Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-27


should be Free
Well. why don't they do it!
That the separated cities should now united be.
Well, why don't they do it?
That the poles now holding wires should
straightway be cut down,
That railroads should not interfere with traffic
of the town,
That the captivating dancers should wear
trailing gown,
Well, why don't they do it'
1t is said that some broad streets need to be
paved anew, .
Well. why don't they do it?
That some now built on paper should quickly
be pushed through,
Well, why don't they do it?
Some hint that if the census could be taken
We not SO low on Porters list would be forced
toremain,
(And the figures from the Clearing House
seem to make this plain).
Then why don't they do it?
Some say that every voter should a secre. bal
lot drop.
Well, why don't they do it,
That cable cars at crossings should all be forced
to stop.
Well why don't they doit2
They say it's time some laws were made to fix
the country roads,
So that farming men who feed us could haul
here paying loads,
And not get mired in the mud 'twixt town and
their abodes,
But, why don't they do it?
THE imagination furnishes us with specters.
but the conscience clothes and nurtures them.
INVESTORS who put their money in canals
necessarily water their stock, but in this case
the water is gilt-edged.
THE rooster should feel thankful because it
isn't turkey.
THE self-made man generally breaks his
mold after it has served his purpose.
WINDRIM has interfered with Superinten-
dent Malones Thanksgiving.
THE freshest failure is that of Michigan
salt company.
MUD is clear compared with the description
of the analysis of the lymph published by an
| Austrian doctor. Strange how some folk can
make the English language unlntelligble to
the average reader.
BUTCHERS stake their regulations on their
| steaks.
SOME corporation sinking funds are sinking
out of sight in spite of the water utilized to
| float them.
JAY GOULD and Rockefeller are thankful
| for what they got. John Wanamaker is thank
full because they didn't get any more.
ERIN and Mrs. O'Shea still stick to Parnell.
| MAN wants but little here below,
| Be he either saint or sinner;
| But one thing that he wants, you know
Is turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.
| THE charge of the light brigade-The per
cent increase ordered by the window glass com
| bine.
| JUDGE UTT, OF Iowa, has been arrested for
uttering libelous language during political
| row.
THE trusts will have to trust to luck, as the
law declines to take them even on trust.
HARRISON should feel thankful because his
message is nearly finished.
THE grocer's motto-Where there's a bill
there's weigh.
The W. e. T. U. women want to knock the
romance out of the old canteen. In exchange
they offer the soldiers spiritual comfort of
| another SORT
THERE will be skeleton in nearly every
home after dinner to-day.
The ghost dancers would change their step
mighty quick if the soldiers were ordered to
play for them.
THE red and The blue meet on the football
field to-day. After the struggle is over the
| principal colors will be black and blue
| THE reaction seems to have set in in Wall
street. 1t is to be hoped the plungers will not
overload themselves.
EDUCATION polishes people, but If they do