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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
THE CAFE MOLINEAU.
The cafe Molineau is where

nc thlc lb WuCrc
A dainty little mink
Serves God and man as best she ca
By serving meats and drinks.
On. such an air the creature has,
And such pretty face;
took delight that autumn night
In hanging round the place.
know but very little French
q have not long been here).
But when she spoke her meaning broke,
Full sweetly on my ear.
Then, too, she seemed 10 understand
Whatever I'd TO say,
Though most knew was "oony poo,'
Bong Zhoor'' and ''see VOC play"
The female wit ie always quick.
And Of all womankind
IT'S here In France that you, perehance,
The keenest wits can find:
And here you'll find that subtle gift,
That rare, distinctive touch.
Combined with grace Of form and face,
That glads men overmuch.
'Our girls at home" unused aloud,
Lack either that or this:
They don't combine the arts divine,
AS does the Gallo miss.
Far be it from me to malign
Our bellies across the sea,
And yet I'll swear none can compare
With this ideal Shel'
And then praised her dainty foot
In very awful French,
And parleyvood in guleful mood
Until the saucy wench
Tossed back her naughty auburn head
And froZe ME with disdain:
iThere are on me no flies" she said,
'FOr | come from Bangor, Mainel''
Eugene Field in Chicago News.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS.

The small boys make it point to at
tend Sunday school in force.
Nobody notices the old maid when
she gets under the miStletoe.
The school teacher spares the rod
from about the 1st of December until
the holidays are over.
Little Johnnie always makes noise.
even though it puts hole in his new
drum.
Uncle 'Rastus feels in honor bound to
pay nocturnal visit to the hen houses
of all his neighbOrs.
The married man has not only to pay
for the present he gives his better half.
but for the one his wife gives him.
Santa Claus is almost as blind as his
little friend Cupid. The old man sell
dom sees the chimneys of the poor.
A dog which was given collar and
chain, and tied up all day and night,
failed to appreciate his Christmas pres
ent.
The mistlttoe is always hung up on
the chandelier because it is not neces-
Sary to have any out on the stairs or in
other dark places.
The tin soldiers the small boy gets
are more bloOdthirsty than they look.
When they fight they show no quarter,
and it isn't long before the whole army
is annihilated.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
The EMPEROR'S DAUGHTER,


/ that insects could not bear the neigh.
bOrhood.
Mrs. FOurstars has a long handled
cane arrangement, rather like tennis
bat in shape. and with this she
thoroughly beats her furs and WOODEN
things every now and then. She is one
OF the careful people whose furniture
and clothes always look fresh and new.
She showed me a plush coat the other
day which she had for three years. It
hung in her delightful cedarwOod ward
robe on three nails by three loops sewn
at equal distances within the collar. this
being done so as TO avoid any ugly
wrinkles being creased by the strain on
the usual single loop. She sleeves werA
stuffed with tissue paper, and the body
was fOled round roll of brown paper.
An old sheet enYelOped the whole. the
outline of the garment making us think
Of one of Bluebeard's wives with her
head cut off. When the coat was IN.
folded, to the accompaniment Of any
number of sneeZes. it looked as though
it were new out of the shop.
You will kindly accept all these re-
marks as little lecture upon your care-
lessness. Send the furs, l repeat, to q
good furrier.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
lCHRISTMAS MORNING.

"Good morning. Jack! Do come right in.
A merry Christmas to you.
Oh, yes: I've lots of presents here.
You want to see them, do yous
swell, that's shirt-protector there
That queer thing lined with yellow.
It's gorgeous; and you think it fine
But now draw near, old fellow.
you see that hook Gust like girD-
Take care; don't disarrange il.
It's on the awkward side, but
Can have my sister change it.
"And gaze on this-a smoking coat;
Indeed thing of beauty.
I'll try it on-you must not laugh
Just from sense of duty.
sUThe shoulders baggy, sleeves too long,
The collar short two inches?
And now to write her many thanks,
That's where the blamed shoe pinches.
"And that reminds me-slippers here;
Another vain endeavOr.
THEY'LL ornament my bureau drawer,
But can wear them-neveri
"They're number eight-my foot is nine
But Jack was disappearing.
He'd gone to try his necties on,
And was way out of hearing.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
MRS. CLEVELAND'S HOUSE.
a Glance at the Dining Room and
Sleeping Apartments.

a Glance at the Dining Room and
Sleeping Apartments.
New York World.
The dining room of Mrs. Cleveland's
new house IS place where the epieure
would feel at home and even the sur.
feited would find an appetite. its pur-
poae can be CLEANED from the Scotch
blessing carved deep in the black oak
chimney piece:
Some haze meat and Gamma eat
And some wad eat that want it.
But we haze meat and we can eat
And say, the Lord be thankit.'
The dining table is pre- Revolution.
airy relic from Maryland. and was inn
ported from England long before the
stamp act was passed. 1t is of dark ma
hOgany and the base is curiOusly carved.
The chairs are also of mahogany and
are exact copies of set that VOltaire
once had in his house in Paris. The
sldeboard, also mahogany inlaid with
light wood. is from England, and has
held the good things of earth for over q
hundred years.
FROM MRS CLEvELAND'S RIFLE.
TWO fine deer heads. mounted. hang
upon the walls. Both were shot in the
Adirondacks. one by Mr.. Cleveland, and
the OGutI anu larger one, WITH the grace
ful branching horns, had the pleasure
of falling before Mrs. Cleveland'S rife.
The hangings are of French tapestry in
Subdued blue and yellow.
The sleeping rooms are in the third
story. and are as interesting in their
way as the other rooms in the house,
for the same love for the antique is
shown throughout. The presidents
room, for instance, contains the old
fashioned mahogany four-post bedstead
and ancient chairs and table. a gem of
a rag carpet which did duty in New
England home full century ago, and
which is as bright to-day as when it left
the loom, covers the floor. White dim
ity. flecked with red, constitutes the
hangings.
MRS. CLEvELAND'S OWN ROOM.
Mrs. Cleveland's own room is more
dainty. Indigo-blue and cream are the
prevailing cOlOrS in pOrtiers. curtains
and upholstery. The beadstead Is a
high old four-poSter that came origin
ally from Spain, and long occupied the
room of state in New Orleans mali
sion. An old rocking-chair in white
and gold, and an English secretary Of
a time that antedated George ". are
among the rooms furnishings.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
!; the bells in the steeples

Listen; the bells IN the steeples
In Jubilant gladness ring
To welcome the coming of Christmas
And the birthday of the King
Who vas horn in the lowlv manger of Beth
leneln, lons ago.
When the song of the herald angels
Was sung to the world below.
Thou hast clad myself in Iaiment
of spotless white, o earthl
Like bride on her marriage morning,
To celebrate Christ's birth.
o! were our lives as spotleSS,
Our hands unstained with sin,
And the latch of each heart were lifted
To let the Cbrist-ehild in.
Bring Of thy pine aud holly,
o earth this Christmas day,
And wresthe in their green the altar
Wherein our gifts We lay;
Gifts OF most grateful homage
Laid low at the feet OF the King
Who leans from His throne 10 listen
To the sound of our worshlplng.
Bring to the dear Lords altar
The souls white flowers to-day.
Let the rose of thy love shed incense
Sweet as the breath of May.
Let the lily of faith eternal
Lift its cups of myrrh to Him.
Whose love is the star that leads US
Through ways that are dark or dim.
o. earth, send back 10 heaven
The grand and the glorious strain
That startled the wondering shepherds
on fair .Iudea's plain.
Glory to God in the highest
Sing il again and again
On earth be peace, on earth be peace.
Good will, good viii TO men,
Chen b. Rexf0rd in Ladies home journal
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
tbs CHRISTMAS IN DE CABIN.

'Tis Christmas in de cabin,
Tho am fab away;
IT'S Christmas in de cabin,
kno' de Dressed day!
An dar de mock birds singin'
Max glad de happy spot
An all de fow'rs am bloomtn'
Around my little cot.
De fiow'rs my Liza planted
De golden gelsemine,
De pink aZalea-blossoms
An honeysuckle vine.
Her po' ole hans am folded,
Her weary wo'k all done;
But yet the blossoms lifting
Smile up 10 greet the sun.
IT'S ChriS'm in de cabin,
De chimes sweep thro' de do
Whar used to be dar footsteps,
My chillun cum no more,
De fir-plaee hol'S no embers,
De do Is open wide;
De winder's dim an dusky
Whar moonlight pod its tidei
IT'S Chris mas in de cabin
An de ribber murmurS deep,
'De banjo strings am broken,
lis Time 10 SO to sleep!
De pleasant ribber singin'
By de bend so fsh away,
Whar used 10 fiddle. honey,
De liyelong Christmas day
Is singin' now-jus' listen.
Wild Liza by my side,
! elm de starry stairway
oh Dressed Chris maS-tide.
e. s. l.. Thompson in Frank Leslie
Weekly.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
A CHRISTMAS PHANTASY.

L.
Christmas song is singing in my heart
OF love and life and sweet goodwill to all,
And though a rose is blooming at my throat,
With fancy's eyes see the snow-fakes fall
II.
A carol swelis upon my list'ning ear
And chimes sound sweet from the old tur-
ret high;
The holly branches bend about the walls
And bells ring out across the frosty sky.
The little children gather at my knee
And beg to have the Christmas legend told,
While soft brown eyes look pleading into
mine
And deepen as theyshear the story old.
".
Ali misty fancies cluster round my brain,
Just as the children gather at my knee;
These Christmas thoughts make summer in
my heart
And memorys roses bloom again for me.
",
Why am writing thus of frost and SHOWS,
Here at my easement wide In gauzy dress?
Because I've got to get this songlet in
Before the Christmas number goes to press.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
A CoGITATIoN.

The frost-swept marshes seem TO sleep,
The listless streams lie Still and numb, .
The winds charmed silence keep,
The hills are mute, the woods are dumb
But Nature wears thoughtful froWn,
AS of surprise with anger blent
CAS- one will cast ones eyelids down
In sudden study deep and brown,
When met by problem strange and bent
On finding out just what is meant).
So Nature evidently signs
Ger some deep riddle, pondered we'll
! think it must be at the lies
That disappointed sportsmen tell
Madeline 5. Bridges
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25

marked, as If the breath had been
All, Bon Dieu! aud the little man filled
his wassail bowl again with sigh, IL
was grues0mc story, but the good
padre, who knew everything OF earth
and heaven, said 1t was not an impOssi-
BILE one, m'sleup
Impossible? Had IL been so, would
doubtless have been happy married
man to-day. with little children around
me. AS IL is-mem0fy Is my only CON-
pani0n. IT'S enough for one who has
witnessed the awful forces Of hell
dragged back to earth for loves COM
partnership.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
MOTHS IN FURS.

Brown Paper and Condiments Are
the Best Things to Keep Them
Of.
Madge, in London Truth.
How did you manage to get the moth
in your beaver? Nothing can be done
with it at home. You must send it at
once to good furrIer to be dressed. Do
you put lavender in your wardrobe and
drawers? 1t sometimes creates moth or
brings it. l do not know which. We
had to give it up on that account. Brown
paper is the best thing to put away furs
and flannels in, adding plenty of pow
dered bitter apple, eamrhor and pep
per. One sneezes frightfully when the
curtains, taplecovers and garments are
taken out of their seclusion and well
shaken, but those very sneezes prove
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
woMAN's INCONSISTENCY.

When the heaving tides of ocean
Cease to mark their ebb and flow;
When a talking. tattling woman
Fails TO tell what she may know;
When TO seek its lowest level
Ripping, sparkling water fails.
When we may expect from heaven
Copious showers of roasted guails;
When the sun doth cease to tighten
This, orr planet. with its beams,
When the oath-devotedloyer
Is precisely what he seems;
When the fresh and early morning
Fails to follow after night,
When our conscience gives us warning
OF the violated right;
When the frigid frosts of winter
Cease TO chill our morning breath,
When our lives are unaffected
By the cold, grim monster death;
Then may we expect forever
Woman's constsney-till then never.
W. r. Moore
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
THE TAPERING WAIST.
Why 1t Is More Successful in
Paris Than in London.

Partisan women pay much more at.
tention to their figures than English
women, as the slender, tapering waist,
and full bust of the French woman as
compared with her large waist and too
often fiat bosom of the English dame
sufficiently testify. This tapering eff.
feet is largely produced by the corset,
the French corset having frequently
two sets of lacers-one for the waist, so
that fit may be compressed without
drawing the shoulderblades. and mar
rowing the chest of the wearer. A
French woman. too, in making street
costume, will line the jacket with
light flannel. and dispense altogether
with the under dress waist-the neces-
sary warmth being obtained by the lin
ing with much less bungling effect
about the figure. An English woman,
on the contrary, will invariably have
two jackets or waists, regardless of the
increased st0utneSS it may cause.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
JACKETS FOR THE HOUSE.
"A Charming One Is of Cream.
Viii Wooden Grape.

Tribune.
A charming Greeian jacket for house
wear, with matinee skirts. is of cream
white WOODEN Grape in full blouse with
full sleeves, over which a sleeveless
jacket of lilac cashmere is worn. This
is embroidered on the edge in square
scallops, like Grecian keys. Little
coats of striped brocades are also made
up for housewear, with full under
sleeves of white wool Grape flowing
from the short coatsleeve. and full
blouse waist held down by girdles to be
tied over the vest at the waist. These
end in points of passementerie, repro
ducing the flower and leaf colors in the
brocade. A handsome houSesack of
eoral-pink surah is finished with rufie
of surah, with deep Vandyke points Of
black lace let in on the edge. The body
of this jacket is shirred on to yoke,
finished on the lower edge with points
of black lace, and made with collar
similarly trimmed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
Would Be Happy.
GAYLORD Huh.

UdyIOru HUD.
The st. Paul ice carnival managers
would be made happy if it should take
a notion to freeze up solid with about
ten inches of snow. Wouldn't the null
titudes and Borealix Hex shave a high
old time" swooping down the toboggan
slides in the Sanity City-Minnesota'
MOntreal?.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
APPROPRIATE PROVENDER.

Guest-I'm very hungry, and l want
good, square, satisfying meal.
Waiter-Fried eel for one, Jerry, an
(aside) fer heavens sake git on to his
nibs' neck and dish der eel up whole!
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25

Washington Market Butcher to M.
Sicard, who dislikes dogs)-Better not
move, Frenchy. d. purp thinks dat mus
fash is rats.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
HER TIGER-CLAW JEWELRY.
Baroness Won Ameline Has Killed
EOur ReaStS

A necklace composed of tigers claws
mounted in diamonds is the favorite Or
nament of Baroness Marie EIDE Won
Amelihe, the famous tiger huntress.
She killed with her own hand the four
beasts from whose claws her unique
piece of jewellery is made, and preserves
their skins as rugs. She is now travel
ing in this country, as is another
huntress, Lady Eva Wyndham Linn,
who claims to have slain SIX man-eaters
during visit to her uncle, the governor
0f NnnouI
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
CHRISTMAS NOVELTIES,

THE END.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-28
m THE SOUP.

From the pre-hfseosic aGeA
And tram many modern saees
Comes troupe
OF ssaag pAraseA and the ereatess
u thai freshest one. and --latest
In the SOUP
People are not beat or ba6ed,
Never Are disturbed or rufaed
None viii stoop
To remark they're blue or lonely.
Or discouraged-theya are only
In the soup"
No one now-days gets tho mitten.
No fond lover. being smitten
fS the dupe
OF false smiles that con him dearly.
Such a man as thar h merely
In the soup
There 8 now no business failing,
Like there used TO be prevailing.
They don't whoop
That q bankruptcy il Calling:
They remark the man is falling
In the soup"
II this drizzly rain keeps falling
With persistence quite appalling
Wen all droop.
And will swim. not with the winnerA
But where Noah left the sinners
In the soup"
j. B. Smiley in Joliet News
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-28
An EN- barrassins Situation.

There was to be company at dinner, and
Bobbys mother had cautioned him to be care
full Of his behavior, especially to eat sparing-
ly and always to say thank you when any
thing was passed to him
The old people were rather numerous and,
perhaps, rather hungry At all events, they
kept the hostess so busy that she found no
time to wait upon Bobby The little fellow
grew desperate.
"Say. ma." hs whispered, after a time
''how can eat sparingly and say thank you
if don't get anythingr'- Re
publican.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-28
Lots Of POintA.

Managing lillian, did you go to
the Good Temulars' masquerade ball this
EVENING"
Reporter Yes. sir.
Managing Editor-Got some points. sup
DOSef
Reporter-Yes. Sir-more points than
ever got in my life before.
Managing Editor-Why, how was that.
Reporter sat down on q wire hair brush.
Burlington Free Press
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-28
Tho hoy Got Square with Him.

Tho BOY Got Square with Him.
Small Boy-Isaw my sister kiss your pho.
tograph
Smith Melightedl- When. oh. when.
Small Boy Yesterday she kissed it on the
other side. where Charlie Smith wrote few
insulting lines to your nieinory.-St Paul
Pioneer Press
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-28
Not for tho Old Man.

Not for the Old Man.
ANY arsenicf softly asked the little wo-
man as the druggist came forward with his
usual retail smile.
"Yes'm."
I'D like quarters worth, please"
''Yes'm. How are you going to admins
ter it,
"Why-why. on cheese or bread. l suppose
Isn't that the general way"
''Some give it in coffee"
"Why. rats don't drink coffee. do they"
''Oh! it's for rats, ehl Then cheese is tho
proper thing "-Detroit Free Press
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-28

The Last lceman Joke Of the Season.
Lady of the House- You're late today.
Iceman-Yes'm. I'm around alone today
My assistants laid up in the hospital
whats the matter with himf'
He Was taking bill into q house yester.
day when the tongs slipped. an the bill fell
on his leg an broke it"-Life
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-28

Not a Complete Separation.
Mother-Johnny. don't want you to play
with that little Brownjones boy any longer;
do you heart
Johnny-Yes'm.
Now. don't le, me hear & you disobeying
me-
Nom, but may fight him. mayn't I. if l
want tof'-Punch
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-28
Same Thing.

Jack timpatiently,-What do you want to
howl Rats" for in that idiotic manner
whenever you hear an old storys
Ned-Probably for the same reason that
vou veil .'Chestnuts'" when anybody springs
an old gag ON YOU
Jack-But there's some sense in that
There's a story connected with chestnuts-
Ned-Exactly: and there's tail connected
with rats.-Judge.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-28
Amateur Thextricais.

Stiggs- What luck did you nave with your
play. last ni.hts Many there's
Srucg>- l.ucks Not much We oniy
played I" four kerrsene lamps. and two OF
them went "ut after the tirSt act-Morris
and Essex ReSnr,i
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-28

The Almena Roller mill i>l
ard night. irving In kecpup
mand for -four. Mr.. \ a.lac- =
for wheat when he has Ia. ~
lut ju>i ROW he sa, ; the m,l.,
meIa PlaiHdealer.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-28
Easily Explainesl.

~ can't understand it!~ grumbled Mr..
Bursleigh. Provisions are no higher. my
family Is no larger. and yet it costs me four
dollars moro . week to live than il did two
months ago"
~ can explain II" said his friend Bin
thArN
t"Howr
.sAbout tvo months ego Nra Bintllass
lcarel your wife . book entitled How -
ResI.ce Household Exp. assa
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-28
He Made Allowances.

Theatrical Manager-I'm afraid this won't
do. 1t is an amusing production. but it's too
short 1t would take only about an hour and
half to present the whole five acts
Author Of Comic Opera-Yes, sir: That's
all right. An hour and a half for the regular
songs, and dialogue, and stage business. and
another hour aud half to satisfy the pud-
ding heads that encore everything. Chicago
Tribune
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-28
Decision After Reflection,

Decision After Reflection.
Little Girl-If should die and 90 to heaven,
would have wingst
Mamma-Yes. my pet; and a crown and
harp.
''And candyF
'No."
"Well, I'm glad we've got good doctor. :"
Scranton Truth.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-28
He Guessed 1t.

"Whar is a cant hookr' said a teacher in
one Of our country schools the other day. ad.
dressing her pupils IN general
There was long flash Of silence, and then
little hand went up in the remote corner of
the room.
"Well what is it, Sammyg'
IA muley cow" said Sammy. triumphant
ly.-losansport Journal
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-28
A Masculine Ruse.

Mrs. Sweetly-Oh. dear! don't have any
spending money these days.
Mrs. Younghusband-Why not!
Mrs. Sweetly-Because, every time l ask
my husband for $40. he bawls out "Rats!"
and it frightens me SO have given up asking
for pin money-Burlington Free Press
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-28
The First Requisite Lacking.

Johnnie docking admiringly at his own
copy book,-That's better writing than you
can do to save your life
Willie examining it with pitying eye,-
Yes, it's pretty good penmanship You sign
your name very we'll. I'm sorry for you,
Johnnie, but you'll never be great man.
Chicago Times
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-28
Complaining withou, Cause,

Mr.. Grump- Why. madam, your extravs,
gance is enough to send q man TO the poor
bouseI
Mrs Grump-H'm can't sse. then, Why
you've always been grumbling % because il
sent you so often-to the bank k-Munseyb
Weekly
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-28
Aged Voters

The Oldest yoi,r in tie in
Topeka. lie is Albin VII. I'd
Who swears TO hei' & ll6 Yeas ite
Was only II few months ago l. a
gidd. ouDg thing Of 5. verify I'm.
Climbers. anoiLer rcsidehi =. .ska.
Who voI,d nj The recent ,,S. :, Is
ninety nine ears MD.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-28
Not In Stock.

Wild Eye! Customer Have you any goods
msde ct sole :Pat3.r or lciler irons
CLOTHING Merrhant-No. sir. We don't keep
toys cl:itbing New York Weekly
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-28
Variety I. the Spice of Life.

"Gnadige Frau, have you a trifle to give to
a poor crippler
"You impertinent fellowl Why, you were
here last week in the character Of blind
beggari"
We'll. you see. ma'am, nowadays the pub
lie wants variety. .n-Deutsche Wespen.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-28
Pride and Prejudice.

Pride and Prejudice.
Time. $50 p. m.-If you will come to my
room, my man. I'll give you an old dress coat
to wear.
Diiapidated Tramp-Say. look a here, do
you suppose that I've fallen so low that l
wear a swaller tail before six p. nj Neveri
Harvard Lampoon.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-28
He Wns SurO,

Mamma-Willie, did you eat that custard
pie that was in the ice chest1
Willie-N-o-mami
'Are you quite sure you did not eat itr
"Yes, I'm sure, cause Johnnie Smith eat
half Of it"-Ambraw Pilot