The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-07-29
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WIT AND HUMOR.

ar ..,. 80, I'm AN affif- easaI |
The worst scat which man can sit onis
sell.coaceit. ~ ll.'.e ,gt a.t ii
Ionc 0hsonce makes thc heart GROW fond
orr ~ some ora-else NV y = ~ .3
IL ,,,,,a. hoe No hills Il, nav helonos to the
,,;oI,es,t n,dar , of no.hill-;ty 7.iSHis1i
$50 y ~ T,,,.
ooNsoi l Eok TIL. aaAii s r ne
worio aoosp'us Ml'n iiiiliii-'ei ipo.io'l,'.'sis
innocence Is ne an y. um '9sl ne VINO
once losesfitpeyef sees III asah.
''Threshlng machines on trial. IS what
st. Louis Judge calls wiie beatels VINO are
brought before him. Si''5
i'.Before we were married, ''tsays Mrs.
Bhffkins, MIR. p. was aI1ddle to me, put
now ne IS an acrostlc, tcross stcN.).s4 900
FASHIONABLE lNrEIHlGENC E. La,
dies will dress their heads this season with .
anybody's hair but their own. Mouths are
to be worn slightly ajar. me- 4
A little girl delighted at the singing of
bobolink earnestly asked her mother, ''what
makes him sing so sWeetly, nia?'Nls it be-
cause he lives on flowers. s,,,s..s...f,s-s
Amid all the doubts and uncertainties of
this Troublesome world. there is one thing
which we all admit is a settled thing. and
that is a good Gun. of coffee. t,s
uI do 60 anvv Evo }, sa;d a ,narred lady
TO n friend. GLOW sop asked the friend.
HBecause her husband could never badger
her about how his mother used to do things.p
A Rnrruopr .Jo1yr uTuo Intimate
friends in this 'cityU saws, a. Baltimore
,a.'an tsho1a,, a;,;l,notaJ 1;alo,,,,o Win
tpe s.dfJb,, nolors and ono of Them 6as since
,,oua on1,, ono 80 ON th;ngs N GENERAL
s'"' my oi'G y : w. s.'
81 h;s o,l'ar,t ra,,,arlIa3 tbat a0thpllo,s
ny TO ,o,a >, ,rbo,anno, h;s on
."'t'. III .,so ~, o,,l,, asapp,Llonno bpp.
e,'h i.,I Ie.rne e Ir el;st onJ otbeilo
W. AL tSa,r toti, had ,;lIa, Co.. o,,nsal
vas '''a' my Do'.' 'u
a iove-loih swan hItooIliec.lcu!, who
was mucn gwen % moving uhaer ms aui.
cmea,s winoow =, hlgh., ~ 1--we, "iCho ~!
tiiee IN ioltIy, va n.e,t S n ,,,s
n, G% hM tho old uan,s how doc and saws ,
nnIo eaIt io,,aIar s;rco S.as
nc lasli 'e's ioI,ey 'iioe' ef ir,ps
a Yankee IN Italy, alter severe tornado,
Wmch the people seemed % coH cons great
thing, declared that 1t was hardly up TO the
average OF oaiiy oreezes m Maine, ms naiiye
state, where the people care not RAISE chll-
dren, except IN sheltered l0cahues, on ac-
count OF ,he strenuous character OF tne
zephyrs wmcn play over the mus. "a ~
"A servant having been toid oy her MIS- ms,
tress 10 DE careiul ana NOT preak any 81
the dishes she was Wlphg, Tor II she aid
she,d eaten IL, was soon aiter heard
sollloqulzmg over the sugar-bowl, thus:
was to drop TINS BOWL ana catched 1t, III
suppose 4 wouian, eaten II put Il l was y,
10 drop u ana aleift catch II, reckon "a
catch IL, sure sd
A negro witness, on a horse trial in a New
Jersey court, was asked to explain the diff
ference between a box stall and a common
stall. Strengthening himself up, he pointed
to the square Enclosure IN which the judge
calls a box stall dere whar dat ole boss is
a-sittin'!" 1t took a good many raps of the
judges gavel to restore order in that court.
PRESENTATIONS s'Mother wants I'd
know if YOU won't please to lend her your
preserying-kettle. cause YOU know as how
we want to preserve 2" 'HWe would with
pleasure. boy; but the truth is. the last
lime that we loaned It to iyour, mother she
aresayed It SO eifectually that we hayeneye,
seen If since.u stWell Won needn,t he Sc
sassy about vo,,r old Kettle. G,,ess Il wa,
fuIl of holes when we borrowed Il. anG
mother woIldp,t a troubled Won AGAIN only
we seed Won bringing home n new one, =
E1 ucsr,, Il Sot,ono s;nco -, o,da,,,
,.d,- aotarad ,a;I,,a,, and dst,,rhayy
W. . l.oJ Ill Ell
shopt sssost freadsI ,h ha tha,
Che was tro,,bled Will, ea,,t io'na r
nrecent Who had b;mse,f haon sauarl
p,,sara,' MI, +ba sa,na co,,,,Ia;,,+ - -
bcr '.sD;d Won over. trv eleetr;c;tw ,oad.,ns
tired - aud i, tba co,,,,sa nf sbnrt t;,,'.
i n',,oI NO ), stE1ectr;ctvi % aSels; ,,,,t
the old ladv. s.vcs I've fried 4 10 my
sat;sfact;an ',ca,s s,,ucEi H., JsaI,,;a}
aooue year ago, ~, IL uid'f a 10 me me
shisie ihossei o Soou. ,,;,,,.-, $780,, .-.s