Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-09-10
ONLY 4 JOKE.

up his goose to the hlistcrino point and
placed If on bench at his door viii! 'he
sign reading, "Only sixpencr." Ia
few minutes along came an ancient
looking Israelite, with al eve out for
bargains, and, rs be saw the goose and
read the sign, he made up his uind that
he had struck IT rich. He naturally
reached ont to heft his bargain, anl
that WAS where he gave himself away.
Tho tailor almost fell down with his
mcrriment. but II Iii! not last over sixty
seconds. A. the end of that time the
victim entered the shop and BEGAN a
sort of gymuaStic performance winch
did not end unt;l the tailor Was q sadly
mashed man aud his shop III the ereat'-t
confusion. The two were fighting III
front when an officer came along and
nabbed both, and both were brought
before his Honor together. The tailor
appeared with black eye and finger
tied up in ared rag, and the israelite had
a scratched nose and was minus two
front teeth.
"Wcll?' queried the court. as the
pair stood gazing al him.
"VheIl, shall shpeak first, replied
the tailor. 81 Ike 70 have a shoke
sometimes, und 30 | put dot goose oudt
derx. Ill vhas all il funs, und ara
VERY sorry
II couldn't see whar the fun cum IL,
said the other. "Dis we're han am AL
burned to blister, an won't be.able
10 use il for two weeks.
"Did YOU put that hot goose out
there for a ioke?" queried 'he court.
"Yaw-it vas only shoke.
"And were You joking when you en-
tered the shop and made things hum =
he asked Of the other.
"No. boss, | wasn't. ] ala an old
man and not much giben to lailiu' an
cuttin' up. When LET go OF ,lat goose
made up ny mind 70 mash dat tailor
f,at.er dan a hilIyard ball. It was my
fir-t font for ohcr forty y'r-, but l
got dc bulge on him ;,n' was Usin' him
mp when lie officer stepped in. NJ.
bos-. | wasn't ;o.,in' bout Hat time"
Were you very ticAle,i? 2" hc qucried
Of tn. tailor.
"yhcll, l vas :ickled until he pitch
into me.
"You were the only one who had any
fun ont Of it?'
"vhell, s'po>e so.
Then you'll have to foot the hill.
shall let him 60 and fine you 10 shil-
lings."
"Do ish poo'y high
"Yes; but i, WAS a rich joke, you
know"
Maybe she vha., nut l guess iet
dot goose cool oil now. Here is ID
shillings. uni now small 60 home. /
bid Won soot day. "-L"s8o,i pal,or.
WRITE PLAINLY.
The rejection OF the manuscript Of an
unfamiliar author is perhaps oitcner oa
account OF illegIle handwriting than of
lack of merit. There is no greater tor
ture for an editor than 10 have to ,le-
cipher bad manuscript and the sense,
especially Of poem, Is frequently eli
tirely lost il the tangled mass Of
wrctched penmanship. Sir Francis
Jeffrey knew SO we'll the difficulty Of
forming correct Judgment of an article
by rending IN manuscript, that, wien
he sent in his first article after he had
retired from the Ediuburgh Roi,,r he
had an understanding with Napier, his
successor, that 1t should not he read till
it appeared In the proof. A few years
ago the editor uf the .SafUroidy Re,ifU
was accustomed To have every article
which appeared as if it might he worthy
acceptance put into type before deciding
upon il, for, as Charles Lamb saws, there
is no such raw and unsatisfactory read
ing as ali article in manuscript. TIE
came practice is followed by the e,iitor
Of Harp.r's .Nqgazine, it is said. Even
authors Of wide experience, Ike Thomas
Moore and Macauley, were seldom able
TO form judgment Of their own works
until they had seen how they looked in
print -Bosfpa H'r0id.
A WRETCH standing az the foot of the
gallery stairs in AN English thetter,
filled with 1000 people, cIiod ont ::
"Let's turn out the gas" No sooner
said than done. The ruihsn alao threw
wooden bar across the stairs 50 that
the people, when the gas won't out. were
seized with i-anic, tumnleiiover u, IL
iurinc nearly tw-ntv, one Of whom died,
and several had To ls tahen To- N" hos
,i-al. WAet kind Il a. interior s1oh i
bcing possesses co"ll noi be deo,i''i a.
.ctly. ver- le ev-n i,-,-c'e1 ave.
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