Judge — January 29, 1887 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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eon BFS he ib m is 2] bo o bs d in a case; “Twas a jolly, cozy place, he 1 suriise ; zealous subject blew ay pur cheeks, until they grew nd, ating hue ber Of her eyes. ra Nea y-hilted sword, i“ Where my curios are stored, You recline, et You were pleasant company when By the scribbling of her pen ood T was sent the ys of men ae To repine. on the Tell me truly (you were there se When she ceased that debonair Correspondence and affair)— I suppose ert That she laughed and smiled all day; ime Or did gentle teardrops stray she Down her charming, retrousee, ber Little nose ? im Where the sunbeams, coyly chill, Fall upon the mantel-si You perpetually will Silence woo ; And I fear that she herself By the little chubby elf Will be laid upon the shelf, Just as you DE WITT STERRY. Tt Ee "OUR FURNACE, Mrs. Punpack—" Well, now that you live in our neighborhood, Mr. Magruder, you must stop in and hear my daughter sing.” Maaruper— Thanks, I have heard her. lived so near.” In fact they took something off my rent because I weather is cold as a Mary Anderson kiss that furnace will maintain the utmost serenity of temper, and, though Ican plainly seea roaring | fire inside, the outside is as chilly as a board- | ing-house dinner-plate ; but let the weather suddenly moderate and the furnace begins to take an interest in things. In fact, it gets so excited that I have to go down and shut off all the drafts ; this does not seem to bother it very much, for it will keep going without fuel as long as the weather continues warm. You can’t keep it going in cold weather, and you can't shut it off in warm weather. If it takes a notion it will go, but if it gets a little put out you might as well try to warm up the society of Boston. I have studied its habits for several winters now, and I have come to the conclusion that I will have to get one of two things, a new furnace or pneumonia. L. R. CATLIN, My motto in life has been, ‘God helps him who helps himself;” .but by living up to it I ve spent three terms in the penitentiary, WARNED IN TIME. Tell me, gentle reader, nave you ever been on intimate terms with a furnace? Imean by that, have u ever lingered around it hour after hoi r hour in your shirt-sleeves, with your last Jear's straw hat on, trying by every known Means to impress upon it the importance of getting up a little heat? If you have you will know how fond I have become of our furnace and how I every day find some new and almost A Enthusiastic gunner, who has been out all day without getting a shot and has finally lost his way. human trait in its character. When the be * wecae Gaord y Thermometer 10 degrees above—'* It's I-lucky I saw that s-sign. I w-was just going to undress.”