Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-01-19
WIT AND WISDOM.

There are some folks in the world
who are so IN the habit of looking on
the dark side of life that, as Jerold says
they cant even see the bright side Of
the moon.
--Judge-''What 1 cannot understand
Is how you could kill man with sim
= geblow." Culprit-" Shall show you
E-.' howp' Flicgende Blatter.
A wag. speaking of a friend whom
he suspected OF living altogether beyond
his means, observed that he believed he
"would owe several thousand dollars
after all his debts were paid."-La,O-
renee American.
The Philadelphia Bulletin propounds
this conundrum; could two little boys
pounding their father be called with
any propriety, pair of Pa iammers?'
Pa-haps; but what on earth are " Pa
y jammersp' We've lost the comb nation
IN T. Commercial Advertiser.
"A man was found dead on the floor
of his room at the Merriwether Hotel
rl frankfort, the other morning. He had
blown out the gas {" Sad affair?' said
the landlord, speaking Of the event; 81
az shoulds say it was, Over one thousand
" feet of gas escapedT - Boston Post.
~ - ESQ your business is picking up,
ehp' said a facetious cobber to a rag
81 picker, who had just commenced opera
Fl lions on an ash barrel in front OF his
shop door, Yes. and sec yours is
mending!p quickly replied the ragged
~ -urchin. CHANGING at the dilapidated boot
IL N the cObbDler's hand = Y0"tys States
The dancing lady who tries to wear
the skirt of her dress under her arm
aud the waist around her knees and
w. kicks her slippers clear over the orches-
ira cha RS every night gets 5000 a
week, and the city missionary gets 5000
year; the horse race scoops in 81 600
the first day. and the church fair lasts a
week, works thirty of its best women
q p ffre nearly to death. and comes out $40 in
,--- "a, debt.-rChicago Times - -,
''-Newsplper proverbs: 1.-Two heads
are better than one" when the news is
important There are a great many
things which rgoLwithout saving
hOres for instance. "All the world 5
y ~ abtage' land everybody prefers to be
on top, even II he can't dnve The
relations of rival railroads give them
much more trouble than their ''conncc-
lions "=BoSton Advertiser
when some OF the Congressman
sent their albums around in the House
Tor the autographs of their colleagues
= ~ = the other dag. one OF them.t thinking
that the pages who presented the books
for signatures also owned the volumes.
wrote words OF fatherly wi, dom before
his name. In Senator Edmunds book
S S :: S:ssg gS:a 4: &
vice and even to grow up perhaps, TO
rD be the pride of his parents.-bciroii
AN Post .r-
"A London organ grinder recently
escaped a tine by very ingenious ex-
cuse. He had been playing before the
house of an irascible old gentleman.
who furiously, and with wild gesticula-
tions. ordered him to move on" The
organ grinder stolidly ground on. and
was arrested for his disturbance. Al
: go the trial the'Judge asked him why he
- did not leave when requested ENC
sspik Ingiese.' y was the reply ''Well,''
snid the Judge. ''but you must have un.
derstood his gestures, his motions. -
''I tinkee he come to dance" was the
rejoinder. that caused the Judge tC
laugh heartily and let the musician 90
--.A.HsicH Herald