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

10 believe it is the coolest weather we
have eve had"
Tut, int, Marthy; I've seen it colder
than this a number Of times. Once
when / was west of the Alleghenies
surveying, I struck cold wave, Vennol
or Hazen would have run from, as fol
Virgins, it would have paralized hin
in fourteen places. You see Marthy,
and he hunched his chair up nearer tn,
fire, Il went out with the transit to rul
u line about three miles across a valley
from the top of one powerful high hill
to another. / remember distinctly how
that line run; beginning at q stone tiv,
perches south Of the middle OF the
boundary line Of q previous survey and
running south = degrees, east Il
perches to a stump, thence south A de
grees, east 80 rods to a stake, and $,
on. Well, Martny, we got it al
last. and the stakes drove. and we were
80 cold we had to 60 to the shanty and
lake a little something warm. About
two hours afterwards we went out
again, and Marthy would you believe
it? that blamed line was frozen stiff
and stretched from hill to hill, with the
stakes hanging OIL to it like so many
clothes pins OF wash day."
George, dear interrupted his wife.
IN q reproving tone.
"Oh, that's all right. Marthy, the
stakes We're very short ones, for / cut
EN- myself the day before with my
Ratchet and know about 'em. They
We're cut to measure two feet and a
half, but the cold weather shrunk 'em
Q eight inches. inside of sixteen hours,
and there wasn't so much of o strain on
the line as you might think"
WILLIAM PENN.
Mr. Penn remarked the book
keeper, ibid you see that Indian gentle
nan who called last EVENING"
No, Charles, I did not. Did thee
tell him l would be in this morning?"
Yes, sir. He has some land which
he wishes to sell to the pale faces. He
has heard how kindly you have ever
treated his people, and he wants to give
you an option on it."
MY good Charles" SAID William,
w1ping the tears from his eyes, did
thee inquire with reference to the s1tss.
ton of the land, and the productive
ness thereof"
Yes, sir, it is q very desirable tract
And Charles, did thee inquire if the
noble red q wanted cash, or would
trade it out?"
yes, sir. He said trade was good
enough for him."
Very well, Charles. Thee had bet
ter pick out q portion Of the cloth
which the moths have injured slightly.
will find a few dozen tracts in the
barn, and Charles, get some of those
secondhand boss pistols, and thee will
lind some very pretty trinkets at the
o-cent counter in the William Penn
Mutual Dry Goods Emporium. And,
Charles. when he comes again, have
hydrnt in running order. We
must eschew all intoxicants, Charles.
when water is SO cheap. Now, Charles.
may go, but thee will do well ia
lay for the redskin."
DIoGENEs.
Hello, Diogenes," said a policeman.
On q cold morning, as that worthy gen.
put his head out of his tub and
Iooked out at the town clock to sec
hat time it was. Hello, is this cold
enough for you?'
Nc, copy, it isn't; but if it keeps on
i don't see what you want it any
colder for"
OF course you don't. What does a
policeman know about the philosophy
i the Greeks, the precepts Of the
stolcs. the teachings Of the P~eripatetics.
y ANYTHING of that sort? Go solk vour
Hold on, Dolly; don't get mad. I
lever harmed o living soul in my whole
lfe. It least in my whole life as q DO
iceman. Now tell me why you want
! colder. I won't give the snap AVA
All right, copy, Ill tell you. You
now I've been around town every day |
Or years, with al old lantern, loo'li 4
an honest man, and if the w,,atl1 I
q little colder, / know d plumb.
will have made money cnan Il |
lnce last fall to retire from bnsi 81,
! the srrlng, and as soon as he ret;ras
e is going to be honest, and I'll have 4
nance to set my lantern down Ill II MI
I his palatial residence and 90 or "a !
acation. By Zeus, old fellow. Won
ont know how Internally tired i've
OF lugging that old glim around"-
TraUeler.
ANGLE-woRMs, fish. etc, are often
up into the clouds by revolving
forms. and then dropped again many
lilies from the place where they were
aken up. Small fish have often been
ound in puddles Of water in village
to the establishment Of people
'ho are unacquainted with the phe-
omenon. 4.
1T is astonishing how much solid in.
n man with two ororto "a