The Hickman courier., 1882-11-10
PuNGENr PARAGRAPHS.

Most any man can grab & gun by
the muzzle and pull it over a fence or
out of boat, but the second or third
time will leave the gun without an owner.
Detroit Free Press
When man has debt that he can
not pay short of three months, and the
creditor is importunate, the only thing
for him TO do is to make a note of it,
Lol0eH Citizen.
The Englishman who addressed
letter to The Picayune, Esq, New Or
leans, was not so far out of the way.
There are in this country a good many
picayune esquires. Courier
Journal.
Said railroad engineer to an Irish
man. whose COW had been killed: "But
she didn't get out of the way when /
rang the bell Faith, thin said
Pat. eye didn't shtop when she rang her
bell, naythur. "-Hotel Mail.
81 say, when does this train Ieave?''
"What are you asking me for? Go to
the conductor; Pm the engineer" Il
know you're the engineer; but you
might give civil answer" "Yes, but
I'm not a civil engineer"
A woman in Marietta, Ga, killed
a large black snake, and observed that
1.-TWO live mice scampered out of the
snakes mouth The killing of the
snake did not at ali alarm this brave
woman, but the appearance of the mice
caused her to faint dead away.
"A physician who IS a vestryman Ia a
country church was called upon to sug-
gest remedy for reducing the swell Of
the new organ, which had been pur-
chased, and which dlowned the minis
ter's ssAmen.r The wretched man pre-
scribed arnica He had always used that
for reducing organ swnlling.
An Illinois woman recently discos-
cred that her husband proposed to elope
with the housemaid. Did she weep and
she'd tears and kick up a fuss? Not a
bit of it. She Just wrote letter purport-
ing to arrange for her elopement with a
| neiohbor, and let it fall into his hands.
And it about drove him wild. He fired
the servant girl out of the house, and sat
up all night with a shotgun TO shoot the
villain who was after his wife. and has
/ been since then the most devoted hus-
| band in Illinois. Boston Post.
A certain member of Parliament,
who owned extensive estates, was spend
1 inc few days at the residence OF a
/ noble family. There we're several inter-
esting and accomplished young ladies IN
the family. to whom the honorable MEM
her showed every attention. just as he
was about to take leave the nobleman' $
wife proceeded to consult him upon a
matter which. she alleged, was causing
her no little distress. 1T is reported,
said the Countess, that you are tc
marry INV daughter Lucy, andS what
shall we do? What shall we say about
itP'' ..O,p responded the considerate
NJ. p, 'just say she refused mel
II was in a horse-car. She had been
away for several months and the chill
dren had gone to the depot to meet ner.
Thev cha2ted away merrily. while she
natted their little heads and smiled IN
tkerestedly. ..How's Mary?n she IN
ouired whea they both stopped iol
breath. 20, she's well. She's taxing
her music lessons right along. "Ano
Harrv?'' He's going to school; star1ec
last week. "And papaP' Hes We'll
too. He's having bully time. lie saia
; he didn't care if you didn't come bach
for a year. The passengers roared
: Grabbing the children with both nanos
She rnshed to the door with an ln-get
! -for-this expression ol
: her faee Heaven help him. ba1s''0r
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