The workingman's advocate., 1875-02-20
WIT AND WISDOM.


The key Of an uncertain gait -whis-k key
spain took little Bourbon on Ne~
Years day.
''Sally, what time do your folks diner
Soon As you 90 away that's miHBuu' or N
ders."
The best preparation to keep a Lady
hand free from chaps is a report that she
has no money.
Marry Szidowerl not | p said Matilda,
Babies are liks>tcoth brushes. Every
body wants their ohh- :
Forty girls will run after.wsnob 9TH :
gold headed cane, where ons wili-naR ~
to fellow with sound horse senss. -
BY an Irishman Why il a storm wh.,,
1t Is clearing up, like castigAtioni SURE
an amt It batting.
A little learning intoxicates the brain.
but sinking deeply sobers it again.
A colored preacher remarked: 4" Whsr.
God made de FIRST man he set him up aRin
de fence to dry" ''Who made dc fencsi"
interrupted an eager listener, "Put dat
man Dut!' exclaimed the colored preacher;
''spci 4lestiont As dat a destroy, all Do
teolcg. In the world ~
bw, George, you must divide the
CAKE lonorably with your brother Charlss.' -
~ N.eJ is honorable, mother!" "It means
thai YOU must give him the largest piece"
''Itlen, mother, I'D rather Charley would
divide it."
Il looks bad to see dog preceding hia
master down tha
down ths stairs Of the first saloon he ap-
proaches. 1t shows there is something
wrong, something lacking, a deplorable
tendency on the part Of the dog.
A lad who borrowed dictionary 10 readr
returned il after he got through: 1T was
very nice reading, but it somehow changed
the subject very often" It was his sister
that thought the trst ice cream she tasted
was little touched with :he frost
A certain zegcu . VI, ignorant negro
preacher i1rCxpou,ithng TO his flock a. to
the aston fhnrg qstJra-4-- -4---l-iracles, got
little confused in the Iuata5r. He said:
MY beloved friends, the ,Faatest Of all
miracles was bout de lores and fishes
Dere ~as 3, OOJ loaves and ., OOU fishes, an
de twelve postles had to est dem all, End
de miracle is dat dey didn't gust"
Julius, can YOU tell W u how Adam goa
out OF Edenf "Well, s'pCG - clum de
fence. mo; DAT aim ii. "Wel, deu
he borrowed wheelbarrow nd walked
He got snaked out
Mamma, where du the cows get their
milk asked Willie, looking up ff5m AeA
foaming pan Ut milk which he had been III
tently regarding. Where do Won vat
your tearsi" vas the answer AFter.
thoughtful SILENCE he again broke omt.
Mamma, 40 the cows have 10 " spaakodF'
somehow, one can't help tLinkinr MA.
that citizen Of Syracuse VINO has thirfel'I !
all girls. Probably there in hnsh
a corner Of the bureau ia that mans hss.1@
that hasn't cold ches Of spruce HNlmn
sticking to it.
An Akron physician tells of iittlrm
ron boy who came g hiLi 471''i said. .fDes4
tor, want some ipec.r Eat do you
!" t II. hi i -. .wh1 Na.H N.ae.H -GCA SyS IN 4
body sent ne; e.ne mysei. JUS tan'e Id
you have il anIess y ou ten nl5 ht W"
rre goinsto do with it, ,' Well. Dooi
JIs ned girl has swallowed silver 1uAr-
To-. and she said that If | would yiya her
solneti.ng that would bring n uu / utiyhL
have H.
A rich man beginning fell 4 held up
by his friends, but psCE man being S,'f1
ia thrust away ~ his friends When
rich man is fallen, he hath many helpers,
he speaketh things not 70 he spoken, and
yet men Justify hin; the POOR man slips,
and they rebuke him; be spJAe wisely, and
could have no place. When a rich man
speaketh, every man hOldetl his tongue;
and look, what ne EAyst'i .iey-3att - yA
clouds, but Il ycOr man speak, Icy a
what fellow j. thlsl
A certain hostess, Whose table 10 note
for its uniformity Of dishe-, Las a brist
daug ghter, who electrihes hi mas borders
with the following parody, sung to an &C
compartment on new fifty dollar piano
"Nhile beefsteak and vensiou costs LOts Ot
cash, be Il ever 80 grisly there's nothing
like hash; the scrapings and leavings Of no
use elsewhere, when mixed all together
make excellent fare. Hash, hash, good
meat hash BE it ever 40 grisly, there's
nothing like hash. Astranger from lme.
hotels dazzle in vain. 0, give me cheap
eating house food that's more plain .aa
waiter who gaily re-echoes my cal fu1
nice plate OF hash or q single fish Dsl
Inah