^SHED BY THE FRONTIER PRINTING CO
8UB80NIPTION, 81.80 PER ANNUM.
CLYDE RING AND D. H. CRONIN,
VOLUME XIV.,
O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, JANUARY II, 1894.
NUMBER 27.
jj|L NBWS_ITEMIZED
U Local News of O’Neill as Caught
by the “Kids.'
iTHEE INTERESTINfJ NOTES
of General Interest Published While
News Is Still N*ws.
„ikc Dee was in the city Wednesday,
ilbert Ege was up from Ewing Mon
iy night._
joe Hunter came in from Willowdsle
Kterday.__
J O, Perry went down to Fremont
today morning._
p Vi. Hoover, of Chadroh, was in
^city yesterday._
Barrett Scott returned Tuesday even
ijfrom a trip to Omaha.
Bill Bailey and John Drayton were
(from Ewing yesterday.
Kiss Maggie Perry, of Butt(&, is in the
ft visiting her brother Az.
"Samantha Among the Brethren” at
t. Trueblood’s Friday evening.
S. o. Smith, of Long,Pine,'was a
Kit at the Hotel Evans yesterday.
If. E. Holmes, of Sioux City, was
titered at the Hotel Evans yesterday.
We are informed by the Neligh Yeo
ia that the smoke of battle has cleared
J. W. Jordan, of Lincoln, had busi
inin the city Tuesday and Wednes
_
lira. Az Perry returned yesterday
torn a visit to her folks in CuBter
maty. __
Hiss Lottie Lucia, of Aurelia, Io., is
the city visiting her sister, Mrs. O. O.
Dyder. _'
Xr. Perkins, of Iowa, father of Mrs.
i Hershiser, has been visiting in the
ity the past week.
Editor Armstrong embalmed the
fSeill excursionists in verse. That’s a
atty way to treat visitors.
If it is true that a man had better be
ken for a knave than a fool the fakir
irclv has the better of his victims.
Elmer Williams, of Atkinson, heir ap
irent to the receivership of the O’Neill
udoffice, was in the city yesterday.
We have a special lot of that fine
lochaand Java coffee. Try a pound.
O'Neill Grocery Company.
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Spelling match at Dr. Trueblood’s
ntFriday evening. Prize given,for
iehest speller. Everybody invited.
When in need of coallgo to Biglin's
141 yard. He keeps the best coal in
»»n and his prices are reasonable. 26 tf
Go to Dr. Truebiood'8 next Friday
seeing and hear the chorus of jubilee
*8ers sing southern camp meeting
«gs.
Jhb Frontier was sorry to learn
Nav that W. A. Westfall, of Butte,
serai merchant, had been closed up
ff creditors.
e°rge McGowan, of Leonia, is con
■plating building a large reservoir
■'storing storm water with which to
•We a garden.
fced a little oil meal to your stock; it
I"pay you. For sale by 27-2
O'Neill. Grocery Company.
Trueblood was called to Eagle
s Tuesday night to administer to one
Knolikamper’s children, suffer
v'om diphtheria.
Ladies Aid society will give a
5 nut social on Friday evening of
*®ek at the home of Mrs. Trueblood.
cordially invited.
J“e and examine our line of dried
sand get prices. Wo can surely
yyu'1' 27-2,
u bill Grocery Company.
it? ^^annon, of Ewing, was in the
,|j edneaday. Mr. Shannon has
‘8 '"'crests in Holt county and
fctnia11681 future wi** remove to Cali
i,j0b °sll8S^rwas in the city Tues
Heit. r- Oallagher is much taken with
ll.her°n.8cheme and promises it
i, Power anC*a* 8n<* mora* suPPOrt in
ddtl^,Utle Gnzette congratulates its
Sanina. ■ at 8 dozen dailv stages
tatter m ^‘Ters directions it is an easy
■tiioa- °Ret °ut town> No insin
litj- m a 8ad sight Monday night when
""spied ConKregated &t the rink and
tone. .. lo rob a man at his own
^io-'t on63 8'r’ aCtUally men
STiuyt, r> o
lopiiay u7~rrom this city on Iasi
“liberal ,„ning’ enilEuglish Mastiff
^'■nation w'Ji he furnished foi
eoncerning the same.
Andy Gallagher.
Preparations are being made to
banquet the state officers at the Hotel
Evans when they arrive in O’Neill nest
Wednesday night to muster in the
O’Neill militia.
We keep on hand a full line of fish,
both salt and canned, such as white
fish, mackerel, herring, whole cod-fish
and all kinds in cans. 27-8
O’Neill Grocery Company.
Dave Moler, of Leonia, is making a
survey for the purpose of putting in a
hydraulic engine and he will also build
a reservoir for irrigation purposes. Let
the good work go on.
1/uc matnews wont down to Ndligh
Monday to make arrangements in regard
to the consolidation of the land offices.
The consolidation will take place some
time daring this month.
The people of Ord have organized an
irrigation society with capital stock of
$100,000. nearly paid up, to moisten the
soil in that vicinity. They will utilize
the water in the North Loup.
Barney Stewart was up fromPage Tues
day purchasing la grippe medicine for
the afflicted in his community. Barney
says the disease is epidemic there, and
that he has just recovered from a
month’s siege.
The Frontier is in receipt of a letter
from Walt Tesch, of Lexington, in
which he informs us that he has taken
unto himself a wife, whose maiden
name was Ursula Ulrich, of Elm Creek.
Tan Frontier congratulates.
Frank Campbell was tendered surprise
party by his wife last Monday evening,
to which a-large number of their friends
and neighbors were invited. It was a
complete surprise on Frank and all
present had an enjoyable time.
We notice in an exchange where a
cigarette fiend by the name of Ed Gal
lagher blew his brains out. It was not
our Ed however. Our Ed is a 2 per
cent, fiend and he lets the other feirows
do the “blowing brains out” act.
Charlie Cole has opened up a jewelry
store at Spencer. The Frontier trusts
and predicts that Charlie will make the
investment a profitable one and also
prove a valuable acquisition to the circle
of progressive business men ot Spencer.
The O’Neill land officers received
word Monday night of the consolidation
of the Neligh office with the one here.
The officers will now, no doubt, soon
receive word of the appointment of new
officials to preside over the consolidated
concern. _ t
We will give away on Febuary 23 a
handsome parlor set of furniture to our.
customers. It will not cost you a cent,
so if you are not lucky enough to get it
you cannot lose anything by trying,
Cull at our store for particulars.
24-8 J. P. Mann.
Graphic: J. C. Harnish, ex-deputy
county clerk, was in Atkinson Tuesday
evening. visiting his three-link
brethern. Mr. Harnish has accepted the
position as assistant receiver of the Holt
County bank—a position that he is em
inently qualified to fill.
Miss Etta Davis was tendered a birth
day party at the residence of her sister,
Mrs. H. C. McEvony, last Monday
evening. There were about twenty-five
coQple present and all had an enjoyable
time, cards and dancing being the feat
ures of amusement. Supper was served
at midnight._
The Sun says in in its want column:
“Wanted—Every democrat in Holt
county to subscribe for the Sun.” This
is a realistic idea of a “long felt want.”
An ad. from the democrats of Holt
county would no doubt read: "Wanted
_A democrat to edit a democratic
paper.”
Back Berry, of Paddock, is in the city
this week at the bedside of his son,
Johnnie, whom Tiik Frontier last
week reported very ill with typhoid
fever at Barrett Scott’s residence.
Johnnie is a very sick boy, so Dr. Qil
ligan says, but we trust he may pull
through all right.
The Butte Gazette, speaking of last
week’s excursion to its town, says:
“Speeches were made by Mayor Dick
son, J. P. Mann, Wes Evans, Clyde
King and W. J. Dobbs, of O’Neffl. and
responded to by citizens of Butte."
This joke can only be fully appreciated
by the members of the junketing party.
Here is what Peter Cooper, who died
worth many millions, said of a news
paper: “In all towns where a news
paper is published every man should
advertise in it, if nothing more than a
card stating his name and business he
is engaged in. It does not only pay the
advertiser but it lets people at a distance
know the town in which you live is a
prosperous community of business men.
As the seed is sown so the seed recom
penses. Never pull down your sign
while you expect to do business. ’
The Frontier lias 'produced many
articles in the pastHliat have won for it
admiration and applause, but never in
the coursei of its existence has it printed
anything that gave such universal satis
faction as the "touching up" of the First
National bank. We did not suppose
the institution had so many enemies.
Soldiers Relief Commission meet on
the 9th and made there nnnual report to
the board of supervisors. During the
pear of 1893 warrants were drawn to
the amount of 8584.70 and paid out to
needy soldiers’ families,tiding them over
many trying place. Robert Gallagher
was re-elected member of the board for
three years. Wm. Bowen, Seo. -
Col. H. 8. Hotchkiss, inspector gen
eral of thq Nebraska national guards,
was in the city Wednesday getting ac
quainted with our militia boys and mak*
ing preparations for the mustering In of
the company, which will occur next
Wednesday evening. Mr. Hotchkiss is
a very pleasant gentleman and made
warm friends during his short stay in
our city. _
At the regular meeting of General
Coburn Post G. A. R.,No. 251, atLeonia,
the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: Commander, D.
Moler; Sr. V., J. Darr; Jr. V.. ll.
Hubby; Adgt„ G. McGowan; Q. M., H.
Hodgkins; Surg., J. Hubby; O. D., 8.
Simonson; O. G., R. E. Bowden; Cha p
M. Miller. R. E. Bowden and M.
Hubby were elected delegates to attend
the department encampment.
Otto Miltz is working for the O’Neill
Cigar Factory since- the rascals turned
him out of the court-house. The
factory, so Proprietor Captian ' Cal
Moffat tells us, was never in a more
prosperous condition and that they
have all the work they can possibly do,
and are working overtime to catch up
with orders. The Fbontieb is pleased
to mark the prosperity of O’Neill insti
tutions. ._
E. O., Blake. George Sale, H. D.
Green, Price Jamison and Deputy U. S.
Marshal Llddie, of Rushville, came over
from Butte Tuesday evening via the
Concord stage line. Mr. Liddie went
west in the evening and the balance of
the party - proceeded to Omaha in the
morning, at which place Mr. Blake
had been summoned to appear anc^show
cause why, as postmaster at Butte, his
account should be $700 short.
“What is my portion of the First
National bank ad?" asked a prominent
Holt county man as he walked into our
sanctum Monday wearing a double
leaded smile. We informed him that
the small loss occasioned by the dis
continuance of the bank ad. had been
more than twice made up to us since
our last issue, but the gentleman in
sisted on donating something, so we just
took a $1.50 and gave him credit with it
on subscription that was already paid
many moons in advance. Thus does
virtue meet its reward.
One of the dantiest of New Year cal
endars Is that issued by the proprietors
of Hood’s sarsaparilla. It will fully
satisfy every expectation as to beauty
and utility. “Sweet Sixteen” is the
head of a beautiful girl, tbe lovely
picture being lithographed in many
delicate colors. The pad harmonizes
with the exquisite array of color above,
while the dates are easily read. Hood’s
calendar may be obtained of your
druggist or by sending 6 cents in stamps
for one or 10 cents for two, to C. I.
Hood Si Co., Lowell, Mass.
Since the last isssue of Thb'Fbontibr
the cashier of the First. National bank,
before mentioned in these columns, has
indulged in sundry threats, which, put
in execution, would prove a serious
impediment to the welfare of tbe editors
of this popular journal and forever bar
them from worshipping Ood according
to the dictates of their own conscience
and untrammeled pursue life and happi
ness according to the letter of the con
stitution. He even went so far as to
employ that much learned doctor of law,
Michael Forger Harrington, to investi
gate tbe case with a view to bringing suit.
But what on earth, or under the earth,
or in heaven, or in the air he could sue
for mystifies us. He most certainly
could not sue for defamation of char
acter—the reason is self-evident—and
for the same reason he could not sue for
criminal libel, and an action for damages
would not hold because one of the high
officers of the bank stated to us person
ally that we could not injure the bank,
so in the face of these circumstances we
are at a loss to understand how and by
what law he will pursue us legally.
Gallagher and Harrington vs. Tub
FnoNTiKitwould make an interesting case
anyway and would develop a bushel of
fun. The Frontier has a fine collec
tions of unpublished truths concerning
this political intolerant that would make
interesting reading even were they
penned from the cheerless interior of a
cell in the Holt county bastile. If we
must have war, let it be to the knife,
and the knife to tbe hilt.
Because Col. Doyle Is a democrat and
an applicant for the O'Neill postofflce
and Charlie McHugh is an independent
and editor of the Sun and also a can
didate for the O'Neill postofflce, the
Sun took oocasion last week to say that
Col. Doyle owed the Sun #10.85, which
same he would not pay until he got
ready. We feel sorry for the Sun and
hereby agree to pay it #15.25 for its
claim and in that way relieve Charlie of
that “distressed feeling after eating.”
Bring your claim around to our business
office any time, Charles.
inree out oi me lour UJNelll papers,
The FnoNTiKn among the number,
started the new year by making mis
takes in the date line of the first issue.
It's not surprising that Kautzman should
make a mistake, in fact it would be
surprising if he did not as be doesn’t
know any better, but there can be no
valid excuse for Tub Frontier. The
Sun’s offense might be condoned by
concluding that Charlie’s time is so
completely taken up these January days
scanning the political horizon with a
free trade horoscope for that democratic
commission to tho O’Neill post office.
When a petition was circulated last
week to raise a small fund to send a
couple of surveyors out to locate an
irrigation ditch it was with difficulty
that $50 were secured, but when a man
came to town Monday night with a fake
he snooped in a couple of hundred in no
time. And all because men thought
that the fakir represented the populist
idea of the money question and there
was a good chance to get something tor
nothing. If you have any money to
blow, spend it, for the public good or
come around and subscribe for Tiib
Frontier and Inter Ocean, both for
$1.50. _
Back Berry received word yesterday
that his son, Tommy, had been taken
sick with typhoid fever, and left for his
home at Paddock. Mr. Berry surely
has cause to attest the truthfulness of
the adage that “misfortunes never come
as single spies but in whole battalions."
His wife died from this same malady a
short time ago, a younger. son and
daughter lying very low at the same
time, and afterwards himself confined
to his bed for weeks with the same
disease, and now bis two oldest buys’
lives are hanging in the balance. This
is not only hard luck, but seems even
more than one man’s portion.
The installation of newly elected
officers of General John O’Neill Post G.
A. K. was held in the Odd Fellows’ hall
last- Saturday night. Comrade Silas
Smith was installing officer and the
work was performed with neatness and
dispatch. After the ceremony oysters
were served, and speeches made by
Messrs. Mack, Lyons and others. The
occasion wai also the 51st birthday of
Past Commander Slattery. Following
are the officers of the post: Commander,
J. L. Mack; 8r. V. C., W. E. Merriman;
Jr, V. C., Fred Pfunder; Adgt. E. 8.
Kinch; Q. M., John Skirving; Surg.,
Dennis Lyons; Chap., B. Welton; 6.
D., M. Slattery; O. G, Patrick Mo
Coy.
He was a prepossessing appearing
gentleman and came into O’Neill Mon
day night and advertised a “free show
for men only” at the rink at 7:30 sharp.
The affair .was shrouded in a mysterious
mystery and the “men only" clause
seemed to catch so the gentleman was
greeted by a fair-sized house when the
curtain was rolled up for the first act.
From his opening remarks it was gleaned
that he had patent medicine to sell at a
nominal price and with each package
it was his intention to give away a gold
watch and five and ten dollar bills. That
is, he said that to his audience it would
appear that way, but in'reality he would
do nothing of the kind but would
swindle every man that bought a pack
age. With this introductory warning
the sale commenced, the hook was baited
and the suckers came in schools' to bite.
Old men and young men and men who
have been on earth long enough to know
better contributed liberally and the
iakir left the city a couple of hundred
dollars richer than . when he landed.
The supervisors were there blowing in
their mileage and some of them,the equiv
alent of five days’ work, trying to catch
the sparkling eye of the tickle goddess of
chance. One worthy yoeman from the
north who had hoped to be Hamilton’s
deputy went against the game for $20
and men from O'Neill who were never
known'to contribute a cent to charity,
public enterprise or advertising, dropped
from $5 to $15.
f $200 in Cash.
Money talks these days, and the
Omaha Weekly World-Herald is offering
$200 in cash prizes for the closest guesses
on the temperature of the coldest day in
February. The offer is only open to
those who subscribe for the World
Herald this month for one year and
send$l. Write to the World-Herald
for free sample copy giving full partic
ulars of the offer if you want to com
pete. 27-2
The Supervisors.
The .county bonrd met Tuesday iu
regular session and were called to order
by County Clerk Bethea.
It being the first meeting of the new
year it was necesssry to re organise and
with that end in view Peter Kelley was
elected temporary chairman, which
election was afterwards made per
manent.
Having been granted a little time, the
chair announced the following standing
committees for the ensuing year:
Judicial and legal—Wise, Hayes and
JillSbn.
Printing and supplies—Phelps, Slay
maker and Wise.
Finance and offlolal bonds—White,
Moore and Alts.
Settlement—Jillson, Waring, Murphy,
Donohoe, Phillips and Wilson.
Roads and bridges—Conger,Crawford,
Kennedy, Halgh and Roll.
Taxes—Hayes, Miller, Trullinger, Kel
ley H. B. and Doolittle. _ t ,
Claims—Brodie, Hodge, ' Slaymaker,
Gilson and Dennis.
Court-house and Jail—Grelgg, Calkins,
Eckley, Schindler and Phelps.
It was then decided that Expert Stitt
would not be employed to make annual
settlement with county officers.
Soldiers’ relief committee submitted
their aiiduaI renort. which war Arc.Antnri.
Robert Gallagher was elected to fill
vacancy in the committee. '
A committee of three was appointed
to visit the several county officers and
ascertain the number of clerks they
would require for the ensuing year, and
reported a follows: That deputies be
allowed a salary of 1700 per year and
that other necessary clerks $050.
Banks desiring to become county
depositories were called upon to furnish
bids and bonds.
Mr. Handlan was re-appointed Janitor
at a salary of $80 per m'onth.
A jury was then drawn for the next
term of court, which we will publish in
full next week.
A committee of three, to be known as
the legal committee, was created and the
chair instructed to appoint. This com
mittee was empowered to commence
suits and dismiss suits now pending or
that may in the future be commenced.
The printing committee this morning
reported on the several bids for county
supplies, which started a discussion that
consumed the entire forenoon. Ton
Fuontikh had the lowest bid by about
$65 and it required considerable schem
ing to knock it out but it was finally
done by deciding ,to re-advertise. It
was anything to beat The Fkontiek,
even if the board was compelled to
reverse their action of last year on the
same question. A republican paper
stands about as much show of getting
justice before this board of supervisors
as a snow-ball does of not being dis
solved in hell.
The board will probably adjourn
today.
A Fbontieb ro^esentative has cir
culated considerably the past week
among the new county officers. They
all seem to be catching onto the work
nicely and like the place. Superintend
ent Jackson says Mr. Dudley. left his
office in excellent and model condition
and that he hopes to be able to conduct
it on the same lines. County Judge
McCutcheon bas re-arranged his office
somewhat; built a little rostrum from
which to hand down even-handed
justice and add somewhat to the dignity
of the position. The Frontier editors,
however, can never feel kindly toward
Mr. McCutcheon until he reduces the
price of marriage licenses when taken
in blocks of two. Bill Bethea is al
most as accommodating and affable as
his predecessor, Mr. Butler, and the
reporter esteems it a pleasure and a
privilege to toast his shins at foil's fire,
smoke Bill’s cigars and see Bill look
pleasant when a customer comes in with
an instrument that requires filing. In
the treasurer’s office—ah, well, J. P.
Mullen is treasurer. We have not met |
Sherrill Hamilton since he has wrapped
about him the populist ermine of office,
but Charlie O’Neill, his deputy, is an
agreeable gentlemen with whom to do
business, and he is not to be blamed if
he does smile when asked if Bradstreet
is to be deputy. John Sklrvmg, clerk
of the district court and the only repub
lican within the walls of the court-house,
bears tbe affliction heroically and
breathes easy as he views those two
long years of official tennresstretching
away in the dizzy future. It is safe for
republicans to enter this theatre of pop
ulists unarmed and with no life insur
ance. *
Oar Clubbing List.
Tub Frontier and the Semi-weekly
State Journal, 91.75 per year.
The ' Frontier and tbe Chicago
Weekly Inter Ocean, 91.50 per year.
We will give the readers of The
Frontier the benefit of our reduction
on any paper, magazine or periodical
for which they may wish to subscribe.
By subscribiug thrdugh this office you
can save from 10 cents to 91. This is
the average reduction allowed us as
dealers. tf
RO MAR’S COLUMN. . 1 'f
A MODERN BI1YLOCK—OR A THOI STOUT f 'jf
IN MEAL LIFE. ; ' •
[Exi-lantoby—Some years ago a csr* -V'
tain banker in O'Neill by his smooth talk, i ®
winning ways and suare manner in*
▼elgled a poor fanner into bis den and '~M
loaned him coin of the rea^a at ruinous i:;
interest rate, taking, of course, an iron
clad mortgage on all the goods, ohattels
and other earthly possessions of the 'v
borrower. Time pursued the even tenor
of its way until the mortgage notes I
matured, and found the farmer in
straightened clreumstanees , owing to
financial reverses, and then did the
smiling visage of this Janus turn to fierce*
ness and he, Shylock-like, pressed to his vM
bosom his mortgage and dogged his #|
victim until in desperation he blew out
his own brains.] . '
Scene?,—A Farm North of O'Neill. ‘ ■
Banker—Farmer, your mortgage it
due to-day. ‘
Farmer —Of the fact I am sadly aware,
respected sir, but owing to the strin*5fs|S
gency of the times, financially speaking,
I have not the wherewithal to liquidate, . l
although if graciously given a slight <1
protraction of time I am confident that'•
I will be enabled to renumerate you -'V;
with principal and stipulated Interest.
Banker—Sir, it is written in the mort- • j
gage that the holder thereof at any 1
time, feeling unsafe or insecure, may, at ,
ms own direction, seme me goods end
chattels therein enumerated and sell the
same at public vendue, and he shall also
be entitled to the costs incident to such
sale, Bee? here it Is: (Reads from
mortgage). Now I feel unsafe aud inse
cure and by the law of the land I will
take your all, and those tears shall avail
you nothing.
Farmer—But, sit, grant me a little
time, I pray I
Banker—I do not And it in the mort
gage.
Farmer—But, most gracious sir, I'
have a family, who, by the enforcement^
of the letter of the mortgage, will be,'
reduced to abject poverty and want.
Banker—That is no fault of mine.
Farmer—But have you no feelingl No
mercy 1
Banker—Business is business and I
will haye my forfeiture. Cornel Cease
to shed idle tears I Lead me to the prop
erty enumerated in the mortgage: it.is
mine.
Farmer—Ob,* hard-hearted and un
feeling wretch 1 May tbe time come to
you that you will feel the pangs that
now rend my breast I Aye, by every
dart that pierces my .heart and by every
tear that dims my eye may you suffer
ten thousand times the tortue that you
now inflict!
Banker—Hal I am used to scenes like
this and am unmoved Uy your entreaties
and imprecations. I came for the for
feiture of my mortgage and nothing else
will satiate my yearnings. Make hostel
Farmer—But look yonder where plays
that sunny-haired babe upon its mother’s
knee! Will not that move you to len
iency?
Banker—(Peruses his mortgage)—I see
nothing written about sunny-haired
babes upon their mother’s knee and I
stand upon the letter of the mortgage.
Be quick! I will have tbe forfeiture.
Farmer—If you insist, you shall have
it. It is yours, but remember when you
take my house and goods you take’ my
life. Farewell, wife, childrent Banker,
my blood is upon you. (Draws a pistol
and shoots himself).
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We are told that on bis way home the
other night the Jew was held up by a
venal vampire in tbe shape of a corpo
ration cormoiant. We do not vouch for
the truth of this statement but this
week’s issue of the Microbe will settle
the question.
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A correspondent or tbe Boston Tran
script explains the origin of a familiar
phrase thus: "An old-time New Eng- >
land .expression, ‘getting the mitten/
meaning getting your offer of marriage
rejected by your 'best girl/ has an origin
in the customs of the earlier days. One
hundred years ago gloves were unknown '%
in the country towns. Mittens were
knitted and worn in all families. If a '-«S
young man, going home from singing- >.
•school with the girl of bis fehoice, was -
holding her mittened band to keep it
from getting cold, and took that oppor
tunity to urge his suit, if the offer
proved acceptable the hand would re
main. If taken by surprise, an effort to
withdraw tbe band would leave the mit
ten. So the suitor would ‘get the mit
ten/ but would not get the hand.”
No Man would prefer to hold both fp;
hands and in that way get both mittens*
' One of the youthful readers of this J
column contributes the following inci
dent of school pleasantry: ■'J%
At a village school a precocious boy, »
being asked to parse tbe sentence,
“Mary, milk the cow,” went on accn
rately till he came to tbe last word when
he said: vi
"Cow is a pronoun, feminine gender,
third person, singular, and stands for -
Mary.” • fyi
"Stands for Mary?” Asked the
master, in astonishment.
' “Yes sir,” responded the urchin, with ;■
a grin; "for if the cow didn’t stand for
Mary, how would Mary milk the cow?” 4^
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carefully prepared from - the best
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