Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1900 — The Silly Season. [ARTICLE]

The Silly Season.

Soda water sells better than hot cakes in this weather.—Buffalo Times. At summer resorts engagement lingers move in the most fashionable circles.Philadelphia Times. When a frout porch can't Ik> passed that has not nn occupied hammock Imaging on it, it's u sign the summer is in full swing.— Philadelphia Times. The only flutter caused by the announcement that furs will be higher is among the fans. Who cages? Sufficient unto the day is the perspiration thereof. -r-Mihvaukec Wisconsin. In western Kansas it has been known to blow twelve days on a stretch and hold n sheep tip against the Imrn until it starved to denth.—Harvard ileruhl. The first sea serpent of tbe season was captured at Seneca lake. It consisted of thirteen feet of eel nnd the robust imagination of the farmers in thnt immediate vicinity. -Washington l’ost. This is a busy season for the life guards nt the coast resorts. The numlx-r of inexpert hut foolish bathers who plunge into the surf only to hare the surf plunge into them appeark to be steadily iiacreaaing.— New York Mail and Express.