 creameries or butter lac
tories in operation.
Many men seek appointments, but few
seek disappointments.
In this world brayin' is too often mis-
taken for brains. Boston Transcript. !,
Snitz wants to know if the sons ofthe
desert pitch their tents with gum Arabic.
CORY Herald.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger Is said
to have the most handsomely fitted up
editorial rooms in America. e 4,
A printers devil is seldom block
head, but from force Of circumstances ne
is an inkcmpoop.-Gate CITY.
Take a true view of life; be proud that
YOU have work in the worlds busy path,
and do it we'll and honorably.
A Western editor alluded to his rival
as Is A fellow who represents seventeen
distinct kinds of a born fool!" !:
During thelast fiscal year thers was .
total increase of 318 new money order
postofices in the United States. :,
ALWAYS some hitch about it-A har-,
ness.-1n,erican Punch. Always some
itch about it-A mosquitoes bite.
"Let it be recorded" said the newspa,
per reporter to the teamster whose load
Of wood was overturned.-Rtqgs. /.
Baron Lionel Rothschild has be.
bueathed to George Fordham, his jockey
$4,000, snd an annuity of 81 500.
A woman at Fort Collins, Col, gave Q
supper to all the young men in town who
hadn't drank anything in sixty days.
In the next Presidential race, perhaps
Hanlan and Weston would make the
best time, but they won't rum, One
rows and the other walks. Norristotvn
Herald. f,lsa a.sl... ~,
Newspapers seem to have originated IN
China. The Pekin Gazette, the Oldest
daily in the world. was issued about A.
D. 1850. It is still in existence and is au
official journal. =
The unseen, and therefore unexpected,
is what surprises us, when suddenly
developed. It is for this reason that,
unlike the obvious bark of a tree, the
sudden bark of dog startles US 80,
especially of dark night.
Of the class of 1929 at Harvard Uni
versity, twenty-eight out Of the fifty
eight original members still survive
after fifty wears. and of the correspond
Ing class at Williams College, eight out
of eighteen-nearfy one-half in each
case. -,
She held firmly on to the ropes and
gayly warbled: "Oh, George, isn't tnis
just nice? Now, really, I think thisjustt
too exquisite for anything, with the COOL
breezes blowing silvery foam around n
little fairy goblets, and" The dash
denotes the moment she swallowed the
billow.-NeaU York Star. 500 80 -.
The young lady who married her
fathers coachman says she was driven
to it.-SeM Spicer. But hereafter she in
tends to hold the reins herself.-Net0
York Ne,us. Wheel bet she'll manage
her hub.-Phiiadelphia Sunday lem.
Spoke in like an oracle!-Ltskens. What
felloes you are for wagon your tongues!
Let us gather up the sunbeams -,s.
Lying all around our path;
Let us keep the wheat and roses,
Casting out the thorns and chaf ...-
Let US find our sweetest co mort
In the blessings of to-day,
With patient hand removing
All the briers from our way.
Nine men met on the Hooker prairie,
in Polk county, Fla, for the purpose OF
. killing alligators, with gigs, guns, an
} axe. one grubbing hoe and one hook.
The party killed 224 alligators, 22o OF
which were from three to twelve feet in
length, the average length being seven
feet. All were Killed within the space
of half mile. .....r
A bather will step up to the water,
stick in one finger, give a shiver ard run.
But the house-fy, made bold by the
feast between daylight and breakfast,
will drop right into cup. of hot
coffee without word. People might
get a little peace and great deal OF sat-
isfaction by keeping cup of hot coffee
by the bedside during the emorning hours.
This advice is given on the fly. NC
Greqor Ne,0s. ....