Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1881-01-29
OR STOLEN.
Hanlan is the king of souls.

Spelling matches never strike fire.
/. 1t is sad to think the peacock can be-
So fowl and vet so fair.
Puck wants to know if"the soft, sooth-
ing sound of the far distant mill refers
to the mills tone.
About this time many people say,
Remember the poor" and then but
ton their overcoats so close that they
can't get ut their pocketbooks.
Before We decide whether drunken
ness is a vice or an amiablc weakness.
We want to know whether the drunkard
lisa man of property or a tramp.
II YOU were a. willing to he as pleasant
and as anxious 10 please in your own
home as o are in the company of your
ncighbors, YOU would have the happiest
home in the world.
/ hate the winter with its snow
II is the tmne of welded life
I've have drunk the very drcgs of woe,
For Mary Ann il now my wife;
And be il Ger So cold and drear.
Each morn, AT six O'Clock or prior.
My darling whispers in NY ear;
Its time. my love, To- build the fire -
1t is worth Il months salary to persu.
adc Il boy that he needs an overcoat
That little rascal will run his hands into
his pantrloon pockets to the elbows,
anil chatter lis teeth, and deliberately
tell YOU that he's "~j,jjust as wa-a-rm.
This woman had outdoor nerves.
didn't want t" vote, and would hold a
husband with II firm grip. Il beg your
pardon. madam said he, "for
the smoke in the room" "Not at all.
| rather like it. 1t smells as if there
was Il man around"
We are told that the Chinaman cannot
whistle. All remarks Of ours about
moon-eycd lcpers, or in any way de-
rogatary 10 the elevated plateau of civ
ilizati"n occupied so ably by the es-
Unable gentlemen Of the FloMcry King
dom are here and now declared off and
are hcnccforth and forever to be con-
sidered as never writ or spoken.
\ Galveston gentleman was pricing
IN old sofa at an auction room. This
sofa nice belonged to Latitte. 1t is full
,f l;,. ,i,l .,,;,;,, ~ srl,,.
one now, pa, crawling right mp the back
observed the gentleman's little boy
That's Il fact. It's alive with historical
"reminiscences" said the gentleman,
punching in Il corner with his cane. No
sale.
Ofthc late Lord Chief Justice Cock
burn, of England. it l. said thar on one
had to examine Il witness named Phinn.
and asked, well. sir, how do they spell
name, with an + or a Ph ~ Some
spell ii one way and some another. |
believe replied the man. yes; but |
presume there i, Il right way and Il
wrong way, ch?" ooh, certainly as
scented the witness. Very good" re-
joined Cockburn, now certain Of his cue,
how do YOU spell it YOURSELF, "Oh, =
spell it. | always make my
mark '" He was once counsel for the
plaintiff. Mr.. Il. was for the defendant.
COckburn called Il witness and proceed
ed to examine him. Il understand" he
said. that YOU called on the plaintiff.
Mr.. Jones. L. that 50 ~ yes" replied
the man. "What did he say ," demand.
ed Cockburn. Mr.. b, promptly rose and
objected. The conversation could not
be admitted as evidence. But Cockburn
persisted, and Mr.. b. thcreupon appeal
ed to the Judges, who after Il time re
tired To consider the point. They were
absent for nearly half an hour. and
when they returned. they announced
that MIR. t"ckburn might put his ques-
ti0ns. well. what did he say ~ asked
the counsel. please sir. he wasn't at
home - replied the witness, without
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