The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-29
BITS OF HUxoR.
DO you really. truly. lore me
More than any girl you knowf
Well. then. hug me just q little.
III you must. before vou 70.
Fold your arms around me tighter
Have you never huGged before3

Fold your arms around me tighter.
Have you never Rugged befOre2
Draw me nearer. draw me closer:
-tElmira Gazette.
An Irish cutlery Finnegan's bawl.-E Keo-
kuk Constitution.
Are you one OF the survivors OF the revolu-
tionary war NEW York Graphic.
Il Is said that Priam was the inventor Of
the crowbar- Boston Commercial Bulletin.
Weak OF prayer--the man who only prays
Sunday morning. lGowanda Enterprise
An egotistical man Ia cold fellow-he Is
bristling with I's.--IFond du Lac Reporter.
Chicago girls wear listers on their ears TO
keep them from freezing. Albany Argus.
The recent cold snap revived the faith Of
our Newark plumbers In PrOvidence.-GNew-
ark Call.
"Do not learn 70 play cards." says religi.
'authors. jersey City Journal.
slice Of limburger cheese worn on the
upper lip is pronounced sure cure for q
hooked nose.IINew Haven Courier.
What mockery for peddler to endeavor
To sell q man coin-detector who hasn't q
nickel in his pocket.-INew York Express.
An editor, In speaking OF new book. says !:
1T 10 bound to sell" Isn't that what they
bind all books for, generally2-I Biddeford
Miniature.
We would not be inquisltive but we wish
to know Of the young men who "swore Of :
on New Year IL they have resumed.-lColum-
bus Argo.
The married man who goes away from
home to visit the Cubroom sometimes has
the club broom visit him on his RETURN
cincinnati Saturday night.
Yes, John, we ear you. Certain a field Of
corn would be q contract, The verdancy OF
your query a-maizes u.s. Biddeford Nina
ture.
Care killed q cat, says the proverb, but the
style OF bootlack with which the deed was
done y not mentioned. York CONNER
cial Advertiser.
An exchange mentions horse that eats
meat. Well, we think 1t about time; they
have been running for stakes long enough
Waterloo Observer.
Lukens begins a sweet poem thus-"O
weary watchP' Get her cleaned and Oiled
Tines. 'N 'D' ''' ~ ''sA'-''s''0u''
When Hoosier editor declares for Tilden
In 1880. his neighbors wink and say slyly that
they guess Sam has been buying mules
IChlcago Times.
"What tunnel is that?" asked a stranger In
our city who was driving round in ,..r sleigh
Why, that's no tunnel; that's livery man
smiling" was answered Il Wheeling Leader.
"Never put off until tomorrow etc, is an
excellent maxim most Of the time, but in the
name of all the gods ut once, don't breathe 1t
In the presence OF man who has already had
his shirt on for eleven days.-IPuck
Now, IL Is said kerosene will cure diphthe-
ria We believe In this remedy. Kerosene
poured from can into stove having fire
In 1t. will cure everything except an under
takers bill Of ITEMS Hartford Journal.
The compositor who knew more than the
writer, and ruled out the phrase ''The boy Is
father to the man" as nonsense, changing II
into "The man Is father OF the boy" liz In
search OF q new situation Boston Tran
script.
The following explanation of legal term
Is offered by a Teutonic member Of the Canton
police force: "Ven | git me out habeas
scorpions, / can shust 80 veil catch man
where he amt as where he is."- Unknown
Exchange.
Ben Butler was thrown from a sleigh the
other day. and. striking In q snow bank, was
uninjured. We hope this will show, II moth
ing else will, the urgent necessity OF carting
the miserable snow out into the country and
throwing 1t down precipice. We have lee
tured about this reform long enough.
falo Express.
is the water all froze up p asked Aunt
Dorothy Of Jeems, who was trying to break
the Ice In the water cask on Monday morn
ing. mo, aunty, / should say that 1t was
froze down, and he turned his Ratchet so IL
sent q shower OF fineice In the old lady's face.
That's an impudent trick" said she. ooh,
no" said the youDgster, tits an leo re-
Spouse. LYNN Reporter.