Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-30
For An Idle Moment


You've been cOurting me now for a
number of years, George. remarked a girl
to young man, "and want to make a
little leapyear proposal"
IL am not in a position to m-marry
just yet" stammered the youth; but
"NhO said anything about marriage?"
interrupted the girl. "I was going to
propose that you stop coming here and
give somebody else chance"
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When the stringed band, hidden behind
the rose and carnatiOn screen in Mrs.
PoOle'S dining room, began to play all
air from one of Meyerbeer's operas, the
daughter of the house turned hopefully
ito the young and apparently dumb
stranger who had been told off to take
her in.
He was promising opening for con-
yersatiOn.
"Do you like Meyerbeer?" she asked.
81 never drank a glass of one of those
layers in my life," the young man re-
piled c0ldly.
To the leader of band in Omaha, jO-
cularly spoken of in that locality as "the
worst in seven different states" there
once came man with request that the
band play at cousins funeral.
rs it military funeral?" asked the
leader.
Not at all" was the reply. "My cousin
was no military man-in fact, he was
never even interested in matters mill
tary. Nevertheless, it was his express
wish that your band should play at his
funeral"
The leader was surprised and flattered.
'Is that SOP" he asked.
"Yes," responded the other. "He said
he wanted everybody in Omaha to be
sorry that he died"
The women of the church in suburb
in Chicago were soliciting money to pay
for redecorating their house of worship.
They were told. automatically, that If
they would call on Casey, who kept the
leading saloon in the village. they might
get good donation. They called. Casey
met them genially, listened to what they
had to say and promptly subscribed five
hJnIrod dollars ThiG mna n
more than the solicitors had hoped for
that they were much flustered, and could
do nothing but stammer their thanks.
Finally one of them rounded TO and said:
"Why, Mr.. Casey, this is most generous
of you. 1t will allow Us to get what we
Want Fery mucF-a ino staiaec glass
window"
Casey thought that would be the right
thing to do.
"And, Mr.. Casey" said the spokes-
woman, "in view of this magnificent do
nation, isn't there something you would
like to put on the window, some senti-
ment or some remembrance, or some
thing of that kind?"
"WeIl," said Casey, Il think it would
lux fOine to have on tn glass, bechune
tn two parts av it, in nate letthers,
somethin' lOike this: "Afther Mass Visit
Casey's."
The way in which application forms
for insurance are filled up are often more
amusing than enlightening. as the Brit
ish Medical Journal shows in the follow
ing excellent selection of examples:
Mother died in infancy.
Father went to bed feeling we'll and
the next morning woke up dead.
Grandfather died suddenly at the age
of 1O3. Up to this time he bid fair to
reach a ripe old age.
Applicant does not know anything
about maternal posterity, except that
they died at an advanced age.
Applicant does not know cause of
mothers death, but states that she fully
recovered from her last illness.
Applicant has never been fatally sick.
Father died suddenly; nothing serious.
Applicants brother, who wps an infant,
died when he was a mere child.
Grandfather died from gunshOt wound,
caused by an arrow, shot by an Indian.
Applicants fraternal parents died
when he was a child.
Mothers last illness was caused from
chronic rheumatism, but she was cured