Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-03-28
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Strong butter - An old livery stabl,
goat.
Another heW (k)night-To-mcrrow eve
ming.
Eaten out of house and home-an oys
ter. Now you see the joke, cut it out.
4 The rule in New York is to eat oysters
in every month which has letter in it.
1t has been ascertained that the mar
who ''held on to the last" was shoe
maker.
A bakers horse is the only animal
that Is feOt afraid of crackers on the 4th OF
July.
The painter who fell Off scaffoitline
with his paint pots, went down with flying
colors.
| The man who WAS hemmed in by a
crowd has been troubled with stitch in his
side ever since.
When YOU eat your dinner with the fork
of river, you MAY safely attempt to spin
mountain-top.
1t is said that the light of match will
keep wolf away. But will love-match
keep the wolf from the door?
A Bridgeport fnafF courted his wife
seven years, and after living with her two
years, now acknowledges it was court of
errors.
Two 1rishncn were proceeding in COM
pany to jail-yard to witness an execu-
tion, when one said to the other: IL say,
Pat, where wud yez be if the hangman
had his dues?'' ..'Begorra.'' said Pat.
I'D jest be warE.i' down this sthreet
alone.''
''What has Christianity ever done for
man?" asked Bob 1ngersoll one day on a
Western train. WELL" responded a quiet
old lady, ut has prevented Mr.. Ingersoll
from being governor of Illinois,
A bashful young man applied to his
village paper for information on the im-
portant subject. ''How to win a woman's
love- The reply was, kiss the babies,
caress the tomcat, and pay strict attention
to the old lady"
A washing i1iacliiiie peddler of three
years standing, who makes his hcadquar-
tiers in Burlington, wears with pride a
watch chain made of various sized shot
which from time to time have been picked
out Of his legs and back.
Somehow OF other ,i.ere is something in
the expression in the eye OF venerable
William goat. rs he turks around a livery
stable waiting for an incautiOus customer
to come in and order 4 riS, that makes you
think of the Russian army ut Constantine
pie contemplating the movements of the
British fleet.
A Monroe Ua.) Justice OF the Peace has
matte the interesting ruling that father
has no right to occupy his parlor when his
daughter and her beau have possession
The occasion of this decision was the az
'est of a young man by parent who had
)een forcibly turned out of his room at
such time.
a Scotch paper speaks Of fox having
been seen trying to spring trap by means
If stick that he carried in his mouth.
We Knew Of a fox once that took Il we'll
'ole from the well and pushed u turkey off
he lower limb ot,a tree. with it, and put
he pole back in lis place.. At least he got
he turkey. and the well-pole was fourd an
light in the morning.
There's nothing to excel the diabolical
satisfaction man will take in announcing
o his wife, after he has got his shirt on,
hat there is a button, missing, and the
Keen delight 1it tse1. iii seeing her dance
lround the room after needle and thread.
While she listens to a lecture on careless
less, approaches ecstacy. But look out
when she gets that button on, bites the
bread off with snap, and commences
There. now