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i u 1 '! Vol. III. LiNCQLrroN. N C, Tuesday, June 19th, 188. No. 3. THE TRUMPET Is published eyery Tiiesda at Lincolnton ; THOs- C. WETMORE, Editor and Publisher. Subscription, 40 cts per yearJ ADVERTISING RATES." 1 yr. 6 mosi 3 mos., 1 mo. 1 col., i $15. $ 8. ; $5. : $3. col.,; g. i -2. ; 2. Real in earnest, ain't for me." Wan't that cute? I took the hint, An' a chair, an staid, an' we 1 i Quit our fooling . ' :ih I Judge. 1 1 any of the finest monuments and ombstones in Woodlawn cover former patients of mine.- York Epoch. 1 -New A New York bachelor over sev enty years of age recently visited Maine, fell in love with a damsel CATCHING UP. Miss C. was born two years ear- . . j : J j less than half his age, was accept- ; . , . . , , - 0 1 om was ten years old she gloried 1 inch,' 4. I 3.00 1.50 .75 Among locals, 5 lines, or anything less than 5 lines, I5cts, for one week. One page one week, $2 .00, half pae, $1.00. Land sale notices, $1.50; ed, and went home po prepare for ; the coming of his bride. When all thinge were in order, instead of going after the betrothed him ; self he sent his brother. The younger man was pleased with ! his future sisterin-law, so pleased ; that he : persuaded her to marry j him before startingfor New York. !r-Belfast(Me.)Prss. 1 . "QUIT YOUR FOOLIN'." Girls is quare ! I use' to think Emmy didn't care for me, For whenever I would try ; . Any lovin' arts, to see How she'd take 'em sweet or sour Always, saucy-like, says she, " Quit your foolin' V Once, agoin' home Fom church, Jest to find if it would work, Round her waist I slipped my ; - ; arm - ' --T -V r My ! you ought 'o seen her jerk. Spunky? well, she acted so f : f And snapped me up as perk- "Quit your foolin'" Every time 'twas jest the samej Till one gight I says, says I ji Chokin' some 1 must admit, H Tremblin some I don't deny j "Emmy, seein' 's I don't suit, j Guess I'd bettersay 'goodbye,' ! An' quit foolin'." j .1 . ! Girls is quare ! She only laughed ; Cheeks all dimplin' : "John," says she, -i "Foolin' men, that never gits ANOTHER EGG PROBLEM. Now here is a nice little prob lem that some of our exchanges think beats beats Donnelly's ciph er. Try it and you will be great ly surprised, if not thoroughly convinced : "Put down in figures the year in which you were born ; in being twelve ; when Tom was known to be fourteen she confess ed to sweet sixteen ; when Tom ' proudly boasted of eighteen, she ! timidly confessed being past nine teen ; when Tom: came home from college with a mustache and a vote, and had a party in honor of his twenty-first birthday, she said to her friends : f j 1 1 ! "What a; boyish fellow he is! Who would think that he was on ly a year younger than I?" When Tom declared he was twenty-five, and! old enough to get married, she said to an inti--mate friend : "I feel savagely jealous to think of Tom getting finarried. , But then, I suppose twins are more at tached to each other than other to this add 4 ; then add your age at your next birthday, provided it j brothers and sisters." comes before January 1st, other- j And two years later, at Tom's wise your age at last birthday ; i wedding, she said With girlish vi- multiply result by 1000; from this deduct 677,423 ; substitute for the ! vacity, to the wedding guests : "Dear old Tom! to see him r : 1: 1.1.1 'e ngures continuing iruen 01 married to-night, and then to think . the alphabet, as A for 1, B for 2, how? when he was only five years C for 3, D for 4, etc. The result ! old? they brought 'him to see me, will give you the name by wHd I his babv. sister ! i! wonder if he you are popularly known. "--Ex. thinks of lt to-d Selected. Citizen (to Physician) --You "i have a largfe practice amongf the wealth v and fashionable class of people, haven't you doctor? A couple of castaways Old shoes. When a tailor gets rich it is by Physician Oh my, yes ; why ' shear industry.
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