The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1877-12-07
WHAT THE WITS SAY,


. "Call me pet names; something typic
OF sweet sounds" he muttered, and 81
: called him gay lute.-Derter Smith. :
Goldsmith Maid and schuylar Cola
will no longer appear upon the turf.-Ne
York Herald. Oh, this is turf berea,
ment e. u.ts.
They have new hat for boys called til
''Danite. 1t is the hat for all time
Day 'n-night, yeu know. .-Philddegphia Bu
lettn. p En- Eara
The postal system is to be extended +
Summarize. There are plenty of Malay
gents to be found there already.-N. 7
Weekzy
Lydia Thompson is writing the story o
her life. 1t seems eminently proper tha
itshould be a naughty-b -biography:-4st Lous
Journal ... r=- ..ts st>
cans must stop s'sassing" that country OF
take the consequences. Bring on youl
! consequences. .-Free Press
''Twice is hesarmeG who hath his quarr-
just" --Shakspere.
And four times he who gets his blow in
fust. Gin. Breakfast Table
The difference between the preacher, the
builder, and the architect of church, is
simply this: One is the rector, the other
the erector, and the third the director
Judy.
The expression with which bull dog
chews on the exposed extremity of small
boy, caught in the act of escaping from an
orchard, is model Of tranquil satisfaction
-Andreaos' Bazar.
Worcester Press: sFaith is sometimes
personified as drenched female clinging
to sea-washed rock; but better personi-
fication would be a bald headed man buying
bottle Of patent hair restorer.''
Speaking of the Black Hills editors as
poker players, the Deadwood Miner says if
fence rail was to be put up as blind, the
editors are so poor that not one of them
could straddle it. 4
1t may be true that in the spring young
mans fancy lightly turns to thoughts of
love, but for real business in the matrmo-
nial line the sere autumn leads ten to
one-NorwicA Bulletin.
Senator Voorhees," remarks the New
York Commercial Adyertiser, doesn't
let the grass grow under his feet" "Thank
heaven perhaps there'll be pretty good
crop after all" calculates the pious Roches-
ter Chronicle.
Suleiman Pasha was formerly soap-fat
man in Baxter street, in this city, and
dined at the free ''soup-houses' He went
to Turkey and registered an awful oath
that he would win fame and gold. The at
tention of tramps should be urgently in
vited to this. Turkey is the place to go to
grow up with the country.-Graphic.
Eyes have they, but they see not-pota-
toes. Ears have they, but they hear not
corn stalks. Teeth have they. but they
chew not-bucksaws.-Detr Free Prees
Tonkers Gazette. Tongues have
they, but they talk not-wagons.-Pou
keepsie Press. Legs have they, but they
walk not tables Poughheepsie Meas.
Heads have they, but they think not-cab-
ages.-HudsoD Register. Hands have
they, but they toll not-tramp S. Camden
Post. Noses, have they, but they smell not |
-pitchers.-Y. 7. Eapress. Lips have
hey, but they kiss not-uulips. PhsJadel- |
Dhia Bulletin. Wings have they, but they
ly not-houses. Feet have they, but |
hey walk not verses.-Boston Globe |
Panes have they, but they do not grumble
.windows.-L0ueU Courier. Joints have |
hey, but they bend not-grain stalks.
Hearts have they, but they love not
= trees. Diaphragms have they. but
hey sneeze not-shellfish. Pulse have
hey, but it throbs not-gardens -Boston
4dgertsser. Mouths have they, but they
peak not-rivers. Knees have they, but
hey kneei not-ships. Sculls have they |
'ut they think not-boats. Boards have
hey, but no hair-oysters. Bulle-
an. Sinews have they, but they sin not
newspaper men. Heads have they, but
hey go not head frst--lobsters.-N. z.
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