The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-08-24
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The young mans mustache appears
to be growing smaller every day, and
. 10 evidently on tho down grade.
Tho young man who has proposed
and been neither accepted nor rejected
knows how exciting It is to live in o
doubtful State.
"Counterfeiting," remarks the Dam
bury News, "hns finally got down to
where It. really concerns MS. Bogus
10 cent pieces are afoat."
II Mark Twain should run for the
Presidency he would be charged with
stealing Adams watch at the time he
was weeping over his grave.
Sin always begins with pleasure and
ends with bitterness. 1t Is like q colt
which the little boy said was very
tame in front and very wild behind.
What Is sweeter than your own
home? asked mn exchange If you're
All unmarried man, q pretty girls
home Is about the best thing we Know
Of EAFN
A Williamsport woman who has
not spoken a word since 1873, has re-
ceivcd on an average fifteen marriage
p~roposals,a year during that time. A
word to tho wise Is sufficient.
my boy" said a father to his son.
"trcat everyone with politeness; sven
those who are rude to you. For re-
member that you show courtesy to
Others, o because they are gentle
men. but because you are one."
Sufferer wants to know what VIC
should do if we had q boil. Can't tell /:
but the chances are we should swear
a good deal and commit assaults OH
whoever brushed against the sore
spot. We're o good deal like other
men. -vA 90
A base ball boy tripped and fell and
tore his clothes while chasing q stray
chicken in n neighbor's lot. He told
Ills mother he had heen sent to grass
by a foul. She reached for home base
and the youth went out on strikes
bowling for the old man to act as ref
cree.
An old Scotchman attributes the
disappearance of ghosts from the
Scottish moors to the custom Of tea
drinking At social meetings. 1t re-
quires Scotch whisky on the top q
old ale to enable q man to really see o
ghost worth talking about
"Do you go that young lady
stawnding there" asked Q gentleman.
"Well," continued he, "she Is q perfect
praudigy. She dawnces, and dawnces
and dawnccs, and when she is not
dawncing she is promenawding.-
Awfter dawncing and promcnawding
she is careering through the noun
taips on horseback. She has more vi.
tawlity than any young lady I have
ever met. She IL the most chawming
young lady here. She fawcenatc.
you at INT with her enchawnting
manners. But here comes her awnt'
and 1 must awsk you to excuse me-"
A man who belonged to . village
rifle team was recently out OF the
plains Of Wyoming Territory looking
for game. Finally the party sighted
an elk At 300 yards and prepared to
shoot him. He was . noble buck. Tho
member of the rifle team put . blank.
ct down upon tho sage brush and ar.
tistically placed himself uponhis back
with his left arm like . figure 2, sup.
porting his neck, and his right arm
like . figure 2, supporting the aft end
of tho rifle. The measur Of the
wind was taken and the sight
were scientifically adjusted, while the
expert made . figure = with his legi
and rested the rides bow between the
toes of his shoes. The measure Of lii
forehngcr was now taken with . pat
ent machine, and tho trigger was hleJ
OF slightly on the near slde In order
to be adjusted to the weight OF ths
finger. Two men were then sent oui
TO put hags each side OF the elk q
show the bounds outside which III
ride tcamstcr was not 10 fire but ths
elk thought 1t had waited long enough
and ran sway.-NeD York Herald.