The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-10-01


time Il provided for IN the schedule,
WIT AND HUM0R. 4
At reception a young lady. aoci.s8
.dentally set her back hair on fire;
When ext;ngui shed she said she was
glad it wasn't her: best. n. q +.
a IA colored minister hol ding forth
from the text, How oil art thou p SO d, (:
in his opening Brethren, this am "a
question that must be answered in the
a6irmatiye.n IA sti,55s 3ss..5s ii N
A correspond ent writes to ask us I
what a holocaust is Il The principals
use Of this word is ito make an item !.
about the burning Of stable read
sorter high toned. 1i S.Si2:
"a little girl, aged 8, asked herfather$
for more candy, but was told to wait
until tomorrow. Looking out Of the 4
window for q few. moments, she sud
denly called out Pa, it looks like to.I;
morrow now. ''3
Freddie; did YOU go e school 4 70 ,oe':ss s.
uayy eS ~, IL (ld You learn 4
any thing ncw:e'.''E Fs..Y es' N. y What y
was it, my boyP's IT got on to a sure
way OF gettin ont for an hour by
snnffing red ink up my nose. Z s3.s ~:
The policemen Of Goshen, N. 7. Il
have been furnished with raWhides:
whips to be carried during the day
time instead Of locust clubs Owing
to the ease and safety with which they
can be welded it is said they inspire
more terror among eyildoers than the
clubs. y; \ 5i t55
There is q fourishing school at Fleet, Y
wood, Ga. The I teacher lis WA Rog-ss!
iers, the fax coll ector "a remarkable
thing is that In a school of seventy one
pupils each and every one is related to
the teacher and to each other. Only
one q Of the GLARS is over ID years OF
age. ij3 a III.
ISL Edward Ball known in the west as /;
the cowboy preacher, is a;young man
fof intellig ence, has q finely shaped
head, and is said 80 be very sincere in
his belief Networks for money, and i
then spends every dollar in travelling
and preaching and for religious litera-S
ture to give AVA In his preaching
be is some hat after the Sam Jones
order. s 8s51s55
An unknoWn#man was Frustrated by
heat in the woods at Pittsford, N. "
When found he could only ind cate
that he had been W. th out food or water
for two days, The local reporter ad
"a s5f man, who shall for the present be-.
nameless. refused to give the sufferer 4
Q drink of water without. fifty cents in9
payment. The money was paid, and
the poor wretch got the water &, q
The first remains Of { a man ever I
found in q fossil condition were recent 4
E!lYs discovered near the City of Mexico. 4
{ The scientists find it imp ssible to
name the geological age ofthe rem aims
and it .is not likely those who wish to-
amplify the nt;qu:ty Of the human. 4
race will be gratifed. The cases of
the skull OF g alaYeras..and the bones
found at Natchez forbid any positive
assu1mpt as to the recent discoy cry.
Girl q viii look at your .hammo Ks,
please.
Dealer Yes, miss. Now, there Is I
something nice. NOT expensive, but Z
at the same time pretty and strong.
8$ Girl It doesn't look very strong.
q Dealer viii guarantee it to sus-
tain 9 weight of 800. pounds miss. s59
Girl Let me see; ] 20 and 165 would
be- Just 285very well viii take
that one.
.A little boy was told at Sund lay
school that when be died he would
leave: his bodY here. q liter he returned
home he was much troubled with Il.
gard to. 1t and questio his parents.
His mother explained BY saying. gu
will take all the good with yon, fb,dr1tt 4:
will leave all that i'll naughty here BE- 81
low. '' He Thought a. moment, and
looking up said: wv ell, sI guess IN 4
be awfully thin when + get there. Y
young man who believes in self
improvement having recently married.
suggested TO his w fe that they should
argue some questions frankly and fully
every morning, in order to; learn more y
OF each other. The first quest; on hap
/ penod to be s.ttwhe ther q woman could
he expected ito get; along without a
hat, u and he took the affirmative. and
when he was last seen he had climbed
up into "a hay loft and was pulling the
ladder after him. 3s5 Z
ss5 Woman,s infinence ~ Do + believe IN /
woman's sinfinenc e?' u said a man on
l9Wenty second street last Friday.
ell &, You d soc 4 that young fellow
rundiing d baby carriage along the
street with d look Of angelic resigna-
ton ON his face an inch and d halt
thick { n knew that allow when he
would swell around town as big as AZ
circus adYancs-agen and order beer
for the whole crowd. He don't do 1T i
any more, e. ssssss
Agricultural labor IN the southern I
states has depreciat ted less In the last
twenty years than in any other par5
OF the coun try east OF the Rocky noun
tains. This ID equiv lent to saying that
/ the purchasing pow of southern labor
has Increased more than that of other
sect Ions, having declined relatively less
than pr0pcrtv 81 The average rate at
pay per month in 1886, without board
was 81 6. and in 1885 bi4 ~, q differ
ence Of ia per cent. IN the eastern
states there was q decline in that pesI
rod OF III per cont. In the middle
states about % per cent, and In the
western state "a per cent. Il