Life — May 8, 1890 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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LIFE ORS AT NVLLy POOR JERSEY! THERE'S a stir in the meadows these glad days of Spring, ‘When the violets open and the birds northward wing ; But out in New Jersey the residents sigh, And wipe a sad tear from each brimming eye, For the mosquitoes begin now to sing. —Boston Budget. FLorr, the volunteer, left the barracks without permission. As the young man is a geneaal favorite, his corporal determined, if possible, to Shield him from punishment. ' Accordingly, he wrapped a sweeping brush in a blanket and laid it in the volunteer's bed. The officer on duty, who is rather short-sighted, soon after went the round of the beds until he came to Flott's. ‘* Who lies here,” he asked the corporal. “Volunteer Flott,” was the reply. “Flott, eh? The disorderly fellow is so intent on pleasure that he totally neglects himself. (The corporal trembles in the belief that the fraud is discovered.) You may tell volunteer Flott to-morrow to get his hair cut. Good night !"—Fhegende Blatter. Aw English paper alleges that ** on a recent trip to Europe, the chief- justice of the supreme court of Texas was introduced to an English member of Parliament. The introduction was made, not by name, but by the judicial title of the American visitor. * Oh, yes," said the E man, ‘I have heard of you, Your name is Judge Lynch." 275 A coyvat North Carolinian, who served in the Union Army, tells this story in connection with the resin-beds, which are found in the turpen- tine districts, During General Sherman's famous march to the sea, a part of the Twentieth Army Corps was halted in a section of this forest, and p red to camp for the night. The soldiers were somewhat morse’ to finding so large a stretch of smooth, solid rock, but con- gratulated themselves that they would not have to ‘bivouac in ‘the mud. Knapsacks were unslung, guards were mounted, and fires were kindled at different points, and the tired and weary veterans were preparing to settle down for a comfortable rest. The heat of the fires softened the resin, First it began to sputter, then great black clouds of smoke began to ascend, and suddenly hugh columns of fire shot up, seemingly from the very bowels of the earth. The whole camp was in commotion, the men beat a percipitate retreat, and soon the whole place was a seething, roaring mass of flame. One of the soldiers, as he grabbed his gun and started, shouted a warning to his comrades: ‘*Run, boys! 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