The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-12-03
EXPRESSIONS.


The most welcome breakfast bell is a
pupctual wife.-Cincinnsti Trade List
"Can love dieor asks Mrs Nealy in . recent
poem. It can not. though it gets dreadfully
adjourned occasionally.
How dare YOU swear before me?" asked n
man of his son, recently. How did know
you wanted to swear frst?' said the spoiled
urchin.
The man who told prospective purchaser
of his house that the neighborhood was
healthy didn't know he was talking to an
undertaken.
A Connecticut man recently. said: LEND
me dollar. Ny wife has feft me, and
want to advertise that l am not responsible
for her debts"
With Morton and Chandler both gone,
there is a great responsibility resting upon
Private Dalzell, He should wrap up we'll
this kind of weather.
The performer who enters the lions den
with Coles circus is named Conkling. He
is not afraid 60 long as the manager Keeps
the lion out of Canonchet.
boy will occasionally listen patiently to
what his mother has to say, but it makes
him dizzy to hear her talk of cutting down
a pair of his fathers old trousers to fit him.
George William Curtis says no gentleman
will smoke in the presence of ladies No. he
will not And George, no lady will smoke
in the presence of gentlemen, either. You
forgot to say that, George.
An unknown man was killed by the cars
st Stratford, the other day. The contents of
his pockets, 60 cents and pair OF scissors
would indicate that he was connected with
MISUNDERSTANDING News.
s'Pa," said a little boy, "a horse is worth a
great deal more, isn't it. after it's broker"
Eyes, my son. Why do you ask such q
question: Because broke the new rock
ing horse you gave me this morning.
The following notice has just been found
on the door of q business firm in this city /:
To Our Creditors-We have busted. As
everything else is going up. we trust you
will not feel surprised. Post.
Our advice to the fair ladies is, better
make pet of your husband than of your
pup dog. The husband may get mad, but he
never-that ie, hardly ever-bites, and If he
does, he can't give you the hydrophobia.
When a fool is young he spends much
| time in parting his hair in the middle.
When he is old and bald he wastes much
more time in trying to make the ends of his
sparse locks meet on the polished crown
above.
A newly married man complains OF the
| high price of ducks" He says his wife re
Gently paid for three OF them-a duck of Q
bonnet, q duck of dress and duck OF q
parasol He ssys such dealing in poultry
will ruin him.
There is patient in one of our city hog
pitfalls whose past history is an enigma to the
ply sicians. When, in his deliriuIn, he COZ
stantly calls out, Next next!" Some
think he was a college professor, but Others
| say he must have been a barber.
An article headed mark Twain on Ba
bies," is going the rounds OF the press, bu
we have no desire to read it. We have
| man in Keokuk who never fails to MARX
Twain on Babiee," and Is now the successful
and happy father of the sixth pair of twins
-Keokuk Constitution.
oh, these shame-faced femininies on tn,
| streets with them masculine hats oni" ex
claimed an old lady from the country as she
| came around q prominent church corner
| Saturday afternoon; lit jest looks ez though
they all wanted ter be kissed by the boys
for that was the sign when l was q gal!"-
Chicago Journal.
When young man gets cutaway Goa
that buttons from the watch chain up to the
shirt collar, and can hold an inch stub OF
cigar between his teeth and look uncor
an ungrateful public that fails to notice him
| What incentive has young man to effor
in world that persistently refuses 10 recog
nize merit?
In recent moot court trial one of the dis
putants closed his argume mt In a way that
to say the least, was novel, and which raj
something in this wise: From what hav
said, your honor, the law in this case appear
to be about all on our side, and If it does no
SO appear, it is the fsul, not of the law, bu
of a feeble interpre alton. "-Columbia Spec
| tator.
A trusting Minnesota editor moved his
office into a buildiDg adjoining a church
hoping that from under the shadow of tn,
| tall splre beneficial Influence would come
In less than a week a windstorm blew tn,
top off the steeple, and tie only thing abou
the shop that was seen to come out from
| under the shadow was the editor himself, OIL
all fours and covered with brick, mortar ant
printers ink.