Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-05-01
Humorous.

To curb fast young man-Bridal him.
The best dance fer surgeons-The Lancers.
Dull Misunderstanding with poor razor.
What is the keynote to good-breeding B
natural.
The question is raised whether the grief of a
mulatto can be considered yellow pine.
laundering lie is now rendered-a tulmin-
ating enlargement of elongated veracity.
q Little boys should be seen and not heard,''
replied a youngster when he was asked to recite
his lesson.
"Don't care much about the bugs" said Mr.
Swink, % but the truth is, I've not got the blood
to spare"
"There, Ed, that's twice you've come home
and forgotten that lard" 90 La, mother, it was
SO greasy that it slipped my mind"
An editor down South apologies for delay in
the issue of his paper, as he had an extra
% male " to attend to during the week,
"How does that look ?'' said Mr. Cramp,
holding out his brawny hand. That" said
Amos, looks as if you were out of soap"
Ike's last trick was to throw Mrs Partington s
old gaiter in the alley, and call the old lady
down from the third floor to see an alley-gaiter
A Boston paper ventures the opinion that bee:
sugar is as good as cane sugar, because the diff
ference between beating and Gaining is merely
nominal.
"Wby, ism my shirt clean?" quoth one Bo-
hemian to another. well, yes,'' was the an
swer, g it's clean for brown, but it's awful dirty
for white. 3"
A country editor, who with a single boy,
does all the work of his office, says he does not
know how he can shorten his expenses unless he
cuts off the boys legs.
Well, Jones, suppose you have been out to
look at Texas? Did you see anything of our
friend Smith out there ?" "Yes he's gone de-
ranged" g Has hep" eyes, indeed; he
doesn't know his own hogs from those of his
neighbors ~
Guilty, or not guilty ~ sharply said New
York judge the other day to inattentive fe-
male prisoner in the dock. "Just as yer homer
pleases It's not for the likes O. me to dictate
to yer honor's worship" was the reply.
An old Democra, in Madison, Indiana, is
grieved for having given his son an education
. have had ten sons grown" says he, "and all
of EN- voted the Dem ocratic ticket but one
spilled him by giving lin an education, and so
he is Republican and votes against the Dem
ocrats."
During the examination of witness as to the
locality of the stairs in house, the counsel
asked him. Which way did the stairs run ?''
The witness, who noted wag, replied.
'One way they ran up, but the other way they
ran down" The learned counsel wiped both
eyes and took look at the ceiling.
boy sent by his mother to saw some
stove-wood out of railroad ties. Going out of
doors shortly after, she found the youth sitting
en- the saw-horse, with his head down. The
mother asked her hopeful why he didn't
keep at his work The boy replied thus: "My
dear mother, find it hard, very hard, to sever
old ties
An Irishman on arriving in this country took
a fancy to the Yankee girls, and wrote to his
wife: ''Dear Norah-These melancholy lines
are to inform you that died yesterday and
hope you are enjoying the same blessing l
recommend you to marry Jenny O'Bourke and
take care of the children. From your affection
ate husband till death"