The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-21
Little Questions and Answers.

When are little secrets ike tne Sails
of ship? 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 a town most
greasy? 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
chiIdP" 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
edgeP Because it must be ground be-
fore it can be used.
Why does a chicken 3 weeks and 2
days old walk across the road? To get
to the other side.
Why does cook make more noise
than a bellP Because one makes din,
but the other makes a dinner.
Why are the stars the Oldest astrono-
mersP Because they have studied
(studded) the heavens for ages.
Why are your nose and your chin
| constantly at variancea Because words
are constantly passing between them.
What is that which occurs once in
minute, twice in moment, but not
once in a thousand years? 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 go without?
Noise.
i What did Lot do when his wife turn
ed to salt? Got fresh one.
| Why may Dutch people be said to
i come into the world ready dressed!
Because they are born in Holland.
At what time was Adam married?
On his wedding Eve.
When has a man four hands? When
, he doubles his fists.
Where is happiness always to be
, found? In the dictionary.
When is a man not man? When ht
| turns into lane.
], What is the best kind of shooting in
: Winter? To have Goals shot into youl
! cellar.
e How can boy make his jacket last
e By making his waistcoat and trouser
t first.
RI What is it that goes up the hill, ant
: down the hill, and yet never moves
g The road.
J. Why do little birds in their nest
q agree? Because if they did not the.
e would fall out.
e Why are fowls the most profitabl
' things to keep? Because for ever,
i grain they give peck.
O Why is a coal charity the best of a.
Il charities? Because it makes the re
e ceiver's CRATE full (gratefuD.
e What is the difference between
d hungry man and glutton? One long
# to eat, and the other eats too long.
= Why is the horse the most humane {
h all animals? Because he gladly give
o. the bit out of his mouth and listens
l. every woe.
/ What is that which every one wisht
n. to have, and which every one wishes
70 get rid of directly he obtains it?
ly good appetite.
70 Where was time raisedP In the lap
X of ages.
. What does Queen Victoria take b.
Il pills IMP In cider.
m Why is door in the subjunctive mooc
- Because it is wood-or might, could
10 should be.
,s Why is a milkman like Pharaoh
n daughter? Because he draws lit
IA profit out of the water.
- Which gains the most at a coronatic
- the King or the people? The peop
,it gain a sovereign and the King gains
so crown.
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he -sne was Ive-an eeiicai' anu 'A4oA %
- took to vestments.