The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-02-28
SMILES
Cold wether-A dead ram.
A clean steal-Taking a bath.

A clean steal-Taking a bath.
Dead beats-A stopped clock.
A maiden effort-The first lean.
year proposal.
The man who takes medicine
goes In for Internal improvement
A man never sees the last Of o
par OF ready-made boots bought
Young ladies' are painting pic.
lures of frogs. They are so sug-
gestlve of leap-year.
Hand organs are often accom-.
panied by two cranks-one on the
end and the other standing behind
Michelet writes that woman is
the salt of mans life" There is
a proverb that every time you up.
set the salt there is a fight.
A timid young man has married
a lady whose weight verges close
ly upon 200 pounds. my dear"
he says to her, "shall | help YOU
over the fence? mo" says she
to him, "help the fencer'
"What do we learn from the
parable of the seven wise and sew
en- foolish virgins?' was recently
asked in a Texas Sunday school.
Chat we must watch every hour
for the coming of the bride
groom" blushing Galveston girl
replied.
When a lady living in Chelsea
| sent to London for doctor, she
apologized for asking him to come
such distance. Dent speak Of
it." replied the NJ. d. 81 happen
to have another patient in the
neighborhood, and can thus kill
two birds with one stone"
81 preserve my equilibrium I'M
der all circumstances" she was
heard to say in a pause of the mu-
sic to the tow-headed youth who
was her escort.
"Do you?" he answered softly.
Mother cans hers"
Then the music resumed.
care Jones and Brown on
speaking terms yet?" asked one
citizen Of another a few days ago.
Il guess they are" said the
other; Il heard them call each
other liars this morning. and saw
their wives borrowing wash-tubs
and coffee of each other"
In one of our schools the other
day the class in English grammar
was discussing the difference be-
tween the words ''like" and Glove"
"Now," said the teacher, 1--WE
can like a tomato, but is it proper
to say we can love tomato?"
mo, it is not" said a fresh miss.
Zone cannot love a tomato"
"Why not?' inquired the teach
er.
Because, you know, you can't
you can't-well, you can't hug a
tomato"
They were looking at the sky
and George was explaining the
wonders of the heavens as well as
he could, not knowing anything
about them himself, when she IN
terrupted him:
"Ah George dear, you know SO
much"
Il know I do" George frankly
admitted. 81 haven't been to col
lege for two years for nothing"
"No indeed" she softly replied.
81 would give the world to know
as much as you do about stars and
consultations and comets and
planets and all that sort of thing.
Botany must be such an interest
ing study"
The Coffee County Gazette tells
charming little story of rural
love, in which Mr.. bud Mobley
and Mr.. Bird Mobley were both
paying their best respects to Mrs,
McCook, sprightly widow, and
both were receiving good encour-
agement, made proposals and were
favorably answered. Arrange
ments for an early marriage were
at once made by both parties, and
Mr.. Bird Mobley, to keep things
quiet, asked his betrohal to meet
him at certain point on the
Ocmulgee river, and they would
get married Meantime the other
sutton had his suspicion aroused,
and at once went to the house
where the lady resided and be-
sought her to come and wed him.
The lady shut herself up in a
room and refused the invitation.
The disappointed wooer sat by the
door, waiting for day and doom,
| but to his sorrow, when day came
! +ha hopca woS cearched. Mrs. Nc