Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-07
BRIGHT BITS.

A NEGRO MINSTREL. aged lis years, recently
died in California. HIS JOKES, however, were
much older.-Puek.
BOBBY is carrying an umbrella open when
II Is not raining or the sun shining. He IS
asked why he does 30. ''Cause when 1t rains
pa wants II, and when it shines ma wants it.
and its only this kind Of wedder kin git ter
use it at all.-EzcAan0e.
COUNTRY AUNT-It must be terrible hard
work dancing at a full dress ball.
City Niece dressed for the balll-It is very
" C9Iatry. Aunt thought 50. seeing as
gosgrs almeat str ppedto the waist for its
.6tistoR n onfsss'tpS ~. ! ,eREt q.
= BOA sr -a.ssG Yes Aa3SEs lAst AasEe is
Fs.t ]. ~. I q yshow is@sF again
XaFeiissz VII tttsB Aprribls; do yOu
flor lee1lf am sarei every woman IN the
country VIII catch 1t, my dear; the fever |
r,eeferr 70 IS the fever for the color yellow
A HORRIBLE SUSPICION is penetrating the
| bean-eneFusted mind ofoBOston CONCERNING
he captain OF she ship Frank N. ThRyer, W no
thdh tell hrs thrilling tales OF mutIny TO the
marines, but hred t0em right and left into the
osom OF the 1unsuspecting press. 1t Is now
sslu that the captain, who is Boston man,
started the mutiny by killing the cook be-
cause there was no pie for breakfast.
DENNIS HANNAFIN, one Of the early settlers
o. blsmarck, mas just re uFned from visit to
Washineton and New York. Conyersng about
thetrlp while IN st. Pau, he said "W ashIng
ton Is good place for a Dakota politician
one who thinks he runs the Territory--t0 20 to.
lie viii come home wiser man. New York
Is good to take the starch out of man who is
WOrth 100000 in Dakota and just thinks he
can buy anything, Pm going to advise some
OF our DAB alto people to go on and try these
two places."-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
THE SPORTING EDITOR OF the Fremont
Herdtd decides " ger involving some fine
points of counting law. An Arlington masher
bet box of cigars that he would take GER
tam young lady to dance in Fremont. He
succeeded in making half the distance, when
the horse ran away and ditched himself and
ladylOVe. They were not injured. however,
and he lady was helped into a buggy with
another lady and gentleman going to town,
while the young man rode the horse. The
question. Who won the bet? wa sett ed by the
editor aforesaid deciding that the masher
won half box and his opponent half a box,
the winnings 70 be left with the referee for
further deliberation.-Omahd Bee.
ANCIENT NURSERY RHYMES CORRECTED
One, too,
Come. buckle my sAosl
Some gentler phrase the times would suit
AS Button, II you please, my boot"
Three. four,
Shut the dO0F!
OF rude imperative beware:
Please to close The pOrtiere.
Ftoe. str,
% D. -. Picic asp stickS
Next gather wood. since we desire
hualto light the 1winter fire. sd 'n
Seven. eight, aJei
aal Lag them sfrdfqE6. 1ts OH
The load arboreoHs. oak and pine.
Now place in geometric line.
Vine, Ten.
a good nat hen.
Our gallinace0us fowl viii prove
such blped pluGpp ~ gourmands love.
.-orI EieVeB. fDetps, 1905. ,f-
l---.-o Dig aad dstoe. af n. -lr-
To Mother Earth devote your spade:
Here Health and Wealth their keystone laid,
Thirteen, FOURTEEN,
aTl sac Boys are cobrttnO
! On matrimonial quest intent, uTf yI
The village lsSts wo0ing went.
Fifteen, sietsen.
Girls are frfag,
Behind the lattice maidens fair
Their daintiest toilets now prepare,
SeDenkeea, eighteen,
BOVs are aGdttin0.
without the door. on either hand.
The restless youth impatient stand.
Nineteen, ttosntv,
Girls are PLENTY.
The census tells it's story sad;
Not every lass can have lad.
-New York Independent.