Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1884 — How Coodledodger Hurt Mrs. Coodledodger’s Feelings. [ARTICLE]

How Coodledodger Hurt Mrs. Coodledodger’s Feelings.

“Look here, my dear,” exclaimed Coodledodger, as he smilingly entered ■ within the bosom of his family one evening recently. “Just look here what I have brought you; now what do you think of these, my dear?” “What are tliev, dear—toys for the baby?” “Mrs. Coodledodger, do they look like toys? No, they are something for you. ” “What are they, Mr. Coodledodger?” “Bell garters, my dear—bell garters.” “Bell garters?’’ “Yes, duck, bell garter’s. It used to be tassels on your boots, and now it is bells on your calves.” “Oh, my dear Coodledodger, ain’t they cute ?” “Cute! Well, I should smile. Just imagine a woman rambling around emitting music from her calves. Why, it is too cute to talk about. Put them on your 1 I mean your underpins, and let’s see how they look. ” “Very well, dear. Oh, the cute little things; how pretty. Why, Mr. Coodledodger, these won’t do at all; they don’t fit.” “What’s the matter with them?" “They are entirely too large.” “What! Too large?” “Yes, dear, too large.”

“Gimme them here and I’ll take ’em right back and get ’em changed. I never thought they would be too large, for I bet I can’t get them over a fence rail. But I’ll get ’em changed. Gimme the broomstick, pigeon.” “What do you want with the broomstick, dear?” “I want to take it with me for fear I’ll make another mistake and get the garters too large. ” Coodledodger has been vigorously scratching his head for two days, and he can’t for the life of him guess what started Mrs. Coodledodger a crying.— Galveston News.

The Four-Leaf Clover.—A boy was told if he could find a four-leaf clover it would be to him a talisman of good fortune, and with it in his possession success in any undertaking was sure. So early in life he started out to search for this little token of good. He left his home and friends to wander alone in this pursuit, traveling across continents and oceans indus search, but all in vain. At last, a disappointed and worn-out old man, he returned to the old homestead to die; and as he tottered up the familiar pathway, lo! close beside the doorstep grew a four-leaf clover.

With certain saints our ancestors connected certain flowers on account of their blossoming about the saints’days. Thus the snowdrop was called the Purification flower, from its blossoming about Candlemas (Feb. 2); the crocus was dedicated to St. Valentine; the daisy to St. Margaret (hence called by the French “La Belle Marguerite”); the Lady Smock to the Virgin, its flowers appearing about Lady Day; St. John’s Wort was connected” with the blessed St._John; and there were the daffodil or Lent lily, the Basque flower or anemone, the Herb Christopher, St. Barnaby’s thistle, Canterbury bell, Herb St. Bobert, and Mary Wort.

In Switzerland there is a law which compels every newly married couple to plant six trees after the ceremony, and two on the oirth of every child. They are planted on commons and near the road, and being mostly fruit trees are both useful and ornamental. The number planted amounts to 10,000 annually. In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities wifi often be found concealed under a rustic garb.— Pliny.