Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1883 — A LITTLE SPICE. [ARTICLE]

A LITTLE SPICE.

A New York plumber has died from overwork. It is suspected that he attempted to make oat a dozen bills in one week. A French paper says that Gambetta used to recite whole poems of Victor Hugo’s while dressing. His mysterious death is no longer a matter of surprise. Cheyenne society is harrowed up over a question of etiquette. People are divided in opinion as to whioh coat-sleeve a man should wipe his mouth with after eating soup. A good old lady, speaking in a prayer meeting and giving expression to the joy and confidence she felt, said: “I feel as if I was ready this minute to fall into the arms of Beelzebub.” “Abraham! Yon* mean Abraham!” hastily corrected a brother sitting near. “Well, Abraham, then,” was the response. “It don’t make any difference. They’re both good men.” A Nashville woman has been arrested on the charge of stealing a pavement,and the Philadelphia News can’t imagino what in the world she wanted of it. The probabilities are that she was formerly a Philadelphia servant girl, an intends shortly to move into the country. She designed to take the pavement with her. A Philadelphia domestic can’t enjoy life unless she has a pavement to wash off every morning. Boston Journal: “Now girls,” said the teacher, “I want yon to read up about George Washington, who was the father of his country, and on his birthday I shall question yon regarding him, and also abont his wife. I suppose yon know who was the mother of this country and her name—” A little head popped up in the rear seats, and the teacher resumed: “Well, my dear, you may name the mother of our country.” “Lydia Pinkham,’ shouted the five-year-old in a shrill voice. The teacher went home wondering whether life was worth living. Back from off hia fevered temples, Brush hie straggling locks of gold. Hear hie deep, etertorione breathing— Little Darling’s caught a oold. Hasten, get the soapsuds heated — Place it at hie chubby toes— Speed thee for the mutton tallow. Grease the little Darling’s nose.