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Show I Made Good Guide at Night. Jason Hoover, a farmer of Western Wisconsin, ventured out ono very dark night to visit a sick neighbor. His wlfo followed. Tho man kept up an Incessant conversation, not for nn-tertatnmont, nn-tertatnmont, hut that his helpmeet might bo guided by his sonorous voice along tho treacherous and uncertain path. Suddenly Farmer Hoover shouted a warning, stumbled and fell heavily. After BOino grumbling nnd much assistance as-sistance from his sympathetic wlfo, he continued tho Journey, Umplng pain 'fully, and rubbing his bruised thigh "Jason, you may stop talking," bub gestcd his wlfo, considerately; "It Ii easy to follow you now." - Mr. Hover heenmo Inquisitive, and was astonished to learn that In rub hlng his thigh ho had caused tho plioa phorus to glow, which for a long tlm had been accumulating on his trou' sors from the many mntchos struck thero. Now York Herald. |