Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15
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Many men seek the truth, but they
don't seem to give it away when they
find it.-Bloomington Eye.
Counterfeit thousand-dollar bills
are getting very common. Look out for
them.-Dsroit Free Press.
Children under the age of seven
prefer yellow to any other color. Most
grown Up people also have a hankering
after yellow. Gold is yellow.
"A couple in Acworth, Ca, were
recently joined in wedlock while stand.
ing on a tombstone in a cemetery. This
was too much-two tomb much.-Nor-
7istoWn Herald.
"A young couple were married BY a
Justice in Lewistown, Me-, in a Reed
store, which the Justice Of the Peace
owned. The bride was pretty, and both
principals were from the country and in.
wedding attire.
Good morning, Mrs. Gilligan;
how is Patrick this morning?" ''Sure,
he's no better, sir" .Why don't YOU
send him to the hospital to be treated?:'
ITO be treated, is it? Faith an its the
delarium trimmins he has already -
Boston Beacon.
Ol1A1s SIlu in AO1CSb COu1 uCulCI.
to one of his drivers: "Jim, make that
ton of coal two hundred pounds short.
1t is for a poor, delicate widow, and as
she will have to carry all of it up two
flights of stairs, I don't want her to-
overtax her strength."-Chacago Jour-
nal.
-Wife-There! the paper says that
the Redwood family, out in the Yosem-
lite Valley, are often seen with trunks
forty feet in diameter. Now, don't you
ever complain Of the size of my trunks
again, Richard. These Redwoods aren't
much of a family either. I never heard
of them.-TIdbiIs.
A delicate little girl, Just returned
from a farm where she had been
sent to spend the summer for her
health, said: '.The pump out there
gives milk" '.It does?" asked the
mother. Eyes, I saw the farmer pump
in a can, and l looked in it and saw
nothing but milk. "-Puck.
-"Don't show me any more of your
impudenco!' exclaimed the irate shop
per to the salesman; ''don't let me see
your face again when l come in heret'
"Yes'm," he replied with an ingratia-
ting bow; is there anything else you
would like to look at, mems" Force
of habit; he couldn't help it, you know.
Boston Transcript.
-Bowles, the English poet, was noted
for his Observation-Disclosures. He was in
the habit of daily riding through q
country t~urnpike-gate, and one day,
when he was on foot, he presented, as
usual, his twopence to the gate-keep-
er. "What is that for?" he asked.
''For my horse, of course" 'tBut, sir,
you have no horse" '.Dear me!'' ex-
claimed the astonished poet, sam I
walkinge
In archery a bow pulling thirty
pounds is considered the correct thing
for ladies. But we have known young
ladies of very delicate constitution and
physique to pull a beau weighing 25O
pounds from one division of the city to
its antipodes, and that seven nights in
the week. Chicago Telegram.
Depends on the shoulder
He saw her frst at the garden gate,
Six months ago.
Fer charming face was as pure as snow.
And his heart was caught in the golden foW
OF tho rlnglets Of saucy Kate.
He saw her last with her shapely head,
Two hours ago,
ON . manly Shoulder nesting low;
And, ieeD 'gainst the cheek OF smother beaH
TAat hair was only red.