The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-05-28
a sWoRT STORY.
IN VERSE. WITH ONLY TWO RHYMES

IN VERSE, WITH ONLY TWO RHYMES.
By the side OF a murmurIug stream,
An elderly gentleman sat;
On the top OF his head was his wig,
And atop of his we was his hat.
The wind it blew high and blew strong,
AS the elderly gentleman sat;
And 10 tore from his head In a trice,
And plunged in the river his hat.
The gent emau then took his cane,
WI ion lay by his side as he sat;
And he dropped in the river his wig
In attempting TO get out his nat.
His breast il grew cold with despair,
And full in his eye sadness sat;
So he flung in the river his cain.
To swim with bis wig and his hat.
PAPER Cuffs-Newspaper attacks.
HARD" Cash-Counterfeit money.
DEEP Thinkers-Navigators.
GOVERNMENT Debts-Cadets.
MUSICAL Cases-Band- boxes.
A ROUGH" Guess-A rowdy's
estimate.
EMBLEMs for Stone Yards-Flags
PROPER term for the opinions of
Oeulists and observing people gener-
ally-Eye-deas.
TnE man whose mind is heavily
taxed-Objects to paying any Income.
OFFICIAL sticks-Grant clubs.
VEGETABLE infantry drills garden
Nor surprising-that some joint
committees should have crooked ways.
SERGEANT BATES having walked
all over the South, is land locked in
Mil-walk key.
CALIFORNIA trout are said to be
two feet long, but it Is a greater feat
to catch them.
RING-LEADER-the parson at the
marriage service.
PRACTICE makes perfect--iu GER
tain directions it makes fools of peo-
pie.
Why not is often tougher than a
pine knot.
Fatal side to be on-a homicide.
BEEHIVE hats are all the rage
doubtless designed especially for the
honeymoon.
THE present street cry of the Met
ropolis: " Shad-ohs we are and shad-
obs we purse-you."
ANIMosITIEs between rival fruit
dealers represent a style of fruit jar
not popular with patrons.
FEMALE BARRIERS success in Lon
don, because they have such a cutting
way with them in scraping acquain-
lance.
SOUTHERN moccasin snakes exhibit
a part.ality for the heels of freedmen,
which is not singular, inasmuch as
Leels generally find their way to moe
casins.
AN English clergyman named Bell
has pre- duced a Bible in sixty volumes
by means of illustrations, which IS
literal y ringing the changes on the
Scrip ures.
AMERICANS who are overcharged 10
Paris by polite Frenchmen have rea-
son to complain that their treatment
has been too frame
AMONG the round hats worn BY
ladies, the bomb shell pattern is very
popular, especially with those who
wear traiu, we presume.
NEW Mexico ought to be satisfied
with its new Governor, Col. Grove
because being a Grove aud a kerne
also, the corn fields at least are safe
THERE is a lady up town whC
thinks It profane to ride over the mill
dam. She would not probably look
at the natural dam at Niagara with
favoring eyes.
The odd girls Of this city and vi
ciniiy tilk Of getting up a celebration.
DAD girls are puch more numerous
than odd fellows.
BASE ball and bass singing are ia.
booed By Mrs. POllywOg, the mode
wife, on the ground that they tend t.
ruin young men.
JONES meets Smith: Why is thi.
morning like q fat sheep?' Fin,
wefEer, of course" says Jones
Smith, return, Why is it like the
bombazine [ sold your wife?" Goo
morning" is the reply Of Jones. The,
part happy, Notwithstanding Jone
has lost his mOther-In-la
A MINNEsoTA Judge has decided
when man Is legally drunk. ii
says: 1t is not necessary that ma
should be wallowing in a ditch, o
humping his head against your posts
that you may know MIN to be drunk
but whenever he begins to tell the sam
thing over twice, then he's drunkr
"AT what a rate that girls tongu
is goingp' said lady, looking CON
placently at her daughter, who was dis
cussiug some subject of apparent in
terest with a handsome young clergy
man Yes" replied a satirica