The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-10-05

| ''Your honor, I object to any conversa-
| ton carried on between the witness and
the horse when the plaintiff was not
| present.
The objection was Observation-Disclosures
| tt: Express.
"R:'er Johnson said the elder Of one
! cf the colored churches to the recently
| appointed pastor, what does yo t'ink Of
! Dc congregashun? "Well. Br'er Jones.
*y" yo ifhS *~t Why say w SS{ is o S*
yu mean. Br'er Johnson? D,y has mo-
! campmeetinS and get 'ligni, oftrner dan
mos eny rongregashun in dc town."
| "Dat,S jes it, Br'er Jones, dat's jr$' it.
| pty has done wore out lie seats Of dty
lnAts bark>lidin' and de knees or prayin'
; !rr fc'gibness. "-I.ife.
With a bright smile the beautiful Us
l:lnlo girl left us to join the merry th"ony
in the ballroom.
"Your daughter is gay butterfly"
| exclaimed. desiring to he very cunlp'i-
| l!lt nllry.
"Fnr my part, I don't think much Of
Sudden vrilrmcnrr. "'Ehe idea Of dancing
.vy"y night ill away along in March,
! and hen lying in bed next day until -\u~
! gust ]. or such matter!'
! ii was On my tongue to say tat the"
Young people had too much latitu,. but
checked mys<lf.-Dttroit Journal.
! l:r:"rt t'urtrouS.- Mrs. y, H,::,re-"l
H";itv you've got new paper iii your
! hail.
Mrs. rrppr"y-"IcS How '|o 80" Ike
thy. 'leSgn:'
; Mrs. Ntx.loTr-"It seems t." me it's
? raj III : lru;l.'
Mrs. Itrprty--''Y that's why we So
! }v:ttd it. We thought it might drown
! the sound Of your daughters l,i;,nu play
ing. -phladelphia Press.
God made de worI fer man: hut h.
} nc;cr will be satisfied 'twell h- OWLS ten
acres in dc stars, wild f,,st mort ga &c
On dc moon.
DE good Book say Satan is roarin'
lion; but he all time put me in mill or >:
fox dat lay low, kaze if h.. done much
! roarin' he'd put folks on notice ne WI:
comm, Gil dcy would git ou1rn his way.
] dunno DIES how high ur heaven is: bur
| does know dat some folks won't tiptoc
ter reach it.
Lijah gone ter heaven in cherryoc
or fire; but people wouldn't try de experl .
m'nt, in desc days fer fear dey'd gi'
scorchcd
l dunno w'ethcr Satan got horns or not.
lie may be bil(ygoat, or he may be Il
Texas steer. All l know is. he's Satan:
on dat'S enough fer mc:-lAtlanta CO],sti-
tuition.
George w. Perkins tells this about
Senator \. J.. Beverdgc. tine brilliant
young lndianlan, to the Saturday Even
iES Post: Zone night ut reception
which the senator and l attended, soon
-: Il A.
mock surprise: Are YOU Senator Rcv-
rlidge-thc senator from 1ndana? The
senator bowed modestly. 1T hardly seems
poSSlble: why. You arr. a mere beard
less YOUTH Madam replied Mr.. Bev-
cridge, without Il smile, 1 shave.''
Gov. Roosevelt is getting very tired Of
being introduced as the greatest soldier
of the Spanish war;" the gallant lead
covered slopes Of San JUAN the peer
Of the Rough Riders" etc. But he has
to hear it again and again from gentle
men honored with the privilege of intro
ducing him. While he was being so in
PRODUCED the other day he turned to a
companion and said in his forciblc way:
am introduced as the hero Of the Span
iSh war. the gallant leader Of the i'm
IN tell you: I feel like a Sheep
]. NJ. Barric's story of how a telegraph
editor, receiving 4 dispatch that the Zu-
lus had taken umbrage.' headed the
lns,' has been parallclcd by an editor in
the West: Shortly after the anti-Semitic
riots in Austria. a slight shock of earth
qua Ike was felt in the vicinity Of Vienna,
and cable dispatch put it terscly that
there had been "seismic disturbances"
near the capital. He headed the item,
''DoWn with the Jews!'
There are sometimes sharp encounters
| OF wit at horse deals. says the Scottish
American. The latest we have heard
comes from Falkirk. where a trade was
being effected between a Highland deal
or and a well-known Glasgow man. The
seller called out to his man:
Hi, Jock, rim DOT the minister's pow
| ME. There's 4 beast for We moo. 4
gran. lean. lanky beast. II helange;l to
land ,pariSh), and it has got plenty O
! p1eachin'.
"Ay. maybe it has" was the canny
answer ct the Glasgow man, "mavbp
it has: but it seems to haze got mighty
little O the stipcnd.'
II want you to make a correction. Z"
said the imperious lady sweeping into
the EDITORS sanctum I'm your report Of
cur meeting yesterday. you speak Of the
delegates elected as Mrs. Gen Skipba ok
and Mrs. Brown. You give Mrs. Skip
back her title. why not mc?''
''Oh. you are Mrs. Brown?'
Eyes, l am Mrs. observation-disclosures
perial- Tile-and-T rustCompany Brown"
philadelphia Press.
Retort CourteouS.-Mrs. Ncxdorc--"I
notice you've got new paper in your
hail. Mrs. Pepprey-"Yes. How do
YOU like the design!' Mrs. Nexdorc-"It
seems to me it's rather loud' Mrs. Pep
prcy-"Yes. that's why we selected it,
We thought it might drown the sound of
your. daughters piano playing. '-Phila-
delphia Press.
The Minister-'Im sorry tao hear,
Jock, that you're all on strike down at
the auld town. I'm surprised at We.
Dinna ye ken that the Apostle Paul says,
ServantS, obey your masters in ali
things"" The Elder-''Aye. I ken. but
that's just where me and the Apostle
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