The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-09-23
BUBBLES.

The pensive mule is not usually re-
garded as susceptible to pathetic emotions.
And yet he occasionally drops mule teer.
"A young poet, of the realistic school,
writes: "Time marches on with the slow,
measured tread of man working by the
day."
-" want nothing, do you" said
Pat. "Bedad, an if its nothing ye want,
yen find it in the jug, where the whisky
was"
The young lady, who always wanted
her sweetheart close at hand, explains it on
the ground that twas only nigh dear of
her own.
"A boy has written composition on the
turtle, in which he says: A turtle is not SO
frisky as man, but he can stand a hot coal
on his back longer without squalling.
"A Western girl visited music store and
asked for "The Heart Boiled Down with
Grease aud Care" and "When l Swal
lowed Homemade Pies" The clerk at
once recognized what she desired.
Nothing will surprise married man
so much as to 60 home and see his wife
limping around the house with her little
toe bandaged, saying that she doesn't see
why he should keep such an Internal edge
on his razor.
He was carving dinner, and thought
he must talk to the esthetical-lookinga angel
on his right "How do you like Beetho-
ven 90 said he, at a venture. Well
cooked" said she, interested in the bust.
ness at hand.
-"Trail oars" shouted the captain as
the victorious regatta crew pulled up along
side the wharf. "Ah," said bystander,
81 suppose that is what you call the oars
trail-an style of rowing!" They pitched
him overheard without word.
On the base ball ground yesterday, says
the Burlington HaWk-Eye, a red-hot ball
struck the batter just where his mother
used to feel for him with her slipper, and
the umpire shouted "dead ball." dead
ball ~ retorted the striker struck, if there
is a live ball on the grounds, that's it,"
-" You see," said uncle Job, "my wife's
a curious woman. She scrimped and saved,
almost starved all of us to get our parlor
furnished nice, and now she won't let one
of US go into it, and hain't even had the
window blinds of it open for a month
She Is curious woman"
"A fun-loving Concord girl is crying
her eyes ont over serious joke. She and
a young man went through the marriage
ceremony " for fun" at the Hedding camp
meeting the other day, and she now finds
that the young man who performed the
ceremony is justice of the peace.
The other day would-be fashionable
lady called at neighbours at what she
thought would be supper time. "Come
in" said the neighbor; we are having a
tableau." Il am SO glad" said the visi-
tor, II thought smclt 'em, and l like
them better than any thing for supper"
"A great deal has been made out of an
accident that occurred the other day to a
fast train, known as the Flying Dutch
man" on the Great Western Railway of
England. 1t now appears that that train
was run regularly for fifteen years between
London and Exeter, maintaining a speed
of sixty miles an hour, and without sin.
gle casualty during that time.
-"Suppose, Belle" said poor but hon.
est Chicago youth to Prairie avenue girl
one day last week, suppose that young
man loved you dearly-very dearly-but
was afraid to ask you to marry him, be-
cause he was very timid or felt too poor,
or something-what would you think Of
such case? Think" answered the
girl Immediately. "Why, if he was poor,
| should think that he was doing Just right
in keeping still about it." The question
was dropped right there.