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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1890)
WEST SHORE. JSSI 4 OUR SCHOOLEXHIBITION. "1 ' - x'-" a I vrv mi;,, m lift i Fvl STRATEGIST. UR school it give an exhibition Friday evenin' list. The folka til come tnd brung their aunts and nnclea. Fast As Sammy Witherepoon, the usher, got one person set TleJ comfortable, another come, and then another yet; And then oar braes band come inside and butt right out a-playin " Hail Columby, Happy Land." I think I'm right in sayln' There never was such musio Played before, I know, Since Joshua's comet It upsot The walls ol Jericho. They had a heap of singin' and a drove of little girls, As innocent as angels In white frocks and yel low curls, Sung songs of which I didn't ketch the mean in' very plain Because they didn't all begin to onct; which is the main Dramatic criticism I hev got to offer, fer, I swear, I liked to look at thein bright little girls with yellow hair. And then our brass band It Bust out to play and blow, Like Joehua did when he upsot The walls of Jericho. And then they had a dialogue ; young ladies Bgered In it. I ain't no crit'cism of no sort to offer every minute I was too busy takin' in the ladies' words and smiles, And wished that I was there to rescue Beauty from the wiles Of villains but the band bust out a-playin', louder than before, And loosened lots of shakes; broke specs ; false teeth fell on the floor. If Joshua's brass band played As loud as ourn, you know, It ain't no wonder they npsot The walls of Jericho. Allison Fkkncii. itllPt " I think it's Just horrid in yon men to claim a kiss Just because yon happen to catch ns nnder a little piece of mistletoe," said Miss Thirdseason, as she clung to the arm of a modest gentleman and led him about so gently that he was unaware that he was being piloted. " Yon men take advantage of ui just because an old heathen custom sanctions It. I tell you I am very careful to keep away from it. No man ever kissed me yet, and I'd die before I'd let him do It. Oh I Mercy I There's the horrid thing right over my head now," and she turned her face up and stood paralysed with fright nntil the spell was broken in the regulation way. Quill. A CHRISTMAS WISH. Shi (gating pensively out at the first snow) Oh, how I wish I lived in Russia I Hk (astonished) In Russia? Sue Yes. I've just been reading that a Russian lover will iltigh bit sweetheart rather than give her np. What glorious men those Russians must be. SUE COULD STAND THE PRESSURE. Jack You could never bring yourself to love a fellow like me, could yonf Axr I don't know, Jack. I might nnder pressure. ONE LITTLE HAND. I know a little hand petite, So tender, rosy-red and sweet, So full of nature's subtle art That ev'ry motion doth Impart A strange sensation to my heart. Oft, when I'm sitting all alone, I seem to feel It 'tween my own, Or mayhap in my midnight dreams Its vision comes until it seems A sweet effulgence o'er me gleams. Ah I Tis my throbbing heart's delight To hold It near with pressure light, And watch the diamonds flash and flare That seem to proudly nestle there . Upon that hand so debonnalr. Full many a heart rests in that band I It has my all at its command One move my cherished hopes might crush, lint, blame the bluff, I'll make a " rash," So here's the hand a bobtail flush I Jian La Hub Dimm, 281 1 1