The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-08

Such examples that another,
Wasting life in idle sport,
forlorn, unmarried brother,
Seeing, shall take heart and court
Let u.s. then, be up and doing,
With heart OH triumph set
Still 'contriving still pursuing
And each one a husband get.
Spokane 'Wash) Outburst.
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Folks hab got to rise up in de mid
die ob de night to get ahead 90 my
fomp,' announced Mrs: johnson to an
interested friend, as, the two: Women
heard de way he Tx dat tritiin' mule OBJ
ours yesterday so we could dribe to de
sanctuary in peace and quietness?,
LAWS! no; l amt heard nuffin;' said
the other woman, eagerly. my ole man
an me, we nebbpr got home frum spend
in de day wild Susannah till mos mid
lis dat 500 said Mrs. johnson, who
had been alive to this. state Of affairs,
but wished to appear ignorant. well.
now, YOU know how dat mule Oh ours
has mos destructed dt. dashboard OBJ dc
cart cherry time we tried to ride to de
sanctuary?'
The neighbor nodded, with two clothes
pins between her IiPS: , ,,,
ly, has got de c0ntribance ob Mr.. Edi
son or any CO dose inventin' pussons, an
he jes' turned de seat facin' roun' back
ward, an put dat trifin' mule in back
ward, an set basket OBJ oats jes' be-
hin de daShhoa d, right in plain sight OBJ
dat mule, an he done push us crlong to
dc sanctuary. faster dan Pomp an me
cbber spected to ride in all our days:
Youths Companion.
The Prophet at Home.-"What III the
world is all that Quarrelins about"
asked one of the patrons of "select
boarding house. Its been going on in
the room above mine for nearly an hour"
"'That?' said one of the oldest board
ers. 'Nhy, that occurs very often-at
least once a week. 1t is only the profess
sor Of hypnotism trying to persuade his
wife to so to the band ncert."-Youth's
Companion.
An cid nanny, who has known Gov
Taylor of Tennessee from his childhood,
came into his office, and began at once
to plead for the pardon Of her husband,
who was then in prison.
Laws brcsS yo' life, Marse Bob,' she
began, Il wisht you'd pahdon dat po' ole
niggah Jim. He amt no good for muffin
nowhar. He jes' dat useless an tritln',
even at home, dat he calm do no mo- den
sompen for wc-all to eat. an he sholy
aim no good down lar in dat pen.'
II can't do il, aunty," the governor
SAID. Il am being abused every day.
What's jim in there for!' ne asked, see
ing the little light that was left dying out
of the old wOman's eyes.
IVY, Marse Bob, dey jes' put him in
dar for muffin 'pon earth 'cept takin' one
po' little ham outen Mr.. Smiths smoke
house. We was outen meat, an dc ole
niggah didn't do muffin 'cep' tex de ham
fur ter keep veal FUN starvin."
Vail 7 ri, rf1ou
Jim, what good would that do you? He
is SO emery and trit1ing,' the governor
was saying, when the old woman broke in
with tho reply:
"W'y bress you. Marse Rob. we is out
en- eht a;n an we $ot 10 nave
some hunting bags"
Dealer-"Yes. sir; we have EN- in all
grades Of leather of canvas. Now,
here's something especially fne-an ALI
gator hunting bag, made of genuine all
Mr.. Woodby Huntcr-"Oh. bless me:
cont expect to hunt alligators at all. -
Lieut.. 11effernan was saying the other
day. that he had hardly ever seen an
lriShman who wasn't ready with quick
retort, no matter what the circumstances
might be. 1T was about three years ago
that l arrested Il certain fellow. He
was about the lrunkeSt man | ever saw
to be still standing on his feet. AS soon
as got hold Of him he wanted to make
trouble He was just like many others
from the 'ould sod when they get full of
bad booze and they think there is Il
chance for a scrap. He made pass at
me, but | reached over and tapped him
th.,h han INV tiIJv In 1,N
came quiet right away, and he looked NJ
at me and said: 'An! what tonne Is i?
Of course l couldn't help but answer.
Just struck one We'll. if thot's So he
answered, Dim DUN glad yez didn't hit
me an hour sooner "-Louisville Times.
THE LATEST VERSION.
Gin n body back a Teddy,
Need body grow?
Gin that Teddy bring body
Plunks with joyous how'll
Tx laddie put his waddie
And l went broke when "Jim' kcene's
Cam romping doom the straight.
The Plunger In Town Topics.
A. J. Cassatt. president of the Penn
sylvania railway. making quiet tour
over one of the branches Of the system
recently, and wandered into an out-of-
the-way switch yard, where something
one of the yardmen was doing did not
meet with his appreciation. He made
some suggestion to the man, who asked
my business?'
Il am an officer of the road" replied
Mr.. Cassatt.
Lets see your switchkey, them" said
the man. suspiciously.
Mr.. Cassatt pulled from his hip pocket
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