Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-28
BRIGHT BITS.

DID "Peeping Tom Of Coventry" belong tc
the peer age?-Ciacinnati Merchant IrdCeiler
DID o ever notice how distant a man gen.
orally IS after you have loaned him a quar-
ter9-ToRksrs Statesman.
ALAMENT-Dowager; It's been the worst
season ! can remember, sir James! All the
men seem 10 have got married, and none OF
the giris.-PuHch.
40 MAN can do anything against n s win
said a netapnysician. Faith" SAID PAT, Il
had q brother who went to prison against MS
will-laith he did"
IF reporters and printers did not work
SUNDAYS. tie vain preachers could not nave
the qualification OF seeing their sermon:
against sabbath breakldg Produced IN Mon
dav morning papers.-Nel0 Orleans PicdyHqs
POVERTY has its cares, my son, but Their
wealth has Its scares, too, more than poverty.
ten TO one. Look at the panlcs on the money
market every week! Do you ever hear Of a
financial panic in an almshOuse:-Br0O6tyH
Eagle.
THEY were worrying each other in the front
parIor Sunday evening, trying to see which
could talk the most without saying anything
when he suddenly observed: Miss Elsie, dc
YOU know l hate TO be all By myself. DOM
vous'' mo, | rather like it, Mr.. Sweetly,'
was the answer which caused his head to con
tract like Ben Buffers popularity in TIL;
State.-BoSt0R Post.
PA-"what are you doing, PETE" Pet
am studyin' my sunday school lesson II;
IL hards' ITS awful hard. Here Is a ques-
ton 1 can't answer. 1t SAYS, who was il
said all men are liars?' Do you know who il
was, pa!i Yes; 1t was David" David
How did he come to say that, pa?' "Well,
don't know, pet. Maybe he was running FOL
ofice."-PhckddetpbiH Cal,
ALONDON chemist, in the analysis OF the
tea we drink, found that it contained nut
gals. iron filings. flbert husks, sulphatc Of
copper, hornets nests, acetic acid, green
paint. tar rope, dessicated dOOr-mats. ammo
MIA, stable ~sweepiugs, ETC." This would seen
to disprOve the general belief that tea is adul-
terated. unless something of the kind may
lHrk in that suspicious "etc."-N0rrtst0l6a
Herald.
"MR. SMITH, is ague catching, just like
the measles:' NO. my little dear. What
made YOU think so?" 'Coz, when you wa.
here the other night, you know, petting sister
Jane. when she had the ague, ma said. after
you'd gone. that you was no good and hadn't
got any money. and that Jane had better give
you the shake, 1 thought may be it was catch
ing."-St. Paul Day.
IT is not very often that we can find any
thing worth reprinting from the columns OF
the HeGrelC- Christian. the organ Of the con
yersiopists, but IN the last issue OF that
journal there is a bOnmot well worth repro
ductiOn. 1t was to the effect that a lady was
railing against the Jews the other day. and
said: Il can't bear those Jews; they cheat as
soon as they begin to 20 to school," How so,
pray, MADAME" inquired q listener. ut il
quite simple" was the reply; ''they pay
school fees for one and learn enough for tlOO =
american H6bretc.
THE COMING FEAST
Soon viii the fiery untamed pie
Stand ~temptingly before your eve:
And turkeys stuffed with savory dressing
BY hungry mouths are worth possessing.
And cakes and pUddings fair and sweet
And fruits and nuts be bought to eat;
And vegetables Of various kinds
VIII feed the aides, sOOthe the minds
or people who, tits safe to say.
VIII spend a portion Of that day
In Teasing, and both saint AMI sinner
viii eat a huge Thanksgiving dinner.
Chicago Sun.