The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-04
The Kindly Jest.
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Tia a,,aar n h. Two great divisions
,raron. w;- the repartee and the
oil humoioN
practical JOKE bo'h 'uese ~
res sc character. 10 be- "iA tte
aa-;t i usually a slap in the tace.
,,,-r nossesse3
-" n,,,o.
2IeA. maoVe' IN -
Jerrold. Specimens OF Ms Sty.e s,I. SUI
we IN the memory q us eoH'eWp
rles. .ho
A medlocre HIltei' 1920 -,
same subject as h'lh5eI'
know Jerrroid, you auu -
the same boat -, wi,b
e. repl,ie. me VII ou' = :"
the same scuiis. ,n,n
aIo'i ! HIN 80 IL nra;sas II "a
al the uarIlcA C'Ic. oaIf',ai
J~erroid' ahd tels nIn
soup. aye say 'oiioN
meet. ~, ~.
IHese arc oti1GuS sf-r ~aa+ar
mlilef ones ''li 'ne
= ~ - rar.ooL f-;and
9cuIt1aS D. D. ano,hor fr;enJ
Y y. 1870 - mi EkaIob'.
"ent - ia ~ :, re- ~ ~ own
Comioi'e.Ti ~ -, - rnfoal-
iauIt; ~" GDouId SoI :" 2
ing salu "i' DuiAe' "non =
IL. ,, ..,rk.
ohieelhg ,sh. sas the ~
| went 70 mn uhe''9' anu "a u"
mo M WOUNDS.
IN oi HlSrloe' say .pn
~ course ! need nos ody .nat . "
examples OF the KING are u DC lounu III
literature. v odd - "A
me WHY 'oi"lo 49,
nlraoiG ueAleilty I'm 49, 80
VIII. ne perlnl''eo illl9cl ~ pidIse
9ome sen1ie III a'le -
nearer saiu' lnl7 - -, so3i otsou'
lot ne uoesn ! opeah = Sou ~ aug 'o
spec.' quite tIe ,eselee. i,
An! salq Noltaife' H""'o'""t eS'
efrdre' prooaoiy ooth VI u are mS-
taken =,
Even Where tue VIII i Without peisou
atty 1t does lot always loSe It's aggressive
character. zee no" the persohases III
the ochool i9r ocanua' eApiaiu Shy
VII q gooa halure are - seiuoui
united. IL Is not pit'er' ou' SUN 1t Is
bitlne.
Now go from ms TO the practical JOKE
: which Is always an attempt at hunor;,
: Dissect the pEacelcai Joke. Egotisul anu
2 a. -
felow 10 lnnict moderate pam upon
, another- keeping wen ouC Vi II niuhs1l'
r and his being out OF IT, ana the o'her
. beng III 1t, makes MN leel humorous
I and TINS really 1aVorS the narrow theory
D OF Hobbies OF Mallnesoury ina. laughter
arises from a>glofylhg III ourselves ~ ON
. superiority over our ~helghpors. me
dull numorlst IN TINS style chlps Drlslies
and StrewS them IN his 1rlend 5 Ded, or
. makes HIM up what Is called an aappte
PIE bed "a wonderful corruption OF cap.
, d-pte. Meantime ms bed IS all right;
{ and his heart relolces.
One OF these humorl,ts put a skeleton
o INTO a young iaoy 5 pea uo"h 10 oo'hef
setshlre' then ret,feu soitiy ana awaited
the result WIN 'he lulollG chuchie Vi d
! u dog VINO mas stray,ed INTO humor'
lhe result was tha1 1he iauy leii scream
: Ing on the noor' was taken up insane
/ aud ended heT days IN a mauIhouse.
another such humorist Da''eheu u9"h
the matches OF a small tradlng Vessei 10
f the thames. smoke was created some
no" IN the holu Y iofgo1 oy "nat cause
the crew. cohsis'lps olioul pooi "IelcheS'
! tried 10 am 70 escape. heir very crieS
s were Sllheu' anu Ihe neA. Jay tho'i onioN
ing coipseS VIZ e liz Sninl "onu
lhenIs VI etupiu eio ~ Nu
ooiohon hae ooseiseu ena a'u
iohIal1e .'EGn Gu. -
hsau - = : PLI
p9ai roop Gu hei ~hoipo = q -
Gu iooi' ioaf y : " :oD1
D 1ule' = gu. - -
pasu, : - he w;,tr
~ oil az not absoIntelv naces-
SOW, II i moro diI;cnI+ 10 SOW rritt,
anitindIy hines than witty and iIlna-
tired things. Yetitis within the mower
of tba human understanding
vouno ladv WALKING in her Garden
viii sydney smith nointed ont ia him
ON evarla sin nea ranorted to blossom
baantifnnv sshnnt ), She said "we have
novor hoen ohla 70 brine i To narfec-
tion ), ..Tban J, said the kindly Wit
slot mo brine Perfection To the nea >,
ana 60 lod har nv tho hand ia closer
inSnection Of tho flower
Conlon . lannon's mimic of Iouis
: w y time .ook off the kim as well
as his subjects The king hoard oft
d and ;rsisfod on seainy Tho invitation
! Ha waS not oeandnd at II and oave
l CorIon . G,o Diamond Mn Co7,lon
IooIs ~ +ho Mn and sori. ..CominC
, 800 ~, "aSdlht 80 ~ 1870. h,+ nnn,
! - So - yous Moi 49, na+nromu
= oaa y, T. - 49, ~
. tingnisbad here Inv the GOOD natures T
trnw NOT
Fredaricl tho Great disba1iaved in
physicians and said that invaIids die
nftenar of tbair ramedias than of flor
ma1adias. and a. tho lancet was rife in
. his dow nrababIr h. wosnot vorywrong
Howayor bo toiI s;cL and ia Vol.
: noSS ~ he nod snnnoso afoc tod his
mind 60 no sent Gora nhvsiciop Dr
Zimmermann hut At siGbt Of hin his