The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-15

Senegambian cook as she stuck her head
out Of the window, .Ain't it never going
to quit? This looks like the line storm
in Nebrasky."
The Annandale Advocate-Post makes
the happy hit of calling it Cain-tucky.
Samuel Rittenhouse, foreman of a
Philadelphia fire engine house, was As
years old the other night and a gang OF
prize idiots such as you sometimes meet in
this vale came out to give him mid
night serenade with callithumpian
band. When the blare of the joyful invad-
ers burst upon the slumbers of the fire.
men, Rtttenhouse and his aides failed to
appreciate the efforts of their friends. IN
stead Of responding with oratory they got
out the hose and tWo-inch stream OF
water collided with the senenaders. They
were not only seriously slapped by the
stream, but were badly hurt at the lack
Of hospitality shown. It's never safe to
play jokes on the frehouse The men
have time to sit and think up things, and
they usually come back hard.
Mount Morris, ILL.,, has a paper that
keeps right up with the news, letting the
people know when there is something do
ing in town. Take the case Of Charlie
iWishard. 1t is interesting to the people
of Mount Morris and the Mount Morris
index knows it. Hence the following
item:
There is bound to be wedding next winter
in these parts II Charley Wishard keeps on
sitting mp with the fair Elizabeth until !
o'clock In the morning, three nights out Of every,
week, not counting Sunday, as he is doing now.
/ You may think this little item is Of no
Importance. Charlie thinks otherwise,
and SO does Elizabeth. So also does
Mount Morris. In fact, the item causes
more comment in Mount Morris than
would a declaration Of war between Tur-
key and Bulgaria Then is it not news?
The growing circulation OF the Mount
Morris Index shows that 1t is. And when
Charlie calls again, Elizabeth says:
"Oh Charlie, did you see what the In
dex said about US? Isn't it dreadful?"
/ And Charlie replies with great bold
ness:
81 don't care what it says. II 1t gave
an account Of our marriage it would suit
me to finish.'
ooh, Charlie!"
And you know the rest.
Not SO bad, Ell?
| When the editor Of the Annandale AID
vocate-Post went out chickening the other
day, his pup flushed flock Of turkeys
about two points off the lee bow OF a
farmers barn, scared up a herd Of cows
and nearly barked a lung out at a
gopher hole. The editor did not become
discouraged. He says:
| A little further on we fired four shots at two
birds and got two tail feathers. Then we struck
several fields where there was mo hunting; =
| the signs said SO, and being of confding
nature we believed them. Then we came to a
/ large open field and got the wrong side Of a
splendid flock and the dog fell into them, and
we saw them ennigrate about mile. We got
| ur several and used up IS cents worth OF
cartridges before noon but did not shed any
blood only in skinning knee trying to kick
ourselves for wild shooting.
| Later on Mr.. Satterlee's report tells OF
the death Of nine chickens by shot-poison-
ing at his hands, but Annandale Is in a
painful state of doubt owing to the
prevalence of farmers boys in the neigh
borhood with dead chickens for sale.
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