Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-02-17

against each other like q pair of badly
matched oxen, it is pretty good sign 9
hat they are bent on consolidation y l
The north wind doth blow, u
And we shall have snow, i
And what vii the poor tramp do then. il
He'll hunt for the boon
OF Il kindly saloon. I
And beg for II little gin-sling. i
.-keiD Nursery Rhymes 9
Etiquette" writes to us to inquire if in :
our opinion in would be proper for him to I
support a young lady if she was taken t
with faint-eyen il ne hadn't been intro. I
iuced Proper, young man, certainly t
prop her by all means. CleoeLand Sun.
The bells of Shandon,
That sound so grand Uu
The pleasant water
Of The river Lee,
Have not the power .....-
AT the dinner hour
OF the bell that summons
Mary Jane and me.
-Ne,p Orleans Picdyune
'Whst did Gain say when the Lord asked
him where his brother Abel was?' asked
Galveston Sunday school teacher of his
class. None of the children spoke up, but
finally little Jimmy snapped his fingers
and said II forgot what Gain said, but he
ssssed the Lord back y GatDeston Netns.
woman will work month to fabricRte
a delicate protection for chair, and then
when it is in place, an edict ii promptly
issued forbiddipg any man sitting in
that chair, through fear Of spelling the
tidy. It's the best chair-protecter that
possibly could be desired. - RocklaRd
Courier
All, lips of woman rosy. ripe,
The amber nouthpiece of my pipe
To me is twice as charming s-.-.
When one arrives at fifty odd
The arrows OF the archer 9 q
Have lost the power of harming.
wounded hear; will ache, no doubt,
But then one finds iwinge Of govt
A trlte more alarming.
l. is mighty embarrassing to man who |
has some religious friends staying with him
to have his dog. which has been very uuiet
during the week days, begin right after
bre lkfast Sunday to run to the gun in the
corner aud turn TO his master ami wsg his
tail and then run back to the gun again.
= Boston transcript
In olden times when people heard
Some swindler huge had come 10 grief,
They used good old Sax II word,
And called that man Il thet.h
But language such ~ that to-day
uton TOO man, many'stse;nss crates
Observation-Disclosures
When did you say the honey moon
cid p she suddenly inquired, as she
turned frou the window. 1t may last a
week or a year" replied the old bald head.
"Mne lasted II days only" why, Low
was thst z" 'Ua, wife aud | sat down to q
game of cards and we hadn't made four
points before called her dunce, and she
said WAS a liar. "-Chic
A boy arose one winter morn.
b.. And came to breakfast rather late, -..
Yet raised a fuss because there was
No nice pancake upon his plate.
His father took him DER his Knee
Raised his hand Oft through the mir,
And when the boy got loose from MIN
He hid Ills -pAnklChG IN the cnatr.
"A young woman recently went to an
English fancy bali as a powder puff. 1t
must have been puff ball And reminds
us that u young man once went to an
American ball as rifa. No one guessed
what character he Represented until he
went off "half cooked" and staggered
against man who called him Ia "son of a
gun. > N0rFiSt0ion Ue7uM.
II The price OF coal fire ..H
Should b. chance 90 any higher
There will he great desire,
.7.. On the part Of the cpal-buyer,
, To carry oil the dealer dire
, To some secluded, deadly mirc,
And hcave him in 10 sink Or die OF
! Words to that effect. -..
: Maurel, the baritone, who sang 81
aceeptably ia NV York a few years ago
has be II engaged ut the Paris opera TO
three years. He is to Iocivs $500 night
y and is to appear at least 10 times a monti
during his fret year, IL times during th
second, and II during the third lie Is Il
have three months leave of absence il
each year. At present hs Ii singh a
r Florence.