The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-12-17
HUMOROUS.

son, DEAR" exclaimed Penniman,
~ wish could excel in something! |
do believe. II | should Kill man, Il
wouldn't be anything but lnurder In
the second degree! - Boston Tran
script.
A NORTH CARoLINAN who kissed n
4 woman against her consent was SEN
fenced 10 months imprisonment. and
all the women in the State want the
law that punished him repealed. Bos-
ton Post.
AT the Social Science Congress. in
Edinburgh. Mrs. Duncan McI.arcn
protested against the custody OF child
rem being considered as minor mat
ter" Pray, what Is it, them Iibaay
LaD journal.
= ARE you really so stupid. Matildy.
or do YOU act that way for cilect?n said
a galveston lady TO her servant. "No,
man," was the reply. I'D like might
ily 70 be deccitiul niggah. but hahn :
got de sense
''Do YOU pretend TO have rs good
judgment as haveg" exclaimed an en-
ragged wife 10 her husband. .Well. no.
he replied, slowly; tour choice Of
partners for life shows that my judg-
ment is not 70 be compared 10 yours
OH age is almost invariably accom-
panied by prominent chin. Parca0-
logical Journai. True, but ii You had
attended many of the political meetings
this fall you would have been convinced
that some urchns are nearly all chin. --
Graphic.
The slang iiend has struck Connect
cut again. very superior article of
any sort no longer takes the cake
1t .yanks the bun" This new ex-
preston has erupted in Waterbury,
Meriden, Norwich and other cities. -
Norf0ich Bulletin.
One awful cold night-colder than
two of the coolest nights consolidated
Ia hunter named Hosking built An
extra big fire in his log cabin to keep
warm. an he kept piling on the wood
until the shanty was all ablaze, AMI
when a few persons livin' round there
saw the light. an run 10 his assistance
they saw Hosking a-sittin' in the midst
Of the flames shiverin' an rubin
OF his hands as though he couldn't get
warm; and when the shanty was all
burned to ashes they found him in the
ruins a-sittin' on "A big hickory log frozen
to death. Minnesota Eli Perkins.
"AH.' said the steer TO the butcher.
land is il thus we meat?" .'Ay," said
the butcher. land il Is not my fault
that we did not meat BEFORE And
he swung his dreadful pole-ax above
his head. but just then the wiry Texan
caught the man Of blood on his agile
horns and lifted him over the fence in
to the sheep pens. II would not make
calf the fuss about il that Won do"
muttered the Texan. and addressing a
brief remark in bass voice TO the at
tendant. who Immediately crawled
under the house. the wild son Of the
ranges skipped out over the prairies
and chased farmer mile and a
half just for the fun Of the thing.
NOT a few Of our anecdotes Of wit
and humor are connected with the
clergy, all denominations Of whom are
at times represented. This time il is
good Methodist brother OF whom we
speak. Through the influence of pre-
siding elder. who. rs he thought, was
prejudced against him. he was APP
pointed To a small and scattered settle
ment. when he and most OF his friends
felt that he ought To have been sent to
some prominent position. Lamcnting
the narrowness Of the field to which he |
had been allotted. he was reminded BY
a friend that he ought not 20 be dissat-
istied. but rather to pray that he might /
see the hand Of the Lord in his appoint (
ment TO just such place. TO which
he replied. ~ have l have tried.
brother. to do as you say; and time and
again have prayed to the Lord that I
might see His hand in it. but every
time. as | looked up, all r could see pas
ne dig paw Of that presiding elder