The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1879-06-17
CONUNDRUMS.
What rose is born to blush unseen?

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Negroes.
Where was Time raised2 In the
lapse Of ages.
What does Queen Victoria take her
pills in? In cider.
What most frequently becomes q wo-
man? A little girl.
When are lawyers circumstances?-
When they alter cases.
What two beaus can every lady have
near at hand? Elbows.
What is the brightest idea Of the
day? Your eye, dear.
What's the best way TO raise straw
berries? With a spoon.
When will the alphabet be shortened?
When you and are one.
Why is a belle like locomotive?
She transports the males.
Why are washerwomeh like grief?-
They wiring mems bosoms.
What did lot do when his wife turn
ed to salt? Got fresh one.
Why is a dogs tail like very old
person? Because it's in-frm.
Why is whale like pond lily? 1t
comes TO the surface to blow.
Why are chickens liberal? They give
peck when they take grain.
Why is hen crossing the road like
murder? 1t is fowl proceeding.
Why are you most likely to miss the
1880 train? It's 10 to /, if yos catch it.
II you were TO throw q white stone
into the red sea what would it become?
Wet.
What becomes OF all the pins? They
fall to the earth and become Terra
pins.
Why are washerwomen unreasonable?
They expect soft water when it rains
hard.
Why is a good wife like the evil oneP
Because while the husband sleeps she
sews tares.
Why should you never sleep in q
railway train? The trains run over
sleepers.
Why is a bald-headed man like hunt
ing dog? He makes little hare go O
great way.
Who do women seek husbands named
William? So they can have q will of
their own.
What did Adam and Eve do after
leaving the Garden of Eden? They
raised Cain.
Why were the gates OF Paradise shut
against Adam and Eve? To keep out
the damp air.
Why is the letter 't" like matri-
mony? It's the end of quiet and the
beginning of trouble.
Where does cabbage leaf feel most
at home? In your hat, because il is
next to a cabbage head.
Why is steel pen manufacturer q
bad man? He makes people steel pens
and tells them they do write.
What Is the difference between q girl
and a nightcap? One is born to we'd,
and the other If worn TO bed.
What reason have we for believing
that Ruth abused Boaz? She pulled
his ears and trod on his corn.
What is that which Adam never saw,
and never possessed, and yet gave to
each Of his children? Parents.
Why should you never make love in
the country? The potatoes have eyes,
the corn ears, and the beans-talk.
Why is a baby like q sheaf OF wheat?
First IL is Graded, then thrashed, and
then it becomes the flower Of the fam
lily.
What animals carried thel least bag
gage into the ark? The cock and fox,
they had a comb and brush between
them.
Why are native Bostonians naturally
Unitarians? Having been born In Bos-
ton they think IL unnecessary 10 be
born again.
Why is it dangerous to walk out in
the spring? The grass is full of blades
the trees are shooting, and the bull
rushes out.
What is the difference between q
honey-comb and honeymoon? One
is composed of little cells, the other is
one big sell.
What is that which is above all hu-
man imperfections, and yet shelters the
weakest, the most deprayed, as we'll as
the best of men? A hat.
Why is greenback worth more than
gold? When you put it in your pocket
you double it, and when you take il
out you find it increases.