The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-05-10
OBSERVERS OLIO.
A Pot of Several ingredients Boiled
Down TO a Splendid Stew.
A Collection of Witty Thoughts.

A Collection Of Witty Thoughts.
| ] lately read in an old book at Hardins-
burgh the following story. Chas. Lamb,
the witty essayist, when once walking
out with Theodore Hook, ON turning a
corner, discovered boy running away
from legend he had not completed and
which read, Day and Martins b" On
observing this Lamb quickly remarked,
"The rest seems to be lacking"
This forcibly reminds me of something
equally as good by the distinguished Geo.
ID. Prentice. Upon meeting and receiv-
ing an introduction to Hardinsburgh's
late Judge James Haswell, he as quickly
asked, Wouldn't it be as.well to leave
off the first letter Of your name ?"
Using popular parlance, will say the
NKws is spreading herself now in sup
plements, double numbers, interesting
reading and attractive ads. Its cores
pondents are surprising all heirprevious
efforts. Their newsing, viewsing, and
poetryizing all delightfully."- combine with
the other departments to make the paper
much sought, largely subscribed for, and
often borrowed. Brandenburg furnishes
exceptionally good correspondence. Elk
ron, Custom, Sirocco, and others, follow
close in her wake. And Addison! Let
her quill-driver often use his Tor herr
anserine instrument in sennightly letting
us hear his wads OF information in his
own original and fascinating style.
Fifty years ago an American schoolmis-
tress composed and wrote on the black
board for her pupils to memorize,
,'I.ittle drops of water,
Little grains OF sand
Make the mighty ocean
And the pleasant land
Nearly every one speaking the English |
languag, has since repeated this little |
stanza, the only one Mrs. Carney ever
wrote. A very little sometimes brings |
fame. l shall now do that little and give
the assurance that fifty years hence pos
terity has my full permission to quote me |
as first writing
Little sums of money, |
Little packs of cards, |
MAKE the sharpest gamblers |
And their winning "pards." |
To be doubly famous I'll take advan-
tage of the muses. presence and crafty |
mankind by launching forth in this man
ner,-- |
Little canes for sucking,
Little heads of dough, |
Make the SWEETEST dudes
And the biggest show. |
A few days since came upon an extra |
ordinary black snake which was--but III |
not head the procession of veteran snake |
liars this spring. Will leave that for
some one of those editors who beguiled
long winter evenings by writing accounts |
OF marvellous snakes and prodigious early |
garden vegetables. AS the warm days |
come on these things will be worked off |
on the public as fresh facts while the ed |
itor is off somewhere fishing or rusticat- |
ing elsewhere in cottonade pants and a |
lawn shirt.
AS a rule men are better looking with |
hats on than when they've dotted their |
headgear. Business once kept me in
little town for several months. There / |
daily met my townsmen and the men |
from the surrounding country. Every |
face was easily recognized in our frequent |
meetings on the street, but two months
later when one day walked into church |
/ scarcely knew any one, as bald heads,
fiat heads, sharp heads, broad heads,
pompadours, reaches, tousled hair, pasted |
to-the-forehead hair, and other promis-
cious heads were gazed upon. You will
never believe there's such difference
till you've had like opportunity for OBJ
serving. Some faces are better for the
hats removal, but the greater number
need its assistance. AS the flavor OF
kisses is improved when received under
the bonnet of the fair one, so are faces
improved when seen under hats.
OBSERVER.