The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-12-27

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Wit; he says, Humor is qualify no. !.
cooeenial than Wit 10 the Engl'sh mind.
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moee.t idea 81 troubling yea o. oarseli. hers
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thought 10 the difference Between =" sHe
Humor, you will neednone OF our il'u"'n'ns'
And II il has never been suggested 20 you'
h.. there il difference, We can't undersake
here TO make the point plain to you. Amer
leans are largely hnmorists; seldom WIS.
n. Jolly eide Of American hunan'ty s.ke'
The sent Of hamor, snd grosssque at ths..
Our wits have been humorists. a. "afo'
John Phnnix, Mrs. Par.ington, SUIT Loven-
GOOD, and the rest. oliser wendell Holmes
!. the whites. man in America, bat he Ism
.nnrec;a,ed save by an occasional Down
Easter that has come West and thawed out
Josh Billings. who lectures At the open
House this evening, is humor'st, win
h-oaa .ub.tra,um OF the strongest good sense
a. has said aMi kektur is the normal com
;ck. With an okasional effort tew be witty.
And some CT his efforts in the latter line ar
:. serious as anything we know.
Let the public 20 out and hear him Till
evening. They will be well entertained
Meantime we gather mp volume at hand o
Josh Billing, His Book . and read:
JOSH BILLINGS on CARS.
| Ibay studdyed cats cluss'y for years, ant
..v foupd them adikted tew wild state
| rha hsiut got affskshun, nor yartnes ov enn,
| t,ra ina viii skratch their best friends, ane
| cont ke,ch mich unless tina are hungry.
h.z hin sed that tina are goodtu make up int
s.ssases; bu. this IL . CRATE mistake. na'
lin told bi sausage maker that tina don
romnsre with dogs. There is one thing sar
| in IL. are very anxious tew liv, yu ma tufi
me inside out, and hang him up bi the tale
and az eoon az yu are out oV sight, ne WI
manage tew turn back summerset and cum
round awi rite in a fu days II EVERY mar,
surk tew looze . cat. II one gits carried OPP
| in bag hi mistake q CRATE ways INTO th'
kuntry, tha wont sta lost onla snort ume
but soon appear tew make me FANNY h's?P.
with their presence. oid maias are very ion'
20 cats for the reason suppose that cat
never marry il tha hsv ever so good . cnanse
| rhare IL one thing about cats don't like,
-, sten ON Their tales by acksident tina git "a
r;,s onh. and make CRATE fuss about u. 1 mar
3 an,ither thing about them which make
hem good investment for poor folks.
n,ir oy cats will yield each year, without an.
nutlay, something like eight hundred per cat
q q very singular fack that cats dent lik
!, m;iloopd. never knu one tew CIT. drowned
l.; acl. ;d.nt. Tina luz cream, but 1t seem
tew be agin their religun tew tu'ch soap
ats and dogs have mover bin able te~ agre'
an the main question, tha both seem tev
" an, the sffirma,itr side to onst, ! ,h'rk II
could hav mi way thare won!dn' be eur!
more cats bern unless tina could sho eerhh
kate Of good moral harakter. lhare : on
ling more ebout cats which seems tew MI
nv be awl silektashuu, and that IL maxim!
.icb a deyilish noise under feliers window
nshts. and hen kali it musk. II waS teT
~ ~; cbo;s. between cat and a stripet
snake, would take the 'nase bekause ! T eouls
iii rid ov the snake biisi,ing him go. har'
amt no sartin wa ,ew kill cat u ya g's oa'
~urked up into sassage, and you thug =
are awl right, Just az iikeiy o. hoa sns VI.
cum to and take off whole lot OF good sas
s.,e with them. -Theze are mi views sbou
cn,s. rather hastily hove together, and II
hnint said enuf sgln them it IL onla bekaus
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