Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1883 — High Treason. [ARTICLE]

High Treason.

A European, who was about to start for America, was asked by an acquaintance : “And do yon think fried pigeons will fly into your mouth over there?” “Oh, no. I don’t believe that; but if one should fly there. I’d have the privilege of eating him myself. I’ll not have to give two-thirds of the pigeon to the nobility and gentry, and the rest to the robbers. Texas Siftings. The name of the Gladiolus, one of °ur most popular and beautiful summer«blpoming bulbs.is almost invariably mispronounced. The accent should be on the second syllable instead of the first, thus, Gla-df-o-lus, The name is derived from the Latin word Gladius, a iisword, on account of the peculiar sword-like shape of the foliage. The sunbeam is composed of millions of minute rays; so home-light must be constituted of little tendernesses, kindly looks, sweet laughter and loving words.