Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-01
p,rH N POINT.

Art of Conversation-You convince
a man, you persuade a woman.-M. r.
Telegram.
-Buttons-Missus told me to come
down and tell you she was not at home.
Hut1cut-Go back and tell your mistress
I say I haven't called.-IId-Bi BIS.
"A lady was once lamenting the ILL,
luck whick attended her affairs, when a
friend, wishing to console her, babe her
II look upon the bright side" "Ohr"
she sighed, ''there seems to be no bright
side" ''Then polish up the dark one,"
was the quick reply.
DO not be too emphatic in the ex-;
preston of your opinions, my son. I
once heard your mother speak Of the
Bliggses as the scum of the earth
Since then the ''scum'' has risen, rs it
always does, first or last, and will have
nothing to do with your mother or me.
-Burdette.
"A young girl of sixteen years"
writes that she suffers ~dreadfully from
insomnia, and wants to know ''what she
shall do for it," "Go to sleep, daughter,
go to sleep. We never yet saw a case of
insomnia that couldn't be cured by reg
ular, healthful sleep. That's the boss
medicine for insomnia.-CAicag Irj6-
Nne.
Fond father-"How is your boy
getting on at college, Smith?" Smith
'First-rate, I believe" Fond father
'Strange; my boy doesn't stand well in
his class at all; and yet l believe he is a
very hard student. What do you sup
| pose can be the matterp" Smith
maybe he's too hardy. Y. Mail.
1t has been figured out that a good
sized dog requires more food to keep
him in order than a six-year-old boy or
girl. Poor people who keep a dog will
do well to ponder over this and take
steps to get rid of their six-year old boy
or girl before severe winter sets in
Philadelphia CAL.
1t is not considered bad form in
Paris to kiss q young woman on the
forehead, however slight the acquaint-
ance. Etiquette is more rigorous upon
the question of kissing in this country.
He is favored, indeed, who can kiss q
young Woman upon the forehead with
out getting a bang in the mouth.-Bing-
hanton Republican.
! 1.-THE Second Reformed Oyster Sup
per for the Benefit of the Church. is an
nounced in an, exchange. From the adj
verse remarks made concerning such
suppors, we have long thought there
should be a reform in that direction. A
reformed oyster must be one where the
poor, forlorn oyster is not of a modest,
retiring disposition, but becomes plural
several times during the feast.-Nor7Is-
tom Herald.
-Fenderson-'Yes, I shave myself
now. 1t used to cost me fifteen cents a
shave-thirty cents a week. l estimate
that it costs me one centto shave myself,
or two cents a week. So you see I save.
twenty-eight cents" Fogg-"But you
might do better than that. If you should
shave every day you would save ninety
eight cents" Fenderson-sSo 1 would!
By George! 1 never thought of mat.
I'll do it."-Boston Post.
She had just dropped in for amorn-
ing call on her way downtown. "Do
you know, Cicely dear" said she, "that
it is awfully warm; but Isuppose I must
wear shis fur-trimmed dolman anyhow"
80, l didn't notice you had it on. Is it
the same M you had last year:? No,
it isn't, I'd have yon know. It's brand
new and you knew it." It's a very bad
practice, this making morning calls; al
ways leads to the shedding Of tears
Hartford Post.