The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-28
OR nessest.

A brasying air--thc song of a mule.
Is the printer who set mp an ode mn
olor?
Red Cloud wants two mules, a yellow
farm wagon and a private secretary.
What bees are swceter than the hon
ey bees? Why, babies, to be snre.
Jonah is n of the first men men
toned who we're brought to the surface
b. ;nteraai disturbances.
An old printer who PLAYED his ilrs,
IN ne Of tcnspins and knocked them All
down, said: "Pi'd by iingo!'
A cruel and henighted wag asks what
Ege's first dress was composed oil, ana
then reeblesaIy answers n bear skim
Alady, who did not want to nse slang
recently inquired of n shopkeePer '"'
prica,of a 'bnrst Of General Grant
When you eat an apple save the seed
or rive them 20 the poor. Ihey arc
worth - a buslel in New York.
who vas the first auctioneer? Why,
Abraham, when he put mp Isaac n at
the lords bid let him 50 at n sacr'ice'
Duriee tho frost last week the Their
monet n foil three times. Assistance
W. fortunately at hand on each oce"'
sion.
A wag suggests that n suitable open
inc for many choirs should be: go
LnrI hsvo mercy on rs miserable sing
,ls.'
Three are a mob, according 10 law.
THIS is what a young fellow thinks
wnen he and another chap are counting
the same girl.
What docs n woman care how long
the war lasts. or who gains the financial
victory, 81 long as she can get a hustle
for fifty cents.
When a Young lady is caught out in
-ashower, without an umbrella, what
docs she most anxiously look for? a
rain beau, of course.
A Young lady pianist, who has been
nractisIng "Let me Kiss him for ms
mother" says the more she tries 1t the
better she likes it.
We wrote if: 1.-The bloom is fading
from your check" The composltor
made it: ''The groom is wading
through the creek"
He came in, and, taking a scat at the
desk, asked, "Well, what shall write
about?' The editor told hin he had
halter rinhtsabout-face.
It isn't necessary, says an exchange,
to search the rocks for the a~ntedlluylan
man: he is here. and can be found IN
the store that don't advertise.
The undertaken is to bo commended
for one thing. lie is the only man,
during'the les hard times, who has not
offered a chrome with his wares to Il
tico custom.
They have exchanged the front stoop
for a sofa in the back parlor where
darkness is Just visible. There's noth>
ing half 50 sweet in life as a ring on the
third finger.
A woman never measures her hystcr>
ic3 according to the size Of the occasion.
but furnishes just as fine a variety on
finding n bug in her lunch basket as
eho would if it were an alligator.
There may be n moro ezasperatinG
thing 30 fall over than q velocipede on {
crowded sidewalk, but the man who
handed IN this item IS not ambitious t.
tackle 'em-at any rate not for n few
days yet.
Women arc such inconstant orea.
tures! We heard n yonng lady romart
Father indignantly, it must be con
fessed that sho hated chat Bigg'
fellow, he is such n soft cakel" Well
in less than three months she took th'
cake.
I've had enough Of kisses, Two go.
enough of love, oh give me back my
old sIouch hat! my comfortable glove
take off this coat that fits so fight! oil
let me muss my hair! there's balm il
Gilead yet | hope. God pIess th'
happy pair!'
A p,man returning from market
gst into n South Hill street ca
the other day, with a basket full o
dressed poultry. 70 her the drive
speaking sharply said, "Farel" 'No,
said the woman, "Fowll' And every
body cackeled,
Tho Elmira Advertiser asks if it i
true that mon who whistle have n
brains? May be so; but VIC wonl'
rather go to them for sympathy or til
loan of a fnw dollars in an cmergenc
than to the fellows who are all brain
and no whistle. Every good man, Xix
every good engine, needs to blow o
steam some time or other.
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