Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-06-15
Wit and Hunlor.

There's many a cowslip twixt the but
tercup and the tulip.
Does the base ball foul lay an egg?
Certainly-the goose egg.
The time is near at hand when every
one can have peas in the family.
A sailor off on q furlough is like the |
prOdigal son when he returns to his spar. |
Sea? W.
The fat boarder called the mold on the
pie an oasis green spot on the desert
Railroad flagmen are Of rare courage
1t is not until they are dead, that their
spirits flag.
In sitting for picture the person who
winks at the camera gets reply in the
negative.
The man with a strawberry mark on his
right arm can now sell himself for
short-cake.
Sickness turned a Western mans hair
from white to a dark brown. Probably
the sick man dyed.
An exchange says that Napoleon Nv.
is always porting over books. He never
reigns, but he pores.
An Albany florist is endeavoring to ar
range match between Virginia creep
er and a scarlet runner
If man will tell me what he thinks
ov his Majors, kan tell him what his
Majors think Of him.
On account of the decided manner Of
his spouse, Smythe says that his children
are governed by ma shall law.
II never waste any time IN listening to
| the meaningless twitter Of the blue birds
when the dinAer gong is winding its
mellow hum.''
! Thatwas smart boy smashed the other
fellows eggs, and then justified himself
with the remark that it is good for man
that he bare the yolk IN his youth.
| There was never but one shirt maker
in this country who understood how a
a buttonhole should be placed in collar
and he died before he could teach any of
the others.
| "A downtown man says,be has the best
,auctioneer in his family. It belongs to
| his wife, and it hears of every auction in
the city, much to the lightness Of his
purse.
An agricultural paper advises the farm
or to count his sheep every day. If it
comes to that, we should advise the farm
er to move into better neighborhood.
A Chinaman never swears when he gets
mad because there are no "cuss words in
his dictionary. He simply upsets his
washtub, butts the bottom out, kicks a
! dog and feels better.
u. Two sophomorcs entered street car
!: the first takes the only vacant seat, and
), the second sits in his lap. Presently s
. young lady enters, and the second soph
rising, says, stake my seat, madam.
, Of course no woman ever did such {
thing, but supposing now, for the sake o.
{ argument, as it were, that a woman was
| to go to church for the purpose of show
4 ing her new sacgue, would it not be sac
! religious, so to speak?
al "Here'' said farmer in Syracuse, as HI
/ exhibited broken jar to the manufacture
!: ~ packed this jar full of butter and i
1 split from top to bottom. Perhaps 20,
! can explain the phenomenon "Oh, yes
: l can, = was the ready reply: "The butte
was stronger than the jar
d A little girl who had been on rail
road train when an accident occurred, wa
y told by her mother that she ought t
a thank God for her escape from injury
when she made her evening prayer. sh
: did it in this way: "Thank you, God
for not letting me be hurt to-day; but tn
t. next time I go to the city I'll go in
st wagon @
e A Western boy thought his mother wa
e, nravinp Oyer]Ong the other morning, an
d he said: ooh, mother! there's haw
d over the hens.'' The old lady brougt
II her devotlons to poultry standard {
It measurement in double-quick time, an
) sprang to feet with ssAmen! Out vi
81 wees, Thomas, and save thin hing"
le1 ssFirst class in ethics, stand up! Brougl
s. ton, what Is truth?'' "Truth is strange
than fiction" 80! it is, is it? Well, mayt
is in your case, for I have no doubt that
'e Providence has been just to you, it hi
It made you pretty intimate with friction
.lbut can't you give me any other explans
IL ton Of truth?'' ssTruth is disease tn.
er Gen. Washington died Of, an as yc
lnI and weren't alive then, we Il new
is caught it"
Z, Small boy Harry, e #
ld Drumming on the pane, 4s5E
th Looking at the chickens,
~ Dragged with the rain,
where do chickens come from,
II Mamma, please do tell!
to ayes, ] know they come from eggs,
. Know that very well. Z
g Course the old hen matches 'em,
pt know that, but then
lie Won't you tell me truely,
zee Where'd they get the hen!"
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