New-York tribune., 1885-03-26
7" HALLALUYAH /"

NO matter how de heart pain
Chile, pray to de La1d an He win wipe
De trouble out'n yo min!
Sing glory hallaluyah,
DE gospers good aud de gospels true
WSh-in-e po sinners whine!
Honey, don't you know de debbps
Forebber slippn' roun',
A-tryin TO trip de Christian man
But, glory hallaluyah
DE los hab done bin foun'.
De gospels good an de gospels true
O-h-h-h dat golden crown!
You needn't think I'm foon',
Seem @ aSI how talk ak seR d''ips scatterin' talk
means it, all de samel
Den, glory hallaluyab,
DE good Lawd is my aim!
De gospels good an de gospels true!
Shame, po' sinners, shame!
Den-sr git yo' min to workn'
ABOUT dc nnal day.
Ton nry sH 20 9d reaeh de Gas MaT neaooeny home
Shout glory hallaluyah,
DE gospels good an de gospels true
Pray, po' sinners, pray
-fBob MCGEE in New-orleans Times Democrat
recent issue of a trustworthy scientific journal
states that earthquakes have occurred once In about
every twelve days somewhere in the United in
Canada the Atlantic coast being visited on average
about month. These shocks occurred during the
peror between 1872 and lS83 and frequently 80
slight as to be detected only by seisometer delicate
instrument designed for that special purpose
PERHAPS HE WAS NOT ASLEEP.
The old man snored Oh his corn-husk bed.
And dreamed OF rails and fodder and grain.
But his daughter watched by her window-sin
For the gay young man TO come up the lane.
o. love Is mghty-and bolts are weak
To restrain a fellow that believes In cheek.
"uither my dove" in soft tones came
From under her window. Out in the night
She slid from a cl0thes-line. all prepared,
And In less than o minute was out Of sight,
While the rowdy old ow sang out 4" too hoo"
And they both skedadded 10 Kalamazoo.
The sun was up and the old man woke,
He missed his daughter and saw the racket
As he sped note in her vacant room,
stuck In the crack OF walnut bracket
He read 1t slowly and quietly said
"DOggone good thing that went to bed
-lPhiladepnia News
Tbere have been two eclipses this year-a partial
eclipse the and total eclipse Of Tom Hendricks
lSt. Louis Globe-DemocraC
The great-great- grandfather Of Moses Wheeler who
died near Bridgeport last week is said to have been
PEELED from two of the NewEngland Colonies because he
kissed his wife Sunday his return from England
The old blue laws" of Connecticut so termed because
the first printed laws OF the Colony stitched in blue
coored paper possessed by every family In the
Colony IA 1872 in accordance with the requirements OF
the law There no section against husband kiss
ing his wife on Sunday, but there was provision
that no woman shall kiss her child on the Sabbath or
fasting day" Mr. Wheeler probably violated the section
which read: "No one shall harel, cook yictuals
make BEDS sweep house. cut hair shave the Sab
bath day."
Tho Tuirboy family is in trouble again. II always
will be IN trouble until Jimmy departs for his freshman
year IN college and then perhaps he will be hazed into
proper behavior. -,
shall have to ask you TO look out for Jimmy" said
the cofee-pourer. the other morning.
whats the matter with the scampi"
There amt nothin the matter with me. Give Us
mother cake.
He is very disobedent He viii do nothing ask him
to-"
well pop, I'll leave 1T to you. She sent me on
elgn mission bring home the washin when she's moth
ing but secretary the interior She haint any right
has she, nowi"
az see James Your exterior has not been properly
attended have appointmtnt with you In the cel
lar basement Immediately breakfast is oyer"-lHart
ford Post.