Gilpin observer., 1899-05-04

at 81 each, admitting gentleman and
ladies' The Opera House Orchestra will
furnish the music.
Friday Nights Concert Program.
The following is the program for the
concert to be given by the school to-mor-
row evening at Cannon's hall:
Song S,f 3l, Of Welcome. ....... High School
Instrumental Solo SUSIE Warren
May Day Play introduced by Nellie ss Oats "as anS
Fairies, flowers bees, butterflies, etc. i'"'e'
May queen ................. Carrie Sennett
Duet Mrs. Mcliae and Miss league
snan slano Soio- George Richards
Defamation by several girls.
fIns PIas-,r Wanderers I'D L. Quick
Mother Earth Ethel Davey
Spring. ..........................; .Chas. Bonrk
March. h...................... Cl,de Parsons
May. Magic Steele
| Several boys and gar . Tor flowers.
Duet ;..... jamie Answin and Lille Curnow %
oiosine Gong ..'......'. .'........... School
Jrdge: "They're such happy couple
Outrageous; he's blind and she's deaf
AMI dumb"
'Yes, buthe can't see her when she
scolds him."
Life: Williamson-"Do you believe,
that hanging prevents murder?" Hen
derson- "Of course. Why there have
been lots Of men who would have been
killed il they hadn't been hung"
Washington Star: "You know in our
country" said the eminent Chinaman,"It
isconsidered the height Of fcourtesy to pre-
sent man with burial casket."
"Yes" answered the young emperor,
"but these relations of mine are becoming
altogether too polite"
Grandma Jackson Does de bible say
dat dar will be no marren' in heaven pah-
san? Parson Johnsan- 1t suttinly does
Sistah jackson. Grandma Jackson-Den,
pahson, | must seriously doubt the auth
entisticity oh de bible; To- fortuneteller
done tole mo on'y las week dat I'd had
foah husbands. Use ono had free, SO far.
an suttenly don't sec how Use gwine t.
gait de foath, less gaits him IN heaven
An NJ. P. tells good stoy of an out Of
the-way country clergyman, who did not
keep up to date in what was going on in
the world. One Sunday he asked his sex.
ton; "Is the prayer for parliament to be
used today? Is parliament still sitting?'
The sections reply came pat and prompt
"Well sir, don't know; but, any how, bet
ter pray for them, for they'r precious
bar lot!'
Washington Star:'I understand" said
the morbid spectator, "that the prisoner
is showing wonderful nerve"
~ don't KNOW" answered the cynical
lawyer, "whether he is showing wonderful
nerve or whether he simply lacks intelli-
gence enough to know when it is time to
be scared"
Brooklyn Life: Mr.. Slicer-I was read
ing the other day that there are 800
ways Of cooking potatoes.
Mrs. Sicer-Yes.
Mr.. Slicer-Well, my dear, don't you
think tnat il you tried hard you could
learn one Of them?
The other day, as two friends we're talk.
ing together in the street n donkey began
TO bray and wheeze and cough in dis
tressing manner. "What cold that don
key has" said one OF the men. "And, by
the way, that puts me in mind-how ia
your coldY"
Chicago Post: They were discussing
the details Of projected county exhib.
ition Of fat stock poultry and crochet
work.
II think" said the chairman, "that all
the preliminaries have been attended to-.
An angular man in the back Of the hall
stood up.
"Have you invited Dewey" he asked.
Instantly all was confusion. 1t was IL
terrible oversight, but ono mans FORE
sight saved the day.
Chicago Record: "Boozer dot't seemto
have any moral courage"
mo; but he chuck full Of immoral
crurage."