The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-05-16

hook asked HIM IL he thought there
were any fish there TO be caught. No,
sab. d reckon. mott she replied. But you
Seem to be fishing. Yes, sab But
perhaps YOU. are not fishing for fish,
No 10, sab. i waited ten minutes for
asked him what particular object he had
n.view. s'sDe objick, &sah,' he repeated,
without taking his eyess7o the pond or.
moving the pole !; de ob]lckaof my itishin'
tyr fish swhar dere hain't. any j. ito let
de ole woman see dat j, haint got fno
time time, to piek up de hoe and work in dc
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Col. Abraham Gruber entered a New
York restaurant recently, and after. wait
ing a half hour to, be served, called the
Waiter, and inquired how long he had
been there: i.
1.-Two weeks,"was the reply, ::
Piled Col! Gruber: 1--WE gave our order
1T least three weeks ago."
This amusing story was told of the
little niece of Phillips Brooks, the ia
nous divine, relates the Philadelphia
Times.
One evening, as her mother was tuck
ing her snusly in bed, the maid stepped
in and said there was caller waiting
in the parlor. Her mother told the little
one to say her prayer, and said that she
would be back i'll few moments.
The caller stayed only short time,
and when the mother went up stairs
again she asked the little: girl if she had
said her prayer.
Yes. mamma, I did and didn't she
said.
What do you mean by that. dear?"
well, mamma, l was awfully sleepy.
80 just asked God if He wouldn't ex-
cuSe me tonight, and He said: oh.
don't mention it, Miss Brooks''
Say, pop said little Patsey HGegan
over his lessons, whats 'f-a-c-i-l-e?"
did We niver hear tell O. the shtuff that
swell Wimmin puts on their complex
would it be but face lie? "-Philadel-
phia Record.
=: D. Faust. of Cleveland, while on ii
visit to this city few days ago. in
| company with Philadelphia, decided
to 80. to Atlantic City. Before buying
the tickets the Philadelphian proceeded
to show his guest the improvements
along Delaware avenue.
sitting. on the edge of the wharf was
| a; typical street arab, fishing. Just as
| they were about to leave they We're star
| tied by !; splash, and discovered that
the boy had tumbled overheard. After
some trouble he was drawn out.
quired Faust.
"Ah, gwan,'' said the boy. IL didn't
come to fall in. l come to hsh."-Phil.
adelphia Times.
n xt-"Yes,'' said the funny barber,
while you watt '*Indeed!' replied
Pepprey. 1--WE usually found that you
shave several other fellows while l
wait. '-Philadelphia Press.
\ pious lady of Portsmouth had a hus-
| band who was seaman.
He was about to start on a protractcd
voyage, and as his wife was anxious as
to- her husbands welfare. she sent the
! MIR. Blank. who is going to sea. his
wife desires the prayers of the congre-
CATION"
As the old lady was quite illiteratc, the
minister read the following to the con-
gregation from the slip handed to him.
wife, desires the prayers of the congre-
CATION. london Tit-Bits.
''How is your husband this afternoon,
Mrs. Dobbs?' why, the doctor says
as how il he lives till morning he shall
have some hopes of him: but if he don't
he is afeared he must give him up
Tit-Bits.
"Brer Williams, all throo'~ de winter
season yon Wuz preachin' red-not SER
monts on hell fire, ell now dat de spring
come you amt got word ter say bout
hell fire. How come?''
| ''Rr'er Thomas. de wayfarin man. do
mighty foolish, mout er knowed why dat
WIZ. In de winter season. Brer Thorn
as. coal was Sc a on!''-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
She was new at housekeeping, and
when she went to the market for the
tilst time she asked for Persian lamb be-
cause she'd heard it was the most ex-
pensive kind.-Yonkcrs Statesman.
| IF I were the mayor remarked
the stranger, who had attended meet
ing of the city council, II wouldn't per-
init the aldermen to waste so much time
in useless wrangling over trivial mat
| ters.''
THE mayor knows what he is about"
replied the citizen. when t"~y're
wran:Gling they're not doing any mis-
chief.'
Progress-Castleton- have been max
| IuS Improvements III NY IL
brary: Clubberly-W have You been
doing? ''Oh, giving away lot Of
books. detroit Free Press.
First Tramp-1 ran across rich
uncle of mine lately, but after all
done fer him he wouldn't gimme Il cent.
Second Tramp-What did you do fer
him?
First Tramp-Fer ten years I've been
travelin' under an assumed name jest
to spare his feelin' s.-Town and Coun-
try.
II see by the posters that young
Stager, the comedian, travels under his
wife's management"
$50 do most men; but they don't ad-
vertise it.''-Tit-Bits.
Manifestly Wrong.-'Yes.'' said the
head of the firm, Miss Addie is a good
book keeper, but she makes some queer
Mistakes What. for instance:'
asked the silent partner. well, she en-