Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-12-23
HERE And THERE.

The ice is forming and the golden stair
wsy will aoon be packed with youthful
skaters. Danielson0ills Sentinel
The new style of fall bonnet may be
photographed by samming a ripe tomato
against board fepcs.-Mauoh Chunk
Democrat
Will Mormonism have TO be crushed as
slavery was, by war 2--CAester Times
Certainly not. L. will only bs necessary
to start u fashion journal in uSah,-Phlt-
delpli1 Nems.
Specuator-W What ia best to buy for
rise Why, yeast or Ruupowder. or
pair Of double soled boots for the old
gentleman who objects to your attentions
to his daughter.
The King of Spain paid 81, 400 for his
baby's cradle. We assure his Majesty he
has been imposed upon. A good cradle
eau be purchased in Dstrois Tor SO so =
Detroit Free Press
This Yonkers Gazette has an article
headed "a word about taxes" There has
been only one word about taxes in this
town. and it begins with "a big, big D."
-45OStoR Commercial Bulletin.
u had mind to STE you yesterday and
pay that bill, but couldn't COME" said
proorastinsslng debtor "Ihat was pre-
sence of mind that did me no good"
replied the creditor Boston Transcript
Of course there is no truth in the story
that Longfelow is to sit to Sarah Beru-
hardt ior Is bust; it is the fellows that are
short who will be busted by sitting before
Sarah, uulefs the price of tickets comes
down. -B0StJR Bulletin
Little baby is very i'll, Charlie; am
| afraid he will de-" "wel, if he does
die, mamma, he won't GO to the bad
place" Why, Charlie. tow eau you
know that?' ION, know he cant,
mamma he's got no teeth to gnash."
An American newspaper man wonders
why there are SO few interqiewers in
English journals Ii he were to see the
! neayy soled boots worn by the prominent
people OF England, he would seek no
further Tor an explanation - Boston Post
''What luck did you have fishing yester-
/ day, breckenridge Y asked Galveston
\ gentleman Of well, known impeounlous
character who owes every body. "Splen-
did. While | was out on tine wharf 20
men with bills called at my house to collect
money
Two young ladies recently saw young
man trying to dodge three cross hornets,
which had got into his room and seemed
to come at min from all directions, ana
they thought he was practising the racquet,
ana SAID he was getting 1t down iue.--
4 Boston i'Ost
. ONE lay thy hand on t1is heart of mine, sweet;
In lis little dark room dost thou hear ii beat .
/ \ carpenter works here wiil baletul skill,
He is building Coffin for mt to iii. -..5
He hammers and knocks by night and BY day,
| Already hes driven sleep tar away.
I IN! master carpenter, work at your best,
So that ere long may be III rest
Heae
A fond mother said TO her little son :.
',lDnasy, my dear, | am going to give
you little companion aoon; which would
you prefer little boy or a little gil 2
Well, mother,P replied iomny, If Ii Is
all the same to you, l would rainier have /,
little donkey. --B0stOa Post
The Syracuse Times asks: Whist il it
that makes a locomotive tender" Thought
every cody knew 1t was because 1t Is
switched so often. The same treatment
also makes boy tender-so much Sc that,
ike = locomotive, he cannot sit VIII.
And for the same reason. -N0rrfSt00H
Herald.
Moriarty, who had been assaulted by
schmidt, appeared against him III San
Francisco police court. ibid hH have Il
provocauon to strike YOU the Justice
a-ked. "'Hs may have had something Of
the kind coucayled about ais person, but
1t was BRICK he hit me wld replied
Morisrty.
Tho Parisiaus invented u bonnet VITA
springs in the strings that would make d
woman blush at Will But when they
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