The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-07-15
A CLERGYMAN'S JOKE
Who Is the Chicago Clergyman that kiss
ed his own VIE?

Hagper'a Weekly tells this story !:
[ was spending the night in hotel
in Freport Illinois. After breakfast
[ went into the sitting room, where
[ met pleasant, chatty, good-humor-
ed traveller who, like myself, was wait
ingfor the morning train from Galena.
We conversed freely and pleasantly
on different topics, until seeing two
young ladies meet and kiss each other
at the station just about the time the
train was approaching. "Come,"
said he taking up his carpet-bag,
''since we are on SO sweet a subject,
let us have practicable application
Twill make a proposition to you.
I will agree to kiss the most beauti-
Jul lady in the cars from Gelena, you
being the judge, if you will kiss the
next prettiest, I being the Judge"
This proposition staggered me
little, and I could hardly tell wheth-
er he was in earnest or in fun but
as.he would be as deeply in it as I
could be, I agreed providing he
would do the first kissing, though
my heart failed somewhat when I saw
hisjet black eyes fairly dance with
iaring. tiae4 s@8
eyes," said he, "TlI try ' it first.
You take the back car, and go in
from the front end, where you can
see the faces of the ladies', and stand
by the one you think is the hanson
est and then I will come in from be-
hind and kiss herr Al
/ had hardly stepped inside the
cars when [ beheld at the first glance
one of the loveliest looking women
my eyes ever fell upon. A beautiful
blonde with auburn hair, and a
bright, sunny face full Of love and
sweetness, and as radiant and glow
ing as the morning. Any further
search was totally unnecessary. II
Immediately took my stand in the
aisle at her side. She was looking
out of the window earnestly, as i'll
expecting some one. The back door
Of the car opened, and in stepped my
hotel friend. pointed my fingers
at her, little dreaming thet he would
carry out his pledge, and you may
imagine my horror and amazement
when he stepped up quickly behind
her, and stopped over her, kissed her
with a relish that made my month
water" expected, of course, a shrek
Of terror and a row generally, follow
ed by knock-down; but astonish-
ment succeeded astonishment when
I saw her return the kisses with at
least compound interest.
Quick as flash he turned round
and said: ea@ 1889 -
i" Now, my dear sir, it is your
turn" pointing at hideously ugly
wrinkled old woman who was sitting
in the seat behind.
ooh, you must excuse me, you
must" / exclaimed, /" I am sold this
this time. l give up. Do tell me
whom you have been kissing p
I" Well" said he, s'since you are
man of SO much taste and quick
perception, Ill let you off," And he
burst into a hearty peal Of laughter,
as he said, I" this is my wife. Il
have been waiting for her. I knew
it was a safe proposition. 2 -8g
He then told the story to his wife,
who looked ten fold sweeter when
she heard it. Before we reached
Chicago we had exchanged cards,
and [ discovered that my genial COM
panion was an Episcopalian preach
er of Chicago, whose name [ had fire.
quently heard. Whenever go to
Chicago | always go to hear him,
and heartier, more natural preach
er is hard to find. He was young
man then he is now the ablest de-
vines of the Episcopalian denomena-
ton in the West. .e7
Il