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Show hOME M..N1K IX THIS. It gives us real pliusure to record a 'freak" ntiuug eltctlon wafers when by Its terms some ulaful purposd or oven OLe suggestive of uiofulncsa Is accomplished. The girl who bet her hand In nmrlagoou 1'roiUent Harrison's Harri-son's re-election thereby ronferrol on some wu hope worthy young man the prlcelrts boon of a wife; and uow wo are advised of onalu KsntlDRlou, Pennsylvania, which, while altogether proy aud domottlo In Iti terms, serves ihe double purpote of bilng luJlorout to the realeraudof utility tj tbu con trading parties. At thb place spoken of a man an I bli wlte became In volveJ Inuilltputoni to who would bs elected; llnally tfte man, who Is Rs. I ubllcan, proposed to Ills wife, wha It an ardent Demaorat, that if Cleveland was eleclol ho woull clear oft the nupior table, wash the dlthei nud put them away every evening for a liar; while on tho other hand, If liar rltou was elected, she wat to shave him and shine Ids boots every morning. The wile readily uwcutod, and now tho ardent admirer of Harrison struggles I away with the itlsli rag each ovonlng, whllo his worthy spouse loots on with an Indulgent smtlo. If the betting spirit cannot be overcame and those which involve scmo sacrlflco of dignity mutt be made, how much better It Is for the performance to take placeunder one's own roof than to make a public dlt lay of his weakness, bit lote for uotorkly we may esil |
