The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10

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Milo taught me to come HON, at eight
And told NE that to stay out late
Would bring down vengeance on MS pate:
My Wife. .
WHO taught me that twas only greed
That mad" ne smoke the soothing weed
| A. Thing she knew l. did not need:
| My wife.
i Who tied my finger with Il string
i Till scores Of messages I'd bring.
And not forget a single tthinS:,
Who taught my clumsy hands to sew
| The buttons on my various 'rlU' "
"a feat that once did not Know: .
! " 10 My wife, Answers.
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Maj. Hughes. admiration for the, on e.
mighty John l.: Sullivan is 50. well
known in sporting circles that ii NC ]oES.
e. rNrltrSf curiosity OF comment. SAYS the
1.ru;*vilr Courirr-J ournal. The major
does not regard the piv<rht-day cham-
picn~ as being in the same class as the
ol,rt-@rrat fighter. and his contempt
sometimes leads him astray. He ANA
il fries recently met in the same city:
and. eff course. the conversation driftHd
"r>unN to the prize ring and the p:gil~StS.
"NAy. exclaimed the major. ''you fell
LEWIS were act in it with Sullivan. YOU
should haye seen Inn in his prime. He
| had the toughest arm that I ever saw.
| The muscles: wrrc like iron. and it was
inipcs$ihlt T. indentt, the flesh; !;
"N'hy. Sullivan in his palm;cs: days
| ~, 4 1,<C '.,~ rn,,1 ;.l
the champion.
: "Why. that's iia;culou<,' rctortrA the
'Wrl. feel this arm. thrn,' an! JEFF
fries HE'LL out his 1tft arm.
The major felt he arm and FOUND it
rs hard AZ steel. Then he thunlpcd on it.
hut with no hctter result FL might as
we'll have struck Il brick wall for al the
impression that he made lie, tried hard
and Icing: then. turning /" III" champiUl
he said: "Ne]1, l never expected to Set>
an arm Ike that. l must admit that
you hHvr Sn1Iivah beat Il block. and I
tax" off my hat I" Won. :t..' ...
The crowd laughed and the major fell
Funcomfurta hle.,:., go.
"Wrll. it's "3 YOU. ,majpr> sal! enc OF
the sports. You were feeling Ieffr:es'
gam" arm. 1t is done up in Il ia>,cr,v Of
! paris cast
I ''Th' 1naittl: treated -
'Ja<p'r-"l haye:' hit on a new S,v;r
Of PROPOSAL. and am in doubt What to
| t}u.'' ..','.,'' .
! :Lumpuppt-"What,,i is your troub,r:"
jaSptl-"l can't decide whether to
writes a short story around it or try to
capture an htireSs with ,it."-Tuwn ToD-
+ les.
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GEORGES LATEST VICTORY,
Tplppranh hu tiIinoS
/, 49,. From Frisco to New York:
Dewey is expecting
80 a whit from the StOrk.
Hnlly. gee! ,..u -
No wonder Dewey wanted
our President to bc:
John Hay in st. Louis Post: Dispatch.
Two rival colorcd religions bodies met
~ Sunqlay un the banks OF the Delaware
! near Camden to hold an immersion.
There was con$idera hle 'badiliage on the
part OF both congregations before the
ceremony, their only common ANNA TING.
adnpulSe apparently being 4 tendency to
*ratter like sheep without IA. shepherd
.Rishop:' Caw}ey conducted Ii white man
to the river one of his adherents called
out: "Iou people amt the only ones that
WILL have AN attraction. Our minister, lis
SHln t" merse },,White gemman." TO
which member Of the other body re-
IS yoin to mer>e a 3OO-pound black man.
You isn't in it. The river is muddy and
Sha lloW at this point. and the lady min
lSter had some trouble in getting into
deep water. "Finally." says the Press.
""hen all was ready she took a firm grip
hand and graSpcd his hands with the
other. backward he went into the muddy
water OF the Delaware river. The throw
d'Wn was easy. but to raise him was
S"meWlat different. She 1lgged but HI.
| Wnuit NOT rrme up. One Of her escorts.
| rents III it.. went t" her assistance. fol-
LEVIED by her husband. who in TIL,
| tWlnklny Of an eye had the man en- his
rect and Spnttrrlng ont the river water.
The walk back was difficult as the con-
vert was hare! to manage. wanting tr
he was led to the grove. where he
startled IN" women and children. who
ran for prutrrtion He shouted :IIallt-
lujah: and jumped fully four feet in the
air. He WAS led to Il house. where he re-
moved his wet clOtheS.
We were spending the winter in old
Fortress Monroe and thu: small boy of
the family had been cautioned repeated
~ not to drink any water thar had not
been boiled. as it was not safe One day
when something had, gone wrong and he
was crying bitterly his mother called
rheerily to him. "'Kenheth, do you know
that your tears aye salt: Catch the next
one and taste itr' Stopping his >obS for
a moment he wniled forth in the most
!i1smal tones: ,"Oh, nos. I'm afraid to-
it hasn't been hoilcd '-\cw England
| Magazine. -; "'.
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"1'u cruel; wicked boy, to kill that
harmless, little bird 49,
Il was JUS going ter nffe: it to Yer,
lady, fer ter put de- wings in yer col!cr-
| ton oli yer htadgear'
ron. YOU generous little FELLOW: And
they're just the right ShaQe:"' -Lifc.: -:
There was one story about Gov. RuoSc-
| vtlt,s recent visit to Chicago that was
| told by the governor himself as being the
star incident of his Western trip, re-
latt> an exchange: 49,; .;.' -: '''''
=. - 1.-The day | arrived: on my way: West!'
said the governor, "one of my callers,
was IL citizen Of Joliet, who was Slightly