Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-27


On the bonny head so fair.
Yet should that lovely maiden,
In the making of pie.
One silken strand bake in it,
We'd scorn and loath it. Why?
A MERE HINT.
Mr.. Wellheeled-Just to sit and
look at you is bliss.
Miss Simperling-Yes, and distance
seems to lend enchantment to your
view.
COULDN'T AFFORD BOTH.
''Sweedle, what sort of wheel are
you going to ride this year? %
''Pm pushing four-wheeled baby
carriage this year, Throggins.
THE 10Y WITH THE BOW.
'Jane is a close student of the
Philippine war"
'What makes you think it?
"She recently referred to Cupid as
the NEUROLOGICAL Ygorote.
THE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE.
.'You surely don't believe that the
man really loves you ?"
II am sure lie does"
'What makes you think so 2"
''He said he'd die for me-"
'That what they all say, silly.
Don't you believe him until he does
it."
oFF-HAND JUDGMENT.
Spiffins-"That man yonder is q
great musician.
Snaggs-"He must be an organist,
then. He can't be a great pianist"
"Why ?"
"His head is as bald as an egg"
THE CHEERFUL IDIOT.
why" asked the youthful boarder,
"why do we cling to life ?"
because we are stuck on it, said
the Cheerful Idiot"
FOLLOWED THE DOCTORS ADVICE.
Justice-What have you to say in
answer to the charge of stealing this
mans plank walk :?
The accused-I took it by advice of
my physician, yer honor. He told
me to take a long walk every day.
This was the first long walk saw to-
day, and of course took it.
SOCIETY DETAILS.
"Did you have good time ut Mrs.
Newdash's reception, Eleanor ?"
Delightful Mr.. Newdash was
there, and he told me just how much
everything COST
DIsCoNcERTING coMPLAcENoY.
81 should like to know when you
are going to pay that bill. l can't
come here every day in the week."
What day would suit you best? ?"
Saturday"
very well, then, you can call every
Saturday,
AN APPROPRIATE NAME.
"That's nice horse you've got.
Eyes, think he's about right. .
''What do you call him q
Mails"
"Queer name, to be sure. What
do you call him that for ?"
Because my wife can't drive him"
COOLED HIS ARDoR.
'These interesting widows seem to
be all the rage" sighed the young
girl.
True" he admitted.
"And when girl sets out to be an
interesting widow if the fates will
permit there's such an element of
chance about it, she said, and sighed
again.
Which was why he decided to post
pone his proposal.
TOO SLOW.
President of the company guess
you'd better discharge that boy"
Manager-"Why He seems to be
a nice, quiet kind of boy. and l
haven't noticed that he has neglected
his work.
President That's oil very true,
but l don't think he has the making
of financial genius in him. He's
been around here for more than three
weeks now and hasn't given either
you or me to understand that he knows
more about the business than we do"
PROUD TO KNOW HIM.
1.-The other night" said the fat
boarder, II slept in a room with a
generous gentleman. / snore horri-
bly-in fact, I'm a snorer from way
back. We retired. In the morning
when we arose this gentleman handed
me a silver half dollar.
What's that for 2 said /.
ooh, take it,, he replied. You
L.. Il "a
"'But what for 2 said L.
:" oh, take the money and do what
you like with it. 1 like you. You
are the best one ever saw. You are
the only man L ever saw who could
snore louder than can holler"