The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-07-28
PUNGENr PARAGRAPHS.

We are panied to learn from Paris
| that Bernhardt has ''lost the irresistible
| grace of her smile:' but, then, why
doesn't she advertise for it?-EtDliro
Free Press.
-"What have YOU been doing since ]
last saw you?'' ''I'vc been attending
! course of free lectures g A course OF
free lectures?' ''Yes. | was married
week afteRwe parted ~ Brooklyn Eagle.
Yes, judge" said the prisoner, Il
admit that the back of my trousers was
tangled in the dogs teeth, and that ]
dragged the animal away, but if you
call that stealing a dog no man on earth
is safe from committing crime. ."-BoSton
Post.
"A young lady who had been married
a little over wear wrote to her father
in this city saying: .'We have the dear
est little cottage in the world, ornament
ed with the most charming little creep
ers you ever saw. The old man read the
letter and exclaimed, Twins, by thun-
der"
-"How supremely beautiful Nature
IS, this morning. said the city guest as
she looked out upon the sunrise.
Mature is trying to rival you, Miss,
said Farmer Robinson, gallantly. .'But
she has to get up mighty early in the
morning to do it, Perhaps the morn
inc coffee didn't taste better after a
compliment like that.-Nclo HaUen Reg
iSter.
"A debtor who was sued by his cred
itor acknowledged that he had borrowed
the money, but declared that the plain
tiff knew at the time that it was a Kath-
leen Mavcurneen loan. "A Kathleen
Mavourneen Loan" repeated the Court,
with puzzled look. That's it, judge
one of the 1T may be for years and it
may be forever sort. Brooklyn Eagle.
A fashion item says skirts of satin
duchesse are very handsome in the
s.Soldat Beige tints. We should think
| they would be- Why the Soldat Beige
tints were not brought outin dress goods
years ago is mystery to u.s. What are
/ they ''Soldat' anyhow?-NoTTsst0tC
Herald.
What steadied the train: A CONNER
/ cial traveller thus relates his experience:
He and his companion were the sole oceu-
pants of the smoking car They tried
to converse, but the road was so rough
they were pitched from side to side like
ships passengers. At last they were
able to make each other understood
One said: Dan, the old thing is running
smoother To which Dan replied:
..Yes; guess she has got off the track !"
Little John Fizzletop was page in
the Legislature when it was in session in
Austin, Tex, and his conversation has
had political flavor ever since. Yes
terday, for rinstance, he asked his mother:
..Am 1 to get a second piece of pie after
/ get through with this?'' Indeed you
are not .sThen, Mrs. Speaker, in this
case, the sooner there is a change in the
administration the better for the material
interests of the country.
She kept boarding was the
mother of five romping boys. and had q
nervous old bachelor lodger who was
too civil ever to complain of the annoy
ance their pranks caused him. One day,
when they had been particularly frisky,
and were galloping along the corridor
on which his room was situated, she en-
countered him at the doorway and OBJ
served, with feeling of maternal pride;
splendid little fel lows, aren't they, MIR.
Martin? What would you do if you had
them?'' For a moment he looked like
a man in whom the soul of a Herod was
struggling for utterance, but resuming
| his natural reserve replied. with deadly
calmness: Turn them into an apple
orchard, madam, while the fruit was
green. ~ Chicago Times,