The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-03
Burdette.


A RECKLESS WASTE OF RAW MATERIAL.
4 Maryland paper chronicles thc sad fate
of a Mr.. Bunting, who was run over by a
train and had two of bis legs cut off" If
M Bunting isn't more economical with his
legs first thing he knows he'll have to 60
lame
OVERHEARD II A LUNATIC ASYLUM.
1t is true, my son, there is always room at
the top, bat nobody wants it when he goes to
a hotel And the great trouble with the
strawberry box is that there is so little room
at the bottom.-The best sculleroften stands
at the foot of the class.-Neyer buy Their
momcter because it is low.---Ihc Romans
call a day dies, just to kill time, prob
ably.-The hens in the banyard and
bellies in the ballroom have their
own sot.-The woman whose head is
turned 10y lattcry would feel much
datter If She heard wha5 is said when her back
is turned. -WOme do not swear, but the
profanest man in America would give s. if
he could initiate the expression OF q good
woman when she hits her thumb with ham
mer and says Mercy on me!"-A man
dreamed that his motherin-law was dead and
laughed aloud in his sleep. The next morn
ing she came TO his house with three trunks,
a vapor bath, a foot muG and TWO pugs
Now he does not dare to 20 to sleep, and if he
should fall into doze from exhaustion he
shrieks with fright and awakes. lie is afraid
he will have another dream. 1t pleaseS DIR.
Mary Walker if YOU say that you mister while
she was away.
MANAGEMENT OF SERVANTS.
IL, ~, co,,,o ,,oCt,1n fo crat oIorfr
with servants. They have no tact, no lnack
of managing. There is a great deal III man
aging a servant in such way that the minion
isn't aware of it, But some people don't
know how to do this and consequently a
servant that is a jewel in my well regulated
household is utterly useless in my neighbor's
service Now, not long ago | had occasion
10 part with colored man. | didn't want
to ca. him out upon the cold world, because
| feerel th&t if the world got too cold he
yyo1lG come back to me. 50 l unloaded him
u~ou n neighbOr. / never had a ripple Of
tro,il,e with him. | had employed BIN
ostcusibly TO groom a horse occasionally
and NOW the lawn once or twice a
year soon learned that he was running an
African dormitOrv and poker layout in my
stable, and the general appearance OF my
premises finally brought me letters from the
American Missionary union, asking permls-
sion 10 establish one Of their Congo out sta
ti9ns between ms barn and the kitchen This,
nc ,nueb AS anytniag else, induced me TO part
with Albert. lie shipped with me under the
nom de plume of Albert Wilson, but l no
ticeJ that some of the natives called him
81 .on,e JAKE" and he requested me, in writing
his letter OF recommendation, to call him
Easley By and by my neighbor
coil to mo: That man, Sam Norton you
esut 10 lnc-did YOU ever have any trouble
with bimn / said no, never. Well said
my neighbor. 81 can't get along with him.
lie won't DO one thing asl, him, rot thing"
"Ob. we'll" [ said, me tried that on me, too,
whom lie first came, but | settled tpat III
short order" " How did you manage"
asked nv neighbor. "Weu," told him, Il
ouit telling him to do anything" And do
Won know my neighbor was real angry with
mo and abused me, and said was fool and
daceiyed him. You see, he had 10 tact. That
Very nigbt Albert landed on my coast again.
10 confded to me that his real name was
Tarnes Sinclair, and he brought with him ms
I,rother whom he introduced rs Walter
Tovlor They took up their old quarters in
the barn and boarded with me for week
,,ofora I was able 20 secure them plaros in the
oo,,rtv work house They both left Inc with
,incere regret, and Albert said, III parting,
that any time wanted him to come back a
Iotto, addressed TO Charles Martin would
reach him. Albert was saddle colored
osqan. but he was the richest man IN names
aYar worked for. Robert J. Burdette.