The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-03-20
FACTS AND F4NCIEs.
AB0US BEN ADHE,t.

About Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase,
! AwOke one nigHt from dream; a pie,e
OF pie he'd ATE the aisht before
| Destroyed bis siumber and b-oSo Ia. s,,,-.
| And by the lisht Of a fat dxipdling t,rsr'
| he a fellow writing on A pansr
ben Adhem having carset the niece O. ME
/ At the chap n writing vinked his avs ~
and said. " Ny friend, you sling 6s,tv or{11
| whist tell me what you write ?H said he q vv,l
write the names Of those that love ihsir 49,,
| bOTs," Ne4eA-
And is mine theref" at is" he sis. ns
jabers. 10
These ara the names of those alone
| Who to their fellows always give a loan
| 10 those distressed thay take and give a pond
Anl ten per cent Is the interest eharged therein
| de vanished, left bankrupt list,
ana 10 sen Adhems name led ali the rest.
oil City Derrick.
In the midst of life we are in debt.
A FELoN on the hand is worse than
two in the penitentiary.
The slippery pavement is often the
power behind the throne.
The mayor of salt Lake City gets So
600 yearly and number of new wives
A FEW more pleasant days will ripen
spring poetry.
To remove paint from the wall-bsck
against it beft re it gets dry.
A "seAP>TAIL candidate" is what
they call boilers in Mississippi.
THE thoughtful tramp observes that
half glass of whisky is better than no
bread.
Coon, like evil, is infectious; but As
an epidemic it must be considered a
failure.
WHEN the old folks try to sit out
young fellow and his girl, they get dis
counted every time.
WHATEVER objection NAV be opposed
to whipping, it is at leAst undeuisble
that it makes boy smart.
Mr.. KEARNEY Is right. The Chinese
are great curse to this country. Thew
wash off too many buttons.
The Boston Transcript wants mules to
be put on casters. Did the Transcript
never see a mule castor leg out at a man
as If he were snort stop base ball
player?
" WHIT is sweeter than s. winter sun
set?' asks sn exchange. Really. we
don't know but if it's a very cold night,
and theresa vacuum in the region Of the
vest, an oyster stew viii lay way over
the sunset.
WHEN we are young we waste great
deal OF time IN imagining what we will
do when we grow Older, and when we are
older we waste az equal amount of time
in lying about what we did when we
were young-in telling about the cold
winters and trouble experienced in gain
ing cur knowledge.
A LITTLE girl, when her fathers table
WAS hOnored with an esteemed friend,
began talking very earnestly at the Erst
pause in the conversation. Her father
checked her rather sharply, SAYING,
''Why is IL that you talk 50 much 2"
'' Tause I've dot something to say" wss
the innocent reply.
"THEY tell me Lasdville is pretty high
up" remarked DenveIite To a visitor
from the carbonate field. g High up2'
calculated the other, Z" well I should say.
The air Is so thin that you We got to fan
it in a corner TO get 8 square breath.
Why, live sOrter i'll valley, but many
4 time when l went home st night ] had
to push q cloud from the front door To
get in -
"AH, by Georgew groaned young Mr..
Leathered, sinking wesrily into dn Office
chair, All, by George ! my head aches
.esr!uIly." "POsai5 ?" ASKED his eu-
Dloyer, old Mr.. Hard AZ with a look OF
curious interest and sympathy. Posi-
be Something must have got in to it
And then for a long ire nobody said
iIything, and the room seemed to grow
about fifteen degrees colder.
" Now, children" said Sunday
,chOUl uperinIeDdent, who had been
.slkiag to MS scholars about good people
md bad people, " when Pm walking i'm
.he street, ] speak to some persons / meet,
md | don't speak to others; and whats
ne reason % He expected the reply
would be, " Because some are good and
,thers are bad - but, to his discOu-
ituIe, the general shout was, 4" Because
ONE sre rich and others are poor"
SEVERAL ladies were sitting togesh er
IN the balcony Of the Clifton Hotel,
Niagara, one night last summer, when
he moon. although full, was somewhat
hidden by clouds. 4 natty little fellow
anne toward the grOuD and said, softly,
q Pussle, darling !" whersupOn all the
,ouDg ladies jumped up and came to-
ward him eagerly. He selected one anu
walked away with her. The other brides
AZ down, and told their respective RO-
neos aflerward that II was too TidiCu-
Gus for anything" aud that they never
we're 50 EMBARRASSED in the whole course
Il their lives"