Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-04-15
WIT AND WISDO

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MEN's lives should bo lik
growing more beautiful tt
evening.
A BEAUTIFUL church is as
stone and its spire a finger
toward heaven. Philip Sch0f
ALL men are not alike. The
is placed on a different syllable
human being. Jesus Christ is /
complete man.-Johfa r.. Parton.
The Rochester Express sagely
gests that when one starts on q Is
he should always carry two
pocket full of cash and no bur
THE Detroit Tribune warns
ton girls who have taken to
helmet hats that if they initiate
Boston police they will never ca
man.
a LOVING act does more good,
than blazing exhortation. VIVA
race needs is not more good takers
more good Samaritans.-J. S. Bret
ridge.
THE Bonham Messenger says wb
must go. Whisky need not go as
IS there are SO many people who
willing to pay for the privilege OF ca
ing it-Ieras SiJtinJs.
MUSICAL criticism: An Indian {
in Washington went to see the
Opera company. When NJ. w. "
ney gave q particularly low note
chief said: "Ugh ! him heap dug c
CAUSE of the recent earthquske
now understood that the reported Ell
quake in the South was caused BY 9
Louis girl thoughtlessly jumping f
buggy to the sidewalk. or
Tribune.
Uses of cant: Cant" says e,
son, sis useful TO provoke com
sense.'' It is also useful, with an
trophe, when doubtful friend
you to lend him FIVE dollars. .-Bu
ton Ha,Ckeye.
WHEN tine teacher asked VIII
the feminine of tailor, a small 2
front seat in a public school in
ton, Mass, promptly exclaimed 81
maker, and was greatly deIightg
he was able to get IN the answer
SITTING BULL is credited vii
marking, in a thoughtful man
"What pity it is that our forefaf
the noble sons of the forest, fail
pass an anti European bill early Il
seventeenth century. oil Csf
rick.
"WHERE do people go who d
their fellow men ?" inquired Sun
school teacher. Sometimes to Car
but mostly they goes, to Europe"
the reply OF the youngster whose
had recently been a trusted officer
local bank.
THE exploit of Grand Rapi
was to run up one aisle of chus.
ing services, upset the contributjo
run down the other aisle, &C
into the gallery, look over
fall over with a yelp into
ton below, and then get ,
A HEALTH journal says
hiccouehs may be stop
the head under water"
how long the head shoi
water, but we should
hours would be plent
stop the worst case .
invented.
"How ARE you getting a,e
widow OF her late husband,
peared to her az midnight as
Ghost Every well, indeed-.rs
ter than during my twenty y
ried life on EARTH" Widow (dei
"Then you are in heaven ?"
-FYiegende Biatter.
SIS THERE anything the n
you p said q physician to a per
had sent for him. "On, dear
am i'll all over, but don't kno-
is, and l have no particular
where" was the reply. eve,
said the doctor. "I'll give
thing to take away all that"
WALL street boys: 1t havin
ported among the boys that J
busted, Johnny called In Ton
and showed them the conten
pockets, consisting of twenty
six alleys, ten agates and three
Johnny is nice boy and his
fully restored. Boston Trans
BRocKToN Gazette: ga yo,
who thought he had won I
and now asked the hand in n
a certain young widow wa
her, What is the differen
myself and Mr.. Baxter's Du
He naturally replied, w
know Then said the
had better marry the cow"
4 KENTUCKY statesman: w
lucky Congressman was infg
he could have all the gardei
wanted from the Agriculturs
ment he exclaimed: Seeds?
want seeds for? But hold
yes / believe l do want fe
he forthwith sent for n half
cardamon seeds, the only seed
any use for. Brooklyn Eagle
THoUGHT he heard sc
"WheIe is the use of making
fuss overthe little eccentricities
at the table ?" exclaimed Foge
should humans make any mt
about such things than pigs
you must remember that :
used to dining with pigs, "ss
spearing the last potato wi
"Some of us are not, and
are," replied Fogg. FS
reason everybody looked
smiled.
SAFE, anyhow: SchF
turning to his store {
nua from dinner. for