Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-04-01
WIT AND HUMOR.

A Georgia darkey prays with discre-
ton. He said: .If | ask the Lord to
send me turkey won't git it, but If l
ask Him to send me after turkey
always gifts one before daybreak.
An exchange says that folded
newspaper placed under the coat in
the small of the back is an excellent
substitute for an overcoat Now is the
time 10 subscribe. Argus.
Young lady-..We had a delightful
time at Music Hall last evening, Mr..
Dnmley. 1t was a Meyerbeer night,
you know. Are you fond of Meyer
beerP'
Mr.. Dumley (hesitatincly) --"Ye-es,
but think l would just as soon have
Milwaukee. ."-Aebo lork san.
A dry-goods advertisement says:
Everybody knows that faille Fran
caise is crowding hard upon gros-grain
silk" We beg leave to differ with the
statement. There are no doubt a doz-
en- persons right here in this town who
are not aware that such a momentous
occurrence was eventuating. Norris
tolon Herald.
A coachman in the employ of the
Stevens family. the Hoboken million
| aire, has been making violent love to
young lady of the family, and was SO
/ persistent a nuisance that he was final
ly arrested, and now languishes in jail.
The world must be undergoing a change
| when fascinating coachman fails to
get up an elopement with an heiress.
St. Louis young lady-I called on
| Mrs. S. this afternoon, mamma, and
| what do you think l saw on her new
ebony parior tablep
Mother-I have no idea.
St. Louis Young Lady-a volume of
Shakspeare's Paradise Lost" bound
| in dark blue. Think of it! Dark blue
against an ebony back-ground!-Neo
York Times.
The colored servant in the South is
| occasionally good at repartee. Mrs
Yerger found her servant. Belinda, re-
posing in the r0ckiug-chair reading /.
newspaper.
You seem to think you are the lady
of the house" said Mrs. Yerger, sar-
castically.
mo mum, Is braek. but / is mol
such a fool as that ',-Teras .Ssftings.
The burglars have hit upon a plan
| by which the fiercest Watchdog is reI-
dered harmless. They take along anoth.
cr dog and on arriving on the premi.
ses to be robbed let him loose. Oi
! course the Watchdog, seeing a strange
dog. stops to ask him what is the news,
and while the two sagacious animals
! are exchanging information the burg.
lars 90 In aud get the silver. LOUIS.
i pitte Courier-Jouradt.
| A good campaign story is told by
ex-senator David Davis. Oue day,
+, while on the stump. he remarked: a
know no East, no West. no North, nc
South Then" said one of the
hearers. you'd better 60 home and
study mp your geogerphy." ..lt broke
me all up" said Mr.. Davis, land from
that on till the close of my address
there was ho personal magnetism in my
burst of campaign eioqaence.
A boy on High street west placed .
big apple on the front steps and walked
across the street to see VINO would take
it. A gentleman who had observed ths
action said:
..You shouldn't do that my SON
Some poor boy may be tempted 10 stea
it."
| That's what L m fishing for, sir
I've followed cut the inside and fiiles
it with mustard. Detroit Free Press
A young Frenchman, who ought I,
have been an irishman, was desperate
Iy in love with a young lady. who al
ways stoutly refused 10 listen to hi
i appeals. Why don't you get mar
riede" said friend to him one day
"Since you are so fond OF children 70,
should take to matrimony." Han,
it ali. said the lover, scratching hi
head. I'D have plenty Of them by thi
time, only their mother won't MARI,
me.n--AeU York San.
Over half dozen of the ex-Confed
crate Generals who went into tine wa
bachese,rs have remained single eve
since, among them General Curtis Lee
the handsome aud popular son Of sh.
Con. ecsrate chieftaia. and Genera
ypoal Esriy. VINO IL now ses enly odd