The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-06-15
WITTICISMS.

drlnks go down.
Oscillation is the art of hitting the
popular taste, and it is mostly hit with
a Miss.
Could the pitcher Of a baseball team
be spoken of as "the power behind the
thrown2"
Lawyers are about the only class of
men who successfully oppose a "wO-
mans WILL"
The greatest talker in existence
could not talk long enough to tire a
wagon wheel.
Amani in Rochester has such a crack
ed voice that he rarely says anything
without breaking his word.
A burglar being asked by a magis-
trate his occupation. facetlously re-
piled; "Ahouse-eleaner your honor"
The Grecian authorities now exclude
American pork. Greece withou, pork
must be almost as bad as pork without
grease.
\ tornado is very much like Il quack
doctor who strikes a new town. 1t
comes with a big blow and then DESC
lation follows.
People who think themselves smart
go about asking questions like this:
hCan a rope walk" we say, yes
when it Is taut,
A little sketch going the rounds Of
the press is headed "A young woman
with a history" Look oul for her. She's
is a book agent.
"What is so rare as a day in June?'
Well. now and then a day in April is
decidedly under done, and some of the
March days are really raw.
"Your presents are better than your
company" exclaimed a young lady who
had been receiving handsome gifts from
an obnoxious lover.
Beecher will doubtless be gratifed 70
learn that Frances ID. Moulton has found
a salt mine near Warsaw, New York,
The great lover always held that the
mutual friend" was too fresh.
when was young man." says Bill.
ings, Il was always a in hurry to hold
the big end of the log and do all the
lifting; now l I'M Old, | seize hold OF
the small end and do all the grunting.'
A solemn old scientist printed the
fact that 10y bathing the feet in tepid
water a man could double his ~circula-
ton, and 0 all the EDITORS IN Indiana
are having tanks fitted to their office
stoves.
A single mill in Pittsburgh spins
235 miles of barbed fence were every
twenty-four hours. The cattle of tht
far west are expected to sec the point
of this.
Artist ION summer tour: "Ah! Mad
am, might l have the pleasure of paint
ing your picturesque little cottage 2
Country dame: "Wa'al, don't know
Guess We can. Ye might whitewasl
the fence, too, if ye like"
A girl in Dublin struck her croque
partner on the head with a mallet
brain fever set in, and the young maj
nearly died. The girl was kept unde.
arrest until ais recovery, and when h,
got well she married him, and now he
sorry he didn't die.
Our esteemed eastern contemporaries
do not seem to entirely catch on to tn,
Tabor-Bush business. They assert tina
one is as bad as the other. This is ex
travagance. One is worse than th
other. We do not say which in COlora
do, but we draw straws.
There's something about your daugh
ter" Mr., Wanghop said Relatively
yes" said old Mr.. Thistlepod, "thel,
is; l had noticed it myself. 1t come
every night at eight o'clock, and i
doesn't get away usually till abou
eleven o'clock. And some of thes
evenings l am going to lift it all th
way from the front parlor to the sid
gate and see what there's in It,"
The Autophone company conduct a
of their correspondence by means of
typewriter. The company had occ;
sion to send four or five letters TO a
agent way out in Wisconsin, and the
were amused a few days ago to receiy
n from him closing Tlththese word.
"You needn't print any more letter
that You send me, for | want you I
understand that l can read writing"
doctor" said a fond mother, leanin
over the bedside of her son who seen
ed to be suffering greatly, what is Ii
matter with hiln?' The physician e.
amined the sufferer and replied. "He
SICK" There" exclaimed the woma
"Iknew you could tell what was Il
matter with him. How fortunate it
that you are in the neighborhood," an
she looked at the medical gentlema
with an expression that spoke of rest
full confidence.
Last Saturday a Philadelphia ifs
dealer departed for a railroad station
few miles out to spend Sunday vii
aoma friends After the cars had atar