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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1890)
JOi WEST F1I0ME. 1 I 4'm'l know If the Mil lyt and r.rl f yon m I plart tht Uji f.ri, M I am rt!ly to tU girls) tw rad tht ht)ttvjrit 4rjrtnf)l of Wr riis. Hut thit it not all that I l l know. TUy proUUy ayqld n4 I aUa to a fiM ia this cr that fifTi h, nt Mna fry-in opl fail In ll.U. yrt krn our tyttight fail with aga. Anyway I Am g-Jrg i arito MMthlng (. tU l.ttla ones this aetk. I at orv a small ly my , and I tin at!! tma'l In mm ays ; ( Inlarr, I or ly lh e'l or Kan lrl and thirty pounds llxh I to M Mjf than thai. A lot Urrt af I rama oat awt and railed at tht offra of Witt rnM an! 1-J4 U a-.hu that I had a rvtion to W a hu thrift aft I a rite Mjwihlrif funny f hit jr. II Ujitfht that aaa funny an ! rail I might try It ant a. I'.ut now I wn4 toMM point or o( Ur, If puMildt. I hart mm my larra frkt !a aftvrfig U bUl fulk, and aartn friends art jtut the In I to hart Uty U M a a arm at to tnakt It " loo hot " l on. A lady f fiend ri(a na that lo of my littUi Iota friendi ha ln Mntthat amy. Or l.t'lt girl on Mng atked If aha atw to rult fur V (jutxiqmI, U) rihM " No" tftl Mt U.al U u riri h oU f tU girla! (Mr. It t' r.t pmiiu of Iota ) Tlt otir hitlt it- Uy-n hit lirtatli on frutly momlnf thU lnW ai!, " Aobt Al, at th iJuH rxmifif oat of mt! " YoQ ktx; hr aty t art banfht fxst Jtit. ("lulln-n art iw!y aJt of ihtm firU. Thty ha tij mum at a tilttr (!at B.a-U ft mm arfl to tat v of. I hart an ajtuJntafti ho MtUnai aa tir-a'l U Uxxifht tht ttart trrt aH tjt. Ar4 if tt atrt M Mtnjountrn anj kr them U) U ftl t. Mt hif!irf arwr4 I.kt t.lrt-r U"i In tht tat tt of ky, U w mMM mm to rvn tnn an wtt,i txit htilt hofjta uf ailr ft a ta!f a iniSa op in tU rtvtft of ik!ht to 0Ki tn'mrt Into htara. .Nvw Un t thla HiJT A h!t fiH Is tht tt Mil, at tht rortain hWv ail atJ U tan tok4 Into lr hum, " Mamma Ut tin.! t4tJ la oq !" TU f!jlrt la tA mt tkal at It la MiMthSri tltt, ta t toa, MJ,o, a htt girl p4 ruofuwl, it vU kMis, at to t hat fcamt al aiuwU fltt to a mUio so iNUnl nrr.fclkj. Miiurbl f'J f rl. Hrfluftfrfch hair, m gJJ, 141 i.kt ft tnatoiit) ttn at it av4 fall.rf aUt ttr ai-iVWt, ita trrUin ni Into tht rjthmU' fi uf tht Ini. Itto ttr Un I4a rytt tht M Hurt of Utho't kUt arn4 to hait aal tmnutM UW.nat! Wit Uu:!'hm, At4 at tht rt thrwh tht oMharJ U (attmv) nt ia lt Lanli hW lUa qq Ur )rfrka. IHtdayU lU ar tjirt It atal.t:C4 atJ ralfcitf or J riln. m tt mt, anj U.H fj M Ur l'l My a4tf m tr 9t in U-t an har4 anj r:'J hr la to (1 i of m4 (ooaUec fratMiowj aran"), Al tht ItlW rtouj at tht U It tntf tht lr rrram my tir noti(T her lUnding now on one foot and now on tht (Aher. Urr IM were colli and i little painful, yon see. WUttUd my titter Mked her, " Whit's Uie matter?" ihe rrj.Iie.1, " I'm fH Uie hea lacht in my feet." In North Mitio in autatnn when the fires are in the moan Ulna tht sun will aear at noon-day, at yoa have sometimes twn at Iti anting when it rewmhled a round plate of fire born irif in tht tmokt but emitting no rays of light. One day when tht tun i kfd to a little girl said " the sun hasn't any shiners." I hart a ihort porrn among my Mm. somewhere in which a little girl, coming to the window and seeing the falling snow, tulaima, " 'ook, papa, it's waining white 1 " A STROLL OF TEN MILES. A friend telli me a fine ttory about a fellow in Southern Illi nola. Me went to hunt his cow and was gone all day. When ha rame home at night his wife anked him if he bad found the row. lit taid he hadn't; but that he bad been a long way, and adJed that " if the world's aa big the other way as 'Us the ay I went it's a whopr." He had been about ten miles from home. rratnoia (to the cook) Are you the mate, sir? Ci-J'aith, and I am the man that cooks the mate! fuuTT'iT Cmm (to a Hwede)-Areyouachild of God? htii.r. No, I tat a S'ede. runtiojur Ctmix-Are you a worker in the Tlneyardof tht Lord? ham-No, I haf a yob in Astoria. The rriiirt art now making considerable noise about quiet humor. ThU kind of humor is found generally between the linf. To aay one thing and snirgwit another so delicately that lU ra.Ur fancies that he hat discovered what the author was do! con iotn of, ia to furnith the reader with quiet humor such aa ht enoji and makes him W wise! r.l'T THAT COI LI) NOT HAVE BEEN. Hht stolt my heart ; and I do own Tha dramt thief I're erer known Wu that dear maid ; and, on my oath, Methloki iht would hare stolen both My hrart and mind had she not been S fartitUl with the Utter. E'en Nuw I could a 1th, the better part, That I bad nothing bwn but-beart! I AM THOUGH. ..'.iT im7 i"7 hU ntly calls; and no tow tU Cn'l I wrer tell her I'm eegaH I