Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-03
The position of Judge is an e,.
tremely trying one.

The position of Judge is an q,
tremely trying one.
IT would seem natural for carpenta
to walk with numbering gait.
Docs and men both have summo
pants, but the dog has fit sometime,
The farmer makes his living by II,
grain in the field, and the carpenter h,
the grain in the wood.
The business of spirit-medium
better in winter than in summer. ba
cause there is more demand for w-an,
-SUhngs.
A FACE that one never tires OF e,,
amining-the face of note for o la,rI
amount, good any time at the bank
Te.ras SiJtings.
A New JERSEY man has invented
stove to carry in the hat. This, with
the conventional brick, makes very
good heating arrangement.
No MATTER of your head vas shtuHed
NIT knowledges, go on der church
house, und der goot tings dot vas LAZY
on your mind vas get Immigration.
dots so.-Carl Pretzel.
"Hew IT all comes back to me-" nur
INJURED the poet sadly, as with practiced
fingers he estimated the thickness d
the portly package of MSS. which lie
had just taken from the postoffice.
BRowN-Do you know how long Rob-
inson has been keeping house? Smith
No, but it must be q good many
years. I took dinner with him the
other day and he carved duck without
splitting it on the foor.-Harper's Bal
ear.
They were to have young Mr.. Law
de Dab to dinner, and Miss Travis
quietly remarked as she changed the
glass at his plate: II must get Mr.
Law de Dab soft water. 1t wouldn't do
for him to drink anything hard, YOU
know"
ARTIST (who is spending month in
the country)-My dear Mrs. Purple.
blossom, you are so beautiful |
Wouldn't you like to have mo do you
in oil? Mrs. Purpleblossom-Do you
take me for sardine ?-Burlington
free Press.
"CAN you tell me, darling" he asked
Us they sat together in the weak spot
of the sofa, "the exact physiological
and mathematical duration of kiss?'
CAB out a second and half, I believe
she answered demurely. "Thanks,
he replied. Il will make minute Of
it, 4
YOU'VE Journalist Ito old editor)-I
Successful writing, I should think, is
quito science. Editor-No, don't
think so. Quite easy, it strikes me-
All you've got to do is to find out what
the people want and then write it,
Journalist-You encourage me, but say
how is man to find out what the PEG.
pie want? Editor-I1l be hanged if Il
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Trnueler.
IRATE Father-You remember you
wanted to marry that book-heeper Of
mine about year ago. Daughter
Yes, father. "a pretty sort of man
you picked out. He has decamped with
my whole fortune" "You remember
father, that you told him he could not
have me until he got rich, don't you?
"Of course theyoung-" II have just
received dispatch from him at Mon.
treal saying he is rich now, but is per.
fectly willing to marry poor mans
laughter. "-Onahn World.
RETRlBUTIOS
The sha les of night were falling fast,
Wen through our snctum sanctum passed
youth ha clad in snow and ice.
Who scorned the placards bold device:
SHUT THE DOOR!
Tho pressman in tho cellar dim
AT midnight dark discovers him.
Our chief the elevator shaft
Himself had opened to the draft,
Nor needed there the legend trim:
SHUT THE DOOR!
There in the gloom. al cold and gray.
Lifeiess but beautiful he lay;
While far above the legend shone.
Close by the sanctum telephone;
SHUT THE DOOR!
Macon Telegraph.