The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-12-13
He Met the Lawyer Squarely.


of the Covngton post-otfice the other day, says
the Chicago Times, when an old cOlOred man
came up, and touching his hat. asked:
kin you tell me, IS dis de place where dey
sell postage Stamps?"
Eyes, sir; this is the place. replied the lawyer
seeing chance for a little quiet fun; but what
do you want with postage stamps, Uncle"
ITO mail a letter sab, of course"
"Well then you incident bother about stamps;
you don't have to put any on this week.
II don't?"
mo, sir.''
"Why for not?'
well. you see the conglOmeratiOn of the
hypothenuse has differentiated the parallelO-
gram so much that the consanguinity don't
emulate the ordinary efferveScent. and so the
government has decided to send letters Free"
The old man took Off his hat dOubiOusy,
shook his head. and then, with a long BREATH
remarked:
"Wel boss all dat may be true, an don't say
it amt, but just spOsen dat de eckcentricity of
the aggregation Observation-Disclosures de ignomni-
BUSINESS of de puppndckler and subllmities de
puspicuity of de consequences-don't you quail
fcate dat de government would cOnfscate dat
dar letter." guess I'd better put some stamps
on anyhow, fer luck''
And the old man passed solemnly down the
street.-Sibley Co., Independent.
The regular meeting of the Pierian Circle was
held in the chapel Sunday afternoon, and after
roll call. the reading of the minutes of previous
meeting, and the initiation of three new mem
bers, the following program was rendered.
Glass A..... ...."......... .............. Fuller
Poe, The Sad Poet.
Glass B.. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. clay
Architecture.
, Class D.. Observation-Disclosures. Crane
Our Constitution.
Class E... ................. .'Sulnn
Geology
, Glass F........................ Armstrong
| EDWARD the First.
Special paper ........-.......... .Urllhes
The greatest men in history believed in n God
The critic called upon member L. Floyd, a
extempOre speaker, on "Views of Thanksgiving
which was responded to in a few we'll chOsel
words. The critic then viewed the severa
papers in his usual manner. Some of the paper
:. we're then placed under discussion by the mem
{ bers and were treated to a scOrching from some
and ably defended by others, clearly demon
strating the effects of a high order of study
The president, E. L. Hefter, taking the foo
announced that declining health forced him
resign his position; saying, that for four year
n he had been member of the circle, and for tn
' past two years president. He feelingly referred
the great good he has derived from his member
+ ship: the many pleasant hours he had spent pr
;. pairing papers; the knowledge he had game
It through perusal of the various studies durin
It the past four years; and the great encourage
n ment ever given him by both officials and men
bers in the discharge of his pleasant duties; an
while it was painful to now withdraw he Wa
70 convinced he could not longer do the pOsitiO
n Justice and must resign. The registration VIZ
- accepted, and rising, vote of thanks tendere
Il him, with an expressed hope that he would NJ
10 entirely withdraw from the circle. Vice Pres
# dent Young was unanimously elected to f
% the vacancy, and member Crane elected to f
the position made vacant by member Young
S. election The next regular meeting December
10 being so near Christmas. it was decided to max
. it special day, and an appropriate program wi
be arranged.