Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-04-24

ing, producing apo
plexy in the minds OF the jury"
An old French lawyer, writing OF an
estate he had just bought, added:
There Is chapel upon Il IN which
my wife and wish TO be buried, II God
spares our lives"
On tombstone in Indiana Is the sol-
lowing inscription. This monument
was erected to the memory OF John JIM
kins. accidentally shot as mark o.
affection by his brother"
A Michigan editor received some |
verses not long ago with the following |
note OF explanation: These lines were |
written fifty years ago by one who has.
for a long time. slept in his grave
merely for pastime."
A certain politician, lately condemn
ing the government for its policy con-
corning the income tax. Is reported 70
have said They'll keep cutting the
wool of the sheep that lays the golden
eggs until they pump II dry"
An orator at one OF the university
unions bore off the palm when he de-
clared that the British lion. whether
It Is roaming the deserts OF India or
climbing the forests Of Canada, will not
draw in It's horns nor retire into It's
she'll
| A reporter In describing the murder
| OF a man named Jorkin said: The
murderer was evidently In quest Of
money, but luckily Mr.. Jorkin had de-
posted all his funds In the bank the
day before, so that he lost nothing but
his life"
A merchant who died suddenly left
in his bureau letter TO one Of hts cor
respondents which he had not sealed.
His clerk. seeing ID necessary TO send
the letter, wrote at the bottom. Since
writing the above have died
An Oklahoma editor expresses his
thanks for a basket OF oranges thus.
I'VE have received basket Of oranges
from our friend. Gus Bradley. for
which he will please accept our com
4 pliments. some OF which are nearly six
inches In diameter"
The Morning Post In 1879 made the
following statement: I'VE congratu.
late ourselves most on having torn off
Cobbett's maak and revealed his cloven
foot. 1t was high time that the hydra
head OF faction shoaid be sGundly
raped over the knuckles."
An English lecturer on chemistry
said zone drop OF this poison placed
on the tongue OF cat Is sufficient 10
kill the strongest man and an Eng.
fish lieutenant said that the Royal
Niger company wished to kill him tc
prevent his going up the river untt
next year.
A clergyman In an eastern town warn
Cd his hearers lately mot TO walk IN ;
slippery path, lest they be sucked
maelstrom-like. into It's meshes," Tit
metaphor suggests that OF anothe
clergyman who prayed that the wort
might be as nail driven In str,
place. sending its roots downward an,
It's branches upward"
The present duke OF Leeds is re
ported to have accused the late govern
ment OF making a direct attack on tn
brewers by means OF side wind.
was during the late administration tina
one OF the Irish whips telegraphed /
Dublin that the silence of the Iris
members would be heard in the houz
Of commons no longer"
II was the celebrated Sergt. hTabt
who, at the Central Criminal court III
formed the prisoner before him tha
= IF there was clearer case of man rul
| n ta that Al
. case" and, after passing sentence. cor
!, efuded: 81, therefore. give YOU the d
portunity OF redeeming a character i
!. retrievably lost"
= In the Irish house OF commons
, 1886. during debate on the leather tn
the chancellor OF the excheaner. 8
John Parnell, observed that, Sin ii
!. one ought to be ready to giye his Ia
!. guinea to save the remainder OF b
4 fortune" MIR. Vandeleur replied tn
Z, "a tax on leather would press We
- heavily on the barefooted peasant
= OF ireland.
y At a recent temperance gatherii
an orator exclaimed: ''The Eforio
WOTk Will never De dcNoInpHSDeu un
the good ship Temperance shall 81
n from one end OF the land to the 9TH
he and with cry Of 'VictoFyl' a. ca
of step she takes shall plant her bann
nd in every city. town and village OF /
ng United States" Another speaker s;
mt that "All along the untrodden pat
ell Of the future we can see the hidd
Of footprints of an unseen hand" q
NJ pursue the shadow, the bubble bur
of and leaves the ashes in our handsl
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