The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-13
FACTS AND FANCIFS.-


A NEW broom sweeps dirt.
II sunsll boy is lad, Is ls,ge boy
lsdder2
THE eunvict's sersusde 70 the warden:
" How can leave thee -
The impr-vjdsut man Is hard ~ kill.
because he will not die worth s. cent.
" VOC fttter me" ss the Grange said
tn Judge Davis when he sat down upon
Forty saloons and Ten faro banks al
resdy enijvsn the young mining town Of
Bndie Csi.
FROM me debris % their coal mines
France makes S8uusily 200 GOO tons
OF excellent fuel, and Belgium 500 0)J
tons.
MoRE timber is used unGer ground in
the Cousiock lode than has been en-
ployed ia the construction Of san Fiau-
cisco.
CATALOG is the 8ay in which the
Library Journal spells it, the word re-
mInding one OF his boh-tail brother
program"
IF the characters Of all cur Young men
stood as high ~ their shin collars, the
community would present bettersspecr
than it does.
% you really. trul-, love me,
More IN ~ any -iri yod SNOW?
Wei then, hug me- Just q IiJils,
81 yOJ mus, b-iOre yHu gp.
Fold your arms around me tlgh'er,
dave yOJ never guygsd before?
Draw me nearer, i aw re closer,
can you hug NE any LuIe2
-EH,'sG GG-stc.
NOBODY seems to know what becomes
of the bundle bee IN winter, bat they
are Oh deck snd ready to b. set down on
as soon as the first bsreiooted boy ap-
pears,
TsE NorristOwn Herald indicates it,
belief in the oriental origin OF man by
stating the welLkuOwn iSct that both
the poppy snd the mummy come iron,
the east.
IN Kentucky, when q mule gets so
lazy that he won't work more than nine
or ten hours a day, they trim mis- ears
down and sellhim to Chicago man fora
carriage horse.
Your late husband, madame" began
her lawyer. Yes, | know ne was al
ways late out O. nights, but now that he's
dead don't let US upbraid him" said his
charitable widow.
IT is pretty hard to find believer in
ghosts, and it is also pretty hard 70 find
man who won't wObble little when he
suddenly runs across tsbIe>cloth flap
ping on the clothes-line in the dark back
yard.
A FOUR YEAR OLD girl, left slone-
with an infant in Urbans, o., said to the
mother on her return: "Oh, Daby's all
broke" The baby was dead, having
fallen from the little girls arms and had
its neck broken.
Tue piumssr came down like a wolf on toe fold,
His pockets were laden with solder gold
and for four mortal hours he nade love 70 rhe COOK
and seventeen dolAIs were charged up IN tie BOOK.
- HhssliHg Leader.
o TENDER are the murmIrs of the maiden tai Eing
love,
When The viOles are blooming and the stars srs
bright above;
Bat s~ester tnan her murmur, or the robin in tle
Is the voice that gaiIy MARBLES: Prithes set them
M again %.
- Hsriford,JerlnaL
Nh. STURGEON is credited with this
design on hubby's happiness: When
| am marrying young couples gener-
ally tell the Young lady to let her hus-
band be the head, for that is according
to scripture and nature; but | always
advise her TO be the neck, and twist him
round which way she likes"
A PLAIN>sPOKEN woman recently
visited married woman and said to
her: How do you manage to amuse
yourself2" "Amuse," said the other,
- DON'T you know that ! have nv house
work to do ?" Yes" was the answer,
" see that you have it to do, but as it IS
never done / conclude you must have
some way Of passing the time"
AN Irishmsn, in describing America,
said 8 am Id that you moIght roll
England thru it an it wouldn't make
dIpt in the ground; there's fresh-wster
oceans inside that ye mOight dround
old Ireland in; an a. for Scotland,
We mOight stick il in corner and ye'd
niver be able to find, it out except it
might be by the smell Of viii KY"
"POoR Herbert How I wish you
did not have 10 slave so at that horrible
store from morning till night said MS
wife as, with a fond caress, she seated
herself on her husbands knee and gent
struked the auburn LOCKS from bis siOT--
ing brow. And the grave, stern man IF
business understood her 8. once, and
answered: Well, Susie, Whist Is it,
bonnet, or what? Ga light on me for
money is scarcer II ever
A MAN gave vest into MS wife's
hands u be repaired, ami when he cane
aom to dinner she showed MIN three
pencil stubs, piece OF chsik, tour watch
Keys, nineteen matches, SIX pant and
four coat buttons, receipt tor making
milk punch, buckle, blank lottery
ticket. small hand ul OF cloves, part Of
4 Roll OF lozsnges, three seat coupons to
4 las,-winter's lecture, poker caip soi
1 chew of gum that had slipped q WE
INTO TIE lining of the vest thrpu b q ole
in the pocket l. was the mos- starting
disclosure the man had seen Tor many n
lay.