Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-03-21
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Henry Watterson is we'll known for
his puns. Can you make a pun on the
cOnstellations?' asked friend one
day. by Gemini," answered Waiter
son, quickly. 81 Cancer"
One Of George Francis Trains say
ings which has been widely quoted is:
People call me insane. ! don't won
der. What would village Of peanuts
say if cocoanut rolled in among
them!'
Joseph Chamberlain. in recent
speech. asserted that some of his Oppo-
nents were as ignorant as the old
farmer who. being in town. was loaned
an umbrella something new to HIM
by friend. A week later the farmer
returned the umbrella. still open. This
contrivance." he grumblcd. is more
trouble than it's worth There wasn't
door in the village l could get it
through. and | had to tether IT all the
week in field"
Mayor Mcclellan is invariably cOur-
teous to Office seekers. but frequently
his patience is tried to an extent that
makes life a burden. When one par
ticularly persistent fellow approached
him for the twentieth time, Col. Me-
Clelan said: whenever | see you |
think of the old adage, TO whom
Providence gives an Office he gives an
understanding But have no Of
fee" gasped the applicant. well,
that makes the prOverb more apropOs,"
replied the Mayor.
An incident in the life of Paganini
comes from Liverpool. The great VIC
linist was visiting friends in the sub
urbs of that city. at the house of Il
lady whose religious ideas were severe
~ strained by her guest venturing to
play on the sabbath day. w. asked
the musician. "eef re Sabat mos be SO
hole that nosing mos be done at all,
w does Providence permit re leetel
birds to sing on dat day, and &c leaves
of re forest to clap zere hands for joy,
making re rustling music, and re
waters of re great deep to sound zeir
mysterious harmonies:'
Senator Sullivan of New York was
recently guest at a banquet of home
Opathic physicians. During the ban
quet, the usual tOasts We're drunk. TO
the health of 1.-The ladies'" of 1.-THE
president" of "Hahnemann. the father
of homeopathy" and of dozen other
persons and subjects, glasses were
drained duly. and then. all of a sudden,
the tOastmaster remarked: Senator
sullivan has not yet been heard from.
Senator Sullivan will now propose Il
health" The Senator arose and beam
ed upon the assemblage of physicians.
Il PROPOSE" he said, the health of the
sick
1t seems that the crop of anecdotes
about James Mcneil Whistler will
never be exhausted. One of the latest
is to the effect that one day Whistler
entered the atelier of his class in Paris,
and found that a red background had
been arranged behind the model. At
once he directed something of u duller
tone to be substituted. and he scraped
the red paint off the canvas of one of
the pupils. putting in its place another
background. But the red would show
through. He scraped, studied and
worked labOriously to get something
that pleased him. The rest of the ella IS
surrounded the easel and eagerly
watched the master. He looked up
finally. and said: Il suppose you know
what l am trying to do?" "Oh, yes,
sir" they all chOrused. well, it's
more than l do" he replied. grimly
and left the place.