Judge — June 18, 1887 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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LADY OF THE LAKE. BY MOONSHINE, HE stag at drank his fill Where danced the moon * on Monan’s rill ; ‘Thedeep-mouthed blood- hound’s heavy bay Zesounded up the rocky wa; And faint, from farther distance borne, had eve + heard the clang- THE STRAW FIEND. The train had stopped at Schenectady und some had arisen to ch their legs when a drummer rushed in from the s: r, held up p finger, and said: “Straw fiend coming through to take your preference for presi- dent; St. John, all hands, see ¢” and he went back into the next car. The straw fiend came in with a book and pencil. Evidently he had bought his straw hat too late, for there were freckles on his face ican half dollars, and they matched the color of his n and ch, tchets. wove a lesert waste of a red, sun- vith an umbrella between his knees mering heat: Have you any preference for next burned nose, Said he to the m who was staring out at the shi are taking a straw. lent ?” “*St. John,” said the granger without looking around. The little man with bundles, under the mirror, nodded and said, ‘‘The same here.” The straw fiend made two marks and turned hastily to the next The answer startled him; but he went on down the aisle, as he reach- ed the end of the car he turned and looked back at’ the passen- He pale and his hand shook ashe tallied the list. With a lingering touch ppened the door and passed back mito the next At Palatine while the engine took wa- ter he got off and stopped the conduc- tor as he came tow- antl the tra gers. car, is morn: know.” Cap, is any blamed pition conven- high-license jamboree up the road se or Roch: ter, and say, —do you years) nu Hear ‘ot that I know of: why?” said the urbane conductor. No matter,” said the fiend, as he mop- ped his freckles and climbed back into the car. At Utica when the train stop- ped for dinner a loud asked @ he class, Commaxvino OFFICER. Recrvrr—" You said CommaxDrsa orricrn DECEPTIVE. NraRsiotteD OLD Lapy—" See that horrid old man looking at us through the hole in his paper.” voice was heard in the depot and the passen mark loud! “No use talking, gentlemen; the jig is up. Prohibition is going to knock the red sunset right out of the old parties. Reform isa marching on worse than John Brown's body, and Lam the elothespin that ain't afraid to bet on it.” Agentle snicker was heard to run through the crowd, and he stop: ped and looked dazed as the drummer went through the gate remark ing, “Tlive here. I worked him foratenner. It isa big thing, and don't give it away.” rs heard the fiend re- THE OLD PROFESAOR. SUMMER SKITS, The girl without a lover pretends to have no liking for ice-cream Since mind-reading and hand-reading have died out the craze for novel-reading seems about to have set in. During the winter the society woman goes nearly naked; when the weather gets hot she covers herself up. Many a young man with his two down to see the races and spends the rei home. wes in his pocket goes nder of his vacation at THE SEVENTH REGIMENT AT PEEKSKILL. * What are you doing out of the ranks, sir 1 Front, didn't yer ar Recevrt—" Well, wir, I work in a hotel when I'm in the city, an’ it kinder startled me.” comicbooks.com