Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1910-03-05
SEEN AND HEARD
That John is . fierce coffee drinEer.

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That John is fierce coffee drinker.
That DR.. Munyon says there is hope
That young q? Charlie Derrickson is q
mighty poor checker player.
That, il beauty is only skin deep, some
folks are mighty thin skinned.
That Doctor Dan Stevens was bottle
baby; and is now awfully fond Of milk.
That our friend Rosy" is now in the
market for q few settings Of hard-bOiled
eggs.
That a certain somebody does not like
anybody to say ''skiddoo" or "half-
smokes
That very frequently there is more in
the eitifed sausage than the law allows.
That some people only get their names
in the paper through a murder, or when
they get hung.
Let US all rejoice in the fact that our
dearest friends do not know US as well
as we know ourselves.
That W. D. Evans has no right to fish
in his own pond, since our amateur detec.
tives have gotten so busy.
A little humor now and then is relished
by the best of men, but JENNY Christ
mas it does get some folkses mad.
That occasionally We are asked which
is the most foolish, the girl with the rat
in her hair or the lady with the bee in
her bonnet?
That good many Of our male citizens
are compelled to wear their hats contin-
ually or be accused of walking around
undressed.
That when you tire of our modern
fiction and wish to read something really
blood curdling, you should get label off
a bean can.
That one writer says "All the worlds a
stage" and probably that accounts for the
great number of bad actors we come in
contact with.
That our minds are sorely troubled to
learn that our friend a." is a frequent
visitor to Chesapeake for the purpose Of
calling on a young and dashing widow.
That when you hear-one young lady
say to another, something like this R.
S. v. p" be deaf, and not too inquisitive,
it merely means rat shows very plainly.
That when 'Zack" was out west
his foot slipped and he fell down an old
mine shaft. That be fell for three days
before be reached the bottom and sprained
his arm.
That Judge Schuman has received a
consignment of ''lizzie eggs" from very
stylish hennery not far distant, and that
he is now taking orders from local fanciers
for prizewinners.
That we have a farmer bereabouts
named Duryea who knows little some
thing about market gardening; in fact it
looks to me as though he can get more
out of one acre of ground than can most
of our farmers.
That once upon time certain family
got busy and killed a tried and trusted
COW named "Pyde" to make trunk for
one of our respected citizens named Col.
Geo. Ingram, and that almost ever since
he has demonstrated his ability to sell
farms all through New Castle County.
Well, the ladies sewing circle held an
other session this week at the home o
Mrs. Charles Beaston. Hist | they are
going to buy some kind of board, with
Dutch-Irish name, that tells them
"things." So now its up to you fellows
TO be careful, because this board tells 'tthe
truth" and it will be here in town soon.
One OF our young men whose surname
commences with P. really deserves our
deepest sympathy; for gone are the days
when he would madly career to the City
of Brotherly Love to look fetchingly on
"The Sands" But alasl although the
memories still live with him, poor boyl
it's now case of sail is over between us
so send me back the presents / promised
you, etc., ETC." Poor Tommy!
That nearly everyone of our young
ladies have "hope" chest, and are proud
Of their contents; but one particularly
fetching damsel by the arrival OF last
Xmas season had decided that to continue
her collections would be useless, so che
gave them away freely as presents. Poor
J.! WHIz
PERSONALITIES.
Miss Mary Beaston was in Philadelphia