The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-23
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The frog is an emblem of hope; he /.
eternally s~pringing.
Artful snip-"Dear mel Very sin,
CHAR, siri Exactly the measurement
OF the 'Apoller Belveder, sirl" Gus.
toner orders a second suit.
II Is suspected that the scent piece
was invented To deceive the deacons.
II can he slipped into the contribution
hox Ms ostentatiously rs a dime.
Under certain circumstances a lamp
post will never go back ON a fellow.
But then we should not make light Of
such a serious subject.
An English physician says oatmeal
makes people cross, stingy, jealous and
sonr-tsmpered. We had no idea that
oatmeal had become so common an ar
tiele Of food.
Six-year-old-"Ma, what's mellow"
Mother-"Ripe." Six-year-old-''Then
is pa ripeY" Mother-"Why do you
askY" Six-year-old-"' Cause the cook
said to the chambermaid that pa came
home rather mellow last night"
~ make only one condition-that |
shall always play the leading role,''
modestly exclaimed a young actor to n
manager OF whom he sought an ngage
ment. "All right" was the ready
reply-''then III make you prompter."
An argument for cremationists, A.
ID. 1900. Scene In "a cremation under
takers shop. Small boy with a pail:
~ say, sir, is dad done yet? III he is,
please put his ashes In this ERE tin
kettle.r
When old man %Snabkins died one
week after his wife had gone over the
river, he asked rs a special favor that
he be buried at her head, rs. he said,
he had been under her foot ever since
they married.
II is difficult to understand how tin
reddlers a make srch excellent kitch-
en- utensils out Of old rags. We shall
probably discover this secret when we
find out who eats the glass puddin' that
Is hawed about the streets.
Jones propounded the following the
other evening after slipping Of his al
legged tea: "Why is this drink like
milk" OF course, nobody could guess,
and after he had divulged by y II
was a lack-tea-al fluid, nobody dared to
smile.
Joseph Widmer, seven feet tall, the
tallest man in Missouri, died the other
day. While serving in the war, his
colonel. noticing that he stood head and
shoulders above all others, yelled out:
"You rascal, get down from that
stump"
A southern paper quotes n gentleman
OF the colorod persuasion as saying:
"No, parson, | problyW never git cour-
age to jine do church. When n poor
darkey's spiritual wiser takes him
down in de riber and says, Il capsize
thee, and then ducks him under, it's
time dat darkey looks after himself.
You dom play none oh dem games on
me, old man."
Professor Russell, Of the Worcester
normal school, describes a sensible and
healthy plan adopted for the noon lunch
ut that school. A full hour of inter-
mission is given, and n large room is
set apart and furnished with tables.
wherein the pupils eat their meals and
amuse themselves during tho hour. In
winter q not closet has been provided
for warming the food. The results Of
this arrangement arc excellent. The
pupils enjoy themselves, exchange food.
and the habit of association has devel-
opcd the bringing OF a greater variety
OF wholesome food. 1t is q pity that
this is not done in every public school.
Young people who are studying hard
require n good deal OF food, and should
have leisure TO eat 1t comfortably. Lit
tic ones in the primary schools should
always have a light lunch, even when
their school hours are short. There is
not so much nonsense talked now as of
old concerning the evils OF ''feeding
children between meals.n