Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-10-01
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A northwestern editor declines to marry
because great mems sons hardly ever amount
go anything.
The fountain Tor theeasteru wiugot Mount
N,ruon-p'scc, Baltimore, presented 10y Rob
ert Garrett, ha, been put in place and the
surroundings laid out tastefully in grass and
walks ut the expense of the donor This
wing corresponds % the western, ON which
Mr. Walters has put his Barre and Dubois
brouze>.
There are some men who cannot comPre-
bend ,hat very frequently ia life the game
is not worth the candle. Ben Jackson was
one of them. That makes the tenth
match You have struck. What are you
looking for2" asked his roommate one
evening as Ben was striking a match and
looking under the table IL dropped a
match and ann irving 20 find it," replied
Ben.
Simpson and his wife were on their way
90 church. and the lady was putting ON her
gloves. MY dear. said hc petti,hly, "you
should complete your toilet at home ia
just as soon see q woman putting ON her
stockings ON the street as putting on her
gloves" "Mo-t men would" She said
promptly. and the abashed husband didn't
say another word.
a barrister named Missing was defending
q prisoner CHARGED with stealing a donkey.
and was severe I'm his examination Of the
witness. The case was that the prosecutor
had left the donkey tied to q gate and on re-
turning it was gone. "Doyou mean to say,
witness" said Missing. the donkey was
stoleu2" "Imeau TO say, sir. 30 was the reply.
that the ass was missing
Can any little boy or girl tell me why
the lions would not hurt Daniel?" said
gentleman addressing SUNDAY school. 81
know. said one bright little fellow. holding
mp his hand And what was the reason.
my little man p" said the speaker stepping
forward with his face in a Joyous glow
Speak APP loud. so that an may hear YOU
Why didn't the lions bite Daniel?' Il
guess it was 'coz he belonged to the circus"
These hops are q curious vine, by the way.
I always supposed that a hop vine and a
baby knew how To- creep without being
taught The baby may, but the hop vine
doesn't Itcu't shin pole any more than
g. Goldfish, unless it takes lessons. 1t is like
kitten, it dou'J get its eyes open for some
time 1t comes out of the hin and lies
sprawing on the ground til it is taken by
thenapeof Che neck. so to speak, and wound
around the pole q few times, and then tied
there. After that it viii seem TO catch on,
and learn why it was put into the world,
and win then shin mp the pole like a little
man. T, isuot half so intelligent as a bean.
-Be1tet E.I Journal
A wen educated person, who possesses a
college sheepskin, reads his Bible, his shak-
speare and bis daily papers, seldom uses
more than 5000 OF 1000 words in actual
conversation accurate thinkers aud close
reasouers, who avoid vague and general eX-
pressioas and wait Tin they find a word that
exactly fits their meaning employ larger
stock, and eloquent speakers may rise TO
command otlooJ0. Shakespeare, who dis
played q great variety ofeXpressiou in every
language. produced an displays with about
1900 Milton, works are built up with
5000, and ,ae ola Testament says what it
has Co say with 4.412 words. tn the English
Language there are. an told. 10000.