New-York tribune., 1886-01-17
Tile BIIZZARD.

THE BLIZZARD.
Tho Blzzard came down like u thousand OF brick;
hi, brsathings we're cakes of ice four Inches thek
And his hair strramrd Tar out IN sHness lht Vens
With the swirl and speed OF the pathway he went
III, beard that found roots to the ids OF his oyes
IIid his face I'm hairy, unpierceI disguise
And spread out ice like rigidty far
From his eye that flashed Ike pivotal STAR
Unseen was the rest OF the dsmon-ke form
or tho swit-moyng Blizzard. the god Of the stormi
But the presence was felt Of an uncoLquered Wh'
For the fastrunniug rivers stood suddenly still
And tho noses OF people who travelled the street
Turned white with alr ght. and the burIying feet
We're stuug "a with sting of a hundred OF bees
While tho blood erept away ana allowed mem u
freeze. -lCoIumous DlSpatch'
The Prison Press ia the name OF paper published by
the prisoners In the waupun WIZ. Fententary In
their prOsI ectus the editors say: 1t shall be our
earnest endeayor bury melancholy estrangement ana
onty In tho region OF the past and IN their can
kered bosoms the golden seeds OF hope love ana
charity It shall be tho unr,ng mission OF The FriSon
Iress to encourage prison literary talent and to
instruct assist entertain and amuse all those within
our midst in thus sending forth our tiny sheet 10
our Mothers sisters. homes and friends ana the great
world Of liberty, present thereto model gem OF
miniature literature, born and sustained under the most
painful difficulties and circumstances, yet we shall lse
our every endeavor TO maintain credit to ourselves and
an honor to oar Warden" The paper presented under
these strange Is very credllable To the
orslnators and will compare fayOrably in tone and
ability with some published outside OF prison walls
THE ONO BELLE 70 JOHN SHERMAN.
Welcome. John! welcome. Johnl
oh, you buckeye paragon
oh. meet you and greet you,
And love enough to eat you:
Here's your toga; put ton!
Now, 20 back! now. 60 back
There Is nothing that you lack;
You've the schooling FOR good ruling,
And you'll not permit OF foongi
Here's my cheek now JoGn, dear, smck
-lCOumbus Dispatch.
North Dakota has than one hundred nourishing
newspapers many Of which dailes. Ten years ago
this region was described in the Government reports
=" tho uuinhabitabo akali desert Of the Northwest"
Labor Retormer: Now. don't you think a mar that
the hours OF labor on street ears are too long T.
President OF Railway Company: don't think So
They are treated very well We take excellent care Of
them, and only work them eight hours day"
q Hhy. know q conductor who Is on from q. m. to
-Conductori Sir, was speaking OF the horses!"-
philadelphia Call.
The way to pull dead mans memory through a sewer
is to contest his will
John Henry, the masher stood the corner with
OF his kind waiting FOR girl 10 come along whom he
might crush Al last thin yodug woman from the ru
RAJ districts came 10y and John Henry thought he bad
found her. As she passed no said something about her
being bony but he went after her. and catching up he
Good afternoon. Miss"
"COOd afternoon, she replied, sizing MN up as III she
was gong 70 put n price ON ninl
"Ahem, Mis' ahem. Lab '-he hcsated
well" she continued. cody. why don't you bark o.
Barkl Bark! don't quite understand" he said,
"Oh you dontl Well l might have known better
than give credit for so much Intelligence but
our country puppy that has had any advantages OF
trainiug always bIrks when II finds a bone"
Since that date John Henry Is a changed man.-[Mor
chant traveller
The Buffalo ErpreSs labels the following specimen
American as He is Pronounced -: That's genuwne
brunze." said tho morst. "Tne EyetalIan bought il
from said ho raised blisteis coyumns with
east"
Why doesn't inventive genius devise stationary
listener" for the telephone The audiphone In
Use has be held ear and II the conversation with
the man who answers your Hello is prolonged tho
OF Grafton becomes extremely wearisomo II would be
an easy matter to have the listener fastened
able that it could readily be adjusted to the
OF persons OF different height.
Two Kingston nmrods started for days shooting
recently One of then eSplrd large rabbit, sitting in
plain view, about twenty-five feet away. Now then
Bunny, You might as well make your WILL said the
sportsman, he blazed away with both barrels. lie
missed IT, however. by couple OF yards The rabbit,
frightened mpercd OFF In great terror Just look at
marked the hunter, AS he boastfy reloaded his gun.
"Oh. no. guess not" his companion retortod. "You
he s skipping the direction OF Kingston he probably
taking TO the Surrogate to have probsted" The two
sportsmen returned 10 tho city and "They never
! speak as they pass BY Kingston Freeman.
Tho Fiji Islanders have Just been celebrating the lu
bes of tho introduction of Chrisianlty the islands
OF the older wanted commemorate the
event by eating all tho missionaries the islands, but
they finally persuaded that sucn q course would
tend to throw damper tho proceedings, and they
compromised on hogs.
The birds were singing merrIy and the flowers that
bloom In the spring burdened the air with their per
fumes this was In the conservatory when Rosalind
MoGush stepped to tue window to look out upon the
snow clad earth.
/" How delghttulw shs exclaimed. Tho Ice king
seems to have taken possession Of the universe while
| I am left to-"
Yes Rosey, you arc left to half dozen cold
gridde cakes fer breakfast when you might just wcl
hnve nad not ones II you had got up early enough