The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-01-27
VII \ HumoR.

The beehive is the poorest thing in
he world to fall back on.
There is some good left in the world
after all. The man who invented
spotted stockings lost money on them.
A little girl, noticing the glittering
gold filling in her aupts front tooth,
exclaimed: "Aunt Mary, ! wish l
had coppe.-;oed teeth like yours"
There is a fortune in store for the
genius who shall produce a boiler-iron
shoe for tho, small boy. Something
warranted 20 lesi two weeks is what
Is wanted.
Two indies meet. Says No. L:
"Why, do you know what i heard
about your" ave no idea" II heard
that when your husband was sick and
not expected to live you went to a
picnic.s sits q vile SANDER; 1t was
only an excursion,
Boarding house chicken soup can be
made, it is said by hanging up a hen
in the sun so that her shadow shall
iall into q pot of salt and water. The
,nly trouble is that on a cloudy day
the soup is ...b.s to DO weak.
A gentleman who married O wido-
complained to her that he liked L.s
beef we'll done. "Ahi / thought ,
was cooking for Mr.. Br wn," ed
she, 4hc liked his rare. But, darling
will try and forget the poor dear
Troy Times.
A gentleman saw an old darkcy
down on q Galveston wharf fishing.
"What luck, uncle?" he asked. mo
luck at all, boss. Fish is gittin' skur-
ser and skurscr cherry ycahr." Then
they used to be more plentiful?"-
"You bet dcy was. In 1912 l cotchcd
in Galveston bay sometimes iftv rcd
fish in an hour, and whcl dar WASN'T
any fish at all dar, l nc5or co.chcd les.
than twenty five"
It is well to look at all sides OF .
subject before you indulge in an opin-
.on. Curran once said to Fathe,
Leary: :" wish, reverend father, tina.
you were st. Petcr, and hs.d the keys
Of Heaven, because then you could lei
me in" The shrcwd and witty priest
saw the sarcasm, nd turned its SHARP
edge on the skeptic by replying : "Bv
my honorand conscience, sir, it woui.i
be better for you that l had the keys
of tho other place that l could let yo.
cut"
She wept, the poor laundress, N re-
turning five shirts, where her patron
had intrusted her with six. and con-
tossed that she had burned a hole in
the shirt while ironing. ~Nelcl
mind" says the customer kindly,
Christmas comes but once q year, ant
that will be all right. How much d,
! owe your" six shirts at twelve
and u half ccnts-scventy-fivc cents
But you burned one of them up
well, suppose l did? Hadn't l wash
cd it before 1 burned it? Go along
wild .yc, trying TO chatc q poor disco
-.ute widow"
A certain young Boston bachelor,
wealthy but modest, was taking his
bath IN morning when his telephone
called him lie sprang from the tub
and was mortified to hear that a lady,
wife of a distinguished New York
Tanker, was at the other end of tho
wire a mile away. 1t would never do
.or him to carry on a conversation
with a lady in his present condition.
Excuse mt. A thousand pardonsl"
lie cried, aghast. lie donned his dress
.lg-gown and then repaired to the
telephone and convcrsed without fear
or molestation.
Little Robby, aged 8 years, has at
tended Sunday School one II two
months. lie is an apt scholar, and
gives early promise Of bearing rich
ethical fruitage. At play with IN
older brother, the other day, his orig
inal Adam so far got the better Of HIM
as to cause him to clinch his little
fists and strike his brother. Brother
Tom was about to retaliate with his
more formidable weapon, when Bob
by cried out: mo, no, mol Teacher
says 90 NUT strike back when 90 Is
'hit."