The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-04-11
SPINNING WHEEL.
A MELTING RECITAL,


A bJackiird carols mellow:
And rrOruSeS. so long unseen.
Begin to stir the clOlS between.
With here and there :: SpcA: OF green,
And II, re aud there Of yellow.
Tho Sonty sheep % ScS!rr-ycar
Upon the sooty grass appear.
And natty BONES rIcir babies steer
In skirts OF snowy cotton,
Or take themselves 10 penny chairs
=" talk OF other folks affairs
Forgetting al! their little cares.
And 10y their cares forgotten.
Now. too. the birds OF Venus; ',rinS
The %lardSn;il. re,i!y lnlt,'l:.@.
TO learn the influence or 3nril'S
Upon the ynuAg mans fancy
Whith bids him sport with Phyllis far.
OK toy with d:ssk Ncaera's hair.
Or challenge Mrs. t'rIndN : S:'iIr,
While changing hats With Nancy.
Yes. spring is here. and winter fees.
so say the birds, the buds, the trees,
so. ts,o. declares the verbal brr"Zr,
With bite kceE and cruel:
80, too. these streaming eyes, TINS head
OF throhbins pain, these Hnlhs of lead,
C.nah, Chloe. quick! Prepare the Dcd>
--d4ondon Punch.
Disci,rlhle is as essential OH mcrchausa-
men as III the army Il sea captain, TO
maintsin it. has become recognized as
tire absolute ::rtlter Of all uueStlom
while ta.e;..lin~ the planks Of his HUatin=
kingdom. There are captains who make
their authority Il badge which they wear
with unnecessary caIrs1icuoUSn.=sS. Sci
dom are such reminded OF the <s@Inceit OF
their ways. as Il sailor will generally be
careful Of incurrmS his suI"rior>s dis
pleasure. y stony i, told, however. of Il
certain tar whose appreciation OF the
IT
1itn,.
The captain of a certain large sailing
vessel is prol,a hy the most polite officer
in the whole mercantile service. He has,
however. !, great idea OF his Importance.
and loses no opportunity Of UNDRESSING it
upon his crew In particular: he insists
upon heing addressed rs Sir" by every
one on board One day !, mew hand
joined the ship, and Il short time after
leaving HARRISON, being il seasoned old
salt, he WAS il1rruStel with the wheel.
The captain came up and put the usual
question:
Flows her head"
"Nor'by -e;lst,' answered 7'llr old tai
very gruftiy-
MY man." +>navely Went 'on the cap
tain, ION this craft. when zone of the
crew speaks to me, lie gives me Il title
Of respect. DON'T you ths,.h YOU might
do so too: Now bows hey :hrad?'
Nor -by-';est I tell YOU shouted thu
tar. display nn, not Il little IRRITATION.
stand me- responded the captain. good
humoredly- 'Let NE relieve YOU ut the
wheel, and do You take ,ny place ana
ask me til. question. / WIFI then show
you how it should be answered.
They accordingly changed places.
lows her 'cad:" roare<l the tar.
.'Nor-hytass:, SIR replied the captain,
wit T., 1,n
Then keep her SO, my nl;tl. while |
goes forward and has 4 smoke, was the
startling rcjninler from the ''ld repro
bate, who calmly began to suit the ac-
ton to the word.
For the first time on rcss,r,,l the cap
tain lost his temper.
First Nurse Girl-"SecmS IT,. me VI
putin on Il heap o style drxMi in the
and coachn1an and footmcn, toN. Does
y'r missus lend We her private ris:''
Second Nurse aairl-"She SENDS me to
take her pet dog out fer IN airip-' But
where's the les:'' 'I'ndcr tn seat -
New York Weekly.
lit was ,lhirty thrick, annxAow,
.crowled Mr.. Mulcahey.
"Phwat's thoty' asked Mr.. O'TuMder.
We Jerry IL Eudylll III uAieAN ~
til Sivinticth ReSiHint Band, an TIL
l,undmasther knew he wuddcn't play
Amy Gurman chunes, an 80 he croshed
om tn toitlc av 'Tai' Watch ON TIL
R1ninc' an all tn othea Gurman vans,
an marked thin as TIL Wcarin' av tn
Gra,A' an sooch loike, an Terry played
loik+. tn 'livil all tn teimc Pr-r-rince
phwat he WAS han.lin' out good Oirish
music, An now tn by has brick in
his ham an har-r-d wol.rrds in his
lathe a,4' is huntin' tn bandmasthcr'
Judge
Not y Stage Meal.-"My- exclaimed
the guod-natursd h0uSekt"pcr us she
watched Weary Wraggles drvour the
~r1 n ySs certainly 4? " St e cc if
tween bites. Gee whizz, lady. don't
YOU know lr difference between actin
an de real ting :'-Philadclph Press.
\ clergyman. 4 member Of the faculty
of IL certain university in the South was
accustomed to going around visiting
among the country folk, to talk and pray
with them. and encourage them all he
could. There was one very poor isis
t"r' on whom he caiied one day and
asked how she was getting along.
w WY t'c ~, sum- III az
dwindlcd down - nothin'! Hard times,
an harder co!n;l.'; hard work. an hand
to mouth year in an year out" she re-
piled, shaking her head and drawing her
thin lips tighter.
'AIaybc you don't have faith enough
with your works. Perhaps I'm
afraid you are weak sister," vcntured
the spiritual adviser.
You'd be a weak sister. too. if you
had 10 go a mile to the spring. up hill
and down hill. three times a day. an
tote Il pail O water on your hip, an have
nothin' much to eat. You can eat fried
chick ev'y day. wear broadcloth an
do nothin' Fl! the timr You h:.in't got
nothin to make You weak, she rrtorted
at length.
why, sister. YOU can remove noun
tains if you have faith enough" said the.
preacher. gently ignoring her thrust ut
the ''cloth.'
Looking him steadily in the face, she
asked:
DO you thn! if l pray to the Lore!
to take away that steep hill between
here au' the spring, that He'll do it?'
"Certainly-if you have faith that He
will"
We'll. III try it tonight she replied,
cmphatically.
\ few days latc- she happened to meet
| the preacher, who asked her if she ha,,