The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-07
CURRENT HUMOR.

And tnan ehe shook her red
Aud as the zephYIs softly blue,
Ehe wept. and. weeping, aaio:
II wcurdat Int my watohfu ia
Maroon NIL our fun
The purple nab YOU by the leg,
Aud murder will be dunl
We protost against permitting the Utes 10
ro la Washington BY St George. the lndl
ana are bad enough now
rhe,e'a n mistaken Providence In some
tbnpa In this world iIaat week q HOOD IN
Colorado drowned 30 sheep and only one dog
Roy SEQ here y ten r yosr"' s ~ Ma Mar nv
" , w ."a 1p saT Lightning stru" the house
ran along the lloOr dead boy.
No true lady will bounce ont of the room
ana aIan thr door after her when aaked IT,
forepo hnr now silk dross for a few days
and let her husband settle an old oigar bill.
A horsa IN Chicago drank two gaIlons ot
beer hv miatakefor water, and In about ffteen
minutes he danced around tho wagon anh
wanted IT, know who run TINT town II no
didn't II affects everything iuat that way
"Men often jump ut cunrusona,' save tho
nroyetb So do dogs. One reeentty lnmpeh
Mt Tho conclusion IF q chi, which was sticking
through the opening IF y partly elosti door
and IL created great disturbance.
rraynrs for rain wero offered In oil the
Petersburg tVa.N churches on Sunday. i
Petersburg wants rain IL should engage Prof.
jackson. Of ihis city, to give an exhibition of
fireworks lrhiIadelphia kronikie-iIcrald.
Who Wouldn't rather he President than he
rjght Come now, no shirking around. The
salary of the President Ia S5o0o0 per year,
tho salary Of being right IL All the why from
SIS pnr month down 10 splitting wood for
cold dinner. Free Preae.
II haa resrhnd that point, nj last, that the
pstent medicine men arc issuing beautifully
hound Volumes If the british poets, holiday
etylea. with notices Of pills. plastara, toncs
and hittera Inserted between the stan7ae. We
know II would yet have % come to TINT
There are two things which your great
American Rtateamnn always tlnas when
Newspaper man lntnrvcwa BIN. no Imme'li-
atnly tells the reporter all lie RnowR Cit dnnant
tpka puInn of them very long and then I'm
prpsses IL upon him that he mustn't lnt II III
tho paper. Cincinnati Saturday Night
A man who sat ,lp four nights wrestling
With Ii asks tho connndrum What Is tho
difference hctwoen II aaIlor mud u fireman
| Now hold your breath. 'one plnwa the
water and the other hose the water" map
III thia joke will loo furnished each now sub
scrIber lrhiladtlphla Bulletin,
"Do women want tho hallot2" asks al OK
change BALLOT Mo- they can't wpar bal
| lot for hreastpn. and nm ordinary ballot Ia
entirely tup small u make n first class bus
tlo. Tho only politics women caro- about ATE
dry goods and millinery. l'hiadephia
| kronikn Herald
Il IhnN 97NllQ now lilHi litEfIFR iltftFI
lived In a tub Before long somebody will he
claiming that Nonh never lived IN an ark that
George Washington never lived In the hearts
Of his cnuutrymen. md that Daniel Pratt
never kept house IN dry goods box. bangor
| Commercial
| Citrate: Good morning, Gurley: | hope
Won arc getting on better now p Artisan :.
| "Yca master, thnnlsee am saving up.
| Curnie 81 am gIad ~ hear That. How
/ much have you saved u Artisan: II have
got penny. master. and am savng II till
g,t another: then ] am going to have pint
! London Punch.
! A yon.s Iriehman whose remlttaneos from
| homo had baan stoppad wrote very urgent
letters telling Of his tllstresa, and promising
| to reform II the remittanres werc continued.
When he failed 10 got whit he wanted ne re-
sorted to s,ratRunn and wrote n sad letter To
hia father telling him that be was doad and
| wanted money fur the funeral expenses.
dentist In Bristol. VI. recently received
| Nv mall an order fut u set Of teeth, which
read as follows My mouth ia three inches
across, iive-eighth inches through the Jaw.
| Sum hunlmocky on the edge. Shaped ltkG Il
hnrscahoe toe forrard. II you want mo to ho
more particular | shall have TO come thar.
ltAlhany Argus.
An. yca Uanlan wants to row Courtney.
and Courtney wants TO row BailSie, and
Blaikie wants to referee Riley. and Courtney
does not think much ot Ianlall, and lianlnn
wants to go to Australia, aud Hlnik1e thinks
he can outrow both mon. and Courtney Thinks
lie II u better man than ilanan, and yet
Ilanlau and Courtney want to row n y.
Express.
At Il sae &c autographs In Boston. the other
day, Washngton's aoli for So Is. Lincoln g
I'll H. John hdamsa 81 3D. Grant's 81 %, and
j Nii>ca Booths SGT. This teachee that Is
you want your autograph To bring u price
you must murdcrn I6esldent instead 81 being
elected 10 Tho Presidency yourself Norris
town Herald.
It's an affecting sight to SEQ two young
mon only about twenty or twenty five yoat
OF age In soldiers blue on orr streets. turning
n hand organ and collecting ntrkels on thlt
gala day II Ia MI tho saddcr when II Ia r"
memhered that the war closed fifteen years
ago, and nj the time when theea veterans
fought and hled for their country they coult
not have been moro than five or ten years Q
age, EGbicngo journal.
, A sturhy peasant from the Tyrol, Says Tbs
HFmdtuhtTH, was standing tho other day u
Il shop window in Ntcnna. looking ut repro
| duction of the itnn group by Herr Kaueh, In
"rhrca GraCoa. which are. of course ~ he
{ fits their profession, In tho simple attire z
i our frat mother. Tho peasant did not seen
4 insensiblo to the perfection of form, but afte
awhile he burst forth what fools w0tncl
arc all over tho world! Only To think TIM
, those girls have not got money enough 7
buy themselves u suit Of clothes, yet 20"
spend tho little that they de- possess III nav
! ing their photographs takenE
, * ludIcrous transpostion occurred In tn
7 make up of Il couple of Geographic Items IL
/ tho Nav Haven journal and C""4r las
i Monday which produced the following eilect
! The first item rrad, "A large cast-iron wheel
4 revolving 900 times per minute, exploded Il
i that city yesterday after long and paufuj
! illness. Deceased Waa n prominent thirty
| second degree Mason This was followed b.
Y the second item, which read, ~ ohm tadaeI
I the well known florist and real estate broker
z pF NRwr1rt II T. died In WHrIupr u RUSSELL