The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-11
SPINNING WHEEL.

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MY MITHER-IN-LAw. = T#
When I courted wi Maggie her mither did
That name could be suited like Maggie and
But since we've got mairret change is
Moo, I Gamma get OH WI her mither ava. T.
When she talks rim up by the firesidc she
An gets on to Maggie for cleaning my
butts;
She says. "Dinna learn him sic fashion
She's middlesome lady, my mither-in-
law
She picks faults wi this, and She picks
She even picks faults wi DOR innocent cat.
She Scolds at DOR wean when he greets on
his NAV!
She's L heidstrOng auld lady, my mither-ln-
law.
When she speaks O. our neebours she rims
them a doom,
An she thinks there's no mony like her in
the toon;
If she does ony guild turn fu' loudly she'll
She's real fond O. herself, my auld mither-
Some nicht will open my mind on her yet
An tell her o something she wilma 1oi
get: ,
III tell her she Wilma come here an misca
Folks wha nivcr haze hermd her. NY NTH
cr-in-law Glasgow Mail.
First Gentlemanly Safe Cracker
Mice premises, Ell? I like to work in Il
place that's kept fairly clean. \ man
could do this job with white kid gloves
On Got the electric wire connected?
Second e. S. c.-"Yes. I'm just getting
All estimate Of the voltage. There you
are
Say, it's good thing we didn't have
to fetch our own batteries. Hand me
the pneumatic pump, please
don't YOU want the hydraulic rock
drill:'
mo: 1 don't think I need it for this
job. Aren't you glad that we've gradu-
ated from the clumsy old dynamite
crowd the equistatic jack this way.
may have to lift the door off, There,
that's the second hole 1 have burned
through. This new drill of ours works
to a charm. Are you keeping a lookout
for unpleasant visitors?''
Eyes: I've a wire across the pathway
and we will get the alarm the instant
the circuit is broken. The antiscptic gag
is ready. and so arc the padded Stacking
BELTS
Good. 4 little further back. please.
There! Wasn't that easy? No noise;
no confusion. Here we are. Better pass
me your silk hat box for those bonds
and then let me have the dress-suit case
for the bills and gold. Yes, that's ALL
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
az card party states the Washing
ton Capital. 1T was announced dollar
ward to claim it, each declaring that she
had lost silver dollar Strange to say,
the lone dollar found was paper one.
And they say women are not inanciers.
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''For the last time." she whispered.
Yes. for the last time he repeated.
1T has been so lovely" said she.
''Scraphic!' he murmured.
\ tear stole down her cheek. Her lips
quivered. He sighed. thinking Of their
broken lives-of the hours they mad spent
in happiness.
Are you sure Of yourself?" she asked.
with a sob.
YES" he replied, hugsing her closer.
Quite
With struggle they parted. She
listened to his footsteps, as they died
away in the distance. :
And then she went to the looking glass,
rearranged her ruffied hair, dabbed SOM:
powder on her ruddy cheek, and MUIR
INJURED with yaWn:
Il wonder what time he'll come tomor-
row?'-Town Topics.
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:'Unclc JOHN" said little Emily. edo
YOU know that a baby that was fed on
elephants milk gained twenty pounds in
John. and then asked: "Whose baby was
it," 1T was the elephants baby" re-
piled little Emily.-Our Dumb Animals
Speaking Of quitting jobs. "the Inspec-
tor who looks after the lighter side Of
life on the rails for the Railway Age.
says he knows of one man who had a
real good reason for so doing He was
working his way East from some Of the
ranches in the western part of the Da-
kotas and had taken up with tempo
physical and civil-service examinations
had placed him in the track department,
where he had remained for some years,
having become greatly attached to his
immediate superior. One morning the
boss was trying to tighten up a track
bolt when the wrench slipped and he
hurt his hand. He threw the wrench
ole, I'm going to get a monkey
wrench -
Wall. Az tank Ay quit ma yob,'' re-
piled ms faithful! employee.
why, Ole, YOU wouldn't leave me after
all this time that we have worked to-
g,ether. Now: Ole, you have been one Of
the best men in my gang
'Yas, Mester Sullivan, you ban a guide
man, but Az don't want ma yob no more.
You see,- Ay work on sheep ranch for fem
year and Az work hard Then Az work
on horse ranch for two year and Az work
hard: Then Ay work three year on COW
ranch and run the COWS aroun' and
aroun' tell Az get ma sick Ay like you,
Mester Sullivan, and Az like to work
for you, an Az would work for YOU some
more. but when you say you buy a mon
key ranch than Ay don't like to stay
here no longer; Ay skal never work Oh
4 very small boy was trying to lead
a big st. Bernard up the road.
What are You going to do with that
dog: asked a kindly gentleman.
Il can't make up my mind" was the
answer: mot till find out what the dog
thinks o dom with mev'-Gaiety.
1t was a son of "the ould sod'' x,-I,o had