The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-03-10
HUMORs OF THE DAY.

DOES man break into hurnor when
he cracks joke?
IT IS no longer matter of pride to
have high forehead. a COW has that,
and she is very low-ly.
In UNION there is strength. :" Poor
Toms cold, but Tom and Jerry's hot.
Boston Commercial Bulletin.
THE best description we have ever
heard of a show man was that he was too
slow to get out of his own way.-LosoeU
Courier.
WHEN the washerwoman calls for a
young mans linen, does that make her
shirt-caller? Neckst. - -Steu6enUitte
Herald.
"MoNEY makes my ma 60" said little
Skeesicks when his mother, armed with
$40 greenback, left for a downtown
shopping tour.
ENQUTRER: Are plants in a sleeping
room unhealthy? Not necessarily. We've
seen some very healthy plants growing
in sleeping rooms.
"DoN'r you think that Miss Brown Is
a very sweet grip asked Henry. "Oh,
yes, very sweet, replied Jane; that Is
to sayS she Is well preserved. "
CARE you dead, Tim2D said an Irish
father to his son, who had fallen down
well. "Not dead, father, but spache-
less, came up from the depths.
No WOMAN e'er contented is,
No matter what she's got;
For when she builds a little house
She always wants lot.
-Hackeasdck Republican.
''IT Is poor taste to laugh at your own
Jokes" said Henderson: - something /
never do, through L do say it.. "Does
anybody else ever laugh at them 2''
asked Fogg.
A BROOKLYN man has Just found his
sister from whom he has been separated
fifty years. She was the cook In his
I boarding house, and he recognized the
style of her hash.
HAVE you any faith in mince pie as
cure for headache?" asked one young
married lady of another YES" was
the reply, "bring out your mince pie
get mince-pie headaches regularly"
WHEN Brown complained of a rush of
blood to the head Eogg endeavored to
ease his mind by reminding him that
nature abhOrs vacuum, and Browns
blood rushed to his head worse than
ever.
"MAN and wife are all one, are theyg'
said she. Eyes; what of it ?" said he
suspiciously. why, in that case,
said his wife, 81 came home awfuliy
tipsy lest night and feel terribly ashamed
of myself this morning." He never said
q word.
AT YOUNG ladies' seminary recently,
during an examination In history, one of
| the pupils was lnterrogated thus:
Mary, did Martin Luther die a natural
death ?" "No, was the reply; "he was
communicated by bull. .''-HarUard
LGBlpoOn.
LITTLE EDITH was terribly sleepy the
other night. She began her customary
prayer upon retiring, but when she got
as tar as ''Our Father" her eyes closed
and her head tum bled on to the pillow.
II tsn't tay it tonight" she said, I'm
too seepys He knows the vest of it.
A LEcrURER was once in a dilemma
which he will probably never forget.
While talking about art he yentured the
assertion, cart can never improve ma
ture." And at that moment some one
in the audience cried out in a gruff voice,
Cant he? Well, then, how do you
think you would look without your wig 2"
"MEMoRY is a wonderful thing" said
Jack Miller to his friend Dan Watts.
"Just think OF what fellows head can
holdl It's gigantic, sir - giganticp'
Watts-"I have often heard your friends
say you have very fine memory, Jack. :"
Miller (fattered -" Well, that's very
kind. Yes, have pretty good memory. !"
! Watts" Do you think you can recall
the ten dollars lent you three years
ago?"