, 1878-01-11
Wit and Hnmnr.

" Nv NAH ". NiZ ~ ~ H~NlnLfun Ike q
political .PeAAyri because Be-
cpuliat tell q lIr.
Br~INE~- b, .p dull iu some brspcbo.
nnN that ihr brakeman actually De. IN
sright ipr g CUSTOMER.
ONE -four subscriber. dorsnt Van, ,u,
p1p~r auy logger. Gla' ct IT., the pr...
rut Irugih suits us rN-Ctiy.
JOSH BuIINs. ~, veiy truly. "Ynu'd
bs,frr Lut kuUa .u much than % kb,W
90 many thing, taai aint 90"
Nu Fu1r, TuEUr Are there srv
trp., Boa M. yiiy a,ked a stranger of =
urNsh"y. "No, do yol feel lonrsome1,
"a, the rcpIy
N,TURE seldom makes phool: she
simply furnishes the row material. and
lets the fellow finish the job 10 suit him.
-rlf.-Jo'A BiliHgs
Az exchange says the labor strike has
taken all the hustle out of business. bur
the riotef' nave giycn 1t good pull
back.-NorritoirH Herad.
EprToRs amount to something in Ger
msny. For instance, the editor of the
general POstOliicc journal is called a
Rcichsobernmtszeltuug,chreiber.
"BELINDA, why is kiss like that sew
ing machine of yours "Oh, don't
know. Don't bother me" "Ill tell you
why. It's because it seems so good"
IDoN'T like to talk much with people
who always agree with me. 1t is anus
ing to coquettc with an echo little
while, but one soon tires of it.-CdrlyLs.
NO, ma'am,' said grocer to an an
plicant for credit, IL can't trust any more
the day for trust has gone BY
wouldn't even trust my own feelings
now"
PRoFEssoR-"In one evening count
ed twenty-sCven meteors sitting ON my
pia2za." Class expresses great astonish-
ment at the sociable character of the
heavenly bodies.
The MODEL STRlKER.-"Yes, Mr.. Par
son, your religion is all very well, but
it allows only one day of rest in the
week. want religion that'll let ME
rest all the week"
A STERN parent rebuked his son for
staying out late at night, and said "Home
is the place for boys That's just what
| think when you drive me of to school
every morning. said the boy.
"WHO is the oldest female ON record2"
asked IA young lady Of the family circle.
ANTE Dlluvian,' answered her brother,
"Not so; it is Ann . Mundi," she said
and the question was considered settled.
THAT boy who took hornets nest and
Undertook to carry it home, thinking he
had bag of treasures, lost the bag on
his way, but succeeded in getting the
hornets to accompany him to his destina-
nation.
A FARMER, meeting neighbor near
his corntield, said: "How much corn to
the acre do you suppose have here2" To
which the other growled, as he limped
away GLOW many achers do you think
have to my cOrnr
A STUMP orator boosted that his candi-
date would "hold his own" no matter what
the opposing party might do. YES"
said the opposition speaker, "he always
holds his own and good deal that be-
lungs " VthCl pCpPiC, 'OO'
A LITTLE boy, hearing his parents talk
ing about Il soprano singer who sang in
their church, asked what soprano vas.
His father answered: "a soprano, my
boy, is II young lady who is up in all the
airs and puts 'em on heavy"
81 Took Her to the Ball" is the title If
new song, but it doesn't say anything
ibout how it began to rain, how he had
to borrow $40 for carriage to take her
home, and how, to crown all, the hack
man on reaching her door demanded $l2.
Two Times THAT CAN'T BE DONE AT
THE SAME TmE.-"Dey ain no nigger
on de top side cr keration, said u colored
man at 1enillc, the otherday, putting his
haud to his bandagcd head, "what can
sing hymn an PUT de gear on kickih'
mule at de same time
"GooD gracious, what is that, Setbi'
said Mrs. SpiCer, as fruit peddler drove
past at q A. NJ, bowling: Here yah!
Here y-a-a.h! pcechiz, ripe peechlz"
That, my dear, said Spiccr, drow'ily
boring his head into the pillow, for
final nap, "that's peaches and scream
The TENDER PuINT-Thcy are takin5
evidence in "a divorce case for cruelty;
the husband is under examination; his
wife. pro,tratcl with grief, i, weeping
bitterly, covering her face with her hand
kcrchicf "Now,' says the judge, ARE
YOU not ashamed 10 have thu- brutnlly
reatci your wife, tender young woman
OF twenty five"
The NIic suddenly raises her head.
Il beg your pardon, she sphs; "tNen-
ty-lour only, aud ,hc again gives way
iU beg grief
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