The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26
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X broke It. on with Anna Long
4, She was too short, you see; .s szs:5ss
With Mabel Wright things all went wrong:
# We never could agree; 5IS5ssSs IS
Then there was awkward Mary Blue,
Who was SO very green; e%s: t5sl .S$$4Sa$sjE:
And Bessie Goode would never do,
Because she was SO mean. -. :srzf.I5
it couldn't last with Jennie Read, ss#~ p. q
Because she wouldn't write; ~,<,i#
And, after just one day,"1 freed ,.
Myself from Nellie knight; T.: i
J. soon concluded that Miss Crewe ''"
Must seek another mate;
And gave up Edith EARLY, too,
Because she came down late. -.
Miss Wood possessed an iron will;
Miss Gay was always sad; - !
Miss. Sharp could see the point, but still
She said my jokes were bad;
Miss Rich was destitute of tin '--
Too melting was Miss Frost; .@ae
In earnest, then, wooed Miss VIM, -
And-same old luck!-I lost! -: -
Frank Roe Batchelder in Smart. Set. -
That is good story illustrating the
humor Of childhood which comes from
Baltimore, where one newsboy said to
another, both being at the weigh-yourself-
for:a-penny scales, I'm heftier than you,
Bill weigh four pounds more than
you!'' and the lightweight responded,
''Aw, y'r cheatin'. Youse got VI. hands
in y'r pocketsr' It's a good story, but
no better*rhan the story which lady
| now in this city~on a.visit from the East
relates concerning her children, respect
lively, 3 and 5 years of age. whom she
| brought With her for a sojourn in the
West. While the train which: brought
| them was at Buffalo, 1.-The little boy, the
younger of the two, wanted a drink of
water, and in going from his seat to get
it, stumbled over. the feet of young
traveller of the. hoRbledehoy age, between
boy and man, who sat on the end of one
of the seats: The little fellows mother
said, Take care, Roger; don't You see
you. are troubling the gentleman" HE
only a boy.''' Then the little sister
Clipped in. ''No, he isn't boy,":: she
! exclaimed; "he's man. Don't you see
now big his feet are" The little girls
defense did not at all relieve the victim
embarrassment and the situation was
deliciously humorous, Notwithstanding the
little girls utter innocence of humorous
intent.
onstable-What, sir! Dae We suggest
t to INSULT Ea me- tax sir 0r %Se Ersne one
Bit now, supposin' I wis that kind O d
mon, how much wild We be inclined to
gie?-Glasgow Evening Times.
BOTH WON.
| Ore afternoon during the summer va
cation : H. NJ. Carleton Of this city was
/ strolling aimlessly on the piazza at the
Prospect House, Shelter island. Two
ladies' stopped him and appealed to him
! to n
very handsome, the other middle aged.
with streaks of gray in her hair, but
still very attractive and chic.
Estate your case, ladies'" said Mr..
| Carleton. The handsome one, Mrs. B.,
began: by. asserting that in her pinion
the word "a:y:e". was pronounced A.
but that her friend, Mrs. D., declared it
cision in her favor.
''You both win,e' responded Mr.. Carrie
| ton. ::'"The wager is a draw and 1.-The
stakes should come to me. There are
! two words spelled aye. one of which is
pronounced A and the ;other one -. !
their countenances.. he eontinded: Il.
''To illustrate my decision, let ME say
| that if Mrs. D. asked me if I considered
| Mrs. B. handsome woman, l should
reply aye, aye, q, ~ and if Mrs. 3.
should ask me how long l thought Mrs.
-. would remain beautiful, should SAL
for aye, (A) forever
Then, raising his hat, he passed on,
leaving two radiantly happy women
New York Sun.
DIFFERENT STANDARDS.
The price of coal, will take a turn
And downward start to creep;
| And what last year would have seemed
dear
| This winter will seem cheap
! :. Washington STAR
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