Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-10
BRIGHT BITS.

PLYMOUTH BOYS began the season by selling
mayhowcrs. Then, in succession. they have
sold violets, water Lilies, and pansles. For
some flowers the boys walk ten miles. How
much better this is than if these boys sat round
Plymouth Rock and talked of the glories Of
their ancestry, great in virtue and veuture.-
Boston Record.
"GooTNEsS N.Y." exclaimed old Mr.. Mint
lenhelmer at Long Branch to his wife on the
Motel piazza, der hotel ish fuller ash 600
peoples! und dot. ad four tolla a day, ish
dwendy-f -four huntred tollar. Goodness my!
Lei us TO dinner again 90 in. my tear. /
was excited nit desc hnancesn'-Ne0 York
Mail and Eo6ress.
BURGLARS entered the house OF a Georgia
miser the other night. carried three ton iron
safe thirty miles away and robbed it OF $6,000
Ihs reminds us of the thieves who dug up
5l&ty-1oot well IN an Indiana town, hauled 1t
away and sawed ii into sections. which they
sold to the neighbCriDg farmers to use as post
noles. Phiiddekohta Press
If the President would send Murat Hal
-tead to Mexico and John r. Mclean to
Canada, Greasers and Canucks would alike
wish they had never been born. Either of
these editors could stand on the dividing line
and jaw either nation to death without firing
themselves. They are, Without doubt, at once
the most windy and wordy examples OF the
race now living upon the gl0be.-Chtcdg0
Inter- Ocean.
REV. Mr.. UNITY was quite liberal, but so
absent minded. They were making up a
WHIST party, W06n MISS M dlel SalQ 10 MN.
"Mr. Unity, won't you join us? Mr.. De
Beans is going to take hand and be my part
ner."
Mr.. Unity wakes up with start, and breaks
everybody up by remarking: "Isn't this
rather sudden? Have you got license?'-
LOlOeU Citizen.
HIS BUSINESS NOT AFFECTED. Citizen Ito
stranger-Are you blind, my friend?
Stranger-Only partially so, sir.
Cltizen-It is great affiiction to be even
partially blind.
Stranger--It is. sir, but fortunately it does
not interfere with my business.
Citizen-What business are you in?
Stranger-Pm a proof reader on a country
daily.-Chica0o ReaoS.
MINISTERS who preach long sermons-in the
summer-will be interested in the comments
II their smallest hearers. One of them, when
asked what lesson was to he learned from the
story Of Paul and Eutychus, replied:
please. sir, ministers should learn not to
preach too long sermOnSn
Another. a littls 4-year-old commented
thus: Mamma, that minister preached me
all to hunger ~ Boston COngFegdtt0DdIist.
'YEs," said Kentuckian who had been in
the far West, 'Indians are powerful fond of
whisky. Let 'em once get the taste of whisky
an they'll give up everything for it. An old
chief out in western Dakota offered me a pony,
saddle, bride, blanket. and l don't know
what else for pint of whisky had with
me-"
And you wouldn't give it to him2''
Not much. That was the last pint l had
left. BUTT shows how fond Indians are of
whisky. -Eechdage.
A DISBANDED BASE BALL CLUB.-t'Colly
our clubs gone all to smash"
You don't say so. Billy! Disbanded, Ell?
Where's Dorsey?"
"Pitchlng for the Ironclads."
"And FarmnghamY"
"Catching for the Eurekas."
"And Sam Cummings?"
"Oh, he was the UMPIRE"
"Well, where's Samp"
Hes still in the hospital" - Philadelphia
CAL.