The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-01-01
FUN.

Miners, like sailors, bend to the o-e.
The man who is "fond of his little
joke " is rarely fond of anotler's Joke,
little OF big. Boston Transcript.
"What do you love best in all the world"
He asked as he looked in her eyes,
And she answered so soft and caressing,
81 love sausage and pumpkin pies"
Maiden lad9's quotation slightly al
tered from an old aphorism: " Where
singleness is bliss tits folly to be wives."'
-R0nae Sentinel.
Its clear that the Philadelphia Nesps
man has some pretty daughters, for he
says: Nothing will chap lips quicker
than going out into the cold air after
goodnight kiss"
"Come right into the house children"
shouted Mrs. Shuttle. ''You are making
more noise and uproar than a session OF
Congress. What do you suppose the
neighbors will Think"
We see an article in the papers about
boy inventors. We hope they will in
vent p boy who won't whistle through
his fingers and yell on the streets at
night. -CSncinnct Saturday Night.
A poet asks, in thirty-two lines,
''W hat do the trees say ?" II he was
to recite his poetry under several trees,
we don't believe they would say any
thing. They would e."-No7rss-
torn Herald.
! A California heiress was left $50. 600
worth of diamonds which she could take
possess ion of on her wedding day, and
it is not surprising that the first fellow
who offered himself should be accepted.
--Boston Post.
The lightning used on theatrical stages
costs $40 an ounce; bat then so little is
required that you can kill 500 brigand
and ten $l2 brigands so beautifully for
about two cents. A little lightning 10
a dangerous thing.
Anything you see me doing, you are
at liberty to do" said father to his
son. "Seeing as you never smoke in my
presence, dad" replied the boy, "pd
like to do some of the things don't see
you do, if it is all the same to you!"
A wag circulated report that GER
tain rich old farmer had been running
rapidly through his property" The
farmer called on him to "retract the
SANDER, when the wag said he saw"
him running through his property with
his brindle bull after him.
"'Tis said that absence conquers
love-" quoted husband, in writing
home to his wife, from whom he had
been some time away. Il hope, dear, 1t
won't be 30 in your case" "Oh, no."
she replied in her next letter, "the longer
you stay away the better / shall like
you"
We had to avoid meeting our enemy
yesterday. We had friend with us
who woul grab our coat-tails and hold
us back as we started to annihiiate the
wretch, but there was nobody there to
restrain him, and it would have been
very embarrassing for him. So, out of
consideration for his feelings, we avoid
ed him. Boston Post.
"What is your name?" asked Gal
weston Sunday-school teacher of new
boy. BILL" "Bill what?' ~ donno."
whats your papa's name?" g It's
Bill, too" wv hats his other manner"
81 donno." "What does your mother
call him-Mr. whatp" "She don't call
him mister anything" "What does
she call himp" "Old Humbug. -
| Galveston NetOs.
Now doth the small boy take his
chubby little sister by the hand and
wander forth in search of the frozen ice
patch in the meadow, and passeth the
afternoons sunshine in drawing her
over the slippery surface on his new
hand.sled. N. B. The above is lie.
You can neither hire nor drive small
boy into drawing his sister on sled
He'd sooner fall through the ice, take
cold, and be sick all winter. -New Hdven
Register.