The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-06
WAITS AND wIunIs.

fN-A -SSA " S-H ---N'S - ~
fo9t.
4 .GeRmAN speaks Of washingto
shov-ciety, and yet he isn't very wrorg-
-LHerald.
lie compositor who made It read,
'In the midst Of life We are in debt
wasn't much out Of the way.
IN Africs a breed Of sober-niinded
dogs without tails haa been discovered.
There isn't wag among them.
oxE e the reasons that a sido-saddle
resembles fourquAys ug . Dt-aus- -
EioS fHle.iR,
a LONDON ioker rs6lafi. thac7it %
quite natural fox newly married couples
to turn pale, for the ceremony itself
makes them wan.
A wRITER, in describing the last scene
Of " Othello," said Upon which the
Moor, seizing bolster full Of rage and
fury, smothers her"
MANY 8 boy has lost his grip on his
fathera affections by being able 10 beat
the old gentleman at q friendly game OF
cards. Turner'S Falls Republican.
AN srithmeticaI Peace-maker fgura-
lively suggests to Che politicisns; " This
Is 0 time 4 vi 2-per- Sing. Let US be
country and 1 people at 10y-rste"
| BENEDICT assures us-and we have
no reason TO doubt his word--that since
his marriage. whenever he misses the
last train he is sure 70 cstch i'll Funny
Folks.
A BOY who IS not strong enough 70
spade up a small onion bed between now
and the Fourth Of July, will dig over q
en- acre lot before breakfast looking for
ah bait.
FOOTBALL. is becoming fashion
again. Football can never reach popu-
larity in this country until the American
shin~bone is set farther back Dan
bury News.
s'MEDIoAL ADvIaER-Now, first Of ali /,
you must not drink beer in the morning.
Paticus-No more should, old fellow,
but it 30 happens there's not drop Of
brandy in the house." ~ Punch.
"PRAY, Mr. Professor, what is q
periphrasis ?' Madame, IL is simply 3
circumlocutory and plenastic cycle Of
oratorical sonoroaity, circumscnbing an
atom Of idealily, lost in verbal pIo-
lundity." "Thnnk you, sir"
THIs j. the Season Of the genuine
Indian GUNNER IL is supposed to have
bscn originated ~ Pocahoutas for the
purpose Of giving the average citizen a
GLANCE to pnt of buying his ovefcoat
until after he got paid for his vote
y lLEulion Iiracs. ...t---..,r
! solfE one says theTe fs 70 bean sss2cia-
ton of newspaper funny men. Why not
! ell it the Society Of the Pur-jsub IN.
Y. Herald. A good suggestion. These
| humerus fellows should go shoulder to
shoulder-N. Y. Com. Adv. Now that's
what we call bon (e) mot.--Boston
Commercial Bulletin.
IT was an ox-M @. Of the XLlIId
Congress from Tennessee, who toil among
some OF "thom--literary .eller =
"Jedge," inquired one Of them, what
do you admire most Of ThacFe 7y'sg'
The "Jedge" hositated, grew I'D in Tie
face, and replied in his pompous drswl,
"Wasl, think ike the fourth volume
best"
TIE custom among elderly gentlemen
Of makinga common carrier Of tileir plug
hats has become 30 common that The
| spectacle Of q respectable elder in ohurch,
with a red silk handkerchief, two letters,
a postal card, and p cornorof plug tobacco
on his head no longer raises the ghost Of
& smile in the congregation --[ Burlington
| Hawk>Eye.
TIE good old days are desd and zone
the rich coloring has faded out OF the
warp and woof Of tbe pasS and yet we
re;. ice that II is siill true that q pretty
woman cannot ride by her lover ride
tiu. ugh a tunnel without omeTgine IN g
hst that looks ss II it had been struck by
Iigh thing Andrews Bazaar.
THERE are three things that foot
berches IN church pews seem made ior--
yea four-namely, to get IN The way ioi
& strangers to fall over; TO fly up and hi'
man on the nose when his head j
lowed; to tip over in the most solemn
part Of the ministers prayer and 10 make
niore noise than g1ck Of goats BET ioos'
on q barn foor.--I Tx.