Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-01-03
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IN" tor Mamie and "B'' for Ben.

enc sss WsiSt Go2p In the clover Whlta
And the lqcid geld of the June sunlight
SWep! Ger her sweet young head.
And stoc d carving the letters twain,
Which time end tempest hava ell IN vain
Striven 10 blur and blot,
They live in the osk.trees dusky grain,
Stsnp'd Ne the memory on my brain
ohanglug, changing. and fading not.
Oh the vows thst vowed that dsy
Leelr 6roEen shsrds in my bosom stay
Wounding it hour by hour;
Could BE- !slss 10 ono 90 truel
Dsred be cruel, my love, to you'll
On Mamie my lilly lowerl
Era the snow had whitened those letters twain
In tho old church porch you hii yous pain
A. AID my b;ide passed by;
1our eyes were brave but your cheek grew
white
Tns cheek that should Lave pilowsi that
right.
WRoTe l! never now may lie.
Little Earnie ycu arc a. rett
The tutte!-cups growing DER youf bfess.,
C!ose oy The grave gard gs.el
And have lived to ruethe dsy
Sold tempted by steps from love away,
But Inlle is the sadder fRtel
"a give the rest Of my life tonight
To ylu sit in the clover white
The sun on your locks OF gold;
And carve once more IS carved them lhan
M for Mamie and "b" for Ben
| On the bark Of the oak tree old.
C1RcvAvENTEo-A Quincy druggist was sit.
! ting beside the base burner in his store staring
sleepi)y st the rows c. bottles on the shelves,
and wondering why people don't take more
| medicine when the door softly opened AID an
eight year ola u:chin lodged in. Walking up
| to the compounder OF prescriptions, ne said:
mister. STINT there some kind Ct stu # that
| you kin rub on th0pll make 8 fellows skin ss
| tough as an elerhsnts2'
| The druggist locked tho boy over, and re-.
piled:
Yes, the oil OF tsnrin will harden the tkiu. if
| that's what you mean"
That's tho trick I'm plsyn fur exactly.
Gimme ten cents worth"
While putting it up the druggist asked
! Whist 10 you wsrtt to harden your hands fcl?
| Going 10 the country to husk corn 2"
"HusS nothn.' an my hans is as tutf as raw.
hide now. I'm just a workin' up little achems
to cllc lmVentthe Old woman's slipper T tried
q layer Of sole leather but she tumbled to my
little game OF the frat interview, an when Tell
back on . folded newspaper she hoard it crack
in afore she got me over her knee bat if this
here stuff does its duty, l think I've got the
bulge, on her, right from the word 90. How
long does it take such lie as this to put on pad
THICK enough TO knock the FIRE out of an average
| spsnkil;?'
When tina desired information was given him,
he tTo4ed II down the street singing: "if st FIRST
you cont succ oed try, try again !'-Argo.
NOT TIE SARA-A very amusi:g Incident
occurred at st. Matthews Church, Wasbirg g.
ton. yesterday, growing out Of the appearance
in tue SEATS near tie choir Of lady who bore a
mos! oeutr likeness to Sara B ,rrhardt. The
story that it was tho distinguished solress was
soon whispered about smoog the worshippsrs.
and very little attention thereafter was paid TO
tho religious services or sermoo. When the
ser7coa erded ttera was rush to get q nearer
and better view OF the lady aud one gsntlema
holder tha1 tho rest, approached tho stranger
aid her tscot al tho main entrance aud, intro
d1ciug himself. veotured to express surprise
that tic lady should visit Washington utaa.
ncucc ID. His surprise was greater when in-
formed tia. the lady was the daughter CT o
Kentucky banker. a6d hsd been 10 tho city a
Wack. Tito congregation. which was gathered
ariuld, Immediately dispersed.
TUE CuRIsTANcY DIVORCE CASE. - The
deposition OF + Ill Giro, taken 10 Ns8 York 10
behalf Of Mr. EhIistiarcy. 10 bis suit for divorce,
has been given to tie press He tesi6es that
10 was 10 trod1ced to Mrs. Otrlstiarc9 by Mr..
Rnz, Poruvuu baoker. on tho voyage from
Lima that be registered her at the g. Nicholas
Ho:eI, New York, as Mrs. II. H. Wharton"
at her rCquesIi that she came TO his room at the
st. J.mes Hotel, 10 Washington, and there he
had lntcrcouIs, With her, alter having dinsd
her ADD lady friend at a restaurant The
| c5ucsel for TIC defendant will move to sliko out
this ptriou CT the deposition, when tho clurt
moots. oaiTa 10 thrsals hsing msds by The o,m
missioner to Giro.