Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-12-08
MORSELS OF MlRTH,
A important gathering-A boil.

A important gathering-A boil.
Autumn hues-Cutting fire-wood.
Voice of nature-The mountains s
peak.
A criminal seldom sits down to take
arrest.
Where there's will there's apt to
be contest.
1t is the hen who lays for us where
ever We go.
The woman in question--The ques-
ton in age.
A live coal is the only thing that
can live in fire.
Mere squeak than poetry in nine
tenths of our soles.
When bank goes up 1t generally
fails to come down.
Purchasers of ''rare old china" are
OF often stuckcup people.
II you have trouble with your do
mestic, try to Bridget it over.
Women who pick their teeth at ho-
tel tables always wear diamonds.
A matter of more than ordinary
interest-your note bearing twelve
per cent.
What is the use of cashier?
Where there is one, it is frequently
''no cash here.''
Why is the discovery of the North
Pole like an illicit whisky manufacto-
ry? Because it is secret still.
Mr.. Cobb recently married Miss
Webb. He knew they were intended
for each other as soon as he spider.
Boston proposes a convention of
bald men, to be held next month.
Probably to revive the old wig party.
A bachelor editor, who had a pretty
unmarried sister, lately wrote to one
similarly circumstanced. "Please ex-
change"
An old negro cook says: Sass is
powerful good in everything but chill
dren. They needs some other kind
of dressing"
A Mr.. Cord married a Miss Wood
in Shelby county short time since.
Cord-Wood! Chips will be the next
thing on docket.
A boy will think he is killed if
asked to rock his baby brother, but
| he will rock the hens In the next yard
till his arms ache.
When Webster SAID, ''there is al
ways room at the top" he was not
referring to the advertising page of
a weekly newspaper.
In Italy they license hand-organs.
A discordant note is not permitted.
Hand-organs which can't get a Ii
cense are shipped to this country.
"What kind of little boys 60 to
heaven?' asked a Sabbath-School
teacher few Sundays ago. One of
the little fellows replied, "dead ones. :"
There is girl in Galloway county
who has had eighteen d ferent low
ers, and not one of them ever got his
arm around her. She weighs 1900
pounds.
A small boy was found crying bit
terlv. When asked the cause he
said: "Tne minister said we must
all be borned again, and I'm afraid
I'll be borned girl
''Are you feeling very ill?' asked
the physician; ''let me see your
tongue, please Its no use, doe
tor" replied the poor patient; 'no
tongue can tell how bad feel"
The intelligent compositor left out
the letter d in paragraph about a
beautiful actress, and informed the
public that crows focked to see bel
wherever she went. How she did
carrion when she read it. Cav, cav
"Why," asked Pat, one day, twas
Balaani flrst-class astronomer
The other man gave it up, o
course.
"Shure," said Pat, ''because ht
found no trouble in finding an ass
to-rold."
A Chicago man visiting Cincinnati
was being shown around by citizel
who said, snow lets &c and see th'
Widows Home The Chicago mai
put his finger by the side of his nos'
and wlnked, and then he said: mo
much Mary Ann. l saw a widow
, home once and it cost me SIG, 900
, She sued me for breach of promis
, and proved it on me. No sir; SEM
, the widows home in hack
l Two darkies were riding from th
field after a Lard days plowing
They began to talk about the goo
: things to eat. 'T-a-k-e a good f-a-h-
'possum-pahbile him-put him in
old-fashion Dutch oving-roas' hir
=. brown"-the other darkey's eye
1 rolling and mouth watering as tn
description went on-'sarve HIM u
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6 yo' niggah! I'll fall right offn di
hossv'
r Guiteau's testimony, taken as
whole, shows that he has some yer
queer ideas-perhaps even more tha
the average o, mankind. Yet o
a some points regarding which there
some difference of opinion he ha
# unusually sound views, very vigol
vt ously expressed. The points on whic
It he holds ultra and queer opinions
If or. as he would express it, crank
it opinions-are mostly connected wi,
!, spiritual and theological matters, RI
!. garding which men are apt to get cd
j. notions, because they are lot usual
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