The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-03-12
FLASHES OF WIT.
-ur RLUES HAVE THE GRIPPE
Al YOU, HERE'S ACURE.

-..,,ary Reunion of q Divorced
3enrsinle and q Railroad Train--
Tnia Horse Had Feelings
Not His Ideal After
Al.
stirred His Memory.
1 plain middle-aged woman had
- sitting in the passenger coach at
81 1eft hand for the last thirty miles
IN j man about fifty years Of age
"a Mainly dressed got on at a small
@.t;on. He had taken the seat
.hsad Of me, but happening to look
.round and observe the woman he
anped up and went over to her with
oval, by .goshl but who'd a
thought it! Howdy do, Nary"
uHowdy do, Samuel" she replied
!. thev shook hands andh sat down
beside her.
aWhar' ye gsln'9" he asked.
aDown home to Glendale"
uLivin' down there be yer"
ayes" -
aYou look jest the same as ever. I'd
knowd you in China.
Eyes, l don't suppose I've changed
uaWa]l. often think about We, aud
hone you'll do we'll, 1 had to get q
Eaivorce from you because we couldn't
soree, but | don't lay it up agin, you
q some would. Married agin Pm told.
ayes"
apurty decent sort o. fellar?"'
He's a good man-a very good
an Cad on it. Good provider, il
LEI"
dyes"
aWillin' you should have plenty OF
dry wood, and have two kerosene
lamps goin' at once?"
YES
aWell, he must be purity fair, Does
IL low you to III in debt when you
want TOT"
Thaven't wanted to vet"
uShool. You have changed since
xe got divorced; you a!lus wanted to
be runnin' in debt, you know. That
and your being SO mighty independ-
emit brought on most four quarrels."
aIf | wanted to run in debt l never
lot the chance" she CURLY replied.
Thar want no need to. l was a
pood provider, us everybody knows"
eyes, had one pair of shoes in
three years."
aNow, Mary!"
aAnd / don't believe in a wife creep
log and crawling to a husband"
THAR you gO-same sass as you
used to give mel"
aIf you don't like it you needn't
stay here"
aAnd stay here, / WON'T" he ex-
damned as he o $ up. "You are jest
like you used to be-jest as meal and
tchy as ever"
aAnd / have no doubt you are he
sa1ne old skinfiint and fault finder"
aWhat! What Some folks blamed
efur gittin' a divorce, but l guess
they wouldn't if they could hear you
t1ik. mr"- ..-E -
aIdon't care whether they would
0r mott"
Wall, by gum!, said the old man,
Il The sat down beside me, "but this
carries me right back to three years
ao! Seems as ii We was jawin' about
who'd git up and buildth fire of a
Jinuary mornin'. and that she was
assin' me after the same old fashion,
and declarin' she'd lay there till the
bed sunk through into the cellar afore
she'd build q fire for ME OF any Other
man on earth!"-Detroit Free Press.
The Horse Had Feelings.
Alamo and ~half-starved old white
horse, attached to a wagon partly
loaded with ashes, stood on John R
street, near Adams, and a schoolboy
about ten years old stood with his
hands in his pockets looking at the
horse, says the Detroit Journal.
The owner OF the rig came out o.
the cellar with a basket of ashes or
bis shoulder, and, after dumping them
INTO the wagon, he turned to the boy
and said:
1Look we're, boy, what yo' dom
Ryerefn
Lookin'," was the reply.
"What you lookin' att"
Iookin' at the horse a.
wall, you run right long 'bou'
your bizness. Dat hoss has go
ieelin's. II you keep lookin' at hin
bell bimeby think he's got to git NJ
and prance and snort around an rul
away an smash dis wagin' all t.
squash. Den de queshun comes VI
Who's gwine to pay de damages, an
your pore ladder will wish you hat
nebber been bon"
ggness can lookl" muttered tn
Doy as he moved of.
& dun tole ye, boy. / shan
oodder wild you no mo-. If you
adder II wurt a millyon dollars M
you want to take the chances del
gou 90 right ahead; but doan yo'
oun sw'ar befo' de Jedse dat | anin'
tole you dat boss had feslin's al
night kick up the awfullest ambuia
snuI1 cher heard OBJ OH John r street.
He Was Very Polite
'ls this Ned Phillpot?" the justic
sked, addressing a little, happy-hea.