THE POOR JOCKEY.

Lake County Press, Issue 2114, 19 April 1906, Page 2

THE POOR JOCKEY.

There wore two obi farmers in Ireland, one a little more, prosperous than the oilier, and he had great, ideas for horses, so he g'oe* to his neighbour Mike and says "Moike, say IVloikc : I have a. foine coalt. an' she's developed grate, spade, and I am going to enter her in the Darby, and put all the money yez has on her ; she'll surely win." "Go to the divil wid ye and yer coalt. I hev been wurkin' hard Id pave these few shillings, all me loife, an' divil a cent will 1 put on yer 't „.' race took place, and Mike backed the colt, and, of course, the coll lost. So Mike goes over to the jockey and tapping him on the shoulder says to him : "l''or the love of 1 liven, phwat de- ■ tayned yer?" TIIK HULL'S rUKIUCAAII'IST. "^r 1 The following took place on a freight train on the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad in North Carol inn. It seems that one of the ears contained a bull which was haltered with a rope, and attached to the rope was a tag bearing the animal's destina 1 ion. When the train stopped at a siding iln- colored brakeman on passing the car looker! in to see if the bull was ] all right and found thai he had chewed up the rope, tap.' and all. Going back to the caboose he said 1 to the conductor: "Cap'n, 1 dunno what we's gwine to do bout dat bull down yonder in de cyah." ■•Why. Ren, what's the matter with him '.'" replied the conductor. "Tie's done et up whar he's gwine, salt." < 991 -) I l-'or a sick headache, take a cup of I. hot water to which has been added ! a generous pinch of cayenne pepper - and a bit of carbonate of soda.