The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-24

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hfpsgs VIVA Rush un.
A DEBTORS tree-Willowe.
HoT wether-Roast mutton.
GoEs against the tide--A decree Of ID.
vorce.
A BOARDING. HOUSE keepers tree
ASH.
A MAN feels bowlder when he has the
rocks in his pockets.
A GOOD whisky sling Sling the bottle
out of the window.
AN aeronaut, after initiating his bal
loon, highs him away on his trip.
"pRrrSE a gentleman, you say! well,yos, think
He's as gentle as q woman, and as manly as man.
London Truth.
TIE evil that men do lives after them.
Cows, likewise, do not give oleomargarine
until they are dead.
"ALn work and no play makes Jack
dull boy" Very few Jacks will become
dull boys if left to themselves.
WHAT is that which you cannot hold
ten minutes, although it is lighter than
feather? Your breath.
A YOUNG married man whose house
rent is paid by his mother-in-law alludes
to her rs his darling payment.
HuMoRIsrs are not necessarily dark
eyed, but we have seen u good many
practical iokers with black eyes.
AN Ohio man has taken the smallpox
from pet pig. When once this disease
gets into family ii is pretty sure to go
through it.
OnD Ocean may be excused for
flashing himself to fury" occasionally,
on the ground that he has been crossed
agood many times.
THE condor of the Andes is said to
kill his prey with his bill, and the mill
liners of this country are trying the
game on married men.
ATMospHERIcA1 knowledge is not
thoroughly distributed to our schools.
A boy being asked, "What is mist 2"
vaguely responded, "An umbrella"
SOME fellows are never satisfied. We
know chap who sat down to dinner
with twelve females, and then had the
concentrated cheek to call for molasses.
MY days works big gum" as the
foundry man said when he commenced
to cast q cannon" My days works
ore" said the man at the blast-fur-
mace.
CoNJURoRs astonish an audience by
taking rolls Of ribbon from their mouths,
but then it is a common thing to see q
carpenter take hammer and nails out of
his chest.
THE brilliant Sophia Arnold, when
she heard OF certain diplomatist that
had been eaten by the wolves, ex-
claimed: "Poor brutes Hunger must
indeed be a terrible thing!"
"THE most difficult man to please
that l ever saw" said an old Judge,
"was my friend, Col. -, who didn't
wish to be lied about, and couldn't bear
to have the truth told of him."
A CALIFORNIA convict, who was about
to be hanged, coolly sang song to the
Sheriff, but the local journals do not
know the name of the song. It must
have been, "Break the Moose Gently"
In town in the South of England a
lady teacher was teaching class of ju-
veniles in mental arithmetic. She COM
menced the question, If you buy a
COW for two pounds" when up came O
little hand. "What is it, Johnny "
"Why, you can't buy no kind of a COW
for two pounds. Father sold one for
ten pounds, the other day, and she was
a regular old scrub at that"
81 DEAL" remarks the merchant; 81
cut" adds the carpenter; 81 turnip
Spades" says the gardener; 81 pass, !"
observes the railroad Superintendent;
81 lead hearts, adds the beau; II fol-
low suit" says the tailor with his little
bill; 81 trumpet" chimes the cornet-
player; You cur, shouts the butcher,
as the dog runs off with two-pound
steak. Thus many classes seem to be
made game OF.