Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-11-29
Whole N o., 315.
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u The home club--The potatoe mash
u er.
- The warmest Kind of hat-one that s
got stove in.
"A worrying kind of occupation to be
engaged in-Fretwork.
The latest thing out is usually young
man with latch-key.
Fat men should not skate, although
they make good impression on ice.
"A baby says French writer, lis
an angel. whose wings decrease as its legs
increase"
When the entcrprising butchers as
sistant ''set up on his own hook" did he
find a comfortable seat?
House flies are becoming weak in the
knees and do not seem to care whether
school keeps or not.
Three are mob. according to law.
This is what a young fellow thinks when
he and another chap are counting the same
girl.
II thought you told me that BIS
fever was gone OF. said 4 gentleman.
Il lid so" was the answer. but forgot
to mention that he went of along with
it,
A farmer in the neighborhood of Dom
caster was thus accosted by his land
lord -
John, I'm going to raise your rent"
John replied: ''Sir, am obliged to you,
for cannot raise it myself
The editor of Il st. Louis paper recent
ly insisted that poets must be brief The
next day he received the following. entitled.
1.-The Ballad of the Merchant: - Trust
Eus,.'
Few young men can be frightened
nowadays by their paternals threatening
to dsinherit them. The young rasc;,ls on
ly laugh at the idea of how little they will
have TO lose.
Two lawyers having a dispute. one
said to the other, who was dwarf:
If you are not more civil will put you
in my pocket"
''Then," replied the little fellow, ''you
will have morelaw in your pocket than you
ever Illu III your neau.
Josh Billings says: IL am willing to
rock the baby while wimmen folks are
boiling soap; ! am ready to sgt rass ~
rants; or will even dip candles, or core
apples for sass, but won't chum.
Young beginner (sol. )-''This is getting
deucel absurd! I've squeezed her hand.
and all that sort of thing. and talked about
mans lonliness and drifting down the
stream of life together. and that sort OF
thing. wonder what on earth Il fellow is
expected to do next!'' And it never oc-
Cured to him that perhaps he had been
scarcely sufficiently explicit.
1t is seldom easy to see the hidden
benefaction in that which is an apparent
attiiction. \ boy who was ''contounding'
the mosquito, was told by his pastor ''tllat
doubtless the insects are made with good
end in view," when the young scamp re-
Piled, Il can't see it, whether it is in view
or not. At any rate, don't like the end |
feel
Uncle Jesse Lyon married a second
wife the third day after the funeral Of his
first wife, wllereat the neiyhbOrs serenaded
him with tin pans, borse-tiddles and yells,
to signify their Indignation. Uncle Jesse
stood it rs long as he could, and then went
forth and spoke thus: Boys, if you care
nothing for the joys of Il bridegroom,
think you ought to respect the feelings OF
a widower. the late partner OF whose bos-
ON is ye. hudiy cold in her grave" The
boys were stunned, and silently departed.
Joe Jefferson is about to retire from
the stage, and here's an anectiote not hlth-
crto published: When Jefferson was play
ing Rip in New York once, avery large.
showily dressed man came in late and took
IA seat in the parquc,te. During the first
act he wssanuch affected, and attracted
good deal Of attention by prOfilsely wip-
ing his eyes. When at length Rip was
driven from his home, the fat chap put his
to his face and beloved out,
Poor old cuss!''