The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-06-05
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GAME CHICKEN.
chicken lived, . chicken died;
His drumsticks and his wings we're friAd
His feathers by . dealer dried.
And. very shortly after dyed.
Soul he had none; admitting that.
How comes az there. upon her hat
His plumes@ mortal ehlckens-riss
glorious Dir Of pai--isei
Obscure Poet.
Ahai How very sharp . claw Il
hidden in a velvet paw!
A Correspondent wishes to know II
the .I.ay on Macduff' was N Of Shaks-
peare's earlier poems.
I The Baby. 1--we got a bawl ticket -
said ncighbor John. ruefully. Ii turned
GU, there Was a new baby in the family.
Query.-No woman was eyer known
To marry u man whose first remark ON
b.'illg introduced to her Was about the
weather.
The Last thing.--A contemporary
says: 1.-The last thing q man wants to
do Is TO die" Then his wishes are
gratiiied. 1t is the last thing hs<does.
An Exceptional horseshoe may
~brins-good luck. but tho pedlar's horse.
who has four of them. and never sees a
peck Of oats in two months, don't be-
lieye much in it.
AT a Ball. Matchmaking Mamma
Ito her manageable daughter):
Virginia dear. don't lose sight Of that
gentleman in mourning. He may be a
widower." i.
No Change.-"Only twenty?"-"Ycs,"
she explained. George made me
promise when we were married that l
would never change. l was twenty
then. and | mean to keep my promise"
Work Enough.-.I haven't work
enough for another servant" said =
lady to agirl that applied for q situa-
tion--"Oh. yes. you have. mA'am. til
take precious little to keep me busy"
was the naive response.
An Old Brute:-.I wonder" said u
young lady, s.why Hymen Is always
represented as carrying . torch" to
which her bachelor uncle responded,
ITO indicate that he always makes it
warm for people who marry"
The Germans won't allow the impor-
Iation of sausages from America. They
ray they are adulterated. But the
thrifty Teutons will take all the live
hogs they can get. and do the adultera-
Lion themselves. They think they can
do it cheaper. il not better.
The late DIR. David p. Smith, Pro-
fessor of Surgery in the Yale Medical
School, served as . surgeon in tho civil
war and once saved his lifo when a
drunken soldier leveled . gun at him.
by shouting: shoulder arms!'
.iGround armsr' The soldier mechan-
ically obeyed.
Running Through It--A wag circu-
lated q report that . certain rich old
farmer had boon running rapidly
through his property" The farmer
ralled ON him to s.retract the SANDER"
when the wag said he sat1 him run
ming through his property" with his
brindls bull after him.
A Hothouse.-s.Your house Is . per-
feet conservatory, Oldboy," admiringly
remarked his friend. gazing at the
beautiful windows, crowded with
beautiful plants.-"Ah, yes" replied
Oldboy, ~nervously CHANGING at q woman
with her head swathed in . dust-cap
lust coming down from . 3step-ladder.
% fondle the dog with . mop-stick.
iOh. yes. . regular hot-house."
Thomas Corwin, of Ohio. tho famous
public speaker, nee said: The trouble
with members Of the bar is that they
don't get down low enough. They
shoot oyer the heads of the twelve
numbskulls before them. l have seen
Ewing, Stanberry and Hunter. leading
summarizes as they are. d~umbfounded Al
oeing beaten by some stump tailed.
~pennyroyal bull of country attorney
with no more law in his head than q
snake in dog days. Inever score
cess in a jury trial that I don't feel hu-
inflated. Even If my side has the
right, IL Nv that / have used means to
win that hit to shame 3 down east
itock p. ..er."