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Show IJToo Good to Keep. Word came to this ofllce of u good Joke on oni of tho uindld.ites now touring the county. Ho happened to stop nnd pay his respects to u family whole number num-ber had recently been augmented by tiny youngnter. The head of the house was out in '.ho field end thu candidate was met ntthu door by tho hostess, and uftcr tho customary salutations ho ask. ed (of course) niter thu welfaro of the babe. The lady was fullering from, a severe cold which made her sllghtif deaf and sho mietakably supposed that the political asplmnt was Inquiring nbout her cold. She replied that though she usually had ono every fall tills was the worst ono alio had ever had ; it kept her nwnkcu good deal at iltst and routined rou-tined her to Iter lied, Then, noticing that tho candidate was becoming pale and nervous, she tuid she could svo by his Icoks that he was going to have one just like hers, and advised liim to go to tho barn where ho would lllud n bed. Deponent eudod Ids story licie. Ex. |