Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-24

Why don't some enterprising newspaper
correspondent interview a ballet girl about
the mound buidSsE Merchant Traveller.
Bjornstierne Bjornson has gjorn black ito
wards Norway where he expects to spjend
the summer. Don't STOP him.-Boston
Record.
SIS that dog ferocious!" said traveller to
an Arkansaw man. NO he amt ferocious,
but he's the darndest dog ter bite ever you
seed "-Goodalls Chicago Sun.
Mr.. Talmage thinks that newspaper men
are miserable. Some of them are not. Some
of them are dead, Mr. Talmage.
Traveller.
porous plaster has been boycotted. We
defy the best organized boycott in America to
discourage porous plaster after five minutes
start.-Burlington Free Press.
At the earnest request of the students of
Harvard college compulsory prayers in that
institution have been abandoned This will
give the students more time to devote to
baseball, English history, boat rowing and
other brain work. -Norristown Herald.
Biggs says he has been experimenting with
half a dozen different typewriters, but he
hasn't found one that is good for any thing.
They are all alike, he says, the COMPOUNDED
things print we'll enough, but they don't
spell one word in ten correctly
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big grindstone with a treadle has been
introduced for the use of farmers, and the
farmers l4-year-old son now smiles when he
sees his father going to work to put an edge
on the old AK He knows that the old man.
when he has to turn the blasted thing HIM
sell, VIII not bear on with pressure equal
to weight of 1900 tons.-Norristow
Herald
A gentleman entered telegraph office. II
beg pardon, but as l was coming along
this afternoon l saw myriads of flies settled Oh
your wires. Can you suggest any expana-
tionP about what time was it, sir!n
"About o'clock" "Ah! that accounts for it
that's the time send the quotations f. sugar
and honey. French Joke.
Creditor-Can you let me have my little
billl
Debtor-Certainly, but don't destroy it. I
may want to pay something on it in the
futu It'd Rits
A Advertised for a wife, his sis
Ter answered the '"-'tisement, and now the
young man thinks tue. is no balm in adver-
tisements, while the old folks think it's hard
to have two fools in the family-Buffalo
Commercal-Advertiser.
The Norristown Herald wants the Concord
school of philosophy to explain why all the |
poisoned ice cream finds its way to the Sun
day school festival 1t is a question of |
theology rather than philosophy; and we beg |
to hastily suggest, previous to escaping from
the impending discussion, that the response
bility lies between the devil and the amateur
manufacturer.-Judge.
Everything seems to grow in this country
except me, )" said the stranger sadly "Who
are your was asked with much sympathy.
Alas, cruel fate!" was the mournful reply.
Il am New York monument fund. Wash.
ngton Hatchet
a young man of the Fifth army corps
Was well versed both in logic and lorps;
lie Shakespeare could recite
From morning till mite,
And quite often received an encorps.
Life
A Roman candle destroyed $4,000 worth
u property in Ohio on the Fourth of july
me wonder is how the Romans ever used to
get along with this system of lighting and
uch poor fire department as they had
burlington Free Press.