The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1879-12-18
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acher.
TnruE Is tniscr in this place who
will not even give man advice,
\ FELLOW can never get iUtoSlcatCd
on being treated with impunity.
ONrHAN people should be educated
at the University Of IN.
"Au," said a deaf man who had "A
scolding wife, oman wants but little
hare below
The young lady who was proposed to
bY irc-catcr now says she had burnt
offering.
TIE hornet 10 unlike tho fca in at
least one point-if you put your finger
on him you are sure he is there.
Ir it wasn't for the weather there
never would he any variety IN some
peoples conversation. -s-.---
"GoHE, but not fol- cotton said the
darkey when the thia5 r1n 49, " d liis
WOODEN oyefeuila
MANS inhumanity TO niaih 8saSes
countless thousands pay fifteen cents I"
drink for five cent whisky
WHEN n man is kissing a girl hs
should have dry clergyman preaching
10 him in order to make the sensation
seem longer.
WHJsKY puts on some Of the colorS
we sec in autumn leaves, but who ever
heard of admiring young ladies doing
red noses in waS work.
Miss l.: "Thc young man you
inquire about is all right lie has been
n subscriber for our great moral family
journal for over a year. Trust him"
In the early days of Massachusetts
there were no religious services or ser
mons at funerals. The first prayer at n
funeral in Boston was in 1856, and tho
first funeral sermon was not preached
THE campaign club that can't locate
its headquarters in or near beer sa-
loon is in hard luck, The most of them
are lucky. Politics arc good deaf like
beer anyhow-half of the enthusiasm
is foam.-N Y People.
"WHEN freedom from her mountain
height unfurled her standard in the air.
she little thought that tho time would
come when the cheeky agent of " Boggg.
Sure Cure for Corns," would also puff
his nostrums there.
IT may appear remarkable, but Cay
enne pepper, one of the hottest OF things,
is excellent to make ice water. IT you
don't believe this, throw handful in
somebody's face, and watch the eyes
water.
WHEN dog snaps at fly tha has
been fooling around him for four or FIVE
hours and misses it, he feels just like n
girl who pours the full tide Of her aftec'
lions over young man and suddenly
Discovers that it won't soak in
CHARLEY, are you not going to bid
good bye to your sistersT' "lf they love
me less, mamma, if their affections were
less sincere nrd unconventional. But l
must positively put my foot down once
for all. 1 cannot be rumpled"
"DEAR Minnie" wrote loving mother
to her daughter who had already spent
several weeks visiting friends, "please
come home" Dutiful daughter replied,
"Dear mamma, l won do it. Lovingly,
Minnie." And she didn't.
I,1D you ever notice the downward
plunge of young 1ldy's jaw when sho
gives utterance to one Of the lands"
that serve as convenient resting places
in her speech while awaiting the brains
catching up with the tongue?
A LITTLE ChambersburgeT WAS called
upon in Sabbath school to say text
from the Scriptures. Wha. the time
came she had forgotten her lerse, but
from her general knowledge Of Holy
Writshe solemnly quoted, !" Little child
Il, l, l. rI ~
A PARIS husband WAS told that his
wife, who had gone into the country to
be cured of an illness, was dead. An
hour afterward she presented herself
before him in perfect health. The sud
den and violent transition from sorrow
to Joy Cor from Joy to sorrow was too
much for him. and he became maniac.
BAKED INDIAN PODDiNd.-Scald
pint of milk and stir in slowly four
tablespoons of meal Remove from the
stove and add small teaspoon OF salt,
nearly cup of molasses, piece OF butter
half the size Of an egg, q pint OF colo
milk, and lastly, three well-bcaten egg
Bake slowly about an hour and half
Eaten with or without cream, 1t is de-
tieious
A AsEvENTY-EIHE-YEAR OLD maid, who
was quite i'll in Jonstown, told the doctor
she had never been hugged by man III
her life, and asked for one kiss. The
gallant doctor complied with the request,
Of course, and she got we'll When tho
doctor got home and told the story to
his wife he got-well, he is balder than
he was.
THE train had just emerged from az
tunnel, and a vinegar-faced maiden OF
thirty summers remarked to her gentle
man companion, Tunnels are such
boresw which nobody can deny. But a
Young lady Of eighteen, who sat IN
seat Immediately in front Of the ancient
party, adjusted her hat, brushed he
frizzes back. and said to the perfume,
Young man beside her II think tunnel
are aWfully nice"
Yr is on one of the wooded streams Of
Maine. A summering papa lay fishing,
in company with his two boys. A mag.
nifcent silver eel, having fooled around
the bait, was nimbly landed, and its
mortal coil shufI1ed off without unneces-
gary delay. The father had resumed his
occupation, when one Of the youngsters,
noticing the spasmodic action OK the
striped eel, called out excitedly: Look,
fatherl Look at the beastl He's max.
ing believe he's aliYep
THERE is a twenty-ycarold youngstef
living on Il street, who never fails IN an
swering any question put to him. iho
other day his father tried to stump
him with this problem: Ny son, sup.
pose you had a kitchen in the northwest
corner Of your house and stable in the
southeast corner Of your yard, 10 that
when the wind blew from the northwess.
ahcre would be strong smell OF c6rned
beef and cabbage in the house and when
the wind came from the southest there
was a strong horse odor about the prem.
ises, bow would you act to prevent the
corsied beef odor from permeatiug the
.ableT' Why replied tie lad, 10
keep my horses in the kitchen aud ccok
my corned beef in the stable"
There is az vast a difference between
the tidy and untidy farmers as between