The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-07-05
WIT AND WISDOM.

DoS'T worry yourself about my going
away, my darling. Absence, you know,
makes the heart grow fonder" '-Of some
body else, added the darling
A WIDOW lady, who is engaged TO =
bachelor neighbor who owns q large farm
and comfortable dwelling, says she loves
the very ground he walks upon and 4dorss
the house he lives IN. That is something
like true love
An old bachelor says that giving the bal
LOT 70 women would not amount to any
thing practically, because they would keep
denying that they were old enough to vote
until they get too old to take any interest
IN politics.
FOND husband boasted TO friend.
Tom, the old woman came near calling
me honey last night " Did she. Bill !"
What did she say " She said, Well,
old beeswax, come to supper
II Is understood days that when
young lady asks gentleman to see If one
u her rings Will ~ On biz little finger that
she is mildly limiting at something
WORTHY Kentucky farmer being asked
If daughter, recently married, was still
living with HIM, replied, No, sir when
SAiN - ny gas ." al tiiS HAAC AAust hAAA ncA
own hive ''
Why should Irish tradesmen give more
trust than others Because they are Of
the sell-tic race.
A BOY who had read Of sailors heaving
up anchors, wanted to know If il was sea
sickness made them do IT,
A LADY, returning from an unprohtabe
trip To church, declared that when she
saw the shawls Of those Smiths. and then
thought Of the things her own poor girls
had to wear, If il wasn't for the cOnsola-
ton of religion, she did not know what
she should 40"
An old woman III Maine crossed over .
bridge that was marked II dangerous"
without seeing the sign. On being inform
ed of the fact on the other side, she turned
about ID great alarm and recrossed H.
An Irish physician was called to exam
inc the corpse Of another lrishman, who
had been assassinated By some Of his coun-
trymen. This person, said he, after in-
spectlng the body, was so III that if he
had not been murdered, he would have
died half an hour before
THERE must be two sides u a perfect
bargain. - thought a Florida sheriff, who
vas A0NFlltlN lANllGi4 Li At@LAlAs AAG To-
piled Your communication is received,
stating that my resignation will meet the
appreciation ot The Governor II does not
meet mime
Four GOOD HABIrs There were four
good habits wise man earnestly recon-
mended In his counsels and which he con
sldered to be essentially necessary for the
management ot temporal concerns and
these are punctuahry, accuracy, steadiness
ana despatch Without the first Of these
time j. wasted without the second, mis-
takes the most hurtful t0 our own credit
and interest ana that of others may be
committed without. the third, nothing
can ~ well done ana without the fourth
opportunities of great advantage are lost
which ID IS impossible to recall
AN ONO postmaster has received letter
wherein the writer prorirrs a curious re-
quest, AS follows " II YOU can & will &C.
certain the names ~ Some rich old maid
OF viloN worth lrOm 3 Thousand, to 70,
- or more Ter me know 6y RETURN mail,
and viii pith ia and II I mako n ~ - fsss.'a
Knot, it y ! hundred dollars ln your
pocket Keep this profound secret Be-
tween rs two II ms gets out all is spoiled ]
am pour but want tO marry rich