Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-17
SELDOM THAT WAY.

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SELDOM THAT WAY.
1t Is no bliss
To miss kiss.
Eut. oh, Ills bliss
To kiss miss.
But sometimes,
After you have kissed her
You wish to thunder
You had missed her.
Detroit Free Press.
Once upon a time a Cleveland citizen,
then a child of tender years. left his ia
the Leader. He became penniless in
Bay City, Mich, and started for home
via the Michigan Central railroad on
boXcar. Upon arriving at Detroit he
wrote his father the following letter:
Dear Papa: / am so sorry l ran
away. In Bay City my money gave out
and | had nothing to eat but water.
Then | got on car and when fifty miles
from Detroit | was told to get off in a
small town. Nobody would give me
bread, so l had nothing there out water
to eat. Here IN Detroit | had Young
got water again to battle in and to eat.
Please send me money quick. Frank"
The money came.
Fetter-" knowledge is power you
know"
Bogle-"Yes, but it does not always
count. There are people who do not know
same, they find no difficulty in getting il.
On the contrary, they seem to be particu-
larly successful in acquiring it."-Boston
Transcript.
An Irishman recently applied at a Lon
don postofice to know the cost of send
ing telegram to his mother, who re-
sided q rt of Irnl
upon being informed that the fee would
be 4sGd exclaimed: What! 1 carnt
afford all that
The clerk then explained that the mes
sage would cost 1s6d to the nearest Of
flce to the address given, and that the
remaining IS would be charged for deliv-
cry by special messenger, as the address
was beyond the radius of free delivery
After some moments Of consideration,
Fat said: Look here; I've only got
the nearest Office, and l will write to
mother tonight and tell her to fetch it."
-Tit-Bits.
ooh, DEAR exclaimed the weary
housekeeper. arranging for her days
marketing; Il find it so hard to get up
dinner
Really remarked her bachelor
brother, who had Just returned from the
Paris exposition, ''you should try an
ocean voyage. '-Philadelphia Record
Teacher-"Sammy, in the sentence. 4
have a book, what is the case of the
Sammy (promptly)--"N case"
Teacher-''Nexr boy, tell me in what
case to put book
Next Boy Ghoughtfully)- "Bookcase."
-Ex.
81 have a collection of campaign
speeches that [ wish to have made into
binder.
Every well,'' replied the latter; ''this is
"a spellbindery. "-Pittsburg Chronicle Tel
egraph.
"What do you think is the saddest
work Of fiction you ever read?'
,''The- cook book" answered the young
woman. who has not been married very
long. mot more than one in ten OF those
pieces .seome out right. Washington
STAR =:
*'"How do you like your new quarters?''
asked the landlord, pleasantly.
The new tenant in the modern apart
ment house looked the rooms over and,
These are eighths.' Washington Star.
Papa said Benny Bloobumper to his
masculine parent, what is the differ
ence between. barbershop and tom
serial parlor?
about 10 cents, Benny replied Mr..
Bloobumper. Philadelphia Inquirer.
What was the sculptor so agitated
abotft?n
HE said he'd go to laying bricks be-
fore he'd model any shirtwaist-man
statupess i-, s-lndianapEoisc ) ou l.lG!
-. W. , -,
brogresS:;at golf -
Remarkable, She. can now break a
brassie5. and lose aabh1tat one stroke.'-
smart f'e';>.=s e-:o:4GGa
''Papa, what is::es1ltur&2,'4 'My son,
it's what some people have before you
know them. Brooklyn Life.