The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-04-07
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to stuff herself with a breast of veal.
Dependence is perpetual call up.
on humanity, and a greater incite-
ment to tenderness and pity than any
other motive whatsoever.-AddiSon
A pretty girl down East is mind
reader. She said to a bashful beau
the other night, ola, I believe you
are going to kiss me " She was
right. 4
A schoolmarm who was recently
kissed by mistake in the dark, ex-
plains her omission to use any light
for nearly month afterwards on the
ground Of hard times.
Four-year- old learning to spell
by sound, according to the most ap.
proved modern methoO "B.u-dou-
ble-z, buzz" "Spell does" "D-u-dou.
ble-z, does. "-B0sto1o TRANSCRIPT.
There are two kinds of things at
which a man should never get angry
what he cannot help and what he
can. What is the use of patience if
we cannot find it when we want it?
NO." said New Orleans under.
taker, business has not revived as it
should. What we need in this coun-
try to make things boom is the chol-
era, yellow fever, or some other epi-
demic."
The consciousness of being loved
softens the keenest pang, even at the
moment of parting, yea, even the
eternal farewell is robbed of halt its
bitterness when uttered in accents
that breathe love to the last sigh.
A Shire wd little fellow lived with
an uncle who barely afforded him
the uecessanes of lite. One day the
two were out together and saw
very thin greyhound, and the mau
asked his nephew what made the dog
SO poor. 81 expect he lives with his
uncle" said the boy,
A little girl found shelless egg
under the currant bushes in the gar.
den, and in high state OF excitement
brought it and showed it to her aunt.
"See auntie," said she, "what 1 found
under the currant bushes And |
know the old hen that laid it. I'm
just going to put it back in the nest
and make her finish it |"
An Illinois school mistress was I'M
able to chastise the biggest girl pu-
pill and called young school trustee
to assist her. The trustee found that
the offender was his own sweetheart,
but his sense of duty triumphed
over his love, and he whipped the
girl Not only did this result in
losing him his sweetheart, but her
father sued him for damages and got
a verdict for $50.
"AIiss Gamboge," says Blixen to
that interesting but rapidly advanc.
ing lady of torty-four, Il declare you
are looking quite charming-a regu
lar twenty.one bloom and spirit.
You can't be day over that figure,
if Pm a Judge" Miss Gamboge lets
off shower OF smiles, and says,
"Now, Mr.. Blixen, you do say such
insinuating things-and then you
guess age so closely !"
EXPERIMENTS are making at the
Story plantation, below thus city. to
determine whether bagasse can be
converted into paper, and it has oc.
CURED TO those making them, that
the coarser fiber could be manufac.,
tured into excellent bagging. Should
the experiments result successfully
bagasse, in the future, will be val.
liable product of sugar Plantations
Country Visitor, New Orleans.
At Mount Desert, Maine, sea gulls
are caught alive in funny way. A
stick is put through the tail of
small fish, and then 1t is lett on the
sea shore where it can be seen by
the birds. A bird seizes and at.
tempts to swallow it, head first, and
succeeds until it comes to the stick.
1t cannot swallow the fish further,
and 1t is equally impossible to dis.
gorge 1t, and SO the bird strangles,
falls over, and is captured.
"Pa," observed small boy to his
father, "what do Mr. Perkins and
Julia find to talk about in the parlor
by themselves four hours a night
every night in the week 2" The
old gentleman pulled out a split
from the broom, and slowly prodding
his teeth with it, replied, II got
hunk of meat yesterday, and we had
it boiled for dinner, didn't we ?"
Eyes" "And had it cold for supper ?"
Eyes" "And your ma hashed it up