Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-13
thing about that but you and me. AR


thing about that but you and me. Ar
gonaut.
Blodds- Here's a rather clever little
book: Don'ts for Club Men, Slobbs
1T isn't the don'ts that worry ME; II
the dues. ''-Philadelphia Record.
Burdette's current verses On the mid
summer madness" of people who go 10
summer places where they are croWded
in tiny rooms. closes with this sad STAN
"a:
And all this time in their home in town,
A mansion of cool gray stone,
There are peaceful glooms in seventeen
Where the burglar sleeps alone.
The late Justice Bowen's definition of
search for equity" was "a blind man
looking in dark room for black hat
that isn't there
In the biography of Dr. Hawtrey, a
famous English schoolmaster, there is a
description of his unkempt appearance,
with comment which has been greatly
quoted: 1t is said that he was scolding,
tor being late at morning lesson, some
boy who replied that he had no time !, e. to to
L '"ANA
the doctor; eyes," replied the boy,
''but wash''
man. whom the circumstances OF
travelling caused to sit in the same seat
with a young lady who was unusually
friendly for stranger, said, as he was
leaving the car: Il thank you for a
very pleasant chat, but | am afraid
you would not have been so kind to me
known / a m
You haven't any advantage of me-,
promptly responded the young lady; Il
am an escaped lunatic'' And so, as it
turned out, she really was.
One day, at political gathering, Gov.
Henry A. Wise of Virginia was ap-
preached by a well-dressed individual,
The governor confessed he could not
recall the handshaker's name. why.
you must remember me, governor, SAID
the latter: I'm from Richmond. l
made your Shirts "Why, of course, y
said the governor, with q politicians
tact; gentlemen, this is my very excel
lent neighbor, Maj. Shirts"
Chancellor Walworth, according to
Mr.. Clinton, was responsible for the
abolition of the chancery court in New
York state. He interrupted counsel con-
tinually. his Interruptions often being
discursive and aggravating warfare on
the pleader. On one occasion lawyer
commenced to argue a case before him.
He had hardly begun when the chancel-
lor interrupted, telling him that he had
brought his action call wrong it should
have been begun in different way.
which he specified The lawyer replied
that he did not feel at liberty to go
against all the decisions applicable to the
subject. He said he could find no au-
thority in favor of the course which the
chancellor had suggested. The latter,
with no little impatience, said: ''Then
you should have retained counsel who
would have advised you to bring the ac-
ton as | have suggested" The lawyer
replied: 'Since your honor went on the
bench there has been no counsel at the
bar to whom I could have applied who
would have given such advice"
The chsf1.ming girl in the baby blue
shirt waist yaWned behind her translu-
cent fingers.
''What is the matter Lucia?'' queried
the tall girl with the court-plaster mole.
The fair yawner ran her eyes over the
piazzaful Of girls and then gaZed at the
solitary young man coming up the board
walk. -
''There's too much 16 to / in this bust
ness to suit me-" she lazily drawled and
yawned again.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Her Dearest Friend: Choliy-"How
old do you suppose Miss Furnish is?''
Gertrude-"You might ask mamma. Per
haps she'll remember" - Cleveland