The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-26
SPINNING WHEEL,
SONG OF THE DOUGH-. v.

III.
Fame, fame; fame! is the siren that woocs
And they haul out the cash
On fractional flash,
And they II i'm up their Quantum of gall!
The salarys five thousand per,
And the work is not easy at that,
But things. don't appear to be what they
And p the costly Sstf job proves to be fat!
Vice. G TSf. woe' to the man that is labeled
For he's wasted his cash
In a bluff and dash,
And has s linn, With sickening thud;
All unscarred by the shaft of defeat,
'Blazoned hold on the roll Of the vearners
For the chase of the siren is sweet!
Baltimore News.
The traveller along New England roads
is sometimes forced to ask his way in
spite of maps and guide books. The in
formation he receives may or may not be
what he decires, but it is generally en-
Tightening in one way or another.
Cana you direct me to Wilson Cas-
cade?' asked a foot traveller Of an old
| man who sat summing himself in the
doorway of great barn which stood
close to the road.
The old man sQuinted his eyes and took
an exhaustive survey of the Questioncr
! before he spoke.
you come to a fork where there's a clump
@ blackberry bushes" he said, slowly,
land then strike off to the left. Follow
that road till YOU come to the next cross
| road, and then bear off to your left
| again.
"When you've gone piece on that road
|-'tisn't much more II path-youll come
on Abe Simmons house: You'll know
him because he wears plaid overalls. and
| l never saw anything like 'em anywhere
else. Green and blue plaid, they are and
! she makes ON for him. Some say they
| like the looks Of 'em and some don't I've
| heard different feelings expressed, but,
| anyway. you can't keep from laughing
| when you set eyes on 'em, I'll wager.
There WIS 2 mGn''-
Excuse me, but l have only Just 50
| much time said the traveller. will Mr.
Simmons direct me to the cascade?''
The old man blinked at him Il moment
Il presume to say he cam he an
swercd. but after you've seen those plaid
overallS q little mess O water running
over little mess O. rocks will seem pretty
tame to ye.'-Youth's Companion.
Liz A"SSeu cuscouei PdSseu lnCO the
cheap hash emporium with such assur-
| ance that his order was promptly forth
| coming and even more promptly eaten.
Here, herev' yelled the cashier at his
departing form, this coin you gave me
is no good!'
Neither was your meaI,"' fioated back
on the breeze as he faded from VIEW
Baltimore Herald. ~'.>r. -. 49,
Now that Gen. Brooke is retired, it is
interesting to recall one of his favorite
stories, which has to do with the Civil
! war. He says that he was absent from
his regiment for few days at Washing
ton toward the end of that struggle, and
| that upon returning, somewhat unexpect-
| eddy, he made an imprOmptu inspection
of the camp. There had been no fight
ing, and discipline had been consider
ably relaxed. number of small thefts
had been arrested on suspicion. When
Gen. Brooke, then a colonel, reached the
| guard tent he was surprised to find no.
body about. He lifted the flap and looked
inside. There sat colored man in a
secondhand uniform, smoking and play
ing with kitten.
"De guard?'' repeated the negro. "Oh,
dey's all out playin' han'ball.''
"But where's the corporal of the
| guard, then?' he demanded.
The negro grinned.
DE corporal" he responded, lis de bes'
"Great heavens, man! Then where's
the prisoner? Have they taken him
along with them to play, ,too?'
The fellows grin broadened.
NO." he said, ''dey haven't done that.
Use de prisoner.'
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| out late at night by going to the door
when he came home and whispering
through the keyhole, us that you, Viii
lie?"
Her husbands name is John, and he
stays home every night now, and sleeps
| with one eye open and "a revolver under
his pillow.-New York News.
After long, dusty walk to a country
town, and morning spent in porting
| over ancient records, an enthusiastic
genealogist returned with these memo
randa concerning his ancestors:
"Caleb Forbes-His earemark is a
| cross on the left care and half-pennv
under the same care and split on the
| top Of the right care.
John Starkweather-His earemark is
square cross on the left care and a
| split on the hind side of the right care,
spite downward"
''Oh. what does this mean" cried his
| wife. 'How terrible! John, wish you'd
let genealogy alone. What crimes do
you suppose they had committed?'
whats the matter, my dear?'
"Why, this is the record of the way
! the criminals were branded, isn't it?
*'What"' shouted the proud geneal-
| ogist. My ancestors branded! These are
the marks Of #. their cattle-among the
81 am relieved" said his wife.-New
York Evening Sun.
"You have a profound admiration for
| that philosopher
II have.''
"And yet you say you don't fully un-
derstand what he writes.''
'That's true. But the fact that he
understands it himself shows that he
must be wonderfully smart man,
Washington Star.
Joseph Jefferson in his biography re-
lates what was probably the last lest
of Artemus Ward. When the famous
wit lay dying in Southampton, he was
attended by his devoured friend. Tom
Robertson, the author Of "Caste," who
was also friend of Jefferson.
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