River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-08-06
Little Questions and Answers.

When are little secrets like the sails
of a shipP When they get wind
Why is the letter G like the sum- Be-
cause it is the center of light.
When are the streets OF town most
| greasyP When the rain is dripping.
| How many sticks go to building a
crows nest? None, because they are
all carried.
The teacher: ''What is wisdom, my
child?n Information of the brain,
sir.
Capital punishment as the boy
said when the schoolmistress seated
him with the girls
Why is coffee like an AK with dull
edge? Because it must be ground be-
fore it can be used
Why does a chicken weeks and
days old walk across the road? To get
to the other side.
| Why does a cook make more noise
than bell? Because one makes din,
| but the other makes a dinner.
Why are the stars the oldest astrono-
mers? Because they have studied
| (studded) the heavens for ages.
Why are your nose and your chin
| constantly at variancep Because words
arc constantly passing between them.
What is that which occurs once in a
minute, twice in a moment, but not
once in a thousand yearsP The letter
| NJ.
Why is snow more easy to be under
stood than any other sort of weather.
Because it is the only one of which you
can see the drift.
What is that which goes when a
wagon goes, stops when the wagon
stops, is of no use to the wagon, and yet
is what the wagon can not 60 without?
Noise.
What did Lot do when his wife turn
cd to salt? Got fresh one.
Why may Dutch people be said to
come into the world ready dressedP
Because they are born in Holland.
At what time was Adam married.
| On his wedding Eve.
When has man four handsP When
! he doubles his fists.
Where is happiness always to be
found? In the dictionary.
! When is a man not man? When he
turns into a lane.
! What is the best kind of shooting in
| Winter? To have Goals shot into your
! cellar.
How can boy make his jacket last?
| BY making his waistcoat and trousers
first.
What is it that goes up the hill. and
down the hill, and yet never moves?
The road
Why do little birds in their nests
| agree? Because if they did not they
would fall out.
Why are fowls the most profitable
things to keep? Because for every
grain they give peck.
Why is a coal charity he best of all
charities? Because it makes the re-
ceiver's CRATE full (grateful).
What is the difference between q
hungry man and glutton? One longs
to eat, and the other eats too long.
Why is the horse the most humane of
all animals? Because he gladly gives
the bit out of his mouth and listens to
every woe.
What is that which every one wishes
to have, and which every one wishes to
get rid of directly he obtains it? A
good appetite.
Where was time raised? In the lapse
of ages.
What does Queen Victoria take her
pills in? In cider.
Why is door in the subjunctive mood?
Because it is wood-or might, could or
should be.
Why is a milkman like Pharaoh S
daughter? Because he draws little
profit out of the water.
Which gains the most at coronation
the King or the people? The people
gain a sovereign and the King gains a
crown.
Who first embraced Rituaism? Eve
she was Eve-angelical, and then she
took to yestments.