The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1860-02-24
HUMOROUS GEEANaNssa.

IL II twelve inches will maka a
foot, how many will make LEG
] ~ Do potatoes. ever wear ont, as
We often haarof potato patches.
II Good reaolulions.are ike. faint.
ing iadiea-they want to Be carried
out.
~ Sidney Smith compared the
whistle Of q locomotive 10 the squeai of
an attorney, " hen Satin frsl gets him
/ II Prentice says 8 Wsdlock i
1fe's sheetanohor.n Doesn't ii some
times slip It's cable I
~ A dandy's moustaches are aome.
what like the Western country-exten-
sively laid out but lhinly settled.
~ IfalI the worlds . stage, and
man and woman merely prayers, where
are the audience and orchestra to come
from 7
- II is a mistake to think that
milk can be sold as cheaply in winter
when the streams Of water are frozen,
as in summer.
- Mrs. Jenkens complained ID The
evening gthat the turkey she bad eaten
at thanksgiving did not SCI we'll. PRO
baby said jenkins, it wan not hen
turkey" The scamp ]
| - Mrs. Partington says thai noth-
ling despises her 50 much IS to see peo-
| pie who profess to expect salvation. 70
to church without their pursea when .
recollection is to b taken.
i TAtheoretically benevolent maas
on being asked BY . friend to lead him
. dollar, an wered briskly, with pleas
ure;' but suddenly added. dear me,
how unfortunate I've only one Iend-
ing dollarand that Is OUT
~ A letter from China says that
the Chinese have succeeded, by the
skill of their cultivation, IN producing
new and delicious variety Of ten We
suppose they have accomplished this
by crossing their teas.
IL IL A man being awakened by The
! captain Of boat with tho announca-
9 ment that be must not occupy bin birth
with boots on, very considerably re-
! piled 20, The bugs woras hurt 'eEn /
2 guess they ara zn old paitn
! - Three gentleman being It .
tavern, whose names vere Moore,
: Strange aud Wright; says the last :
: I There's but one cnckold ID the coEn-
q Ipany, ard that's Strange" Yes an
swefed Strange, here y one More
Alb, said Moore, thai. i Wright"
4 M01 An aspiring politician, II .
i caucus some years ago, bore down with
o all his weight upon the character b
ie Daniel Webster: Webster, said oul
d orator, Z what has Webster done fOl
? his country To be sure be made !
: : spelling book" Here the house cam'
: down |. Genuine this.
i ~ a Frenchman, having heard th'
It phrase, I've got ether Gsh 10 fEy,'
ID very readily learned ila application
t. One evening, after esoosting lad!
2 home, and being invited % Nalk n, b
. thought Of the above expression, ant
q excused himself By saying / shanl
you, madame; ! must cook some fish.
ID ~ AT a school up North some :
t: the children were sharply repfained y
$, the teacher for tardipess and require
d. to produce written excusa from the
q mothet, who sent the following Mii
q - Please excuse God for making
~ snow so hard this morning thai y
= children couldn't get to school IN "
j son.
ed HT Caesar, dis chil's gwine to !
as city oh Washingto to'plY for Office
do Government Well dafkey, VIII
are you trying 10 get nor, eh r
'rd gwine TO ply for the post Oh ssxien
IN de- Postofis Apartment" : Sexton
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