The Delaware farmer., 1883-09-14
woU1p HAvE An EAsY r1lm.

here fighting EN- for an hour. How long
do you suppose they will keep up this
business 2"
"Well, I dunno, sah. 'Cordin' ter
how nanny da is. "
'There are ten thousand"
SIN dat case, sah, its 'cordin' ter how
hungry da IS"
"They are as hungry as wolves.
''Denyer RS mighty likely erhab trouble
wild 'em, sab"
why don't you put a bar over the
bed ?"
cease nobody eber sleeps in dis room
but one night When one night man
comes along we gives him dis room.
Didn't nobody sleep in heah las night
an dat's de reason da's so hungry. Eff
yer'd happen ter strike dis bed jes' arter
a fat man had been in it, yer'd hab a
easy time, sah."-Arkan8aV TraUeJer.
WORTH MORE THAN HIS NOTE.
Emery StoTs, the reparteeist, tells a
story of gentleman who bought bill
of goods for 81 800. The firm being sus-
picious of their customer, put 5000 on
the usual prices. The customer could |
only raise 81 200, which was the regular
rate, the rest being in excess. He said
he would give his note for the remainder,
and they took it. Then he said he was
in the habit of receiving a present when
he made so large bill. They gave him
a neektie. He bitterly objected to such
a mean little present The proprietors
hen concluded to present him with his
lote for $500. He took it with look of
and then said:
''Well, Mr.. Alexanders, I think I will
prefer the necktie, if it's just the same
o you"
WHY HE HATED.
"Oh, Charles, let us turn and 90 off
ONE other way; there is that bad man
Glowing us"
"Who is the fellow, my deah %
"Why, that is the man who was so {
ear marrying me before I met you. I :
Ist hate him !''
"By Jove ! so do l."
"You?" t
''Yaas. /
''You don't know him. How can you +
lte him? ?" v
"He didn't marry you, don't cher v
law, my love. Teras Sgftings.
HowLERs. a
''What are you doing there % demand .
policeman of a man who sat on 9
nee bowling. v
'That feller in the house shot my dog =,
cause he howled, and Tn CARRYING =
t the dogs contract I'm going to =
wi here until I think the dogs death
been sufficiently avenged. If he
pots me, my son will howl out my u u
ltract, and if further harm should be- u
my family, my wife will come out ne
howl till he can't rest. Oh, but we 70
howlers. "-ArbanSaV Traveller. 1t
AN OFF YEAR.
Hot Why it's five degrees hotter m,
e than at home! thought this was "
of the coolest places in the country?'
My dear sir, this is an off year. you
~! Every year but this we have ST.
to keep up fires in July, and we shall to
bably have to next year again. 1t bo
sort of an extra season, you see.
But where are those cool breezes you elb
ertised ?" 8
h, they are over on the other side of her
lake to-day. You see, this is only
side of the lake and we can't expect
nonopolize all the breeze there is. sal,
must divide up and give the other dun
rts some Of it." Ere
A MORNING SCENE pet
bout eight o'clock one morning rev,
smoking plug tobacco in an old
pipe walked out of Michigan ave-
saloon with a rat in trap. He sun
ed neither to the right nor the left mac
he had reached the middle of the hea
t. Then he placed the trap on the
nd and whistled for his dog. Ii he
4 dog, the animal did not respond, g
the public did In less than two Belt
tes thirty men were rushing to the nm e
at Of
Ii, there Don't let him out till 1 ada
" dog ?" shouted one. ago
Lold on ! Wait for the dogs r yelled pure
i dozen voices at once. on a
eep cool and form circle !" COM guar
ed policeman, and he took frmer who
Of his baton. from
3 man with the trap spread large woul
1erchief over it and waited. He to 'l
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