The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28
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A d~isagreeable pictnre-Picked
your pockets.
Did q donkey ever due soitchihs
of the braying?
Unless the field be mown, theh
will the farmer bemoam.
If n political party out ranks
the other outraacors.
The best way tomakc tea-I.-
this is the capital way.
Swear not ut all. The fall of A
dam cursed the whole race.
When tile farmer dresses his hog
he scrapes an acquaintance.
The removal Of duty on qninine
ought to diminish the number Of
Shakers.
Give the devil his due said a
Eighty orator. Then up rose a back
woodsman and said, "He will take
his due; don't you be feared"
An exchange has an article on
How Parrots Learn to Talk The
Philadelphia DailyChronicle-H Herald
thought it was by sending them to
Congress.
The Yonkers Gazette says: BE
kind to the 'erring," as the grocer
said to the tramp who was casting Il
wistful eye at a box of Yarmouth
b~loaters.
The report that 4 new mammoth
cave had been discovered in ~lllionis,
saws the Boston Commercial Bulle-
tin, arose from a Chicago man tax
ing a siesta on the prairie with his
mouth open.
When a man arises in the morn
inc and finds that he has no towel
in the room and is compelled to dry
his face on a newspaper, then. and
only then, does he understand the
power of the press.
A man coming out Of q ncwspa-
per office with his nose spread all
over his face, replica to a police
man who interviewed him, Il didn't
like an article that 'peared in the pa
per last week, an l went to see the
man who writ it, an he wal thar
The Fools Amt All Dead Yet
The old fastened clock in the wild
ow Green's kitchen struck ten, just
us the widow herself laid down hcl
paper and began to V up the
fire.
It's all a lie" she calculated, as
she sprinkled q shovelful of ashes
over the fire. "Them newspaper
men are allus getting up such trash
Jest as if a spirit would come back to
this airth; spirits indeed! There
amt but one kind of spirits that ]
know of, and | bet the man that
writ that piece in the paper wa:
pretty well acquainted with EN-
LAS for such sci as then
wrappings, l don't believe it," Sh'
continued, looking sharply at thu
shovel, as if that harmless instru
ment was in some way to blame,"a nC
| can't see what some folks mean b,
maxim SIGH fools of themselves
Rap. rap! rap!
The widow Green dropped he
shovel and looked suspiciousl,,
around.
its only the wind" she con
tinued.
Rap! rap! rap?-louder NOR
distinct.
She walked straight to the door
undid the fastening, and flung j
open-no one was there.
That's curious" she muttered.
Rap! rap! rap!
"Who's thcre?" asked the widow
No answer.
rs it a spirit?"
Three exceedingly loud raps
meaning Yes"
81 don't believe it. l don't believ
in spirits! Is it my late aunt?"
Two raps-"No."
as it you, Hezekiah Green?
Three raps-"Yes."
wal, I'd like to know what yo
want shopping back to this earth
Jest go long off and mind your ow
business will you?"
Two decided raps-"No."
You won't. I'd like to kno'
why not. Is there anything trout
ling you?"
Yes"
"And amt l reared you up a MOI
nyment?"
Yes"
"Then what on airth do you wal
here, Hezekiah Green, a comm i
the dead O night-a troublin' you
pour poor lone widder. Is it som,
thing you've got agin me?
yes"
Widow-falteringly-'Is it any
thing pertaining to Deacon Brown:
Three very loud raps.
Are you again my marryin'him:
Yes"
"Wall, l don't care if you be, He;
ekiah Green, Eli marry whom II
a-mignter."
Two raps-"No."
II tell you l will. You were allu
standing agin me in everythin
when you were living, an now
think it's mighty hard your spiri
sh ,uld be coming back a pesterin
the very life out O me. l tell you
willr'
"NO-nO."
81 will! l will! l just wish l coul
ketch you; I'd slap you in the fac
with the her eye happening to res
on the article gridiron for your in
prudence"
'No-no-not"
ooh dear mer' exclaimed the vic
ow Green, bursting into tears, ed
go away, Hezekiah, to go away"
mo"
CANT you goin' away tonight"
"Nom
"Oh, dear! Oh, DEAR. / dassen
stay in a haunted house. I'm scail
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