The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-05

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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Fate had been hard with this little
one. She had been unfortunate eDougl.
to be left parentless and homeless when
so very young that she hardly knew she
had had any parents. She was adopted
by Il charitable old couple, and when she
grew large enough she was sent to
school.
Then it was that the other little girls,
with that wicked wisdom which inno-
cent grown people suppose the little ones
DO not possess, came to her and said:
Annie, your papa and mamma are
not your papa ami mamma at all. You
amt got no parents
This was news to Annie, and it sorely
troubled her brave little heart. When
she got home she told the old folks what
the wicked little girls had said. The old
folks wisely told her the truth. They
also told her, in the tender manner of
old folks, that all this made no difference
and she had nothing to be ashamed OF.
This was all very comforting; still it is
not the less a wonder that the little girl
understood it Alright and took courage
again.
The next day when she went back to
school four OF the wicked little girls
tainted her again, but she said:
MY papa and mamma are better than
your papaS and mammals, anyhow
-Four pairs of sharp little eyes opened
wide.
'Just listen!' they exclaimed. Then
the asked:
How can you make out that your
pann and mamma are better than our
papHs and mammals, when our papas and
mammals are real napas and mammals,
nd and ,nf
real papa and mamma at all?'
This would hive been Il riddle like
that of the sphinx to the simple mind
of an adult, but the wisdom OF childhood
grasped it at once.
My papa and mamma are better than
your papas and mammals because my
papa and mamma sent away hundred
miles to get me, and your papas and
mammals took you just because they
had to. So there."-New York Daily
News.
\ well-known judge on a Virginia cir
cult was recently reminded very forci-
bly, of his approaching badness by one
OF his rural acquaintance.
''Jedge,' drawled the farmer, lit won't
be SO very long TO you'll hev to tie a
string around yer head to tell how fer
up to wash yer face. "-Harper's Maya
zine.
-:O:-
George D. Bisbee, one of the leading
attorneys of the Pine Tree state, tells
this story apropos of the workings of the
forests Of Maine. The deer are protect
ed for ten months, and no provision has
yet been made for recompensing the
farmers whose peas, beans, sweet corn
and clover may be eaten by those same
deer.
\ farmer IN in Carlitunk plantation
wrote to the commissioners of inland fish
cries and came to inquire what he might
do to abate the nuisance of deer that
We're consuming his crops. 1t was not
lawful to kill them, and they could jump
any fence that it was practicable to
build. The answer from the commits
sion was: 1.-THE only legal thing for you
to do is to scare the deer off.
The information didn't seem promis-
ms as concerned the crops, but some
time afterWard the commissioners re-
ceived letter from the farmer in which
he conveyed the grim intelligence:
Il have followed your advice about
soaring the deer out of my garden and
have scared them to DEATH New York
Times.
Uncle William was visiting his mar
ried niece i'll the city. At luncheon one
W liz NOuAoS NOISlSltu u CulCkeI CfO-
quotes. the contents of which were
doubly disguised in green things Cn-
Gle William dug into one and took a
mo- thful His comment was, Gosh.
Hash! Companion.
Mcdowell, clerk of the House of Rep
resentatives, once attended court to hear
suit tried that had been brought
against the Pennsylvania railroad by a
q xx-h0 l.: Ill h..
There was a long trial, with learned ar
guments on both sides. The jury brought
in this verdict
If the train had been run as it
should have been ran; if the bell had
been rung as it should have been rang;
IT the whistle had been bowed as it
should have been blew-both Of which
they did neither-the COW would not have
been injured when she was killed."
This COW story reminded Col. Harry
Hall of the time 4 COW was killed near
Sewickley and the railroad sent long
blank to the section foreman with lot
OF questions to be answered. One ques-
ton was: Estate disposition Of the re-
Mains"
''She was mild and gentle" wrote the
foreman.
What are the pecuniary circumstances
of the owner?" the blank asked.
He is of good moral character as far
as ! am able to learn,' said the fore
man.
The Usual Outcome.-Jenks-Ha
you and that neighboring farmer settled
your differences yet?
Farmer, Akers-No, but our lawyers
have settled.
Jenks-Settled? How?
Farmer Akers-On our farms.-Catho.
lie Standard and Times.
At a little dinner the other night the
statement was made that the colored race
had longer memories than white folk.
Mark Twain, who was present, agreed
with the remark, and to prove it told the
following:
'Some years ago, when South. I met
an old colored man who claimed to have
known George Washington. I asked him
if he was in the boat when Gen. Wash
ington crossed the Delaware, and he in
stantly replied, 'Lor', Massa, I steered
dat boat
"'Well,' said I, do you remember
when =, George took the hack at the cherry
He looked worried for a minute, and
then, with beaming smile, said:
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