Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-06-28
FACTS AND FANCIEs.
ASH WENT OUT TO PLow THE CORN.
ny ALICE CARY,

~ AhiCh GARY
As went out to pow the corn
| OF the field beside the mill
In the tender hight Of the early morn,
MY heart was calm and still
And the sheep, with heeces wet with dew
Were dragging up the hill.
As went home at the shut OF day.
In the window Of a mill
There hung modest Muriel May
Ikea lily over the SILL
And when again plo wed the corn
MY heart was not 80 still
REMEMBER the Turkish proyerb.
He who tolls the truth must have one
foot In the stirrup.'
WHEN an honest hen Is laying the
foundation for family and doing ali the
hard work, some absurd rooster Is ready
to do the growing. = New Orleans
Picayune.
LOCOMOTIVES are now being made
strictly for use-all brass and ornamental
work being dispensed with. The result
is reduction Of from 81, $50 to 81 900 ON
each locomotive.
They grow tall women on the Mis-
sissippi. A river poet writes that he
kissed the clouds from her sweet fair
face" It seems almost incredible that
he could do any such thing.
MOST of us pass our lives in regretting
the past, complaining of the present.
and indulging in false hopes of the
uture, when 1t would be vastly better
to cut pole, dig some bait and 20 fish
ing.
ELEVATOR Boy Ito woman who has
ridden three times from bottom to top
of the building)-" Well, where do YOU
want to get QUIT" Woman-"Wel In.
dade, dim not quote sure, but lave me
as near the Ould Colony depot as ye
can."-[Lampton.
THERE are still too many men sitting
with their hats on in restaurants, too
many who will take Jumps of sugar with
their fingers when spoons in abundance
are lying around too many, In fact, who
ignore the existence of butter-knife,
and, alas, yet too many who use their
own knife altogether too much.-[ New
York Graphic.
"WHo's that frizzly, black, haired
woman, talking to my husband, on the
ottoman ?" "She's Mrs. Cadogan
Smythe." Indee1l She's good at
Aattering people, l should say and
knows how to lay it on pretty thick ~
" All, you infer that, no doubt, from Ter
and expression ?" "Oh, dear,
no from my husbands p-- Punch.
MRS. A." Somebody's in the next
room. wonder what they're doing"
Looking wistfully at the keyhole.
I've good mind to peep" Mrs. B.
"Oh, wouldn't 'tisn't right" Mrs. A.
-" don't care; Pm dying TO know"
Puts eye to keyhole, but Immediately
takes 1t away, Disconnected "Hml
the key is ip." Mrs. B." Yes; 80 /
found before you came in."
cUUN tne Iove-IUrn maiuun will HE 70
the meadows, and pluck the dandelion
that has run to fluff, and, as she blows
the "feathers" off, with murmur alter
nately He loves me-" and HE loves
me not" And the chances are one in
two that the oracle will decide as pleas
9th her best; but if it proves obstinate.
then she will say, Surely, counted not
and will give herself another
Puck.
THERE ia dog in New York whose
lines are cast in soft places. And the
,ame could probably be said of the wits
II mis- owner.) He is described by
writer in the Chicago Tribune as being
'of the black and tan variety, and his
,wner, rich and pretty woman, boards
1t a fashionable hotel. She pays full
board rates Tor the darling, and he goes
10 the table with her and eats decorously
,ut OF a sweet little gold dish. C.esm
md chicken is his avorite dishes, with
.idbits from his mistress plate. The
ooor dear doggie-woggie has also a god
Young avenue belle-and birthday, and
when his birthday comes round-as 1t
lid last week--the happy event is cole
,rated with psrty-a sumptuous dog
,anq uet-to which are invited all the
Iyoodles Of his acquaintance"