The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-05-19

fishing smack who sailed from
Gloucester, in defiance OF Virgins
prophecies, has returned triumph
ant, with one OF the most profita-
BILE catches offish ever known.
A western preacher, whose con
gregation had begun to fall off
somewhat, had it intimated that
he would discuss a family scandal
the following Sunday. As a con-
sequence the church was crowded
The minister's subject was"Adam
and Eve"
A lawyer recently lost a bride in
a very particular way. He APP
peared at the wedding, buton being
called to the ceremony, from sheer
force Of habit protested thathe vas
not ready to proceed and deman-
ded delay. So the bride got mad
and shipped Kim.
Little girl, do you know whose
house this is2" asked a solemn
looking old mar of a bright child,
seated on the church steps. Eyes
sir; it's Gods but he amt in, she
added, as the gentleman was about
to walk up the steps land his
agents gone to Europe
"Woman's rights exclaimed a
PHILADELPHIA man when the subject
was preached. "What more
rights do they wantl My wife
bosses me; our daughters boss us
both, and the servant girl bosses
the whole family. It's time the
men were allowed some rights"
A famous north country clergy
man while preaching a few Sun
days since from the text, "He
giveth His beloved Sleep" stopped
in the middle of his discourse,
gazed upon his slumbering con-
gregation, and said: Brethren, it is
hard to realize the unbounded
love which the Lord appears to
have for a large part Of this au-
dience."
This woman is possessed by the
devil" exclaimed a crazy reviva-
list approaching a well dressed
lady at one of his meetings. The
husband of the lady in question
led the revivalist out behind the
church and succeeded in convinc-
ing him hat his statement was
correct in a certain sence, but not
altogether healthy to entertain in
a public assembly.
A domesticated man of Chicago
says: "Twins and triplets are the
little surprise packages in life's lot
terry that do more than anything
else to test human good nature.
Nobody wants them and nobody
expects them, and stranger still, no
reasonable man nor woman wants
to break the set when once they
have claimed hospitality and a
home.
"Facts are stubborn things
said a barrister to a female witness
under examination. eyes sir, said
the witness, land 30 are women;
and if you get anything out Of
me just let me know it." You'll
be comitted for contempt" said
the lawyer. every WE'LL" said
witness, 81 shall suffer justly, for
/, | have the utmost contempt for
every lawyer present"
Twenty-Five years ago a young
Philadelphia wife nearly cried her
eyes out because she could afford
to scrape off her walls the insight
ly, old fashioned paper, full of pea.
cncks and pelicans and things and
put a nice, neat, new style in its
place. Now her married daughter
is weeping because she can't afford
, to put the peacocks and pelicant
back. Life is full of trouble.
The electroscope-the very latesi
; scientific discovery-of DIR. Guild
rat, Of Victoria, was exhibited a
Melbourne in the presence of forty
/ scientific and public men. Sitting
| in a dark room, they saw projected
, on a large disc of white FURNISHED
t metal the race-course at Fleming
ton, with its myriads of active be
ings. Minute details stood GU
: with perfect fidelity to the original
! and as they looked at tie wonder
: full picture through 1inocular glass
es, it was dificrIt to imagine tina
they were rot actually on tn
course it, III, and moving anon,
f those Wnose motions they could 81
completely scan.
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