Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-12-10
WIT AND HUNIOR.

always gifts n Deiore uaypreah'
An exchange says that q folded
newspaper placed under the coat in
the small of the back is an excellent
substitute for an o%yercoat. Now is the
time 10 subscribe. townsville argus.
Young lady-..We had Il delightful
time at Music Hall last evening, MIR.
Dnmley. 1t was a M%eyerbeer night,
you know. Are you fond OF Meyer
beer?"
Mr.. Dumley (hesitatinglO-"Ye-es,
but l think l would just as soon have
Milwaukee. "-AeW York Sun.
A dry-goods advertisement says:
Everybody knows that faille Fran
caise is crowding hard upon gros-grain
silk" We beg leave to differ with the
statement. There are no doubt a doz-
en- persons right here in this town who
are not aware that such n momentc"s
occurrence was eyentuating.-Norris-
toDn Herald.
A coachman in the employ of the
Stevens family, the Hoboken million
aire, has been making violent love to
a young lady of the family, and was so
persistent n nuisance that he was final
" arrested, and now languishes in Jail.
The world must be undergoing a change
when a fascinating coachman fails to
get up an elopement with an heiress.
St. Louis young LADY, called on
Mrs. S. this afternoon, mamma, and
what do you think l saw on her new
ebony parlor table?
Mother-I have no idea.
@. ~ Vo,,x oIr n rNtt1nrn nf
Shakspeare's paradise Lost" bound
in dark blue. Think of it! Dark blue
against an ebony back-ground!-New
York Times.
The colored servant in the South is
occasionally good at repartee. Mrs.
Yerger found her servant. Belinda. re-
posing in the rocking-chair reading a
newspaper.
You seem to think you are the lady
| of the house." said Mrs. Yerger, sar-
~castically.
NO mum, Is brack, but l is not
| such a fool as that. n-IeIas SittingS.
The burglars have hit upon a plan
by which the tiercest Watchdog is rem
| dered harmless. They take along anoth-
er dog and on arriving on the premi-
ses to be robbed let him loose. OF
course the Watchdog. seeing a strange
| dog, stops to ask him what is the news,
and while the two sagacious animals
are exchanging information the burg
lars 60 in aud get the silver.-LOuts-
Ciiie C0HTter-JeaTnaL.
A good campaign story is told by
ex-senator David Davis. One day,
I'll A. -4,N,~ ha rap,o,.Ea cd. AL
know no East, no West, no North, NO
South" Then" said one of the
hearers, you'd better go home and
study up your geogerphy." at broke
me all up" said Mr.. Davis, land from
that on till the close of my address
there was no personal magnetism in my
burst of campaign e~loquence."
A boy on High street west placed 6
big apple on the front steps and walked
across the street to see who would take
it. A gentleman who had observed the
action said:
You shouldn't do that my son,
Some poor boy may be tempted to stea
it"
That's what L m fishing for, sir
I've followed out the inside and fillel
if with mustard" -DetrOit Free Press
A Young ~Frenchman, who ought t.
have been an Irishman, was desperate
" in love with a young lady, who al
ways stoutly refused to listen to hi
appeals. why don't you get mar
ried?" said a friend to him one day
.Since you are so fond of children yol
should take to matrimony." Han!
it ALL" said the lover, scratching hi
head, ..Td have plenty of them by thi
time, only their mother won't MARI.
me ."-NcW York sun.
A gentleman travelling in the wild
of Fayette County, this State, las
winter had to pass the night in the low
IL home of 4 ..broomsagcr," who he
fore his family retired, offered the fol
lowing prayer: Now We lay we'un
down to sleep. We'uns are not %jealou
of our betters, and Of the snow fall
TO feet deep tonight, in the mawnin
perhaps the stranger will trade we'un.
his watch and chain even up TO the oil
yellow mule. Wheeling (E. Ia In
teAigencer.
Several years ago there lived in Lit
tie Rock a bright young man, but who
like many bright young men of hi
day, was sadly addicted to the exces
sive use OF whisky. One day his broth
!, er went to him and said:
Brother John, see that you ar
determined to kill yourself drinking
SO l propose to rent a room, put a bar
rel of whisky and Il barrel Of water in
to it and shut you up in it until yo'
kill Yourself"
; Brother William" the young MAJ
replied, never mind the water; put il
two barrels Of whisky. "-Arkansa
r IraUeter.
: Gentleman-''Uncle 'Rastus, "
got a job OF whitewashing for YOU"
, Uncle 'Rastus-''Well, l KANT d
: hit terday, sah.'
: Gentleman-'What's the matter?
thought you were anxious for work.
Uncle 'Rastus-''So l is, sab. Blu
, ye' see boss, de Colored Workiu' men
A~mulgumated 'Sociashun TO- de pei
) tecshun OBJ de laborin' man frum d
? encroachments an inroads OBJ cap
talists meets terday, and Ise been let
ted Chairman OBJ de occashun. So, "
sees, boss, l hain't got no time +
, spa'r."-NeW York san.
+ There is nothing that distresses EN-
: lish people, when they are at home j
England, more than American pronuI
citation of American names. Chicago
instead of Chick-argo, rs every Ens
: lishman knows the name should t
pronounced, hurts their feeling dreat
fully. A Boston lady, who recent
/ spent a little time with an English f;
mily in London, where, on account
. he residence of a relative in Michigan
: there vas occasion for reference no
and then to that State, says that afte
she had once mentioned the name
Michigan her hostess managed quiet
: to get her ear, and whispered:
: Couldn't you, you know, while yo
are here, just to make it seem a lit
a less strange to our friends, say Mikk
gan?"-Boston Record.
a Col. Bob Ingersoll drops into job
Gaults vault, in the basement of N
. II Broadway, every now and then. +
0 has come down from old rye to beer
f a beverage. A little while ago | sa
= him there playing pool. He beat h
| opponent every game-then treatt
the house, told this story, and va.
ished: when l was up in the Mort
0 west" he said, 81 noticed that the me
, cut down the trees, and the womt
folks RATED them down the stream"
IL should think the men would
that, too" observed Sam Hazard. at