The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-10-11
SPINNING WHEEL.
A KILLING HAT.

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A KILLING HAT.
I have found out gift for my fair
It's II paradise plume for her hat:
l.: The naturalists think
TIL. birds getting extinct;
She will like 1t the better for that
l have found out gift for my fair
An owls head to put In her hat;
There Is not a bird
More useful, I've heard
But my sweet, she won't mind about that.
kinstishers skin LAID out fiat:
rs bird that don't sing
And quite worthless thing
Except to be stuck in q hat.
!! ! have found out gift for my fair
TWO sea-swalows' wings for her hat;
FIXED on to the owl
1t does look queer fowl;
But my love, she won't think about that.
! have found out a gift for my fair
a white egret's plume for her hat;
Twas the honeymoon crest
OF bird on its nest:
But she won't care rap about that.
! have found out gift for my fair
pair Of stork legs-think of that!
II they do look absurd
That's the fault Of the bird,
! Not to grow legs more fit for hat.
Westminster Gazette.
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Shortly after his wonderful campaign
against Geronimo, Gen. Miles was forced
| to travel a distance of twenty miles
through wild country in an old ''prairie
schooner relates the Chicago Tribune
The teamster who had been engaged to
drive the wagon was not acquainted with
either the name or fameOf his passenger,
and, like most transfers, he was extreme
~ careless OF anyone's comfort save his
own. He seemed to Intentionally aim
the wheels of the wagon at every big
bowlder in the road, much to the annoy
ance OF the general, who was bouncing
around amid the freight in the body Of
the "schooner' like a grain of popcorn in
a ezra cker." Miles, however, remained
silent and watched for the big rocks as
the wagon approached them, and then
waited for the shock, as the wheels would
pound over their uneven surfaces like a
sallboat in heavy sea.
Finally one immense bowlder hove in
Slght. The general was in hurry. but
he hoped down in his heart that it would
take wheel off the careless transfers
wagon. Nearer and nearer they ap-
preached the obstruction in the road. and
then, just as the driver dropped off to
sleep-the wheels missed the rock by
sparse inch.
Nothing could equal the generals dis
Hey! Whoav' he yelled.
whats the matter"' exclaimed the
frightened driver, starting up. ''Indians!"
Never you mind what's the matter"
replied the general, fercely. You back
back"
The teamster did as he was ordered.
There was something in the mans voice
that precluded question or explanation.
Now, drive over that bow!aer, mighty
quick! It's the only one you've missed
since we started!'
The teamster obeyed. but he didn't so
much as Craze a rock during the remain
der OF the journey.
Above his head, as worked, there
hung, in an elaborate frame. dollar bill
"A relic with u history, I doubt not."'
observed the other.
Yes; the trophy Of my. really first
great financial victory" replied the man
Of affairs. 1T is the first dollar I ever
escaped from a summer hotel With
When, asked if he had had recourse to
a rope ladder. he merely laughed, deny
nj, Boys, don't read poetry to the girls.
They will rave over THE rose is red. the
violet blue" etc, but when you deal
them out some huge chunks of real good
verse, with the brand blown in and the
trademark, "Apollo being led to the cool
er' by the Muses." they stick their fans
when you finish. Many Nan "a a p %oni ng
young man has ruined his life by reading
poetry to the wrong girl. Her father
overhears him. perhaps. and thinks:
Darn it. that sort of stuff amt going to
keep the wolf from the door," But he is
mistaken. l have heard lots of poems
rot l.
eternally.
One of our poets who has not taken out
a regular license from the sinking fund
read some soulful songs on the ocean to
a dear girl he was edging up to. They
were all about the wild waves, gray skies
and so on.
Did you ever, Miss Daisy" he asked,
think what those vast heaving pillows,
melting ON the shore and then receding,
sing as they come and go; what the
sound Of their ebb and flow means?"
NO, l never have" she replied calmly;
but when my brother and were on the
coast of Maine last summer we used to
they sounded to him.
''Poetical:" interrupted the poet.
Yes. | suppose so,' she said. They
went 'Slosh. b'gosh, slosh. b'gosh,' from
morning until night. louisville Times.
AL luc OdlAe-1 uOuldS JeuefSOll-
Look heah, l understan' dat you tux
advantage OBJ my absence from town an
called on Miss Matilda SNOWFALL last
night. sab" George Washington Smith
ldoggedly)-"Yo' is mistaken, sab. 1
done call on her sistah." Thomas Jeffer
Son-"Well. sab. dat make no difference.
Io' keep away. Use got my eye Oh bot
OF dem gals. Town and Country.
Nor do the hotels themselves console
you. Built Of wood, their chief merit
lies in the fire-escape, which is to be
found in the chief room upon every land
ing. At Visnes l spent a happy night
answering the questions of nervous travel
ers who came from hour to hour to see
if the tire-escape in my room was work
ing properly. Angry assurances were
powerless to convince timid if ancient
ladies: Did really think the rope would
work? Was there any danger? Had
l tried the continuance myself? Excel
lent souls! AS if the printed notice were
not enough!
All, that printed notice! I have copy
Of it by me as l write 1t is the COM