The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1873-11-22
Wit and Humor.

Oulud IIaS aDOIlSpSU- U00 KOW-
tow. We don't know what it is,
but we are glad it is abolished,
for we never liked it.
The creditors of an absconding
banker found, on opening his safe,
that the only thing he had laid
up for a rainy day was an UNI
brella,
An orphan, under age, married
his female guardian in Illinois
the other day, and was compelled
to get her written consent before
the wedding could take place.
"What should I talk about this
EVENING"" asked a prosy speaker
to one Of his expecfant auditors.
about a quarter Of an hour
would be just the thing" was
the reply.
4 man having bill against a
distant merchant, sent a letter of
inquiry to a banker Of that local
ity.E The reply was, "He is dead;
but he pays now just as well as
he ever did"
Truth being founded on a rock,
you must boldly dig to see its
foundations with out fear of des-
troying the edifce; but falsehood
being laid on the sand, if you ex-
anime its foundations you cause
it TO fall.
An eminent English divine
said in sermon recently preach
ed in London, that eff Scripture
said one thing and the London
Times said another, 500 people
out of every $40 would Believe
the Times"
A parent writes that he is an
noyed and panied by >his- young
son staying out1at night, and asks
q remedy f0r this rapidly grow
ing evil. Thele are sir, several
remedies. The most effectual
is to compel him to wear patched
clothing.
There were giants in those
days, but it is very uncertain
when those days were. Out in.
Indiana some workmen have.
been digging up human bones of
great size, when must have be-
longed to q .race Of men who
rival the SONS of Anak.
A man. who was discovered
asleep among tombstones in
a :stone-cutter's yard said, on be.
ing awakened, that he had come
to buy monument for himself,
and having picked out one, made
up mis- mind he would try it one
night before purchasing.
An Old lady has been found in
Alfred, Maine, who was born
July 4, 1776, and who ifllving and
well then, is to be cOaxed to ride
in draWing-room car to Phila- |
delphia in 1876. Her name is |
Miss Lucy Langdon NOVEL;, and
at eighty-four years she was a |
marvellous knitter Of stockings
and weaver Of cloth.
A young lady in Lancaster, Pa, !
has the initials Y. n. G. a. en-
graved on the corner.of herssvisit- |
ing cards which she hands to GER
tain gentleman visitors. At first
they supposed she belonged to
the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation, but it was net long before
they rightly construed the letters
to mean "You May Come Again"
"James Jenkins" said a school |
master to his pupil, "what is an
averageT'
"a thing, sir" answered thel
scholar, promptly, "that hens lay |
eggs upon"
#Why do you say that you silly
boy?n asked Che pedag0gue.
because sir" said the youth,
s'I heard a gentleman say the
other day that a hen would lay, |
on an average, a hundred and
twenty eggs year"
A crowd of quarrelsome people
were dispersed from the front of
a residence III a very singular and |
sudden manner one night. A |
stranger visiting the family slip |
ped into the crowd unperceived, |
and extending an inverted hat,
announced that he was making a
missionary collection. Two mi
nutes later he stood there alone,
with not a single member of the
turbulent mass to be seen in any
direction.
A young gentleman telegraph
operator in Hartford, after re
peated calls for young lady oper-
ator in another Office, at last got
q response, and then he tele-
rraphed back 20 her: 81 have
Reon trying to gebcyou tor the
last half hour" In a manent the
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