New-York tribune., 1906-05-12
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Here is a curiosity of the pension system: Three
women. one in New Jersey. in Texas and one
in California. claim pensions widows Of the same
man. He himself is living in oregon and drawing
a pension on his own account
THE SONG OF THE THRUSH.
Ahl the May was grand this mornin'l
Such land, when tree and flower tossed their
kisses to the breeze?
Gould an an Irish 1 heart art. be S;,Gigs, GTiiet r,ot
An the birds of free America were singing in the
In the songs that they were singing
No familiar note was ringing, a.,
Oh! my heart was warm to love them
For the ould songs. that they helped me 70 forget
an I was glad.
So Knocked the feathered choir
To my hungry hearts ear desire: .,o. r,oao +h.,-
Till a new W. note sounded stiIling
Ali the rest A thrush was thrilling!
All! the thrush left behind me in the fields about
Where. upon the whitethorn swaying.
He minstrel OF the Maying
In my days Of love an laughter that the years
Here again g;dI. his notes notes. were @ u. EInGEing
All! the song could not answer was the one
~ ' ~cathorc Standard and Times
young Swiss woodsman had the othe- day
life and death struggle at close quarters with
wild boar that would make any old sportsman s
blood tingle. He cutting wood near Goldswil
when he suddenly assailed by the beast. HIS
first move in self-defence had to be violent kick
on the boars snout under which the brute retired
a few PAGES Before he could charge again the
wOodsman had hurled log with ali his force be-
tween the boar's eyes. completely stunning him.
Then the seized heavy stake and got in half
a dozen blows on the skull. and the boar ready
for converting into bacon
Johnnio-Say pa who was Pandora?
wa
who started lot of trouble because she didn't keep
the lid down-Princeton Tiger
few centuries ago gardener was not content
unless all the shrubs and under his care were
clipped into formal designs. representing beasts.
birds. globes and pyramids, according The Dun
dee Advertiser" The eye wearied with so much
symmetry. and longed for a bit of tangled lowell
ness Some with sense of art wrote to THE
Guardian ridiculing this custom. town gardener
is represented having the following lot for sale
Adam and Eve in yew Adam a little shattered by
the fall: and the serpent ourishing; ST. George
in box. his scarce long enough. but viii be in
condition to stick the dragon by next April; pea
cock of the same. shot up into a pOrcupine by its
being forgot in the rainy weather"
Suppose calf had fifteen heads
How would IL know which head use
Kansas city Star.
Here are some horse stories from THE Kinsey
CKan.) Graphic: Some persons were talking about
the SloWneSS or horses "IheFe'S kely'S old gray;
you couldn't whip her into trOt." said one.
"Jchnson's black mare will beat that: she refuses
to help herself to the barley at night, for most
times she isn't through eating her dinner" said
another "Old Waters's spindleshank takes the
price put In thru She is double jOinted In
the knees; she walks both ways at once" II stood
In the road dTawled Shepherd coming in late for
his dinner "for twenty minutes talking to Myers.
and all that time his bay mare never stopped"
The term "deadheads" Is in various connections
very much To the fore at the present time How did
1t arise? It's origin Is purely transatlantic sixty
years ago all the principal avenues OF city CP
Delaware led in one direction a close 20
the entrance TO the Elmwood Cemetery road. This
cemetery having been laid out long before the
construction of the plank road beyond the tolgate
funeral prOCessions were allowed 70 pass along n
toll free One day as DIR. Price a well known
physician, stopped 70 pay his toll he observed 10
tie gatekeepeF: considering the benevolent char
acteF Of the profession 70 which have the honor
belong you ought to let us pass toll free mo
DOCTOR the man replied. I'VE can't afford
You send too many deadheads through here a. Al
Is" This story travelled far and wide Untii
the term came 10 he applied 10 any whO claimed
the privilege OF travelling a railway system or
passing into place Og amusement free os COST
London TTtbune-