The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-23
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No Wedding Bell. For Ale.

eAt eSs AhtV yOut dkiHs " q Pictty anu peut mother who thought tne young ster s blue eyes ana seraphic face tne eiShth wonder ot the WoridE sad one of the bachelors the other day to the other bachelors who were hanging
 A ttte rof amusement ran around the crowd. Tell 1t to us, old man, tell us or 1t, was the answer he re- ceived. while all of the listeners form
 Well" said the bachelor, its like this. A good girl friend of mine got married year or so ago; l had been SSsty SS % oyer ,,1 her for M a number of years. visiting q friend of this girl. when who should come in but the mother her the females present fairly beamed with delight; all of them coddled the thing; kissed him, and called him sweet and endearing names.
 had gotten tired of playing peek-a-boo, and all like that, one of the young ladies came up to me with the thing Tn her arms-me, mind you. the only masculine person in the crowd, gave ms the kia-and offered the thing to
 What could doG The worst predi- was good friead of both the moth CT and father, and felt that if didn't try to pet the cooing, billing animal into whose eyes I was stocking. oo ddn f Ran to be dESs rhs sn hurt the mothers feelings.
 Please hold him. chimed all of the xantippes present, he Is so dar- ling
 T held him, 0. K, Sthat is. I tried to- The result wasn't so disastrous af- ter all, for another of the females happened ito be standing around, and she caught it. The most fateful fea- lndand embarrassment in which I was placed, and which you can imagine" could.
 Rum in Stray Dogs.
 Some action ought to be taken by the City Council relative to the stray dogs on the streets of Montgomery" said citizen yesterday. "The matter has been called to the Councils notice several times before, but with no re- suit
 These stray dogs, besides being a nuisance at night by their howls on the slightest occasions, are dangerous. The days are getting hot now. and there Is no telling when some dog will go mad. I was walking down the street the other day and noticed that children were playing on the sidewalks of al- most every cross street as well as the street down which I was walking. If one of these stray dogs should sudden ly gol mad several of these children would be bitten before they could get Council should take some action re- garding the registering of dogs at their next meeting"
 Captain Forrest in Montgomery.
 Captain N. B. Forrest of Memphis, the newly appointed Adjutant General of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans, reached Montgomery yeste = day for the purpose of having the af fairs of the office turned over to him by Captain A. c. Sexton, his predeces- sor.
 Captain Forrest was appointed by J. W. Apperson who was elected com mander in chief of the Sons at the Richmond reunion to succeed Dr. Thomas NJ. owen.
 The new Adjutant General was en- tertained yesterday and last evening by pr. Owen and Captain Sexton. He Is at the Exchange Hotel and expects to return to Memphis today.
 MT. N. A. Adams, Deputy Grand Mas ter of the Brotherhood of Trainmen of Kansas City, is visiting the locals remain In Montgomery several days at the Hotel Summers.
 the Louisville and Nashville Railroad at Jacksonville, Fla. was in Montgom- cry yesterday
 Judge J. J. Pearson returned last night from Birmingham where he went to be with his brother who underwent a serious operation.
 MT. w. c. Hunter, local agent of the Western, is visiting Savannah, ac- companied by his wife.
 Mir. Mansfield Wright of Mobile is in the city.
 MT. E. W. Blacksher of Brewton Is registered at Hotel Summers.
 MT. Melvin G. Fario of Hamilton is visiting the city.
 MT. D. S. Carroll of Troy was in Montgomery last night
 MT. J. l.. Womack of GreenvilIe spent last night in the city.
 MT. c. F. Baker of Dothan is reg istered at the Imperial.
 Mir. w. G. Davis of Hayneville Is in Montgomery.
 MT. William T. Hendricks of Mobile is in the city.
 Dr. W. B. westcott has gone to Bal