Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-10-15
FUN.

ether days. 'sns
THERE'S many a sleep betwoo
'cop" and the beat. 'n II
WASTED-the name of the po,as.. ;.
who made the welkin ring. '
NOTHING in the world will n,
such activity in real-estate 40 ~ uu
quake. 'S''
To OBSERVE topper drink water :.
night think it was whisky, he N.Y.
such rye face over it, ''A'
"WHAT do you think that r.:,
meant when he wrote about ,;,,
sweetness long drawn out7's en-
imagine. I never saw sweet sanse "u
did ?"-Tid Bits.
The bravest are not always the =,
derest, as the poets sing. There is Il
red game rooster, for instance; he w;
fight a bird of double his weight y.
he cuts up tough in pot-pie.
A MAN in neighboring city has h.,
arrested for raising" money. What
world this is, to be sure. Many M,
has got himself into trouble for -
raising money-when his note becorn
due.-Tc.ras Siftings.
BY Jove!" exclaimed Harry, alool
that girl! What color! She's the nj,
ture of health!" Said Dick, who i,
learned to discriminate between natur|
and art, "a picture OF health! A pa;n1
ing, you mean. "-Teros Siftiaags
A FRENcHMAN has invented an ~,
tomaton which plays upon the piapl
with expression and brilliancy. II a
automaton plays with expression and
brilliancy, then the young lady viii
plays next door, daily and nightly fu1
nishes the strongest proof possible tbs
she is not an Boston Conn
icr.
II WONDER if l would look we'll !,
black?" said bride of but three
months standing to a lady friend
."Why; are any of your relatives seri
ously ill?" "No, but my husband p|
sists on having iced cucumbers ever
morning for breakfast, and l canno
talk him out Of them. -Philadelpla
Nc1cs.
"WHAT is this anti-saloon movement?d
asked friend of our fellow-citizen
Col. Calhoun SoZ2le. "Ante saloon,
says the Colonel, toying with the straw
berry that had settled in the bottom
his glass, must be one of them club !
where they play poker. Gimme an
other of them, George. "-BoSton Bull
lctin.
A BALD-HEADED gentleman, convensI
ing with some ladies at the entrance d
a hotel, carefully covered his head, say
ing: Excuse me, ladies, but ever sine
the last war l have been very muc
afraid Of draft" "Humph" said !
friend standing by, "a draft from YOU
creditors is what you have most need ID
fear. "-Detroit Free Press.
Tom went ont to milk the COW
With the shining milking pail.
And Bob went out to hold her head
And Tim to hold her tail.
Slim city men were Bob and Tom
And Tim WAS very frail-
Ono kick land Tim was far away
And Bob was deadly pale
But the COW, she wagged in stoic calm
Her intellectual tail
While Tom from the far ridge-pole looked on and
saw with many sigh
Her horn in Grecian beauty crooked. and I
keen ironic twinkle in 49, evil basilI
-Tid-BHs.
"a DRAWBACK to Journalism" .
floating around in the papers. We
know all about tits an old friend.
1t is running paper with the motto
"Hew to the Line, Let the Chips Fall
Where They May" and then not get
ting enough cord-wood on subscription
to make a line on, to say nothing OF
furnishing any dangerous chlps.--ESter
line Bell.
The meanest woman lives in New
England. Her husband is laboring
man, and during strike he kept OF
work, on the advice of his wife. be
said he was afraid the strikers would
injure him, and she told him he need
not be afraid, as she would come after
him when his work was done, with
carriage. When he came out OF the
shop some strikers surrounded him, 70
talk to him, and he turned pale, anu
was going to faint, when his wife was
heard to say, Here, baby, get in tns
carriage, and will protect you." ~
looked around, and there stood lib
wife with baby carriage. He was
mad in a minute, and the strikers leu
him. He went home and whipped LID
wife, and has been happy ever since
PecE's San.
THE FRENCH REALISTIC SCHOOL
The great Balzac was the real plo'