The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-07-23
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The advice is simple, such as we'd fain
be ruled by.
But at the well meaning advisor this
query we cry:
"Oh, what if our ear fails to catcth the
the girls aye"
Barney and Bridget, a merry 20 Jung
couple from the Emerald isle, were
strolling through the woods one day
when they came to stream that was
too wide to jump across. Bridget
turned to her escort and asked "Ar-
rah, Barney, how'll we iver get ac-
rosht?" Barneys eyes twinlIled as he
answered. Lets Bridget" bridge it,.
l heard Il funny story at Salt Lake
the other day. A couple of young la
dies went into "a photograph gallery to
have some pictures taken. In the gal
lery they saw picture of an actress
with her smiling face stuck through a
torn newspaper. Rather liking the
idea, they picked up a copy of the Trib-
une, placed it over their heads and tore
away that part of the papor that cover
their faces. The pictures were taken
delivered and distributed by the girls
among their friends. A few days later
they came into the gallery again with
fire and birthstone flashing out OF their
pretty eyes, and proceeded TO rake
the photographer over the Goals. When
he demanded an explanation, they
there, in plain letters, right across the
bottom of a page of the Tribune, and
just under their smiling faces was a
line from Cutler Brothers advertise
ment, reading; "CIll around AMI eX
anime our underwear"
Swan Swanson is a Swc1e river driy-
er. One day last spring Swan was
working at the boom for his company
and as the logs were coming down the
stream faster than he could attend to
them, he sent to the foreman for help
Jack Dennison was sent down to tn,
boom to help him. \ couple of hours
later the foreman happened along ant
found Swan alone again and once more
Swan asked for help. why, l sent
Jack down here to help you a couple
of hours ago" answered the foreman.
WASN'T he all right" "Yas," answered |
the Swede, "Iack, ha bane purity gudt |
Teller, but bout one hours ago Yack ha |
yump on log und ha fall into water un
ha sink his head tina logs under und ha |
don't come up some more. Ay tank ha
yump his yob."
A Frenchman who came into this
country and went to work in the lum-
Der woods, had never seen IL woodpeck-
er before. Being somewhat puzzled by
the incessant pecking of the busy little
bird, he called to fellow workman an,
asked, what you call dat ting, she's 90
peck, peck, peck hall tam on top
tree?" That's woodpecker," was the
reply. Ne woolpecker! ze wooipecker!
Hully gee crapeau! She mus have
dam hard facet
In down town saloon the other
night, party of Cornish miners were
swapping yarns of hair breadth escapes
in the different mines they had worked
in. One story was about as follows
"Hi was working in IA mine back east
once, you and four hof us were sinking
a shat. We We're down about forty
feet and did our 'oisting with wind
lass. When we 'ad 'oles to fire, the lad
ders were 'oisted out to keep 'em from
being broken and the man who fixed
the 'oles was 'oisted hup in the bucket
Well, hi al to fire three 'oles one day,
you. hand the ladder was 'oisted hout.
Hi fired EN-, you, and staid with un a
till un began to spit like ell, then hi
got into the bloody houlh skip and told
they above to DIST away. The bucket
ad only raised about four feet from
bottom when the bloody rope came
hof the windlass and fell down top OF l
me. For awhile. you. hi was so ratified
that hi 'ardly knew what 'ad 'appened, /
but soon saw the fix hi was in and !
turned to pull the fuse, but, damme; !.
Boys, she was burned so low hi couldn't
get old of un. hand 'ad to stay right :
.heer hand let hall they three 'oles go" :
Here the story teller paused and one of
he breathless listeners hurrielly asked -
How did you eseape?" "Hescape, hes y
ape! Wy, damme, man, hi ia behind !,
he bloody houli swab stick" u
In the comic paper, and in the so a
allied humorous columns OF the daily +
'aper, the genial old farmer is bur O
esqued and made to appear ridiculous. W