The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-21

and each faithful dog obeyed his mas
ter. The people at last craned their
necks over the pews, and when the dogs
actually fought not a few Of the congree-
Sat oh were outstanding. The minister's
so he called to his ''hearers" and SAID,
"Ah. wcel, my britherin, | sec. We are
mo1r interested in the dog fight than III
III! sermon, and so Ill close the buikc--.
and I'll be. half crown on the collie:
\ short time ago. ut Il school in the
North of England. during a lessen on tho
animal kingdom. the teacher put the fol-
lowing question:
the order indentata; that is, Il rooihlcss
an!mal?'
\ hey whose face heamcd with pleas
ure at the prospect OF good mark re-
piled:
Il can"
well. wha, is tho anima]:'
MY grandmother" replied the boy, il
great gicc.-Tit- Bits.
heard good story the O he: day, and
maybe YOU have heard it, too; hut, any
way, it IS worthy Of reprtit ON:
'l)an Grogan Was prosperous con-
tractor, and he had four boys, great. big.
s1rapp;n.. fellyS, wild han0s ON EN- like
canvas hams IAN wan day whn Dan
d";d these same buc>os had Il floral pil]y
made fer I'm wild Papa in purphtl i'm
martrls ophon e! Phwat do ,rrS 1ink
nv thin, Papa, and thin wild hans as
big as hams?
swell. they tuck Dan, pace be to his
soul. out III the cimetcr,, and phw;n they
go i'm thayre the pallbturerS all walked
along and dhropped a clod av dirt upon
I'm, and lhayrc whoit gloves as we'll, and
thin the undhertaker kim along wild the
pilly. lie bumped up against Mick Me-
CAVITY and knocked off thu; frs; ! on
Papa and ct left only a. T. A. Thin
they 1~llyphoned fher the ca:anrr. -
Denver Times
Four-yrar-"l1 Dorothy OF Philadelphia
is ns:'l to Silent grace' Il: table. When
IN Episcopal minister dinrd with the
family the other day he was invited to
ask d blessing. ''sh.' interrupted Doro-
wv" always say grace before we talk. -
New York Evening Sun.
The ncw}y-elrctcd mayor of Il country
town was about to make his first jour
ney in that capacity through the Place
The townSpeople had arranged that from
an arch OF flowers under which he was
t" pass Il floral crown should hang, SUR
mo2n:cd by the words: He we'll de-
serves it, But the wind blew away the
crown, and when the pompouS mayor
passed under the arch, to the great JOS
OF those who had voted against him, on
ly rope with a moose at the end Of it
dang'ed there with He we'll deserves it,
standing out in bold relief above it,
New York Evening Post.
One Of the Summer Sights in Boston
"A stout lady, belted with superb
belt, ON a large plate exactly at the back
OF which was engraved i'll conspicuous
moved along the street, grand, gloomy
and peculiar, the small boys set up be-
mind her a shout Of whoa, Emma"
Mrs. Dekanter-"You said you were
going to be detained at your office all
evening. but YOU weren't there. Now.
where were your
Mr.. DeKanter-"My dear, there's no
sense in your getting excited. 1t really
Mrs. DeKanter-"Why don't you an
sWer my question:
Mr.. DeKanter-'My dear, I would an
sWer your question if | was sure YOU
wouldn't question my answer" -Phila
delphia Press.
Scene-Children's party Punch and
Judy show gong):
Tom discovered by his hostess papa in
tears.
Hostess Papa" Afraid, Tom? Cheer
| up, old man, they're only dolls"
Poor Frightened Tonmy-"They won It
he dolls when l dream about them TO-
night"
\ somewhat cantankcrous old farmer,
who lived in a small village in Shrop-
, shire, took to himself Il young wife. A.
ter the unlon, however, the parties did
not seem to agree as we'll as might have
been expected.
One day after an alteration, in which
he wife. had the worst Of it, the vicar of
the parish, happening to meet the old
man. reb,lked him for his harShness, re-
mnding him that the wife was 1.-THE
weaker vessel
well, sir,' was the logged rejoinde,,
IF she be the weaker vessel she didn t
ought ter carry as much sail.''-London
Spare Moments.
Mrs. Mrs; ID n,A = lat front wndow)-
Policeman Eyes, ma am. What's
wrong, ma 'am?"
Mrs. D'Avnoo-"Nothing's wrong; but
I wish you'd step INTO the kitchen and
tel 1.-The cook not to burn the meat, a.
she did last night. I'm afraid to-
London Tit-Bits.
Towne-''So you called on the Smiths
There's young girl next door to then
that pounds; the piano all the time. The
night ~
B!owne-"Ye*, she was playing all the
time | was there
Towne-''Was she? Can you imagine
anything worse than that?'
BloWne-"Ycs, it would have beer
worse if l had been there all the time
she was playing. "-Ph.lade]pha Press.
There is a quaint little story in Ad
miral kennedy's book of rrcollections
about Il lady of Calcutta who told thu
admirarS flag captain that "she loved
to see the dear sailors lying drunk about
the street, it reminded her so of home
1.-THE sweet potato sings neat parody
that ought to make HIT" said the sugar
beet to the roasting ear.
What is it called?'
"Just as / Yam,' replied the beet