The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-02-14
WAITS AND wHIMs.
BEFORE THE EAIs.

We kneF ii would rain for all the morn
spirit on slender ropes Of mist
Was lowering Its golden buckets down
Into the vapsry amethyst ~
OF marshes and swamps aud dismal fens;
scooping the deT thaf-lay ia the flowers
Dipping the jewels cut Of these
To sprinkle them over the land In showers.
We knew 1t would rain. for the popIars shovel
The whites Of their leaves; the amber grain
Shrunk In the wind and the lightning now
Is tangled in tremulous skeins Of rain.
There is a man in the moon, and
man and woman in the. honeymoon.
"A hint to ladies who will wear out
side pockets: Have your purses made
up to look like prayer books.
"A dry goods clerk of Shelbyvilie.
ILL.,, has swallowed % cartridge, walks
on tiptoe, and is not in demand at balls
as partner.
Credit il like q alooking glass, which
when only sullied by a breath may be
wiped clean again but if once it is
cracked it is never TO be repaired.
When we get money orders down to
five cents, as has been proposed by bill
introduced in Congress, most anybody
ought to be able to get money to send
away.
Muskrat farming is a rural industry
in Iowa. A good pond or marsh well
stocked yields profitable return after
TIVE years, the trapping being done in
winter
s5sfz<1asaaa aSerE naanin hand to ex-
anime himself carefully and satisfy him
self that he has not been shipped in q
barrel to some medical college. Hun,
dreds have been.
..Lo. the collector climbs. the shaky
stairs, comes in and takes his victim
unawares-"Ab, regret I'm not pre-
pared to pay that little bill-call round
some other day"
1t is all very well to have ga place
for everything" but no man in authority
can hope "to enjoy true happiness unless
be has a place for everybody" with
good salary attached.
.-Snodkins (who is escorting meek
maiden to her home): Haven't we got
most to your house?" Meek maiden:
90 dear no, Mr.. Snodkius. We passed
my house an hoIr ago."
When young man has learned to
consume cigarettes in an artistic manner
by ejecting the smoke through his EOS
trils, life is no longer a barren ideality,
but as real as a barof soap.
."There is nothing impossible, ex-
claimed a man who was discussing Edi>
sons achievements. That man, to find
out how egregiously ne is mistaken, has
only to attempt to cut his own hair.
.."What makes dogs mad" asks an
exchange. Boys. 1t makes dog mad
as vet hen the minute lie sees boy
win tin can in one hand and a string
10 the other looking for something to tie
4 them to.
-" How was the world made ?'' is being
discussed in scientific magazines. We
werL' there, but we suppose they got all
the subscriptions they could raise along
the survey, and then bonded the rest
of the work and pushed it through.
My son, wouldst have notoriety
Publish thou an almanac. Wouldst
have great knowledge? Learn what
others forget. Wouldst have wealth
Either become an undertaken, plum
Der or an Indian agent.-[ New York
Graphic.
..@ Puck" thinks that man can live
more economically during this cold
weather, for nothing short of absolute
necessity could induce a woman to get
out of her warm bed in the middle of
one of these nights and rife her hus
bands pockets.
&c am convinced that the world is
daily growing BETTER" remarked rev.
erend Aberdeen gentleman to brother
minister; my congregation is continu-
ally increasing. Curious, replied
the other, who happened to be peni-
tentiary chaplain, " for SO is mine. +"
Little Laura was tired and sleepy
on new years night, when she prepared
for bed, and forgot to say her " now lay
me-" and in apology to her mother for
the neglect said, as she tugged away at
her little stockings: { couldn't go to
heaven Tonight mamma, any way for
the world, tos Pm too tired"
One day at the Cafe de Foy one ol
the leading notaries of Paris was critics.
ing severely the conduct of Marshal Mar
mont, when gentleman at an adjoining
table with a moustache like shoebrush,
arose and cried: Sir-r, you shal
account to me for those wordsI" "You
are Marshal Marmont?" l have not
that honor, but am his senior aide-de'
camp" Very well, sir my head cleri
will meet you when and where yor
r please"