Puck — April 9, 1879 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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PUCK. WOOED BUT NOT WON. With stealthy gait she sought the gate, To see the distant sea— ‘The scene there seen was of a seine Dragged leeward o’er the lea. ‘The bell that tolled told that ere belle That evening dew was due, But still in still of eve she waits With blushing hue for Hugh. And soon he rode along the road And hied where she did hide— Racked by love’s throws he throws him down ‘And thus sighed by her side: “Oh, cast away all caste and hear My sighs of solemn size, And raise on me the gentle rays” Of that soft eye I prize. “Some of the sum of all your love My sighs of solemn sighs, And raise on me the gentle rays Of that soft eye I prize, “Some of the sum of all your love, O fair one, may be won— I'll sue you, Sue alone, the loan, And dun you till 'tis done! “ Allin the dust dost see me sprawl? This sort of love I've sought— If tort I've taught you by my words, Then naught should come to nought!” She said: “All lorn upon the lawn T hear you sighing here— Oh, do not languish in the dew Nor gnaw your soul with fear, To make us two but one, I, too, Would fain seek out the fane— But ma might mar our plans and pa With his raised cane raise Cain!" Enlarged Cincinnati Saturday Night. One thing is certain, the lamb isn’t going to have much show this year.— Rochester Express. Tuat's tooth in, as the dog said to the other, who was trying to steal his dinner.— Toronto Grip. A Boy always finds out what true inwardness means when he wrestles with his first cigar.— Waterloo Observer, Buvinc expensive cloths is like crossing a stream, don’t undertake unless you can 'ford it. —Court Journal. Market quotations do not affect the price of liberty, which always remains at eternal vigi- lance.—W. O. Picayune. Epitors are talking about ‘Miss Braddon’s cloven foot. Some editors are wonderfully inquisitive.—Syracuse Standard, Future punishment is for other people. ‘The man who believes in it expects himself to be happy in heaven.— New Orleans Picayune, Since fly time has come, the New Orleans Times says the Society for the Suppression of Profanity has suspended operations.—Derrick, Hewas criticising the latest grist of Graham, when it occurred to him that “ this flour, by any other name, would smell as wheat."—Rome Sentinel. If there are any more Royal weddings, deaths, receptions and departures, Mr. Tenny- son says he shall strike for higher wages.— Bos- ton Post, A ici young lady has fallen in love with and married a New York street car driver. From the bridle and the halter hg went to the altar and the bridal, and the only train and switch to occupy his ‘mind hereafter are those belonging to his wife. She takes him for wheel or whoa, as it were.— Norristown Herald. AN Ohio cow last week broke a man’s neck by akick. A mule that witnessed the casualty went behind the barn and wept.—Norristown Herald. Ace imparts a richer flavor to wine and in- creases its value; but, alas! it is the worst thing that could happen to an egg.— Hackensack Re- publican, SoLomon was the first man to suggest parting the heir in the middle. The suggestion was made to two women in a famous lawsuit.— New York World. A WESTERN paper reports the discovery of a rich vein of lead in Kentucky. In the body of one of Kentucky's judges, probably.— Phila. Kronikle-Herald, ANnp now the tramp has a new excuse. What he wants and must have is money enough to buy a pedometer so as to time himself.— Detroit Free Press. AN Oil City poet sends us some verses begin- ning, ‘Now, inspiration, seize my muse,” Hence the reason that we call our waste basket “ Inspiration."— Derrick. A Man got sick cating fresh strawberries in Chicago yesterday. It is needless to add that the invalid is one of our heaviest capitalists. — Chicago Evening Journal. ‘Tue man who carelessly investigated some ex- cavations that were flanked with a red flag was called ‘ a blasted idiot” by the unfeeling coro- ner's jury.—New York News. GEoRGE WASHINGTON, although first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen, was never first in a pedestrian tournament.— Phila, Kronikle- Herald. Tue Boston feet calls the proposed overland reception of General Grant his ‘ political fun- eral. It will find that the people are merely re- hearsing the next inauguration. — Phila, Bulletin, Miss Puemie Bropcetrt, of this state, ate a nutmeg, and was immediately seized with a sickness that nearly cost her her life. So much for not patronizing home productions.—Dan- bury News. A pispatcH from Washington says the in- terest in the Cameron suit is waning. From the manner in which the old man has been hauled over the coals we were led to suppose it was “waxing.”"— Camden Post. ‘Tim Ryan was arraigned yesterday morning for assaulting a fellow-workman with a fragment of rock while quarrying together. ‘This is a brand of Ryan rock that is not much in de- mand.— Yonkers Gazelle. One thousand lires in Italian are just equal to one Eli Perkins in English. P. S.—The pro- nunciation of lires is changed for this occa- sion for the benefit of Mr. Perkins.—Construc- tive anticipation of Puck by Boston Post. Din the cow catcher?—Puck. No, but the engine whistied for her.--V. H. Register. It was rail affecting. Did they hurt her tender— feelings? —V. Y. Mews. No; but it made the Locomotive’s head light. —Boston Bulletin, “ Ir does not take long,” saysan agricultural writer, ‘to fork over an acre.” Which is gos- pel truth, ‘Thousands of acres have been forked over to the mortgagees the past year or two, in double-quick order.— Boston Transcript, I nave vertigo, go for the doctor quick, Of my sudden illness he should quickly know, He lives ‘round the corner—I'm very sick, So the young man didn’t have vertigo. — Court Journal, Vichy from the Springs: Havranive, Ceuastine, Gaaxot Gate and Horrrat—i ‘THE PRIEDR v1 HSHAL wo nut ONLY RELIABLE: ave BEST ov ant BICTHawATEES, CleanPOND'S EXTRACT. Totlet © ‘and Softening to the Face and. H. To preserve the teeth and keep them pure ‘ent their decay, there is no preparation in the market equal to SOZODONT To preserve the gums in a natur- ally hard and healthy condition, there is no superior to SOZO- DONT. To purify and sweeten the breath there is no rival to SOZODONT. 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