Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-18
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Short Stories

An old darkey was watching the G..
A. r. parade one Decoration Day, and
was vociferously cheering the band.
Il suppose you were through the Civil
War, uncle?" said bystander. Ever
step of it, subj AT the surrender,
tooy' Ever step of it, suhr' wat
did General Lee say to Grant, Never
said nuttin', suh-des chopped off his
haid an went onv'
At school, recently, the teacher ask
ed Lew Fields young son, Joseph, If
he could speak a sentence containing
the word foregoing" Joseph prompt
~ gave the following: Last Satur-
day afternoon l went to papa's thea
ter to see 1t Happened in Nordland.
Uncle Charley Fields was standing at
the door. Three newspaper men came
up and shook hands with him. Then
hey all walked away, and pretty soon
( saw the four going into the Dun
more Cafe"
A bride and bridegroom from up
State" went into a Kansas City hotel
recently, and asked for a room. They
were assigned to one on the top floor.
rs that very high up?" asked the
bridegroom. ITS on the top floor, but
it's a fine" the clerk began. Gin
me something on the first floor up"
interrupted the bridegroom; 'if they
should be fire or anything ! want to
git Nellie out | had hard 'nough
time gittln' that woman to take
chances on losin' her this soon"
A Scotch minister and his servant,
who were coming home from we'd
ding, began to consider the state into
which their potations at the wedding
feast has left them. SANDY" said
the minister Just stop minute here
till l go ahead Maybe l don't walk
very steady and the good wife might
remark something not just right" lie
walked ahead of the servant for a
short distance, and then asked: How
is it? Am | walking straightW "Oh,
ay," answered Sandy. thickly, 'ye're a
recht-but who's that who's with
your
A Philadelphia, who has a coun-
try house near his home city, recently
acquired an automobile. For its prop
er accommodation he built barn near
his house. When the structure was
completed a party of friends invited
TO inspect it noticed that, though quite
small the barn was a two-story build
ing. They wanted to know what he
intended to keep in the second story.
The owners explanation didn't ex-
plain, but his wife revealed the reason
for the second story. you See" she
said. 1.-THE second story was intended
for a hay-loft. and it was not until
the thing was built that either Henry
or | realized that an automobile
doesn't eat hay"
On one occasion, when a change in
the cast had been made at the Savoy
Theater, Sir Arthur Sullivan, who
happened to be dining at the Savoy
Hotel, slipped away for a few minutes
from the table, and went into the the
alter to the upper circle, there to hear
and Judge for himself the capabilities
of the new artists. AS the play pro
ceeded and a favorite score in the
opera was taken the talented com
poser unconsciously commenced to
hum the refrain as he desired it to be
rendered. This considerably annoyed
his next-door neighbor who abruptly
remarked: Excuse me, sir, If l men
toned the fact that | nave paid my
money to hear Sir Arthur Sullivan's
charming opera as given by the com
pany. and not your COMPOUNDED hum
mingg q. Sir Arthur returned 70 his
dinner and related the incident with
great gusto.