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A Pig Tale. 
The southern negro who is not Dv. 
sessed of a pig considers himself poor 
indeed. .;This is.:well) knuwn.to the 
white. peopis; so that when-an ancient 
farky approached a white neighbor 
with the request that he “gib him er 
half er dollar ter help buy er pig, ’case 
dat, yuther pig Ah had is done daid,” 
the; desired: amount was promptly 
for theoming. 
A few days later the white man met 
the old negro and inquired: 
“Did you ‘get another pig, uncle?” 
“*Deed Ak did, sah, an’ hit am a 
fine shoat, an’ Ah sholy am much 
obleeged to you fer helpin’ me, Mars 
Tom.’’ 
“Well, take better care of this one,” 
Mars Tom suggested. “By the way,” 
he added idly, “what did the other pig 
fie of—cholera?”’ 
The old man pulled his forelock and 
Biiled depreciatingly. 
“Now, Mars Tom, what for yo’ all 
wanter ax dat?’ he said. “Foh a 
matter er fac’, dat yuther pig died 
?ease Ah hit him on de haid wid er 
ax, he bein’ fat an’ de wedder jest 
right, an’ me bein’ hongry for fresh 
meat!’—New York Times, 
A Creepy Experience. 
The Rey. Clarence Godfrey on retir- 
ing one night’ determined that he 
would try to “telepath”’ a phantasm 
of himself to a lady living in another 
part of the city, tells H. Addington 
Bruce in Success Magazine. For about 
{en minutes Be endeavored in thought 
to appear to her. At the end of that 
time. he fell asleep. 
About four hours later the lady on 
whom he had been “exerting his will” 
awoke with an impression that she 
had heard a eurious sound. She felt 
nervous and uneasy and thought that 
if she went downstairs and took a 
drink of soda water it might have a 
quieting effect. 
Coming back; she was astounded to 
see the form of Mr. Godfrey standing 
on the staircase. He remained stand- 
ing there for three or four seconds, 
while she stared at him in horrified 
amazement, Then as she approached 
the staircase he disappeared. 
Right or Wrong! 
Professed politicians who have re- 
duced officeholding to an exact science 
find the independent voter a sad sturn- 
bling block, a fact which is amusing- 
ly disclosed by a story found in the 
life of the late George Monro Grant, 
the eminent Canadian educator and 
clergyman. 
Toward the end of Sir John Macdon- 
ald’s life he and Principal Grant, then 
the head of: Queen’s: college, met. at 
ditner at. the house of the :premier’s 
brother-in-law,. Professor Williamson. 
“How 1 wish,” the premier said to 
the principal, ‘‘that you. would be a 
steady friend of mine.” 
“My dear Sir. John,” the principal 
replied, “I have always supported you 
when you were right.” 
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‘rue premiers eyes twiuoKied, anda ne 
laid his hand upon the shoulder of the 
principal. 
“My dear man,” said he, “I have no 
use for that species of friendship.” 
Spoiled the Trick. 
A New York official who had gone 
through a political campaign, speaking 
of trickiness, said: “The tricky man 
usually winds up by being too tricky, 
like Brown. 
“Brown, who lives in Fifth avenue, 
suspected his English butler of drink- 
ing his wine. So one night he drugged 
a couple of bottles of four or five dol- 
lar Chateau Yquem and left them in 
the dining room. 
“Unfortunately that night Brown’s 
wife returned late from the opera. 
She saw the rare wine and had it put 
down in the wine cellar along with the 
twelve dozen other bottles of Chateau 
Yquem that Brown had laid in. 
“Brown is wondering to this day 
which two. bottles are the drugged 
ones. He has stopped drinking Cha- 
teau Yquem. In fact, I understand his 
whole stock of it is for sale at a rea- 
sonable price.”—Exchange. 
Truth and Fiction. 
At the Lambs club one night were a 
number of literary men as dinner 
guests, when some one gave utterance 
to the bromidiom: 
“After all, gentlemen, 
stranger than fiction.” 
“Perhaps it is,’ said Wilton Lack- 
aye, with a sly glance at an Indiana 
novelist, “but not so successful. One 
never hears of its going into the tenth 
edition in six months.’—New York 
Tribune. 
truth is 
An Advance. 
Clerk (to head of firm)—I wish to 
ask you, sir, if you can kindly see 
your way to giving me an advance of 
wages? Head of Firm—Certainly, Mr. 
Phipps, with pleasure. Mr. Blunt 
(turning to the cashier), let Mr. Phipps 
have a sovereign en account of his 
salary and deduct it when you pay 
him on Saturday.—London Fun. 
Sure Sign. 
Nellie—Do you think Paul cares for 
Mamie? Emma—Did you ever hear a 
young man refer to a red haired girl 
as having auburn tresses unless he 
loved her?—Exchange. 
An Anxious Inquiry. 
When little three-year-old Ada was 
told the story of Lot’s wife being turn- 
ed into a pillar of salt she asked her 
mother anxiously, ‘Is all salt made of 
ladies?” 
Different. 
Larry—My wife went away yester- 
day morning. Harry—Is that what 
makes you look so glum? Larry—No. 
She came back last night.—Exchange. 
Friends are lost by calling often and 
calling seldom.—Swift. 
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