Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-02-28

gave his mistress an opportunity to OK
plain his versatility in regard to words.
And this made the other woman madder
than ever. And these two parted in sor
row and tears, and the cause OF ii all lived
a happy life, slept the sleep of the unjust
and of dogs, ate the fat of the land, and
never knew what it was to worry about
servants or fire assurances, but counted all
the world as his slaves,
There is that wonderful dog who goes
to buy penny bun, and walks out of
the bake-shop insulted, and never goes
there any more, because the baker tried
to defraud him by giving him, for his
penny, u stale bun, when he knew that
they sold at two for penny. Then there
is the dog who, when he saw the curtains
OH fire, got up on a chair and pressed the
button of the fire alarm, and after this
Weakened everybody in the house by biting
at their toes, and stood by the baby's
cradle, holding its cloak in its teeth, and
having the fire insurance policy, which he
had gotten out of his masters desk,
securely pressed down under his tail. This
dog was just little too knowing, though.
He is the sort that would sit up
WITH TWO LOVERS As a CHAPERoN,
and bark whenever the lover attempted to
kiss the young woman whom he loved
With mad despairing passion.
Then there is the dog who sleeps beside
the baby, and when it has croupy cough,
wakes up the mother and then trots over
to the closet where DIR. Pinkeyes' Group
Dispeller is kept. never have met these
dogs, but hear of them frequently, and
they always belong to the blood kin of the
woman who ia telling about them. She
always introduces her story in the same
apologize way-"l knew dog, in fact, he
belonged to my Aunt Sarahi-and then
the rest of the party look solemn, wonder
if suicide is against the law, how many
years are given for woman.slaughter,a and
II the morgue is full.
FOR THOUGHTFUL PEOPLE.
What blessing il is that the law doesn't
have one up for thinking. of course
there are a number of people who would
never be had up, as early in life they
worked their thinking machines so hard
that they got out of order. But there are
some evil thoughts always with us.
Who hasn't thought that Herod ought
to wear halo, when the children in the
Hat above have good romp on carpet.
less tioorP
Who hasn't thought that the fool-killer
wasn't doing his work when the news
| papers tell OF the riches of the man who
gained them by preaching unbelief
| Who hasn't thought that cookbook
| writer's, who advise boiling leg of mutton
| four hours. ought not TO be allowed to
promulgate these dangerous doctrines?
| Who hasn't thought that it was time for
| all modest women to be careful about
their daughters when other women start
to tell stories only fitted for bar-rooms
Who hasn't thought that the so-called
temperance people are very incorporate
| in their Judgment OF the people who don't
happen 10 agree with them?
Who hasn't thought that a lot more
/ nraptIrp and n LITTLE loss nrpnrhlnR WnIilI
make the whole world better?
Who hasn't thought that the meanest
thing in the world is pretensca
Who hasn't Neutrality-suspicious. good
ness it is quite time tor rue to stop think
ing, else somebody will say, who hasn
thought that the most tiresome of al
people is Bah?