Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-01-01
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thing in the world to fall back on.
: "As lonesome as an oyster in
stew" is a Chicago comparison.
A young man may SOW his
wild oats, but he can never SOW
his coins.
If Noah was a consistent Jew
what induced him to take Ham
; into the Ark2
What makes a boy crazy is to
: see another boy offered a cigar
: by his father.
We shall make money in this
wheat bye and bye, by sending
it to England and France.
The Chinaman had a good
grip on the idea when he spoke
of the cucumber as @no belly
/ good"
! w hen you see a Good Templar
taking a pull out of bottle,
which he calls his cough mixture,
watch him.
A gentleman in conversation
said that his dogs were Al.
Shouldn't they be rated K9?
Certainly they 02B.
''Then, l suppose, Miss Strong
mind, you and Mr.. Sparrow are
to be made man and wifeg" '.No,
| sir, woman and husband"
"ProfTice," says an exchange,
"predicts that the hottest spell
by far is yet to come" That is
what our preacher says, too.
No one objects to seeing In
dian summer here, but in Colo
RADIO they say they had rather
see the Indian somewhel, else.
If there were no looking glass
es what a predicament the aver
age girl of the period would be
in when the front door bell rings.
The serpent left his trail in the
Garden of Eden, but the general
belief is that Ewes dress-pattern
was too scanty to enable her to
do likewise.
81 am astohished, my dear
young lady, at your sentiments
they make me start" "Well,
sir, l have been waiting for you
to start for the last hour"
The old story of Romulus and
Remus being raised by a wolf
is outdone every day in Ken
lucky, where men are raised by
mules, sometimes fatally.
A Connecticut man recently
said: "Lend me a dollar. My
wife has left me, and / want to
advertise that / am not response
bic for her debts"
1t doesn't look we'll to see q
married couple walking tandem,
he twirling a cane, and she with
both arms full of baby, shawl
and satchel.
"a splendid way to make a
fortune-buy a lottery ticket"
.Ex. A splendid way to get
rid of a fortune--keep ON buy
ng lottery tickets.
IF an actor is desirous of APP
pearing in several pieces" in
one evening, let him smoke a
cigar in a nitro gIycerine factory.
He will bring down the house,
90.
A Michigan Journal says: "In
his State etiquette permits n
bride to be married without
gloves, because that's the way
the handles the groom after mar
'iage.n
A gentleman was in this city
asst week trying to Introduce
paper shirts for summer wear.
We don't know, but it seems to
is that q shirt made Of a story
paper would have too many tales.
1t is said that girl who can
she'd three or four tears at a
critical moment and follow them
Up with q quivering sigh, can
marry all around q good looking :
blonde who does nothing but
ry to blush
Talk about a woman being at
! loss for an expedient. She's
never at u loss for anything but
man. If she's in q crowded
street car and wants TO scratch
Ter head, she simply changes
he location Of hair pin.
When some one with bad taste
'aised laugh against Foote on
account of his halt step, he turn
ID fiercely on his tormenter, and
,qucIched him with the curt
,uery, "Why attack my weakest
BART? Did / ever ridicule your
lead?"
Some boys undertook to play
ball in field where a ram was
eeding recently. He butted the
short stop through picket fence
md forced all the rest to make q
nome run. The boy buttcd was
he only one scored, and he carr