The Osceola times., 1883-01-13
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

more than Wtlc ONOi "V
one man. -
I'll Iobn Manners. in the opinion of
London truth, Is the Dest uep"''i VII '"e
opposition bench.
GOOD many dramatists ought 10 be
Iaboring on a plot of ground.-Glasgow i.
Evening Times.
0Nrs 'scoy,lle says she is not mad"
Thcn she is not q member of the Repnb-
icsp Norristown Herald.
Tho man wholost the election bat now
cuts the winner as though the latter had
dedicated book of poems to liim-Puck.
Cortland man who read at the end Of
friends marriage notice. "No cards"
sent him cuchre deck by the frs, mail.
Marathon Independent.
"Before | YOU employ must you ask
1Iove Won a loverYh Servant madden
zone II should smile p-Trapslated from
Omnibus.
A number of London literary men
oorld moi saw who was the author Of
the phrase, Pouring OIL on troubled
waters"
Iosa--"Jts wonderho he can see tae
diana need tae sect, lass lie hears twr
his fingers r'-London Punch.
.eWhen dem ar fo'teen boarders gifts fru
wild dat turkey Clarinna, pears to me
dar will be mighty little lef fur US to
'spress our thanktulness obeEs Es-iexas
Siltings.
The finest collection of coins in the
world is at the San Francisco mint
Among others are the coins OF Conincius,
of Queen Dido, of the lonians' oil Cailphs,
] L, n N.
Despite the assertions Of New York
/ critics that Mrs. Langtrvis uof an actress,
a man has named a canal boat amer her'
Genius and talent are appreciated IN the
most unexpected places. - NorI's'"Wo
Herald.
4 little bov was seriously hurt by pull
ing a chimney piece down at lndianapo-
lis The lad was probably the awkward
son of an awkward sire, for 1t IS evident
that his sire's mantle has fallen upon
him.
4 good old Quaker lady after listening
10 the extravagant yarn of n person as
long as her patience would allow, said to
him. Friend, what pity lisa sin to lie.
when it seems so necessary to your hap
piness Springfield Republican.
"You have been up here before nc half
: a dozen times this year" said an Austin
, Justice, severely, TO 4 local Nagra.t-
Come, now, Judge, none ofthat Every
time I've been here I've seen YOU here
; You are here more than am. People
who live in glass houses should not throw
stones. Texas Siitings,
A clerk of an eminently respectable
a house, the head Of which is a deacon, was
r instructed to prepare an advertisement
? and have il inserted in the papers. lie
prepared one which read: The pot
, scooped We hold four acres to the bob
tail flush of any other house in town on
fine table cloths boston Post.
"And oh, by the by, my son tClls me
you don't make his shirt collars still
enough. He's in the Guards, you know,
and they 60 in for being very Particular
"Well, ma'am, all can say is, I've got
son in the Guards myself and alters
washes for i'm when he comes oite and
, he don't make no complaints r'-Lohdon
/, Punch.
Broker-"W What, Herr IIiiSchgold, you
, venture 10 ask for my daughters handP E
, Really, | don't know what to admire most y
Your impudent boldnesSor your shrewd
speculation 20 get my money. However,
since bold, impudent man and a shrewd
I Spectator is admirably adapted to--you
/ shall be my son-n-law. ."-Fliegende
Batter.
1 The JAY Iluhbell game does not always
pan out well. The other day a stage
driver in tina Black Hills undertook to
4 horsewhip the passengers into getting out
t of the stage and pushing il up HILL but
o the passengers emrtied their revolvers
into him few times, held Il Coronersin-
!, quest and found that he had died ofpncu-
moniq.-Teyas siltngs.
> 4 book agent wandered into Bowory
l. museum the other day aud talke" toa
$ wax figure of General jackson three
=. hours, trying to induce him to subscribe
4 for work in ll2 parts, price nifty cents
each-no subscription taken for less than
is the entire work "Wcl' he said rs he
h turned to go, "ifyou didn't want ii, why
V dim; yuu sls 90 two hour ago The
# Judge.
d An old colorcd man, with Eis legs
r twisted about like Corkscrews from rheu-
n matism and also partly paralyzed sits on
& the steps of the Austin Cont House and
d solcits aims "You must have pretty
G hard time of it, uncle remarked sym.
o pathetic stranger, handing him nicllle.
e "Hes, boss, dat'sa fact Oars six oh us in
e de family and l'se de only one able to get
1t about and earn a libin. Texas Siftings.
Is At the time when Episcopacy was strug-
II Cling for place in Scotland, much TO the
l. disgust of the common people, girl in
n Fife, the daughter ofa non-conforming
e clergyman, looking over the New Testa-
4. ment and finding the phrase which
ID speaks of Christ as the Bishop of our
souls" blotted ont the word Bishop and
inserted the word Presbyter, so that it
read The Presbyter of our souls s"-Glas-
gov Evening Times.
q Gentlemen, don't bleve in crossin-
II or changin' de breed of our hogs De OLE
"a fashioned hog is plenty good. / owes de
saddest time of my life to fine hog.
st was passin' apen once an seed fine hog.
e III he hadn't been fine hog wouldent-
e. or paid no 'tention 20 him. Wall, | was
& rested on account OBJ dat fine hog an
sent ter de penitentiary FUR year. Don't
bring no fine breed of hogs into dis +
neighborhood Arkansas Traveller.
y st. Peters Episcopal church is dpscrb-
s cd as having changed less in l20 years
II than anything else in Philadelphia, and
a Is fhprr rOrr uac5 N rilvryerv pId fashion