New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-26
vhioh a farmer had tied 10 one OF the seats with
niece OF ciothesne-tst Louis Post dispatch

piece OF clothesline.-4st. Louis Post Dispatch
Bishop oFarrell, Of Trenton, ~ j., is full Of humor
and fond Of his little joke When asked By reporter
Mt the laying OF the cornerstone of the new Catholic
Church at Mount Lorctto, Staten Island recently II
he had his speech prepared, he smiled quiet good
natured SMILE and shook his head negatively. "Look
here my boy said the Bishop, do you know that
never write anything OF my speeches. so, therefore,
cannot understand why they call me right reverend
Later tho same day the Bishop from his place on the
platform beside Judge James Fitzgerald who had iux
made an address 10 some Grand Army veterans, pre-
sented big "Tom" Brennan, the newly appointed Con-
missioner OF street Cleaning, to Count Pecd, the
nephew OF Pope Leo XIII. Mr.. Brennan Is SIX feet
four in height and In silk hat he looks fniy seven
feet "Count' said the Bishop, Mr. Brennan, "a
Won can soc, is a magnificent example OF the growth
OF Popery in this country"
The Maine sweet corn pack will be Of excellent
Quality TINS year. o ave f besp and sguasses viii Ss
packed In good quantities. Inc season has Deoa az
sod for Ri Is bushe now they bring but thirty i've
cents, and some dealers are refusing 70 Duy pseans
Of the amount on hand There nave 6eeh 70" uSees
n is tho best for years Frees will probably continue
low this winter and the supply will be abundant
Lewiston Journal.
aIe Francais,D monthly review Of grammar and
literature edited by the directors OF the Berz schoo
of Languages is especially interesting and useful In
It's number of this month"; the season for the general
reopening OF schools and studies 1t publishes cn@ce
extracts from classical French authors and also
photographed article upon the third volume OF the
Memoirs of TalleyTand. Pupils In the French
language will find In this number OF lie Francois
as In the former ones practical advoe for their study
nnder the headings of Exercises" Letters to be
Corrected Correspondence" on linguistic dhcnltes
and especially in the supplement entitled Reciprocal
SefInstruction"
He had hunted for the North Pole and he claimed
that he had found it; /, 49,. -. 4.
Cape Horn was but a picnic Tor no knew now 70
And when It come to Af1ca-well, now. shouldn't
But that he growled when people thought to Stanley
For he'd hobnobbed with all,
Beast king and cannibal 49,, AMI,
Well he knew the Congo, Niger and the Nhe'
g Though his very guides grew addled,
Nor could Tanganyika's pillows sur his oiie'
In the depths Of Asia's jungles, the tiger he had
On the Himaiayan SUBMITS he had rhapsodized en-
raptured: ~, . .
He delvcd in Buddha's mysteries. then china 10 IN
The doctrines of Confucius he furiousIy raided
In Australia, by the way,
lie was utterly au fat;
In the bush he lived for days on kangaroo
lie had vOyaged upon whaler
TIL he felt himself sailor,
And for lack OF lands to conquer he was blue
So he pitched into astronomy and the wide heavens
TIL he could tell Just why the sun with smallpox
is affected. Ill
He swore the man within the moon is quite jolly
fellow -, - 49,.
And that tho milky way runs DER with cream both
thick and mellow;
Yet when his wife forgot
. Her purse, and made him trot .
To search in q dress pocket for it-mndl
There his Waterloo lie met
And he learned that there were yet,
Things that even he COud never, never nno
browne Perrinan In Yankee Blade'
aThe Copgregatonallst" tells Of an erring chuFeh
get I'D In open meeting day and make the foo"ins
Confession Brethren, my conscience compeis me 70
confess that when boiling down my sap THIS spring
mt into the kettle buckets of water and sofa ts
sugar al the same price as that made from pure sap
An Oklahoma Courtship.-Aiss Lillc besa"-ho"
did Won come TO accept Alkau Ike - ,,,L
Miss Randy B!tters-Because he was 80 brave WY,
inst as soon as asked him 10 do something heroic 70
show his love for me, he whoOped till paw rz from ms
he'd An, came down stairs ~ quiet the rimpuS, an men
Ike whipped him inside Nv two minutes. on u wa,
beautiful the way he done il; an, you know, paw
always had the reputation Of being the hsrfest man n
The county 10 handle.-(Prarle Schooner snorter'