The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-10
Pleasant Persons
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A sanguine old maid of Alaska, Long hoped for a suitor to aska'
 But at last she gave up
 And began to save up Enourh coil, to leave old Alaska.

A e4nkuihe old maid of Aiaskay
 Long hoped for 2 sultor to asks' And began to save up
 Enough coin to leave old Alaska.
 And just to think. they eat nothns ck snss sidcrdown quilts for few giasl beads or bit of saudy cloth. t TIC PsekIed Person sna the Puppets
 They are wonderful puppets indeed ops os s.fsty fasin rasor ss a's is happy @ with the contentment of idtocy; the other I is using the old-faslfi0ned kind that pepper used to use---and many very ihsmaa ss ana vfsy E yeastIPs haRps RRPpsi at stroke. Between cuts and scrapes the puppets look at each other and grin or frown according to their several I They are very wonderful and hide, ously coInical mechanical dolls, ana lots Of the people of the very best fam- a iiss whether ,nog fney and nesd ,suah. nav o' | "LGW look how dat man done cut | hisseif,s said nigger.
 Ain dat scoun'el look happy. said
 The piekied Person, who heard them, continued to sway majestically: then he performed the labial lcontortions that seem to be necessary as physical pIeIaCG E0 the SpeeCn VI OH0 WHO ho etA drunken not wisely but too well. He
 Both 'em cheap screws--oueht go barber If looked like either one "a cut my tbroat--jush like the feiiersh Answer te Correspendent.
 irrespective peregrins, na. vN, N, F. F. Per nr La.zea of the Eighteenth Dynasty, was the author of many innovations in polite usaees of society. snd among those for which she has credit or, as mailing card It's original purpose was to notify the recipinet that he Cor she) would receive a letter from the sender but this intenion was meyer broaoenea Indeed, the card, which may be adorn, scenery. tfe picture of q stately or his sraph gsro % of the he psrpetrator, now most often. indicates that no letter will fol- 5. You need no advice more compre- Million DO Wts: The Muitum in Paryo for Social Tyros." (Sent postpaid in, plain wrapper. with no marks to indi. cate contents, for 50 cents.( Those taste may use the souvenir postal card. but with strict discretion. Let them avoid as far as possible the example Of a lady from one of. cur rural districts courtesy IS to send to a gentleman friend an individual photograph of each of the Thousand 1sfes. Through which she passed on an excursion steamer, but she could not send a family group os the entire insular assemblage."
 g. Postal card showers are more ap- propriateiy Q Lenten diversion.
 
 The TobacconIst's Troubles.
 "You think we sellers of smoke should be the last persons In the town to De affected by the hard times, so mark of a tobacconist yesterday. But the strinGency in the money market whether 1t is real or not has cut down sales wonderfully, and we have all felt
 @of course the shortening of trade is noticSabie chiefly in the patronage of my regular customers. Men who for years and years have smoked noth- ing but a 12 1-2 or a Is cents cigar are now buying 5-centers-and some Of them are scenters-and the men who buy 15-cent grades are my best cus- toners. They buy regular and pay
 Tt is the same with cigarettes and smoking tobacco. Young fellows that have been smoking imported Turkish Some of the costly mixtures have been tabooed and the scent sack has suc-
 '"rhenI there is another feature that didn't catch just at first. It is the falling off in he sale of cigars to whole sale merchants who used to buy them for their out-of-town customers. They are not giving any away va ,In1g; nov; srsss Tasy and they are buying altogether for tn emselves even at that price.
 T am not much worried. except that hA- Alrz Ixtl A is SO something doing. If 1t was butcher or baker it might not mean so much. It won't last long. though; my trade is as good as script, and it will all come back after the calamity children have cried themselves to sleep"
 The Benign Booser.
 The carriage drew up with flourish in front of the place with the pirrors and the tinkles of glass and the echoes of merry laughter. The driver pulled the gayiy caparisoned steeds almost upon their launches in his endeavor stood there. foam -fiecked. pantins. spir- ited. champing their bits.
 A gentleman of serious mien alight- ed He was. besides the driver. the only occupant of tGs bs vshics eaIsd in soft circular voice. which nevertheless rang with rectangular commsnd. T cant bear to keep the horses out in this
 
 Touching his cap with his whip. the coachman and his team were off in al gallop.
 It was the water gon. After all. you know, the rain had laid the dust.
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 A Political Prophecy.
 The Person with A Political Past opines that in connection with the re- turn of Secretary of War William H. big boom for President. it is interest ing to note the fact that several. Of the large toy manufacturers have arranged to discontinue the manufacture or TeddY Bears next November. and to introduce the latest creation or the toy world-the Willie Elephant, which will he given with each pound of raffy department stores.
 Hon E. F. Baber. presiding officer of the Recorders Court, is convalesc- est after an illness of several days. Judge Baber was down town yesterday afternoon and discharged the duties of his office at the session. of the Record- CTS Court.
 Mir. T. Fl. Gary of Selma was fin Montgomery yesterday. MT; Gary was on his way home from Birmingham and spent the day here to transact bus iness.
 pr Robert C. Patrick. President of the Judson College in Marion. was prominent visitor to Montgomery yes terday. ~
 Mir. Charnbliss Keith. we'll known attorney of Selma. is in Montgomery to transact business. sf+