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Show "Yoo're Loosing Your Strap !" An unsophisticated lady, who resides in New Jersey, and had never seen the burning of a house, visited Philadelphia, Phila-delphia, and, fortunately for her de-siro, de-siro, a conflagration occurred within a short distance of the place where she was sojourning. Awakened by the ; passing ongines and truoks, she got out of bed and hastily threw open lhe second story window. In a moment a hose-truck dashed by, unreeling the hose as it sped along. The old lady gaed at tho vehiole and observing that it left bohind what appeared to be a huge strip of leather, sno stretched her neck out of the window, and, waving wav-ing her night-cap excitedly toward the firemen, shrieked out, "Gentlemen ! gentlemen,' you're losjng you strop 1" |
