The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-07-26
PITH AND POINT.

al--Of one thing you may be sure-viz.i
that If you are looking for the dark side
Of life you will find it. cor oir 3 50
I'm some parts of South America
the banana skin is converted into ma
terial of which ladies' dresses are made.
This is probably the kind that the lady
slips on easy.-Yonkers Statesman.
You can never entirely discourage
New Jersey man. When he comes
down to his last dollar he picks up q
spade and goes out to dig up some OF
Ridd's buried treasure.-Detroit Free
Press. u. ..s -..,..- -. ~, ,.---
sis this my train 2" asked q traveller
at the Grand Central Depot of q
lounger. "I don't know" was the re-
ply. sT see it's got the name of some
railroad company on the side, and ex-
pect it belongs to them Have you lost
train anywhere pm. Y. Graphic.
The peculiar costume of the dwell
lers in Arizona is thus graphically de-
scribed by s'tender-foot; ~ 'In ordi-
nary weather he wears belt with pis-
tolls in it. When it grows chilly he puts
en- another belt with pistols in 1t, and
when it becomes really cold he throws q
Winchester rifle over his shoulders.
1t is stated that a railroad brake
man has become an operatic tenor, and
has been engaged for next season at
$500 week. He won't have to learn
the Italian language, you see. He has
merely to speak his lines as he does the
names of stations and everybody will
think he's speaking ltalian.-Boston
Post.
Seth Green says fish can not shut
their eyes. Fogg says this explains why
they always succeed in keeping off his
hook. Whenever he goes fishing, the
fish are all eyes and no mouth, and
every eye wide open. He thought they
kept their eyes open out of pure cussed-
ness; but, now that he knows that they
can't help it, he simply despises where
he hated them before.--N. Y I1de-
pendent. q. - t-.rt -
We'll, my little girl.'' said New
Haven gentleman, to friends
.'precieusest, -, ,"aren't you going to sing
for meP'' "No, sir. I'm not q
singer" Now, 1 thought you were
little singer" '"Oh, mol only sing q
little to my dolly" "But IN be your
dolly" "You,re too big. I guess
sister Jennie wouldn't mind IL you was
hers. She said you was just splendid"
Sudden rattling of the dishes in the
back room-where Jennie was busy
Neio HaUen Register.
--"The latest agony, !" says Jeems, els
the way felt this morning. My wife
asked me for Xxx bill-a twenty, you
know-and I cut the matter short by
telling her that it could not be did, for
the simple reason that had only a
matter of dollar or so in my pocket.
Il knew you'd tell me that she said,
and it's true, too And, as l looked
up in amazement, she added: Il
looked in your pockets last night. I've
got the twenty OH boys, how 1 feltl
But what could dopn s.. -.
-"Heart-disease," !" said Jennie, as he
assisted Patrick to up-end barrel OF
cement, ssheart-disease is one of the
worst diseases. Some people never
know they have it till they dhrop down
dead" Thrue for you, Jemmie," re-
piled Patrick; sand those people who
know that they have it have to be
moighty careful wild themselves. I
knew a man wonst that had it, and he
was always obliged to dhrop work
about five minutes before he felt 1t
coming on."-SomerUiLL Journal.