The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-08
WIT AND HuMoR

II Is q poor speller who does not keep
an | to business.
The man who missed his footing prob
ably had his boots stolen
Mrs. Langtry Is SO beautiful that she
is more than head and shoulders above
any adornments of dress.
the pewrest place on earth, since so
many of the congregation sleep.
The cultured way to speak of a bur.
lesque actress dress is to say that thu
skirts are very decollete at the bottom.
Every maiden can have a Teller If shs
has money to buy q sewing-mach.ns
with all the modern attachments
Old lady Ito modest Curate)-sLor'.
sir. ! do like to ear you preach extrur.
peryl Your language is that wonderful
fluid.
There is no place like home" re-
peated Mr.. Henpeck, looking at a mot
to, and he heartily added: Pm glad
there isn't
The ancient maiden who defers her
proposition Of marriage much longer
viii o have Mr.. chances for this leap
year.
Women don't take to telegraphy very
much. Lots of dispatches have to DO
taken on manifold, and the sex don't
care for man II old.
The woman who trims her own bon
net can always be picked out Of a crowd
by other women; now If men only had
this peculiar gift Of selection.
A dull old lady. being told that a GER
tain lawyer was lying at the point OF
death, exclaimed: my gracious! won't
even death stop that mans lyingP"
Time. 2 a. m: my DEAR" said he.
as all right. I've been down getting
tn returns. There's no use you raisin'
q row. 'Taint my fault. What you
vanish earlier returnsP"
At Bullong-Mr. Belleville (who likes
to air his French before his friends.)
.Avvyvoo la Parfume du-er-du Jock
ey clubP" Fair perfumer-'sO. yes, sar>i
We have all re English smellsm
A child Of 5 was being taken to =
party in q close carriage, and while
passing through a plantation he sud-
denly exclaimed with great satisfaction:
'Lookl looki I'm going out to tea; but
all the trees are going home"
Speaking Of Mr.. Forbes lecture on
'.Kings l Have Met" a Western news
paper says that SOME day he will conc
across three kings and a pair Of sevens,
and then he will learn something about
the really great of this coua
try.
King Ludwig. Of Bavaria, who in
council, sits, and makes his ministers
stand, often wakes his old chamberlain
~ q Dfclnck IN tho pornfn@ - x1au hill
lizards, and If he dares to yawn he u
soon made to feel the weight of the roy
al displeasure.
The other day q mild little man, with
an invalid wife and eve children, won
a big black bear ut a rattle in Memphis.
The bear was rallied of because 1t ate
up its last owner, and the little man
who made the lucky throw is just wild
to know what to do
DR.. G. il one Of the most fervent
apostles Of m~aterialism. In recalling
certain souvenirs of his youth, he be-
gan N, anecdote in the most natural
tone in the world-"At the time 1 was
in love with an agglomeration Of mole
cules called Ernestinc."
A woman who went to a concert to
hear . performer called Blind Tom
''play by ear" says she was swindled.
and wants the fraud exposed. She says
that, instead of playing by. ear. he
played with his fingers. Just like othr-
performers.
A wicked Connecticut man being ro-
Gently taken Ill. and believing he was
about to die. told a neighbor that he fclt
the deed Of preparation for the neJt
world and would like TO SEQ some prop
er person in regard TO It, Immediately
the friend sent for a lire insurance
agent.