Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-05-11
SPINNING WHEEL.

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THE BURIAL OF GINGER JAMES.
spell 1 had to wait
Outside the barrck gate,
For Ginger James was passin' out as was
paSSin in;
E was only a recruit,
But l give i'm the salute,
For I'll never git another chance OF glVln
it agin!
Ed little brains, Eli swear,
Beneath is ginger air.
Is personal attractions, well, they WASH
very large;
E was fust in every mill,
Well forgive i'm all is drawbacks-'e as
taken is discharge.
E once got fourteen days,
For drunken, idle ways,
An the colonel said the nasty things that
colonies sometimes say;
e called i'm to is face
The regiments disgrace
But the colonel took is at off when e
passed i'm by today.
For days e used to dwell
Inside guardroom CELL
Where they put the darbies on i'm for a
'oWlin' savage brute;
But as by the guard e went
They gave i'm the present,
The little bugler sounded off the general
salute
The band turned out to play
Poor Ginger James away;
Is captain and is company came down to
see i'm off;
An thirteen file and rank.
With three rounds each of blank;
An e rode down on q carriage, like a
bloOmin' city toffI
f doesn't want no pass
Els journeying firSt-class;
is TRAVELLING rugs a union jack, which isn't
bad at all;
The tune the drummers play
1t amt so very gay.
But rather slow selection from q piece
that's known as saul"
Edgar Wallace in London Chronicle
A man was blown out of the manhole
of the Metropolitan railway conduit in
New York city recently, and when he
came down he was arrested on q charge
of stealing electric wires. says the Bos-
ton Transcript. This suggests the stsory
OF the mean employer who, when one of
his men was sent skyward by a prema-
ture blast locked him for the time he
was in the air.
Patient-"I'm feeling wretched. doctor.
| take no interest in anything, have no
appetite, can't sleep"
Doctor-"Why don't you marry the
irl?'-Punch
The women are wearing such thick
wells that q man has to be constantly on
his guard TO avoid the mistake Of smiling
too pleasantly at his own Wife.-Atchison
Globe.
He (desperateIy)-'TeIl me the truth.
Is it not my poverty that stands between
us?'
She (sadly)-"Y-e-s."
He with a ray of hope)-''I admit that
I am poor, and so, unfortunately, is my
father; but | have an aged uncle who is
very rich and a bachelor. He is an in
valid and cannot long survive"
''How kind and thoughtful you are!
Will you introduce me to him ?'-New
York Weekly.
Confidential Friend-"How did the duke
propose to your
The Duchess-"He asked me if I would
give him a life pass over papa's railroad
lines. Chicago News.
A man started in the livery stable
business the other week, and the first
thing he did was to have big sign paint
ed representing himself holding a mule
by the bride. us that a good likeness
of me?' he asked of an inquiring friend.
''Yes-it is a perfect picture of you; but
who is the fellow holding you by the
bridle?"
She-"Do you think the North Pole will
ever be discOveredT'
He-"Not as long as people are willing
to pay to hear men tell how they didn't
find it.''-Chicago News.
''They assert that the Holland sub
marine boat stayed under water two
hours recently"
Holland mixed with water isn't to be
sneezed at."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Bronco Pete-"So Tarantula Tom is
dead, an only 40 years old! That's what
yer might call bein' cut down in the prime
NV life
Grizzly Grady-"Ya-as, yer might call
it that; but the facts Nv the case wuz, he
wuzn't cut down till he'd been dead fer
over week. Judge.
-:o:--
The Lady-''And what are you going to
be when you grow up, my fine little fell
low"
The Lad-''Why. a man, of course"-
New York Journal.
4 lady said a good thing on the sub
parade in honor of the transfer of munich
pal offices to the new city hall. She re-
marked that when men move they hire
brass bands and march through the
streets, but when women move they have
to get down on their knees and scrub
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
$50 you have been married three years,
and are as much in love with your hus-
band as ever?'
Yes, l am
Hum! what is your husband?'
He's captain of whaler. Ally Shop
er.
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DTSILLUSION.
Unfortunately faring,
At the gay show | sat,
Behind a lady wearing
A great GainsborOugh hat.
Awhile I gazed upon it,
Then said with suaye address,
will you remove your bOnnet?''
She smiled and answered, Yes
/ saw what thew were nlayinp