The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-10-22
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TO ner my respects l paid.
And the night before our marriage was set
gave her q
h music was 10 outraEeousIy poor
That n rather excited the maid,
And when l called around next day,
Twas then my sarah-naysd.
How to ave time-Let your watch
run down.
Alfonso makes the palace hideous by
singing ''Baby Mine"
A collector can say that his work is
dun when he first starts out.
In a garden at KeypOrt, N. j., there
Is a pear tree with a second crop Of
fruit.
A mean disposition, like a poor pic
tnre, is often hidden behind a hand
some frame.
Apples are SO plenty this season that
champagne will BE- cheaper than usual.
The jury in the Hudson river tunnel
disaster brought in n verdict Of no one
TO blame.
An old maid, speaking OF marriage,
says it's like any other disease-while
there is life there is hope.
The Brooklyn milk dealers have fixed
the market price for milk at three cents
per quart for October.
Sitting Bull says he won't act. lie
can't see any fun in shooting at people
with blank cartridges.
A farmer who tried to run over a
train OF car last week says 1t Is easier
to make n colt rein than a coal train.
The man on the fence has all he can
do to look out for the pickets without
thinking OF joining the force on either
side.
II is sometimes said that the appren-
tice is the most careful OF BARRIERS; but
recently q was employed in n down.
town shop, with such poor success that
the court plaster trade became very
active, and his employer said: Johnny,
you have missed your vocation. You
would do better ut opening oysters"
"Grizzly DAM has led a wonderful
life. In Montana he was once set upon
by n whole tribe OF bowling red devils
and was obliged to run for his life. lie
headed for the brink Of n cliff about TOO
feet high, lodging the bullets fired at
him as he ran being able Through long
practice to tell the cours Of a ball by
the sound Us it approached from the
rear. Grizzly Dan unhesitatingly leap
ed ove the cliff, to the amazement OF
the Indians, who gathered in a row to
watch his fall. Dan turned in the air
as he was falling, raised his Winchester
rifle to his shoulder and pulled the trig-
ger. An Indian toppled over with a
ball through his left eye, and Dan kept
pulling the lever and trigger until seven
teen red devils had balls through their
left eyes and were falling over the cliff.
after him. The eighteenth shot only
carried away an Indians nose, as the
air was so full Of falling indians be-
tween Dan and the top of the cliff
that his aim was a little confused.
He struck feet foremost in the river be-
low, and swan ashore uninjured.
The Presbyterian congregation at
Brussels, o., made up a purse of 800
for their pastor, the Rev. Mr.. Cunning
ham to meet the expense Of his vaca-
tion. The reverend gentleman decided
to spend the time and money in st.
Louis, where IN industrial fair was in
PROCESS. He had not been in that city
an hour before he met IN affable young
man who knew all about him and
the folks at Brussels, and who brought
him to a room where a game Of
chance was going on. The manager
permitted the clergyman to draw sew
eral times without charge, and then
informed him that there was 500 to
his credit. The gambler proposed to
pay this with a good as gold" check
for $500, which he professed to have
just won from a solid merchant, taking
the 500 difference. in money. The
pastor fell into the trap, and parted
with his $780, receiving a worthless
check. At the police station he was
asked il he never read newspaper
accounts Of such swindles. al only read
the religious journals, he replied, "and
never pay much attention to the secu-