The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-02-17
sOME NEW JOKES.

class why the children or IsrG e. made
golden calf There was no ansv c.
for a few seconds, birt just as the teach
er was about to explain, a little fel-
low stood up and said;
''Piease, sir, guess it was because
they didn't have gold enough to make
COW.
Mamma, said a little lad of eight,
as his mother gave him second piece
Of pumpkIn-pie, this must be locomo--
tive ldel"
''What kind?" asked his mother. in
surprise.
"Steam erginc pie!"
Why, what do you mean, Arthur"
said his mother
"Oh, its locomotive pie, because it
goes 50 fast! Please give me another
piece, mammal
a young man who wanted 10 show
himselfi was driving on fashionable
street, the other day, when he sudden
Iy stopped and asked boy on the side
walk if there wasn't kw against fast.
driving.
YES" said the boy "and I'm glad
to see that you're not breaking the rule!
Drive on as hard as you please. YOU.
needn't be afraid-zyou'li never break
that rulc!"
Little Harry cut his finger while at
play and screa med:
Hurry. up-hurry up, mamma!
I'm leakin' !"
A little fellow, about ten years of
age, was reciting his catechism.
Teacher-Of what was Adam maLe?.
Willie-Of the dust ofthe earth.
Teacher-Of what was Eve m; de,
Wiliie-Of one of Adams ribbtn'.,
Teacher-now Mary my dear, SIP
pose l were to shoot at a tree with five
birds on it, and Kill three how
many would be left
Mary-Three ma'am.
Teacher-No; two would be left.
Mary No, there wouldn't though.
The three shot would be left and the
other two would be flied away"
''My son is a great mechanical geni-
us, said n lady. ''IIe has made fid-
die out of his own head and has plen--
ty of wood left for another"
''Let us remove temptation from the
path of youth, as the frog said when
he plunged into the water on seeing a.
boy take up a stone.
"Why are you writing in such big,
hand, Harry"
"Oh, you see, my grandmother's'
deaf, and I'm writing loud letter-to'
her!"
Once there was a boy on the Island
of Nantucket, who had never been TO-
school and had never seen looking
glass. Coming from a long sea-voy--
age, his father brought home in his
trunk a mirror, glass side up. Wh,n'
the boy opened the trunk, he gave one
look at his reflection in the glass, and
ran off screaming:
"Dad's brung home u little hcar!'
Dads brung home little bear!9
Conversation between two school,
boys
First boy-Rve beer down to have
my h cad felt by phreuologist@
Second boy What did he say?
First boy Oh, he said Ihadagreat.
brain, but my body wasn't equal to it,.
and SO fathers going to'take me from
school for whole year,!
Second boy ran home at once, and
begged his father to take him to n
phrenologist.-
A tall man WAS trying to lift wag--
on wheel out of the mire a little fel--
low, about two feet high, nearly as
broad as he wsls long. WAS standing
near with his hands in his pockets
after awhile the boy sang out
"Mister, do you want me to help
you? 1 can grunt while YOU lift"
The man wasn't able to lift Oh the
wheel any moro for ten minutes
Not long ago a Boston Sunday
school teacher got together class Of
boys fon the Observation-Disclosures,
newsioys and all sorts. On G of his fist.
questions wass
rs there any sinner in this class?"
Instantly the reply came from one
of the brightest of the lads, who point
ed to another boy at the end Of the
bench, sayings
'@Yes, sir; that fellow down there"
/ Tommy returned from school the
other day ia state of great excite
mGnt.-
'eWhat do 3ou think, papa?7 said
Tommy; "Joe Stewart, one of the
big boys, had an argument with the
teacher about question in gram
mar.