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

I'm accommodating too many books
l rs that so: Well. quit writing your
name in them, and you'll lose them fast
enough. "-Indianapolis Journal.
"They say Miss Singleton is a trans
migrationist." Yes! She thinks she
must once have been the wicked flea
whom no man pursueth" '-Life.
Fair painter-l hope you don't mind
MY skctching in your field? Farmer
Lord no, missile! You keep the birds
of the peas better'n a ordinary STARE
crcW.-Tit-B Bits
"C'rafter must have turned over a
new leaf He tells me he's working
night and day. Yes, that's the firm
he's with now" ''N'hat:' Knight Il
Day" Philadelphia Press.
IIoaX-l understand the doctor said
yesterday that there was very little
hope in your rich unclcs case. .JoaN-
It's even worse to-day. He's very much
Observation-Disclosures Record.
| Shocking: ''They say the young man
Melissa Perkins is guin' to marry is i
| re;.'iar Dal1gOn.' Land sakeS. DO
tell. thought he WAS Il clerk III Il gro
e;y.''-Chcago Times Herald.
wv hat do YOU suppose makes your
baby sister cry So:' asked a visitor Of
small Johnny. Il guess it must be
'c&use she is latchin' her teeth,' re-
Piled the youthful observer.-Cnicago
News.
School Teaclier-What little boy can
tell me where is the home Of tie sWal
low: Bobbyl kin, please. School
'reArhcr-N:cH Bobby: Rohhy--Yhe
| home Of the swallow is the stulnmick.
-~Iit Bits.
Doctor What You need is change
and rest. Tai!cnt--I can't afford it.
My incomes pretty we'll repu;Sitlcned
air lady. My children Get Ill the change.
ai''! MY wife gets tic resi-. I'hi!l del
pAia Press.
G'oicy ION the WHrnatIn- Say. Eddy.
did Harry hit You: Eddy No. Gtor1y
Did .'ilnnly hit YOU: E.ldy--\opr
Etr!@y-Wcll, if nobody hasn't hit yo;.
will. I've got 70 lick some onc.-Chi-
ca~o News.
MI that lie Asked Miss Lulu Elan-
niyan--l will give yrz NY answer in i
month. Pat. He-Ti1:t's right, me- dar-
lint; TEX plinty Nv time to think it over.
But tell me wan thing uov-V':ll it be
yes or noY'-Jud3e
Old Lady pointiuS to elevated rail
| roA,u--Where do them cars 20 TO? CITY
| Man hurrieIliy)- Almost anywhere you
want, ma'am. Old Lady, aru sakts!
l thought they had to stay on the rails.
New York Weekly.
Euddy--They have deal to say
about the "brotherhoou OF man. and
yet wars and r,ln>ors Of wars continue
Duddy-Thats all right. There always
has been more or less fighting in fam
!lies.-Ro>ton Transcript.
Tess-So shes to marry the son Of the
wealthy Mr.. Millyuns. How on earth
did she manage to land him, | Wou;ter:
less Shes musical. you know, and so
it's no trouble ut all for her to catch an
heir. jiaNelph;:, Press.
y Natter Of Necessity: Wift~-.Ju!n,
Won don't moan to ;cll AIc tii:,t YOU SHOT
this poor little bird with that great biz
gun: HuS7,anA-YrS. dear: I'm sorry
to s:>; I had 10. | couldn't get near
enough to put salt on its tail Philadcl-
phia Press.
Proud l'arcltll yo,! call in the even
n@ yea probably VIII hear NY daugil-
ter singing. .Art!cSs Fricnu-Oh, |
.,,:+ ~,
the fellow .:oWn our way practic!nS on
the cornet. It j.; simply aWful-Boston
Transcript.
My boy said The !ir<t proud papa.
has 4 bad habit OF il1cr,uEtng me
when I'm talking. Your boy isn't old
enough io;' tjat yet.' no. replied
the other. my boy contents himself
With interrCp>ing ne when I'm Sleep
ing -PhiianG!pha Press.
We yot TIP anot!ic: crowd and ran
away from those people We campcu
out with last year, did they dis
co;tr it," Huh. When we arrived
1T tnc ground We found they had made
ny another crowd and had run away
from US. '-lndianapolis Journal
Ratios Of Travel: "Mike," said Plod-
ding Pete, do :ou believe III dis six
teen to oGc?' "Somctin2es I Co. an
severed Mcan0crins Mike, "an some
times l don't. 1t depends On whether
its sixteen meals to one mile or si:;-
tev1 mile: 70 one mcal.'-WasAingtOu
Star.
Mrs. MovcaEout-Ycs, ] like that
house VOL: sent NC to see. 1t will be
much cooler for the summer. but the
dinilg-room is only half as large rs this
one. MI. Moyeabout-S0 much the bet
tc;. 1t will ouly be possible for half as
many Hies to get into Philadelphia
| Press.
"After all your talk about sensational
tou:nalism:' exclaimed tic dy on the
edge Of the suga: bowl, I'm surprised
al you,' What aE0ut?' gaspeti the
captured fly. vainiy endeavoring 10 ex-
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