The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-01-15
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she Changed Fer mind.

To take his good wife to the show,
So he hustled up passes, and then liked away
To spring his surprise, you know.
He showed her the tickets and asked her to co.
She was very fond of the play,
AS she smiled her consent, but quite apropos,
She modestly managed to say:
"How do look?" While turning her head
In front of the glass, (she was already wed),
eff you feel half as bad as you look" he said,
ST think you are sick-a-bed."
Answer to last weeks Bible puzzle.
Artaxerxes, king of Persia, Ezra, son
of Aaron unto the fifteenth generation.
We were glad to see a couple of
poems from our neighborly con-
temporaries, as we have missed such
delicacies as Mulligan's Pipe Dream
and the tin cup scoop. Kilograms
are like ice cream on hot summer
day-delicious and to the point. AS
there is no gate, jump over the fence
some day. Will be glad to- see you.
Bible puzzle: Let the dead bury
their dead.
Going towards the hospital the other
day, we saw Sinbad vainIy calling a
small dog, who was barking furiously
at a man pulling barrel of garbage
on a small sled in that aristOcratic
neighborhood. But doggie wouldn't
bulge for the captain and the mate
and the whole crew. too, so Sinbad
gave it up, muttering: "Shiver my
brogansw
midnight f1lurmurS.
Where ignorance is bliss, tbs folly to-
disturb it.
Absinthe makes the heart grow
callous.
"'Tis long lane without turns"
Just 60 and ask Burns
How goodly the country does tax him.
But the laboring man,
He goes shootin' the can,
"'Tis All ill wind"-but you know that
maxim.
Heaven or He'll, or in the words of
the earth, earthly: The Little Church
Around the Corner, or The Hole In the
Wall. Ell bien!
We remember how particular Wee
Willie used to be about his calogantiZ-
water. Nothing would suit him but
crab apple blossom. Now he is glad to
get a Whit of musk every dayf
Schmells.
Every man should 60 to see Every
man" and so he will, if it comes west.
1t is sure to wake up that kindergarten
telling we all try to hide behind the
curtain. Let your Adam's-apple work
occasionally, tho it's rusty, as it helps
to poke conscience in the ribs.
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The beauty of living, really, is to be
satisfied with your lot-rich or poor,
old or young, free or otherwise. Fate
never changes, so why not make the
best of it as it comes?
In here, everybody's pay envelope con-
tains the same amount, regardless of
time book or workmanship, when
"the ghost walksp' We are making
about 4 cents day and better work.
men are not getting one-tenth of that.
Who's grumbling?
We overheard an ex-spieler spring
his bally-hooly act in the hall on New
Years Day and this much we caught:
"Here you are, here ysu are! Any
way to come up, tumble up, roll up; if
you can't come up, put your money up
and see the great show of the Mississ-
ippi Valley. The great rhinoceros
every time he steps he sweats blood
and the earth trembles. The fat wom-
an and the skeleton boy; the Circassian
beauty and the human leopardl One
ticket for dime, three for a quarter,
one for yourself, your wife and your
daughter! And still they Gomez By
the great spoon wecertainly have talent
fit for the gods.
Looking at things in general through