The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-11-29
JENNINGS.

@iwish to engage your servioes,' said a man tn a lawyer. My coachman-" lsee." the lawyer replied, your coach snan ran away with your daughter" l" "No, SIT, he promised to marry her, but has broken the engagement We want to sue him fog breach of promise"
 During Sunday school lesson. Little boy to lady teachez.-@ Miss Iiakes, have you got a roos,er i" Miss Jinkes-~ You paust not ask such questions. There are several roosters at our house" Boy swell, you bring one of 'em down back of the fair grounds an m bet you l n bring one that can whip him."
 Burchley,7 said the managing editor to reporter, "you will doustless be a great newspaper man some day, but at present you write too plainly. This is a great oversight on your part What you want is ccDpositor to stand of and 1rown at your copy. Without this recognition of genius. you can never make a reputation. The printers can almost read your copy, Burchly. Don, be 90 careless Get you a backing brush and write your immortal sentences sn pine board. If you can't find one, sis on tee fence till we call you"
 Would it not bea good idea" asks q correspondent, ito request the poe, saureare renayson to write a poem in sommemorstiou of Cleveland's eIectloa, e be read daring the inaugural oere- monies the fourth of next March p What lovely, bright-eyed idea. What . brilliant flip lap of mental evolution. Yes, by all means! Stay a momeat. Why no. request him to read his charge ot the Heavy BrigadeT Cleveland could represent the heavy and George William Curtis and Carl Schurz would stand good for ~the brigade. Possibly Lcrd Tennyson might be busy at the time, reading his earlier poems to the countess of Fourche Township. If so, he could no, possibly attend. This would be severe disappointment, but stay again. We might possibly engage the services of some one else-aaybody, you know. Very glad, indeed, that you have made the suggestion. Stay once more We have forwarded your remarks 10 the National Committee.
 Extract from letter to the governor: never vent much on politics an never hung up my hat on no mans account, but if ynu win buy me a still an send il up here to me, I'll allns be democrat an will vote Sos you every time you poke up your head. The republicans have said all along that if the democrats go, n, the tax would be tuck offen' whisky, an fl this here is the case, am in, world without end. reckon l like whisky about as well as any man you ever seed, aa' my family likes it, too. It will come in mighty well this winter as all the COWS have gone dry. Give me my choice be- tween whisky an milk an I'd take whisky. So would my son Josephus- l dont know what good still is worth. l rechDo the Uaised States jedge is got a sk O secood-handed ones that he would sen cheap for cash. l haven't got tle cash % yoa shove it out an ~ill make 1t a] night sith yoa by the last Q nex, year. We have just had powerful re- vivAl in our community. The Deason boys gos religion an aint sssld but one hos sencA This is doin' powerful. vel far the Dens0n boys. If ve nader had Ieeaie more whisky. the neetin' nostes lasssd m winter. It were . great pity tat ve didn't have it. h . neighbor. had Eke this here me, thar ain't .othin' that psis Q mncA ifs ia psozacsed neeein' = . fair artirkie . vhisky. WieAoue t the pseacAeTs has . hard Gna ! pseachef oae seasan, an' dan WsA tn the vhisky give os1 Ss.os cd Asasssa Bailsy saoppsa dzinhn' he has s.ek = sssakss cDsa TAs pors oad flns hasner have suehin' to anlnse hisss'l Si1A While hs vzs . dEinkl' Maa, hs u0 hsaasG hsr Ae vas al1ns = dEunk sksEAs cssldnt gst ese so saeal Yea, - vhis1g h goed ding h ias Pasce. Gss ne " eAoirs tvixt vAisiy aa' csGsA as' Hdtahs willy. Nsv, ' yeu1l mlaas kaaeeasnn fnr tat seiA ys1l vhil1y shaat osx yos ns4hinp fE sks nsH Gvs yssns