Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1892 — IN COMMON METER. [ARTICLE]

IN COMMON METER.

I used t« dote on Kitty, 7; All day long I sung her praise! She was so oute and pretty, And had suoh kittenish ways. But, oht I wish that Kitty 1 } From kittenish ways desist: Alas! I’m to be pitied; She's soratefaed me off her list —Truth. His halt was in a bottle. And it soared him half to death When his wife inquired demurely If he fished with bated breath. —Washington Star. [‘Alas! alas!” Tom sighed and said; [■Lost opportunities are dead; Five years ago. If I had known. florlnda Jones had been my own. was afraid to speak the word. And now she’s wedded, so I’ve heard.” •’I wish you’d spoken,” said his friend, ‘‘l married her; you comprehend?” —Judge. It’s when we find him at his best He tells of what he caught: - The while his friends will sinlle and jest About the fish he bought. —New York Sun. The lawyers down at BtllvUle Are huppy as can be: They hire a man to wreck a train. And when a dozen folks are slain They sue the road and always gain A big contingent fee. . —Atlanta Constitution. “You live at the same boarding house with Miss Spouter, " said the young woman. “Yes.” “ That must be pleasant. n “Not exactly. ” “ Doesn't she exhibit bev talents?" “Yes; but her reciting puts me to sleep and her singing keeps me ■wake, so that it really makes it difficult to regulate my hours. ’’—Washington Star.