St. Landry democrat., 1880-11-20

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BIT she's the one he Graves iof'
The Baltimore preacher, who q's'
coursed on the subject, why "a n,onn
zarus a beggar p arrived at the .1saaense su
conclusion that the reason was
he didn't advertise"
MANY q man who can pack q caauuJ ND
to nerfection, takes a back seat anu
lets his wife come to the front "nen
there i, occasion to pack a trunh'~
'''o'' - 0''>' [Hawkeye.
~ am q Methodist" pleaded prlso'
ner before police judge, the othea ..yi uay
"All right then,' said the judge, a"1n. "T,
put you OH probation" tic WAS oo'A
mitted for trial.
4 Gascon, who was taken sick to tne
Hotel Deu was asked by plous 1rlenu
what his relations were to the Supremo
Ruler. lie replied that they were klnd,
X. otherwise he would not be permltteu
to occupy room IN His hotel.
an what condition was the patriarch
Job at the end Of his life !" askeG
Brooklyn Sunday school teacher OF u
class. Dead" calmly replied the quiet
looking boy.
"Lurline ""Your poem about gray
hooded eve can not be published, be-
cause, it lacks fidelity to fact. by ionk-
ing at any fashion journal you Will dis
cover that gray hoods are not tasbl0na-
be this seasou."-[ Chicago Tribune.
A certain English general being at
the point of death, opened his eyes, and
s,,l tet nhtS1ClAna
who were standing close by his bedside,
faiutly exclaimed "Gentlemen, If you
fire by platoons it's all over with me-"
aud Instantly expired.
\ cololed man came into Galveston
newspaper office and wanted to take
the paper. GLOW long do YOU want ltf'
asked the clerk. Jess as long as it is,
boss. Ef it don't fit the shelves l kin
tar u piece off myself.-lGalveston
News.
They have some cnterprlslng OLD
women over in Kentucky. The other
day al old lady OF that State, although
ninetv-nine years Of age, not only walk
ed five miles to circus, but saved htty
cents by crawling under the canvass.
Madame, your boy can can't pass at
half fare, he's too large" said the Wes-
ern ticket collector OF Il train which had
long been detaioed Oh the road by snow.
"He may be too large now,n replied the
matron "but he was small enough when
we started" The collector subsided.
"What are you laughing at ?" asked
Sophocles of -Eschylus, = they stood at
the side of the stage an't looked over
the vast audience. "At all those Athe-
nian donkeys,7 answered Eschyluss
"who have paid from five to ten drach-
ma for the privilege of listening to this
Persian actress, when they don't under
stand one word she says.'-[Contempo-
rary review.
He went to tho back door and there
saw his garden, the pride of his waking
hours and the subject of his dreams,
looking like an editors office. He sat
down on the door step and said: "Of
all sad words OF tongue or pen, the sad
dest are these I keep a hen"
William b. Darlington, of San Fran
cisco, was possessed of desire to take
life. He went before the Lunacy Com
missioners and asked to be sent to an
asylum; but they decided that his men,
tai trouble, if he had any, was brought
on by drink, and refused to incarcerate
him. He declared that he had murder
in his heart, and some day would be
unable to resist it. One evening he was
drinking amicably at bar with an in
innate friend. Without warning he
drew revolver and killed his compan-
ion. 81 couldn't help it," he said; Il
had to take somebody's life"