The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-11-06

among the boarding houses remarked upon
his wealth. Yes, am feeling quite rich. !"
said the y. M; II am two dollars above
board. Are you sure it's above board7'
asked the quiet joker, and the young man
tainted.
At political meeting the other night
when an orator with an unusually large
stomach arose TO speak, the chairman, VINO
was rather near sighted, shouted out three
times, Here, take that base drum down off
the stagem before he discovered his mistake.
-Philadelphia Chronicle.
"John, it seems to me that you are not do
ing your work as well as you used to--not as
painstaking as. you might be-" II will tell
why, mtladi. / thought that IL / made my
self indispensable, when | came to 20 il
would cause you too much inconvenience
and regret. sseT"-Paris Paper.
A Amsn named Knife does the carving in
Chicago hotel. Now, all you funny blades
cut in.-New York Commercial Adyertiser
Thank you, but we never engage in such
knifearious business.-Free Pr ss He must
keep himself going by big steel and live In
the forks oil the rosd.-Rochester Democrat.
One reason why more people did not go
into the srk Is that Noah neglected TO az
verlse IN the daily papers There is q great
moral lesson contained in this fact-Ney
York Mail. Another reason was that Noah
had two of kind on everything and the
people didn't like 10 come in.-Roehes ter
Democrat
With Arbuckle blowing at one end aud
Tamage at the other, which Is the little end
of the horn Free Press. We should think
that the man at the big end of the horn
would have such tremendous advantage IN
getting his work in on the man at the little
ehd that he would raise the roof Of his
| mo h 10 n
crat
West Hill man painted ferocious look
ing sign, Look ont for the dog" and put it
up in his front yard to scare away tramps
The next morning tramp with bad smile,
shoulders like load of hay club with
death smiling out OF every knot of it, raped
at the front door, demanded some hot bis.
cult, meat, potatoes and a cup of coffee, and
asked pleasantly, How il the dog?'-Hswk
eye.
"Ab, yes, my son." said Mr. Smiley, as he
was stroiling under the moonlit heavens the
other evening. "there are great many won
derfui things in the armament; for instance
there is the constellation of the great bear,
which Is 80 beautifully mixed up with the
'dipper that you always have 70 remember
that the tail OF the dipper is the handle of
the bear in order 10 tell the other from
which New Haven Register.
The following from the Guelph Herald is
perhaps the most atrCcious pun ever penned:
Our governors are always getting things
named after them. It must be more than a
coincidence, in view of the fact that The
marquis of Lorne is TO govern us, that these
hand stamps TO mark shirts with are now
called markers of lawn" We desire to take
this opportunity of informing the public
that the marquis of LOrDe is not the inyen-
tor OF the famous lawn mower. We .reathe
a parting sythe over this.
There is one pass over the Alps so narrow
that they call it the toe pass. 1t is a real
little gem OF pass -Brston Posi-. And there
is one alongside of the Erie Canal 81 narrow
that they call 1t the tow path. It's a mere
lisp of difference. e.--Philadelphia Bulletin
And there is a rule in the sinful game of
eucbre called Ito pass" but we don't know
what IT signifies -Norristown Herald We
wouli like TO know who issued the original
pass over the Alps, and 70 what Office We can
write for one.-ROchester Democrat.