Life — August 28, 1902 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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‘Tux patience of fishermen who really love the sport is the theme of many stories. One is told by a man who, traveling on foot through part of England, came upon a solitary fisherman, who looked os if time and the world might pass away withoat disturbing his content, “Have you fished long in this stream?" asked the trav ler. ™ Eighteen year,” was the calm response, “Get many bites?” was the next question, ‘The fisherman ecareely turned his gaze from the rod in his hands. Five year ago in this very spot Thad afine bite,” be answered, hopefully.— Youth's Companion. A Puttapenruta member of the State Legislature was recently showing some Harrisburg friends around the City Hail aud took thom into Mayor Ashbridge’s room. Its Honor made bimeelf very azrecable to the visitors, as is bis wont, and had a hearty "Glad to bave met you !"" for them as they were departing. One of the strangers, much im- pressed by the Mayor's conliality, lingered long enongh to aay If you're ever up in our town, come to eee me, I'l treat you right. You've never been to Harrisburg, have your “On, replied the Mayor.“ T pent two weeks there one afternoon.” — Philadelphia Times. Sexator Perens says that once when he was a sailor, 4 tremendous storm came up, and it looked as if the vessel were doomed to go under. In the midst of the excitement minister, who was one of the passengers, asked the cap- tain if he could have prayers. * Ob, never mind about the prayers,"* ead the captain ; © the men are swearing too haeil to etop for prayers, and as Jong as yo added the captain, “there is no danger.” ister went back to hia cabin, A little while . the preacher went on he went hear them swearin; 11° he eald, fervently, * those men are stil "= Argonaut. Manx Twarn eays that some years ago, when in the South, he met an old colored man who claimed to have known George Washington, Tasked him,” relates the hamoriat, "if he was in the boat when General Washington cromsed the Delaware, and he instantly replied “* Lor’, masta, I steered dat boat.’ “* Well,’ said [, ‘do you remember when George took the hack at the cherry-tree?? “Tle looked worried for @ minate, beaming emile, said ; “* Why, suah, massa, [ dun drove dat hack mahself,""* —Exchange. and then, witb a Gronor Stickney, who lives in Lancaster, N, H., is well known in Lewiston, He has a boy who is coming slong like a three-year-old trotter under training. Mr Stickney asked the Superintendent of Schools when it woold be ailvieable to rend the boy to tchool, ‘The #nperintendent said that the fall term would be a good time, but advised Mr..Stickney to teach the Jad that two and two make four and how the letters of the alphabet ran before he let him out, A short time afterward the superintendent met the boy and asked him if he knew his letters, * Sure," said the boy, “Well, sir, what is the first letter."” was the answer, “Correct,” sald the superintendent, comes after A?" ** All the rest of the push,” eaid the boy, —Lawiston Evening Journal, “Now what Tur following incident occurred at an entertainment in a large provincial town, On the programme a certain vocal- ist was down to sing “The Miner's Dream of Home," and to add epecial effect to the eong he, having a friend a fire- man at the fire tation, about three minates' walk from the hall, ran out and borrowed his topboote, Ilis tarn on the programme came around. Tle appeared on the rtage In all the glory of a blouse, slouch hat, white beceches and (the fireman's) topboots. His rendering of the tong was a great success up to the middle of the second verse, when a commotion was heard at the entrance of the hall, Then a hot and eager fireman forced his way through the andience up to the footlights and bawled oat at the top of his voie * Bill, yo value your life. ve got to come out of them ‘ere boo I'm called to a fire !"— Tit-Bits, Tarny Fensiss tells of a testy but popular Scorch lee turer who, ona tour of the Lowlands, met a chairman 4 it. pressed with the Importance of his office that in introducing the visitor he actually talked to the audience for an bosr ‘The gathering, a very large one, bore it all patiently. Tay ‘was the chairman's peroration : “ Its unnecessary for me to say more; #0 I call opoa the distinguished gentleman who has come ¢0 far to give tus bis address to-night.” ‘The gentleman who had come eo far arose, etepped for. ward, bowed, pulled oat and looked at his wateh, apd thea eaid : * You want my address, It i 822 Rob Roy Creseert, Edinborgh. A letter will find me there, Good night.” Saying which he left the stage and the hall before any- body could interpose.— Philadelphia Times, Mayon's Secretary William P, Ryan was commenticg yesterday on the way in which many illiterate pereoos teem to get along inthe world. “The late Willlam J. Carroll used to tell a good story along this line,” raid Mr. Ryan “He bad business connected with the collection of reste which need to take him to a certain place on the eaviera shore at fntervale. On one occasion he went into a store there, the proprictor of which could neither read nor write ‘While he was there a man came in who was evidently a regs. lar cnstomer. “*Towe you some money, don't I?* he said to the etore- keeper. “The latter went to the door and turned it around ¢0 that the back was vimble, + That's 60," he replied ; ‘you owe me for a cheere." +A cheese ?* replied the customer ;* no, I don't" The storekeeper looked at the door again. “*That’s #0,’ he said, ‘it’s a grindstone, I didn't we thodotinths middle,*"—Rattimore Sun. or sale by all Newsdealera in Great Britain. ‘The Inter- Company, Bream’s Burlding, Chancery Lane, national Ni London, C., England, AGENTS. Established 1823. WILSON WHISKEY. That’s All! THE WILSON DISTILLING CO., Bainmore, Md. ECROPEAN AGENTS—Mesare. 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