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Show 1 HAPPENINGS ABOUT TOWN C. W. D. .:. Do you want your fortune told? 2 There's a litllo lady at the Milford ; who can tell it by looking into a tea-$ tea-$ cup,- and time shall verify every I word she speaks in her quiet demure j manner. Several weeks ago, she and two friends were sealed at the table ? enjoying dinner like relatives at a ,1 family reunion, She picked up Miss X Chamber's cup, and scrutinizing its I interior, where the tea leaves lay in Cryptic arrangement, she began to utter prophesies iu a soft deliberate J tone, emphasizing each forecast with a smile and a soft, beam from her f dusky eyes. '., . g The following inspiration was the T jtsult of our observation, and the ': thoughtful interest taken in tea-leaf j prophesies. TEA LEAVES ' What do .the. tea-leaves spell to .you, Maid wiUi iiui. 4,'ypay eyes? Shall misfortune my steps pursue, Under depressing skies; Or Is the future you clearly see, ' There iu the. .cup nl white,.. One that shall bring fair days to me; Laughter, and love, and light? ."What do the tea-leaves signify, ' jVlaid with the mystic art; !. You who interpret and prophesy . That in the Future's heart? All of the cryptic forms they mako,. Vision like yours may see; Tell me truthfully, for my sake, What do they mean to me! What do the tea-leaves spell to you, I ' Maid with divining sight? . ' ' - Alight to promise we skies of blue. Laughter and love and ilght? "What e'er the future :niay betidy, Oh : ' 1 will not forget; ;.. . .. i-That) small 'cup with the truth Jnsjde, 1 Sought by your eyes of jet! . ii . I.: !i " ' Here's a bumper to Mrs. H. E, Ad-ims, Ad-ims, of Malone, whose Thanksgiving dinner reminds us of home and mother. moth-er. iDelmimlco's cannot allure,-Nor allure,-Nor .Tait zinkaid's invite, ""SVitti! gastronomic luxuries, My fickle appetite. I crave a diet of the kind. Tha mother used to make; 'Not Ithis and that en casserole. i'X demi-tasse and cake. . i . ii 1 v '' ' ' ' ' ' Giveme the dishes plain and good. That always satisfy;' Fie on each fancy service d'isli That captivates the eye. t , , : A tig for liveried flunkies, who, With, most attentive care, A Bowieuavely as they .sit you down, , , Then stand behind your chair. Give me the good, old-fashioned meals Where home-like cheer prevails. : And let the slaves of caberet Enjoy their wines and ales. Give -me that home along the road. Where on Thanksgiving day. I lived in dietetic bliss. And loathed to go away! ... : w.s.s.- The Myers baby ten days old. died et Shauntie Monday.. The entire family fam-ily has been sick with the flu. but are improving;. .:( C. H. Angle, general foreman at the round house, who has been ill for a few days, is much better' and is back at work. On acr"w it of cirKii""3 in the- family fam-ily and so much to bo. ckvic towani malting the garments for the Red Cross hospital, the Railroad unit was unable. to meet this week. Mrs. Cot-trell Cot-trell says there will be a- meeting next week, if nothing happens to prevent. pre-vent. The Jefferson Mercantile Company expects to he installed in its new store room on the corner opposite the bank by the first of the week. They will have a nice line of Christmas Christ-mas goods in addjtion to their unusually unusu-ally large stock of staple groceries, which will be offered at reasonable prices. |