Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-04-29
Sips of Fun.


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When John Chinaman gets
} Lexcited in gambling he willIbet
: his wife against half-dollar.
A wag got hold of an editors
: whisky bottle and labeled it,
I'sTo be continued in our'necks."
Quite a number of young men
Iare gone on the new game of Is,
but IL can give her points and
win every time.
| The husband sometimes ceas-
es to feather his nest when the
wife begins to feather her bon
met. 1-'A lns E1'ii.'s< - i''i
III The girl who has a $25 lace
handkerchief seems uncommon-
Ely afflicted with colds in the
head. .,,.-...r.s,.a 5;ia IA
1o "Pat not your trustin kings, p
they say, bat the man who puts
his trust in four kings will win
two-thirds Of the time.
He knew they were father and
son, though they didn't resemble
each other in the least Didn't
we hear the younger bossing the
elder and calling him "old man?Y
tIfSaia the Arkansas man: "I
respect religion, but can you
fairly expect me to attend
church When there is a circus Iii
town demanding support?'' I1h'
This is the nineteenth centu-
ry, but yet a St. Louis wife re-
fused to receiyea telegram from
her husband in New York, be-
case it. wasn't in his handwrit-
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EFF You grasp rattiesnake |
firmly about, the neck he can |
not strike, Sou," says a Western
paper. There is now no excuse |
for any ones being bitten by |
these serpents. 5hF e--''l.,T'
9d"Weather strips,n mused jun
iofl Ally as he looked at a7sign. |
"Of course it does.id Strips fthe
leaves all off tho trees in the fall, |
and44and-m alf he CLOTHES
off of people in dog-days."
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Don't be in a hurry in q this
world AMissonri farmer had a
boil. Some one told him il was
a cancer, and he was SO scared he |
hung himself. The best way is
TO go slow and Ipoultice Iem.
III comes kind 70 sudden like, |
just as the congregation have
finished singing 'SSalvation's
Free" TO have the preacher an
nounce that ''lhe collection will
now be taken up" - h''
1t may be possible that a man,
aroused from sleep at night by
fire alarm bells, can, unhurt, run
down stairs and put on his trous-
ers at The same time, but years
4 of disastrous experiment 5 have
failed to produce the indiyidaL
The Montreal Witness speaks
of, a small worm caught in FL
ter as ga curious object in the
water We drink" "The waterI
we drink?" Oh, come now;
you're joking. Folks who drink
water don't ''have'em'' that way.
IF all the fifteen puzzles sold
during the past month We're
laid in single row they would
reach twice around the world;
but, it is, hoped they viii, not be
laid that way, for too much time
has been wasted on the aggra-
walton already, t..,.1I.a4f -. fI
- At an examination for admisz
sion to the bar the question was
asked: f"What q is the rule in
Shelley's : case Y'rr Oneuof the
class answered: "The rule in
Shelley's case is the. same as In
any other mans ease The Law
is no respecter Of persons pisibaII
IA saloon-keeper, having Start
ed business in the place where
trunks had been made, asked "a
friend what he had batter do
with fhe old sign, "Trnnk Fac
tory.' 'e@Oh," said the. friend,
"jtist change the l:.1O' to a I'D, -
and It viii suit you exactly" ttl
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Statistics show that married 4
menialive9 longer than single5
This probably explains why
some men marry three weeks
after the idecease' of their last
wives. u They are unwilling to
risk a single life longer peri
cd. a sisii io nNoad ai' fif
The game of aSixtceh" is
played at the front gate With
one foot on the bottom and
both arms across the top, while
she stands ON the other side and
winds a bit Of blue ribbon a.
round her fore-finger and heaps
up a little pile of gravel with
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