Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-11
1 7 AND POINT.

The pink of politeness- the blush
that follows q kind act.
-ldleness is the dead sea which swal-
lows all virtues--the se!f-made sepul-
cher of a living man.-LaIy's Jouy7sah.
The only thing that equals the
spontaneousness with which this coun-
try proposes a monument is the unani-
nous cordially with which it isn't built.
-Rochlana Courier.
-"Be somebody on your own &C
count, my son., and don't try to get
along on the reputation of your ances-.
tors" is the sensible advice Burdctte.
! gives in his latest lecture.
The other day while q Vermont wo-
man was frying doughnuts, n of them
exploded. Her husband, merely OBJ
served that he was glad, on the whole,
it happened before he had eaten the
thing.-Boston Post. /
"A missionary says the tallest people
on the globe are to be found on the
northeastern island of Terra del Fuego.i
A collector says the shortest people
on the globe may be found right here
at home when a bill is presented.-Nor-
ristoWn Herald.
An influential Canadian journal is
responsible for the statement that when
the Marquis Of L~ansdowne shakes
hands with a friend he bows and smiles-
And here we have been thinking all
along that when he shakes hands with
a friend he bends himself backward and
bowls. Exchange.
"A Texas postmaster boasts of being
q veteran of three wars, but his boast
ing is ne evidence of his bravery. We
have a quiet little man up here VITO has.
been married seven times. and he never
mentions it unless questioned on tha
subject. This Is genuine heroism.-
Bruns,vicb zribune.
While an Indiana editor was homo
sick with typhoid fever and his wife and
little daughter were suffering at the
same time with diphtheria and scarliti-
ma, the Office boy clipped and published
as a header the following medical notes
''Typhoid fever, ,diphtheria and scarliti-
ma are the results OF human ignorance,
stupidity, laziness, and filth, rather than
yisitations of God."-M.. T.. Commercial
Advertiser.
To keep up with the restless tide of
art agonies that is. overcoming these.
udSS VI lCuACu S4fillHuc1ClHo 10 III O1SIe
nary task. We. have. had the pond
lily on the. Single. the c~at-tail
on the plaque. the suntlower
on the Turkish towel. the daisy on the
tiny hollywood wheelbarrow, and now
it is dccreeda that the. portraits OF the
family must be painted IN the family
china The. head Of the household
graces the roast bees platter, the lady Of
the house SIN les benignly from the
broad plate, while, tae children are dis
tributed aJoundon the teacups end 'sau-
GERS. the lpveliest Of the girls decorating:
the sugar bowL-Rostom Posi-.
No Money for Dresses: $50 You
wish to marry my daughter. Well, I
rather like you...personaily, bstthe quss-
ton is, can you seaport hera''' II: have,
an income OF II 1000 from. az unele's.
estate" Good; that will pay the. rent
Of a house" 81 get 95eD more from
bonds which ! own" At.Good again;
that will;pay the servants wages" II
have E1,OOo a year from a business
firm of which l am a partner Yes;
that will feed you. What else:9"
'''That is all, sir.n "All! And do You
expect my daughaer to go withous
clothes9 DO You shink We are Ho:ten-
1otsp She can never, lie the. wifa Of =
poor man."-Caia.sgo Tribune,