The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-23

=" Yes, I've got horrid cold, said
Mrs. Jenkinson- "I've dosed and dosed
and / don't get one bit better. Pom
my word / believe I've taken no less
than thirty nine articles. and begin to
feel like an Episcopalian.
| THEY were discussing religious ques-
tons. Said Brown, " tell you that If
the other animals do not exist after
death, neither does man. There is no
difference between man and beast" If
anybody could convince me of that it
would be you, Brown" replied Deacon
Jones, demureiy.
''SHE's dear, good girl" said ST.
Louis young man In reference to
Chicago fair one 81 assure you,
father, she is all soul. /" yes" replied
his stern parent, the old prejudice
against the Garden City embittering
his words Sc i saw her footprints in
the sand by the lakeside You are right;
she is all sole"
a BIBULoUs parson was introduced to
lady who had been represented to him
as quite a talented artist. He greeted
her by saying: 81 understand madam,
that You paint ?" She started, blushed
deeply, and, recovering herself after
few seconds, said, with as much acidity
of tone and style as she could command
Well, if do paint, / don't make any
mistake and put it on my nose"
A GOOD old lady, speaking in prayer
meeting and giving expression to the Joy
and confidence she felt, said " feel as
if / was ready, this minute, to fall into
the arms of Beelzebub.'' abraham
You mean Abraham ~ hastily corrected
a brother sitting near . Well, Abra-
ham, then, Wtis tue Responses 8 ii don t
make any diference. They re both good
men,"
mo, NY daughter, said New Haven
matron, 81 cannot consent to your longer
keeping company with young Jaykins.
He had the insurance to call me dow
ageress, right to my face, the other
evening"" Why, ma, that isn't anything
bad at ALL" g 1t is lucky for the
young man that it is not. Had
he assumed to insulate me would have
pitched him over the baningsters. ooh,
dear, ma, / wish you wouldn't mix met
aphors Sc" and both women rushed for
| the dictionary to substantiate their Ian
guage.
I'm SHAVING myself most of the
time now, said the young man proudly,
as he adjusted his head to the back
of the chair The barber gazed thought
July at the cash IN the lett cneek, noted
the irregular Maltese cross in the chin,
observed the finely executed outline
map of the Hell Gate excavations on
the left side, lowered over the piece of
ear that was held in place with court
plaster, and pityingly scanned the prize
collection of pimples and blotches which
ornamented the neck. Eyes, | notice
you are,p he said musingly, as he softly
| straDped his razor
OK MONDAY of last week Fogg handed
letter to the Office boy, telling him to
drop it into the mail This was early in
the morning. In passing the boy
desk in the afternoon Fogg saw the
letter. Il say, Johnny said he, ''any
time this week will do for that letter, yon
know" Next day Fogg saw the letter
still lying on the boys desk. Fierce he
broke forth. He wanted to know what
in the substantive that adjective letter
was doing there. Why In the substan-
tive it hadn't been mailed? 81 didn't
know you was in hurry about it, |" said
the boy, ''you told me any time this
week would do"