The Osceola times., 1879-01-25
FACTS AND FANCIEs.
THE GYPSY GIRL,

THE GYPSY GIRL.
| Her hair il long and black as ravens vipes;
The eyes are large that q ash their light on me,
And In the n dcvs Of th.ir epths Ise
A host Of weird and stranse unsp,ken thinss.
| rhe We birds in jssl usy do fee.
As idly warbling n attn the vilox tree,
She ,i,s upon the fsgots which she brings.
Her 4 ct all In the moss aie nesilins down,
| Upon her firm the dancing sub .Ams rhine.
Like polished hronzs hi arms Of nutty brosn
Her taper hngsu willow ~reaihs sntvins:
Away viii paiutad bellies Of fa.hion's to~ni
| would the little gypsy girl were nina
N y Com. advertiser.
SUITABLE dover for q widow-A
widower.
SOME one says that nothing is healthy
that is fried. This is probably 70. Even
Friday is unhealthy-for convicted mur-
derers.
If Italy didn't have a government
crisis occasionally her people would have
nothing to do but manufacture hand
organs.
The most bsshiul girl we ever heard of
was the young lady who blushed when
she was asked II she had not been court
ing sleep.
The man who can't catch cold now
and then, and who never has pains or
aches, was intended originally for Q
II inoceros.
AN Idaho editor proposes 10 nail
sno her editors Vulnerable hide to
the wall, and mske 1t look like wood
chuck skin on country bsrndoor in
bean time"
No MATTER how good nstu,ed . man
may be, he will invariably get mad when
he discovers that there IL no towel in the
room, and is compelled to dry his face on
the bed quilt.
WHAT" said an interviewer TO an
unp'e iged candidate, "what do you in>
tend to de II you are elected?" my
goodnes.!" !" said the poor fellow, what
shall ! do II am not elected 2"
A GERMAN, telling the story Of his
campaigns, gives the following interest
ing item: ain this battle we lost the
brave Captain Schultz A cannon ball
took 0f lis head. His last words were,
Bury me on the spot where | fell.'"
The Hawkeye man writes from Boston:
"Ths old p'ople have all the good eyes.
Young men here wear eyeglasses ~
yonug men In Montana wear revolven,
and young men In Chicago carry sampl .
Of cerdwood for canes"
"GEoRaE,' cried the elder Washing
ton, " George, my son. did you fasten the
front gate last night" Father" re~
piled the faithful George, edging of
toward the back fencs, "I did. | can not
tell lie did it with my little latch
it,"
ScEsg 10 police court: Prisoner,
how many barrels of potatoes did you
say you stole 4" Seven, yer honor;
three Yesterday and two to-day" "Well,
but that's only five." "Och sure, I'm
goin' lor the otaers whin Kit out o
this"
Mr.. SMITH, having been elected project,
has shaven his beard, which has changed
him 40 that he doesn't know his poor
relations. He" You know one loses q
hair with each kiss" She" Well, you
won't be long getting bald" He
When you like, madsme!"
THE dreadful perversity Of types Is
again illustrated by the case of senti-
mental novelist who. describing his hero
inc as one who "always kept modestly
In the background" WAS horrihed to find
it recorded in print that she "always
kept modestv in the background !"
A PREACHER in Kentucky one Sun
day, becoming exasperated, paused In
his discourse To say: Ladies and gen.
tlsmen. If you will give me your close
attention ! will keep lookout on that
door, and II anything worse. than man
enters | will warn you in time to make
your escape"
A LONDON newspaper advertises:
" Wanted, 2 apprentices who will be
treated a. of the family" When 1t
va, ascertained that the advertiser was
in the habit of coming home and beating
his wife, the number of persons who
wanted to be treated as " ! OF the family"
was very small.
"I SUPPOSE you we're out calling this
afternoon remarked gentleman
to his colored wait last evening. mo,
cir" was the response. "Why, ! thought
the ,lored ladies' received to day"
rejoined the gentleman; I" | saw quite 2
list of their names published" yes"
replied the waiter, " but dem's all peas
ants. Muffin but de nobility catches