| Show SERB NADERS the barbarous outburst known as the charivari is not nearly BO popular nor BO frequent in bome portions por tiona of iowa as it has been the reason is that one burly blower fit a bass born at a recent festivity had to be carried home on a barn door the result of foolishly getting in front of a family shot gun loaded with buck flora look owned the fair finger which touched the trigger her aged grandfather owned the gun the venerable progenitor aw fit to add to his other possessions a buxom widow whose hand was the subject of much competition in the country round As usual her choice all the other rivals against the winner and their congratulations found vent in a charivari flora was a dutiful child aad tackled kindly to lier new step grand mother besides she worshiped her doting old grandsire so seeing in alie deafening uproar outside an insult to the ones she held most dear she took down from its familiar place on the kitchen wall the gun which had done service with jackcon Jac kron at ew orleene Orle enz and had scarcely been fired since stuck the muzzle out of the window and blazed avay a vay the music stopped except for cries for the coro ner which filled the air the sheriff came arrested the maiden and carted off the musician the latter is getting better in violation of the general desire the girl is the idol of a hundred hearts and while there are several vacancies in the ranks of the country brass band there is a healthy looking up of the matrimonial marcet |
