The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1880-12-25
C0MlcALlTIES.

A town pump-The village bore.
The balloonist's home IS one night
up.-Neso York NeWs.
A humorous article-A baby with the
rash. -LoweN Citizen,
A lady need not necessarily be nerv-
GUS or athletic to jump at an offer.
The man who is ncva, on time usually
carries a large watch.-NeW York
Herald.
Man luvs chance SO well that he had
rather win fifty ceuts than earn W reg
ular.-Josh Billings.
GIVE a bill To present" said tho
snow-bird, when looking for his break
fast.-Mertaen Recorder.
When Adolphus told his old maid
aunt that she was fixed just IKE
book" probably he meant that she
looked primmer than usual.
A banana skin belongs to the lower
order of creation. That is to say it Will
lower man to the sidewalk with won
derful celebrity Globe.
A Boston bank advertises that 1t Will
place money anywhere by telegraph.
All right; place four thousand with US.
Our address is Rockland, Me- hocEsa'so
Courier.
"Would you like to look through the
big telescopeP" asked one girl ofancther.
To which the latter replied: mo; ia
a great deal rather look through key
hole. "-Harvard Lampoon.
A newspaper commenting on the fsct
that a farmer nearly lost his life by sink
ing in a quagmire, adds: " Men who do
not subscribe for paper must expectto
be sucked in every now and then"
An exuberant youth halls supposed
acquaintance on the street with, Hello,
Joe. but finding his mistake, adds, "Oh,
excuse me; though you were another
mani" Laconic stranger answers: II
am"
We hope the good time will one day
come when every man shall have ms
personal and peculiar champion belt,
| and there shall be no more wrangling
over i: olate6 and sporadic ones. Bottom
| Herald.
When you hear young lady very
carefully say, 81 haven't saw, you may
be quite confident that she is recent
graduate from one of the most thorough
of our numerous female seminaries.-
Cincinnati Saturday Night.
| A lady in Wisconsin prepared a
surprise for her husband, and confiden-
TALLY told a few of her lady friends that
she had got for him nice box OF cigars.
George" she says, always pays $l7
for his, and I've got these for 80 so.
DR. J. A. H. Murray, Scotchman, is
preparing new English dictionary,
which is to be five times as large as
Webster's; but this sad announcement
is partially Offset by the fact that tbs
work will not be completed for ten
ye' rs.
A tramp who got kicked out OF De-
yonshire street cffice the other day was
so mad about it that he at once walked
away, saying that he would not wait for
the man to come out and apologize, but
would let the brute hunt him up when
he got ready to do it. Revenge is sweet.
Boston Post
"You did wrong to shoot that mans
dog. You might have pushed him of
with the butt of your gun" said Gal
weston recorder to a man who was
charged with a shooting a neighbor's
dog. "Iwould have done that, replied
the prisoner, if the dog had come at
me tail first. but he came at me with his
biting end. y Galveston Ne,1s.
Landlords of summer resorts are al
ready preparing fer next season. One
is having built an old-fashioned set oil
furniture that Washington once used,
another is blastir out cave that will
be occupied by ahormit as soon as warm
weather comes. ahl third is having a
medic mai dug. Summer resorts
are 20 be Dcti romantic and healthy