New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-20
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

II makes Boston people feel cheap to rehect that
when in response to request for recitation In Ponsh'
Madame MOdeska waggishly repeated the numbers
from to $50 In Polish, not Hubble present Knew
the difference.
A PROSPEROUS COUPLE.
Wall, wife, It's fifty years ago senoe you an mo ~ss
AM we rev clum the hills life together side BY SIDE
How We hev prospered hain't We wife, an how wal
wen we wuz spliced we owned one COW, an nov.
gosh, we own three
owed five hundred this farm five hundred dollars
But hev prospered far beyond the genl run er men
A kindly Providence hez shaped the rough course OF
An; now owe FOUR twenty-five an thlry-seven odd
cents.
,Twa, only fifty years ago you only had one dress.
TO agcervte your beauty and increase your oveliness
Now you've got two scrumptious dresses an hoss
with monstous horticultural fair ahourishn' upon IT.
Three chairs WIZ in our sinroom but fifty years ago.
But we hev prospered wonderfly, an now there's hve
We've gained lamp, puddn' dish. an extra yoke er
grin stone, an dlnglc cart, an all in fifty years
It's all wat our pastor said, the woH moves fast
An With quick electric whiz goes spinnin' on its
1t Jet goes spnnln on its until its work Is done
But there's few splnners my dear wife, whove spun eS
have spun. a,..,oo p,,.,
sam Walter Eoss In YANKEE blade,
Tye choir Of a Western church resigned the other
dsy because in the coufse Of his sermon the preacher
remarked that the sinners the church must be con.
verted and they understood him TO say "snsers.'
In the rain
With her train
In one hand.
While the orler holds tn umbrella,
Till old norciS. naughty ieho"
Flows n blast.
Then it nop>.
And il drops.
And It says,
And II gathers. gathers gathers
All the sticky slime that fathers
Pavement, crossing. M. on; "d'
Temper broilcd.
Mlghday. ny day. it Is p, lisr
anu '"' lazy -CPhiladephia Press.
man who has been looking up the matter snys
.,o an old law IS stll I'm In Pennsylvania that
n Il were enforced would bear hard on society
women II declares that. III any white female OF
ten years or upward. shan appear I'm any public
street, lane highway, church. courthouse oaii'
room. theatre Or any other place Of public resort.
with naked shoulders. that IS lownccked dresses,
being able purchase necessary clothing she shall
forfeit and pay fine Of not less than one nor
more than two hundred dollars
IIe Know Human Nature ->uanser-Here Is little
pocu which submitted 10 nnmh"t ot NY nSres .
and dearest fhends ana the' AL saiu IL "as "o''A
Editor (oho has frieads HI isclfl-I am delghtcd
10 cot n, Sir \ thing which n mans bosom irlenos
fail to crtCl,c must le about perfert-tNew-i oTK
Weekly.
The Pcnnsylvania Railroad has Just decided TO give
all Christian ministers hafflrc passes over all It's
lines and the Philadelphia Office Of the company Is
crowded with clcrgymcn OF all sorts. from bishops TO
Salvation Army captan, and from orthodox pastors
IN Latter Dag saints. The Philadelphia and Reading
road announces that IL will bcein the issue of similar
pa>sc, March |.
Amending the Observation-Disclosures 90 hospital
nurSel-Nou will II YOU please, that the patient
Is given the medicine exactly a. prescribed. ;. $500
have no objection. Doctor. greatly prefer that the
medicine should he given the patient. That Is tho
correct frm.,ChicagO Tribune.
The passengers on train betwc'n DcSsau and Berlin
were startled recently by its sudden stopping in an
svcr To- the call Of the dang signal An old peasant
,nrp from one of the compartments and explained 10
the astoni,hcd conductor that he had used the signal
because his false teeth had accidentally fallen out OK inc
window and il was impossible for him 10 exist without
them Although the conductor Informed the innocens
traveller that he had no right to interrupt his journey
for such Il mishap, he allowed him To look for the
teeth. When the precious molars ma oech iou'u'
with the assistance of the passengers the train pro.
b, found outside of the province Of Anhalt IN thess
vapid days.
4 Matter Worth Considering-Bicycle Dealer-Tlds
machine will be better for your boy than pony. IL
doesn't eat anything ..
Frugal Parent mot entirely convincedl-No IL wont
eat anything but I'm afraid it'll give the boy 0
thunderin' biz appetite.-(Cmcago Tribune.