The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1884-09-20
prrn AND POINT.

PTTM AND kUlNTs
Am Who join clubs find the dues 10
pay fhere and the deuce to pay at home.
01x. GHANr il said to be growing
very stout He says b il feted to be-
como 90.
WHEN do tho teeth usurp the func-
tions Of the tongue? When they are
chattering.
TAKING things - they come isn't 90
very difficult. Its parting with them as
they go that's hard.
WHKN ct home the Chinaman is
Mongolian. When in the United States
he u Mustgnlan.
DRINK, says IN exchange, weakens the
system. Yes. but just think how It
strengthens the breath,
PATIEH7s do more for the doctors than
doctors do for patients. The patients
enable the doctors to live.
Tn Speaker Of the House Is generally
known - 1.-THE chAir, SO called because
he is sat down on go often.
The man who leaves dirty water
in the wash basin gets much shorter
pair Of wings than any other angel.
WAY will the postage-stamp never be-
come familiar with the alphabet? Be-
cause it always get stuck on letter.
TIE word "laughter is always
printed in the speech Of Congressman
so tie reader may know when to laugh.
"THE UNsrzx HAND is the title of
y new book. Probably the other man
didn't have anything better than pair
of trays, and didn't dare to call.
STATISTICS disclose the fact that. to
every ten children born in Wales, lese
than seven ever reach their Goth year.
The others are worn out learning to speak
Welsh.
O OYEs, there Is such . thing as an ex-
hsusted receiver; but this phrase does
not apply to receivers Of defunct savings
banks or insurance companies. They
are generally well replen;shed.
"THE number of bones in q man." we
are told, I" is 24O." Just after partakinR
of shad breakfast the number may be
increased to $50, if the man doesn't
choke to death on the fourth bone.
WHEN reprimanded by his employer
for absenting himself from the Office for
two entire days. Fogg very calmly re-
piled that he believed in the office seek
ing the man and not the man seeking
the Office.
AN Ohio man on his travels found
shell on the Gettysburg battlefield. He
took it home and put it in the stove to
see if it was real It was genuine. But
the stove is the most glaring imitation
you ever looked at
MAMA, is the old hen going to be
sent away for the summer" "No.
Charlie; but why do you ask ?" "Wel.
heard papa tell the hired girl that they
would have fine time when he sent the
old hen away Tor the summer"
AFTER "beat" had got trust at every
saloon in town, the landlords of a West
ern mining town held q consultation and
concluded to shoot hira. The following
words appeared over his last resting
place: "Death Loves Mining Shark. !"
i CoNcLUs1vx evidence The old lady
came down to her breakfast in bad
humor and, sharply addressing her son,
said: Charlie, did You leave that whis-
ky bottle on the parlor table ?" No
I guess dad left it" "Why do you
guess your father left it?'' "rCause it's
empty. as@ - .s..4. ,.5-
."PAP," said q little 13-year-old boy.
on his first visit to the city, and as he
passed . basket Of oranges in front Of q
grocery store, I" buy me one of them lit
tie punkins. /" .. No." said "pap, 1--WE
got plenty ct home that are larger and
better, but I'll buy - . ginger cake as
soon ~ ] sell my aigs." 81 -
MUSICAL definition: A diminished
chord-the cord Of wood Is sold by the
INSCRIPTIONS coal-dealer. A cross rela-
tion-the average mother.in-law. A de-
ceptive cadence-when the cats keep
quiet after You have thrown the boot
jack, only to resume again after you
have closed the window. Oblique move
ment-home from 1.-THE lodge"
SHE was "sorry she spoke ~ Young
farmer Surveying the 1tock)- "a
pretty tidy lot, Maria" Wife CONSIDER
ably the senior "Aye, but they would
ma be there. maybe, wern'it no for my
brass /" Husband (nettled)- "Whoy,
lass, gin it be COON to that wi We? If it
had no been for your money, mayhap
ye wild na been here yerseP !"-Psssch.
TaE Zuni Indians nave a national
hymn, the first stanza Of which reads !:
Ma'-a-we
AA'-ArWo
6ho-t -lal-lon
tsi-i-kwA
Tsi-kwan tap-te
thil-iatht-ts
Thlu-tckun-tap-te
thle-po-ne
Ma-a-we
Ma'-a-we
Nothing more beautiful than this has
been written since the days when Walt
Whitman made "leaping sunshine -