New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-27
THE TALK or THE DAY.

The Rev DR.. Charles Tisdal. chancellor Of Christ
Church Cathedral, Dublin, who died recently. was
reputed TO be the best dressed clergyman in Ire
! land. Many stories told of the elegance of his
! attire An Irish clergyman once said to Chancellor
FisdalIs tailor Make pair Of trousers just like
the trousers you make for the chancellor" The
order was executed. and in few days the clergy
man entered the tailors shop to complain that the
! moment he a rent appeared in his
trousers. OH" said the tailor, Il made you a
pair of trousers like Chancellor TisdalIs walking
trousers. They made for walking. not sitting.
No wonder they burst when you sat down.
CHANGE AND REST
If your holiday should take you to continental
And YOU meet a figure strange and hollow eyed,
With guide rope grit about him and II Murray
Rushing frantically up a mountain side;
Oh! think not tbs a mailman who has broken loose
Or feion, by police officials pressed;
1t is merely dear old Johnson, who. to soothe his
Is seeking for little change and rest.
He has only got month, and there are scores of
So R he Cannot waste his days in sluggish ease;
He wants to visit Nuremberg and Munich in the
with a detour. by the Spanish Pyrenees.
Then to sheringham or Cromer he will swiftly wend
Where. to give. he says. his appetite a zest
He will bicycle and battle, and play two rounds of
His notion Of pleasant change and rest.
If. later on, it chance that down Throgmorton
And you meet being hollow checked and pale
With nervous breakdown stamped on ev'ry feature
z,7 And knees that in his going droOp and fail.
That once was plump and scrupulously dressed
You'll recognize poor johnson. He will tell you. to
That he's better for his jolly change and rest.
Kansas is not the only State that boasts of it's
corn. Listen to Missouri: THE cornstaIk brought
to town Saturday by a R. Fretwen is undoubtedly
the biggest specimen of corn ever grown anywhere
in this part OF the country, says THE Sheldon CIo)
Enterprise: The stalk of is eighteen feet
and six inches in height, two feet from the ground
has girth eight inches. and it's weight exceeds
twenty-three pounds To just what dimensions 1t
might have grown had it not been brought to an
untmely end by Mr.. Fretwel it is hard to say
On Saturday morning this huge cornstalk was hung
horizontally along the telephone cable which
crosses Man-st., Immediately in front o the ex-
change. and where. seemingly reaching half way
across the street it is n source Of admiration to
passersby.
Mrs McGaI do wish could get good maid
Mrs McCail-But why don't you keep her?
wants place where she won't have so many
dresses and hats to take care of-(Answers
''Harper's Weekly" tells of a Baltimore phys-
clan who boarded a crowded car In Charles-st A
woman standing and big German was
to him. Indignantly the physician said to
him:
See here Why don't you move little so that
this tired woman may have a seat?"
For a moment the German looked dazed. Then a
broad smile spread over his countenance as he an
swered:
Say. dots joke on you, all right! Dots NV
vireP' my
The baseball takes a recess
And the football gets a boost:
The high ball has admirers
But the moth ball rules me roost
cleveland Plain Dealer
Inc thief who robbed Admiral BowIes's house and
afterward restored the booty of admiration NJ
the admiral, reminds '@The Boston Transcript" OF
the bandit who held up Bishop Whipple Sir
said the bishop II the Bishop of the Protestant
Episcopal Diocese Of minnesota The devil You
are!' replied the robber. Why. that's my Church.
too,'
Does your wife have great deal of trouble
getting servantsP'
Well. that depends upon what you mean by
trouble. She always has three servants-one at
me mousse. one going. and one coming. ANSWERS