The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-05-08
WIT AND WISDOM

Spring il on hand Lettuce have peas.
Improving ones time Inending the
clock
Il takes a pretty smart man III tyIl
when he ia happy.
The home circle walking around with
the baby a. night
What is better than promising young
man paying one.
When man can't tind anything W du.
! he has lived long enough
Why is the sun like a good loaf BE
cause us hight when il rises
Question for actors can an actor ~ ,aid
To work when he plays
In what ship has the greatest number DIT
people been wrecked Conrtship.
The man who doesn't hang out M,
shlngle and advertise. dies and leaves no
sign.
Bashfulness j. often like the plating ou
spoons when it wears of il shows th.
brass
Spanish proverb says, .A Is.
without inustache j. Ike Al ~.
+ without sail
When fortune wants NJ let a FELLOW
being fall the hardest, shr lifts hin
I mp the highest.
i The spelling mania is raging. Parue.
4 of four Iu the cars turn tEn seats taclng
each other and spell
Marblc-top tables are unhealthy. ac-
\ cordmg to the Herald ot He1lh blt III
does nut state their disease
Boss Tweed doesn't think the treatment
az the penitentiary very benign On the
\ contrary he thinks il il 7x9.
\ Those Old Greeks were pretty wise fel-
lows. la their vocabulary maiden Is
/ translated nothing. and marriage is gam
mon.
The Rock County Rsco,der heads its
funny paragraph column 10 this way
Written With Scissors Those Win
cisma ought certainly ~ br sharp
Why d" YOU Use paint 20 asked a viu-
llnIst of hs daughter Fir rh- same
reason that YIN use rrsiu. papa HOW
is that Why. tp h-i, ms draw mv
I beau
4 Nevada Irr-dealer- M. already prepar-
my III double their princes u.At summer.
upon the ground that ihc crop VII. be
almost entirely eaten up by tine grass
I hopper--
7 A Brston lai, recently Irft Y ,Iui WY
money. the interest oi which IS used IN
\ providing the inmates nj the Home for nld
women and Home t,r ult mru With
supply II tea
A young lady while ont waikiua heard
\ tor the hrst time, h-r mother intention
\ 70 marry again, ana she VA obliged wv wv
1 right down and cry about It She could
not g a step-farther.
\ II George Washington himself had UNIV
Y been Cruss-eXamiucd hy Judge fullerton
/ befor' he died we have u, doubt n would
have turned ont that he really he'd about
the cherry tree after all
7 ''Ioiot exclaimed a lady. coming uHt
/ Of the theater. one evening. As a gentle
man accidentally stepped an her trailing
skirt Which one wv WY blandlv
responded the man
"No oetln appuls N school ours reads
I a sign pn the black board w Y srhnuIhou-t
i III enlightened old Massachusetts,. y here
and make faces az ignorance
Y A subscriber u a South Western news
/ paper died recently, leaving four year.
subscription unpaid. The editor appear
/ cd a. the grave and deposited ID the coffin
palm leaf fan. linen coat attn ther
I mometer.
A colored congregation IN Dayton have
/ decided ~ forgive their cleT Lvman for bet
ting on three card monte and losing 500 w
festival money One Of the deacons re-
marked We is all human, and de game
Is VERY exciting
Mrs. Sweetly But Why are YOU mak
ing So many dolls pantaloons. my dear
Mrs JinXby. Mrs. .Tinxby These
are not dolls clothes my dear, they arg
for the poor frogs who % exposed IL the
water all winter IN our pond
Cut this out h may save Your life.
Il the heading " an advertisement III the
Portage REGISTER A Portage man cut il
ont, pasted u IN his nat. and the same
day vas killed w q brice which f-ll from
the top " a building
clergyman IN one Of our Eastern
cities vas met by seedy looking man
with flask N whIskey IN hIs pocket. uhu
inquired SIR, is tins the nearest road
to the siushouse '' NO sir. replied
the Clergyman, pointing ~ the hrrtlr
'but thar W.
Mary Please MN, Is it true as you re
agoin. e. buy grand piano VIII II b.,
4 reai -r nd pue like they a. at the al I
Mistress Well, yes Mary believe VI.
but why Mary You see. IN IN. c,s
when y"u went out / could play IL 10 keep
the children quiet.
SIR MARMADt kE'> MUSINGS
kUa a bttuteou- maid
or rather thought had
But when asked her isl
TIE IL thuud-rtn mat
fct afraid
And when .he b,de ne .'-i.-a
did but with frnau
~ -nhtchcti me ly the CROWD.
Anh ysnkcd mr ur afd ti'Eu
''iU~tei qu.ek
Hon. Edward Kent. rN-Ju.lre and "a
Governor, trlpped on ''syuonyme N thg
great Bangor spelling match, but ~ enter
ed heartily into the laugh that followed
That J. the way e. aId the fun A mss
once ia while adds materially ti rhr VIVA
tcrest VT these occasions.
We read IN the Bible, iu ihe 18Th chan
ter M ~ Samuel ani 10Th verse. rhtr
lhrra VAS np Smith found throughout
ali the land Of israel Of cours. MT
All The smiths were living m tins country
at that time. and they have wonderfully
increased and multiplied since then
An honest old gentleman from a rural
county, who came down 20 New York tu
spend the sabbath with friends. was asked