Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-03-31
s.AMERiCAN HuMORlsTS.''
Lecture OF Laurence e Hodg-
son Enjoyed by q Large "
S Audience.

krtpteti Nj, HOdgsnn rn,-ha. "vsM-
ting at he Ban,ist church. The SUE
jsr, III hts lecture WAS :Antrir"n
3HumOr aud unOrist4 . ~
rhe lecturer ~as introduced ina
few fitting remarks by the pastor {
the church, Mr. TrDWar
# Mr.. HndgsOn In defining humOr
and giving ita uses to mankind said
In snbst ancr; ''HumOr h q solvent
T.. druhgerv; uruhgrrS ~"ul'i rnd
the world II u were not i,r the re-
taxation found IL humnr Men WITH,
make men laugh have n divine mis-
sion In the world Much IT our ln.s'
hnmOr lies very cl.sse IL. tears, ~ d
many Of the nsn who have mao
the world laugh have carried III their
hearts great SORROWS. 4
"a All nations have nut the same
sense Ui hun,Or. American hu,n''r ~
sudden aud rough; tFrancn gay;
italian. pa, h.,ic; scotch, sa'ir'cal,
witty; German not Spnni" ..+"us tut
phil.,a 'phh.Al; English cant sac the
Joke at once. tut when e'eO there Ia
NJ end If lHuK hiuK Ut II
n The le4.tur.Ar illnet rated hia pt'tN \
ny many witty nOer'!O'ek ana y" >.
gag from nu'rd humnris's He
closed toy an eloquent Tri.u't - 80"
mission II humn,r IN the world.
All Wer, well pleased aud would
he glad t. hpnr Mr. HOdHs'n .,Hn.
There II = scandal IN me NW'rh-ad
city government The rec'rner AND
.fOrme, supertn tpn'it,t ~ h+ electric
light plant bnvr admit'-" that they
ordered cleo! t,c iixht fixtures and
electric cn,I'ng iron. nnd thar the
city paid 'ur the goods ~hnh were
taken bs them. They have "pnnl
thu city $40 ~ thu deal. Sim'"gt"n
the sup-r,"' t0ient. was ti'rh some
time axO. tn, Aahl. the rc,r'irr.
wan r~-"hr.n Lar, Tuesday His
.r.nixnatiOn mas been demanded.
Nv W-txl has just puf in his
dug store nn Fis.' street u new soda
fountain ,hat IL indeed y hrNu'>,
aud adds :. the attrnrttv"Uasa
OF his bus ,.e>~ "s,nhli hmcr, W."
fountain is - c.'mlOi,u,irn III Bra.
lillian, Mexican aud Ar,z"na ONYX
and Lake 'haInplain marble fhe
basp ia ~ Rr"z.i'mn green OU,x, the
sill y at N.x u white ',m>x and the
trimmings n Ariz''ia mot i-d IN. X,
with the "" ~ lake Gina p'nih red
marble !. M slab on Mich tn"
f,un attn r.'- i. IA we'll M t"- slab ON
thn [ctpunt.r III, front III y IL Of
Tennessee "nwu rrhle. TIE
li:untain IL provided with three
faucets an'i we've syrup sfanka. }, II
IL aet ~ hut will not ~. ready tor
business uad the weather hr come.
m IRE fnv..ra',le Tor the cool nv drinks
tina. will to- dispensed from 1t Mr..
Wetzct will handled ICE cream from
tin 1T. Paul crescent creA merry, and
delicious !ct crrHm and ice cream
suClas will h~ dtsprn~ed during the
summer months.
The brpak IN the Second street
" ter main WAS fOnnd and repaired
Tuesday. sup. Baker stated that
he would h. ready to turn the water
into that main again ut about 5
O'Clock thi. afternoon, and that un
less there were other breaks not vet
discovered the water service on that
line would b" all right Immediately
after the wafer wAa turned on
The break was found where the
main rrOs4ps First avenue northeast.
One II foot joint Of the pipe WAS
cracked the tnll lenGch.
The m N hers III the Fifteenth
MinnesOt" regiment, which was
N us,ered out at Augusta. Ga this
ws~ k will arrive In the Twin Cities
SATURDAY..