Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1884 — Peetic License. [ARTICLE]

Peetic License.

An Austin man, who has just got out a book of poems, met Gilhooly. and the following pnocedings were had: “Did you read my new book ?” “Oh, yes, I read it.” “How did you like it?” “My dear sir, I assure you that I Laid it aside with a great deal of pleasure.*’ And now the poet goes about with a smiling face, fully persuaded that his book has been indorsed by the people.— Texas Siftings. “There’s a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune,” said Blinkins, raking in the Government bonds, coupons, and household effects of some unfortunate, which had been blown into his back yard during a cyclone. Carl Pretzel’s Weekly. “Love softens the heart,* says an exchange. So far as we have been able to judge, it softens more brains than hearts—or rather it soften# the place where the brains are supposed to be.— Newman Independent. ***"*" ; y ■ 1 1 1 • A MAN in lowa has patented a hen's nest By and by some man will patent the hen, and then we will have to pay for eggs until a plain qmelet will taste l£w a >lO tdlL—Burlington Hawkeye,