Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-08
BRIGHT BITS.

If London Punch has not already tumbled
to u, we suggest that 1t make an item to the
effect that Gen. Komaroff7s movements are
decidedly Heratic.-7eods SiItinGs.
Boston will have to look out for It's aesthetic
laurels. Down III Biddeford Me-, people are
so hlgh toned that instead OF saying bath
room, they speak of evolutionary studios."-
B~Tttn9to0 Free Press.
ONE of our sections, in making his report of
Dtrlals, Is explicit to cOmmendable degree.
t3r instance, such entries as this occur:
"Dled, John Smith; male; aged three days;
unmarried" -Christidp Register.
AN American claims that the North Pole is
Tue site OF the OLD Garden of Eden. Then
Ewes preference for Gg-eaves over sealskin
Is tNplalned-they cost more, and had to be
lInported.-BfAghdnton hepubIicGH.
"HAvE YOU" asked the Judge of recently
convicted man, anything to offer the court
before sentence IS passed?" mo, your
Honor" replied the prisoner, my lawyer
took my last cent. "-Scranton Truth.
WHY he believed him: Stretchit YVES telling
Ghwley about an alligator lie saw in FLORIDA.
That alligator measured GO feet inches
from the end Of HIS nose to the tip of his tail.
what do YOU think Of that, Gawley? An alli-
gator 83 feet 5lnches long Doesn't that aston
ISL your" No" said Gawley, quietly, Pm
liar myself. "-E'rcltdnge.
SUPPOSE" SAID an examiner to student
IN englncerlpg, you had built an engine
yourself, performed every part of the work
without assistance, and knew that it was in
complete order, but, when put on the road,
the pump would not draw water What
would you dol" II should look into the tank
and ascertain If there was any water to
draw" replied the student.
The BOsToN LOVER To HIS GIRL
IhOu'rt dearer far To me than gold,
., maid upon my breast reclining
The sweet love light now behold
Behind your gOld-rmme ed glasses shining,
MY love for you burns like the sun;
Indeed. lis brighter, stronger, steadier,
My Worcester. w ebster, all in one,
sweet unabridged encyclopaedia.
boston Courier.
AGRICULTURAL ITE8.-A few days ago Gil
hoOly was talking with four or five lawyers,
when, during the conversation, he remarked
that lawyers did more to cultivate the soil
than any other class. Glow is that?" asked
one Of the lawyers, somewhat mystified. "All
! know is, that AN Austin lawyer made my
father fork over 800 acres of land in mighty
short order. MY father was holding it under
forged title. You bet he forked over that
land. If he hadn't forKed It over, he would
have been in the penitentiary right now.0-
TEXAS SiftjRGs.
SIGNS OF SUMNER
Friends Tom and Jerry now will take
shOrb vacation Tor awhile,
While cooling punches take their place,
And I'LL the bill for summer smile.
Now comes the time when city folks
Write sorghum notes to country cousin.
Now comes the sign in dry goods stores
OF "Necktes, - cents a DOZEN"
The straw hat and the sucker coat,
The "bumZig" band uDon the street, Oh!
| They are all here, for summers come
Bringing along the - mosquito.
Boston Times.
TWAS across the velvety meadow, where
the golden blossoms of the dandelion bestud-
ded the green even as the silvery stars at
night bespangle the blue dome of high heaven.
The two were walking in the broad sunshine.
. Cd N anNN and 1Atwrsh OF. te1vr i
sive. do you know, Alice" he said with the
utmost mellowness, why you are like the
! dandelOn blossoms about u.s." "NOt unless il
! is because there are so many others like me -
son, now how unkind of you to misunder-
stand. It is because you are so like pure gold. -
| perhaps II Is because pa is rich" said she,
/ quietly, and the young mans dream of happI-
ness was like Dursted bubbie-gOne, no one
! knows where Hartford Post.