The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-03-01


genuine Stradivarius, and one Of the best
ever made" ~. .-.., il 4 IT, ~
That's all right. said the editor.
when Mr.. Stradivarius gets his fiddles
advertised in this paper it will cost him
half crown line. Good morning, sill"
I-Tit-Bits.
Brewer and Justice Brown of the Su-
preme court We're present. The tw emf
nent jurists, it may be mentioned, were
classmates at Yale and have been life
| long friends.
Someone at the table remarked that
carelessly,, look much alike. Justice
| Brown whinsically complained that it
| was hard to be obliged to assume respon-
slbllity for his brother on the bench. He
went on to state that their mali mat
! ter was often exchanged with varying re-
suits. but. the worst fate of all befe;l
him when he was credited by the COM
piler of court decisions with one Of JUS
| ice Brewers DECISIONS
Il am willing" Justice Brown said in
conclusion, ito read Judge Brewers love
| letters. / might be induced to pay few
OF that distinguished gentleman's bills,
put | DO not hesitate to say" and JUS
tice Brown glared at the subject of his
eloquence, that refuse emphatically to
be held responsible for Judge Brewers
| law. "-Boston Herald.
Farmer Rich-"I see our boy Joe is
gettin' to be quite speaker, but, bgosh,
| think they'd orter give him somethin'
better'n box to speak FROM"
Mrs. Rich omethin' in the paper
about him, is there?''
Farmer Rich-''Yaas. 1t SEE: Joe
| Rich has developed splendid delivery,
| and it is understood that he will occupy
the box for harvard this year."-Phila-
| delphia Press.
The man who asks: care you read
ing" when he sees someone so deeply
immersed in book as to be entirely
obliyious to outside surroundings, was
walking along a country road when a
horse came dashing madly into view 1t
was a powerful horse, and on its back
slim young woman swayed back and
forth in unison with its strides.
Just before the runaway reached the
man it swerved violently to one side and
the rider fell headlong to the ground,
lay inert for moment and then got
painfully to her feet, holding her limp
left arm with her right hand
Did your horse throw You" as ked the
inane man, as he FASTENED to her as
| sistance.
gether with an effort. Then: no: he
did not she replied, coldly. Il got off.
| Georgia."
And the inane young man admits that
| he felt like fool
A little boy was once asking for in
formation about the habits and customs
of canniba:s. Having satisfied himself
up to point. he concluded that they
were very, wicked, and asked if they
would go to hell. He was assured that
such was the fate in store for them.
How dreadful" he said. ''And l sun
pose all the good men they have eaten
will have to go, too."-London Truth.
Robert B. Mantell once had, so he re-
lates, stage manager whose name was
George Bird. The "George' was super
tuous. He was simply Bird, although
of mixed breed. Among other things,
he was a jay. The first evening that
"Hamlet' was given by the company in
.johnstown. when Mr.. Mantell cried in
the words of Shakespeare: "Hillo, no,
no, my lord! Hillo, no, no, boy. Come.
bird, come" the Bird in question, who
was in the wings, advanced upon the
stage with: do you want me, govern
or: What do you want?" When he re-
gained his faculty of speech, Mr.. Man
tell told Bird where he should 20. post
haste. Mantell spoke in picturesnue
way, and the Bird quickly comprehended.
The actor said:
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