The Osceola times., 1879-03-22
FACTS AND FANCIES.
ABOUT BEN ADHEM.

ABOUT BEN ADHEM.
Aboul Ben Adhem (may his tribe incrsass)
Awoke one night from q dream piece
nf pie he'd ais the ni1ht before
Destroyed his sumber and broke his snore.
And BY the light Of Q IA dwindling tspeR,
he sa = fellow writing on paper
Ben Adhem having cursed the cisce Of pie,
Al the chap writing winked his eye.
Whist n tell me What you write !" said he, aI VIII.
/ write the names Of those that love their neisa-
bor,"
These are the names Of thoss alone
Who TO their fellows ALWAYS give loan,
nd ten per cent 10 the interest CHARGED thereon"
He vanished, left q bankrupt list,
And lo Ben Adhem's name led oil the r0t.
Oh Guy Derrick.
In the midst of life we are in debt.
A FRLoN on the hand is worse than
two in the penitentiary. l .tI
The slippery pavement ID often the
power behind the throne.
A FEW more pleasant days will ripen
spring poetry.
To remove paint from the wall-back
against it beft re 1t gets dry. D..
A "soAP.TAIL candidate ID what
they call bolters in Mississippi.
The thoughtful tramp observes that
half glass Of whisky Is better than no
bread.
Coon, like evil, 10 infectious; but -
an epidemic 1t must be considered .
failure.
IT ia safe enough to tickle . wasp un>
der his wing, II you do It with . very
long straw. -
WHEN the old folks try 10 sit out
young fellow and his girl, they got dis
counted every time.
WHATEVER objection may b opposed
to whipping, 1t Ia at least undeniable
that IL makes boy smart.
Ma. KEARNEY IL right. The Chimes
are great curse TO this country. They
wash Of too many buttons. r.
The Boston Transcript wants mules 70
be put on castors. Did the Transcript
never see Q mule castor leg out at nan
as II he were q short stop base ball
players
WHEN we are young We waste great
deal OF time In imagining what We VIII
do when we grow older, and when We arc
older We waste an equal amount OF time
in lying about what We did when W
were youug-in telling shout the cold
winters and trouble experienced In gain
ing our knowledge.
A LITTLE girl, when her fathers table
was honored with An esteemed friend,
began talking very earnestly at the first
pause in the conversation. Her father
checked her rather s5arply, saying,
"Why Is 1t that you talk 20 much I"
"Tsnse I've dot something to say" was
the innocent reply.
"THEY tell me Leadville 10 pretty high
up," remarked Denverite to . visitor
from the carbonate field. High upf'
calculated the other, " we'll I should say.
The air is so thin that you've got TO tan
It in q corner TO got square breath.
Why, live forter In valley, but many
a time when went home ct night bad
to push q cloud from the front door 10
get in"
A SOCIETY paper says: "Square
necks are much worn on low corsages.
V necks are also seen, but round. low
necks are preferred by most young ladies
for ball toilets." We prefer round, low
necks, and object strongly to square
recks because the corners cut your arms,
and the v necks (which mean fve dol
lars, We suppose) are too costly.-lOl
City Derrick. a
"AH, by Georgew groaned young Mr..
Leathered, sinking wearily into an ofice-
chair, "Ah, by George my head aches
fearully." "Possible p aseed his EN-.
ployer, old Mr.. Hardfax, with . look Of
curious interest and sympathy. Posi-.
And then for q long time nobody said
anything, and the room seemed to grow
about fifteen degrees colder.
"Now, children" said q Sunday.
schoul superintendent, who had been
talking to his scholars about good people
and bad people, when Pm walking In
the street, speak to some persons ! meet,
and don't speak 70 others; and what's
the reason Z" He expected the reply
would be, Because some are good and
Others are BAD but, to his discon.
fiture, the general shout was, Because
some are rich and others are poor"
SEVERAL ladies were sitting together
on the balcony OF the Clifton Hotel,
Niagara, one night last summer, when
the moon, although full, was somewhat
hidden by clouds. A nstty little fellow
came toward the group and said, softly,
" Pussie, darlingP' whereup0n all the
young ladies jumped mp and came 70.
ward him eagerly. He eelected one and
walked away with her. The other brides
sat down, and told their respective Ro-
meos afterward that II was :" too ridicu.
lcus tor anything" and that they never
were ~ embarrassed in the whole course
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