The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-04-24
HUMOR.

The latest returns-husband getting
home from the club.
COLD is itself a great contractor, bat
anybody can contract cold.
A NAN is called a confirmed liar when
nothing that he says is confirmed.
A CRoToN milkman is named Kailiko.
He makes a frst-class morning rapper.
The earliest stable government
Was that of the Roman Emperor who
made his horse a consul.
The difference between a f1ute-player
and o bartender is that one blows the
notes and the other knows the bloats.
"MY son, why is it that you are al
ways behind with your studies? ?" Be
cause, if I was not behind them, I could
not pursue them"
A PROMINENT lumberman has had his
coat-of. arms painted on the panels OF
his carriage, with the Latin motto
~Vid ," which by Interpretation is II
saw"
A il reporter says that his
sweetheart encouraged him, and he
thought of marrying her at once, but
that a further advance was followed by
. decline.
A SWEDISH scientist claims to have
discovered a method of extracting al
cohol from sea water. As Shakespeare
says, he intends to call spirits from .he
vasty deep.
WHEN y young couple west Of the
Rocky Mountains run away and get
married, the sporting journalist alludes
30 it in big headline letters as "ths
Pacific slope"
DR. RICHARDSON, of England, says
khat when the air is dryest the drinkeR
Graves alcohol the most" This may be
She case in England, but in this coun-
Dry it lis when the drinker is dryest
Shat he q alcohol the most.
Or, beautiful land where the dates grow ripc.
Where birds in winter-time go
where the white mans joke dies out in . breath,
Where the chestnut" has no show.
-Chic0gO Herald.
On, bottomless pit, where the IRE burns hot,
Where the sinner Gasps and ch0kes-
where NO water pipes ever freeze up and bust,
Where there are no plumber" jokes.
Judge.
LOVE MAKING IN THE MEDIEVAL AGK
AK AK, p ;. X, my . h.,id q; ,h,I !, faith. q. ,.. G. d. Soes.
OF Knights like mel love thee, fairest coz:
Pledge me thy troth. Tomorrow to the wars
60 Give, for my helmets eriismme. my Iowa
Adsety number eight. Ghy fairy glove
LOVE MAKING IN THE GRECIAN AGR,
Here, ON this altar. by the gods l swear.
BY ali my fathers bones, by thy black hair,
BY fair Diana. Venus. Hebe. Juno
xhe usual oath. in short-the rest of t .
Yes. yes: I know-d'ye want your dinn~
Those hearts are nearly done. and must b
LOVE MAKING IN THE AGE
This inner Thusuess. which consumes ns
Al, do no. mock my words. nor deem me tight
A. though an aching void lay meath my BELT
.6eraphic sweet!-to love 10 bu" 20 know youi
WouIds't thou be spieed. tt ! woulds'tf All
riaht-Iug 20 you'll
LOVE MAKING IN HIN
wit thou be mine, and to my laundry conner
Ana make thee stin with iron-lsnirts. per dox.
Dee ad.s-You'd better quickly make your mind
Or else my sword your lfeis account win wind
-Tssas S;t,;nes.
Two LITTLE girls of about eight
years OF age were heard discussing the
subject of natrimony. Fanny: When
4 marry, I am goiAg to marry . Doc
Tor" Emma: @And I an going to
marry an army officer" Fanny @Thaa
will be very foolish in you. If waR
breaks out 7our husband will have 70
70 to tho front. He will probably be
Killed and then you and your half q
dozen children will be in o nice Ak
Texas Sit:ings.
THE PROPER cAPER.
Who wouldn't kiss
pretty MISS
How could you e'er resist Asr.
Especially
il she should be
Some other fellows sister.
I'm sure that you
Mould be too-too
Utterly glad to do It.
Ru- have q care
No brothers there.
Or you will surely rueit
But on the sly,
Wi h no one by,
Your arm her waist supporting
Lay rack her head,
An tthen-'nough said.
Go do your own sweet counting
A-Houston Post.
JoSEs-"It is too bad. I believe I
was born on an unlucky day" Smith
sWhv 500" Here I am a mere no
body, and vet the man I made sits To-
day in the halls of Congress, and he
don't acknowledge his debt, either"
@That is strange. To whom are you
referring?" ITO Col. Blank" But
he owes all his political success to his
brilliant war record" YES; but if it
had not been for me he would not have
any war record" "How 500" Il was
drafted, and sent him to the wal as ny
substitute. "-Philadelphi1 Cal.
A Most Thrilling Narrative.
@Did you read that thrilling tale
shout the two men who killed each
other about a girl in Texas?" asked a