Puck — October 8, 1879 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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PUCK. MELONCHOLIC. Three melons went sailing out in the West— Nutmeg, water and musk— Three little boys at evening dusk, While nature brooded in damp suspense, Climbed over a ten-rail, eight-foot fence, And stowed a melon beneath each vest. North German Lloyd STEAMSHIP LINE 4 vy 4 aerween Mt Sia New York, Southampton & Bremen. Ale Salling every Saturday. FAP Company's Pier, foot of Second Street, Hoboken. NECKAR....Saturday, Oct. 4] MOSEL... Saturday, Oct. 18 MAIN,..... Saturday, Oct. 11] ODER .....,Saturday, Oct. 25 Three little colics appeared that night And tackled the cherubs three— Rates of pastage from NEW YORK to HAMPTON, O the groan, the pain, the misery, First Cabio.ssssscssrsn rg B00] Second CAbIBssecsceesssn so] ‘The cramp, the gripe and the inward hurt, The fate that the doctors couldn’t avert— 1 Sete II sserngs Catenin 8 ura tickets at reduced rates. “Prepaid Steerage “380° Three undertakers at morning’s light. Ret 'N. B-—Steerage tickets to all points in the South of England, $30. OELRICHS 4.CO., General Agents, No, 2 Bowling Green. JONES OPENING FALL GOODS. Yet melons go sailing everywhere, And women are born to weep, And boys will forage where farmers sleep, And colics will come where melons go, And so will doctors and every woe That points the way to the golden stair. —Eugene Field in St, Louis Times-Journal. "TALMAGE loves to hear his congregation sing: 1879 1840 FANCY GOODS. 3 Hovservwasane Goons. GTR LAGE loves 0 ie ngregati LveRWware, | ‘‘ Fly abroad thou mighty gospel,”’ but he seems earn Pho #* a wane to interpret his mission as if the divine com- BOYS SUITS: ae * GLASSWARE. | mand read: “Go ye into all the world and GLOVES. * 3 CROCKERY. | preach the gospel to every creature"—at $500 LACES. cHina. | a night.— Zoronto Graphic. ye JONES *, 3 Eighth Avenue AnD teenth Street, Nineteen Anp now doth the bucolic bumpkin gather invaluable information at the agricult fair, that shall stand him in good stead in his next year’s labors upon the farm. The horse trot shall open to his view a sure avenue to a cor- Eighth ee eee rect understanding of the genus beat and the * | hardy perpetual sharper; the walking matches * JONES * shall prove an incentive to his own walking-off * * from the ancestral acres at the first convenient sHors. # _ sitxs. | opportunity, while the bicycle races, if they do corns, 1% Poa canewts. | nothing else, may serve as primary instruction cote * pnyss.coons.| in the usefal but dificult accomplishment of an = straddling a blind "—whatever that may be. UPHOLSTERY. * * SUITS & CLOAKS.| _ Boston Transcript. FURNITURE. We SHAWLS, SKIRTS, 8c] Tyryy Grant has received some one-horse hospitalities and ovations during his trip round . | the world is doubtless true, although we have only the word of the Associated Press dispatches for it, which doesn't go very far; but, all the same, we feel proud to think he will strike one place, at least, where the most bang-up atten- tions, are to be ladled out to him, regardless of expense. These reflections are inspired by the following list of entertainments especially pre- pared to amuse the General, and which country papers throughout the world are requested to Newest styles of good: Personal and Hou H.C. F. KOCH, 6th Ave., Cor. 20th Street. FALL OPENING NOVELTIES Ladies’ Fine Costumes, Cloaks and Wrappers, Children’s and Infants’ Cloaks and Underwear, Silks, Velvets, Dress Goods, LACES, RIBBONS, FRINGES, Passementery, French Hosiery, Curtains, all at prices that are acknowledged to be lower than any house on the Avenue. H. C, F. KOCH, Gth Ave. & 20th St. ee “PUCK” CIGARETTES are tho best. Manufactured by B, Pottax, New York. copy: In the first place, there is to be the grand per- formance at the Grand Opera House of a musi- cal novelty, specially written for the occasion, entitled “Pinafore,” during which the local militia manual will be perpetrated by Com- pany G. Tickets, $1. Clam-bake at Saucelito by the Natural Sons of the Flaming West. One bushel of picked clams specially ordered for the General. Tickets, 50 cents. Grand Sociable by the Peavine Polka Club, including supper. Tickets, 75 cents. Grand Dog Fight in the First Ward under the auspices of Moloney Bros. Tickets, $2. Grand Dramatic Entertainment by the West- ern Addition Amateurs, “ Box and Cox.” Ad- mission, 50 cents, Grand Taffy Pulling at Mrs. Pleff’s boarding- house in Natoma street. Tickets, 25 cents. Grand Pop-Corn Scramble in East Oakland. Tickets, 25 cents. In addition to which Mr. Dodd has invited the General to a poker game at his rooms next Tuesday, on which occasion he will cut a water- melon, If the ex-President’s head isn’t turned before he leaves the coast it won't be our fault— San Francisco Post, WEBER, ‘MANUPACTURER OF GRAND, SQUARE and UPRIGHT EAN OC S&. «Wy AREROOMS, =m: 5th Ave. and West 16th St., New York. 909 BROADWAY 909 Near 20th Street. CARAMELS A SPECIALTY. Fine Bonbons unexcelled for Excellence of Flavors and quality. NEW FRENCH FRUITS. VANILLA MOLASSES CANDY. Large Assortment of Fancy Boxes and Baskets. Favors for the German ef my own Importation. E. GREENFIELD. G. H. MOMM & CO.’S CHAMPAGNE. gaportation 1x 1878 35,906 Cases, or 16,270 cases more than of any other brand. ENTRAORDLNARY SALE KID GLOVES. Having just purchased the balance of a consignment of Real Kid Gloves at algreat sacrifice, we offer 300 DOZEN 2s fol lows: 3-BUTTON KIDS at 76 cents, Regular Price 81.50. 4-BUTTON KIDS at $1.00, Regular Price 61.75. 6-BUTTON KIDS at 26, Regular Price §2 00. ‘These are choice, new goods, comprising Black, Medium, Dark, and Opera shades. ‘Our friends should avail themselves of this unusual opportunity to secure a really good glove at such an extremely low price. Le Boutillier Bros., 48 East 14th St. 847 Broadway.