Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-12-07
pITH AND POINT.

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bound to come out; but it should mo-
come out all at once and leave the maj
empty.-M.O Picoyuue.
"A blue-stocking has written al
essay on The Disadvantage OF Bein1
Pretty Most girls are good natured
and willing to put up with the dissdl
vantages.-Chicago Tribune.
A broker named Epps has run
away from London leaving debts to the
amount of $500, O00, and is believed I'd
have come to America. An internal
tional Epps owed.-Rochcster ca. ~
Express. 4
-''Look out, that steer is Wild" said
a Chicago policeman, as an enormous
bovine tore down the street. 81 should
think he would be- exclaimed a by-|
1tander, "with such q crowd chasing
-lim.h-Boston Times. |
In setting a hen a farmer made a.
mistake and put a number OF porcelain
eggs under the fowl. she is doing the
best she can. but her eyes have a far
away gaze, and she looks like a man
who has Just bitten off the end Of q
cigar and has no match.-1he Dairy.
Mr.. Van Twiller has just been shot
in an atfray at Baton Rouge. If his
name had been Van Wrinkle, and 10
had been eviscerated with a bowie
knife, there might have been a chance
for paragrapher make a joke about
Rip Van Wrinkle. But as it is
Boston Post.
Literary: Wanted-A story Of bur"
glary OF ghosts in which the night is
not very dark without, and the wind
does not blow in titful gusts, and the
old oak in front of the house does not
groan dismally. On the receipt of such
we agree to return the manuscript
Chicago Inter- Ocean.
The cheapest and simplest gymna'
SUM in the world-one that will eNeF-
else every bone and muscle in the body
is a fiat piece of steel, notched on one
side, fitted tightly into q wooden frame,
and after being creased on both sides
with a bacon rind, rubbed into g stick
of wood laid lengthwise of a sawbuck,-
Erch0nge.
Judge Halliburton relates that
when once travelling in the provinces
man thus explained to him how he was
III the same profession as lawyers: \
am a wrecker. l am Lloyds' agent
and live on the misfortunes OF Others;
SO do you, When u vessel is wrecked
it is my business to get her of, OF 70
save the property. When y man isen-
tangled among the shoals or .qllcA-
sands of the law, your duty is similar.
We are both wrecKers. and therefore
members of the same profession lh9
only difference is, you are Il lawyer anu
am not.'-Chicago Journal. :,
Murphy heard COWS in his o1cnata
the other night, and, slipping out the
back way, appeared suddenly near the
front steps and yelled: '.He-ah llge'
He-ah Iige! He-ah!" Just then u
figure rushed past, cleared two fences
and vanished in the gloom. ia I'M.
take inn screamed the old man; pu'
his daughter Miranda, who had uI"o0
countably appeared on the scene, IL
cured the dog by the collar and re a1 he
to let 60, ..What yc doin'?' yelled ',s
old man: don't We know them COS .3
has been in here three OF four tllnes,;
"Oh, pal" was the answer, "o"l .n.
was only n. calf.n The old man Wa
pacitied, but Adolphus, who was s.'n nn.
ing out in the road awaiting de'el uer
ments, wasn't, and Mirandy, VIII ns,v
understand the GOODNESS that has spl"De
VI between them. Chicago 1'7o"''