Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18
FLASHES OF Fnn

livery. al easy de.
sM11H-Were you ever a;s,
in love? Jones-No, but w. bpo'Atel
appointed in marriage. 'eea dis.
Il asphalt pnvement's full oe
lis easy quite to see. AoWs,
lor a moments thought you'll
It's asphalty as can be, p"u7s,
Il LIVE mostly within mvso,,,
a conceited fellow. 81 nndon' said
replied his neighbor at the tshls 'aad,'
occupy a fiat" You
This is q world of c~ontrsat.
Men praise heroic actions first nsa'
they are we'll done and then beoa"s
they are rare. 'easse
"How Long Girls Should be Cont.
is the title of an article in . T ,e1E'
paper. Very much the same 90 i .s
girls. we should say. sAVf'
SURvEYoR-Yes, sir; our r,;,,..
will u right through your has'
Farmer-Well, I a just tell Won @ H.
not going to open and shut tho d"u
for every train.
POLICEMAN (sternly)-What arc y.
doing on the street at this hour Of ~.
night? Prowler (joyfully)-By Geor as
you're exactly the man I want II ~
I'm trying to find a saloon.
HUSBAND Cat 80 a. m.)-DonY CO.,
o word! 1 know it's awful late H.,
I've had a hard tug of it. wife-yss
you look as if you had a hard tue. H.
many schooners did you tow in ~
night?
McCRAcELE-I see that a movenar.
is on foot to induce the Government !,
coin half-cent pieces. McCorkle-yas.
it is thought that more people could h,
induced to contribute to church COLI,
tions in that case.
ELL have yez to understand that
Oh have the lah On my side" said a Fro
Hollow citizen during a quarrel with !
neighbor. "And, if ye have, We can
kape it. It's meself that knows the M.
lice on this bate"
TRAVELLER Ito small boy)-Can vu
tell me how far I am from Stumptovp,|
Boy-About "a, 900 miles. Travele,-
Impossible. Boy mean if you le,
on the way you are going. If you t7a
around and go back it's only about .
mile.
PRISONER (full of blarney)-Shus
yer honor will niver send me up, butll
let me off this tonne. Yer honor il
such a foine, imposing man. Judge
Yes, ! know it. I am a fine imposing
man. Yours will be. SIS and costs o.
sixty days.
FoND LOVER (after a long DELAYED
proposaD-P Perhaps [ have been too
sudden, darling. Darling girl (regain.
ing her composure with a mighty effort
Yes, George, it is very, very sudd4
but-and here she became faint again
it is not too sudden.
NOTHING to fear: Miss Lovelon-I
was terribly frightened one EVENING"
the country. A tramp sprang at me
with a long knife and tried! to steal ny
hair. Miss Caustique-How Thankful
you must have been that you could take
it off and give it to them.
WERE you ever in Portland, Nj,
P~orridge?" Never, Miss shewfair.'
"No? Well, a you tell mo why the
Poles, as a people, seem to be in such
bad odor?" Il can guess. I met a
polecat once, and if the people.ar are any
thing like-the cats that settles it.
A MAN who had been influenced
through the lectures and writings Of
Kate Field to confine his lihations TO
CaliforniS, wine, surrendered to q more
fiery beverage at length, remarklns'
@Now is the native wine Of resolution
sickled DER with the cast Of pale
brandy"
Mrs. FANGLE-.What is the matter
with my husband, doctor? Physician
Well, Mr.. Fangle's complaint IS
hereditary. He Mrs. Fangle I'm
terrrpting)-I'm sure I don't know
where he could have caught it. There
hasn't been a case Of that around here
for a year.