Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-01-01
EXCHANGE sC1NT111AT1oNs

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EXCHANGE sC1NTILLATIoNs
| Old bachelors, keepin your holes
Leap-year is rapidly advancing, and
/ The girls mean busincss.-Madison
| vile Times
The Ratchet is published in Wash
ingtaY City. The editor holds his
hat yet (Pm.)-Bowling Green
Democrat.
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The LotNOh World tells of a new
contriyancS 70 make ladies taller.
The ladies haSe contrivancee enough
to make men saort.-Commonwealth.
Tom Witty iA one of Christian
county's : funny cipzens. His latest
Witticism was the Milling of a negro
at Casky Station, Notwithstanding 60
News.
"Perhaps oughtn't to blame you"
said good wife to her husband
when he came home at II y. m.
slightly inebriated. "Man Is only a
fine-night creature anyhow.-Madi-
Vile Times.
One of the pupils being asked the
derivation Of the word "Rcstaurant,
quoted Western writer, who said
that II came from two Latin words,
sRes," a thing and "T0mus,' a bull
aud 1t was therefore 'bully thing
Madisonyille Times.
AtLouisvillc recently young lady
of good family was married, with
her full consent and express desire,
TO n canine. Horrible, the reader ex-
claims. Not at all. The canine was
a man and his full name was ii. l..
Caliine.-Somerset Reporter.
Mary" said landlsdy to her
green hired girl, "was the boarder on
the third floor inebriated when he
came in last aight!" "No, mum; he
was so drunk he couldn't get up
stairs aud ! let him sleep in the back
hall. Merchant Traveller.
A Frcnchman who has recently
published q book, called "JOhn Bull
and His Island" says that in Eng
land son never kisses his father,
and rarely, If ever, his mother. From
the fact that he keeps quiet on til
subject, however, we presume the
Frenchman felt assured that the
young fellow made it up on the SER
want girl.-Commercial.
a certain congressman named Tom
Brown has had the presence of min
to Introduce bin to prevent 'nc
printing of all speeches in " Ooh-
gicssional Record except tb sc ac'u-
ally spoken. Mr.. Brown, 'cnu your
head while we drop upon our t vtow
the mullen wreath oeia"'e' iour
sense resembles LAT OF a horse
Marshall (Mo frogrcss'
Tho mvs.ery of red sunsets has not
been lived yet, but it is coinci-
dc..te that about the time they be-
gan TO sppear Tom Robertson, the
strawberry blonde, who succeeded
Proctor Knott in Congress, loomed
up at Washington. 1t is said that
Roberlson's head is so red that he
wears poultice in his hat to keep
the Inflammation from striking in.-
Commercial.
Southern Industrial Notes" in the
Industrial News: Two farmers saw
specialized dudes with lemon
side-whiskers on the street, when one
Of them exclaimed: "Gosh! what
things we see when we don't have no
gun"--"Gentlemen," said the Tex
as man in the restaurant, when the
waiter dumped a plate of hot soup
down his back; gentlemen, don't
laugh" AS he had risen to his feet
aud drawn two revolvers, his wishes
were respected.
There was dreadful rumor cur
rent about Il o'clock last night that
Santa Claus while driving around in
Cincinnati girls stocking to leave
few barrels of Florida oranges and
a house and lot for Christmas, lost
his way, and not withstanding a
large force of philanthropists were
securing the stocking in every direc-
ton he had not been found. At IL
o'clock a party had started out to
search the toe as a forlorn hope
Commercial.
A beautiful and accomplished
Young girl Of the Ninth ward, after
saying her prayers the other night,
carefully peeped under the bed be-
fore retiring. What was her horror
Mt beaPlding snugly curled up under
the4A 81, terrible burglar with a
-eroe Gus mustache, who glared at
her fiercely. Did this brave girl
shrek aloud and jump out the win
low or fall down stairs? No; but
with unparalleled courage and pres
ancc of mind she simply. blashed,
dropped the edge OF the counterpane
and walked quietly into her mothers /,