Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-12-27

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''tempest in a teapot m mind. II only
seek, he continued earnestly. Ito place
my bone of contention clearly i'm your
hCnor's eye"
An Indian station master, having been
annoyed by a certain female milk hawker,
addressed the following relnOnstrance to
her employer:
"llonored Sir: I beg you will remove
your h~andmaiden of milk. as she is not
good fellow. and we canno, stand her
cheeks
when ] first decided to allow the peo-
pie of Tupelo to use my name as a candi-
date for congress-. 1 went out 10 a neigh
boring parish to speak," said Private
John Allen recently To some friends as the
old Metropolitan hotel at Washington.
IAN old darky came up to greet me
after the meeting. 'Marse Allen he said.
Us powerful glad to see you. is known
OBJ you sense you wuz a baby. Knew yoh
papps long bcfo' you-all wuz bohn. too.
He used to hold de same office you got
now. ! members how he held dat same
office TO years an years
What office do you mean. uncle?'
asked. as ] never knew pop held any
office.
why. dc office of candidate. Marse
John: yoh pappy was candidate TO many
wears.
One day Mark Twain was being
shaved by a very talkative barber. and
was forced to listen to many of his
anecdotes.
The barber had to strop his razor,
and when he was ready. brush in hand,
to m again, he asked:
Shall / go over it again?"
No. thanks" drawled Mark. Its
hardly necessary. 1 think can re-
every word.'
My husband has deserted me and
] want a warrant" the
large lady.
Whit reason did he have for de-
sorting YOU" asked the prosecutor.
~ don't want any lip from you; /
want Il warrant. l don't know what
reason he had"
II think | understand his reason"
said the official feebly. as he pro-
ceeded to draw up a warrant.
A curious story is told as to how
the Rothschilds supported Carafa, the
composer: The latter was far from
rich. His principal income was de-
rived from a snuff box. And this was
the way of it: The snuff box was
given TO the author of LA Prison
d.~kdimbourgh.' about 30 years ago. by
Baron James dc Rothschild. as a token
~ Z SdIdId SOlQ III. "A hours
later. for, IS napoleons to the same
1eweler from whom it had been bought.
This became known to Rothschild.
who gave 1t again to the musician on
the following YEAR. The next day it
returned to the jewelers.. This traffic
continued till the death of the banker.
and longer still. for his sons kept up
the tradition. to the great satisfaction
of Carafa.
fso1 ~ NJ -
IN Christian county, Kentucky, had a
negro man servant named Nose. Nose
was driving his boss into town one
day when he suddenly remarked:
"Marse Garrett, dey had me up be-
foah my church las night fur dancin''.'
II don't uppos you We're guilty
were you, Mose?" asked the olonel.
Vas. sub: vas. suh." said Nose. II
was guilty OF dancin'. and dey proved
hit on me. too; but I come clear. nv
friends stuck to me close. and. after
dem other niggers had done testified
ag'inst me my friends ali got up and
testified dat. though it was true l
danced. ! was SO drunk at the time 1
didn't know what / was dom. So /
came clear-and the preacher scused
met"
The reply of Henry Clay Dean. the
amous Missouri lawyer Of the early
days. to a man accused of an infa-
NOUS crime, rs historic. The man
asked the lawyer to defend him, and
admitted to him his guilt. No said
Dean, II will not defend you. You
ought to be shot Out of a redhot can
non, through a barbed wire fence. into
HE'LL"
A New York Judge went over to
ireland recently and met the brother
of Tom ;" Costigan, a well-known dis
trict leader in ne wing of the Sdemoc-
acy The Judge told Toms brother
in Ireland all about what u great man
Tom" had become, about his popu-
larity and influence. devotion to pol
tttcs. The brother, instead OF sharing
the judges enthusiasm looked anxious.
Before you 60" said Toms broth
er. please satisfy me on n point.
Isn't all this attention to politics inter-
fering with my brothers business"'
They were telling stories of the late
Andrew Lang In one of the clubs the
other night. One man told of a Dime
Invitation in Marlowe's road. Faris
court, a street away at the end Of that
long Cromwell road, which seems to
60 on forever. The guest was not very
sure how to get there. 80 Lang ex-
planned:
walk right along Cromwell road"
he said. It'll you drop dead and my
house is just opposite"
"A well known Scottish architect was
travelling in Palestine recently. when
nowvo ro0Chod him NJ nm addition IN his