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Evening Star, Issue 7406, 29 December 1887, Page 2

The skipper of a canal-boat on the Illinois and Michigan Canal recenty decided, after mature deliberation and careful consideration, to marry his cook, a smart, energetic, and not wholly bad-looking Celt, who had been a tried and faithful servant to him for quite a number of his perilous trips on .the storm-lashed canal, so he spoke ,to her about the matter one day, and, after securing her coy consent, he ordered the boat to be tied up at the wharf of Joliet, and, being a practical skipper, skipped up the street after a parson. The nuptial knot was soon tied, and the parson beaten down to Idol SOcents for his fee, and then the canal boatman said, “ Well, Melindy, we aremarried fur keeps now. We are hitched fur life, and must pull together. I’m a little short-handed to-day, and, as that lead-mule has got saddle-galls on his back, you just take the towpath and lead him down to Lockport, and I’ll steer and kinder ruminate on some plan to dye you work on the boat without going ashore in mud. I’ve got a powerful sight more respect for you npW that you’re my wife, Melindy.” What is the difference between a foraging party and a warm bath 1 The first makes a, a clean sweep, and the second a, .sweep' ciean. > . .