Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-28
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"L,dies' bounets are smaller thi3
winter says NVi.~r'> B'-W, So arc
not The bills.
General Batter is said to display vcry
little interest il politics. We thought
it would be that way.
An old politician shrevl!S gives IN
outsiders definition of firing. - \
combination CT men Of whom we are
not one.
AIr. Topper says lie would like 10
write vague, philosophical poem about
Mr.. Hewitt. lie couldn't select wagner
subject.
When you hear q man now ciamoring
for soft money and more of it, you can t
help thinking that h. gets his financial
IDEAS ont of his own head.
Tho mania for collecting buttons on
a string has broken ont il this country
again, and no man knows Just when
or for how long lie can trust his sus,
penders.
After al, when you come right down
to honest rcIesirianism, the americans
can ride more miles in the street cars
without getting tired than any other
people III the world.
They say that every house has its
skeleton il The closet. In the boarding.
house, however, you will find the skcle-
ten at the end of the table farthest awpy
from the L!cgt and the butter.
Ii We arc expected to believe tie ly-
ing words Of ell the murderers that
have bee justly hanged during the
past Twenty-Five years, heaven would he
the boss pace for general inferno
tional mUpieyoT5' reunion.
do yen want the coat to Ii pretty
snug, sir = asked the tailor. 30. =
replied the sheriff, (" ! want nico sitay
coat" Nh yes" said the tailor, 81
viii mako ii loose around the collar
then, SO that YOU cln take eUid easily. ="
We are Heartily i'll favor Of The move
meut TO e.!lbtoh more friendly AMI
iraternal r,!ltiols between the United
STATES and sitting Bull, remembering,
all the tiLlr. however, the old Russian
proyerb, " Make friends with hear but
keep hold OF the axe
1t is true Victoria, us you ely, Mtt
Sitting Bail does occasionally give IL 4
little trouble. But never do you mind
Sitting Bull, just you take little pleas
ure trip through ireland and settle
your nerves. What you need Just nuw
is little tranquility, ard you won't
have far to 60 for it.
"What do you call this p asked Mr..
Grower, gazing up with dark suspicion.
" call it Coffee replied the landAay
very shortly. And does it come for
that % again inquired Mr.. Growlcr.
" No." she said, it goes for that"
And q division Of the house being
called, the chair was sustained.
"You will be in betimes 2" asked tho
wife, anxiously as her husband started
down town to learn more about New
York. "Oh, yes he said, Il will be
in betines, bedtimes, badtimes." And
he went away whistling, and she, poor
soul, looked for him confidently at half
past nine o'clock.
Girls, il there is one thing more than
any other that holds young men OF orr
day back from matrimonial ventures. it
is the disheartening spectacle so often
presented them of your own Gear papa
and mamma walking into church glori-
fed respectively by S12 ulster and a
$50 tonnet. That's what scares the
boys.
A Keokuk county subscriber writes:
" What do you feed your COWS during
the winter?' What do we feed oar
COWS? Good man, we have no COWS,
and if we had, they would eat exchanges,
old newsparerwrap and original
manuscript. poems. or go hungry. Sorra
the taste Of anything else would they
get ont Of this Office.