The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-23
FACTS AND FANCIES.
THE GYPSY GIRL,

, Nov hush, NY hoart ana listen while sne sings
; The We birds in js,l 'usy do flee
As idly wsrhing n atA The willOE tree,
5 She sits upon the fsEots sh'ch she brings.
her iset all in the moss nesting down,
, Upon her flrm the daDcilg supb ANS shina.
! Lise polished hroI = her arms OF nEtIY bros
Her taper hugsrs willow wreafhs entvine.
Away wi pointed bellies of IA HONS toWnt
wor d the little gypsy glri were Nina,
) " y Com Advertiser.
A SUITABLE dover for a widow-A
widower. "a r..
SOME one says that nothing is healthy
that IS fried. This probably 30. Even
Friday is unhealthy-for convicted muir
derers.
If Italy didn't have 8 government
crisis occasionally DER people would have
, nothing to do but manufacture hand
organs.
The most bsshful girl we ever heard OF
was the yOu5g lady who blushed when
she was asked if she had not bsen court
ing sleep.
TIE man who can't catch cold now
ana then, and WHO never has pains OF
aches, was intended originally for a
=. inoce.os.
AN Idaho editor proposes to nail
snO her editors Vulnerable hide tn
the wall, and make it look like a wood
chucS-skln on country b8rndoor in
bean time"
No MATTER how good -uatured q man
may be, he viii invariably get mad when
! be discovers that there is no towel in the
room. and is compelled to dry mis- face on
the bed quilt.
WHAT" said an interviewer 70 an
unp!e3ged candidate, "what do YOU inD
tend to de if you are electe ?" " MY
goodness F" said the poor fellow, "what
shall do ii 1 am not elected?'
A GERMAN, telling the story of his
campaigns, gives the following interest
ing item: In this battle we lost the
brave Captain Schultz A cannon ball
took of his head. His last words were
Bury me on the spot where I fell.'"
TIE Hswkeye man writes from Boston:
" The old people have sill the good eyes.
Young men here wear eyeglasses as
young men in Montana wear revolvers,
and young men in Chicago carry sampl,s
OF c9rdwOOd Tor canes"
GEORGE" cried the elder Washing
ton, g George, my son, did you fasten the
front gate last night ?" Father" re-
piled the faithful George, edgiDg off
toward the back fence, {" did. can not
tell lie; ! did 1t with my little latch
il"
SrENE in = police court: Prisoner,
now many barrels Of potatoes did you
say you st0le?' Seven, yer honor;
three yesterday and two to-day" "Well.
but that's only FIVE" "Och sure, IN
goin' Tor the others whin ! git out O.
this"
Mr.. SMITH, having been elected project,
has shagen his beard, which has changed
him so that he doesn't know his poor
relations. He" You know one loses q
hair with each kiss" She Well. you
won't be long getting bald" He
% When you ike, madame -
THE dreadful perversity o. types is
ag ain illustrated by the case Of senti-
mental novelist who. describing his hero
inc az one who always kept mOdestly
in the background, was Mortified to find
it recorded in print that she "always
kept modesty in the background"
A PREACHER in Kentucky one Sun
day, becoming exssperated, paused in
his discourse to say: Ladies and gem
tlemen. if you will give me your close
l will keep a lookout on that
door, and If anything worse than a man
enters / will warn you in time to make
} our escape"
A LONDON newspaper sdvertises:
i' Wanted, 2 apprentices who will be
treated as | OF the family" When it
was ascertsined that the advertiser was
in the habit of coming home and beating
his wife, the number Of persons who
wanted to be treated as / of the family"
was very small. -
al SUPPOSE you were out calling this
afternoon ?" remarked a gentleman
TO his colored waiter last evening. mo,
sir," was the response "Wby, l thought
the cOlored ladies received today"
rejoined the gentleman; {" saw quite
list of their names published" Yes"
replied the waiter. Z" but denis ali peas
ants. Muffin but de nobility catches
me-"
A LADY who arrived recently from the
1dSL III CdCtducHlO' Ooi'I oh tidlH, Hdu
IN her possession rare pet-a land turtle
of which she seemed TO think very
much. The animals shell had been
highly polished until it resemb;ed one of
the large bacK-combs worn by ladies and
he was most ObedIent to the calls of has
mistress. A call or low cIuck from the
ady was sufficient to bring him from
under the seats in the car, and with but
little encouragement or assistance he
would climb to the lsdy's lap. The pet
would also tear pin from the lady's
lress.