The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1867-09-28
WIT AND WIsDON-


THE flowers Of speech spring from the .sc.
Of the tongue.
A sHAEP talking lady was requested byy I
her husband 10 ke her tongue Ia hermoufhe =
'sMy dear, Responded he wife, ''it's against :
the law to carry concealed Weapons
The following ePitah is over the grave of
celeb,atsd money lendez irl Meadville:
4.sr.- Aes old thirty Evs per cent - "a .
The more be made tue more he tent, ~
The more be lent the he saved: rN
Coed Gei can such be ssTedm m-aAwrMw.ta4 NJ
A WITNESS IN lase divorce Suit kent Nv. p''F
ing that the wife bad very retaliatInz dis-
position-that she retalated for every Iittiar
thing" sDid you ever see her husband t;ss.
her ?" asked the wife's counsel "Yes tiyg~
often" "WeI. what did she do On such t
occasions ~ "She always retaliated. sir W. E
THs MAN FRoM nv--S RIvRR A rooA
story is told Of certain Squire -r-1 --
mont, who lives up the pietl
river, sometimes called the
whose scenery he is very
enter tanning companion, ar
in the Western Reserve
man any way THE great
is his breath, which is r.
ever drew. It 10 good mo-
room, but q whole height
NJ Moustier, the polite
was travelling this summer con 1aas
plain and Squire 0hff was intrOduced 30 him =,
a Burlington ~ s~'geatlemae weli informed
upon Vermont records and sceneries.
MARQUIS" said the Squire, drawing close,
<for tro and Hffy years | have lived upon
the Onion ~
sSare," replied the Frenchman, asI should
think you lived on him one hundrxGe
"Wos'r that boa constructor bite meIsN
said little boy to Snowman. Oh no, bcy;> n
he never bites-he swallows biz uittles y
whole"
"Amelis, for thee--yes, at thy command
I'D tear this eternal hrmament INTO frag.
ments. I'd gather the stars one by one ~
they tumbled from the regions Of ethersae
space and put them into my breeches pockess
I'D pluck the sun, that oriental god u
that traverses the blue arch Of heaven iRRu
majestic splendor I'd tear him
sky and quench his bright eHuigae
4 fountsin Of nv eternal love for the
Amelia-sDonr, Gustavus
would be so very dark I" -
II sIF Dis TAIL CoME OUE"-y
lisan ola luke. but ~ zones NJ v new uvs-,
= we think It will bear preserving:
: Two darkeys in the West went out to
hunt possums, &c and by accident found
large cave with quite . small entrance.
Peeping in they discovered three young bear
whelps in the interior.
: Look heah, SAM" said one; "whffsi 20
! 10 dab and gets the young bars, you Just
watch heah for the old bar"
Sam got asleep in the sun, when, opening
his eyes. he saw the old bear securing her
way into the cave. Quick rs . wink he
caught her by the tail. and held ON like
blazes.
i "HeIlo. dar, Sam, what DARK Ie hole
dar?"
Lord bless you, Jumbo, save yourself
honey u dis tail come out You'll find out
what dark de hole !"
WHAr A DMg Cas- Do-As a weary ira :.
weller was winding his way through the mud
|, in far-west region OF the country, be dis
covered young maiden seated Ia front OF.
the cabin, aud asked the girl for a drink OK
: water. He drank it, and, she being the first
woman be had seen for several days, @ffer-
: ed her dina Cor kiss. The young maid
: en- accepted the offer, and reoiaved both III,
kiss and the dime, The traveller vas ahc \
70 resume bis Journey, bat the girl, never
before having seen dime, asEsa 'ssWhat
am to do with the lime M "You may
use il any way you WISH, he replied, ''it irt \
IyourA" "If that's the case, VBald shey 9I'N
give you back the dime and take another
. kiss. M -a~