Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1889 — Astonished the Old Man. [ARTICLE]

Astonished the Old Man.

An old gentleman of Glens Falls who is popular among the boys, and by virtue of his intimate relations with them often proffers advice, one day ran across a couple of lads who were smoking clay pipes. “Well, well, boys,” said he, with an impressive sigh and solemn manner intended to make the boys feel the seriousness of the occasion, “I am 70 years old and hara never smoked a pipe in my life.” “You old fool, you, it’s your own fault,” replied one of the pair. The old man was so dreadfully taken aback that he couldn’t say another word and left the pair to enjoy their smoke without hearing his intended homily. He tells the joke himself with evident enjoyment. —Albany Journal. Competent nurses are too few. They are as needful as good physicians. The authorities of the Bellevue Hospital of New York have started a two years* course of instruction for nurses. It is open to young men. Troubles are said to come in pairs. But we’vo found more in watermelons. —Yonkers Statesman.