The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-04-17
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THE WOMEN FOLKS
Down In 0regon-I wont say just
where there is g. settlement OF Scotch
Presbyterians who retain all their old
country habits; said q globe-trotter
thine other day. '.Not long ago the
minister, while In the midst OF his SER
mon, noticed one of his parishioners
peacefully sleeping. The divine sus-
pended his discourse and addressed
'WulAe' in a loud voice, waking him
up and then gave him. a severe re-
Duke. - 80 '}''E 90, -''
'Wullie was very angry, and after
the services were concluded went up
to the pastor and made an indignant
speech, protesting against the humil-
iation that had been put upon him.
He concluded by saying: --
"'Your ain wife was sleepin' at the
time; I saw her before went to sleep
myself
%The pastor tried to smooth the
matter over, and told Willie that If
he should ever see the pastors wife
sleeping in church thereafter to raise
his hand, and she would receive the
same correction which had been i'm
posed upon Willie.
"The next Sunday, when the ser
mon had reached about fourthly, Wul-
lies hand went up. The: minister
looked over at his family pew, and
there, sure enough, his spouse was
wrapped in slunnber. Mindful of his
word, the preacher then addressed the
wife Of his bosom:
Susan! Susan! I dinno marry
We for your fortune, for We had none;
I dinna marry We for your beauty
the whole congregation can see that;
and if We haze nae grace, I've made a
sair bargain. Seattle Post Intellig-
encer.'
A young girl once asked Mark
Twain if he liked books for Christmas
gifts.
well, that depends" drawled thu
great humorist. IF book has q
leather cover, it is really valuable az
work, such as the French write, il
is useful to put under the short leg
| of a wabbly table; an old-fashione6
book, with a clasp, can't: be beat as 9
| missile to hurl at a dog, and a large
| book, like a geography, is as good as 8
| piece of tin. to nail over broker
pane of ss."-Philadelphia Ledger
Willie, aged five, was taken by his
father to his first football game. The
feature that caught his chief approval
hnyxya II vt hno
he said his prayers. that night II
the horror of his parents, Willie
prayed, with true football snap
God bless papa,
God bless mama,
God bless Willie.
Boom! Rah! Rah!
Success Magazine
Excuse me, ma'am;'' said the book
| canvasser to. the lady who had opened
the door in answer to his ring, "bu1
| If you have a few moments, to spare
I'd. like to show you this work on the
Habits of Savage Animals"
mo use wasting your time young
man. replied the female. i've beer
| married. three times and know al
! A teacher, after patiently defining
words in a spelling lesson, gave thu
| word "gruesome" from among them
! to be put into a sentence with thi,
result from the brightest little girl il
the class: II cannot wear my las
summers Dress because I grew some.'
Life.
Jamie was begging his father for {
second helping of preserves. 'Whel
was a boy" said his papa, I'M!
father only allowed me to have on,
helping" a.
Jamie was silent for a minute, an,
then asked, aren't you glad yo1
live with us now. daddy ?'-Denve
Republican.
this Abruzzi-Elkins talk is the an
nouncement that the title Of Chevalie
of Annuncfade will be conferred upo1
Senator Elkins, so that he will hay
the right to shake hands with hi
daughter after she becomes an Ita1
ian duchess!-Bufaflo Times.
Small boy (applying for situation)-
What kind of boy does yer want
Merchant-"A nice quiet boy tina
doesn't use bad words, smoke cigar
cites, whistle around the office, pla