Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-03

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Short

An old darkey was watching the G.
A. r. parade one Decoration Day, and
was voc~iferously cheering the band.
Il suppose you were through the Civil
War, unclc?" said a ~bystander. Ever
step OF it, subj AT the surrender,
tooT" Ever step of it, sun Wat
did General Lee say to Grant, Never
said %nuttin', suh-des chopped off his
haid an went on"
At school, recently, the teacher ask
ed Lew Fields young g2n, Joseph, if
lie 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
they all walked away, and pretty soon
1 say the our going into the Dun
more Cafe"
a bride and bridegroom from up
State" went into n Kansas City hotel
recently, and asked for a room. They
We're assigned to IL ON the top floor.
rs that very high upf" asked the
bridegroom. Its on the top door, but
it's q fine" the clerk began. "Gim-
me something on the first floor up"
interrupted the bridegroom; "if they
should be a fire or anything | want to
git Nellie out. l had n hard 'nough
time gittin' that woman to take
chances on losin' her this SOON"
A Scotch minister and his servant,
who were coming home from n we'd
ding, began to consider the state into
which their rotations at the wedding
feast has left them. Sandy said
the minister, Just stop q minute here
till / go ahead. Maybe I 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 I walking straight?' "Oh,
ay," answered Sandy, thickly, 'ye're a
recht-but who's that who's with
your"
A Philadelphia, who has a Il
try house near his home city, recently
acquired an automobile. Fol it's prop
err accommodation he built a 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. "the second story was intended
for q hay-loft, and it was not until
the thing was built that either Henry
or l realized that an automobile
doesn't eat hay"
On one occasion, when Il 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 tine 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 1 men
toned the fact that l nave paid my
money to hear Sir Arthur Sullivan's
charming opera as given by the COM
pany, ana not your COMPOUNDED hum
Sir Arthur returned to his
dinner and related the incident with
great gusto.