Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-09
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A smile on the face is worth two il
a tumbler.
The moon i. not infinite; but fine
night thing.
Isn't tree like sleep when it be-
come slumber?
A clock pendulum is bound t.
keep time ifit has to swing forit
It's wise bird that knows It's feath
er when the milliner gets hold of il
lie looked as wise as an owl. did he,
His tricks were well adjusted,
He declined to advertise, you see,
And In year he busted.
In asking a man to settle bis bill
the thing is "no sooner said thar
Dun"
| "Vittles and clos, vittles and clos
| The older we gifts the better we knows
| That all We can get is vittes and clos
| Nittles and clos"
An African proverb says the idle
are peculiar kind of dead who can.
not be buried.
Edison has been called the child ol
Invention. Then Necessity must
qe his grand mother.
Many men resemble the clam. for
you can see all there is in them when
they open wide their mouth.
len, as we'll a. children, grow
homesick. It is about "a NJ. when
many husbands go home sick.
It is very easy for man to break
fast in bed, if he will be satisfied
with a few rolls and a turnover.
The New York Commercial ia au-
thority for the statement that "the
ulster covereth multitude of shins. -
The candle says: "I'll be blowed
il I 70 out" And the fra ON ths
hssssh ssys fgSS1tM T1mnot
blowed."
1.-THE butterfly, the butterfly
How doth the butterfly, and why2
Because the blithsome cook doth make
The round, fiat, toothsome buckwheat
cake;
Aye. this is why doth butterfly"
The Hornell Times records the
marriage of a man in Ley to his
sixth wife, four of them being sis
ters, and the last one being the
youngest.
Darling, Kiss My Eyelids Down
is the latest moonshine song, and he
kisses them down, and up, and cross
wise, and they settles on her lips as
steady thing,
A sentimental young man thus
feelingly expresses himself: "Even
as nature benevolently guards the
rose with thcrns, so does she endow
women with pins"
, Keep up with the procession of
life, young man; right up in front
where the band is. If you ever fall
to the rear, where the elephants are,
you are apt to be walked on.
The reason why Rhode Island has
two capitals is that two capitals are
necessary, one for Rhode and the
other for Island. Nobody would like
to spell it rhode Island or even
Rhode island.
"I believe you are as old as I
am" said Mr.. Smith TO girl whose
age was rather shady. Indeed
I'm not. Why, if somebody were to
brush the dust of ages from you, he
would find you labeled "B. c."
A French gentleman meets q
young and pretty American girl in
Paris. What in the world are
you doing here ?" "I'm spending
my honeymoon" "But where is
your husband ?" /" Oh! he is in New
York"
Mr.. Longfsllow is at last getting
down to everyday subjects in poetry,
as the latest jewel from his pen
shows:
Bessie swinging In the sunlight,
singing nnerrily the while,
And the CLEAN Of her striped stockinRs
Can be seen about mile.
Horace Greeley's first contribution
to the literature of the press was
made when an apprentice in news
paper Office in Poultney, Vt. he
wrote the description of . monster
squash that had been sent to the
! editor. but the work was rejected.