Morning journal and courier., 1884-06-05
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A suburban journal says: s'The fireworks on the Fourth will be on Skinner's Head" :" Pleasant for Skinner.-Boston Post. A young man recently went crazy in ., New York livery stable. He had probably step- ped in to pay his bill-Buriington Free Press. An article containing dozen hints on how to take care of 8 horse is going the rounds of the press, but there is not one hint as to how te get the horse-Merchant Traveller. It has been found that the reason why the girls generally wear white dresses upon pic nic parties is because bugs can be seen upon them the easiest-Philadelphi Chronicle Herald.
 A little Rhode Island girl was taken by her mother to dentist, who removed 8 tooth. Of course the operation caused & good deal of pain. How deeply the feelings of the lit- tie one were involved appeared when in re- beating the evening prayer she said: For give us our debts as we forgive our dentists. /" Exchange.
 We learn from foreign correspondent that ''Zoans Metropolis has been found.' It appears to have been lost nearly two thous- and years" MT. Zoan would have probably found his lost Metropolis much earlier if he had advertised 1t in the columns of daily paper and offered suitable reward.-Norris- town Herald.
 Hook here, Miss Twoantwo," said Grim sonbeak to the village school teacher, ''my boy says you kissed him the other day for say ing his lesson. Is that sop "Yes, sir, " timidly replied the spinster. "Well," con- tinued Crimsonbeak, don't let that occur again. If there is any punishing to be done I'll attend to him. ."-Yonkers Statesman.
 Kate Field is very angry at Felt. Nor mon elder, and has said in round termS Now we presume Felt feels mad as Kate Field, and if Kate feels that Felt feels this way, we must all feel that Kate Field should give Felt fair field to show how he feels ln the matter-and in this way the public may arrive at the cause of the ill feeling between Felt and Kate Field, and decide who has the right to feel the most aggrieved in this Field Felt feeling.-Lowell Citizen.
 s'You look like poet" laughed the funny editor, as the handsomely dressed youngster entered The boy smiled and began fumb- ling ia his pocket. Maybe you write songs, too," suggested the newspaper man 'Yes, sometimes" was the answer. Have you got one for me?'' ''Yes I think I have ''Is it sung by long or short meter2" By this time the young man had fisi1ed out a docu- ment, which he threw down, yelling excited ly. Neither, my friend; 1t is sung by the gas meter" It was gas bill for $1O.-At- lants Constitution.
 Great Day for the Country,-A horse ran away In Austin one day last week, and knocked down an organ grinder, who was play ing for all he was worth on a corner, and on an organ, too, of course. The musician was seriously injured, and his instrument damaged beyond repair. When the driver of the horse was arraigned for fast driving he was fined one hundred dollars "But, your honor, the horse ran away, and could not control him. It was not my fault in the least" ''I know that" replied the judge. And then, your honor, there is another mitigating circumstance. The organ was totally destroyed, and the organ grinder will never be able to turn a handle again" "I know that too, but you are life insurance agent, and bigger nuisance than the organ grinder. I shall not remit yoar fine. It is not often that two birds are killed with one stone. This is great day for the country" Texas SiftiDgs.