Bill Nye and Boomerang: Or, The Tale of a Meek-Eyed Mule, and Some Other Literary GemsNye, Bill
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Bill Nye and Boomerang: Or, The Tale of a Meek-Eyed Mule, and Some Other Literary Gems
Nye, Bill
American wit and humor
Mr. Spalding will wear a cream-colored walking suit with train No. 4. He
will also wear buttons with buttonholes to match. Sleeves cut Princesse,
with polished elbows of same. Boots plain with cranberry sauce. Brocaded
silk overskirt, with lemon sauce. Fifty-three button kids, fastening to
the suspenders, open back, with Italian dressing.
I give these notes to the reporter in advance, because women are so
apt to get these things all mixed up. After we have spent so much time
constructing an elaborate wardrobe, we do not wish the journals of the
Territory to come out the next day, and make each one of us appear like
"a perfect dud." Our table will also look the nicest of any in town.
We have designed it ourselves. We have arranged the hose so that we can
play it on the dishes after we have used them, and save splashing around
in hot water between meals. We intend to feed the first three or four
delegations without doing any work on the dishes. After that we will of
course have to turn on the hose. Visitors will be made to feel perfectly
at home. Callers will be required not to spit on the floor. Parties
making calls will not be allowed to throw peanut shells in the
card-receiver, or leave their muddy articles on the piano. Callers
will please remain seated while the frigid sustenance is circulated.
No standing callers allowed. Standing collars are going out of style
anyhow.
JUST THE THING.
Office of The Twilight Bumble Bee.
We have just received a copy of the Nebraska _Staats Zeitung-Tribune_ a
nice little eight page German paper, published at Grand Island,
Nebraska. We have not read it all through yet, but it is a mighty good
paper. We do not understand much German. We are a little rusty. "Zwei
glass lager" is about all the German we know, and that isn't very pure.
But this paper we like. There is a tone about it that seems to indicate
a lofty conception of true journalism. A noble ambition to cope with
vice and the prevailing errors of the day, and to conquer ignorance and
wrong. As we said before, there are a great many things in the paper
which we fail to quite "catch on" to, owing to our ignorance of the
German language, but there is a picture of a cook stove on the eighth
page that is first-rate. It is in the English language. There is also
a picture of a wind mill, in fractured English, on the same page. It is
very correct in its sentiment, and we endorse it.
In conclusion we will say that from what we have seen of this paper, we
are prepared to say that it meets a want long felt. It is pure in tone,
noble in politics, fearless in its attack upon the popular shortcomings
of the day, and well deserving of the hearty approval of the public.
THANKS.
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