Life — October 29, 1885 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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INDIAN SUMMER. O Florida damp Now skippeth the tramp ; From Jersey the skeeter doth flee, And out from the North The wind cometh forth To boozle the bumblesome bee. The seller of fuel Now eateth the gruel Of pleasure, and likewise the plumber In joyousness blooms, For bus-i-ness booms At the close of the Indian Summer. . . . HE Barbers’ Gazet/e has swung out for Governor Hill. The Governor will have to give up the chair to Mr. Davenport when the State barber cries “ Next!" on Novem- ber 3d. . . . AY GOULD has not tasted liquor for twenty-five years. A hankering after water has always been one of Mr. Gould's characteristics. . . . is WNTWS is the name applied to the inhabitants of the South of Wales by the people of the North. These Hwntws must be some relation to the unspeakable Turk. . . . HE word yacht is derived from the Dutch verb “ jagten,” meaning to pursue swiftly. According to this the Genes‘a must have been the only yacht in the recent International race. . . . “cc AL I never,” said Mrs. Spriggins. Flood Rock is full of fissures. they do n't catch ‘em.” . . . BOSTON paper calls a defaulting cashier “ A Spotted Adder.” Yes, and Canada is the’ place for these spotted adders to moccasin. “ They say this I wonder why . . . INN & CO., of Boston, are said to be large publishers of temperance tracts. . . . IBERIAN cats are now the fashion. This is doubtless the effect of the Siberian day the Sun's cat, the leader of feline fashions, experienced about a year ago. E greatly fear that it is nothing more or less than pro- fessional jealousy that has caused Mr. Stedman to omit Rollin Milton Squire from his “ Poets of America.” * . . [2 has been ascertained that the scratching of a Mugwump will disclose a Republican. If General Carr cannot keep in check his propensity for al- luding to the “traitors who are now governing this country,” he will afford voters a fine opportunity to discover what the scratching of a bloody-shirt Republican will disclose. . . . EN. HAZEN has written a book on the war. If it is no more reliable than his reminiscences of the weather, we are afraid the general's work will meet with a harsh reception. * . . EVY, the cornetist, has gone to Germany on a profes- sional tour. We warn Prince Bismarck that he will find the great blower a worthy rival. . . . EW YORK Republicans should take pains to inform the country that they have not nominated “ Johnny” Davenport for Governor. He is the only Davenport with a national notoriety and would not make a good candidate for Governor. . . . BRITISH humorist in the London Punch, commenting on the fact that there is a promised revival of “ roman- tic drama in London,” asks if this means “rheumatic drama?” One cannot help being convulsed at this witty sally. Both words begin with “r" and end with “tic,” and the substitution of one for the other must tickle all loyal sub- jects of the Queen. + * * T is announced that the U. S. Navy will soon have four of the best war ships in the world. Are the Préscil/a and Puritan to be turned into swift cruisers? The latter boat can, from long experience, accommodate all the spare cap- tains in the service, and will be invaluable in disabling British ships, if occasion offers. . . . ONDON 7ruth announces that the Prince of Wales is Colonel of over forty English regiments, and the statement is creating a dark suspicion that he has Kentucky blood in his veins. comicbooks.com