The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-08-02
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:. Come while the dew or the meadow glitser,
Come, where the starlight smiles ON the lakas
Not much" she said, +" for don't like hftters
And the dew an mianma compel me to TAIL.
Quinine and whisky, dog iennsi tea,
Whisky and quanHiE quantum Buf,
Degwood and whisky, whisky free,
Quinine straight and I'll such stufn
Huntington Haakes
Mr., Howelis ssys he saw an Enplisa
family stop before Titian's HJohn tina
Baptist" and heard the father sum Nm
his impressions in one sentence: s'0uiis
my idea of the pErty's character
"A little Sunday school miss wa
asked by her teacher: What mugt
people do in order to go to heavenp'
Die, suppose" replied the little one,
The teacher didn't question her any fun.
ther.
SIT is for you to say," said Judge
Butler of the United states district
court to Philadelphia iury, whether
q man who plsys poker dor money can
have o good character"
..s That is what call finished aer.
mon," said an adorer to sn indifferent
as they wendell their wsy from church
Yes" Was the reply with q yawn, shut
do you know, I thought it never woald
be-
"A writer on archery says: A LADY
walking Through the fields or ON unfrs-
quented roads lis well protected it ahsbe
an expert archer, for thirty pound bow
will put an arrow through the 8toutsm
tramp"
That was mot inapt advice given by
8 deacon at Oil City to q Young minister
VINO asked if he thought one should
preach more than half an honr. Sc We'll,
that depends on whether after half an
hours boring he strikes ile.''
Elevator boy Ito woman who had
ridden three times from bottom to TOP
of the building)-" Well, where do you
want to get ont ~ Woman" Wed,
indade, Dim not qouits shnre, but Lave
me rs near the Ouid Colony depot as ys
can."
"A lady with more money than learn
ing called at a jewelry shop recently and
asked to see their solitaire diamond
rings. A tray of single-stone rings was
shown to her. Sine looked them over
carefully, and at last selected one
{" That is . very pretty stone," she said,
Sand if you viii assure me that it is .
solitaire / viii take it."
"A new novel is called "a Lady's
Four Wishes" An old bachelor sayshe
hasn't read the book, but he Knows what
her wishes are. First, new bonnet;
second, new bonnet third, new bon
net; forth, 8 new bonnet" Frem THE
one might suppose that the old bachelor
was married man.
When some one who thought him~
self very bright and witty told Chprohia
with growl thst TREND of his was
so dull that if you ssid o good thing be
couldn't understand it, the poet Looked
up from q line he was Just finishing and
replied: MY dear air, don't believe
- Il
Mrs. Brown had often heard Mrs
johnson speak of Mr.. Nostrnm, the apo
theeary, as man Of fine physique, sman
of powerful physique, etc. After Chat
she would send nowhere else for her
medicines, for, said she, 81 want the
best if there's any best to the nasty
stuff
..Aunty-WalI, love, did Mr.. Mhiller
proposeg Edith-No auntys but be
was on the verge of it when Au1ty
When what, darling3 Edith-Whsn
the clock struck and reminded him tpat
there was only just time to catch tne
Last cheap train, and be had return
ticket.
what shall I preach about r. said
minister to the pastor of colored hock
which he was about to address. WEI
mos any subject win be icepsaple,1 was
the reply @oniy I'd like 70 gib you pns
word OBJ caution What ID thst
T" Well eff 1 was you, I'd tech very hgD
on de ten commandment" "Andeea
and whya1 @Oh, cos ! hab Noise o.
dey mos always hab q damPnin ehec'