The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-07-13
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Is g mushroom city builded with
toaas tools
Eve get outr' as the farmer said to
the lamb in his corn.
Zone Lung is the consumptive re-
minding name of n Chinese laundry
man on a Brooklyn street.
Jones, speaking of the beef served at
his boarding-honse. says that it is moth
ing with his landlady.
He couldn't raise the mortgage on
his building lot. and so. poor man,
without becoming blind, he lost his
site.
Brigham Young acquired the title of
general from having been called
..Briggy dear so often by his nnmer-
Gus wives.
"Ihe Policeman is the title of >
new London weekly. 1t will circulat
a great deal among the pretty servants.
A hank is a bad place for delicate
young clerks and bald-headed cashiers;
SO much exposed to drafts. you know.
Jacob. is there much difference
between q sea and a saw?r Yes; the
difference between see and saw is
intense"
We don't just see why q pms should
like her mirror better than a man. for
the man will fiatter her and the mirror
won't.-Bosfon Posi-.
Diner (snifiing)-.Waite / really
think this fish IS not fresh Waiter
Yes, sir--can't answer for that; I've
only been ere a week. sir"
A heightened New York lady paid
$500 for a poodle. the other day. and
two Of her relatives were ut the same
time eating public soup at Syracuse.
BARLEY Campbell is accused of writ
ing four plays in one year.. Quite a
literary feat; but DIR. Warren. it may
be remembered. wrote ''Ten Thousand
. Year"
'.Money does everything for a man."
said an old gentleman, pompously.
YES" replied the other man, +" but
money won't do as much for a man IS
some men will do for money"
When a Chicago little boy is bad.
and his mamma orders him to stand in
the corner, he edges toward the door,
and remarks: ''say ma, Is it q corner
In lard or a corne in porkP"
Jones, boy has had a leg so lame that
he couldn't walk to school for . week.
and, after two doctors had failed to
cure it, the old man had to get the lad
q pair Of club skates to fix him right.
Lecture upon the rhinoceros. Pro-
lessor: II must beg you to give me
your undivided attention. 1t is abso-
lutely impossible that you can form q
true idea Of this hideous animal unless
you keep your eyes fixed on me-"
Tourist to Highland porter: SIS the
midday train generally up to time.
porterP Porter: 'sWeel, you'll see.
sir, sometimes she was sooner and
sometimes she was earlier, and some
times she was earlier. and sopetimes
she wa before that, too"
and dimes badly. In settling up, he
says to the owner: "Dear sir. embrace
me-" "Hum, embrace youP' he says
in establishment why, yes. for l
really believe we shall never see each
other again"
.sWill you have it rare or well donee"
said Commissioner Brennan to an
Irishman, as he was cutting a slice Of
roast beef. II love it we'll done ever
since I am in this country" replied Pat,
''for It was rare enough l ate it in Ire
land"
Rufus Choate believed in hard work
and struggle. When some n said to
him that O certain fine achievement
was the result of accident, he exclaim-
ed: "Nonsensei You might as well
drop the Greek alphabet on the ground
and expect to pick up the 'niad."
Figaro represents q little boy asking:
Papa, what, then, Is it that distin-
cuisines civilization from barbarismp Pr
"Oh, it is quite simple" replies the
parent: civilization kills Its enemy ut
six thousand metres with o cannon
ball, and barbarism chops off his head
with . sabre"