The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-01-13
oar Dessert.
striking tale-the whales.

be in q lOch.
Fxtromea meet. The man with Germs
on his feet will quite likely sho" a wrS
tnce.
The demand for chairs that "ash>
ington once sat in is keeping the iuf"i-
ture makers very busy.
Ii takes considerable produce to rear
foo,maIs on a farm; but n mule, we have
kolserved, will rear itself
Don't pick up a child for a fool lie
kyjlI ask you questions that the ~conaehs-
! visdom OF tho world cannot answer
NAUGHTY Philadelphia newspaper
saws the late marriage of an Illinois
r. to a negro WAS lease of eolor'ollno-
less
r1e nired girl who was called up al
,,nr clock in the morning THINKS
,r,se TWO hours later would sound quite
as sweet,
Al she height of a hot discussion be-
twsen two jews one cried, Goodness!
lson't eat mel" Indeed said the 9th"
er, my religion forbids''
THAT prisoner has a very smooth
oonntenance," said tho Judge to the
Sheriff, che was ironed just before he
,as brought in."
Cider is so cheap in New Jersey that
Llo police justices have reduced the
sne on a drunk to a half dollar or three
avs In jail.
7. is said that sharks will not bite a
person who keeps his legs in motion. Ii
GU can keep kicking longer than A
shark can keep waiting you'll be al
u CHIT, SAYS an accute observer.
nj Two mothers we're boating of ths
martness ct their babies. why. salo
&bne, "wheu NV hehg cries 1T puts tue
telephone t. mouth aud can he'r
T. way down il. tn parlor.'
Women. It Is said, are more thorough
II what they undertake than men are
sven in the matter of conversation we
ave evidence of her striving to the
very uttermost.
A country doctor, being asked. what
WAS the best way to eule a ham, res
marked before answering the question
e should want to know what allied the
IAN.
An old sailor, ~nnacquainted with the
pplianece Of n lady's toilet, picked NJ
hairpin in a New York street car, and
landing it to a lady opposite, said
Madame, you have lost a fork"
"Eugeuie, Engenie, will yon still IN"
.st on wearing the hair of another wo-
aan upon your head?" ''Alphonse,
AIphonse, do you still insist upon wear
NC the skin of another calf upon your
feet?"
An old bachelor out est, who years
gone was Tilted by a woman, became
uch a woman hater than before ht
led, recently. he ordered that none OF
he female sex be permitted to atteno
is funeral. 1t was a terriable aeycnge
'IIanry." she said, ''you don't know
what a soothing Influence yon have o.
ne" My dariiuG." no Whispered
aftIy. while "a glad light came into IN
-es, "can it be SOP Eyes, she saiG
waen you are around l always fee
ike going to sleep"
The word love III one of the Iudial
dialects is Observation-Disclosures
ger. This accounts for the fact tina
indians have but one sweetheart at
lme. You couldn't expect a man t
Intend to two neutrality-suspicious.
Eager affairs at once.
At a printers festival lately, the fol
owing toast was offered: Woman
Second only to the press in the dissem
nation of news" The ladies are ye
undecided whether to regard this rs
compliment or otherwise.
Mamma-"Why, my dear Willie
What in the world is the matter Will
little Oscars head?" Willie-"Well
we're pIayin' William Tell an some
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