The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-01-01
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They met, twas on the street.
"Oh. such bonnetl'' thought tho one
The other thought, ''What feet!'
Yet they did talk
Together walk
And kissed each others cheeks-and chalk,
Detroit Free Press.
"Will your mother ever marry
AGAIN." ne inquired. "Not with M ap-
prevail" She answered; ''such is my
opinion thus far, and not astep-father.'
Brooklyn Unian-Argus.
We met a man this morning who did
not say. "What remarkable weather."
but alas! he was dumb and couldn't say
anything. He looked it though
Bridgeport Standard.
GIVE never had a silk dress in her
life" She had no use for one. There
we're no Ferguson girls across the way
for her to paralyze with envy when she
went out shopping in silk Dress
Norristoavn Herald.
Why an advance of lard should en-
nance the price of butter is about as
difficult problem as is the true inward
ness of the connection between the
price of milk and a water famine
Boston Transcript.
A poet remarks that "the world keeps
rolling the same old way" We are
mighty glad of it. If the world should
stop short and start rolling in the other
direction, ten chances to one it would
upset the whole of us.
There is mysterious disappearance.
Man in lower berth of sleeping car
bound for Washington. David Davis
in berth above him. Grand crash.
Nothing left but part of a paper collar
and button. No cards.-Elmiro Free
Press.
Ii you are going to heightened So
ciable wear a full dress. If you are
going to a masquerade ball you may
wear fool dress. Pretty often a young
man acts at the former as if he were
dressed for the latter.-Norristown Her.
aid.
A poser: Maud-"Mamma, where do
people 60 when they diet" Mamma
ION, you must not ask such questions,
dear; you will understand all. about it
when you are older" Maud latter
thinking it over for some minutes),
"Mamma, do you know all about it2"-
Haruard Lampoon.
"Peter, what are you doing to that
boy?' asked a schoolmaster. "He
wanted to know if you take ten from
seventeen how many will remain; I
took ten of his apples to show him, and
now ne wants me to give 'em back"
"Well, why dom you do it?" "Coz, sir,
he would forget how many are left.''
From the general to the PARTICULAR
The new governess: "Now I suppose
you know that there are three times as
much water as land upon the surface of
the earth?" Tommy: II should think
so, indeed! Look at the puddles."-
Punch.
To swear off smoking and then be
presented with twenty-fve-cent cigar,
is one of those dreadful things which
will occasionally happen. People talk
of suffering, but they have no idea of
the meaning of the word until they are
brought to this experience.-W Waterloo
Observer.
The scientific corps-Colonel (stern-
~, pointing to a large cobweb in the
corner of the stables) -ss1Vhat dive call
that, si1?' Young subaltern fresh from,
the acauemyJ-slnat, slr, Is the web OF
the archnida sedentaria domestica, or
common house spider. We conquer
him during the day, sir, but he gets the
best of us at night. He is considered
model of perseverance,! OF course, sir,
you remember the story of Bruce and
-" Exit Colonel hastily, muttering
something about Service going" some
ere).-Pumch.