Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-21
LIGHT MOODS.

EVERYTHING goes with a spenltlri,t.
WHEN q lady faints she should have
prop-her support.
HIGHLY cennectel-The acrobat sns-
pended from q balloon.
A NAN who itches for fame mnst
scratch around lively to secure il.
Does are very affectionate. We Lave
even e dogs that were attached to lin
cans
SOME compositors can read better
what an editor scratches out than what
he doesn't.
CARE YOU going to the ball this even
ing?" remarked the mushet to the
powder-fask.
a o Of little boot-blacks sitting on
a cnrb-stone MAJ not be India rubber
boys, yet they are getting guttev-pereh-
ers.
death from lead poisoning. is the
polite expression used by Colorado
juries to specify a gamblers fate in a
shooting atfray.
AN Ohio girl left her rich tiance to
eiope with an itinerant photographers.
The latter asked her to go and refused
10 take a negative.
HERE, my good woman get this pre-
scriptionfit He'd at the oh enliistt;; i, anA;slb
it we'll into your husband. II it
answers, let me know, for /, too, suffer
from the rheumatism"
He latter a tif)-So you persist in
breaking the engagement? Mature
Fiancee-C Certainly; what do you take
me for? He-About 40. Better think
it over; it may be your last chance.
SERvANr-There's a book-agent at
the door, mum. Miss Olde- Mercy, a
man at the door; ask him in immedi-
ately. Servant-It's a woman. Miss
Olde-Oh, a woman. Tell her 1 am
ont. -
OLD lawyer-I can net take your
case. Circumstantial evidence is so
strong against you that it will be i'm
possible to prove your innocence.
Prisoner-But I am not innocent. I
am guilty. Oh! Then maybe l can
clear you" g.. 4
SM1TH-Hullo, Jones! Get any
thing to do vet? If I reoollect Alright
you We're out of employment. Jones
Yes. / got q very good lob. +. I am
manufacturing materials for interiors.
S.-Ah! Art decoration? J.-No;
I've turned cook.
OLD Soak lat dinner)-There's sixty
one wine rooms between here aud this
Office. 1 counted them coming home
this afternoon. Mrs. Soak-Ne won-
der, then, that you can't tell the differ
ence between roast beef and boiled ham
when you come nome to dinner.
The following was overhear1-hetween
a Columbia student and his best girl:
"Oh, Will, what lovely flowers. They
look as if they hal just bee n gathered
Why, there is a little dew upon Them
VIII Slightly embarrassed>-Not a
a cent, ] assure you; not a cent.
MOTHER .raising cover OF preserve
dish)-Mr. Eppy. will you have some
Why, where are they? Sammy, have
you eaten all that quinoe-sauce?
Sammy-Ma, you know you told me
never to talk at the same table with
grown folks, especially when company
was present"
e The old lady from the country had
priced nearly everything on the ten
cent counter. aud the salesman was
growing a little weary Of her custom.
At length she reached for a bundle Of
wire tea-straineYs aud asked: Land!
What's them tor?" Those are muzzles
for bologna sansages, ma'am.'
In an out-of-the-way corner OF a Bos-
ton graveyard stands q brown board
showing the marks Of age and neglect.
1t bears the inscription: "Sacsed to
the memory of Eben Harvey. who de-
parted this life suddenly and uneS-
pectedly by u COW kicking him on the
14th Of September. 1853. Well done,
thou good anu faithful servant!"
HER mattcr-of-fact old father
Daughter, ] do wish you would learn to
talk without using SO many excfama-
tories. Everything you speak of is ac-
companita! with "O!" THE ideal"
!" Great goodness OF something of that
sort. "Why!: Goodness gracious pa!
How can l help it? Nhe idea! e We
girls all talk that way"
IN IN SUSPICION.