The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-09-20
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The road to economy is a prudent
buy-way.-Whitehall Times.

Ahe lodu W eCOHcilly is u pIuueut |
buY-way.-Whitehal Times.
The boat builder is apt to have all |
his designs thwarted.- .-Yonkers Ga
zette.
Mr.. Blaine's bluff is slowly vending |
its way into the whither.-Boston
Post
Possessed only in Imagination, a |
guinea becomes far-thing.-Yonkers !
Gazette.
De worP doan' owe no man er libin. |
Er man owes it ter hisset-Arkansaw |
Traveller.
It's the howl of pain from soreheed |
that roars through Buffers powerful
jaws-Phila. Chronicle.
We neglected tn mention In previ- |
Gus issues that "the political pot is
boiling" 1t is.-St. Paul Herald.
an take his head, or bust% ox-
claimed the photographer, who had a
difficult subject to handle.--Boston
Times.
The sexton who threw over q metal
lie casket was angry when he was
called pitcher Of bier.-Whitehall
Times.
1t is said that care killed a cat. One
cannot take too much care in dealing
with ones neighbours feline favorite.-
Boston Transcript.
Err oman is honester den er man,
but she amt so truthful Dis ain't
sayin' much fur de 'oman's honesty ur
de mans truth.-Arkansaw Traveller
The whole country wants to know
about Mr.. Blaine's sneeze, but not a
Buffalo pastor knows whether Cleve-
land gets on his knees.--Philadelphia
Press. ..-..
Henry Clay said: "Pd rather be
right than President" Henry Clay
had a cigar named after him. We
merely offer this as a hint to Mr..
! Blaine,-Life.
"a Maine woman cabled the death
Of her cat to her husband in Europe"
Some women are unable to restrain
their Joy. 1t must have q vent.-Nor-
ristown Herald.
"Jonas" asks us why the "oldest in
habitant" is always man. He isn't
Jonas, he isn't, He is only more hon
est about telling his age-that's ALL
st. Paul Herald.
An Iowa man says he broke a hens
egg and found rattlesnake coiled up
inside Of it. 0, prohibition, where is
thy victory? 0, total abstinence,
where is thy totality2-St. Paul Her
laid.
| The richest man in Philadelphia is
said to be a bachelor. The richest
woman in New York is believed to be
a maiden lady. New York and Phila.
delphia never did hitch very we'll
ERoxbury Advocate.
King John of Abyssinia has sent
Queen Victoria monkey. Now il
some one will present her with a bar
rel organ, the Guelph family will have
an opportunity to earn o living
Pittsburg Telegraph,
"Butler," says friend of the Gener
ais twill strike blow in New Yorl
that will be heard all over the Union.
Does make an awful noise to hit any
thing with bladder, for d fact-Bur
lington Hawkeye,
Fussy old maid (entering base bal
t grounds)-"Why, what did they al
: begin to yell Fowl for when I CAM
in? Do they mean me?" Polite gate
0 keeper-"Oh, no, mum. You amt n,
!, chicken. ."-Phila. Call.
, Virginia, mindful Of the approach
!, ing torch-light professions and othe
political festivities, will raise this yea
, 2,500,000 bushels of peanuts. Virgin
10 is bound to stick to her ancien
reputation-the best of her product
underground.-Phila. Inquirer.
i A new telephone instrument ha
G been invented by which the crying q
$ a baby may be heard at the distanc
@ of a hundred miles, and bachelors ar
s beginning to consider whether it
!, better to marry or move out {
7 the country.-Cincinnati Merchan
, Traveller.
Il An elderly Newport maiden havin
e had several teeth extracted, and bein
asked by female companion if
hurt much; replied "Well, | suppos
70 it did; but l was to excited because h
L had his arm right around my nee
? that l didn't feel but very little pain
II -Kentucky State Journal.
Should NOt Know.
A physician, In great haste, is sun