The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-15
L OF THE TOWN.
Gleanings from the Margin of u Re-
tr porter's Note Book.

AS everything is fair in love and
war and as County Attorney Dewitt
is soon to yield to Cupid's prowess
we feel safe in telling a joke on him.
During the recent hot weather Mr..
Dewitt, liz the rest of the natives,
found it hard to win that tickle goo,
Morpheus. The morning hours were
found to be the time when that po-
tentate was most susceptible to
lattery and coquetry and Jim was
making good use of all his arts in
that direction. Presently Jim fell to
dreaming and his mind, of course,
first rushed to the scenes of his be-
trothed, and he drank in the odor of
roses orange blossoms and mistletoe.
Then he thought of the October term
of the district court and the taste in
his mouth reminded him of rhubarb
root, quinine and onions. Again the
scene shifted and he smelled burning
sulphur and birthstone and red lights
and fireworks and political conven-
tions galore. Bare backed On the
hind quarterl of a dragon, whose
scales stuck out like the quilts of a
p~orcupine, he was taking a ride with
Dante through the sand bars and
brick kilns of the Inferno,-when
suddenly Morpheus released him and
he jumped out of bed to find that his
partner, Walter Burreu had placed a
lighted sulphur disinfectant under
the bed and it was blazing like a pine
knot dipped in turpentine. Walter
says it was only a joke but jim de-
clares that Walter is afraid of catch
ing the fever and is using all kinds
of representatives..
~
The echo of the roar of the Niagara
Falls was heard in the neigkborhood
of Engineer Boggie's home the other
night and CONSERVATION seized the
community. One man came out with
a lantern and another appeared
clothed in his right mind and a Ian
tern. They imagined some one was
being murdered or that the most re-
cent predictions of the end of the
world was approaching fulfllment.
The noise led them to the Boggie
home and they assaulted it with all
the vim that Roosevelt exhibited in
the attack OF Santiago. But prestol
The man came to life and the end of
the world folded its tents
like thel' arabs and silently stole
away. No harm was done and Mr..
Wallace, of Omaha, who was visiting
at the Boggie home cannot help it if
he is suffering from hay fever and
has a good strong pair of lungs that
loudly object to the nose Sinking it's
part of the breathing process.
~
John Davis of Davis Bros is a
base ball enthusiast, even John will
admit that. Last Sunday he fell to
thinking about his early Sunday
school lessons and base ball at the
same time. He got the two badly
confused, and his brother who sleeps
with him says he hitched up his night
mare that evening and relieved him
self of the following commentary:
THE devil was the first coacher;
he coached Eve when she stole first.
Adam stole second. When Isaac met
Rebecca at the well she was walking
with a pitcher. Sampson struck out
a good many time s when he beat the
Philistines. Moses made his first
run when he slew the Egyptian. Cain
made a base hit when he slew Abel.
Abraham made a sacrifice. The
prodigal son made a home run.
David was a long distance thrower
and Mot es shut out the Egyptians at
the Red sea. The game was called
off when the flood came on account
of wet grounds"