The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-30
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0UV 04& 8@&<3&&&&M " &4@4Mt14&k - - snhjscs ef conversation, and many d scs realise Aes efsn these vhc are d. aicted hy ksseaine 10 tAen, are ee the point of klliag the pansses. The follow- ing tesser rom yeuag man in Nsu Or lana sxpiains ieseh;
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 The young man has doaa night b ask- ing advice e 10 how Ae cnn cure himseif q the sesSib,s habit. He has made as advance in the way of . eure, q he Aas admitted that he s !" hlamod focl,r spmeehing his ifisnAS Aase. 10 doubs, dis sovsssd o ',ss sso' s sssss ,a s,s s:tg cssg WmSDSsH - uuo1 tooA - - ktvSo - pressioa b . pan, Ae sAosla sake pisce q asafrtida about e hig as . AicAosy nut and chaw il He wm nos tsel liAe making anotAer pun e loag as tAe taste cf the drug semsins in his mouth. He shosld carry some of tho drug in his vest pockes when he goes out in company, and ksep a piece in his mouth eonssansly. it may be oiEensive to tho company, but 1t vill not be hall O offen. sive as his old back-nnmbss, tsesh- puns, and hs will become . favcsite, n this course will not euse him ke bssief % and drown hiaassh. TAsre b 10 sach thiag as . new pun, as every word tAat is susceptible q pun has been punned upon fof thoosands oi years, 70 when you hear pszson maie . pua you can be sure thsa is n . thou sand years old. lf man os woman, when making pun on . word, realized that the Egyp<iAa mummy in the museum, when alive, had made the same pun, and laughed st it boistesously. he would be ashamsd of his own attempt The Eng lish language is good enough if you take t ssrGsht. and il t Soolish to torture IL. The man who mAkes puns hahifually s usually weak man, wAo imagins he s smart, as you can see by vatcAiag him q he laughs at his own smastsess- Al good way as any to sqpelcA . punsses is to listen to his pun, look ihou1htfully and cay, B. C. or Credit ii to Adam s Young men vho Ies in the habit of mak- ing puns on all occasions lose their posi- tioas, girls % back on them and sAeS % through life alone, exoeps in rare in-
 stancss- A girl hates to face the pros pect of lifetime of poor puns, and they will think twice before marrying a pun
 sser, as he is liable to practice his puns on his wife. There ought to be an Asy.
 lum for punsters, whese they can 90 and
 be cured, CT kill each other with punt- These is nothing thai throws 2 dampss on the enjoyment of party like the pfes- ence of punsaes who puns and loQts
 arsund for a smile of appreciation, and not gettiag 1t, smiles himsoh At pic. mic they have the habit of throwing .
 punsser up iu hlankss, or passing the pickles to him frequently, or sitting him
 on an ants nsss, or making him climb tree to put up swing, anything to keep him busy % he v,il So!gss h's terrible
 habit Punstefs are toserated because
 they are weak, but the looks of pity and contempt they receive ought to show them hew Soolish they are. There
 is sotAing original or iunay in any pun that has ben sprung upon any party h the past thousand ysau, and the sooner punsaau find ii out the better Some papsss make spscialsy ol puns, miseaking them Sor humof. n editon could see the coetemps in which people pas ov9 the column q pans # would vake them up. There is some excuss 6or . EooIish lellow 10 make puns, b. cause he has never ben told that he is vSAk, but fog n editor 10 rack his brain
 to build fpol pans for the people to read, is awful. 4 pun spokea soon goes away
 with the atmosphere and is iost, but . pun printed ia newspepes is O record, . constant source of annoyance 10 the reader, aad sorrow to the writer of it, aftsr he ooce geas sense and realizes hov weak he was when he vas punstes. Young n,an sAculd strive to make them selvos interesting in coovessasion, but the pun is the lase thing thsy should practice, ss l, raks people s;cE. A druegiss in
 wsssasn Wiscoasin had . great habit Of makiag pa.s Ssw ysass ago, and no CUoS0uA1B - - " " " tssS p<AssS " ths;s 1sdicsns, asd somstimss sAe pus
 was wore tAaa the drugs b taks- One night . man named Quo Padman vas
 ssssed h ths bssaa, sad vas taken isao the drug sore se bs ssvsd up- While the docAnr vas at votk O ths maa ths drusgia eans sp asd sissr lookiss ss
 shs woasd hs said "fou Quo had livss PaAman." Ths vouaded and dying
 maa heasd it, sad t vas too mucA- He could aaad the sab wisA cold sssej, bat 10 bs ssbbed with pun vss too msch, and ks hauled heck oae fooe aad kieked the dssggise in the pose- Ths druggist has ssvsr mads pus sises, aad - dont know bus . kick in the sose is about ss good cure as any.-PsfRs .Sss.
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