The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-06-25
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the WORTH is DoduClIul Dy Uno oHlHihS
through it of God.-Jdco6i.
So many murderers, about to be
hanged, "hope to meet all up in
heaven " that we have about conclud-
ed to start for the other placeANesc
HGOe'o Register. ~ ~ f@tt q
A very old lady on her eath-bed
in penitential mood said: "I have
been great sinner more than eighty
years and didn't know it," An old
darkey woman, who had lived with
her long time, exclaimed "Lors !
I knowed it all the time"
1t is better to hug delusion than
to let a bear hug you.-FTee Press.
But a pretty girl, with cherry lips
and red, rosy cheeks, discounts a de-
fusion by 700 per cens-N. Y. E'c-
press.
"Ah, yes" said Mrs. Darlington
some years ago on the 22d of Feb
ruary, as she watched the military
pass by, All, yes, Washington is
dead, and the worst Of it is that his
mantle piece don't seem to have fall
en- on any man now living"
President Lincoln once listened
patiently while friend read long
manuscript to him, and then asked
" What do you think of it? How
will it take?" The President re-
fected little while, and then
answered: " Well, for people who
like that kind of thing l think it is
just about the kind of thing they'd
like"
John, did you 60 round and ask
how old Mrs. Jones is this morning,
as 1 told you to do last night ?"
eyes, sir" "Well what's the re-
suit ?' "She said that seeing as how
you'd had the impudence to send to
ask how old she was, she'd no oh.
lection to telling you that she's sew
enty-four."
Teacher-"What bird did Noah
send out of the ark ~ Smallest boy
in the class after a pause-"A dove,
SIR" Teacher-"Very well, but
should have thought some of you
big boys would have known that"
Tall pupil" Please, sir, that boy
ought to know, sir, Cause his fathers
a blrd-ketcher, SIR"
London, with its suburbs, within
7 the nfreen mifVe radfusv OF Uifaf'fills
Gross, covers 706.S6 square miles, and
numbers over 100000 inhabitants,
of whom 81 per cent. are country
born. There is a birth in the me-
tropolis every four minutes and a
death every six. There are 1000
miles of streets, and % miles of new
streets are opened and 5000 new
houses built every year.
'Poor Herbert How I wish YOU
did not have to slave so at that hor-
rible store from morning till night +"
said his wife as, with a fond caress,
she seated herself on her husbands
knee, and gently stroked the auburn
locks from his brow. And the
grave, stern man of business under.
stood her at once. and answered
Well, Susie, what is it-a bonnet,
or what? Go light on me for money
is scarcer'n ever"
"Now, children" said a Sunday
School Superintendent, who.had been
talking to his scholars about good
people and bad people, when I'm
walking in the street 1 speak to some
persons | meet, and don't speak to
others, and what is the reason ?"
He expected the reply would be,
because some are good and others
are bad;' but to his discontinue,
the general shout was, Because
some are rich and others are poor
At each returning Christmas, New
Years, birthday and festal occasion a
kind but prudent father presents his
little daughter with valuable GIFT of
the useful variety-a dress, hat or
a pair of boots. Pa" finally said
the little one, "my birthday comes
next week. If you love me and
think l have been a real good girl
you might give me something that's
useless"
A devoted m other, sending her
seven-year-old son for the first time
to the district school, was considera-
bly, surprised to observe when he
came back, look of utter disgust
and modification. "What's the mat
ter, darling ?" she said, "don't you
like to go to school ?" eyes," he
answered. g" do, but you see all the
boys have got patches ON their pants,
and they laugh at me; and-and