Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-14
P,rA N POINT.

No pusson is lazy case he doa,
want money. but beca'se he doan want
ter work.-Arkansaw 1raucler.
The ordinary stride of Maud s. il
seventeen feet per second. That OF a
mar lodging a butcher bill is twenty
one.-DetroI Free Press.
"A dealer in cheap boots in one If
his advertisements says: Ladies' wish
ing these cheap shoes will do well to
call 500 as they will not last long
Chicago Tribune.
&c. is so very close" was observed
by B., ''that he will squabble about =
farthing." .'Well." remarked W.. ~
have always thought that the less ona
squabbles about the better. IN. Y
Mail.
-Flossie told her mother some news
to which the latter replied: .'You don,
say sol" "Mamma." said Flossjc
why do you say You don't say So,
when I've just this minute said it?"-
Boston Post.
-Inquirer-Yes; ''paragraphist' I'm.
doubtedby originated from the use Of
the fist" (Rsg~) at the beginning Of
each paragraph. Therefore you ara
correct in your spelling-reform of the
word to ''paragrafist. Current.
Trousers with two legs are a pair:
a shirt with two arms is only one shirt
Philosophers had better give up trying
to tlnd out whether the moon is inhabe.
tied with spooks and clear up SON Of
the dark mysteries of this life.-1olcdo
Blade.
Human nature is a good deal like
dog nature. Whenever some other doc
wants the bone it becomes double
precious; and when a man is about f.
lose something upon which he has mt
slight value, its worth goes skyward
rapidly.-CYereland Leader.
-"How did you come to fall in love
with Matte Cook, Fred. Her face isn't
the prettiest in the world" II admit
that. Bob, but then she's a lovely char.
acter and such a pretty foot" "Oh!
then it was her foot that led you to
adore Mat?"-Yonkers Gazette.
Miss De Vere-Don't you sing, Mr..
Lisle? Mr.. Lisle (of the Harvard Glee
Club)-Oh, yes, but we are not alone.
That ugly old dutler in the corner has
been watching us the last half hour.
Miss DE Vere-Oh, never mind him:
he's only my father.-Brook1ym Eagle.
-Featherly was making an evening
call and the revised edition was being
discussed. sin the new Bible that "a
brought home" said Bobby, Joining
the conversation, "sister is four wears
younger than she was in the old one.
Is that what is mean by the revised
editionp"-N. y. San.
-''I'll tell you a great secret, but
you must promise not to give it away"
''Of our not" II believe Miss Biz.
de McGinnis is gone on me. I've al
most made up my mind to pop the
question" what did she say to you?N
''She didn't say anything to me pre-
but at the picnic on Onion Greek,
she patted my dog or the head. Isn't
that an encouraging sign" Eyes.
the next thing 10 patting you on
the head. Your turn will come next"
sit1imgs.
-Hewas a poet, and he was talking to
Miss Ethel in the conservatory, and as
she toyed with the ice which he had
Just brought her, she inquired: "Mr.
e et'Hsf' DON'T z11 "y yoa5 3 s0o aoh aes yos Of M Re.
Ethel" he answered, "and it comes so
easily to me. Why, do you know, Iex-
pect it is nor work for you to read
my poems that it is for me to write
them" Eyes, I expect it u.s." she an.
swered coyly: land it must be much
p~leasanter to write them than to read
them" And then he looked up at the
shrubs that grew around them and
said nothing. while she continued to
toy with the chilly orange-favored ice.
Boston Post.