Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-19
PITH AND POINT.

SAID he, "Let us be one" And she
was won.
CAN a man intoxicated by music be
said TO be alright?
WHAT an irascible father says GAS
the twig is bent, the boy is inclined to
shoot out at the door,"
JOSH BILLINGS Natur luvs plum
if she doesn't she never would have
made a munky"
LARGE mouths are now fashionable
among women. They are worn open, Of
course, as heretofore
GA KISS" said young Charles, els
noun, we allow; but tell NE, my dear, is
it proper OR commons? Lovely Mary
blushed deep and exclaimed, why, /
VOW, think that q kiss is both proper
and common"
a DARKY who was stopping to wash
his hands in ditch didn't notice the pc
culiar actions of goat just behind; so
when he scrambled out of the water, and
was asked how it happened, he answered:
81 dunno 'xactly, but 'peared as if de
shore kinder h'isted and frowd me-"
GIVE don't want all this, we don't
want it., said solicitor, to voluble
old lady in the witness box "it is ir-
relevant" But the witness paid no
heed, and talked on, finishing with,
There, you've got it, whether you
want it Or not and it isn't irreverent,
either -
A MEMBER of the North Carolina Leg
islature, dining at Raleigh hotel, saw
pod of red pepper on dish near at
hand He thought it was a new kind of
fruit and took a bite. The tears
streamed down his cheeks as he put the
pod down, saying: Clash you, lay
there and cool"
FATHER, 50 said the elder heir, is it
proper to say 'we is rich, OF we am
rich ?'' The old man worked carefully
down into the hollow of his boot under
the instep, remaining long time in
thoughtful meditation, and then slowly
replied "Well, I should say it would
come higher to the truth to say we hain't
rich"
"THRAsH1NG by steam" m1rmured
fond mother, as she glanced at an arti-
Gle in an agricultural paper. "What
git-ups they do have nowadays. IF [ had
had one Of those steam thrashers for my
four boys, my arms wouldn't have been
as rheumaticky as they are to-day" and
she dreamily thought Of the past as it
might have been.
A FASHIONABLE Galveston young man
thinks he is great as an elocutionist.
His strong card Is reading the ghost
scene In Shakespeare. After hearing
him recite, an elderly gentleman was
asked what he thought Of him. "WeD,"
said the old gentleman, ''I think he
ought to have given up the ghost long
ago. ''-Galgeston Neacs.
A RECEIPT for making soup Take a
pail of water and wash it clean, then
boil it till it is brown on both sides :;
pour in one bean when the bean begins
to worry prepare to simmer. IF soup
won't simmer it's toe rich pour III more
water dry the water with towel be-
fore you put it in the dryer the water
the sooner it browns. Serve hot.
RECoRDER-" What excuse have You
for climbing over into this gentleman's
garden and trespassing on his proper
typ" Prisoner-"The best excuse in
the world, Judge. [ went over by mis-
take" How SOP "Well, you see, I
thought those oranges in his garden
were sweet oranges, but after I had tried
'em found they were the bitter kind,
so you see went over by mistake. -
Galveston NeaOS.
a sAD-LooKING man went into Bur
lington drugstore. "Can you give
me-" he asked, something that will
drive from my mind the thoughts of
sorrow and bitter recollechons ?" And
the druggist nodded and put him up
little dose Of quinine, NORWOOD and
rhubarb, epson salts and dash of cas-
tor-oil, and gave it to him and for six
months the man couldn't think of any
thing in the world except new schemes
Tor getting the taste out Of his mouth
Batrdette.
For broken panes the glazier comes,
For inward pains the doctor;
But none can the expertness show
Of the biulous concoctor.
Is THERE a letter here in scented