The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-13
The EIIte of New York Gathered
IN me Academy of Music.

in me Academy of Music.
About three months ago a few amateur
MINISTRIES, members Of the Union aud
other clubs, agitated the question of an
amateur minstrel jubilee. They fancied
that the clubs could produce talent
enough TO astouish the professionals.
The Jubilee was given last evening, The
tickets had all been sold by subscription.
and none could be bought at the box office.
Patti herself never greeted a finer or more
elect audience. Everybody was in even.
ing dress, every box was filled, and the
Academy was iammed from pr to dome.
Fifty MINISTRIES sat upon the stage, ar
rayed in costumes that threw in the
shade anything ever conceived by either
George Christy or Billy Birch Their
faces shone with cork backing, and their
bre~ astpius, crava's. aid eoitfures were OF
intense grotcsqucper~.
The opening chorus. "Oft in the
Silly Night was sung before the cur
tain arose. 1t vas So finely executed that
musical society. Mr.. VIM. Dennisou,
the tenor, sang Good Night but not
Good by so sweetiy and admirably that
he was repeatedly encored. The same
may be said OF the baritone solo. There
She Blows by Mr.. &. J. Bushnell. The
song of the evening. however, was Deep
Down in the Cellar, y by Mr.. Charles b
lIawley, "a wonderful basso. Mr.. j.
Stanley Joyce maintained the reputation
Of the end men IN the song Put on de
Golden Shoe"
The Jokes We're unusually fresh. Even
the Oldest ''cheStnuts' were so disguised
that they were hardly recognizable. The
following are specimens:
MR. FRANK b. WILSON'S JOKE.
Yes. Sam, | got home late agln de
odder night, an my mudder she say.
Chile, wnar you BIN out so late agln dis
yere night?'
Use been out calm Oh IA lady, |
says.
}'Well, chile, Why You don't come
home fore midnic ht p sit says.
"Kaze | couldn't git away before.
Kaze de lady we're a settin' on my hat
an | was too much of a gemman to cal
her '~tention to de circumstance | says
'Well, now, honey" she says, 'Ji.
look-a-yere, an you member dis now, OF
you git left out. Next time you visits a
lady jis keep your hat off yo' lap"
MR.. J. STANLEY JoYCE's JOKE.
Il see a man a drivin' a Q dowr
South Fifth avenue dis yere morning,
when a shutter flew off OBJ Il buildin' and
knocked de wagon speeches.
Interlocutor-Oh, no, you dent near
the wagon. You mean hat the shutter
Knocked the driver Of the wagon speech
less. You couldn't knock a wagon speech.
less.
Oats whar you's wrong. Dis yere
shutter jis flew off de building, and didn't
touch de drivah nowhar. I seen it knock
de wagon speechless. | know what |
sees, | reckon deed does
hterlocutor-But it's impossible tc
knock a wagon speechless.
"Well, it knocked de tongue out oh de
wagon. | seen it do it. An de shutter
wal tried for it in de court"
Mterlocufor-What did they do with
the shutter in the court?
"Dey hung it-dats what dey done
wild it"
Mterl0cutor-What for.
"Jis for a blind
ANOTHER OF MR. JOYCE's JOKES
Use been a boardin' wild a grass wild
der lately"
Hterlocutor-How do You know she /:
a grass widow?
"'Cause her husband died Wild hay
fever-'spose Use a fool?'
MIR. JoYCE's THIRD JOKE.
"rse been movin' my residence lately
Mterlocutor-What for?
well, you see, my numbah use to be
l2S, an de numbah were always dab
when | was a goin' east. But de oddei
night ! heard dat a Teller don paid b.:
dues to de club, an | went down Cor tC
git my share. When | was a comm
back late at night my house was S21, an
/ got all mixed up. 1t won't occur a gin
boss, for Use done moved to 3l3."
MIR. CHARLES A. BRAMHILL's JOKE.
Sam, doesn't you tink dat de minis
tiers in Brooklyn amn't near as good look
in as | is ?"
hterlocutor-Wby, you are f~earfully
conceited. What makes you think you
are good looking?
Muffin, only | was up to de Gran
Central Depot de odder day. an twenty
FIVE cabmen run to me all a shoutil
Hanson
MR.. B~RAMHALL'S SECOND JOKE.
WHAT the fassest you cher rode on {
railroad train
MterIocutor-Sixty miles an hour.
Hum. OATS 40 time at all. De
freight trains on the Wabash road run:
faster den dat are. tole you de fasses1
| eber rode on a raiiride. 1t war Oh dc
New York Central at de time Roswell p
Flower git de nomination FOR Governor
We was gwine so fast dat &c telumgrapt
poles look like de teeth in a fine-tootl
comb. Yes, sab, we rode so fast dat d,
fremen had to hold de hair on de engI
necr's head
MferIocuf0r-What nonsense. VIII
held the hair on TIE freman's head?
AnSlrcr latter scratching his head)-
De brakeman, he hold de fireman's hal
on his head.
mterlocut0r-W ell who held the brake
mans hair on his head?.
1nsWer latter again scratching HI
head)-I held de hair On de brakeman
head.
MterIocutor Qoudly)-Well, sir, VIII
held the hair on your head?
Anstrer (triumphantly)- Henry Clews
MR. BRAMHILL'S LAST JOKE.
Il war gwine up town in a Bleecke
street kyah de odder day when | see
lady drop a five dollah bill in de box
She looked at me an says. Mistah
what'll | do? l put a five dollah bill /
dat box | says, Speak to de drlva.
an he'll fix it. So she goes to de DIR
yah. an she says, 'Drivah, I've droppe
a f~ve-dollah bill in de box. What sha
do?''
M1r1ocutor-Well sir, what did tn
driver say a.?
ooh, be was all tight. lie tole her t
wait until he got to de stable. and he
give her de horse.
Fayetteville Observer: 1t is wit
feelings of peculiar sadness that we hav
to chronicle the death of Mrs. Ed. Smltl
of Harnett ounty.-W understan