The Virginia enterprise., 1901-09-20
SPINNING WHEEL.

Ana now uOtl little johnnie wise
Bow to the ancient rule,
And, though he Weeps with both his eyes,
Prepares again for school,
How weariy he drags along!
How slowly doth he mount
70 where the all but eager throng
Is grouped at Learnings touht!
His feet are leaden in their march,.
His voice is but whine,
TO think of study takes the starch
All out Of JOhnnie's spine.
Its ten to one inside week,
Howe'er the mA'am may scold,
He'll beat quiet little snak
And be 4 truant bold.
Where nuts are falling, or will fa:l,
Where fish incline to bite,
Wee Johnnie Wise. beyond recall
VIII loaf around till night.
What good.'' he murmurs,- "can it be
TO know that two and two
Is four: 1t might we'll be three.
I'd rather fish a few
So Johnnie goes throughout his life,
Nor to his teacher halks,
Ahjur1ng grammar and the strife
OF punctuation marks.
OF cunning tricks he learns few,
Defying all the fates,
And later on he breaks into
The House of Delegates.
-Ot AouIS IOet' DIspNttL'
Ada Deaves. who was the original
comedenne Of The Burgomaster.'
which is to be at the Davidson State
fair week. tells a humorous. story about
her little nephew in New York. 1t was
during the recent run of the musical
comedy at the Manhattan thtatcr: in the
metropolis: Miss :Deaves was "A. visitor
at her sisters house.: which is: situated
in. the upper part of Manhattan island
in the vicinity Of what is known as Fort
George. In order 10 reach this; locality;
it is necessary to ascend quite nrccip-
itius hill. Miss Deaves was c6lhing'
down town. one morning to rehearsal,
and ut the earnest solicitation of her; lit,
tie 4-year-old nephew agreed to take him
with her. They boarded: an Amsterdam
avenue electric car at 165th street and
started on their way. The car shortly
reached the brow Of the hill and as usua!
was under the control of the motorman,
who was carefully guiding it down the
steep decHvity. As the car started down
the grade the little fellow looked up III
Miss Deaves' face and innocent]y ask ked:
''Are you scared. Aunt Ada?" ''No. not
very much." replied the actress. well,
you needn't be-" said the tot, raising his
eyes through mass Of tangled curls.
"1All YOU have to do is shut your eyes,
grit your teeth and put your trust in the
good Lord,'' and. suiting the action to
the word. the child proceeded to follow
tightly closed and his teeth firmly set un-
til the car reached the bottom Of the hill
amid the laughter Of all the passengers.
We have this parody from the West on
kiDling'S latest war ballad:
Three times seven are twenty-one, and two
into four goes twice;
What really beautiful world this would
be If one only had the price!
1t is our fault. and a very great fault, this
manner Of poetry-s-e-e?
The divine afhatuS has departed far hence,
and Is repla aced by flatulen-cy.
We've million Of reasons for doing such
stunts. each one distinctly insane,
But, today is Wednesday and the next day
will he Thursday. provided It does'n
raip!'' Atlanta Constitution.
A big, notwithstanding 1rishman
boarded a Franklin avenue car and took
a seat far in the front. He showed evi-
dences of being a hard-working citizen
in his clothing and the smudge on his
face and hands. In his mouth he wore
his treasure. black, short pipe, which
showed evidence in it's color and in its
Dungent odor of months Of tender nurs-'
ing and petting. .,
The conductor saw the pipe. The
res ref SAID 1a Seafi Wh in be the nea for
three seats from the front. The ire of
the transit company's retainer rose ac-
cordingly. He was bit of an Irishman
himself.
Dye know tn rules Of the company"
''Oi do not.'
Cant ye read?'
''Oi kin not
''No schmokin'''
''Who's a schmokin'?''
"Ye've yer poipe in yer MONTH
ooh. have OF. OF! Olive me shoes on
me fate. too, an Oh amt walkin'."
The conductor retired temporarily de-
feated in the battle Of wits. Presently
he came back to the assault.
did Oi get yer fare?'
''How do Oh know if you got it or dhc
company? Shure. Oh didn't hear ye ring
The conductor was so ''rattled'' this
time that he rang up four transfers in
stead of the four nickels that he had
collected.-St. Louis PostDspatch.
"Some New Hampshire people tarred
and feathered village blacksmith the
other day"
80. did id i, {1hey,::. ,;,:. What would Lonsfe1low
Never mind what Longfellow would
say. The question is what will the par
agraphers say?'
We'll. suppose they'll say something
like this:
Under the wormy chestnut tree
The village smithy stands:
The smith a tarry man is he,
With feathers on his hands.
cleveland Plain Dealer.
Here is bit Of conversation between
Gus and Max Rogers during their new
play. Rogers Brothers in Washing gton:''
..What iSS it. graYitation %